Western Animation / Jorel's Brother

From left to right:
First row: Lara, Jorel's brother, and Granny Juju.
Second row: Granny Gigi, Zazá, Tosh and Gesonel.
Third row: Nico, Mr. Edson, Mrs. Danuza, and Jorel.

"Irmão do Jorel é o Irmão do Jorel^Note Jorel's brother is Jorel's brother

Que é irmão do Nico também^NoteWho is Nico's brother as well

e Jorel é irmão do Irmão do Jorel,^NoteAnd Jorel is the brother of Jorel's Brother

do Jorel,^NoteJorel's

do Jorel!^NoteJorel's

Irmão do Jorel!"^NoteJorel's Brother!

— Theme song

Jorel's Brother (Irmão do Jorel in the original Portuguese) is a Brazilian animated series. Created by Juliano Enrico and produced by Copa Studio, it premiered on Cartoon Network Brazil in 2014, with a second season premiering in 2016, a third season premiering in 2018, a fourth season premiering in 2021, as well as an upcoming fifth season currently in production.

The series takes place in an eccentric Brazilian city, and revolves around the youngest son of an equally eccentric family. This shy boy has always been overshadowed by the popularity of his older brother Jorel, so he is only known as "Jorel's brother". The family also includes: oldest son Nico, who is a slob and a rock star wannabe; athletic mother Danuza and arts enthusiast father Edson; the sweet Grandma Juju and the snarky Grandma Gigi.

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Jorel's Brother provides examples of:

• Absurd Phobia: In "Não Tenha Medo do Seu Medo", Jorel's brother has Anatidaephobia; the fear of being stalked by a duck. Turns out he really was, as his grandma's pet ducks (Gesonel, Danúbio and Fabrício) were stalking him just for fun. Gesonel also admits he's afraid of being stalked by children singing opera.
• A Day in the Limelight:
  • All of the family members get some episodes focusing mostly on them.
  • "Enquanto Isso no Japão" is dedicated to presenting Lara's new life at Japan as she adapts to it. Jorel's brother only appears during the credits epilogue.
• A Dog Ate My Homework: In "Zazazila", Granny Gigi's dog Zazá eats Jorel's brother's essay.
• Acme Products: Shostners & Shostners seems to own almost every product in the show. According to Perdigoto, the company is the largest communication and food conglomerate in the world, owning almost everything people touch, see, wear, eat and throw away (including their dreams).
• Accidental Misnaming: When Jorel's brother meets Lara's new friend Yuki, he keeps calling him by the wrong names for a while, such as "Yoko" or "Yoshi".
• Actor Allusion: A wrestler called "Chicken Man", who acts like a chicken and wears a chicken mask, is based in a character created and portrayed by Juliano Enrico (who also voices him in the show).
• Action Girl: Lara and Granny Gigi are impressive fighters.
• Advertised Extra: Rose the housemaid appeared in several early art for the series, as she was originally supposed to be a main character, but has few appearances in the series.
• Aerith and Bob: Débora has a normal name, but her brother is called Déboro, which is literally her name with a male letter (o) instead of a female letter (a). Lampshaded in his debut episode:
  Perdigoto: From one side we have Dudu and his brother, against Débora and Débora's brother!
  Déboro: Déboro.
  Perdigoto: Huh?
  Déboro: My name is Déboro.
  Perdigoto: No, this name does not exist. And you are disclassified.
  • Also, most of the characters have regular names, but a few have more uncommon ones such as Jorel himself, and Danuza. In Perdigoto's case, his surname may be uncommon, but his actual first name is Roberto, a more normal name. "Perdigoto" is actually a Brazilian Portuguese word for drops of saliva that fly when someone is speaking, which fits with the character's trait of spitting whenever he talks.
• Affably Evil: Klong is an evil, stork-looking alien overlord from Gesonel's planet who plans to destroy both the duck trio and Jorel's brother. However, when he's not practicing villainous acts, he's surprisingly gentle and comprehensible.
• Age-Inappropriate Dress: Ana Catarina is only 8 years old, but wears a very short skirt to the point when she sits on her desk, her bare legs are touching it.
• Almost Kiss:
  • In "Aterrorizante Vida Adulta", Lara and Jorel's brother nearly kiss after falling in love with each other while in their adult forms, but at the last minute, they reverse back to being kids.
