| Sir Johan | |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Human |
| Nationality | European/French |
| Occupation | Knight to the Good King (Season 1) Gargamel's Apprentice (Season 2) |
| Alignment | Good (Season 1)
Evil (Season 2) |
| Marital Status | Single (Current) |
| Known Relations | None Known |
| Residence | The King's Castle (Season 1)
Gargamel's Hovel (Seasons 2 & 3) |
| Voice Actor | Michael Bell (Original)
Phil Lamarr (Desired) |
| First Appearance | Original: "Basenhau's Punishment" Comic
Fanon: "Peewit's Smurfy Creation" Season 1 |
| Universe | LD Stories |
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Sir Johan is a character from the original comic books and cartoon series. 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 the first mainstream comic, "Basenhau's Punishment," Johan saves the life of Count Tremaine during a joust tournament. Tremaine had later repaid him by becoming his mentor when the King appointed Johan to become a squire. At some point during the cartoon show, he was promoted to a knight, and so he is sometimes referred to as "Sir Johan" throughout this series.
Personality
He is a protagonist: honest, courageous, humble, chivalrous, and compassionate to all. He is known for assuming the best in others, and he readily defends anyone who is in danger -- even if it means putting his own life at risk. He is overall a cool and collected individual, only showing aggression towards villains, although he can be aggravated by reckless behaviors in his friends or family.
Relationships Within the Good King's Court
Johan is a main member of the Good King's royal court, he and is close with most other castle inhabitants.
The Good King
- Mainstream Media -- It is unclear exactly how long Johan has lived in the Good King's castle, but he was formerly a pageboy who proved his worthiness of becoming a squire, and later, a knight. His majesty views him like a son and has great trust in his judgement of others.
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Princess Savina
- Mainstream Media -- While the details of their relationship is unspecified, Johan and Princess Savina have a mutual friendship rooted in respect, which is most evident by the first-name basis rule. He willingly teaches her skills such as fencing, self-defense, and archery behind Dame Barbara's back when she expresses interest in learning them, but they rarely spend time alone together due to their social caste roles within the castle.
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Dame Barbara
- Mainstream Media -- Johan has no disrespect for Dame Barbara despite her disapproval of him being an "influence" on Princess Savina. He understands that the woman takes her job mentoring Savina to become a proper princess quite seriously, so he often steps away when she arrives to usher Savina onto her daily lessons.
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Peewit
- Mainstream Media -- Johan met Peewit when he was trying to look for a Goblin that was terrorizing people in Boulder Woods. At first, he finds Peewit to be an irritating thief, but after suggesting that he should work for the king as his Joker, Peewit takes the job. The two become good friends after Peewit helps him save Princess Savina, and they are rarely seen apart afterwards.
- Season 1 -- They remain as close friends, even if Peewit is a nuisance at times. Peewit briefly becomes upset with Johan about a supposed "secret relationship" with his "daughter," Moxette, but the two have each other's backs in good times and bad.
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Falla Cye
- Season 1 -- Johan first meets Lady Falla in "The Thief of Boarsford," and when she is accused of robbery, he convinces Peewit to help them clear her name and find the real thief. After she is granted permission to remain in the castle, she bonds well with him and Peewit until the end of The Reluctant Dark Knight.
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Count Tremaine
This section will be broadened when this character is introduced in the LD storyline.
Relationship with Moxette Smurfette
- Season 1 -- Johan inspires the name that Peewit chooses for his Smurfette in "Peewit's Smurfy Creation" after mentioning that she has "a lot of moxie." After Johan is reduced to Smurf size in "Peewit's Unsmurfy Mistake," she develops a crush on him of which he is not aware of until she tries to pursue him in "Moxette's Crazy, Stupid Love" with a spell to make her human. They do not directly interact again until the next Season.
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Appearance
Johan has black hair, standard black eyes, pale skin, and a masculine figure. He stands about 5'9" in American measurement.
- Season 1 -- Based on his original design, he wears a gold tunic with a white collared, long-sleeve undershirt, dark brown waist-belt, and red leggings. His shoes are dark or light brown depending on which format he is being used in (cartoon or comic), and sometimes he wears a blue cape with gold clasps. His sword is usually without a sheath attached to his belt on his left hip.
- Smurf -- During "Peewit's Unsmurfy Mistake," he is temporarily turned into a Smurf. Aside from being blue and three apples tall, he wears a black Smurf hat, cool grey cape, white trousers, his usual gold tunic and white undershirt, brown waist belt, and his sword and sheath are attached to said belt.
- Season 2 & 3 -- After he is turned evil in Story One, he wears a midnight grey elbow-length-sleeve tunic, which is slighlty torn at the edges, a black waist-belt with a gold buckle, and white leggings. His dark brown flat shoes are replaced with mid-calf black boots with a steady 1/2" rise. He sometimes sports a long, dark red cape with torn edges, a common villain's collar, and the clasp at his neck has the Black Widow symbol. His eyes change to match his cape, hair becomes slightly unkempt, and skin turns slightly paler. He also receives a new sword of gold, which is longer, and the hilt is pointed on the edges towards the blade. The tip of the handle is round.
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Voice Actor(s)
Michael Bell was his voice actor in the original cartoon show. A younger choice would be Phil Lamarr speaking with an Old English accent. He is the voice of Jack in Cartoon Network's popular animated series, Samurai Jack and its 2017 revival series, Primal.
Trivia
- In the cartoon episode, "The Cursed Country," he takes charge of the scene in which Smurfette and Hefty are presented during their first canonical encounter. By stating the King's law and setting them free, he establishes the friendship shared between the Smurfs and his majesty's subjects.
- Some might estimate Johan to be around 15-16 years old. In this series, he is 15 years old in Season 1. He is two years older than Falla, five years older than Peewit, and one year older than Princess Savina.
- He is right-handed, as demonstrated by keeping his sword on the left side of his belt.
- His birthday is July 9th; by the time Story Two occurs, a year has passed and he is 17. His zodiac sign is Cancer. Additionally, is birthstone is Ruby. It is a stone that is believed to aid wearers in protection against evils, strength and courage, and passion.
- He favors black tea such as Earl Grey and English Breakfast.
- In a non-canonical fanfiction, The Royal Faux, Johan is confronted by Peewit and learns of a villain planning to overtake the King's castle disguised as a horse, and that he originally looked like Sir Josten to conceal his identity. However, Johan notices that something rather bizarre has happened to his best friend, but saving the kingdom is their first priority.