Smurfette ( French : La Schtroumpfette ) is one of the protagonists from the comic strip The Smurfs . Smurfette was created by the evil wizard Gargamel , the Smurfs' archenemy , in order to spy on them and sow jealousy. However, she decides that she wants to be a real Smurf and Papa Smurf casts a spell that changes her hair from black to blonde as a sign of her transformation. She was the only female Smurf until the creation of Sassette . A Granny Smurf was also later introduced, although it is unclear how she was created. Thierry Culliford, the son of the comics' creator, Peyo , and current head of the Studio Peyo, announced in 2008 that more female Smurfs would be introduced in the stories. Smurfette has stereotypical feminine features, with long blonde wavy hair, long eyelashes, and wears a white dress and white high heels. She is the love interest of almost every Smurf.
52-564: In 1966, a female smurf was to be introduced in the story The Smurfette , which included 2 versions of the type . However, to achieve her look, Peyo struggled through a real crisis. He had a complete lack of inspiration for the beautiful version of the Smurfette. He was completely stuck, because he had promised a women's magazine a preview sketch of the Smurfette before she would appear in Spirou magazine but he had nothing to send them. The debut
104-510: A chase that both allowed her to incapacitate the villains and to free the Smurfs. At the conclusion of the story, any doubts of the Smurfs regarding Smurfette's loyalty were resolved and she was made a welcome permanent member of their village. She quickly rose through the ranks and would sometimes be left in charge of the Smurf village while Papa Smurf was away. One of the show's beloved running gags
156-425: A female Smurf, who shall seduce them and lead them to their doom. He thus fashions her out of clay and dips her in a potion, creating Smurfette . Smurfette is sent to the Smurf village, and the others befriend her, despite that she later proves to be annoying, albeit good-meaning. She is very talkative, a bit bossy, overly friendly, and hysterical. At first, Smurfette looks like a male Smurf with scraggly black hair,
208-427: A large nose, and rather surly eyes, the only thing separating her from the rest being her white dress; not exactly the attractive temptress that Gargamel tried to create. Some of the Smurfs become sick of her, so they decide to play a trick: they make her think she has become overweight (by rigging a scale, setting in a misshaping mirror, making her listen to some nasty talk...). Becoming depressed, she realizes that she
260-442: A pack of lies, a chatter of a magpie, and the hardest stone for her heart". She is found in the forest by Hefty Smurf ( The Smurfs , season 1 episode 1, " The Smurfette "). Working for Gargamel, Smurfette makes several failed attempts to defeat the Smurfs. In the dam incident, she used a slice of cake to lure Greedy Smurf into opening it. When Greedy tried to close the dam again, Smurfette yanked it back. Greedy soon caught on, all
312-618: A permanent character. Hal Erickson said in Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949-1993 that the reintroduction of Smurfette as a permanent character in the animated series was "bowing to merchandising dictates" in order to "appeal to little girl toy consumers." Jeffery P. Dennis, author of the journal article "The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons," said that
364-505: A real Smurf, so Papa Smurf absolved her of her guilt and offered to try to free her by making her a real Smurf. Papa Smurf magically undid some of Gargamel's spells and consequently turned Smurfette into a more beautiful creature. Her hair grew and became blonde. Her dress became frillier. As a final touch, her shoes turned into high-heel pumps. Of course, everyone now loved her and actually fought to do trivial favors for her such as walking her home. When Gargamel made contact with her again, he
416-636: A specific well on Rathlin Island is credited with the power to cure warts. Surviving ancient medical texts show that warts were a documented disease since at least the time of Hippocrates , who lived c. 460 – c. 370 BC . In the book De Medecia by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus , who lived c. 25 BC – c. 50 AD , different types of warts were described. Celsus described Myrmecia , today recognized as plantar wart , and categorized acrochordon (a skin tag) as
468-683: A virus, and toads do not harbor it. A variety of traditional folk remedies and rituals claim to be able to remove warts. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , Mark Twain has his characters discuss a variety of such remedies. Tom Sawyer proposes "spunk-water" (or "stump-water", the water collecting in the hollow of a tree stump) as a remedy for warts on the hand. You put your hand into the water at midnight and say: Barley-corn, barley-corn, injun-meal shorts, Spunk-water, spunk-water, swaller these warts You then "walk away quick, eleven steps, with your eyes shut, and then turn around three times and walk home without speaking to anybody. Because if you speak