  • Jorel's brother and Ana Catarina in "Consequência ou Consequência".
• All Love Is Unrequited:
  • Jorel's brother is in love with Ana Catarina, who doesn't return the feeling. Their theme is even called "Impossible Love".
  • Lara is implied to have feelings towards Jorel's brother, but as mentioned before, he loves Ana Catarina instead.
• All There in the Manual: The "Fenomenal Book" reveals some things that aren't said on the series, such as Jorel and Nico's ages (13 and 17 respectively), and that Jorel is insecure about himself and doesn't speak much out of fear of possibly disappointing everyone, who has such high expectations for him.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: In the pilot and its adaptation "O Pequeno Mestre do Gi-Gitsu", Jorel's brother tries to avoid telling his parents he got hit as school, out of fear they'll go there to defend him in front of all kids; when they find out, they do exactly that. According to Tosh, something similar also happened to Nico in one occasion.
• Amazon Chaser: Mr. Edson fell in love with Danuza, a muscular, strong woman.
• Amusement Park of Doom: Downplayed with Mr. Adelino's own theme park, the "Adelino Adventure Park". It isn't an outright life threat, but is also not very safe or well-moderated, especially the maze, in which several kids get lost and may not find the exit for decades, if they ever do.
• Animal Motifs:
  • Jorel's brother is occasionally associated with ponies. In the last Season 4 episode, he becomes a pony himself.
  • Ducks for Granny Juju. She has three pet ducks and sometimes appears using duck costumes or caps.
  • For the Chicken Man, it's, well... Chickens.
• Animate Inanimate Object: In the episode "Revolução das Coisas", every eletro-domestic object in the house gains a life to seek revenge against the family and begin their revolution, leaded by the old television (which had been replaced earlier in the season).
• Animated Adaptation: Jorel's Brother was a comic strip published in Quase Magazine during the 2000s, before becoming an animated series.
• Animation Bump: Especially notable in the pilot episode^note While it was never publicly released to this day, several scenes and clips are available on the internet. Most scenes look like cheap, tweened Flash animation, while others are much more well-animated, such as Jorel's brother singing in the credits (which was even reutilized in promos and in a Season 1 episode without even contrasting at all with the usual Toon Boom animation).
• Art Evolution: In the second season, most characters are redesigned with smoother lines, and the backgrounds changed from a simple, cartoonish style to a more realistic, well-made style, with much more lively colors as well instead of the dull colors seen in the first season. Seasons 3 and 4 also had some changes to the art style, although not as drastic, the most noticeable being the color palette getting more saturated.
• Artistic License – Education: In Season 1, Jorel's brother and Lara studied in a classroom with mostly teenage students, despite them being only eight years old. Also, as seen in "Caneta de 250 Cores", the class' math subjects are way too advanced for third graders on elementary school. It made it seem like the two were, for some reason, put on a middle school classroom despite being too young (which probably would make sense for Lara, at least). Averted after Season 2.
• Artistic License – Paleontology: Parodied in the lyrics of the song of "Shostners Games", when Carlos Felino says humans living with dinosaurs is historically incorrect... then explains it's because dinosaurs never existed.
• Ass in a Lion Skin:
  • Mendigo dos Mares' pony Fluffy tends to disguise himself as a dolphin.
  • Gesonel's countless disguises include disguising as other animals, such as a bat in "Jornada Matinal Implacável", a dead rat in "O Ataque dos Piolhos Mutantes", and Tosh in "O Pequeno Mestre do Gi-Gitsu".
  • In "Especial Carnaval Bruttal", Gesonel turns out to be John the capybara in disguise, making this the second time Gesonel himself is the disguise ^note The first time is in "Embarque Nessa Onda", when Jorel's brother turns out to be Gesonel in disguise, but that was actually Jorel's brother disguised as Gesonel disguised as Jorel's brother and the real Gesonel was at Jorel's brother's room.
• Ascended Extra: Jorginho used to make few appearances in Season 1, but later becomes one of the most frequent recurring characters (in contrast with other kids, who used to appear more but became Out of Focus).
• The Ace: Jorel is depicted as being the best in everything.
• Action Mom: Mrs. Danuza in "Excursão Alucinante Sem Freio"; after her youngest son misses the school bus, she takes him on her motorcycle to follow the bus, and doesn't stop even after being chased by the police and a helicopter.
