Brainy as he appears in the comic books Brainy as he appears in the cartoon show Brainy as he appears in The Smurfs And The Magic Flute Brainy as he appears in the 2011 movie
Brainy Smurf
Gender	Male
Race	Smurf
Occupation	Lab Assistant, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Intellectual
Alignment	Good
Voice Actor	Robert Axelrod (The Smurfs and the Magic Flute) Danny Goldman, Barry Gordon,(Cartoon Show) Fred Armisen (2011 Movie)
First Appearance	Season 1
Universe	Comic Books Cartoon Show Magic Flute CGI Movie
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Name Translation of Brainy Smurf
French	Schtroumpf à Lunettes Schtroumpf Moralisateur
Spanish	Pitufo con Gafas Pitufo Dioptrías Pitufo Filósofo Pitufo Gafitas Pitufo Miope Pitufo Moralista Pitufo Palizas
German	Schlaubi Schlumpf, Brillenschlumpf (only in the old comic books)
Italian	Puffo Quattrocchi
Dutch	Brilsmurf
Brazilian	Smurf Gênio

"And as Papa Smurf always says..."

Brainy Smurf (original French name Schtroumpf à Lunettes) is one of the main characters of the Smurfs comic books and the Smurfs cartoon show, who has appeared on the show throughout its entire run.

Contents 1 Character 2 Personality 3 Role in the Village 4 Trouble-Trouble-Trouble 5 Relationship with Others 6 He Saved Them Once 7 In the movie 8 Trivia

Character

Brainy is the village intellectual who's not afraid to share his "wisdom" with his fellow Smurfs, even though it usually results in his being booted to the village limits or whacked in the head with a mallet. He is also a very prolific author of many books, usually with his name in the title, and he is Papa Smurf's apprentice and assistant in his laboratory. He is easily identifiable by his glasses and his books.

His character was voiced by Danny Goldman and Barry Gordon in the cartoon show, and by Fred Armisen in the 2011 movie.

Personality

Brainy is the most self-centered of the Smurfs (even more so than Vanity Smurf), and annoys almost everyone, even Papa Smurf. Brainy always shows off, claiming that he knows everything, even though the only things he knows about are about himself. He even claimed that he was his own favorite subject. Despite this, he is well-liked whenever he is not being a bossy know-it-all.

His house is full of stacks of books that were all written by himself. The books are either manuals, encyclopedias, or -- probably his favorites -- Quotations Of Brainy Smurf books. Brainy always wants someone to read them, but everyone-even the nicest people- turns them down or pretends to like them.

Role in the Village

Apart from being Papa Smurf's apprentice, Brainy doesn't really have a job other than the village annoyance. While he does know how to work some spells or make potions, Brainy always over-estimates himself and does things completely wrong.

Trouble-Trouble-Trouble

Brainy causes a lot of problems for the Smurfs sometimes. This is mostly because all he does is make things worse.

An example is when he forced everyone to be so quiet, that not even a needle can drop, only because Papa Smurf wanted some peace and quiet to get some sleep. He went so far to make everything quiet, he cast a sound-proof barrier around the village that made no sound get in or out, but this also prevented anyone else from entering.

He also believes that he is smarter than everyone else and that he should be in charge. Sadly, most of his ideas go wrong, and he usually finds a scapegoat for the mishaps he causes.

His heart, however, is always in the right spot; in the The Smurfs And The Book That Tells Everything adventure he uses "The Book That Tells Everything" to benefit the others and when - thanks to a dam break - he and Baby Smurf were stranded on a little sliver of land in the torrent. Brainy asked the book for help and it responded by telling him that it was too important and that he should give up Baby. Enraged by that prospect, Brainy tossed the book into the river before grabbing Baby and swimming to the shore.

• "It was awful Papa Smurf, that miserable book actually told me to sacrifice Baby Smurf." - Brainy after reaching the shore saving his own life and that of Baby, thus showing that whatever his flaws, when push comes to shove, he actually knows the right thing to do.

In the comic book version of "King Smurf", Brainy was also the first to protest against the jailing of Jokey Smurf, saying to the others that good old fashioned reasoning would show King Smurf the error in jailing Jokey. He went into the castle and started a lecture about how humor shouldn't be considered a crime and that there really was no reason for Jokey to be jailed and that he and the other Smurfs with him didn't agree with the jailing...which led to Brainy being thrown out of the castle and the other Smurfs deciding that a good old fashioned riot would work far better than reasoning.

Relationship with Others

"We have this annoying Smurf who lives in our village who wears spectacles and is always going that we 'Should beware' and that we're 'Not supposed to be like that" and 'I'll tell Papa Smurf about that if you don't.' We all dislike him because of his constant meddling."

"What?! But I..." (He's forcibly silenced)

Astro Smurf to Papa Smurf (as Grandpa Swoof) talking about how life is in the Smurf village.

Brainy is the least liked out of all the Smurfs. This is proven in the episode "The Masked Pie Smurfer". A masked Smurf has given every Smurf a chance to get back at someone they dislike by just giving him some Smurfberries. In exchange for the berries, the Masked Pie Smurfer will throw Pie at the designated Smurf's face. Unfortunately for Brainy, he was a main target.

