The 2011 Smurfs movie uses recursive canon in that the Smurfs comic strips were actually renditions of a historical legend documented by Peyo, who in the real world is their creator. The in-universe discovery date of 1958, as seen in the Google search engine result page, is also the same year that the Smurfs first appeared in the comic book story "The Smurfs And The Magic Flute" (as part of the Johan And Peewit comic book series) in the real world.