Tracker (original French name Schtroumpf qui a du flair or Schtroumpf Traqueur) is one of the main characters of the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show, only appearing between Seasons 2 and 4.
Character
He is a Smurf with a sense of smell that enables him to track down various things like truffles, humans, his fellow Smurfs, and basically anything else. He is easily identified by a red feather that he wears in his hat.
Tracker is best known for his enthusiastic, even passionate, approach to almost anything whether it be the change of weather or even searching for truffles.
Appearances
He mostly appeared in Season 2 of the 1980s cartoon show, in the following episodes:
- The Smurf Who Couldn't Say No
- The Adventures Of Robin Smurf
- Sister Smurf (Does not speak)
- S-Shivering S-Smurfs
- Squeaky
- Gormandizing Greedy
- For The Love Of Gargamel
- The Raven Wizard
- The Sky Is Smurfing! The Sky Is Smurfing!
- Turncoat Smurf
- The Littlest Giant
- A Mere Truffle
- The Good, The Bad, And The Smurfy
- The Box Of Dirty Tricks (Not seen; heard)
- The Smurfs' Christmas Special
Season 3
- Once In A Blue Moon (Cameo)
- The First Telesmurf (Does not speak)
- The Last Smurfberry (Cameo)
- The Tear Of A Smurf (Cameo)
- Baby Smurf Is Missing (Cameo)
- The Golden Smurf Award (Cameo)
- Hefty's Heart (Cameo)
- April Smurf's Day (Cameo)
Season 4
- Smurf The Other Cheek (Cameo)
Smurfs' Village Game
Tracker smurf's checklist game in Smurfs' Village
In Smurfs' Village game for iPad, iPhone, and Android, Tracker has a mini game called "Tracker's Scavenger Hunt" for players to complete tasks and earn the XPs to increase the level's XP bar. Once the timer is up as Tracker's soup is finished, he leaves the village and will come back to the village again sometime later.
The Smurfs' Society
In The Smurfs' Society, Tracker appears as one of the purchasable Smurf NFTs when the player uses an access crystal.
Trivia
- His character was voiced by Henry Polic II.
- Tracker notably does not have any speaking roles after Season 2. This is possibly because of Polic ll being busy with other projects.
- Tracker's feather changes in different appearances. In the 1981 cartoon, Tracker has a red feather in his hat; however, his feather becomes white in Smurfs' Village and merchandise created by Studio Peyo.
- Tracker is not the only Smurf to have a British accent, as Sweepy and Marco in the cartoon show and Vanity in the 2011 Smurfs movie have similar accents.
- Tracker along with Poet and Hunter are the only Smurfs to have a feather in their hats.
- He along with Scaredy and Sloppy are the only main Smurfs to only appear during the 2nd season.
- Despite Tracker not appearing in the comics, he has appeared in official merchandise created by I.M.P.S such as a series of coloring pages packaged for a 2021 Smurfs McDonald's Happy Meal and The Smurfs' Society NFT collection.
- Tracker, Marco, Rocky, and Hunter are the only Smurfs who have real names.