• All of the Other Reindeer: After Lara leaves, Jorel's brother ends up with no friends until she comes back.
• All Love Is Unrequited: Jorel's brother is deeply in love with Ana Catarina, but she doesn't return it. The first episode focusing on her even has the debut of a song called "Impossible Love". Also, Lara is implied to have feelings towards Jorel's brother, but he only sees her as a friend.
• Almost Kiss: Jorel's brother and Lara nearly kissed on two occasions, but both were interrupted.
• Alpha Bitch: Ana Catarina in Season 1. She was interested in William Shostners just for being rich and went as far as actually breaking her leg just to avoid dancing with Jorel's brother in a school presentation.
• Ambiguously Christian: Edson and Danuza were married in a church (In the second appearance of their wedding, anyway), and Granny Juju originally was meant to wear a cross pendant in her neck (before it was censored along with Gigi's cigarette)
• Amazing Technicolor Population: Samantha and Granny Juju have green skin, and Granny Gigi has pink skin. In Samantha's case, it's meant to make her look more monstrous, while Granny Juju is possibly meant to share color with her favorite food, avocados.
• Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Yuki, a Funny Animal cat boy, can become any possible color depending on his mood.
• Ambiguously Absent Parent: In "Consequência ou Consequência" and "Shostners Shopping", Ana Catarina's mother appears at her house. The dad isn't seen or mentioned at all, so it's unclear if he left or just didn't appear on-screen.
• Ambiguous Time Period: The show initially had an 80's aesthetic and was originally estabilished to be set in that decade, but the show's setting is really inconsistent.
  • Mr. Edson's backstory involves him fighting against the clowns' dictatorship in The '60s, since it's an allegory for the Brazilian Military Dictatorship which started in the same decade and ended in the early 80's, which supposedly should be when the series happens.
  • In "A Vida Secreta dos Belezitos", Débora has many pictures of Jorel from the yearbook; they are dated from 1988 to 1993, implying the episode takes place in 1994.
  • In the end card for "O Fenomental Capacete com Rodinhas", there is an annotation which appears to read "October of 1985", though it may actually have been written on this date and reutilized for the show.
  • In "Aterrorizante Vida Adulta", Billy's test has the date of May 22, 1983, making Jorel's Brother's birth in May 22 1975. However, May 22, 1983 was a Sunday, so he shouldn't even be at school in that day in the first place.
  • In "Sucesso Interplanetário", there is a website parodying YouTube, called VocêTubo ("Você" means "You", and "Tubo" actually means pipe). In the same episode, a camera shows the episode takes place in 2010;
  • In "Jornal do Quintal", a calendar shows the date of December 2015 (more than one year after the episode premiered, bizarrely), but a camera shows the date as 1991.
  • As of Season 3, Granny Gigi gets a new, flat-screen TV in place of the old one.
• Animesque:
  • Microwave Warriors, a Show Within a Show in the episode "Embarque nessa Onda". Its style resembles Saint Seiya, but features fighting food Mons.
  • The Season 2 finale "Eject Especial" is an Affectionate Parody of anime, even featuring the characters from the aforementioned show, so this appears a lot in the characters' expressions and poses. Since Season 3, animesque expressions continue being recurring in the series.
• Anthropomorphic Food: Granny Juju's garden is inhabited by talking food characters. They are divided in vegetable and fruit sections, with their debut episode involving a debate on which one does the tomato belong to. Eventually, they are convinced that there is no point in segregating each other and they should all live together.
• Apathetic Student: Billy Doidão and his friends; he even states he likes and wants to get held back. In a later episode, it's stated he's a bad student because he can't read the blackboard from the back of the class, to the point he didn't even know what a notebook was.
• Arc Words: "Brutal". It's most commonly associated with Steve Magal, with almost all of his In-Universe movies having the word in their titles. The word appears several times throughout the show and is also featured in the title of the Carnaval Special.
• Art Shift: When Jorel's Brother is going to tell a story, the animation turns sketchy, with a paper background (that also appears in the opening)
• Artistic License – Physics: Mr. Edson's kite is so strong, it somehow is able to hold two toddlers and fly them off to outer space.
• Ascended Fanboy: In "Expressividade Máxima", Jorel's brother gets to star in a movie with Steve Magal, after fighting Perdigoto for the role.
