Brichos is a 2007 Brazilian movie, made by Tecnokena. The idea of the movie, according to the director, Paulo Munhoz, was to make "optimistic and good-humored critics to Brazilian society" using animals. The word "Brichos" is a portmanteau of Brazilian and Bichos, meaning "animals".
Thales, Jairzinho and Bandeira are three students who live in the Brichos Village. They enter a fighting game tournament, but they are overwhelmingly defeated by foreign players. They soon learn that the key to victory is closer than they think.
Brichos includes the following tropes:
- Author Tract: The entire movie is a lesson about patriotism. The boys only win the tournament when they stop mimicking the foreigners.
- Meaningful Rename: The Brichos Village was before known as Bichos Village. The name was changed after a movie, to reflect the pride from being Brazilian.
- Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000: The unnamed fighting game shown is pretty violent, with characters being decapitated. It's not that graphic though, as the movie is made for children.
- World of Funny Animals: All the characters are anthropomorphic animals.
- World of Mammals: Averted. Some of the most important characters are birds and reptiles.
