Tower of Mônica

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Turma da Mônica ( Portuguese for Monica and her friends ) is a Brazilian comic series created by Mauricio de Sousa in 1959 .

The series of comic strips is about the girl Mônica, who is unusually strong. So she can beat up the guys who threaten her and protect her friends Cebolinha, Cascão and Magali. Soon she is considered to be the "mistress of the street".

The series began in 1959 under the title Bidu , the figure Mônica was added in 1963. The comic strips were translated into 14 languages, 13 times as a film and once as an 85-part television series. In addition, three video games appeared and in 1993 a theme park was opened at Turma da Mônica in Brazil.

In the years 1975 to 1980 the Ehapa-Verlag published some comic volumes in German under the title Fratz & Freunde .

main characters

  • Monica: Monica is mostly the main character in the comics. She mostly wears a red dress and has protruding teeth. She is unusually strong for her age. Her favorite toy is her blue plush bunny, which she also uses as a weapon.
  • Cebolinha: In English his name is Jimmy Five, which refers to the five hairs on his head. This boy likes to tease Monica; especially by tying the spoons of your plush bunny together. Nevertheless, he fears nothing more than Monica, who uses the rabbit as a projectile. Even so, he and Monica are good friends, and in many future versions they are even married. He usually wears a green shirt with black pants. He is the only one of the four children to wear shoes.
  • Cascao: This boy is Cebolinha's best friend. He's quite dirty and is even afraid of water. In English it is called Smudge. He often wears a yellow shirt with brown dungarees.
  • Magali: In English her name is Maggy. Magali is Monica's best friend. Their trademark is their huge appetite. Magali eats almost anything; their favorite dish, however, is watermelon. Although her friends are fond of her, they distrust her if they have something to eat. Magali mostly wears a yellow dress.

Minor characters

  • Franjinha: In English his name is Franklin. He is a scientific genius who often develops strange mixtures and devices, which he either tries on Monica and her friends, or these are misused by them.
  • Titi: In English it's called Bucky. This boy has protruding teeth like Monica; but they are not related to each other. Titi likes to flirt with girls, which makes his girlfriend Aninha (in English Annie) very angry.
  • Dudu: Called Junior in English, Magalis is a younger cousin. Unlike her, he hardly likes food. He is very precocious for his age and often behaves arrogantly.
  • Mingau: In English it is called Vanilla. He is Magali's cat, even though her father is allergic to him. Mingau often acts as Magalis' protector and loves to be pampered by her.

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