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Gutsy decides to give Brainy a scare by creating a shadow figure of the Headless Horseman, which sends the bespectacled Smurf running in fear. However, while Gutsy uses this opportunity to collect the smurfberries in the secret patch, Brainy finds himself walking into a trap set up by the evil wizard Gargamel (voiced by Hank Azaria).
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Brainy Smurf thinks he’s smarter than he really is, and he is certain that he’s smarter than everyone else. This is a Smurfwho does not suffer from self-doubt. In fact, he refuses to admit when he’s wrong, and whenever someone proves it, he makes up an excuse. Brainy considers himself the most responsible member of the band and has proclaimed himse...
Comic Book/2021 TV Series Version
Brainy is the most self-centered of the Smurfs, even more so than Vanity; he annoys almost everyone, up to and including Papa Smurf. Brainy has a penchant for showing off, claiming that he knows everything about everything, although the only things he knows well are things about himself... and even that is debatable. Brainy even claims to be his own favorite subject. Despite this, he is well-liked whenever he's not being a bossy know-it-all, which is all-too-frequently the case. His house is...
1981 TV Series Version
This version of Brainy was virtually identical to his original comic book portrayal in the first two seasons as a bookworm to begin with, with the only exception that he was portrayed as Papa Smurf's apprentice. This would change in the third season where his incompetence and boasting ego started to increase around Season 3, after he started introducing his series of "Quotations Of Brainy Smurf" books --- his personal favorite books. Then by sixth season to the end, it shows that Brainy is in...
Apart from being Papa Smurf's apprentice, Brainy can (more often than not) be the primary or supporting source of discourse within the village. While he is knowledgeable when it comes to magic and potion making, Brainy often over-estimates himself, or doesn’t clearly follow directions, thinking that his way is best, which can cause many problems fo...
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 in "Unsound Smurfs", 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-...
"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..."What?! But I..." (He's forcibly silenced)Astro Smurf to Papa Smurf (as Grandpa Swoof) talking about how life is in the Smurf village.In "Papa's Family Album", Papa Smurf explains to the Smurflingsabout 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 Brai...
Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue
Brainy appears in the cartoon show crossover "Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue" as one of the Smurfs who helps wake up Michael's sister Coreyto the fact that her piggy bank was stolen.
The Smurfs
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 Garga...
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
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.
The Smurfs 2
Brainy Smurf has a brief appearance in the early and late parts of The Smurfs 2 and was one of the three originally chosen by Papa Smurf to journey to modern-day Paris in order to rescue Smurfette from Gargamel (the other two were Hefty and Gutsy) but was accidentally left out as the smurfportation crystals used for traveling through time were instead ingested by Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity. Brainy disliked hearing Passive Aggressive's comment to Papa Smurf about him being chosen as one of th...
The Smurfs
Brainy appears in one of the levels in the 16-bit versions of the 1994 Smurfs video gameas a playable character.
The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf
Brainy appears in one of the levels of The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf as a playable character. He takes up the Smurfizer and sets out to recover the Agua Magnifica, the first of these ingredients. He rescues Jokey and Handyfrom Viletraps along the way, before arriving in Wild Smurf’s territory. He then traverses Wild’s incomplete ropes course to locate the Agua Magnifica, which to his disappointment is only water from a particular waterfall. Brainy returns to Smurf Village but must then set out a...
Smurfs Kart
Brainy is not a playable character in Smurfs Kart. However, he is seen on the loading screens.
Danny Goldman reprised the role of Brainy Smurf for some adult-level "non-canonical" Smurf segments on Robot Chicken.Before Grandpa Smurf, Nanny Smurf, Therapist, and the "non-canonical" Narrator appeared, Brainy was the only Smurf who needed glasses.In the 1980s cartoon show, Brainy has a habit of saying somebody's name three times.Despite Brainy being a very common character in the show, he is one of the least liked Smurfs, basically the Butt Monkey of the village.Gutsy, Brainy, and Smurfette work on a plan to get themselves out of their cages, and soon Gutsy swings his cage repeatedly until it bumps into Brainy's, which then bumps into Smurfette's, and the cages continue to bump into each other until Gutsy's and Brainy's cages break, freeing them.
Throw the Book at Them: Brainy does this to Gutsy when he finds out that Gutsy tricked him with a fake Headless Horseman shadow he had created to scare him. Vocal Dissonance : Brainy's voice actor Fred Armisen had the tendency to slip into his Speedy Gonzales voice.
When Brainy Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt for the ninth year in a row, Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow–and right into Gargamel’s trap!
Oct 26, 2013 · The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow. When Brainy Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt, Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow.
Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow–and right into Gargamel’s trap! Can Brainy and Gutsy, with the help of Smurfette, put aside their rivalry before Gargamel captures them–or worse, they come face-to-face with the legendary ghost, the Headless Horseman?
