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| Brainy Smurf | |
| Also Known As | "Four-Eyes" & "Bookworm" |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Smurf |
| Nationality | Smurf Village |
| Occupation | Papa Smurf's Lab Assistant |
| Alignment | Good (Mostly) |
| Marital Status | Single (Current) |
| Known Relations | The Smurfs (Family) |
| Residence | Smurf Village |
| Voice Actor | Peter MacNicol (Desired) |
| First Appearance | Original: "The Smurfs & the Magic Flute" Comic
Fanon: "Smurfs in the City" Season 1 |
| Universe | LD Stories |
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"It is easy to pretend we are strong. It is much harder to admit we are weak. A true friend, by loving every part of us, teaches us to love our weaknesses."
-- "The Dark Ness Monster" (1985)
Brainy Smurf is a character from the original comics and cartoon show. His Wiki page is located here. He also exists in The Smurfs: Light and Dark. To see a full list of episodes in which he appears, please CLICK HERE.
Background Information
Brainy is mostly known for his strongest trait: narcissism. He may not truly know everything like he claims, but he is a highly knowledgeable Smurf in terms of spells, legends, creatures (real or mythical), and history (mostly of human cultures, which he finds fascinating). His glasses may also make him look distinguished, but he is legally blind without them. He likes to play up the "Hero Smurf" role, but proves to be more fearful than not. However, what he lacks in nerves he makes up for with courage. Sometimes his methodical calculations lead to successful plans, but they mostly wind up causing more harm than good -- such as getting himself caught in the rescue process.
Generally speaking, Brainy is overbearing and self-satisfying, but when something new catches his attention, he puts all his time and energy into learning as much as he possibly can about it. He is borderline obsessive-compulsive, but his desire to learn is admirable -- especially when he can prove he learns something useful from his endeavors, such as the full extent of the human monarchy and other government systems.
Role in the Village
He became Papa Smurf's appointed lab assistant after he saved his fellow Smurfs from being turned into gold by an Imp named Hotap when they were all Smurflings. Since then, has remained faithfully by Papa's side. Despite being a nuisance most days, he has occasionally demonstrated his capability to fulfill tasks and make his fellow Smurfs proud. He likes to read and write books when he is not busy pestering helping his fellow Smurfs in their daily tasks, and he takes pride in being a teacher in the Smurf Village Schoolhouse whenever possible.
Literary Contributions
His house is full of stacks of books he has written such as manuals, encyclopedias, or Quotations Of Brainy Smurf. He vies for someone to read his works, but most times, no one is willing. To see the full list of Brainy's book titles, please CLICK HERE.
Relationship with Reporter Smurf
Reporter and Brainy have a conflicted friendship because, while they work together in publishing, they have contrasting viewpoints on what news is fit for each edition. Most frequently, Brainy will voice his concerns over an article that overshadows on of his own, but Reporter stands his ground. Sometimes he has to tell Brainy that he will find room in the next edition for him, and most times, he keeps his promise. When they are not working on the Village Newspaper, Reporter is helping Brainy publish his books (no matter how much he may not like them). Brainy is open to express his gratitude and will do favors for Reporter to maintain their relationship.
Conflict Resolution
At times, Reporter simply refuses or is unable to help him, no matter what Brainy offers him. Realizing this would be a continuing problem, they had Handy help them install a smaller printing press station in Brainy's studio so that he would be able to publish his own works without Reporter. For some time, Brainy was confident in his abilities to self-publish, but discovered that he missed having Reporter by his side - arguing or not. Likewise, Reporter was missing Brainy's company, too. The two came together to discuss fair terms of usage on the printing press and concluded that it was more interesting (and frustrating) to work together than separately.
Relationship with Smurfette
Like many others, he once had a crush on Smurfette, but after being rejected on numerous occasions, he decided to move on and has maintained a strictly platonic relationship with her. As proven in his game of "Like It or Smurf It," she is the smartest Smurf in the village besides himself and Papa Smurf, and he tends to value her opinions or advice above any other Smurf's -- but he rarely admits this when questioned.
