The Smurfic Games

"The Smurfic Games" was a cartoon special that aired during Season 3 of the Smurfs cartoon show, in the year that the 1984 Winter and Summer Olympic Games were being held.

Background Information

• This cartoon special is based on a series of one-page sketches called "The Smurfic Games", including an element taken from "Smurf Of One And Smurf A Dozen Of The Other" where the Smurfs feud over the "proper" use of the word "smurf" in compounded words and phrases. Here, though, the village is divided into East and West instead of North and South, and Smurfette is also present in the cartoon version whereas she was absent in the original comic book story. The idea for this language war comes from the still-ongoing taalstrijd (language war) between French- and Dutch-speaking communities in Belgium.
• A portion of Vangelis' 1982 Chariots Of Fire theme music is used in this special.
• Parts of the Season 4 intro sequence which were also used in the Smurfs Adventures intro sequence, including where Gargamel says, "ravage the land as never before, total destruction from mountain to shore," came from this cartoon special.