520-425: A wart. In the 13th century, warts were described in books published by the surgeons William of Saliceto and Lanfranc of Milan . The word verruca to describe a wart was introduced by the physician Daniel Sennert , who described warts in his 1636 book Hypomnemata physicae . The cause of warts was initially disputed in the medical profession. In the early 18th century the physician Daniel Turner , who published
572-535: A wig (in spite of her clothes and shoes being a dead giveaway) but the Smurfs eventually learn the truth when she arranges for the Smurfs to be captured. Papa Smurf says he cannot repeat the spell that had initially turned her good. However, just as Gargamel is about to get Baby Smurf to test his gold-making potion (over Smurfette's objections), Smurfette's conscience rebels and she changes back into her blond-haired form. Gargamel and Scruple attempt to capture her to prevent themselves from losing again, but Smurfette destroys
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#1732779647480624-424: Is designed to prevent infection with HPV types 16, 18, 6, and 11. HPV types 16 and 18 currently cause about 70% of cervical cancer cases, and also cause some vulvar , vaginal , penile and anal cancers . HPV types 6 and 11 are responsible for 90% of documented cases of genital warts. Gardasil 9 protects against HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58. HPV vaccines do not currently protect against
676-429: Is fully welcomed into the Smurf community. Wart Warts are non-cancerous viral growths usually occurring on the hands and feet but which can also affect other locations, such as the genitals or face. One or many warts may appear. They are distinguished from cancerous tumors as they are caused by a viral infection, such as a human papillomavirus , rather than a cancer growth . Factors that increase
728-455: Is near and the Smurfs are gathering food. But days after the winter comes, the food storage is destroyed in a fire. To survive, they are forced to leave the village and find a place where they can feed themselves. After long days journeying in the cold wilderness, they find a human castle where its lord is living alone after losing all his fortune. Trying to find remaining food, they stumble on a secret room of jewels. They share their discovery with
780-423: Is not pretty and Papa Smurf decides to help her: he operates plastic smurfery on her for days and nights, and Smurfette comes out with blonde hair, more delicate features, longer eyelashes, walking and acting much more gracefully. All the Smurfs instantly fall in love with her and soon after, they all try to seduce her through different means. The competition and jealousy eventually bring chaos and violence among
832-445: Is that the blood on the buried bean will draw away the wart. Twain is recognized as an early collector and recorder of genuine American folklore . Similar practices are recorded elsewhere. In Louisiana , one remedy for warts involves rubbing the wart with a potato , which is then buried; when the "buried potato dries up, the wart will be cured". Another remedy similar to Twain's is reported from Northern Ireland , where water from
884-503: The Smurfs reboot . Rihanna will voice her in the upcoming Smurfs musical movie in 2025. 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
936-488: The HPV vaccine , the estimated rate of genital warts in sexually active women was 12%. Warts have been described as far back as 400 BC by Hippocrates . A range of types of wart have been identified, varying in shape and site affected, as well as the type of human papillomavirus involved. These include: Warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). There are about 130 known types of human papillomaviruses. HPV infects
988-532: The Olympic Smurfs , the other Smurfs showed no interest. But when it was later announced that the winner would get a kiss from Smurfette, this produced a mad rush for the signing-in office. The Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the Smurfs , introduced in 1981, had her as an actual Gargamel spy and saboteur who intentionally tries to disrupt life in the village. She was magically created from blue clay , "sugar and spice but nothing nice, crocodile tears, half
1040-442: The latex of Chelidonium majus is a traditional treatment. The acrid yellow sap of Greater Celandine is used as a traditional wart remedy. According to English folk belief , touching toads causes warts; according to a German belief, touching a toad under a full moon cures warts. The most common Northern Hemisphere toads have glands that protrude from their skin that superficially resemble warts. Warts are caused by
