Tracker Smurf (original French name Schtroumpf qui a du flair or Schtroumpf Traqueur) is a supporting character of the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show, only appearing between Seasons 2 and 4.
Character
He is a Smurf with a sense of smell that enables him to track down various things like truffles, humans, his fellow Smurfs, and basically anything else. He is easily identified by a red feather that he wears in his hat.
Tracker is best known for his enthusiastic, even passionate, approach to almost anything whether it be the change of weather or even searching for truffles.
Despite Tracker's frequent appearances in Season 2, after "The First Telesmurf", his role declines drastically, only appearing during scenes with the speaking mushroom in the village. He was eventually removed from the series after "Smurf the Other Cheek".
Appearances
He mostly appeared in Season 2 of the 1980s cartoon show, in the following episodes:
- The Smurf Who Couldn't Say No
- The Adventures of Robin Smurf
- Sister Smurf (Does not speak)
- S-Shivering S-Smurfs
- Squeaky
- Gormandizing Greedy
- For The Love of Gargamel
- The Raven Wizard
- The Sky is Smurfing! The Sky is Smurfing!
- Turncoat Smurf
- The Littlest Giant
- A Mere Truffle
- The Good, The Bad, and the Smurfy
- The Box Of Dirty Tricks (Not seen; heard)
- The Smurfs' Christmas Special
Season 3
- Once In A Blue Moon (Does not speak)
- The First Telesmurf (Does not speak)
- The Last Smurfberry (Does not speak)
- The Tear of a Smurf (Does not speak)
- Baby Smurf is Missing (Does not speak)
- The Golden Smurf Award (Does not speak)
- Hefty's Heart (Does not speak)
- April Smurf's Day (Does not speak)
Season 4
- Smurf the Other Cheek (Does not speak)
Smurfs' Village Game
Tracker smurf's checklist game in Smurfs' Village
In Smurfs' Village game for iPad, iPhone, and Android, Tracker has a mini game called "Tracker's Scavenger Hunt" for players to complete tasks and earn the XPs to increase the level's XP bar. Once the timer is up as Tracker's soup is finished, he leaves the village and will come back to the village again sometime later.
The Smurfs' Society
In The Smurfs' Society, Tracker appears as one of the purchasable Smurf NFTs when the player uses an access crystal.
Trivia
- His character was voiced by Henry Polic II.
- Tracker notably does not have any speaking roles after Season 2. This is possibly because Polic ll was busy with other projects.
- Tracker's feather changes in different appearances. In the 1981 cartoon, Tracker has a red feather in his hat; however, his feather becomes white in Smurfs' Village and merchandise created by Studio Peyo.
- Tracker is not the only Smurf to have a British accent, as Sweepy and Marco in the cartoon show, Vanity in the 2011 Smurfs movie, Passerby and Baker in Lost Village and No Name in the 2025 Smurfs movie have similar accents.
- Tracker, Marco, Rocky, Hunter, Ken and Moxie are the only Smurfs who have real names.
- Tracker, along with Poet and Hunter, are the only Smurfs to have a feather in their hats.
- Despite Tracker not appearing in the comics, he has appeared in official merchandise created by I.M.P.S such as a series of coloring pages packaged for a 2021 Smurfs McDonald's Happy Meal and The Smurfs' Society NFT collection.