Brainy seems to always pester Papa Smurf, and if Papa Smurf thinks of a plan, he will always say "That's exactly what I was thinking!" It isn't a secret that Brainy is such an admirer of Papa Smurf, always wanting to be like him in some way, and always defending Papa Smurf's wisdom even if it's only to gain some advantage over his fellow Smurfs. If Brainy Smurf is threatened or mistreated by a fellow Smurf, or if things don't go the way he wants them to, he'll usually spout, "I'm going to tell this to Papa Smurf".

His best friend, and the only Smurf who enjoys Brainy's company, is Clumsy Smurf. At first glance, it would seem that their friendship is only one sided, as Brainy sees Clumsy as an annoyance, but this is proven untrue as at one point, Brainy realizes that he needs Clumsy so that he could feel smart. He also hangs out with Clumsy the most and they're always seen doing jobs together.

In the comics, Brainy is also very close with Wild Smurf for whom he has put himself forwards as a mentor figure, trying to teach him how to behave like a proper Smurf. To his credit, Brainy succeeds in teaching Wild Smurf to talk (somewhat) normally and when it becomes clear that Wild Smurf doesn't want to wear normal Smurf clothing, he doesn't press the issue. As a result Brainy and Wild Smurf have a mutual understanding and respect for each other.

Often in the comics, Brainy could be heard off-panel typically yammering didactically, and one Smurf would get visibly annoyed at him and walk to him off-panel. Then a loud *PAF!* could be heard.

Brainy has a habit of saying somebody's name three times. In "Cave Smurfs", when Brainy tried to help Papa Smurf reassemble the time crystals by dropping one on top of the structure being assembled, causing it to collapse, Papa Smurf became so mad that he booted Brainy outside the cave, with him being inside his own book!

In the movie "The Smurfs And The Magic Flute", following more closely to the comic book portrayals of Brainy, he usually gets clobbered in the head by a hammer when he gets too annoying to bear. This is funny because in the original comic book story that the movie is based on, he doesn't even appear at all.

Also in the comics during the Annual Imitate festival, Brainy for once gets to be the one who does the clobbering, when he takes the role of Hefty Smurf and Poet Smurf takes the role as Brainy, the scene shows Brainy trying to lift Hefty's halter and Poet lecturing Brainy and ends with Brainy chasing Poet with a Hammer trying to clobber him.

He Saved Them Once

In "Papa's Family Album", Papa Smurf explains to the Smurflings about how things were like back when all the Smurfs (excluding Smurfette and Wild) were Smurflings.

Apparently, Brainy was practically blind until Papa Smurf gave him glasses. It was when he got his glasses that he started being the Brainy Smurf we all know and (sort of) love. Once Brainy lost his glasses and Clumsy had to help him until he could get some new ones.

The Smurfs have a lot to thank Brainy for, actually, as it was him who saved their lives. One time, gargoyles under the command of the evil wizard Hotap came and snatched all the Smurflings and separated them from Papa Smurf. Brainy was able to escape before he was put into a machine with the others. The machine was supposed to turn them into gold.

Brainy was able to buy Papa Smurf some time by stuffing a book into the gears, jamming the machine and preventing the Smurflings from dying.

In the movie

Uh oh! Very Smurfy Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of either the Smurfs Franco-Belgian comic book series or the Smurfs cartoon show series and should not be considered part of the overall storyline of either.

In the 2011 Smurfs movie, Brainy is one of the few Smurfs who travel through time to modern-day New York City. Although he still remains somewhat annoying (though not to the extent that he does in both the comic books and the cartoon show), he does become helpful near the end of the movie when he works on the spell to cause the full moon to appear blue so that the time portal can be reopened. After reopening the portal, Brainy got the rest of the Smurfs to join him in New York to defeat Gargamel. He along with Gutsy, Grouchy, and Clumsy play along with Patrick Winslow on Guitar Hero and raps with Gutsy and Grouchy on the song "Walk This Way". After their return to the village, Brainy forms his own band called the Brainiacs, which ironically is one of the few times that he has ever been really popular with his fellow Smurfs.

In the animated feature "The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol", Brainy plays the role as the Smurf of Christmas Present, showing Grouchy what current effects his refusal to participate in the celebration of Christmas would have on his fellow Smurfs. Brainy noticeably displays a rather analytical approach to describing a problem not normally found with his character in any other interpretation.

Brainy Smurf is scheduled to appear in The Smurfs 2 as a main character.

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Trivia

• Before Grandpa Smurf, Nanny Smurf, and the "non-canonical" Narrator Smurf appeared, Brainy was the only Smurf who needed glasses.
• Despite Brainy being a very common character in the show, he is one of the most least liked Smurfs.
• He is the Smurf who Smurfette likes the least, as she gets annoyed with him easily.
• Brainy, along with Papa Smurf and Hefty Smurf appeared in the 1990 drug prevention TV video, Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue.
• Danny Goldman reprised the role of Brainy Smurf for some adult-level "non-canonical" Smurf segments on Robot Chicken.
• Brainy's hair color is red, as indicated by the incredibly long beard he had grown from using a magical hair tonic in "Symbols Of Wisdom".
• Despite being so arrogant and self-centered, Brainy always wants and seek to be respected by the other Smurfs. He would go so far as to use magic to make himself strong to take back their food from Bigmouth, and also risking his life to save a wildcat to prove that he lives up to his word, only to lose consciousness after that.
• In the 2011 movie, Brainy Smurf is depicted with freckles. The only other Smurf character depicted with freckles is Sassette in the comic books.

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