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Harmony Smurf (original French name Schtroumpf Musicien) is one of the main characters of the Smurfs comic books, the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show (appearing until "The Smurfs That Time Forgot"), and the 2021 Smurfs cartoon show.

Character

He's the official musician of the village, always eager to show how good he is with his trumpet. Unfortunately for the other Smurfs, he is not a very good musician and tends to play at random times. However, his "talent" can be useful during parties and special occasions!

Sometimes, his music proves to actually be quite good, like in The Smurfs 2, where he is one of the instrument players (playing his trademark horn) in the opening sequence.

Personality

Harmony can be quite stubborn, as he does not stop playing his horn when the Smurfs tell him to stop, as demonstrated in "Smurf, Yes Smurf!" and "The Star Smurf". He is quite protective of his instruments, as seen in "A Thief Among Us!" where he is crying over his stolen trumpet.

Harmony appears to be aware of the fact that his fellow Smurfs hate his music. In "The Star Smurf", the whole reason why he put a potion in his trumpet that can make his music better is because of the repeated complaints.

Harmony has a hidden pranking talent. In "Happy Smurfs Fools Day!", he pranks Jokey using two symbols that smash his face.

Role in the Village

Harmony's role is supposed to be one of the four musicians of the Smurfs who plays beautiful music. Instead, he just blows his off-key trumpet at random times and sings horribly. He occasionally plays a musician role, when the Smurfs are celebrating. In fact, the Smurfs turn to him when they need music. Examples are when he is shown performing while the other Smurfs do entertain talents, such as in the opening sequence of the new Smurf movie, where he plays his horn for the dancing Smurfs.

In the 1981 TV series, in times of danger, Harmony's role would be that of a village siren, where he would play his horn to warn the other Smurfs. This role would be taken over by Crazy in the 2011 Smurfs movie.

Music Skills

Harmony is the worst musician there is. His main instrument is his trumpet, which is completely off-key. In fact, he's something of a multi-instrumentalist; in "Smurphony In 'C'" he was given the opportunity to try other instruments when the other Smurfs were trying to figure out if a different instrument would make any difference. They let him play the lute, the trombone, the harp, and the harmonium, all of which ended up sounding really off-key. It all cumulated when Brainy handed him a triangle, and after striking the instrument, the tone was so off key that it fractured the glass in Brainy's glasses. A final attempt had him conducting the orchestra, resulting in everybody playing off-key.

Every time Brainy or Papa Smurf are announcing something, he plays his trumpet so that the others would know, so he's not entirely bad at this job. Also, it seems like Harmony is in charge of the wake-up-calls for the Smurfs.

While he may be the musician, there is a chance Harmony is either tone deaf or finds his own music to be master pieces. In one episode, he wished for his trumpet to play better, only to throw it away because it didn't make a 'good sound', despite it sounding very pleasant.

Despite his awful skills when it comes to playing instruments, it seems that Harmony is actually a great singer as seen in "A Mere Truffle" where he sang a song about his love for truffles (which was actually Poet's truffle poem). However, episodes such as "My Smurf The Hero", "Who's In The Band?", and "Crooner Smurf", show him being an awful singer, particularly in the latter episode until he wore an amulet, causing him to sing like how he sang in the "A Mere Truffle" episode. In one gag page of "120 Blagues de Schtroumpfs", Harmony also admits to being a bad musician once the other Smurfs expressed their dislike for his music while Papa Smurf try to assure him to not feel that way.

Relationships With Others

Harmony gets on all the Smurfs nerves whenever he plays, but he isn't disliked (Smurfs prefer him over Brainy).

They don't seem to be a fan of him, though, often being happy if Harmony doesn't play his off-tuned trumpet anymore. They do care for him, though, saving him whenever he gets himself into trouble.

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In The Movies

The Smurfs (2011)

Harmony was mentioned in the 2011 Smurfs movie when the Smurfs were mentioning the others that they miss. He also appears in cartoon form in the credits as a stock image.

The Smurfs 2

While he was never seen in the first movie, Harmony makes an appearance in the beginning of The Smurfs 2, where he, along with Handy, Farmer, Crazy, Smooth, Panicky, and Hefty were performing music while Narrator was telling the story of Smurfette's creation. Despite being more well-known for playing trumpet, Harmony is playing guitar while Panicky plays trumpet.

Smurf Videogames

Smurfs' Village

In the Smurfs' Village game, you can buy Harmony's hut on the island for 30 smurfberries.

Smurfs Bubble Story

In the game Smurfs Bubble Story, after the player unlocks Harmony, Jazzy Smurf welcomes him into Jazzy's band.

The Smurfs 2: The Video Game

In The Smurfs 2: The Video Game, Harmony is one of the CGI characters you can rescue by collecting enough Smurf coins.

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The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf

Harmony is seen in this game. However, he does not appear with his trademark horn and is identified as "Smurf". He and a Smurf report to Hefty about the Vileaf.

Appearances

See Harmony Smurf/Appearances.

Trivia

  • His character in the 1980's cartoon show was voiced by the late Hamilton Camp and Mark Irons in the 2021 cartoon show.
  • He made a brief cameo in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.
  • Harmony is misidentified as Rocker Smurf in the Random House English version of "The Astro Smurf".
    • However, there would eventually be a separate character named Rocky in the 2021 TV series who uses a name similar to Harmony's mistranslated name and actually coming across as a rocker type.
    • In the "King Smurf" episode, he uses modern (at the time) slang, such as "Like, I blow a heavy horn, [you] dig?". This could've been inspired by the error (as in, an attempt to make Harmony come off as a music-loving hippie or rocker type), as Hanna-Barbera referenced Random House's translations of the comics for material while producing Season 1. He also occasionally uses "like" in the same fashion outside of this season, such as in "The Masked Pie Smurfer", making it a small part of his speech pattern.
  • In the 2021 cartoon series, Harmony is often seen with black sunglasses like an actual DJ.
  • In "Smurf To The Future!", what appears to be a prehistoric Harmony is seen banging on some rocks while making music. He is not seen with his sunglasses.
  • Harmony is not seen in Smurfs: The Lost Village; a Smurf going by the name of Smooth Smurf is playing a saxophone is present towards the beginning and end of the film but is not positively identified as Harmony.
  • Harmony seems to have an Italian accent in the 1981 TV series. In the episode, "The Whole Smurf And Nothing But The Smurf", when he suggested he would put effort on his music, he said "fantisimo", while he explained. He is also singing like an Italian opera singer in the episode "A Mere Truffle" when he turned Poet's truffle poem into a song and in "Crooner Smurf" when he wore the amulet that made him sing perfectly, despite singing horribly in the beginning and end of the episode.
  • It is possible he appeared in The Smurfs And The Magic Flute film as the Smurf who played the trumpet in the party scene.
  • There may be a possibility he is the Smurf you play as in the 1999 video game of The Smurfs, as he was the first Smurf to find Baby Smurf in the 1980s cartoon.
  • He along with Farmer, Nanny, Poet, Tailor, Natural, and Slouchy are the only main Smurf characters of the 1980s series who doesn't go time travel during Season 9.
  • Despite being one of the main characters (before Season 9), he only appears for five episodes of Season 8.
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