'Smurfs' trivia and fun facts

When choked a Smurf turns yellow.

All naturally-born Smurfs are bald. Only Smurfette and Sassette, who were created by magic and are female, have hair.

Unlike the cartoon series where Smurfette is a regular character, in the original comics, she appears infrequently from her debut in 'The Smurfette' in 1966 until the 1980s.

The Smurfs made their debut in 1958 in a comic strip drawn by Pierre "Peyo" Culliford in the Belgian magazine Spirou.

Gargamel's cat Azrael is named after the angel of death in Hebrew and Islamic traditions.