''Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time'' ( pt, Turma da Mônica em Uma Aventura no Tempo) is a 2007 Brazilian
animated film
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based on the ''
Monica's Gang
''Monica's Gang'' or ''Monica and Friends'' (Portuguese: ''Turma da Mônica''; British English: ''Monica & Friends'') is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa.
The series originated in a newspaper comic ...
'' comic books. The film was directed and co-written by
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: M ...
, creator of over two hundred characters featured in the comic books. It is the only installment in the franchise to be released by
Disney
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via
Buena Vista International
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.
Plot
''Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time'' begins with Franklin finishing up his
time travel
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machine. He explains to his dog
Blu
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Businesses and brands
*Blu (Italian company), a telecommunications company
*Blu Manga, an imprint of Tokyopop
* blu eCigs, a brand of electronic cigarette owned by Imperial Tobacco
*BLU Products, an American mobile phone m ...
that it works with the
synthesis
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Science Chemistry and biochemistry
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** Organic synthesis, the chemical synthesis of organ ...
of the
four elements
Classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. Ancient cultures in Greece, Tibet, and India had simi ...
. Just outside,
Jimmy Five
Jimmy Five, known as Cebolinha in Portuguese, is one of '' Monica and Friends'' main characters. He was created in 1960, at first as a support character for Franklin and Blu who the following year became the protagonist of his own series of new ...
and
Smudge concoct an "infallible plan" to steal
Monica
Monica may refer to:
People
*Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress
*Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...
's blue toy rabbit, Samson. The plan eventually fails when Monica, while on a picnic with
Maggy, discovers it. Jimmy Five and Smudge hide in Franklin's office. Monica and Maggy follow them there, where Monica accidentally throws her rabbit on Franklin's machine, causing the elements to travel to different periods in time. Franklin sends each child into a different time after the elements in order to bring them back. If they fail, time will slow down and eventually stop. Monica and Blu end up in
Prehistoric
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times to recover the element of
fire
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At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...
. Jimmy Five is sent to the 30th century to recover the element of
air
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. Maggy is sent to a few years back (when the kids were babies) to recover the element of
earth
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. Smudge is sent to an
indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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tribe in
Colonial-era Brazil to recover
water
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.
The people they meet are all characters of other sister series of the original
Monica's Gang
''Monica's Gang'' or ''Monica and Friends'' (Portuguese: ''Turma da Mônica''; British English: ''Monica & Friends'') is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa.
The series originated in a newspaper comic ...
comics (who are also well known to the Brazilian audiences), with exception of the villains "Bandeirante" (a greedy Portuguese man in search for gold named after the explorers of Colonial Brazil) and "Cabeleira Negra" (literally "black hair", a descendant from Black Beard and space pirate from the 30th century).
Cast
* Marli Bortoletto as Monica
* Angélica Santos as Jimmy Five
* Paulo Cavalcante as Smudge
* Elza Gonçalves as Maggy
* Sibele Toledo as Franklin
*
Bianca Rinaldi
Bianca de Carvalho e Silva Rinaldi (born October 15, 1974) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her roles in telenovelas, especially '' A Escrava Isaura''.
Biography
Rinaldi was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She trained as a gymnast from ...
as Cabeleira Negra
*
Maurício 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: M ...
as Blu and Monica's Dad
References
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2000s adventure comedy films
2000s fantasy comedy films
2000s science fiction comedy films
2007 animated films
2007 comedy films
2007 films
Films distributed by Disney
Animated comedy films
Animated films about time travel
Animated films based on comics
Brazilian animated science fiction films
Films set in the 30th century
Monica and Friends films
2000s Portuguese-language films
Space adventure films
2000s English-language films
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