History ComicBook / MonicasGang

* {{Hypocrite}}: Monica hates when people tell her what to do, yet she's the bossiest character in the series.

* TheKlutz: The main trait of Sunny's father is his clumsiness, which leads him to cause great disasters while trying to perform trivial tasks. He manages to short-circuit every device on his house while changing a light bulb, and his first attempt to bake a pizza somehow results in the local mayor declaring a state of emergency. Smudge's father is also quite clumsy, with the stories where he spends time with his son being heavy on the slapstick (specially as he has a tendency to try building toys or other things on those occasions).

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** Absinthe is a pyrokinetic who has an asteroid for a head. He commonly fights by igniting the planetoid and launching it at his foes.

* TimeSkip: A good chunk of issue #50 of ''Monica Teen'' took place ten years into the future, showing, among other things, [[TheyDo Jimmy and Monica's wedding and married life.]] The Manga itself counts as a whole.

* SinisterDeerSkull: Played with in the "Umbra" arc from the Teen spin-off. The main antagonist is [[https://super-saga-do-fim-do-mundo-tmj.fandom.com/pt-br/wiki/Jumenta_Voadora_(personagem)?file=Jumenta_Voadora.png the Pale Horse of Death]], a malevolent EldritchAbomination with a donkey skull for a head. However, the tree branches attached to the sides of its cranium resemble a pair of antlers, invoking the image of an undead deer.

* ''The Cavern Clan''/''Turma do Piteco'': A [[OneMillionBC caveman]] dealing with his prehistorical life.

* BareYourMidriff: Crystal's default outfit is a crop top and jeans. Also very common in Tina's stories.

* MaleFrontalNudity: Could be seen with the boys (with the excuse that [[ChildrenAreInnocent underage nudity is not that dirty]]) [[NakedPeopleAreFunny mostly for comedy]] aside from Chuck Billy and folks SkinnyDipping.. At times [[http://www.guiadosquadrinhos.com/edicao/ShowImage.aspx?id=23556&path=globo/c/pa15001086.jpg&w=400& h=566 even on the cover]]! That being said, it basically vanished in the 2000s.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Nor does it know social boundaries, as Luca (who is wheelchair-bound, need we remind you) has been on the receiving end of Monica's needy abuse at least once.

** Penha [[TheRedBaron The Feared]], the unpleasant and stuck-up girl from the other street (the fake French accent is a bonus).

* TheMovie: 1980's "As Aventuras da Turma da Mônica" ("The Adventures of Monica's Gang", the first movie ever released[[note]]not counting a [[MadeForTVMovie TV]] live-action adaptation/spoof of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''[[/note]] and the movie where the scene with the mice came from) and 1983's "A Princesa e o Robô" ("The Princess and the Robot"), as well as Cinegibi (literally "Comic Book Movie", and we mean ''literally''[[note]]The movies are collections of shorts adapted from stories published in the comics, but the literal part is because this is achieved by one of Franklin's inventions: a cross between a movie projector and a blender, where comics pages are fed and turned into the film[[/note]]) series (currently with nine titles, most of them direct-to-DVD), and one about TimeTravel that got released in theaters are noteworthy mentions. Before that, there's been quite a number of direct-to-video releases containing a series of stories, such as 1988's "A Estrelinha Mágica" ("The Magic Little Star"). In 2019, it was also released a theatrical adaptation of the Graphic Novel ''Turma da Mônica - Laços'', being the first official Live-Action appearance of the gang. A sequel with the same cast, now adapting the Graphic Novel ''Turma da Mônica - Lições'', was released in 2021, becoming the most successful and viewed Brazilian national movie of the year.

* TheMovie: 1980's "As Aventuras da Turma da Mônica" ("The Adventures of Monica's Gang", the first movie ever released[[note]]not counting a [[MadeForTVMovie TV]] live-action adaptation/spoof of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''[[/note]] and the movie where the scene with the mice came from) and 1983's "A Princesa e o Robô" ("The Princess and the Robot"), as well as Cinegibi (literally "Comic Book Movie", and we mean ''literally''[[note]]The movies are collections of shorts adapted from stories published in the comics, but the literal part is because this is achieved by one of Franklin's inventions: a cross between a movie projector and a blender, where comics pages are fed and turned into the film[[/note]]) series (currently with nine titles, most of them direct-to-DVD), and one about TimeTravel that got released in theaters are noteworthy mentions. Before that, there's been quite a number of direct-to-video releases containing a series of stories, such as 1988's "A Estrelinha Mágica" ("The Magic Little Star"). In 2019, it was also released a theatrical adaptation of the Graphic Novel ''Laços'', being the first ever official live-action of the gang. A sequel with the same cast, now adapting the Graphic Novel ''Lições'', was released in 2021, becoming the most successful and viewed Brazilian national movie of the year.

