The Smurfs was first created and introduced as a series of comic characters by the Belgian comics artist Peyo (the pen name of Pierre Culliford) in 1958, wherein they were known as Les Schtroumpfs. The film is based on the blue-skinned Smurfs who get sucked into a vortex that teleports them to NYC while trying to escape the evil wizard Gargamel. They try their best to find a way out.