Smurfette tries to capture the Smurfs for Gargamel but is caught and brought to "trial" to answer for her actions. She escapes punishment by apologizing and begs to stay in the village. Papa Smurf agrees to use his magic to grant her wish to become "a real smurf."" .
The change from evil to good also causes her short black hair to become long and blonde. She also changes clothing to wear a lacy dress and high heels instead of a plain white dress. Essentially, when Papa Smurf casts his spell to make Smurfette a "real- Smurf, the visible difference was that she was more "beautiful- as well. The male Smurfs are certainly affected by the change; all of their attention is now focused upon her. Smurfette's transformation implies that until she became beautiful, she was unacceptable.
And so Smurfette is accepted once and for all, but her role and identity in the Smurf Village remains ambiguous. While many of the Smurfs have specific duties and/or characteristics, it is unclear what, aside from simply being female, hers are.
Sigmund Freud defined secondary identification as "the endeavor to mold a person's own ego after the fashion of one that has been taken as a model."" (Cole & Cole, 2001) Children who look to the female personality modeled for them by Smurfette will see only a very stereotypical and superficial model of a woman.
Throughout the series, Smurfette's character epitomizes the stereotype of the traditional role of a woman. The story of Smurfette's creation reinforces the idea that women are commodities "she is created, and changed, and made beautiful by the standards of men. Pollitt explains the effects of such images on children. "The message is clear. Boys are the norm, girls the variation; boys are central, girls peripheral; boys are individuals, girls are types. Boys define the group, its story and its code of values. Girls exist only in relation to boys."" (Pollitt, 1991).
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