1092-410: The squamous epithelium , usually of the skin or genitals, but each HPV type is typically only able to infect a few specific areas of the body. Many HPV types can produce a benign growth, often called a "wart" or "papilloma", in the area they infect. Many of the more common HPV and wart types are listed below. Common warts have a characteristic appearance under the microscope. They have thickening of
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#17327796474801144-412: The stratum corneum (hyperkeratosis), thickening of the stratum spinosum (acanthosis), thickening of the stratum granulosum , rete ridge elongation, and large blood vessels at the dermoepidermal junction . On dermatoscopic examination, warts will commonly have fingerlike or knoblike extensions. Gardasil 6 is an HPV vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancers and genital warts. Gardasil
1196-409: The 19th century, the chief physician of Verona Hospital established a link between warts and cervical cancer . But in 1874 it was noted by the dermatologist Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra that while various theories were advanced by the medical profession, the "influences causing warts are still very obscure". In 1907 the physician Giuseppe Ciuffo was the first to demonstrate that warts were caused by
1248-602: The Muppets or Princess Leia in Star Wars . 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, although versions of the franchise's depiction of gender vary. The Smurfette The Smurfette ( French : La Schtroumpfette ) is the third album of the original French-language Smurfs comic series. The story has also been made into an episode of
1300-444: The Smurfs animated cartoon show, where the only known significant difference is that Smurfette stays in the village for the rest of the show's run. Apart from the titular story, it contains another one called La Faim des Schtroumpfs (" The Hunger of the Smurfs "). Gargamel wants to take revenge against the Smurfs for his humiliating defeat at their hands. He decides that the most horrible plan to destroy them would be to send them
1352-467: The Smurfs supporting Smurfette's innocence. Jokey Smurf (who is Smurfette's attorney ) reminds them that she has been able to seduce the Smurfs because of Papa Smurf, who made her attractive. Smurfette is eventually declared not guilty. Smurfette cannot stand the Smurfs fighting each other for her anymore, so she leaves the village indefinitely, leaving a message saying that she will be back one day (which she eventually does). Although they are saddened by
1404-400: The Smurfs with a surprise party by the big oak tree. Of course, it turns out to be a trap. Smurfette arrives late and after discovering that she had been tricked, she disguises herself as a male Smurf, rescues the other Smurfs, and defeats Gargamel. The episode ends with Gargamel running away from the homely human woman the Smurfs created while Smurfette, with her loyalty now clearly established,
1456-662: The Smurfs, who are ready for anything to please her, even painting the dam of the river pink. The last straw is when Smurfette forces Poet Smurf to open the dam for her, just so she could see the water spurting. The dam gets stuck open and the village is flooded . Even after the dam is sealed back up, the village is in a disastrous state. When Papa Smurf discovers that Smurfette is indirectly responsible, he tells her that she has only brought trouble. Furious, Smurfette tells them all that she shall then go back to Gargamel. After hearing this, Papa Smurf orders her arrested and places her on trial . The trial proves to be quite biased, most of
1508-418: The breaking point was reached when she caused the smitten Poet Smurf to open the sluice hatch of the village's reservoir dam , which promptly jammed and thus caused the village to be flooded. From an off-hand comment by Smurfette, the Smurfs then realized that she was Gargamel's creation, and put her on trial for her unwitting allegiance. Although acquitted, Smurfette realized the trouble her continued presence
1560-455: The case of a wart, can be prevented through a number of behaviors, such as wearing shoes outdoors and avoiding unsanitized areas without proper shoes or clothing, such as public restrooms or locker rooms. Warts are very common, with most people being infected at some point in their lives. The estimated current rate of non-genital warts among the general population is 1–13%. They are more common among young people. Prior to widespread adoption of
1612-399: The charm's busted." This is given as an example of Huckleberry Finn 's planned remedy, which involves throwing a dead cat into a graveyard as a devil or devils comes to collect a recently buried wicked person. Another remedy involved splitting a bean, drawing blood from the wart and putting it on one of the halves, and burying that half at a crossroads at midnight. The theory of operation
