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I Puffi

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I Puffi is the Italian dub of The Smurfs (1981). It has previously aired on Canale 5, Italia 1, Rete 4, Boing (Italy), Boomerang (Italy), Hiro and Cartoonito (Italy).

Broadcast[]

In Italy, the first season was broadcasted in local Italian TV channels in 1981, and then subsequently on Canale 5 from 1982, in which the channel being the only national channel to air the program on the country at the time. In 1983, the channel was moved to Italia 1, and it was still rerunning the entire nine seasons of this show to this day. In 1990s, Canale 5 and Rete 4 has once aired the reruns of the show. In September 12, 2005, the Italian feed of the Boing channel has aired the first three seasons of the show in Italian digital television. In January 07, 2009, Boomerang also aired the first two seasons. In January of 2011, another Italian channel Hiro has aired reruns of the show.

In 2013, the Italian feed of the Cartoonito channel has aired the entire series and even aired reruns since then.

Between 2018 and 2020, the show was re-aired in Italia 1 with a 16:9 HD widescreen remaster and a complete theme song lasting about 3 minutes always sung by Cristina D'Avena. But since 2021, the original 4:3 format of the show and as well as two minutes of the opening music video were restored for this show.

The series isn't currently airing on Italian television.

Cast[]

Character Actor[1]
Grande Puffo
Elio Pandolfi (Only in the first episode of the show)
Gino Pagnani (A few episodes of the first season only)
Tonino Accolla (A few episodes of the first season only)
Arturo Dominici (The rest of the first season and as well the rest of the series)

Puffetta
Fiamma Izzo (First two seasons only)
Loredana Nicosia (Rest of the series)
Quattrocchi
Marco Guadagno (First six seasons only)
Bontina
Antonella Rinaldi
Brontolone
Simona Izzo (First season only)
Fiamma Izzo (A few episodes of the second season only)
Giuppy Izzo (The rest of the second season and as well the rest of the series)
Burlone
Fiamma Izzo (Only in the first episode of the show)
Francesca Guadagno (Vanity Fare, All That Glitters Isn't Smurf)
Laura Lenghi (Dreamy's Nightmare, Paradise Smurfed)
Loris Loddi (The Fake Smurf, and some episodes of the second season)
Germana Dominici (Some episodes of the second season only)
Giorgio Borghetti (The remaining episodes of the second season where he only appears with a voiced appearance)
Gianni Williams (Season 3-6 only)
Maurizio Fardo (The rest of the series)
Contadino
Francesca Guadagno (The first two seasons)
Giuppy Izzo (Season 2, substitute)
Mauro Gravina (The rest of the series)
Forzuto
Fabio Boccanera (Only in the first episode of the show)
Rita Baldini (Vanity Fare, Soup A La Smurf)
Georgia Lepore (All That Glitters Isn't Smurf, The Fountain Of Smurf)
Giuppy Izzo (The Magnifying Mixture, and the rest of the series)
Golosone
Liliana Jovino (Some episodes of the first season)
Germana Dominici (Some episodes of the first season)
Gianni Williams (Most of the second season and season 3-6)
Claudio Sorrentino (The Impostor King, The Raven Wizard)
Mauro Gravina (The Ring Of Castellac, Smurf Van Winkle)
Maurizio Fardo (The rest of the series)
Inventore
Fiamma Izzo (Only in the first episode of the show)
Laura Lenghi (Soup A La Smurf)
Susanna Fassetta (All That Glitters Isn't Smurf, The Fountain Of Smurf)
Loredana Nicosia (The Magnifying Mixture, and some of the episodes of the season 2)
Claudio Sorrentino (The Impostor King, The Haunted Castle)
Francesca Guadagno (The rest of the season 2 to season 7)
Paola Giannetti (Season 7, substitute)
Massimo Rinaldi (Season 8)
Minatore
Gianni Williams (The fourth season only)
Massimo Rinaldi (The fifth season and the rest of the show)