** Xaveco/Sunny's most defining trait is the fact he is [[TheGenericGuy the most generic, forgettable member of the entire cast]] - the only trait he had to set himself apart was a [[TheDitz ditz]] phase in the 1980s. Ironically, this also makes him very versatile, as his lack of a defined personality gives the writers much more freedom when utilizing him in the stories. As a result, he soon became one of the most recurring secondary characters come the 21st Century and a major BreakoutCharacter whose popularity almost eclipses that of the protagonists.

* TheMovie: 1980's "As Aventuras da Turma da Mônica" ("The Adventures of Monica's Gang", the first movie ever released[[note]]not counting a [[MadeForTVMovie TV]] live-action adaptation/spoof of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''[[/note]] and the movie where the scene with the mice came from) and 1983's "A Princesa e o Robô" ("The Princess and the Robot"), as well as Cinegibi (literally "Comic Book Movie", and we mean ''literally''[[note]]The movies are collections of shorts adapted from stories published in the comics, but the literal part is because this is achieved by one of Franklin's inventions: a cross between a movie projector and a blender, where comics pages are fed and turned into the film[[/note]]) series (currently with nine titles, most of them direct-to-DVD), and one about TimeTravel that got released in theaters are noteworthy mentions. Before that, there's been quite a number of direct-to-video releases containing a series of stories, such as 1988's "A Estrelinha Mágica" ("The Magic Little Star").

* DemotedToExtra: Specs was a main character when he was created, but appeared less and less over the years. Also, since the 2015 reboot, all of the characters except the main four ones suffer from this.

* MadnessInducedOmnivore: Maggy is a little girl with [[BigEater a voracious appetite]]. In some stories, she goes insane after not eating anything for a few hours, and resorts to making food sculptures out of sand or mud to curb her hunger.

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* AmbiguousDisorder:
** "O Desafio da Imaginação"[[labelnote:Translation]] "The Imagination Contest"[[/labelnote]] suggests that Denise has some sort of mental disorder that causes hallucinations. [[spoiler:Her difficulty to discern reality from fiction is mentioned halfway through the story, when she can't tell whether the Jimmy Five she is interacting with is the real one or an element of her imagination; and the big twist at the end is that virtually all the story's events only happened in her head]]. When she realizes this, she runs away screaming and the comic ends.
** "A Volta do Mago Minguado"[[labelnote:Translation]] "The Return of the Meager Magician"[[/labelnote]] has Sunny spending ''weeks'' at the top of a mountain as part of a game of hide-and-seek. When Smudge finds him by sheer coincidence, Sunny just laughs and boasts that he is the ultimate "hider", leading the protagonist to conclude that something is not right with the boy's head.

* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: The original Star Wars trilogy is parodied in the comics ''[[Film/ANewHope Coelhada nas Estrelas]]/[[https://web.archive.org/web/20050926043816/http://www.monica.com.br/ingles/comics/coelhada/welcome.htm Star Warp]]'', and the sequels ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack O Feio Contra-Ataca]]'' and ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi O Retorno de Jedito]]''. And then the prequel series, with ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace A Trapaça Fantasma]]'', ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Sotaque dos Clones]]'' and ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith A Vingança dos Psithos]]'' (which is focused on Smudge!Luke's ''uncle'' instead of father).

** In the ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' parody, friar Smudge tells Romeo!Jimmy that his marriage to Monicapulet would cause her to stop hitting them with her stuffed bunny. Jimmy's enthusiasm is short-lived, as Smudge then explains that wives hit their husbands with rolling pins instead.

** The "Flying Donkey" arc introduces us to the biggest horrors in this series' history, Jim stayed dead for most of it, Sunny's Future self comes back to the present timeline to stop Jim from turning the world into a CrapsackWorld as he did in Future!Sunny's original timeline. By exorcising the spirit of the Flying Donkey, the protagonists may have played UnwittingPawn to the Children of Umbra that they thought were victims at first but are hinted to have become evil after 20 years in limbo, and if Future!Denise's words at the end of Issue #79 are any indication, it's not over yet.

