The Smurfette Principle: o tropo (clichê) da mulher como token (ou amuleto)

Inspirado num vídeo de Anita Sarkeesian, pro Feminist Frequency: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opM3T2__lZA&list=PLBBDFEC9F5893C4AF&index=3

Katha Pollitt em 1991: "Contemporary shows are either essentially all-male, like “Garfield,” or are organized on what I call the Smurfette principle: a group of male buddies will be accented by a lone female, stereotypically defined. In the worst cartoons — the ones that blend seamlessly into the animated cereal commercials — the female is usually a little-sister type, a bunny in a pink dress and hair ribbons who tags along with the adventurous bears and badgers. But the Smurfette principle rules the more carefully made shows, too. Thus, Kanga, the only female in “Winnie-the-Pooh,” is a mother. Piggy, of “Muppet Babies,” is a pint-size version of Miss Piggy, the camp glamour queen of the Muppet movies. April, of the wildly popular “Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles,” functions as a girl Friday to a quartet of male superheroes. The message is clear. Boys are the norm, girls the variation; boys are central, girls peripheral; boys are individuals, girls types. Boys define the group, its story and its code of values. Girls exist only in relation to boys."

"[...] the ‘Smurfette principle’ isn’t only about numbers. Male smurfs’ names alone attribute personality and/ or skill to their characters and include Gutsy, Jokey, Baker, Handy, and Brainy. So they are brave, smart, funny, useful and can cook" (http://reelgirl.com/2011/07/the-smurfette-princilple-comes-to-a-theater-near-you/).

Proporções entre personagens femininas e masculinas:
- de 1~102 na família dálmata
- de 1~81 na comunidade toda dos Smurfs (sem o Gargamel e seus animais de estimação);
- de 1~16 em 'Os mercenários 3';
- de 1~13 em '11 homens e um segredo';
- de 1~8 no 'Ursinho Pooh', 'Os Vingadores - Os maiores heróis da Terra' (2ª temporada) e em 'Os oito odiados';
- de 1~7 na 'Liga da Justiça: Guerra', 'Predadores' e 'O Homem-Formiga';
- de 1~6 em 'Os Vingadores - Os maiores heróis da Terra' (1ª temporada);
- de 1~5 nas três primeiras temporadas de 'The Big Bang Theory' e em 'Spotlight';
- de 1~4 em 'Rocket Power';
- etc.

Para outras listas de filmes (e séries) que contêm tropos clichês, consulte:
- https://filmow.com/listas/mulheres-que-largam-tudo-pelo-verdadeiro-amor-o-tropo-cliche-l77615/
- https://filmow.com/listas/mulheres-cujas-vidas-se-transformam-com-um-bom-trato-no-visual-o-tropo-cliche-l77614/
- https://filmow.com/listas/the-evil-demon-seductress-o-tropo-cliche-da-sedutora-demoniaca-malefica-l77619/
- https://filmow.com/listas/i-don-t-know-whether-to-kiss-you-or-spank-you-o-tropo-cliche-da-romantizacao-da-violencia-contra-a-mulher-l77612/
- https://filmow.com/listas/the-mystical-pregnancy-o-tropo-cliche-da-gravidez-mistica-l77621/
- https://filmow.com/listas/the-straw-feminists-o-tropo-cliche-do-espantalho-feminista-l43006/