Naturone
Lorena Bertini (The fifth season only)
Roberta Paladini (The sixth and seventh season only)
Francesca Rinaldi (Some episodes of the seventh season and as well as eighth season only)
Nonna Puffa
Gabriella Genta
Nonno Puffo
Carlo Reali
Gil Baroni
Pauroso Liliana Sorrentino
Loredana Nicosia
Pigrone
Marzio Margine (Season 1)
Mauro Gravina (Season 1, substitute)
Gianni Williams (Some episodes of season 2 only)
Marco Guadagno (Some episodes of season 2 only)
Pittore
Fiamma Izzo (The Smurf's Apprentice)
Fabrizio Mazzotta (For the rest of the series)
Fabrizio Vidale (Only a few episodes of season 6)
Poeta
Loris Loddi (The first two seasons only)
Germana Dominici (Season 2, substitute)
Loredana Nicosia (Season 3-4 only)
Massimo Rinaldi (For the rest of the series)
Sarto
Germana Dominici (Season 2 only)
Mauro Gravina (Season 3-4 and 6 only)
Gaetano Varcasia (Season 5 only)
Teo Bellia (For the rest of the series)
Sciattone
Mauro Gravina
Sciccoso
Roberta Paladini
Sognatore
Rory Manfredi (St Smurf And The Dragon)
Marzio Margine (Romeo And Smurfette)
Riccardo Rossi (Heavenly Smurfs)
Claudio Sorrentino (Smurfs At Sea)
Simona Izzo (Season 3 only)
Massimo Rinaldi (For the rest of the series)
Stonato
Loredana Nicosia (The first two seasons only)
Giuppy Izzo (Season 2, subsitute)
Mauro Gravina (For the rest of the series)
Tontolone
Fabrizio Mazzotta
Giuppy Izzo (Only in the first episode of the show)
Fabrizio Vidale (Only a few episodes of season 6)
Vanitoso
Giorgio Borghetti (Season 1)
Francesca Guadagno (Season 1 to 7 only)
Paola Giannetti (Season 7, substitute)
Massimo Rinaldi (For the rest of the series)
Agata
Germana Dominici
Baldassarre
Mario Bardella
Birba
Paola Giannetti
Giuppy Izzo
Fiamma Izzo (Only in some episodes of season 2)
Bue Grasso
Raffaele Uzzi
Arturo Dominici
Gigi Angelillo (Only in some episodes of season 7)
Cloridride
Gabriella Genta (Only the third, fifth and seventh season)
Paola Giannetti (Fourth season only)
Germana Dominici (Sixth season only)
Denisa
Francesca Rinaldi
Fangoso
Massimo Rinaldi
Gargamella
Gastone Pescucci (The first three seasons only)
Claudio Sorrentino (Season 2, substitute)
Paolo Buglioni (For the rest of the series)
Geraldo
Francesco Bulckaen (The first and sixth season only)
Tonino Accolla (Second season only)
Mauro Gravina (Third season only)
Gaetano Varcasia (The fifth season and the rest of the series)
John
Mauro Gravina
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Lady Barbara
Franca Dominici
Lenticchia
Gaetano Varcasia
Luc Mario Bardella
Lucertolone
Massimo Lodolo
Madre di Gargamella
Germana Dominici
Madre Natura
Gabriella Genta
Mago Omnibus
Sergio Fiorentini (Second season only)
Carlo Reali (The third season and the rest of the series)
Raffaele Uzzi (The Sand Witch)
Gil Baroni (A episode of the sixth season only)
Melchiorro Romano Ghini
Melmoso
Paolo Poiret
Morena
Fiamma Izzo (The Golden Smurf Award)
Roberta Paladini (Educating Bigmouth)
Rosalba Caramoni (A episode of the sixth season only)
Nemesis
Romano Ghini
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Olivier
Giuppy Izzo
Padre Tempo
Mario Bardella (Third, fourth and seventh season only)
Carlo Reali (The fifth and sixth season only)
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Priscilla
Gabriella Genta
Re
Mario Bardella (Second season only)
Sergio Fiorentini (Third season only)
Re Paludone
Massimo Corvo
Mario Bardella (A episode of the sixth season only)
Solfami
Marco Guadagno (Season 2-6 only)
Massimo Rinaldi (The seventh season only)
Stagnoso
Paolo Buglioni
Verruchino
Roberto Stocchi (Season 4 only)
Massimo Lodolo (Puppy)
Fabrizio Manfredi (A episode of the sixth season only)
Witlor Massimo Rinaldi (Fourth and seventh season only)
Romano Ghini (A episode of the sixth season only)
Translator
Simona Izzo
Arturo Dominici
Giuppy Izzo
Ruggero Busetti
Fiamma Izzo (Collaboration)
Marco Guadagno (Collaboration)
Lorena Bertini (Collaboration)
Antonella Rinaldi (Collaboration)
Director
Simona Izzo
Arturo Dominici
Giuppy Izzo
Marco Guadagno
Teo Bellia (Collaboration)
Mauro Gravina (Collaboration)
Germana Dominici (Collaboration)