- Season 1 -- He finds it "oddly fitting" that Smurfette would almost instantly form a bond with the new girl in the village who also happens to be the latest addition of things that annoy him on the daily.
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Relationship with Clumsy Smurf
He and Clumsy have been best friends since childhood, which is first confirmed in the episode, "Smurfiest of Friends." Clumsy has been Brainy's eyes when he broke his glasses, his savior from an evil Imp, one of several Smurfs who helped return him to normal when he was a Weresmurf, his faithful book carrier, and much more throughout the years. He also once helped him bake (and later destroy) a batch of gingerbread cookies to beat Greedy in a baking competition that wound up turning evil when enchanted. While Brainy does have short patience for Clumsy's mishaps and simplemindedness, their bond continues to hold true.
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Relationship with Moxette Smurfette
He first meets Moxette in "Peewit's Smurfy Creation."
- Season 1 -- They have a never-ending struggle that may incur head-to-head arguments, which usually results in one or both of them getting into trouble with Papa Smurf. Brainy is her favorite person to mock because he is constantly lecturing his fellow Smurfs, suggesting his "Quotations" series, or publicly feeding his hubris.
- Season 2 -- One day, he overhears her disagreeing with Hefty about wishing he would leave the village. At first, he is dumbfounded to hear that she would miss him, but he realizes that she picks on him because she needs him for comedic purpose in her life. He continues to act irritated by her impersonations, but he silently appreciates her from then on.
- Season 3 -- Pending...
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Relationship with Hefty Smurf
Brainy and Hefty often clash, but their relationship undergoes great change throughout the series.
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Appearance
Brainy is easily identified from the other Smurfs because he wears a pair of round black-framed glasses, and is usually seen either holding items for Papa Smurf or one of his many books.
- Human -- As a human, he still has his trademark glasses and Smurf hat. He has peach-toned skin, almond brown eyes, and red hair in which his bangs are downwardly outgrown with a gentle tapering at the back of his neck.
Voice Actor(s)
His original voice actor, Danny Goldman, passed away in 2020. An alternative choice would be Peter MacNicol, who is highly renowned for his role as Galen Bradwarden in Dragonslayer (1981), and was also the voice behind Sidney Poindexter in Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom series (2004 - 2005), Dewey Ottoman in Scooby Doo: Stage Fright (2013), and Simon Sifter on CSI: Cyber (2015).
Trivia
- Brainy was initially Numbuh 404's least favorite Smurf, which was the inspiration to create Moxette. As this series has evolved, he became her favorite, so his character development and relationships have reflected this change.
- Original cartoon show canon: His hair color is red, as indicated by the incredibly long beard he had grown from using a magical hair tonic in "Symbols Of Wisdom." He called himself "Supersmurf" after finding a particularly helpful strength spell from Papa Smurf's lab that he uses to reclaim all the food that Bigmouth stole from the village, which was caused by his carelessness in the first place. As mentioneded in the Season 4 episode, "The Gingerbread Smurfs," he prefers his gingerbread cookies a bit on the spicy side, so he may add a hint of volcanic lava juice to a personal batch. He stated in "Handy's Sweetheart" that he could not swim, which is one reason why he dislikes seafaring voyages. Surprisingly, he is also an excellent dancer (giving lessons to Wild in the episode, "Dancing Bear") and a woodworker (as proven when he carves a handcrafted walking stick for Grandpa in "Grandpa's Walking Stick").
- He is right-handed and is the first Smurf to discover Moxette's left-handedness.
- For a long time, only Clumsy knew that he keeps a personal journal in his studio. Moxette later finds out, but she would rather tease the idea of reading it than do so when she has a favor to ask of him.
- His zodiac sign is Gemini and his birthday is June 13th.
- In a non-canonical playwright, he is the character import for a human named Andrew Conrad with inspiration from the song "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by Pet Shop Boys.
- His current profile image served as the base drawing for a commission by A Heroic Smurf, but discussions with AHS led to an agreement that all drawings used for said commission, except for Brainy's, would serve to update the profile images of Smurfette, Hero, Papa Smurf, and Wonder Smurfette.