diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index 645ee7eb95..99e57e44c6 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class Model(object):
         return getattr(self, self._meta.pk.attname)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return smart_str(u'<%s: %s>' % (self.__class__.__name__, self))
+        return smart_str(u'<%s: %s>' % (self.__class__.__name__, unicode(self)))
 
     def __str__(self):
         if hasattr(self, '__unicode__'):
diff --git a/django/newforms/util.py b/django/newforms/util.py
index 5fc0223f5b..fae2c860a9 100644
--- a/django/newforms/util.py
+++ b/django/newforms/util.py
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ class ErrorDict(dict):
 
     def as_ul(self):
         if not self: return u''
-        return u'<ul class="errorlist">%s</ul>' % ''.join([u'<li>%s%s</li>' % (k, v) for k, v in self.items()])
+        return u'<ul class="errorlist">%s</ul>' % ''.join([u'<li>%s%s</li>' % (k, smart_unicode(v)) for k, v in self.items()])
 
     def as_text(self):
-        return u'\n'.join([u'* %s\n%s' % (k, u'\n'.join([u'  * %s' % i for i in v])) for k, v in self.items()])
+        return u'\n'.join([u'* %s\n%s' % (k, u'\n'.join([u'  * %s' % smart_unicode(i) for i in v])) for k, v in self.items()])
 
 class ErrorList(list):
     """
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ class ErrorList(list):
 
     def as_ul(self):
         if not self: return u''
-        return u'<ul class="errorlist">%s</ul>' % ''.join([u'<li>%s</li>' % e for e in self])
+        return u'<ul class="errorlist">%s</ul>' % ''.join([u'<li>%s</li>' % smart_unicode(e) for e in self])
 
     def as_text(self):
         if not self: return u''
-        return u'\n'.join([u'* %s' % e for e in self])
+        return u'\n'.join([u'* %s' % smart_unicode(e) for e in self])
 
 class ValidationError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message):
diff --git a/django/newforms/widgets.py b/django/newforms/widgets.py
index dd71ebc455..a726ebf894 100644
--- a/django/newforms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/newforms/widgets.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class RadioFieldRenderer(StrAndUnicode):
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         "Outputs a <ul> for this set of radio fields."
-        return u'<ul>\n%s\n</ul>' % u'\n'.join([u'<li>%s</li>' % w for w in self])
+        return u'<ul>\n%s\n</ul>' % u'\n'.join([u'<li>%s</li>' % smart_unicode(w) for w in self])
 
 class RadioSelect(Select):
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
diff --git a/django/template/defaultfilters.py b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
index f6835893c9..1a1c5b96fe 100644
--- a/django/template/defaultfilters.py
+++ b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ upper = stringfilter(upper)
 def urlencode(value):
     "Escapes a value for use in a URL"
     import urllib
-    return urllib.quote(value).decode('utf-8')
+    return smart_unicode(urllib.quote(value))
 urlencode = stringfilter(urlencode)
 
 def urlize(value):
@@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ def unordered_list(value):
     def _helper(value, tabs):
         indent = u'\t' * tabs
         if value[1]:
-            return u'%s<li>%s\n%s<ul>\n%s\n%s</ul>\n%s</li>' % (indent, value[0], indent,
+            return u'%s<li>%s\n%s<ul>\n%s\n%s</ul>\n%s</li>' % (indent, smart_unicode(value[0]), indent,
                 u'\n'.join([_helper(v, tabs+1) for v in value[1]]), indent, indent)
         else:
-            return u'%s<li>%s</li>' % (indent, value[0])
+            return u'%s<li>%s</li>' % (indent, smart_unicode(value[0]))
     return _helper(value, 1)
 
 ###################
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ def pprint(value):
     try:
         return pformat(value)
     except Exception, e:
-        return u"Error in formatting:%s" % e
+        return u"Error in formatting:%s" % smart_unicode(e)
 
 # Syntax: register.filter(name of filter, callback)
 register.filter(add)
diff --git a/django/utils/html.py b/django/utils/html.py
index efb8b5a154..44c2809b42 100644
--- a/django/utils/html.py
+++ b/django/utils/html.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def linebreaks(value):
     "Converts newlines into <p> and <br />s"
     value = re.sub(r'\r\n|\r|\n', '\n', value) # normalize newlines
     paras = re.split('\n{2,}', value)
-    paras = ['<p>%s</p>' % p.strip().replace('\n', '<br />') for p in paras]
+    paras = [u'<p>%s</p>' % p.strip().replace('\n', '<br />') for p in paras]
     return u'\n\n'.join(paras)
 
 def strip_tags(value):
@@ -53,14 +53,16 @@ def fix_ampersands(value):
 
 def urlize(text, trim_url_limit=None, nofollow=False):
     """
-    Converts any URLs in text into clickable links. Works on http://, https:// and
-    www. links. Links can have trailing punctuation (periods, commas, close-parens)
-    and leading punctuation (opening parens) and it'll still do the right thing.
+    Converts any URLs in text into clickable links. Works on http://, https://
+    and www. links. Links can have trailing punctuation (periods, commas,
+    close-parens) and leading punctuation (opening parens) and it'll still do
+    the right thing.
 
     If trim_url_limit is not None, the URLs in link text will be limited to
     trim_url_limit characters.
 
-    If nofollow is True, the URLs in link text will get a rel="nofollow" attribute.
+    If nofollow is True, the URLs in link text will get a rel="nofollow"
+    attribute.
     """
     trim_url = lambda x, limit=trim_url_limit: limit is not None and (x[:limit] + (len(x) >=limit and '...' or ''))  or x
     words = word_split_re.split(text)