Trivia[]

  • A number of the following opening themes were used for each season and performed by famous Italian singer Cristina D'Avena (which done many Italian-exclusive theme song for many Western cartoons and animes), with the fifth to ninth season being the original Italian theme songs exclusively made for the dub.
    • Season 1 & Season 2 - Canzone dei Puffi
    • "Johan and Peewit" episodes - Due giovani eroi, John e Solfami (two themes for seasons 2-3)
    • Season 3 - Puffi la la la ("Smurf la la la" song)
    • Season 4 - Che bello essere un Puffo ("Smurfy Way" song)
    • Season 5 - Puffa di qua, puffa di là
    • Season 6 - Ogni Puffo pufferà
    • Season 7 - Puffi qua e là
    • Season 8 - I Puffi sanno (later used for re-airings of all 9 seasons)
    • Season 9 - Amici Puffi / Puffa un po' di Arcobaleno (the latter was recorded a few years ago after former, and for the latter, it used for re-airings of all 9 seasons later)
  • For some reason, the recent YouTube distribution of all Italian episodes use the second Italian "Johan and Peewit" theme.

(copied from Smurfs Wikia)

  • In Boomerang Italy airings of the first two seasons, the special episodes and as well as Johan & Peewit episodes were skipped.
  • In Italian Wikipedia article of the show and as well as Smurfs Wikia, it claims that "Il Paese dei Puffi" was used as the theme song of the first season of the show when it aired on the local Italian channels. However, though the song was found, but the video of the opening intro with the song wasn't found online and was likely lost, it is unknown if that claim was actually true.
  • As shown in "Gallery" section below, the first seven seasons of the show aired in Italy were always using the name "I Puffi", but in the eighth season, they used the "I Puffi sanno..." (The Smurfs know...) name before sometimes reverted to the original "I Puffi" name, while in the ninth and final season they used "Amici Puffi" (Smurf Friends) or "Puffa un po' di Arcobaleno" (Smurf a Little Bit of Rainbow) in reruns, referring to the rainbow magical time whirlwind in the abruptly-cancelled season-long time travel arc.
  • The episodes were originally aired uncut, but like many cartoons airing in Italy, in recent airings the episodes were separated into two-partner episode, for example the parts are respectively called Part 1 and Part 2. The titles of the episodes have been modified several times depending on the airings or the home video releases.
  • According to TV Tropes' Clean Dub Name page, The Smurfs' original French series name, "Les Schtroumpfs", were originally translated in an early release of the original comic book as Strunfi, but then the translators though that the word was sounded closer to a certain similar Italian swear word, so the Puffi name was used instead and was still used to this day.
  • Now you can see the episodes of the Italian dub for free on "I Puffi • Italiano" channel which is part of official Smurfs International on YouTube. You can see it here.
  • During early episodes of season 1, multiple characters were referred with their English names (so for example Brainy Smurf was called "Puffo Brainy" instead of "Puffo Quattrocchi"), while Gargamel was initially called "Garganella".

Gallery[]

Videos[]

References[]

  1. ↑ The Italian Wikipedia article page for the Smurfs 1981 TV series, which contains the Italian voice actor for almost most of the characters ever appeared on the show


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