Trivia / Jorel's Brother

• Adored by the Network: Cartoon Network Brazil loves the show, especially due to it being their first original national production. This is one of their most advertised series.
• As Himself: In "Rock N' Sprok", Jorel is voiced by Jor-El Teixeira, the actual guy who inspired the character.
• The Cast Showoff: Daniel Furlan often gets to sing as Carlos Felino.
• Creator Cameo: Some episodes feature pictures of Juliano Enrico and/or his family, since they were the inspiration for the main characters.
• Creator's Favorite Episode: Melissa Garcia, voice actress of Lara, Granny Juju and Ana Catarina, said that her favorite episode of the show is the season 1 finale "Meu Segundo Amor".
• Cross-Dressing Voices:
  • Principal Lola is voiced by César Marchetti, who also voices Mr. Edson.
  • Jorel's brother's imaginary enemy Bóris is voiced by Melissa Garcia.
• Children Voicing Children: The baby versions of both Lara and Granny Juju were voiced by Aretha Garcia Rollo (the daughter to their normal voice actress as well).
• Dawson Casting: All the kids are voiced by adults.
• Descended Creator: Series creator Juliano Enrico voices Jorel (which is, ironically, his brother in real life), Marcinho and Pablito.
• Early Draft Tie-In: Some early synopsis from the series mention elements that were cut from the final product, the most noteworthy being:
  • Edson and Danuza were originally going to be divorced parents, but they were later changed to being Happily Married.
  • Gesonel and Fabrício's partner was originally a female duck named Edilene, while in the series he's a male duck named Danúbio. Him originally being female is likely the reason Danúbio is much more sensitive than his pals.
  • There's mention of a mysterious character named Brigitte, a "romantic octopus". She was likely merged with Rose the octopus housemaid for the final show, though it's unknown what role she was supposed to play.
  • Edson and Danuza are described as being former hippies. While Edson is, indeed, consistently portrayed as having been a hippie when younger, the rare occasions that reveal Danuza's past never give any indication of her having been a hippie.
  • In 2013, some teasers for the show were aired using only clips of the unaired pilot episode, as the actual show was still in pre-production then. One year prior, when the show was originally announced, promotional images used the comic book's designs of the main characters, featuring some completely different versions of them and missing Granny Juju's ducks.
  • Likewise, the promo aired one month before the series premiere was animated at the same time as the pilot and thus, used the same designs. Interestingly, the Spanish promos used several different clips of the pilot, including some that were removed from its episode adaptation "O Pequeno Mestre do Gi-Gitsu".
  • Another example; the episodes' credits tend to list every voice actor and their respective character, even if said character's lines or whole appearance were cut from the final episode, only speaking in the original version.
• Edited for Syndication: Some Season 1 episodes were altered in reruns and streaming services.
  • In "O Mistério dos Bilhetinhos Ultra-Secretos", a few parts of Coco Mágico's love documentary were cut; a scene where he explains it's possible to feel "warm" around the person you like (making the kids giggle), and a part where he says it's wrong to stalk your crush (while showing the male worm spying on the female one in her bath).
  • "Jornada Matinal Implacável" removed the entire scene where Nico and Jorel's brother argue in front of the bathroom, culminating in the former hanging the latter stuck in the wall. Later, Granny Juju giving Jorel's brother a bath was shortened.
• Executive Meddling: Originally, Granny Gigi was meant to always be smoking a cigarette, while Granny Juju wore a cross pendant in her neck. Both of these were censored by Cartoon Network, with Gigi's cigarette being replaced by a green lollipop.
• Fake Nationality: Pablito and his brother Consul came from Honduras, but are both voiced by Juliano Enrico, a Brazilian.
• Fandom Life Cycle: In Brazil, the show was a Stage 2 and 3 during its first few years, then went to Stage 5 in late 2018/early 2019, especially due to its release in Netflix. Around 2020/late 2019, it went to Stage 6a, partly due to the large hiatus from the third to fourth seasons. Everywhere outside of Brazil, it has always been Stage 1, including in Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America where the show does air.
• He Also Did: Andrei Duarte, the voice actor for Jorel's brother, used his character's voice for the first time in his animated short "Biscoito de Bosta" ("Crappy Biscuit"), which features multiple people eating poop. Besides being made four years before Jorel's Brother premiered on TV, it was made just one year before the show's pilot was produced and, at the same time, Andrei got cast as the titular character's voice.
