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The Smurfs 2 is a 2013 American 3D fantasy comedy film loosely based on The Smurfs comic book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. Sony Pictures Animation, Kerner Entertainment Company and Hemisphere Media Capital, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film is directed by Raja Gosnell, who helmed the first, with all the main cast returning. It is the third feature to take place in the Smurfs Live-Action Film Universe.

Due to its performance in theaters, this became the last movie to be produced as a live-action/CGI-animated movie, as Sony decided to reboot the series as an all-CGI animated movie series with Smurfs: The Lost Village in 2017.

Characters[]

Plot Summary[]

Uh oh! Very Smurfy Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of the Smurfs Franco-Belgian comic book series, the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show series, or the 2021 Smurfs cartoon show series, and should not be considered part of the overall storyline of any of those media universes.

As the story begins, Smurfette is having nightmares about betraying her fellow Smurfs and turning them over to Gargamel to be captured. Meanwhile, the Smurfs are preparing a surprise party for Smurfette's birthday, but as Smurfette tries to find out what her fellow Smurfs are planning, none of them are saying a word. She takes this to mean that she is now feeling unwelcome in the village as a Smurf.

In present-day Paris, Gargamel is now a star attraction amazing people with his sorcery, but he sees that he is running low on Smurf essence that gives him his magic powers. With his new creations, the Naughties, Gargamel plans on opening a portal to the Smurf Village by using the Eiffel Tower as a conduit so he can steal Smurfette and through her get Papa Smurf's secret formula for creating Smurfs. However, as the portal he created isn't big enough for him to go through, Gargamel takes Vexy, one of his Naughties, and sends her through the portal to grab Smurfette and bring her into the present.

After one of the Smurfs sees Smurfette being abducted, Papa Smurf uses his magic to create smurfportation crystals that would allow several of his Smurfs to travel directly to Patrick Winslow's residence in New York City in order to get his help in rescuing Smurfette. Papa originally intended for Brainy, Hefty, and Gutsy to use the crystals, but instead through an accident Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity use them. Papa and the three Smurfs arrive in the apartment right after the celebration of Blue's fourth birthday, where they meet both the Winslows' young boy and Patrick's stepfather Victor Doyle, a man who is a constant embarrassment to Patrick. The time-traveling Smurfs soon discover where Gargamel is, and so they and the Winslows set off for Paris in order to find him.

After their arrival in Paris, Patrick and his wife Grace work together with Victor to distract Gargamel during one of his performances while the Smurfs sneak backstage in order to find Smurfette, only to discover what Gargamel is planning. At the same time, Smurfette tries to escape, but Vexy and her partner Hackus catch up to her, with Vexy convincing Smurfette that she isn't alone, and together the Naughties bond with Smurfette and have fun. Upon her return to Gargamel's hotel suite with the Naughties, Gargamel presents her with a gift, her very own magic wand, as a feigned act of kindness, claiming that he was Smurfette's father all along and that Papa Smurf had no interest in her. Yet Smurfette is still reluctant to give Gargamel what he wanted until she sees that the Naughties are dying due to a lack of Smurf essence. Realizing that the only way to save them is to give Gargamel the secret formula, Smurfette quickly writes it down and Gargamel mixes it up to turn the Naughties into real Smurfs. But immediately after they become Smurfs, the evil wizard puts them into his Smurfalator so he can carry out the rest of his plan.

Meanwhile, Patrick, Victor, and the Smurfs work together to rescue Smurfette from Gargamel when the Smurfs get captured and put into the Smurfalator along with Smurfette, Vexy, and Hackus, using it to power the evil wizard's bigger dragon wand. Patrick and Victor arrive in time to destroy the Smurfalator, causing the Smurf-creating formula to be destroyed in a fire, but not before Gargamel gained enough power to use his new wand against the Smurfs and their allies. Vexy and Hackus teamed up with the Smurfs against their former master and used the new wand to blast him away, far up into the stratosphere.

With Gargamel no longer a threat and with two new Smurfs to add to the family, the five time-traveling Smurfs make their goodbyes to the Winslows and return home to celebrate Smurfette's birthday.

In a post-credits' scene, Gargamel and Azrael are pulled into the portal, sending them back to their castle. 