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever:
  • In "Eject Especial", Jorel's brother, Lara and the Microwave Warriors have to fight a Kaiju version of Shakespearito who is destroying Tokyo.
  • Granny Gigi's dog Zazá becomes giant in "Zazazilla" after eating a size-altering pill. Inside her, there are also a giant avocado and giant corn, nicknamed by Jorel's Brother and Yuki as "Avocadozilla" and "Cornzilla".
• Author Avatar: Jorel's brother is largely based on the series' creator Juliano, having the same appearance and wearing one of his childhood outfits, along with the rest of the family being based on his own. That said, Jorel's brother is also a representation of all the writers when they were kids, with several plots of the series being based on things that happened to them in real life.
• Baby Talk: Jorel's brother once met his grandmother Juju when she was a baby. The first thing she said was "avocado", and then kept babbling.
• Badass Adorable: Lara is sometimes shown to be great in combats, such as "Eject Especial" and "O Clã das Sandálias Voadoras", when she fights the villains.
• Barbie Doll Anatomy: Jorel's brother appears naked for a brief scene in "Jornada Matinal Implacável", lacking any visible genitals.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: In "Irmãozinho do Jorel", baby Lara and Jorel's brother fly off to space, and are able to breathe and talk normally without any protection.
• Beach Episode:
  • "Família à Deriva" is about the family visiting the beach, until Jorel's brother and Mr. Edson get stranded in the sea.
  • In "Irmãozinho do Jorel", Jorel's brother recalls the day he first met Lara at the beach when they were toddlers, and the two played all day.
• Beautiful All Along: In "Sedoso Cream Double Cream", all the girls in the class find Jorel's brother beautiful when seeing him with smooth hair as opposed to his usual curly hair.
• Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Ana Catarina, Lara and Samantha, respectively.
• Beneath the Earth: Edvaldo Rubens (a man who's heavily implied to be Edson's father) lives in an underground city in the sewers.
• Berserk Button:
  • Do not disturb Granny Gigi when she's watching television. In one occasion, she hit Edson with her flip-flop for standing in front of the TV, even though it was turned off. She also gets mad if someone gets near the countless mysterious doors scattered around the house, which lead to different dimensions.
  • Granny Juju may be nice, but she does not take well anyone messing with her garden, especially stepping on her plants. In "Clube da Luta Livre", she shoos away everyone from her house because one person stepped on a seedling.
  • Principal Lola gets mad at the kids doing anything, as she always expects them to do something bad.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Granny Juju is usually nice, but she does not take well people being disrespecful, not liking healthy foods, and especially someone stepping on her garden's plants.
• Big Bad: Since Season 4, Coco Mágico is the main antagonist of the series, as he was tired of being a minor character and thus, constantly getting ignored and overlooked.
• Big Brother Bully: Jorel and Nico often bully and make fun of their younger brother, the former doing so for being upset he is no longer the youngest. They still love him a lot though, genuinely caring for him.
• Big Damn Movie: In a way. In March 2019, the show released a "movie" in Cinemark theaters, though it was a collection of Season 3 episodes before they officially aired on television the following months.
• Big Eater:
  • Dudu, one of Jorel's brother's classmates. He frequently appears eating and food easily distract him.
  • Granny Gigi's dog Zazá will eat just about anything.
• Bilingual Bonus:
  • The in-universe anime Microwave Warriors; it's spelt the same way in the original dub. Averted in the Spanish dub, in which it's translated to "Guerreros Microondas".
  • In "MC Juju", Granny Juju sings a rap about fruits and vegetables, entirely in English with no subtitles whatsoever.
  • The characters' hometown is named "Magic Coconut City".
  • The episode "In English Please" is entirely focused on Jorel's brother learning English and going to English class. If the viewer doesn't speak English as well, they're going to be just as confused as Jorel's brother during the scenes other character speak English.
  • Some episodes set at Japan have the characters actually speak Japanese. Since he's multilingual, Yuki speaks Italian in one short as well.
• Birthday Episode: "Aterrorizante Vida Adulta" is about Jorel's brother's eight year old birthday. In Season 4, he turns eight twice again in the episodes "Ladrãozinho de Shopping" and "Pôneimorfose" (and, in the latter, says he turned eight twice in the same year).
• Bizarre Taste in Food: Mrs. Danuza once made a vitamin of mortadella sandwich.
