Smurf (disambiguation)

A Smurf is a fictional, tiny, blue humanoid from The Smurfs, created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1957.

Smurf, SMURF or smurfing may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

The Smurfs franchise

• Smurf (Smurf language), an undefinable word and derivatives (including "smurfing") used as both verb and noun within the fictional Smurfs franchise
• Smurfette, a female character from The Smurfs
• The Smurfs (3D TV series), an upcoming 3D animated television series, based on the comic franchise
• The Smurfs (comics), Belgian comic series, created by Peyo
• The Smurfs (film), a 2011 film directed by Raja Gosnell, based on the comic franchise
• The Smurfs (TV series), a 1981–1989 American-Belgian animated TV series that aired on NBC, based on the comic franchise
• The Smurfs (video game), a 2011 video game
• The Smurfs merchandising
• The Smurfs music

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Janine "Smurf" Cody, a fictional character played by Jacki Weaver in the 2010 Australian film Animal Kingdom and by Ellen Barkin in the USA TV series
• Smurfing or twinking, in video gaming, the act of a high-skilled gamer playing within a lower-level character or competitive bracket
• The Smurf (dance), a 1980s dance fad
• "The Smurf", a single by Tyrone Brunson
• The Smurfs, a rap band with Bernard Fowler

Science and technology

• Smurf attack, a type of denial of service (DoS) attack on computer networks
• SMURF1, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SMURF1 gene
• SMURF2, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SMURF2 gene
• SMURFs, smartphone spyware by GCHQ and the NSA in their WARRIOR PRIDE kit
• Stepped-frequency microwave radiometer, a microwave radiometer known as "smurf" from its abbreviation SFMR

Other uses

• Smurfing (financial crime) or "structuring", a term related to money laundering
• Smurfing (methamphetamine production), the hiring of multiple individuals to exceed legal limits for purchase of pseudoephedrine for methamphetamine production