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* {{Tuckerization}}: Considering most characters are based on [[WriteWhoYouKnow people Mauricio knew]], common. Maggy, Monica, Nimbus (Mauro in real life), Nick Nope (also called Maurício in real life) and Marina are [[http://100jabuticabas.com.br/caldeirao/mauricio-de-souza-publica-fotos-de-seus-filhos-que-inspiraram-personagens-da-turma-da-monica/ his children]] (also Jimmy Five's baby sister, Mary Angela, whose English version name matches her real life one), Smudge and Jimmy Five are childhood friends, Chuck Billy and Zeke were brothers of his grandma (he didn't know them, but the grandma always told stories), Tina is a school acquaintance and Horacio, a childhood friend who became a teacher. For another person's case, Penha is named after writer Emerson Abreu's mother.

** Maggy and her NonHumanSidekick Vanilla, also have a bit of this going on. [[KindheartedCatLover While she adores the cat and spoils him rotten]], and Vanilla does care for her a lot more than he lets out (in fact, he's shown several times that he's secretly afraid that she'll grow tired of him eventually), most of their stories together are about them going at each other like [[SitcomArchnemesis sitcom arch-nemesises]], and when not being lovable they are decidedly snarky towards each other.

** Smudge is aquaphobic, to the point even a ''glass of water'' can make him shiver. His fear is such that he can spontaneously come up with wild ways to avoid getting wet, such as flapping his arms like wings to avoid falling into a lake. Though his teen version has overcome his fear to a certain degree, he is still not very fond of the idea of bathing[[note]]Brazil is a tropical country, where it's customary to shower/bathe two to three times a day. In his teens, Smudge only showers once a day.[[/note]].

* SternTeacher: Chuck Billy's teacher, specially because Chuck is often in her nerves. But she has CoolTeacher moments too.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: in the comic that introduces Sunny's grandma, she spends most of the comic mistaking Sunny for Crystal, much to Sunny's frustration, until in the end, she produces a old photo revealing that Crystal used to look ''exactly'' identical to Sunny when she was younger.

* TagalongKid: Junior, and occasionally Jimmy Five's little sister. Though Mary Angela at least is a harmless baby, while Junior [[BrattyHalfPint just has to make things more difficult\annoying whenever he's around]].

** Penadinho's stories, especially the ones that were published in newspapers, treat death and other sensitive topics in a satirical manner. One such strip has a young boy innocently asking Lady [=McDeath=] to push his kart, which she does until he falls off a cliff.

* LighterAndSofter: In the New '10s, the comics adhered to a new set of rules meant to make the work more friendly to a younger demographic. Some of the new limitations include prohibiting the writers from depicting characters naked, forbidding the display of firearms, not having the boys scribble on the neighbourhood's walls, not showing animals trapped inside cages, censoring words that are too similar to certain profanities, abolishing the BlackComedy from Penadinho's stories, and drawing Black characters without their trademark thick lips (although the last one was revoked after receiving numerous complaints from fans).

** This trope is turned into a game in "Paul Is Dead". The final panel notes that there are 28 references to ''Music/TheBeatles''' songs spread throughout the comic and dares the reader to spot them all.

** The ghosts from Penadinho's comics are all fated to be reborn as new living people. This gets PlayedForLaughs in an old newspaper strip, in which one of the souls that was about to reincarnate loses his chance when his would-be mother decides to take a morning-after pill at the last minute.

** In the ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' parody, friar Smudge tells Romeo Jimmy that his marriage to Monicapulet would cause her to stop hitting them with her stuffed bunny. Jimmy's enthusiasm is short-lived, as Smudge then explains that wives hit their husbands with rolling pins instead.

** Dustine has no personality other than being Smudge's girlfriend.

* ShadesOfConflict: SliceOfLife comics are usually GreyAndGrayMorality (the reader can sympathize with Jimmy because Monica's so bossy, for instance), as are those with a IneffectualSympatheticVillain added. Harsher bad guys earn BlackAndWhiteMorality.

* ShipTease: Tina and Curly have had several subtle moments of this, but since both are often dating other people, StatusQuoIsGod usually stops them for going any further than being just good friends. One comic had Tina hearing from a clairvoyance that she'd soon meet the man of her life. On the same day she crashes into her father in a street corner, and when he jokes that ''he'' is the man of her life, Tina shakes off the clairvoyance's prediction by thinking it's not real. The story then cuts to nighttime, when Curly arrives at the same spot because a fortune-teller told him he'd meet the woman of his life there, but since there's no one he mutters that he probably missed her...