• Black Comedy Burst: Many episodes in early Season 1 had animals being (accidentally) killed.
• Boyish Short Hair: Lara's hair reaches up to her neck only, and she's a Tomboy.
• Bland-Name Product: Mrs. Danuza's motorcycle is labelled as a "Seamarra" rather than a Yamaha.
• Braces of Orthodontic Overkill: Jorginho permanently wears prominent braces, which he claims to love but tried to take off twice. Jorel's brother is also forced to wear these temporarily, making it literally impossible to understand anything he's saying.
• Brand X: Sprok Maçã (Apple Sprok) is a clear parody of Dolly Guaraná, the most known cheap brazilian soda, sprok even have their soda plastic bottle mascot Sprokinho (Little Sprok) as do Dolly have "Dollinho" (liitle dolly)
• Brutal Honesty: Granny Juju sometimes is too honest without realizing or caring. In "A Perigosa Lambada Brutal", after the entire family bursts into song, she flat-out complains the song was horrible and she didn't like it. In "Curtição Sem Limites", she sees Edson bald and, not recognizing him, asks if that ugly man is staying for lunch.
• Bubblegum Popping: In "Adelino Adventure Park", Jorel's Brother tries to float with a bubble gum, but it just pops (though he does float for a moment).
• Cast of Snowflakes: Just the family picture is enough to notice the wide variety of designs. The other characters are as unique and hardly any of them looks slighty similar to another.
• Canon Foreigner: As usual, almost all characters of the show didn't exist in the original comic strips.
• Catchphrase:
  • Jorel's brother's classic line: "Everyone calls me Jorel's brother, but my real name is..." He is always interrupted right after, usually by Lara and almost always with someone yelling "Jorel's brother!". He also tends to enthusiastically repeat the names of characters such as "Ana... *sigh* Catariiiinaaa!", "Steve Magaaaaaal!", "Fluffyyyyyy!", "Lara, Lara, Lara, Lara..."
  • Mrs. Lola, the school principal, often yells "NÃO PODE!" ("You can't do this!"). In Spanish, it used to be "No es posible!" ("It's not possible!"), but was translated literally later on.
• Character Tics: Wonderlay often ticks his tongue when he's annoyed.
• Charlie and the Chocolate Parody: "A Fantástica Fábrica de Refrigerantes". Jorel's Brother, his classmates and teacher visit a seemingly abandoned Sprok apple soda factory looking for help after their bus fell off a bridge. They meet Mr. Sprok and visit the magical room where the apples trees are and unicorns work. They then find out that the apples are fake, the unicorns are overworked and the soda is made of giant beetle milk.
• Cheerful Child: Jorel's brother, an optimistic and outgoing little boy.
• Chekhov's Gun: An early episode features a "250-color pen", which Jorel's brother and William Shostners fight to use and study with Ana Catarina. In Season 4, this pen is revealed to have been used to suck the whole colors out of the world during the clowns' dictatorship.
• Chick Magnet: Jorel; almost every non-adult female character in the show absolutely swoons over him ^note Lara and Ana Catarina are the most notable exceptions, although the latter has been implied to like Jorel sometimes as well, with some even having it as their entire personality. While he's implied to appreciate being loved by so many girls, he doesn't seem to care about them sometimes and, in some occasions, has even got disgusted at their fixation over him.
• Childish Older Sibling: Nico is seventeen, but sometimes acts more like a child than his 8-year old younger brother, such as playing with kids' toys.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome:
  • Rose, the octopus lady who does cleaning at the family's household, completely disappears since Season 3 (after barely appearing in Season 2, for that matter). As of the third season, only the family members are seen cleaning the house, such as Granny Juju or Mrs. Danuza. She briefly reappears in Season 4, but only for a few seconds and is quickly forgotten afterwards.
  • The tomato and pineapple from "Jardim da Pesada" do not reappear in Season 4 like their friends due to having a Celebrity Voice Actor.
• City with No Name: Until the first episode of Season 4, where a Freeze-Frame Bonus shows the city's name as "Magic Coconut City" (in English).
• Clown School: Rambozo owns one, which is also a military school. The only foods available there are cotton candy broth and lollipops. It has a ball pit where misbehaving clowns are thrown to stay permanently; one entered it when he was a kid and only escaped as an old man.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Granny Juju is usually silly and airheaded, though some episodes show she's wiser than she looks.
