Nicknamed El Pitufo ("The Smurf") or El Pipa, he was known as much for his short height of 1.57m (5 ft 3 in) as for his goal-scoring prowess.
He is a screenwriter of films, including All Dogs go to Heaven, The Rugrats Movie, Shrek 2, Clockstoppers, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and The Smurfs and has also written for television shows such as Mission Hill.
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The Smurfs spent a record-breaking 7 weeks at #1, world-wide.
Their first song, "Gucci Bass", was inspired by LL Cool J's "Rock the Bells", and much like Gigolo Tony's 1986 hit, it utilized The Smurfs' theme song as the hook.
Kartner, also known as Father Abraham, is known for his song "The Smurf Song", which was a number one single in 16 countries, as well as writing the 1973 Eurovision entry for the Netherlands, "De oude muzikant" performed by Ben Cramer, which achieved 14th place.
In 1978 he started Sørli DB Records along with the brothers Paul and Helge Karlsen and produced records by Erik Bye, Cornelis Vreeswijk, and the record featuring The Smurfs in Norwegian.
In May 1977, Kartner was asked to make a promotional song about The Smurfs.
Plunk was first created in the late 1980s for the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art as a fictional example of the merchandising that can be produced with successful comic figures like The Smurfs or Peanuts.
In September 2011, he played the voice of Clumsy in the Japanese-dubbed version of the film The Smurfs.
Its figurines were first released in the 1950s with the development, production and marketing of comic figurines such as Snoopy and The Smurfs.
Smurfing is a term that originated with vernacular used by the fictional characters known as The Smurfs.
His pseudonym Smurfie Syco derives from The Smurfs a Belgian comic and television franchise centred on a group of small blue fictional creatures called Smurfs, There are more than one hundred 'Smurfs', whose names are based on adjectives that emphasize their characteristics, e.g. 'Jokey Smurf'.
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Antonucci dropped out of the Sheridan College of Visual Arts to take a job as an animator at Hanna-Barbera, where he worked on a number of series, including The Flintstones Comedy Hour, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Smurfs, and Richie Rich.
Freddy Monnickendam was a Belgian businessman who came into contact with comics when he negotiated the rights to The Smurfs for Father Abraham in 1977.
A New York City native, she lent her voice to numerous television characters, including the title character of the very first made-for-television cartoon, Crusader Rabbit, Smurfette on the popular 1980s cartoon The Smurfs and Ms. Bitters on the Nickelodeon animated series Invader ZIM.
Motion Pictures has had and extended animation catalog series, bringing to Spain for more than 20 years famous series as The Smurfs, Inspector Gadget, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Calimero, Dennis the Menace, etc..
The production for the series, was handled by Mill Valley Animation on a contract from SEPP International S.A., the noted Brussels's production house which also featured animation series and properties including The Smurfs, Snorks and Foofur.