"Raja Gosnell: Fans know that Gargamel created Smurfette. So, using that as a jumping-off place we reasoned that if Gargamel was able to create Smurfette then he did be able to create new, Smurf-like characters. He could never make them true-blue Smurfs, and that is his quest throughout the movie - " How am I going to make these creatures true-blue Smurfs so I can extract their essence and continue my magical reign?" We were using mythology directly created by Peyo. We felt he did be OK with the idea and his family, which still runs the Smurf business, was on board."