The Smurfette Principle is in action when the cast is made up of a group of males and exactly one female. This can occur even in works with large casts, so long as each sub-Ensemble (of five or more) contains only one female character. Adding a second female to the ensemble creates a related trope. With the relatively few female-aimed works, contrasting the sheer volume of works that are aimed at males, it stands out that the demographics of fiction shows a ratio of female to male characters much lower than Real Life.
Fan Casting
Smurfette
Miss Piggy
Amy Rose
Hermione Granger
Gadget Hackwrench
Beverly Marsh
Gloria
Gamora (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Penny Hofstadter
Colette
Rosebud
Kanga
Dee Reynolds
Jasmine
Fa Mulan
Wonder Woman
Leia Organa
Isabella Garcia-Shapiro
Bride of Frankenstein
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