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Monica and Friends (TV series)

The story

Monica and Friends (known as Turma da Mônica in Brazil, Mónica e Amigos in the European Portuguese dub and Monica's Gang in past translations) is a Brazilian series of animated cartoons based on the comic book Monica and Friends by Mauricio de Sousa. The series ran on Cartoon Network from 2004 to 2025 and previously on Globo until 2014. It also airs on TV Cultura (since 2017), HBO Max (since 2021), Discovery Kids (since 2025) and Band (since 2026).

Six DVDs with episodes of the series were released, distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment. New episodes were released in nine Cine Gibi movies. New episodes were posted on the programme's official YouTube channel after they aired on Cartoon Network.

Episodes

The show consists of 230 cartoons produced and released from 1976 to 2022. Of each episode, 83 cartoons were originally included as part of a film. The remaining 147 cartoons were grouped under a blanket title dubbed Monica and Friends and released individually.

2009–10 episodes

These flash-animated episodes were firstly released for Brazilian Cartoon Network, and later, as parts of Cine Gibi 4 - Meninos e Meninas and Cine Gibi 5 - Luz, Camera, Ação!.

Monica Toy

Monica Toy (Portuguese: Mônica Toy, previously Turma da Mônica Toy) is an animated series created by Bruno Honda launched on May 23, 2013 and produced by the studio for Tok & Stok's official YouTube channel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monica. The animation, done in chibi toy art, traces shows 30-second episodes with Monica, Jimmy Five, Smudge and Maggy, with characters such as Blu, Mauricio, Chuck Billy making occasional appearances.