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1664-399: The end of this story, she left the Smurf village, thus restoring the status quo of the community. She made the occasional on-off appearance, but when the animated TV series of the Smurfs was introduced in the 1980s, she was featured as a permanent character, appearing in stories in which she was not included in the original source comics. Subsequently, the comics also started to feature her as
1716-406: The event, Papa Smurf cheers them up by telling that they should get revenge on Gargamel and give him a taste of his own medicine: they create a fat ugly human woman out of clay (as Gargamel did with Smurfette) and send her to his house, where she desperately asks him for shelter, speaking in Smurf talk. The story ends with Gargamel running away from her, grumbling that he shall take vengeance. Winter
1768-457: The first book on dermatology , suggested that warts were caused by damaged nerves close to the skin. In the mid-18th century, the surgeon John Hunter popularized the belief that warts were caused by a bacterial syphilis infection. The surgeon Benjamin Bell documented that warts were caused by a disease entirely unrelated to syphilis, and established a causal link between warts and cancer. In
1820-433: The forest and Hefty Smurf takes her to the Smurf village, where she is given her own house. Smurfette tries to woo the Smurfs, but they are unresponsive to her attempts. Papa Smurf takes pity on her and takes her to his laboratory, where they lock themselves in while he performed " plastic smurfery " on her in which her hair is made blonde, her eyelashes have been lengthened, and her nose has been shortened. Every Smurf of
1872-462: The inclusion of Smurfette in the cartoon version of The Smurfs was likely to serve as an object of heterosexual desire for the other Smurfs and to end speculation arguing that the Smurfs were gay. In a response to Dennis's statements, Martin Goodman of Animation World Network , said that Dennis had not taken into account Erickson's comments about merchandising. Goodman further argued that capturing
1924-555: The lord, who can then buy food for them. The Smurfs are then able to go back to the village. When the Smurfette story was adapted for the cartoon show, the plastic smurfery was moved to after the dam incident and the subsequent trial. With the trial, all the Smurfs are depicted as angrily well aware of Smurfette's treachery and change their minds only when she confesses that she is a pawn of Gargamel. Some time after Smurfette gets her new look, Gargamel contacts her and after noting that she's changed, he tells her that he can help her repay
1976-451: The next page of Gargamel's spellbook, the two of them realize that the spell is complete but its effects will not become apparent until the next full moon's midnight, which happens to be that very night. The effects include Smurfette changing back to her original appearance and malicious personality before she could consult Papa Smurf on the matter. Thus changed into her original form, Smurfette manages to hide by concealing her black hair with
2028-681: The potions and sends the Smurfs' archenemies into a tree. They all return home, with Papa Smurf guessing that Smurfette's Smurf nature is too strong to ever be fully removed. 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 Demi Lovato in Smurfs: The Lost Village . Anna Ramade and Bérangére McNeese voice her in
2080-465: The result, the type would turn out to be a success. The adventure of Smurfette first started in Spirou magazine in 1966. She was made by Gargamel the evil wizard as a means to create unrest in the Smurf village. When this was discovered, Papa Smurf succeeded in turning her into a real Smurf, altering her appearance at the same time. She still was a source of problems between the Smurfs, though, and at
2132-490: The risk include the use of public showers and pools, working with meat, eczema , and a weak immune system . The virus is believed to infect the host through the entrance of a skin wound . A number of types exist, including plantar warts , " filiform warts ", and genital warts . Genital warts are often sexually transmitted . Without treatment, most types of warts resolve in months to years. A number of treatments may speed resolution, including salicylic acid applied to
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2184-403: The sequel episode, "Smurfette Unmade". In this story, Gargamel tells his apprentice Scruple (who was an added character by this time) about how he regrets creating her; Scruple comments on how bad it is that Gargamel cannot turn her evil again and he remembers there is a way. They kidnap her and prepare a spell which initially does not seem to work and the Smurfs take her home. When Scruple turns on