• Cool Old Gal: Granny Gigi. While she's mostly retired from fighting, she's still able to pack up a good fight when necessary,
• Cold Open: Since Season 3, the episodes start with a short opening scene before the theme song.
• Comically Missing the Point: In "Adelino Adventure Park", William Shostners is angry at Jorel's brother (who was working as an employee in the park) for not giving him privilege for being rich, and asks him "Do you know who you're talking to?". Jorel's brother genuinely answers he doesn't know and asks Shostners if he knows who he's talking to. This devolves to the entire park asking who he's talking to.
• Company Cross References: Characters from Copa Studio's other shows Trunk Train and Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids made several cameos in various episodes.
• Conspicuously Light Patch: The background is drawn with dirly lines and darker colors (in Season 1, people in mobs were part of the background too) Parodied in a short, where Perdigoto is hosting a show, where there are four doors and one has to be chosen. Out of the four, one is plain light green, while the other three are darker with matte painting. However, the plain one is not the chosen door.
• Continuity Creep: Until the first half of Season 2, the series was mostly episodic, and one could watch them in any given order. Nowadays, miss one episode, and you'll be asking where is Lara, why is an elderly clown in the classroom, or why is there a flat-screen TV in the house now.
• Continuity Lockout: Since the third season, almost all of the episodes have some kind of continuity between them, and season four has a whole story arc involving multiple plotlines, meaning the episodes have to be watched in the same order they aired. Meanwhile, Season 1 was so episodic that most of its episode aired differently to the original production order.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Suzana, the secretary of Shostners&Shostners. While William Shostners' parents are the real bosses and owners of the company, they never appear, and as such Suzana is seen running the company most of the time. It's always made clear that they really want to make more money no matter what it takes.
• Creator Cameo: Due to the series being based on Juliano Enrico (which was Jorel's brother in real life) and his family, live-action photos of them often appear.
• Death Glare: Danuza gives one to Jorel's brother in an Extreme Close-Up after he lies about having taken a bath.
• Department of Redundancy Department: The title theme, as quoted above, repeatedly says that Jorel's brother is Jorel's brother and Nico's too.
• Detention Episode: "O Mais Doidão da Escola", where Jorel's Brother and Billy Doidão compete to see who's the "wackiest", and the other classmates are the ones judging or watching it; they all got detention together for laughing while the principal was present. It should be noted that in real life in Brazil, detention is basically nonexistent.
• Deus ex Machina: Parodied. In some episodes, when everything seems to be lost, Gesonel randomly comes out of a disguise and saves the day. An example is in "O Ataque dos Piolhos Mutantes", when the mutant lice are planning to take over the world, but Gesonel gets out from a dead rat disguise and kills the lice with his eye lasers.
• Deuteragonist: Lara, though she usually doesn't appear or have a large role in episodes involving Jorel's brother's home life and/or focusing on his family.
• Diegetic Soundtrack Usage:
  • In "Os Incríveis Lateenagers", the Cuecas em Chamas, along with Jorel's brother, sing an extended version of the series' intro at a live presentation.
  • In the 100th episode, Mr. Edson asks for the regular theme song not to be played so he can sing it himself on-screen.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: During a dinner at the uncles and cousins' house, Mr. Edson gets into an argument due to them supporting the Clown Cosquinha, who was the governor during the dictatorship and began governing again. Essentially, they had a political argument in this show's way.
• Doomy Dooms of Doom: In this case, Steve Magal puts "Brutal" in everything, with most of his filmography featuring the word in their titles.
• Disco Dan: When the show's time period was changed from the 80s, the main family was retconned as "being stuck in the 80's" while living in the modern day.
• Dramatic Drop: In "Elefante de Porcelana", Jorel's brother drops Granny Gigi's porcelain elephant on the ground when he finds out Lara is moving away to Japan.
• Driving Question: Jorel's brother's real name.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: Enough for its own page.
• Economy Cast:
  • Wonderlay holds almost every single job in the town. Or better yet, his several clones do.
  • As of Season 3, the same background characters can be seen everywhere in the town over and over, while the earlier episodes had variety in minor characters.
• Eldritch Abomination: The Magic Coconut is a mysterious creature who can warp reality at will and manipulate the characters.
• Episode Title Card: The titles were initially shown in scenes at the beggining of episodes, but now there are title cards.
