Smudge is a small talking ball of red-orange and green dust who lives in Crud's Under The Bed kingdom in the Winnie the Pooh episode, "Cleanliness Is Next to Impossible". Smudge is the high pitched minion of the ruler of the filthy kingdom, Crud. Smudge has two main hobbies: uncontrollable sneezing and praising Crud, calling him respectful names like "the master of mud", "the surveyor of slime", "the guru of garbage" and "the wiseman of waste".
Role in the series
When he finds Tigger and Christopher Robin under the bed, he takes them to Crud and presents them to him. Smudge is incredibly loyal to Crud and is willing to do anything he's told to do. If he were to speak out of turn, Crud would likely spill some of his own slimey filth on him to shut him up. Instead of taking offense, Smudge is grateful and takes it tolerantly. When Christopher Robin overcomes Crud and sucks him up in Crud's reverse vacuum cleaner, the giant blob of slime calls for Smudge, resulting in the loyal sneezing puff of dust following him toward their fate.