7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Smurfs Halloween Special (1983)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
Jokey Smurf's birthday is on Halloween and so is Gargamel's. Papa Smurf sends Lazy Smurf out to gather red leaves for Jokey's birthday party. Of course, Lazy falls asleep in the woods and Mother Nature turns him red while she is coloring leaves.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Jokey Smurf's birthday is on Halloween and so is Gargamel's. Papa Smurf sends Lazy Smurf out to gather red leaves for Jokey's birthday party. Of course, Lazy falls asleep in the woods and Mother Nature turns him red while she is coloring leaves.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict, protecting a holiday celebration from external threats, is inherently apolitical. The narrative focuses on universal themes of community and good triumphing over evil, without promoting specific progressive or conservative ideologies.
This Smurfs special maintains the established character designs and roles of the long-running franchise, with no apparent intentional recasting for diversity purposes. The narrative is expected to be consistent with traditional Smurfs storytelling, focusing on light-hearted adventure without critiquing traditional identities or featuring explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The Smurfs Halloween Special does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on the Smurfs' holiday adventures, consistent with the franchise's general family-friendly content, and therefore has no discernible impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Smurfs Halloween Special features the established characters from the Smurfs animated series, all of whom retain their canonical genders. There are no instances of previously established male or female characters being portrayed as a different gender.
The Smurfs are a fictional blue race, and their human antagonist, Gargamel, is consistently depicted as white across the franchise, including this 1983 animated special. No characters established as one race in prior canon are portrayed as a different race.
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7.5
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