Monica's Gang

Monica's Gang
Genre	Comedy Family Fantasy
Creator	Mauricio de Sousa
Publisher	Abril Globo Panini Comics
Country	Brazil
Original run	1960 - present
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Monica’s Gang (alternatively known as Monica and Friends) is a Brazilian comic books franchise originally created by Mauricio de Sousa in 1960.

Spanning several printed works and even animated features, the series follows the day-to-day life or fantastical adventures of four children with iconic personalities: Monica, the feisty main protagonist, Jimmy Five, a young boy with a notable speech impediment, Smudge, a messy kid who refuses to bathe, and Maggy, a girl with a tremendous appetite.

Mônica (1970-Present)

Canine Robustness Contest/Concurso de Robustez Canina (Mônica Abril No. 025)

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Monica and the Silly John/Mônica e o joão bobo (Mônica Abril No. 051)

Monica has an inflatable bopping toy named Silly John. When Cebolinha tries to inflate it, the air blown back into him and got inflated himself.

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Monica and the Terrible Cremilins/Mônica e os Terriveis Cremilins (Mônica Abril No. 180)

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Jacob Milao's Challenge/O Desafio de Jacó Milāo (Mônica Abril No. 194)

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The Big Christmas Surprise/A Grande Surpresa de Natal (Almanaque da Mônica Abril Nº 20)

Monica cooks up a Christmas dinner for her parents. Only to have them scarmed down by a greddy Cebolinha and Cascão. Their stomachs remained stuffed throughout the comic.

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Barraguinha (Gibihinzo da Mônica Globo No. 030)

After eating tons of food, Magali has put on a lot of weight and Cascão helps her find ways to slim her down again.

Mônica Globo No. 045

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A Boy on Wheels/Um Menino Sobre Rodas (Mônica Globo No. 222)

When a new kid moves into town, Mônica and Magali discover some clues that he might be a fat giant with a pet snake.

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The Flying Donkey Day Party/A Festa de Dia da Jumenta Voadora (Mônica Panini V1 No. 094)

During the Flying Donkey Day Festival, Magali goes on a feeding frenzy and gradually gains a ton of weight until she begins to blow up like a parade balloon in the third act.

Act 2

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Act 3

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Cebolinha (1973-Present)

The Journey of Jimmy Five/Jornada Do Cebolinha (Cebolinha Abril No. 090)

After failing to rescue a runaway droid (and getting his ears tweaked during the process), Cebolinha meets Mr Spock and travels with him into an alternate universe where the roles and appearances of him and his friend have been reversed, including Magali being incredibly fat.

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Class, let's form our samba school?/Turma, vamos formar a nossa escola de samba? (Cebolinha Abril 146)

Monica and her friends, along with the rest of the cast of the series, come together for a Carnival parade. However, their celebration is disrupted when a big, overweight villain named Reinaldo crashes the party. He uses his magic confetti to feed everyone, causing them to instantly inflate into giant round balloons. But, by working together, they manage to turn the tables on Reinaldo by having him swallow the confetti himself.

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Watch your Mouth!/Cuidado com a boca! (Cebolinha Globo No. 008)

As a result of a witch casting a spell on Cebolinha, whatever he says literally happens to him. He takes advantage of the opportunity to get back at Monica by calling her names, in which case, he magically affects her in a negative way, such as by making her fatter.

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(Cebolinha Globo No. 25)

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Chico Bento (1982-Present)

Chico Bento Abril No. 069

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Jaboticaba Season/Época de jaboticaba (Chico Bento Globo No. 082)

After his vacation, Chuck Billy goes crazy, looking for some jabuticabas to eat, only to find out his girlfriend, Rosinha has a big basket for him.

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Too Heavy/Pesado Demais (Chico Bento Globo No. 359)

Chico has put on some weight after eating a treefall of fruit.

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Magali (1989-Present)

Almanac Comic Strips

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  Abril, Almanaque da Mônica 012

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  Globo, Almanaque da Magali 051

Restless Sleep/Sono Agitado (Globo, Gibizinho da Magali 07)

Magali couldn’t sleep she dreams of nothing but food. So, she raids the refrigerator for a midnight snack, ending up with a full stomach and a nightmare shortly afterwards.

