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Character Name: Peewit |
Character
Peewit (commonly called Pee-Wee) is a supporting character of the Smurfs cartoon show, who has appeared on the show from Season 2 to Season 8 and in the "non-canonical" Smurf story "The Smurfs And The Magic Flute". He is a court jester who is a constant companion of Sir Johan, and attempts to entertain others with his mandolin and his off-key singing. He usually travels around on a goat named Piquette.
Role
Peewit is meant for humerous purposes, being the complete opposite in terms of personality when compared to his closest friend, Sir Johan. He is jester for the king, but his jokes often don't make sense, are too common, or are too boring. He is not useless, though, offering great help whenever Johan or the Princess Sabina are in trouble.
Peewit also works for the king by delivering invitations.
Personality and Interests
Peewit is a scaredy-cat, with like of better words. He doesn't like going into danger and prefers staying on the safe side, but he will dive into trouble just to save his friends.
Peewit is a trickster, none the less, and is not afraid to play jokes on unsuspecting people.
Peewit's main interests revolves around two things: Eating and Performing. Peewit adores eating big meals, often eating more than two times his body weight- and that's not even good enough to fill him. Peewit also likes performing for others, even though he's kind of bad at it.
Peewit's known performances:
- Juggling
- Telling (Bad) Jokes
- Singing (Badly)
- Puppet Shows
- A few magic tricks
The only time Peewit ever played good music was when he was in the possession of the six-holed magic flute that came from the Smurfs in "The Smurfs And The Magic Flute". He used that for playing pranks on people he happened to pass by in the castle, though he resented having it being used on him by Matthew McCreep when he stole it from him.
Meeting and Relationship with Johan
Peewit showing his singing skills to Johan for the first time
Their meeting is explained in "The Goblin of Boulder Woods", where Peewit was pretending to be a goblin in order to get free food. Johan was able to catch him though. At first, they didn't seem to get along that well, but after they went to save the Princess Sabina together, the two became good friends and got closer as time passed.
Peewit and Johan are seen going on trips to other kingdoms or places together, bringing some Smurfs with them at times. The two make a good team, overall, Johan having the swordsman techniques and brains while Peewit will often act as a distraction of some kind.
Johan and Peewit are really good friends, despite having opposite personalities
Johan will sometimes get annoyed by Peewit if he keeps on causing trouble, but it may be because he doesn't want his friend to get kicked out because of something stupid he did.
One running gag between them is that everytime Johan says "Later Peewit!", Peewit will answer "Later- ALWAYS Later!"
Trivia
- When not counting Gargamel and Scruple, Peewit is one of the most commonly seen humans in the Smurf series
- In one episode, Scruple comments that Peewit is no older than he is, meaning that Peewit and Scruple are about the same age (Some might estimate them to be around 12-14, as Scruple is a mere kid in the eyes of many). It can also be assumed that Brenda is the same age as the both of them.
- His character in the cartoon show was voiced by Frank Welker.