''Monica Toy'' is a Brazilian franchise and

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series based on ''

Monica's Gang ''Monica's Gang'' or ''Monica and Friends'' (Portuguese: ''Turma da Mônica''; British English: ''Monica & Friends'') is a Brazilian comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simp ...

'' comic books, and also a spin-off of the

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. The series features the characters drawn in a chibi-like art style. The franchise debuted on 2013 in partnership with

Mauricio de Sousa Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica's Gang (Currently known as: ...

and the company Tok & Stok for the sale of products based on the characters (like cups and pillows), with a cartoon premiering on the official

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channel on May 23 of the same year. The cartoon also debuted on Cartoon Network in Brazil after a few months. Some apps and games for Android and

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based on the characters the way they appear in Monica Toy were developed. In 2014 the game ''Tap Toy'' was released. In 2015 the game ''Up Toy'' was released. In 2018 an avatar creation app was released.

Animated series

Several short episodes are released on the official Monica's Gang

channel since 2013 with each season having 26 episodes. The animation does not use dialogue, although all the sound effects are vocal sounds. The episodes of the first three seasons are focused only on Monica (with Samson), Jimmy Five, Smudge and Maggy, with some rare appearances of Mauricio de Sousa and Blu since season two. The fourth season introduces the characters Chuck Billy, Zeke and Ma Megg from ''

Chuck Billy 'n' Folks ''Chuck Billy 'n' Folks'' (''Turma do Chico Bento'') is a Brazilian comic strip and part of the ''Monica's Gang'' comic book series, created by Mauricio de Sousa. The stories are centered on Chuck Billy (originally named Chico Bento) and his fri ...

'', and Vanilla the Cat. The fifth season introduces Fluffy, Thunder from ''

Lionel's Kingdom ''Lionel's Kingdom'' (''Turma da Mata'') is a Brazilian comic strip created in 1961 and part of the ''Monica's Gang'' comic strips. The series features anthropomorphic animals who almost all walking on two feet (except for Tim Turtle), wear clot ...

'', Bug-a-Booo, Skully and Vic Vampire from ''

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'', Horacio from '' Horacio's World'', '' Bubbly the Astronaut'' and Pitheco, Tooga, Zoom and Boom from '' The Cavern Clan''. The sixth season introduces Ant Rita from ''Lionel's Kingdom'', Glu, Rosie Lee from ''Chuck Billy 'n' Folks'', Franklin, Jeremiah, Chauvy the Pig and Ditto. The seventh season introduces Milena, Lorde Coelhão, Nutty Ned, Angel, McFox from ''Lionel's Kingdom'', Sunny and Denise. The eighth season introduces Frank and Moe the Mummy from ''

''. The animation also shows some crossovers in certain episodes with characters like Red and Leonard from ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, D.Va and Lúcio from ''

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'', plus some references to

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and

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superheroes and Star Wars.

References

Season 1

External links

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