• Inspiration for the Work: The family is based on Juliano Enrico's family, and some parts of the show are based on experiences of his life (for example, the Shostners and Shostners company is based on experiences Juliano had at real companies)
• Missing Episode:
  • The Season 3 premiere "Jardim da Pesada" is absent from HBO Max for unknown reasons, but probably related to the guest star who sings in the episode. Although it doesn't really affect the series' continuity, the food characters featured in it come back in Season 4 (and interestingly, the ones who were voiced by said guest star did not reappear at all either).
  • The pilot episode is not available in full anywhere other than a few snippets and pictures.
  • For a couple years, the only seasons shown on Cartoon Network were the third and fourth seasons. Seasons 1 and 2 were pulled in 2019 and 2020 respectively, though they both returned in 2021. All episodes from both seasons were still available on streaming at the time, though.
• No Export for You: Since 2015, Jorel's Brother broadcasts only in Latin America with the only foreign dub being the Spanish dub, and Cartoon Network is not showing any plans to broadcast this animation in other countries or dub it in English or other languages. As of September 2020, Cake Entertainment holds the international rights of the show, though no foreign dub has been announced since. HBO Max has English titles and synopsis available for the episodes, but no English dubbing or captioning.
• One-Book Author: Some of the voice actors are cast members and thus, have little or no other voice roles beside this show. There's also a significant amount of professional voice actors, though.
• Out of Holiday Episode: "Meu Segundo Amor" is about Festa Junina, which is celebrated in June, but the episode first aired in November 2015.
• Out of Order: Most of the episodes are aired out of order, though after the series gained continuity, they began following the production order a bit more strictly. The first episode aired, "O Fenomenal Capacete com Rodinhas", was actually either the fourth or sixth produced, while the first two episodes to be produced, "Não Tenha Medo do Seu Medo" and "Jornal do Quintal", were aired as the fourth and fifth respectively, which can be noted by their Early-Installment Weirdness.
• Playing Against Type: Within the show itself; Daniel Furlan's characters tend to be Deadpan Snarkers, such as Carlos Felino, Yuki and Déboro. A notable exception are the workers of Shostners and Shostners, who are upbeat and hyperactive instead.
• Real-Life Relative:
  • A variation. When laughing, Jorel is voiced by Juliano Enrico, who is Jorel's brother in real life.
  • Melissa Garcia is married to Alfredo Rollo, who is Billy Doidão's second voice actor. Their daughter Aretha, as mentioned above, also voiced baby versions of Melissa's characters.
• Release Date Change:
  • The series was originally slated to premiere in the second semester of 2013 with a 13-episode first season. Some Cartoon Network commercials even announced the show's premiere during that year, though using only clips of the pilot, as the actual episodes hadn't been animated yet. Later, the first season was doubled to 26 episodes, and the show was postponed to 2014, airing its first episode in September.
  • "O Pequeno Mestre do Gi-Gitsu" was announced to premiere in October 27, 2015, but was delayed a week to give room for Halloween specials of other shows.
  • "A Vida Secreta dos Belezitos" was supposed to premiere in January 9, 2017, but for unknown reasons, a rerun of "Fluffy, o Golfinho Assassino" aired on its place. The episode premiered a few days later instead, in January 14.
• Reclusive Artist: Since May 2019, Juliano Enrico has not made any public appearance or posted in any of his social media after controversial events. He is still working in the show as of Season 4, however, though that may be due to Production Lead Time as there is an interview dating from December 2018 where he speaks about Season 4 and mentions some episode synopsis.
• Recursive Adaptation: The series started as a comic strip way back in 2003. Since around 2018, official Jorel's Brother webcomics began being produced by Cartoon Network.
• Screwed by the Network: In January 2022, the last thirteen remaining episodes of Season 4 were all broadcasted over the course of three days. Additionally, the series hasn't even been renewed for a fifth season, so it's unknown if there will be any more episodes after that.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Billy Doidão was voiced by Cassius Romero in the first season. As of the second season, he is voiced by Alfredo Rollo. In the 2022 Carnival Special, he's voiced by Alex Barone instead.
  • In the pilot episode, several characters were voiced by crew members as placeholders.
