Tailor Smurf (original French name Schtroumpf Tailleur) is a main character of the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show and a supproting character of the Smurfs comic books and the 2021 Smurfs cartoon show.
Character
He is the village's chief clothes maker who makes and repairs all the clothes that the Smurfs wear. In the comics and 2021 series, he is usually identified with a strapped red needle pouch that he wears in his arm or on his Smurf hat. While at other times, he wears a tape measure that he drapes around his neck.
In the 1981 series, he is usually identified by the pins that he wears in his Smurf hat and by a tape measure that he drapes around his neck.
Role in the Village
Tailor has one of the important jobs in the village. He's the one who makes the clothes for all the Smurfs. He's also one of the busiest because he has to make new clothes for Smurfs like Baby Smurf (as he keeps outgrowing his clothes) and Smurfette (for she is rarely satisfied with the dresses she already has). He is always seen working on something and rarely has time to do other favors. As a sort of running gag, Tailor tends to see ordinary white Smurf clothes as "very distinguished" and creates new lines of clothes that don't look anything different from what the Smurfs normally wear, though he and most of the Smurfs tend to treat them as though they are actually different (though he and the Smurfs would eventually admit that their clothes look the same in "The Makeover"). The Smurflings, when they first appeared, eventually took Tailor to task about his view of Smurf clothes and developed their own personal style. This change in style also affected some of the Smurfs such as Handy, who in later years of the comic book series would wear blue bib overalls, and Farmer, who would wear green overalls and a straw hat. In the comic books, Tailor tried Wild out with wearing ordinary white Smurf clothes, but after seeing how uncomfortable they made him feel after wearing them, Tailor made a loincloth for Wild that suited him just fine.
Tailor is usually friendly and cooperative with his fellow Smurfs as long as they appreciate what he does. He does get annoyed with Brainy because of his complaining and annoyed with Vanity because of his choosiness. He does have a limit towards how much complaining he can tolerate. He once quit on all the Smurfs in "A Float Full Of Smurfs" because they kept complaining about the costumes he made.
Relationships With Others
Tailor has no known "Best Smurf Friend", but he is well-respected. He is willing to help out at times, like when he helped Hefty with his Smurfette disguise in "Smurfette For A Day", but since he's busy measuring others for new clothes, he will turn them down at times.
Smurfette
Tailor shows sympathy for Smurfette, In "Soothsayer Smurfette", he made her a new dress because she wanted one earlier and he couldn't stand seeing her so sad (She turns down the dress, though, in favor of a new one she got from a disguised Gargamel).
In "Who's Heftier?", Smurfette asks Tailor to make a costume for her.
Tracker Smurf
Tailor thinks of Tracker as crazy and a nut. In "S-Shivering S-Smurfs", Tracker wants Tailor to make him a coat using ugly fur and does not believe him when Tracker says that there is a blizzard. After Tracker leaves, Tailor states that the village is full of nuts, implying Tracker is one of them.
Grouchy Smurf
When Grouchy wandered off in anger during his birthday party in "The Secret Of Shadow Swamp", Papa mustered a search party of Smurfs concerned for him. As Grouchy had last been seen in Tailor's shop without getting the proper specs, Tailor volunteered to help namely out of concern for unfinished work.
In the 2011 Smurfs movie, he stitches up a copy of the green M&M plush toy that Grouchy fell in love with back in New York City.
Clumsy Smurf
Tailor is also good friends with Clumsy as he picked him for the second part of his costume in "Monster Smurfs". They were also the only Smurfs (alongside Papa Smurf) that didn't use the spell to become monsters.
The Smurflings
Tailor was, at first, was hesitant (in the 1981 series, he was irritant) with the Smurflings because they ended up choosing different clothes, instead of dressing like the adult Smurfs, but he warms up to them. This is evident in episodes such as "Cut-Up Smurfs" when he shows sympathy for Sassette after seeing her cry, taking away her damaged doll for fixing later and even making her paper dolls to play with in the meantime.
In The Movies
The Smurfs
Tailor has a short in-universe appearance in the 2011 Smurfs movie during the end credits when he stitches up a copy of the green M&M plush toy that Grouchy has fallen in love with.
Appearances
Trivia
- Tailor's accent in the 1981 series is supposed to be a reference to immigrants that came to America and worked as tailors for a living.
- Tailor has a British accent in the 2021 series.
- His character was voiced by Kip King in the 1980s cartoon and Charlie Cattrall in the 2021 series.
- Although he is sometimes seen measuring other Smurfs, they never seem to grow.
- He along with Nanny, Harmony, Farmer, Poet, Nat, and Slouchy are the only main Smurf characters of the 1980s series who doesn't go time-travelling during Season 9.
- He, Poet, Nat, and Slouchy also do not appear in Season 9.
- Despite being one of the main characters (before Season 9), he only appears in two episodes of Season 1 and four episodes of Season 2.
- Tailor has his name in one episode title which is "Tailor's Magic Needle".