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The Smurfs (1981)
A Smurf
Format	Comic book series Animated television series
Created by	Pierre Culliford aka Peyo
Country of origin	Belgium (Comic books) United States (Animated series)
No. of episodes	421 (total) 91 (30 minutes) 330 (15 minutes) 256 (total combined half-hour episodes) (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original run	September 12, 1981 – December 2, 1989

The Smurfs are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live in Smurf Village somewhere in the woods. The Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced Smurfs to the world in a series of comic strips, making their first appearance in the Belgian comics magazine Le Journal de Spirou on October 23, 1958. The English-speaking world perhaps knows them best through the popular 1980s animated television series from Hanna-Barbera Productions, "The Smurfs."