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My Owner/Minha Dona (Magali Globo No. 001)

The first issue of Magali's comics tells a story of how she adopted a scrawny ally cat (who would be later be named Mingau or Vanilla in English).

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Comic Strip (Magali Globo No. 001)

Magali quickly hides a watermelon from Cebolinha by swallowing it whole.

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Appetizing Pumpkin/Abóbora Apetitosa (Magali Globo No. 021)

Maggy eats Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage parked outside her house.

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That Everything you Want/Que Tudo Você Quiser (Magali Globo No. 048)

Toddy's Father informs him that all this food giving to Maggy would have her all fattened up, causing Toddy to imagine her girlfriend as a big fat monster.

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Rental Belly/Barriga de Aluguel (Magali Globo No. 056)

Maggy and Junior work out a deal for Maggy to eat all of Junior’s food from under his table so he doesn’t have to eat and she can have as much food as she wants, not heading her mother’s warning that eating too much will make her gain weight.

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Magali Globo No. 083

Maggy has a full stomach after eating all the fish her father has been fishing.

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Invejinha (Magali Globo No. 085)

Monica noticed that Magali was eating a lot of food from different vendors. She asked Magali why she hadn't gained any weight despite eating so much. Magali replied that she has always been slim throughout her life. Then, Monica imagined herself being overweight in the future while Magali remained slim.

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Chubby, Me?/Gorducho eu? (Magali Globo No. 106)

Toddy worries that he’s becoming chubby from hanging around Maggy so much and all the food she’s often near.

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At the Fair/Na Feira (Magali Globo No. 119)

Maggy’s mother tries to control her inaccessible appetite when they were going shopping at the fair. But after buying so many groceries, it became much difficult to carry the heavy trolly. So Maggy helps her mom by scarfing it all down. Leaving an empty trolly and Maggy’s full stomach.

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Maggy and the Snow Princess/Magali e a Princesa da Neve (Magali Globo No. 135)

A young snow princess (Who bears an uncanny resemblance to Magali) is fed up with living in her snow kingdom and eating nothing but fish and ice. So, she decides to magically switch places with her and Magali and scarfs down every morsel of food as much as the real Magali. However, unlike the real Magali, her gluttony not only caused her to gain weight but lose her magic snow powers due to the topical weather. Forcing her to come back to the snow kingdom, but not without a little parting gift from Magali.

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The Obese Princess/A Princesa Obesa (Magali Globo No. 181

Magali’s mother tells a story of a young princess (Played by Magali) who would rather stuff her face with food than going out to play or finding a new prince. Her constant overeating made her grow bigger and fatter over time.

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Comic Strip (Magali Globo No. 378)

The refrigerator needs more room and Magali’s happy to help.

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My Cute Love/Meu Fofo Amor (Magali Globo No. 394)

An overweight alchemist named Mefista scientifically switches her metabolism with Maggy’s, causing Maggy to become overweight while Mefista becomes slim. However, when her fiancée Quimério visits her for a date, he is disappointed to see her in this new figure, as he thought she was all the more beautiful when she was fat. Heartbroken, Mefista reverses this experiment, so she and Maggy revert to their old selves and her relationship with Quimério is healthy once more.

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The Hungry Peasant/A Camponesa Comilona (Magali Panini V2 No. 004)

In medieval times, Maggy the peasant girl is cursed by an angry witch since she ate all the witch’s food. The curse causes Maggy to gain weight from eating the food at a fancy ball.

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Every Three Hours/De Três em Três Horas (Magali Panini V3 No. 028)

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Parque/Turma da Mônica (1993-Present)

No One Can Handle This Heat/Ninguém Aguenta Esse Calor (Parque da Mônica Globo No. 002)

During this strong heatwave, Monica and her friends find ways to cool down such as having some ice gram, but Magali ate them all before anyone else could.

What Belly/Que Barriga (Parque da Mônica Globo No. 047)

Chuck gets a huge pot belly after stuffing himself with a tree full of fruit. So his friend Zeke helps him reduce his weight by doing a ton of chores.

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Villains/Vilões (Unconfirmed issue)

One of the villains gathers ingredients to create a magic potion, only to be all guzzled by Magali.

Monica's Gang: The Manga

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Misc.

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