• Embarrassing Nickname:
  • Nico hates being called "Mamilito" (little nipple), and gets aggressive when someone calls him that.
  • Edson sometimes called Carlos Felino by his name's diminutive Carlinhos, much to his dismay. As of Season 4, he doesn't mind it anymore, but now doesn't like being called Carlos Felino, as he prefers being called "Just Felino".
  • Granny Juju sometimes calls Edson "Doctor Potty" when she's annoyed at him, usually when she thinks he did something wrong.
• End-of-Series Awareness: In the Season 4 finale, Granny Gigi says it is the last episode. Could be referring to the last episode of the season and not the show, since it was not confirmed to be cancelled yet, and there are two special episodes after that one.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: In-Universe, the Magic Coconut wants to become this, as he's tired of being a minor character and jealous of more important characters, such as Granny Juju, who are more beloved than him. He even made his own store to convince people to buy his products and recognize him more.
• Euphemism Buster: After Tosh dies, Edson and Danuza try to explain to their sons that he's not among them anymore, making up the excuse he left to pursue a career in stand-up (which obviously, only Jorel's brother is still naive to believe, as his older brothers do understand their dog passed away). Granny Gigi then shows up and sadly asks "He's dead?"
• Even the Guys Want Him: Jorel is also adored and appreciated by most of the boys, like he is by the girls.
• Every Car Is a Pinto: Parodied in "Curtição Sem Limites". The family's car explodes for no reason after they get out of it, but when Jorel's brother turns back, it suddenly is back there completely unharmed.
• Everyone Loves Blondes: Jorel's brother's crush, Ana Catarina, has blonde hair.
• Exact Words:
  • In "Natureza Totalmente Selvagem", Nico gets swarmed with bugs all over his body and asks Jorel's brother to do something; he then proceeds to poke Nico with a spoon. When asked why he did that, Jorel's brother explains he technically did so "something", even if it wasn't helpful.
  • In "Perdido no Cinema", Nico gets upset after finding out after it's said you have to be 12 to watch the Steve Magal movie, because he is over 12 already.
  • In "Dono de Casa", Tosh tells Jorel's brother he has two news, and Jorel's brother asks him to tell the good news first. Tosh says he only said there were two news, not that one was good.
• Expository Theme Tune: The first one shows Nico being gross, Jorel and Ana Catarina being attractive, Granny Juju and Lara being nice, Danuza being caring, and Edson being expressive for the camera.
• Extreme Close-Up: Almost every episode has at least one detailed close-up.
• Extreme Omnivore: The dog Zazá can eat anything that's left near her for long enough, but usually coughs it out then. A short gag shows her throwing up Jorel's brother himself.
• Eye Scream: In "Gangorras da Revolução", Pablito throws sand in his own eyes and then runs around yelling that he got blind. In "Família à Deriva" it's even worse for him; he trips on the beach sand and gets several sticks stuck in both of his giant eyeballs.
• Eyes Out of Sight: Nico has long hair that's permanently covering up his eyes. They only are fully uncovered in the first episode, which reveals his eyes are actually beautiful.
• Face–Heel Turn: The Magic Coconut was initially just a funny creature who occasionally showed up to explain things to the characters and/or viewers. As of Season 4, he becomes the series' main antagonist, being revealed to be controlling the series' universe himself.
• Fantastic Racism: Fruits and vegetables hating each other and living segregated, until Granny Juju and Jorel's brother convince them to make peace.
• Fictional Social Network: The YouTube equivalent in this show is named "VocêTubo", which is a literal translation of the original name. Also, in "Apenas Felino", a parody of Instagram appears in a scene.
• First-Name Basis: As it is common in Brazil, most characters are referred by their first name. Averted with Roberto Perdigoto, who is always called by his surname.
• Flashback Episode: "Irmãozinho do Jorel" is mostly a flashback to the day Jorel's brother and Lara first met.
• Flashback to Catchphrase: When Jorel's brother meets a baby Granny Juju, the first thing she says is "avocado", showing she already had an affinity with the fruit since her childhood.
• Fluffy the Terrible:
  • Literally. There's Fluffy, the Murderer Dolphin... Who turns out to be a pony in disguise.
  • Also, the Magic Coconut, who turns out to be an evil Eldritch Abomination who plans on conquering the series' entire universe and becoming the main character.
