''Monica Toy'' is a Brazilian franchise and 2D animated series based on ''

Monica's Gang ''Monica and Friends'' (), previously published as ''Monica's Gang'' in Anglophone territories and as ''Frizz and Friends'' in London, is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa. The series originated in a c ...

'' comic books, and also a spin-off of the animated cartoon series of the same name. The series features the characters drawn in a chibi-like art style. The franchise debuted on 2013 in partnership with

Mauricio de Sousa Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (; born October 27, 1935), known artistically as Mauricio de Sousa or mononymously just as Mauricio, is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's co ...

and the company Tok & Stok for the sale of products based on the characters (like cups and pillows), with a cartoon premiering on the official

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channel on May 23 of the same year. The cartoon also debuted on

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in Brazil after a few months. Some apps and games for Android and

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based on the characters the way they appear in Monica Toy were developed. In 2014 the game ''Tap Toy'' was released. In 2015 the game ''Up Toy'' was released. In 2018 an avatar creation app was released.

Animated series

Several short episodes are released on the official Monica's Gang

channel since 2013 with each season having 26 episodes. The animation does not use dialogue, although all the sound effects are vocal sounds. The episodes of the first three seasons are focused only on Monica (with Samson),

Jimmy Five Jameson Flynn "Jimmy Five" Morrison Jr., known as Cebolinha in Portuguese, is one of ''Monica and Friends'' main characters. He was created in 1960, at first as a support character for Franklin and Blu who the following year became the protagon ...

, Smudge and Maggy, with some rare appearances of Mauricio de Sousa and Blu since season two. The fourth season introduces the characters

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, Zeke and Ma Megg from ''

Chuck Billy 'n' Folks ''Chuck Billy 'n' Folks'' (''Turma do Chico Bento'') is a Brazilian comic strip and part of the ''Monica's Gang'' comic book series, created by Mauricio de Sousa. The stories are centered on Chuck Billy (originally named Chico Bento) and his fri ...

'', and Vanilla the Cat. The fifth season introduces Fluffy, Thunder from ''

Lionel's Kingdom ''Lionel's Kingdom'' (''Turma da Mata'') is a Brazilian comic strip created in 1961 and part of the ''Monica's Gang'' comic strips. The series features anthropomorphic animals who almost all walking on two feet (except for Tim Turtle), wear clot ...

'', Bug-a-Booo, Skully and Vic Vampire from ''

Bug-a-Booo ''Bug-a-Booo'' ("Turma do Penadinho") is a Brazilian comic strip, created in 1963 and part of the Monica's Gang series. All of the characters are monsters or other supernatural creatures, none of them being a human being. The main location for the ...

'', Horacio from ''

Horacio's World ''Horacio's World'' is a Brazilian comic strip, part of the Monica and Friends comic strips. The main character is Horácio, a baby Tyrannosaurus rex, created in 1961. He debuted as one of the supporting characters of Pitheco's comics in The Cav ...

'', '' Bubbly the Astronaut'' and Pitheco, Tooga, Zoom and Boom from ''

The Cavern Clan ''The Cavern Clan'' (''Piteco'') is a Brazilian comic strip created in 1961 by Mauricio de Sousa. It is part of the ''Monica's Gang'' series. It centers around a prehistoric tribe in the Stone Age and depicts them living in the presence of dinos ...

''. The sixth season introduces Ant Rita from ''Lionel's Kingdom'', Glu, Rosie Lee from ''Chuck Billy 'n' Folks'', Franklin, Jeremiah, Chauvy the Pig and Ditto. The seventh season introduces Milena, Lorde Coelhão, Nutty Ned, Angel, McFox from ''Lionel's Kingdom'', Sunny and Denise. The eighth season introduces Frank and Moe the Mummy from ''

''. The animation also shows some crossovers in certain episodes with characters like Red and Leonard from ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, D.Va and Lúcio from ''

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'', plus some references to

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and

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superheroes and

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. As of April 2023, the video
Monica Toy , Imitoys #shorts
has 964 million views, making it one of the most watched video uploaded by Monica Toy.

References

Season 1

External links

* {{Monica's Gang 2013 web series debuts 2013 Brazilian television series debuts Brazilian children's animated adventure television series Brazilian children's animated comedy television series Brazilian flash animated television series YouTube original programming Mass media franchises Crossover animated television series Animated television series about children Animated television series without speech Monica and Friends International Cartoon Network original programming