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Cast[]

Live-Action Cast

  • Hank Azaria as Gargamel
  • Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow
  • Brendan Gleeson as Victor Doyle
  • Jayma Mays as Grace Winslow
  • Jacob Tremblay as Blue Winslow
  • Nancy O'Dell as herself
  • Karim Babin as Room Service Waiter
  • Gaston Morrison as New York Taxi Driver
  • Jocelyn Blanchard as Toad Man
  • Erika Rosenbaum as Pregnant Mom
  • Carolina Bartczak as Peanut Mom
  • James A. Woods as Peanut Father
  • Henri Pardo as Father-to-Be
  • Vanessa Matsui as Mother with Camera
  • Dusan Dukic as Curious Dad
  • Ruth Chiang as Single Mom
  • Andy Quesnel as Woman in Box
  • Mylène Dinh-Robic as Hotel Assistant Manager
  • Martin-Guy Bélanger as Hotel Sous-chef
  • Robert Reynaert and Patrick Sabongui as Candy Men
  • Martin St-Antoine as Tourist with Coffee Cup
  • Patrick Baby as Palais Garnier Security Guard
  • Joshua Spreekmeester as Peanut Kid
  • Bruno Paviot as Hotel Desk Manager
  • Gunther Love as Cat Man in Audience
  • Gaëlle Piétri, Janicke Askevold, Beatrice Rosen, Mathilde Snodgrass as Pregnant Models

Animated Voices

Additionally, Sean Kenin and Patricia Summersett voice two background Smurfs.

Trivia[]

  • This movie marks Jonathan Winters' final performance as the voice of Papa Smurf, as he had passed away on April 11, 2013, after work on the movie was finished. There is a dedication for the actor in the end credits.
  • Sofia Vergara had a scene filmed for her character Odile Anjelou in this movie, but it was cut out of the final theatrical release.
  • This is one of the few media representations of the Smurfs where the Smurf song is referred to in-universe as "the La La Song", the other being the cartoon episode "The Comet Is Coming".
  • When Vanity hits his mirror after flying out of the portal, he is heard doing the infamous Wilhelm scream.
  • Clumsy tries to perform karate as he enters Gargamel's dressing room. This had previously happened in "Karate Clumsy" from Season 9 of the 1980s cartoon show.
  • Brainy and Gutsy both have minor roles in the film unlike the first one.
    • However, it's possible that Gutsy and Lemon Smurf were supposed to have a major role since they can be seen in one of the trailers going through a portal with Papa Smurf and Vanity for a brief second.
  • There was supposed to be a third film but it was cancelled and replaced with The Lost Village.
  • On the web series On Cinema on the Cinema, Gregg Turkington suggested Jonathan Winters deserved a post-humous Oscar for the film and that it was the best performance of his career

Goofs[]

  • During the end credits of the last movie, Smurf Village was being rebuilt in the image of New York, however in this film, the entire village is shown in its original state.
  • In Gargamel's first magic show in Paris, he levitates a volunteer who is facing away from Gargamel, but in the next shot the volunteer is now facing towards Gargamel.
  • As Patrick and Papa Smurf leave to rescue Smurfette, Grace dials the phone to call Patrick's stepfather and begins saying, "Hello, Victor..." as the end of the first ring can still be heard.
  • When the taxi arrives in Paris, it is shown to be a Mercedes taxi with yellow signals on the front bumper. This model with yellow signals on the bar is found only in the United States of America.
  • As Smurfette and the Naughties are riding through Paris on a cart, Gargamel and Azrael are seen riding in a carriage, slightly far behind them. After an argument between the two, Gargamel throws Azrael out of the carriage while still behind the Naughties. Then afterwards, Smurfette and the Naughties' cart ride comes to an end, a big distance away from where Azrael was thrown out. However, a few seconds later, Azrael is seen standing right before them in the opposite direction of where he was dumped on the street. There is no explanation how Azrael got that far.
  • The type of highly refined peanut oil used for frying does not cause allergic reactions. The protein that causes the reaction is removed by the refinement process.
  • The song "Help Me, Rhonda" is misspelled as "Help Me, Ronda" in the music credits.

Production[]

Development[]

On August 9, 2011, Sony Pictures Animation announced a sequel to be released on August 2, 2013, which was later rescheduled to July 31, 2013 (two years and two days after the release of its predecessor).[1] Director Raja Gosnell and producer Jordan Kerner returned for the film.[2] Katy Perry confirmed at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards that she would be reprising her role as Smurfette. Sony began working on the sequel in early 2011 with writers J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick and David Ronn. By early August 2011, the first draft of the script was completed.[3] On April 26, 2012, Sony announced that the film went into production.

Filming took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] The film also marked the last appearance of Jonathan Winters, who voiced Grandpa Smurf on the 1980s TV series and Papa Smurf] in the first film. Winters died on April 11, 2013 (by then, work had already ended on this film).[5]

On July 11, 2013, it was announced that Sofía Vergara's role was cut from the film. Gosnell, the director of the film, explained: "She came to Paris and did a tiny little cameo for us, but ultimately for story clarity we had to omit that scene. It just muddied things up a bit. So it was a sad day for us, but she'll always be part of our Smurfy family.".[6] Several scenes were filmed in the new film studios Cité du Cinéma founded by Luc Besson in Saint-Denis in France.[7]

Release and marketing[]

  • The movie was released in theaters in the United States, Canada, Latin America, United Kingdom, and some few other European countries from July 31st.
  • iTunes and Xbox Live have made the movie available for download on November 29, 2013.

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