According to
Spirou magazine N° 1954 from 1964, there are 100 Smurfs in total; this does not take into account later additions from the Smurfs comic books and films. Although the Smurfs were fairly undifferentiated in the beginning, over time, where the story required it, very specific Smurfs emerged. For example, the character
Smurfette was introduced in the 1967 album
The Smurfette and disappeared "definitely" again at the end of that story. Only after she was re-introduced in the
1981 TV series, Smurfette became a regular character and the main protagonist of the series. ==Smurfs==