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Negaduck9 β Fraggles 'n' Smurfs in Oz
Published: 2011-02-27 20:07:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 7709; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 19
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You never know where new Fraggle holes will open up!A mashup of Fraggle Rock, Oz, and Smurfs, drawn mainly to amuse a certain someone with who I share a few fandoms. At some point I noticed that Smurfs are about the same size as Doozers, and this pic developed from there.
Not many people in the US know that Hanna-Barbera did not originate the Smurfs. They were created by the Belgian artist Peyo, who called them "Schtroumpfs," pronounced "shroompfs" which means "whatchamacallits." The comics, which are available in English, the original French, and a bunch of other languages, are pretty good, and not sugary like the H-B cartoon. I tell you, it does my heart good to see someone clobbering le Schtroumpf Γ lunettes with a big wooden mallet.
Note to self: never hand-letter cartoons again. Even Comic Sans is better than my printing.
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This is AWESOME. Wembley's speech balloon is priceless
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Have you seen the followup for this picture?
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"Gee, I don't know *where* we are, Wembly."
"Gobo, Gobo, there's somebody over there with a *whole lot of pins* in their head!"
"Well, *that* can't be good ... "
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"And over there's a guy with a red triangle thing on his head, and he's dragging this big long chopper thing..."
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One curious detail about Fraggle Holes is that Doc's shed seemed to have two of them. One of the ones from the cave of Fraggle Holes (whatever it was called) seemed to emerge from under the floor of the shed, directly into the outside. And the one we all knew about emerges into the workshop. And, of course, Michael Jackson had six -- he bought them all on e-Bay and had them installed in his bedroom. But he never touched any Fraggles improperly, of course...
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Yes, I remember the second Fraggle hole as seen in Red's Blue Dragon. There are at least two others in the neighborhood too, one in the wooded area where Doc was walking Sprocket, and another near the Captain's Inn.
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I recall the one in the woods, now that you mention it. I'm not sure I recall the other. For some reason, this neighborhood in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick is riddled with Fraggle Holes. (I assume those two provinces because the show was shot in Canada -- Toronto, actually -- and makes tons of references to the Canadian maritimes.)
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I don't think the show, specifically Doc's segments, are set in Canada; I don't get a Canadian vibe at all. And when Doc moved to The Desert, he never mentioned moving to another country, which I would think would be a significant matter. (Canada has a few desert-like areas, but they aren't true desert.) I always imagined he was in California somewhere.
However, they were careful not to give any concrete data on where Doc lives, aside from it being on the coast, so we don't know for sure. And, hey, Canada might be riddled with Fraggle holes anyway.
We saw that there is a Fraggle hole by the Captain's Inn in the episode with the concrete gnomes that Doc and Sprocket painted up. Matt and Gobo came up near the inn and were frightened by the gnomes.
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You're quite right that they deliberately give no clues to location, but if you are Canadian there's no ignoring the subtle feeling, generated by many small details, that this is in Canada. I can't really give any concrete examples, though. (That Uncle Matt spends most of his first season adventures exploring Toronto might be one.) As for the desert, I take it that he moved to someplace like Edmonton or Lethbridge, Alberta, which is as desert like as Denver or Cheyenne. For airing in other countries, the segments with Doc and Sprocket were shot locally, sometimes with rather different situations. In France, the Silly Creature was a baker, in England a lighthouse keeper. Oddly, in Germany he remained an inventor, and the copied Doc's workshop rather closely. Basically, they wanted the viewers of every country to think Fraggle Rock was under France, England, Japan, Turkey or wherever. But we all know that Fraggle Rock is under Everywhere.
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perhaps smurfs and doozers are like distant cousins or something?
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Looks like Papa Smurf will have to make an antidote.
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If he doesn't, Gobo will just have to sit on Wembley until his brain returns from its out-of-body experience.
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Smurfs VS Fraggles? Fraggles would probably stomp the hell out of them XD
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Smurfs VS Fraggles? Fraggles would probably stomp the hell out of them XD
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A 'shroom with a view!
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excellent!!! this is so cute and funny!!
I'm a great fan of the Schtroumpfs since... as long as I can read... we had all the books at home, and I'm trying to buy them again with my husband... they're so awesome!
I think your had lettering is pretty good, though...
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I like the original Peyo comics. I have a number of them in both French and English. I used to bring them into French class in High school.
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super cool
alors tu parles français aussi??
and who's your fave Smurf??
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I can speak and read French, but I wouldn't call myself fluent. I don't have a favorite Smurf; I'm not that big a fan.
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I'm not that big a fan, either... though the Schtroumpf Grognon (the grumpy one... dunno his name in English) is such a sweetie, I love him!
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I think he's called Grouchy Smurf.
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AWWWW AWESOME CROSSOVER!!!! GREAT IDEA!!! 
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It would be as bad as when a Doozer met a Gorg--"met" meaning "saw and fled in panic"--in The Great Radish Famine.
Thanks, and I'm glad you like this pic.
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Cool. Glad to have entertained you.
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Your entire gallery is gorgeous! Glad to have found it!
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I'm pleased you like it. I don't know if you're into fanfic, but if you are I've perpetrated quite a lot of it, and some of these images are illustrations.
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I have noticed! I dig your oc's and your fan fic ocs', very cool gallery!
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Thanks! Heh, glad you like my OCs. I personally dislike Mary Sues, so I do my best to make sure mine don't go in that direction.
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LOL!! OUTSTANDING ARTWORK, Negaduck9!!!
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Your very welcome!
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Hmmm, mushroom houses don't seem to be very tasty for Fraggles.
Very cool job.
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Thanks! And I don't think that it's the taste so much as the way the air is turning colors.
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Thank you for making a picture of nostalgia. I loved both of those shows(or rather all three. I saw at least one or two episodes of the animated Fraggle Rock). Also, both will have a movie made(Smurfs movie will come sooner).
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Thanks, I'm glad you like this picture. I knew about the Smurfs movie. However, the Fraggle Rock mobie is currently in Development Limbo, and may not get made at all.
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I will pray that it doesn't fall through. A movie anticipated getting cancelled is like ...something very disappointing(analogies are not really my best thing)
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To be honest, the most resent pre-limbo news didn't make us feel very optimistic. They wanted to make it "edgy," and considering who has the movie rights, that does not bode well.
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