2236-501: The skin and cryotherapy . In those who are otherwise healthy, they do not typically result in significant problems. Treatment of genital warts differs from that of other types. Infection of a virus, such as HIV , can cause warts. This is prevented through careful handling of needles or sharp objects that could infect the individual through physical trauma of the skin, plus the practice of safe sex or sexual abstinence . Viruses that are not sexually transmitted, or are not transmitted in
2288-433: The tugging eventually threw Smurfette off balance and she promptly fell into the river. While Greedy hammered the dam back down, Papa Smurf rescued Smurfette and sent her to Smurf court. With the entire village angrily aware of her treachery, Smurfette finally admitted her slavery to Gargamel and tearfully offered to submit to the Smurfs' judgement. The Smurfs' kindness to Smurfette caused her to want nothing else than to be
2340-420: The village (even Grouchy Smurf ) falls in love with her, but Smurfette is still unsure as to whether she is a "real" Smurf. Papa Smurf advises her that she will know what to do when the situation calls for it and will prove herself. Unknowingly, Papa Smurf's actions caused Gargamel's plan to work after all, since the Smurfs were constantly competing for Smurfette's attention and the village was in chaos. Finally,
2392-582: The village, though she found that her presence still aroused conflict. When the Smurfs argued about which one should marry her, she herself announced that she would take Grouchy Smurf , who had customarily stated "I hate marriage", thus making her point that the subject was closed. The Smurfs then moderated their passion for her, worshipping from a distance, and she settled permanently in the village. She even learned to speak in Smurf language when previously she had spoken in straight human speech in accordance with Gargamel's magic. When Hefty Smurf tried to organize
2444-741: The virus strains responsible for plantar warts (verrucae). The virus is relatively hardy and immune to many common disinfectants . Exposure to 90% ethanol for at least 1 minute, 2% glutaraldehyde , 30% Savlon , and/or 1% sodium hypochlorite can disinfect the pathogen. The virus is resistant to drying and heat, but killed by 100 °C (212 °F) temperature and ultraviolet radiation. There are many treatments and procedures associated with wart removal. A review of various skin wart treatments concluded that topical treatments containing salicylic acid were more effective than placebo . Cryotherapy appears to be as effective as salicylic acid, but there have been fewer trials. Daily application of
2496-425: The young female audience would increase ratings, so the networks were more likely trying to pander to young girls than trying to defuse gay rumors. To back this up is the fact that Smurfette was the most frequently merchandised of the Smurfs. Smurfette was magically created from clay by the Smurfs' enemy, Gargamel , so that she would use her charms to cause jealousy and competition among the Smurfs. He leaves her in
2548-465: Was Smurfette hugging and kissing Papa Smurf, Smurfette watering her flowers, Smurfette being Painter’s favorite object, as well as the other Smurfs and Smurfette reprimanding Brainy. Smurfette would be the only girl in the village until season 5, where she got a little sister named Sassette , a little female Smurfling created by the Smurflings. Smurfette's original artificial nature arose again in
2600-442: Was alarmed by the changes in her visage and realized that Papa Smurf had undone his control of her. He managed to placate her and manipulated her into luring the Smurfs into a trap. The trap was successful with the entire community captured and Smurfette was aghast at her unwitting role in it. However, she was then able to spectacularly undo her mistake by disguising herself as the masked "Lone Smurf" to lure away Gargamel and Azrael on
2652-452: Was causing and decided to leave the Smurf village. The Smurfs are sad at this, but Papa cheered them up by getting their revenge on Gargamel by using the same process that he had used to create Smurfette, but in this case they built a human-sized, wart -covered, ugly old hag who spoke in Smurf language and chased the horrified sorcerer all over the forest. Smurfette returned occasionally to
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#17327796474802704-432: Was postponed a few times. In the meantime, Peyo had drawn a creature on paper with lush blonde hair and mascara on her eyelids, loosely based on French actress Mylène Demongeot . But he was not convinced, despite the enthusiasm of his employees. After designing several other sketches, comics artist and friend Andre Franquin convinced him to stick with the first version. Although Peyo was still not completely satisfied with
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