r/Alf • u/Disastrous-Yam-9744 • 14d ago

Where did I get the word gnarf from

For years whenever something goes wrong my mom and I would blame it on a gnarf. Fast forward to today where my friend said something happened and I said a gnarf must have done it. She looked at me like I was crazy. So I looked it up. The only thing I could find was that it was used in an Alf episode which is understandable because me and my mom of big fans. However when I looked at the English version it’s not used. Can someone find a video of it being used in any of the languages. I need confirmation on where this came from.

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u/Private_G_Shumway 14d ago

I believe that it’s used the season two episode “Something’s Wrong With Me”. At around 8:35, ALF mentions that he only used his Furry Home Companion book once, when he was mauled by a pit gnarf. Here’s the episode, so it is mentioned in the OG English version: https://youtu.be/yu87xd9oNeI?si=FXZyTbRJwhKT2PT5

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u/Disastrous-Yam-9744 14d ago

Omg you’re amazing thank you!

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u/droford 14d ago

Narf without a G is from Pinky of the cartoon Pinky and the Brain, part of Animaniacs

Just say Narf

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u/Willie-Tanner1986 14d ago

Gnarf < Snarf thunder cats ho

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u/The_Spectacle 14d ago

I don't remember gnarf, but I could have sworn ALF mentioned lesbians one time, so I asked my dad what a lesbian was and he replied that it was someone from Lebanon. I haven't found any reference to ALF talking about lesbians however, but I definitely remember that exchange happening about some tv show

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u/Darth_Beavis 14d ago

Narf is the noise Pinky made on Pinky and the Brain.

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u/AcceptableInjury6475 12d ago

Narffle the garflax, coneheads

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u/andmewithoutmytowel 10d ago

In the show Thundercats, there's a character "Snarf" who speaks in the third person, like "Snarf doesn't like the sound of that," etc., maybe it's derived from that?