The Smurfs: The Mystery of the Stolen Magic Flute (1992 TV special)

The Smurfs: The Mystery of the Stolen Magic Flute is a 1992 one-hour television special written and directed by Peyo, based on his comic strips The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit. It serves as a sequel to the 1976 film The Smurfs and the Magic Flute. This feature was produced by PBS Animation in association with Hanna-Barbera Productions and Lafig S.A. and aired on both PBS and ABC on November 15, 1992.

Synopsis
Gargamel and his pet cat Azrael stole the magic flute from Smurf Village, and now it is up to Sir Johan and Peewit to help their little blue friends get it back.

Voice Cast

 * Don Messick as Papa Smurf, Dreamy Smurf and Azrael
 * Jonathan Winters as Grandpa Smurf
 * Danny Goldman as Brainy Smurf
 * Bill Callaway as Clumsy Smurf and Painter Smurf
 * Michael Bell as Grouchy Smurf, Handy Smurf, Lazy Smurf and Sir Johan
 * Frank Welker as Hefty Smurf, Poet Smurf and Peewit
 * June Foray as Jokey Smurf and Mother Nature
 * Mary Kay Bergman as Smurfette
 * Paul Winchell as Gargamel
 * Richard Gautier as Wooly Smurf
 * Kip King as Tailor Smurf
 * Henry Polic II as Tracker Smurf
 * Hamilton Camp as Greedy Smurf and Harmony Smurf
 * Bernard Erhard as Timber Smurf
 * Marshall Efron as Sloppy Smurf
 * Alan Young as Miner Smurf, Farmer Smurf and Scaredy Smurf
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Vanity Smurf
 * Nancy Cartwright as Baby Smurf
 * Charlie Adler as Natural 'Nat' Smurfling
 * Julie McWhirter as Sassette Smurfling
 * Pat Musick as Snappy Smurfling
 * Noelle North as Slouchy Smurfling
 * Susan Blu as Nanny Smurf
 * Russi Taylor as Smoogle
 * Colin Fox as the King
 * Linda Gary as Dame Barbara

Voices
Most of the voice cast reprised their roles from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, with Mary Kay Bergman as the new voice of Smurfette. Lucille Bliss was intended for reprise the role, but was turned down in favor of Mary Kay Bergman. When the special was completed, the character voices were done without the use of pitch-shifting, resulting in the voices sounding slighty deeper than before (unlike the cartoon however, although there were occasional exceptions in some episodes).

Trivia

 * The special aired on both PBS and ABC instead of NBC.
 * After its initial telecast, the special re-ran on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Turner Broadcasting System bought the special from PBS and continues to hold ownership with both Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Entertainment to this day.
 * When Peyo had created the first production of the special, it was originally intended to be a feature film produced in co-production with Walt Disney Feature Animation. But Peyo had to abruptly cancel the project after the script, storyboards, and animatic have been completed (following the box-office failure of The Chipmunk Adventure) and decided to instead make it into a one-hour TV special.
 * However, Disney was finally able to produce a Smurfs feature film in 1995 with Peyo's son Thierry Culliford writing up a new script with several Disney writers.
 * This would be the last time Paul Winchell voiced Gargamel. In Gargamel's future appearances, he would be voiced by either Hank Azaria or Jim Cummings.
 * This special would probably be the last appearance of The Smurflings, Baby Smurf, Grandpa Smurf, Nanny Smurf and Smoogle until the Smurfs television series produced by Disney in 1996.
 * This was the final Smurfs television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the last one produced in collaboration with PBS Animation. The last two specials set in the style of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon were direct-to-video films produced by Warner Bros. Animation in the early-to-mid 2000s (after Studio Peyo broke off with Disney, following the cancellation of the 1996 television series), The Smurfs Meet Frankenstein and The Smurfs Meet the Wolfman.
 * The special contained songs from the albums Father Abraham in Smurfland and The Smurfs All-Star Show, with permission from the record company who made them. They were re-recorded by most of the entire cast from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon and Mary Kay Bergman.
 * A few new songs, such as Meet Smurfette and The Magic Flute Will Be Mine were created for the special.