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| Grandpa Smurf | |
| Also Known As | "Grampy" or "Grand-Pappy" (by Sassette)
"Grampers" (by Nanny) |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Smurf |
| Nationality | Smurf Village |
| Occupation | Retired Village Leader |
| Alignment | Good |
| Marital Status | Unspecified |
| Known Relations | The Smurfs (Family) |
| Residence | Smurf Village |
| Voice Actor | Jonathan Winters (Original)
Arthur Anderson (Desired) |
| First Appearance | Original: "Smurfquest" Season 6
Fanon: "Smurfs in the City" Season 1 |
| Universe | LD Stories |
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Grandpa Smurf (AKA "Grampy," "Grampers," or "Grand-Pappy") is a character from the 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
In his youth, Grandpa was "Papa Smurf" in the village when the current Papa Smurf was just a Smurfling and lead a happy, adventure-bound, loving life. He and Nanny had to leave on a 500-year quest when Papa was in his 40's in order to retrieve the four primal elements to restore the Long Life Stone, leaving him in the care of the wizard, Palladore.
Upon his return to the village, he regrettably informed the young Smurfs that he had failed his quest. After enlisting their help, they managed to find the elements and restore the Stone before the village fell to ruins.
Since then, he has announced his retirement and spends his days helping any Smurf in the village whenever possible. Despite his old age (being around 750 or so), he is spritely and witty, and tells some of the most interesting stories around campfires.
Relations
He and Papa have a father-son bond and tend to understand each other best, similarly to the sisterly relationship between the Smurfettes. Likewise, he has a somewhat husband-wife relationship with Nanny Smurf, with whom he had once lost for 500 years to the wicked Castle Captor; upon her rescue and return to the village, they have maintained their beloved friendship. While they never married, he has confirmed that she is the love of his life - they simply never believed that marriage was absolutely necessary for their happiness.
Grandpa is also especially close to the Smurflings, particularly Sassette, who he realizes looks up to him the most for guidance. With her, he has a grandfatherly relationship and he deeply appreciates the ideas and optimism she shares with her fellow Smurfs. He also is fond of Nat and Slouchy for their good teamwork and willingness to listen to their elders, but with Snappy, he has great patience.
Relations to Humans
Pertaining to humans, he has become good friends with several characters in this series.
- Johan and Peewit -- He favors the knight a bit more for his maturity and humility, and is sometimes annoyed by Peewit's hubris about his musical style and finds his jokes a bit lackluster. He recognizes that the boy means well, so he hopes he will make a fine young man someday. Their relationship is strengthened after Peewit introduces his own Smurfette because it has taught the boy the responsibility of creation.
- When Falla is introduced as well, he takes to her with ease, admiring her caring nature and courageous attitude towards the unknown. Much like Princess Savina, she wants to lead a life of her own, and he respects that greatly.
Relationship with Moxette Smurfette
Grandpa once found Moxette to be nothing short of an extension of Peewit's reckless and immature stature. However, his thoughts have changed as he has watches her grow. While she may still be "a young whippersmurfer" like the Smurflings, he sees a valiant, sensitive young Smurfette with a good sense of humor. He finds her impersonations of the other Smurfs to be spot-on and even laughs when she takes a walking stick and criticizes the younger Smurfs. He has a grandfatherly relationship with her.
What he finds more fascinating about her, in comparison to Smurfette or Sassette, is that while she has secret admirers, she has very little interest in love. He believes she will find the Smurf of her dreams when she is ready to open her heart again.
Appearance
He is an elderly Smurf in his 750's with a foot-length white beard and drooping mustache, hair growing along the sides of his head over his ears and outgrown in the back, and is usually hunched over with a hand on his back.
- Season 1 -- He often has a walking stick for mobility and small round glasses to make up for his poor eyesight. He is dressed with a yellow Smurf hat and matching overalls.
Voice Actor(s)
His original voice actor in the cartoon show was Jonathan Winters. A latter would be Arthur Anderson, who voiced Eustace Bagge on Cartoon Network's series, Courage the Cowardly Dog, after Lionel G. Wilson (the original actor) passed away in 2003.
Trivia
- He is the only canon Smurf character to show evidence of having head hair at one point. Without his hat, there is a small tuft of hair on the top of his head.
- It is unknown who ruled the village between Grandpa Smurf and Papa Smurf, as when Grandpa left, Papa was just a Smurfling. However, since at that time Papa Smurf was the only Smurf and was raised by Palladore, there might not have been a Smurf Village. In Numbuh 404's accounts, this is the assumed past.
- He is a wise magician, capable of performing spells that Papa Smurf may not yet know how to do, and so they continue to teach one another.