History TheSmurfettePrinciple / Film

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022 The Bad Guys]]'': Of the titular five-member criminal gang, the sole female member is Ms. Tarantula. This also makes her a GenderFlip of her male book counterpart; this was done because while later books in the series introduced more female characters to balance out the genders, the first four books that the film covers did not. The film also has more prominent female characters outside the gang, including Governor Diane Foxington, Police Chief Misty Luggins, and news reporter Tiffany Fluffit.

* In WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown, Ellie is the only female member of the group. It's Lampshaded in this exchange:

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf - Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'': The Bitter Gourd King has four Super Gourd Shock Troopers assisting him, of which only one, the cantaloupe, is female.

-->Eddie: How? everyone here's either a dude or our sister.

* The ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' has a complicated relationship with the Smurfette Principle. Depending on the medium, transformers Arcee, Elita One and Chromia may be one robot, or sisters. The human cast always has several females, even if it isn't usually an even gender split. In ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', they are female Autobots; Arcee gets the most screen time and one line, but the sisters do get a good fight scene with Sideswipe at the beginning. In the novel and comics, Arcee is the central component with Chromia and Elita One as drone units she controls and they can combine into a larger robot. Arcee was cut at the last minute from [[Film/{{Transformers}} the first movie]] and was replaced by Ironhide because it was decided that there wasn't enough time to discuss why there were female Transformers in the first place (not that it stopped them from appearing in the [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen second movie]]).

!Animation

!Live-Action

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': During most of the film, Mulan is with the Chinese Army, which wouldn't accept females at the time. (Which is why she has to [[SweetPollyOliver disguise herself as a man]].)

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Both films add more than one female to the main cast, but in this world of racing, the principle is still enforced. Somewhat justified since the Piston Cup is analogous to UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}}, which has been a male-dominant sport for decades. (While there have been women drivers like Janet Guthrie and Danica Patrick, they've never lasted long enough to make major impacts).