home, with Papa Smurf guessing that Smurfette's Smurf nature is too strong to ever be fully removed. Films Lucille Bliss was the voice of Smurfette in 219 episodes of the cartoon. Smurfette is voiced by pop singer Katy Perry in the 2011 film version, and its 2013 sequel, Melissa Sturm in The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol and The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow and another pop singer Demi Lovato in Smurfs: The Lost Village. Anna Ramade and Bérangére McNeese voice her in the Smurfs reboot. The Smurfette Principle Smurfette became the popular example of a trope that was soon baptized with her name by Katha Pollitt. Smurfette, like many female characters in TV and movies, is the only female in an otherwise all-male cast, thus this is called "The Smurfette Principle". Other such characters include Miss Piggy of the Muppets or Princess Leia in Star Wars and Marilyn Monroe. Critics have pointed out that this lone female character is normally a stereotype of femininity and the object of desire, therefore offering a very limited depiction of women. See also List of The Smurfs characters References Comics characters introduced in 1966 Comics characters who use magic Female characters in comics Fictional humanoids The Smurfs characters