• Throw It In!: The voice actor of Jorel's brother is also the background designer, and made funny voices while designing. His voice was thought perfect for the character, so other voice actors auditioned, but the background designer ended up voicing him.
• Tribute to Fido: Tosh and Zazá, the dogs, both existed in real life and had the same names, though they died in 2011 and 2012 respectively before the show even aired. The ducks were also based on real ones but had different names.
• Voices in One Room: The voices are recorded this way.
• Working Title:
  • The comic strip was titled "Irmão de Jor-El" (back when the characters had the exact same names as their inspirations) and the cartoon itself was originally "Irmão de Jorel" until a while before the pilot episode was made. For context, "de" is the formal word for "of" in Portuguese, but the informal "do" is more popular and used more often except for a few states where it's default (including the one the creator was born in, of course).
  • "O Fenomenal Capacete com Rodinhas" (The Phenomenal Helmet With Little Wheels) was originally "Capacete Mega Master" (Mega Master Helmet). This original title still appears in some official sources, including the HBO Max catalog and the old Cartoon Network site (which used to list the first few episodes).
  • "A História Sem Começo, Meio e Fim" (The Story Without Beggining, Middle and End) used to be "Sem Destino e Sem Sanduíche de Mortadela" ("Without Destiny and Without Mortadella Sandwich").
• What Could Have Been:
  • Initially, all characters were named after their real-life counterparts. This was most likely dropped because it would make it just blatantly obvious that Jorel's brother's name should logically be Juliano.
  • The original design was much more grotesque, but got refined for the final series (even more so in Season 2).
  • Originally, Season 1 was meant to premiere in 2013 with only thirteen episodes, but the order was doubled to 26 and thus, the series got delayed by one year.
  • Instead of Samantha, Jorel's brother was originally beaten up by some generic Barbaric Bully boy.
  • Rose, the octopus who does the cleaning at Jorel's brother's house, was originally a black woman in the comic strips and pilot episode. She was later altered to a white woman to avoid racial stereotypes, but then changed again to an octopus as Cartoon Network didn't like the idea of a housemaid character as a whole.
• Word of God: Many people believe Jorel's Brother's real name is Juliano, since the creator's first name is Juliano and the character was larely based on him. However, the creator himself debunked this in his Twitter, though this didn't really stop (almost) anyone from believing in the theory (they either maintain the hadcanon or didn't see the tweet).
• Write What You Know: Several of the episodes are based in real-life experiences of Juliano and the rest of the cast, though with whimsical elements added to make the episodes funnier.
  • The character "Mendigo dos Mares" was based on a crew member being called a "hobo of the seas" at the beach one day. Said crew member also became his voice actor.
  • The episode "Excursão Alucinante Sem Freio", where Jorel's Brother misses the school bus for a trip and his mother chases the bus to take him there, actually happened to Juliano Enrico.
  • "O Mistério dos Bilhetinhos Ultra-Secretos" was inspired by an occasion when Daniel Furlan saw some girls in the classroom passing notes to each other and started wondering if they were talking about him. After school ended that day, he caught one of the notes in the trash and took it home to read it without anyone knowing. The note was just a girl asking her friend if she wants to talk during recess, and complaining about how she doesn't like another girl in that class. In the episode itself, Jorel's brother reads the note at a garbage truck along with Wonderlay (who's the driver), and ends up traveling back in time after that. Daniel later made an animation based on this same story, but more accurate to real-life.
  • As a child, Juliano was afraid of clowns and attented a clown school once, which led to them being portrayed as authority figures in the series.
• Write Who You Know:
  • Jorel's brother is based on the creator himself in his childhood. Jorel is inspired by his real-life brother who was more popular than him, Jor-El^note He's named after the DC Comics character, because his father was a fan of Marlon Brando, who played the character in Superman: The Movie. and their father was an actor in real life as well. The family's pets, Tosh the dog and Granny Juju's ducks were also based on real pets. Danuza is based in his mother, Denize, with some traces of his cousin. Edson was based on both his father and grandfather (the latter was the one named Edson). Most of them were partially named after their real-life counterparts, other than Edson and Juju, who are named Tadeu and Beth respectively.
  • Lara is based on several female childhood friends of Juliano Enrico, who was closer to the girls since he didn't have much masculine interests.
  • Melissa Garcia based Granny Juju's voice on the way her mother speaks.