• Friendless Background: While every other member of the family has a group of friends^note Interestingly, Granny Gigi and Danuza appear to share many of the same friends, Granny Juju's only real friends who appear are her garden's vegetables and fruits (which were implied to be only imaginary friends in their first appearance). She used to date Clown Venceslau, but neither of them remember each other anymore.
• Foreign Exchange Student: Bóris, Jorel's Brother's imaginary enemy, was a exchange student with a European accent.
• Funny Animal:
  • Rose, the housemaid of the family, is a talking purple octopus with only one eye.
  • Yuki, a cat boy who is a celebrity in Japan and befriends Lara and Jorel's brother in Season 3. He can change his body's color depending on what emotion he's feeling.
• Gilligan Cut: In "Embarque Nessa Onda", Mrs. Danuza asks her son to wear a Shakespearito-themed apron to school the next day. Jorel's brother refuses, saying nothing can make him wear that. It immediately cuts to him wearing the apron at school.
• Good Parents: While Jorel is obviously the pride of the family, Edson and Danuza are good parents to their three sons equally and do not treat any of them as The Un-Favourite.
• Goth: A background character in Season 1 was a goth girl.
• Hartman Hips: Mrs. Danuza and adult Lara.
• Hidden Depths:
  • Granny Juju is an excellent rapper, having won battles against in-universe rapper Kassius Kleyton.
  • Ana Catarina plays soccer extremely well, despite what her girly appearance may imply.
• Imaginary Enemy: Jorel's brother has one in an episode with the exact title (but in Portuguese, obviously). His name is Boris, he has an European accent and does bad things for him that are actually done by Jorel's brother himself.
• Impossible Hourglass Figure: Lara's adult form in "Aterrorizante Vida Adulta" has a very curved body with huge hips.
• Insistent Terminology: In Season 4, Carlos Felino insists on being called "Just Felino".
• Instant Web Hit: In "Shostners Shopping", William Shostners records an embarrassing video of Jorel's brother riding a toy at the mall while his grandma Juju chants "Granny's astronaut!". A few episodes later, it's revealed that the video has more views than people on Earth, which later turns out to be caused by alien dinosaurs from the Planet Hein, who love watching short videos such as that one.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In "A História Sem Começo, Meio e Fim", Jorel's brother asks his mother Danuza why she's randomly cleaning the house in a Saturday morning. She replies that the time could pass and, 30 years later, the house could remain a mess. The show was originally meant to be set in The '80s, which happened 30 years before The New '10s, which is the decade the episode premiered.
• Lethal Chef: Mrs. Danuza's food isn't very nice: she made a mortadella sandwich vitamin, and later a burned lasagna that nobody wanted to eat and made up excuses (Granny Juju actually wanted to eat it, but when she got down to pick up her fork on the ground, Danuza thought it was another excuse to not eat the food).
• Leitmotif:
  • Usually, when Steve Magal shows up, an action theme plays. Its ending cue plays in a few Season 1 episodes, but afterwards, only the beggining of the music is heard.
  • After Gesonel takes his disguises off, he always appears in a green background with a theme saying "Gesonel, master of disguises!"
• Living Shadow: In "A Perigosa Lambada Brutal", Jorel's brother meets a shadow of Steve Magal (who wasn't even physically present there) who encourages him to stop being a shadow of his brother Jorel and show off his own merit.
• Loose Tooth Episode: Ana Catarina has a tooth fall off her mouth in "A Fantástica Fábrica de Refrigerantes". Downplayed as it's not the main plot of the episode, but still one of the major plot points.
• Inexplicably Identical Individuals: The business men of Shostners & Shostners.
• Killed Off for Real: In Season 4, the dog Tosh passes away permanently.
• Lonely Rich Kid: Zig-Zagged with William Shostners. A handful of episodes portray Ana Catarina as his friend (and love interest), but later on, he often appears alone. This kicks the plot of the Season 3 episode "Cine Horrível", where Jorel's brother doesn't have any friends to be paired with for the group project since Lara wasn't there, so he's paired with William Shostners because nobody wanted to be with him either.
• Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My!: Although most of the cast is human, they coexist with characters such as talking cats and octopi, besides some pets being able to speak as well, but nobody seems to care.
• Limited Wardrobe: All characters always wear the same clothes. The season 2 redesigns added or altered some pieces of clothing, but they've stayed the same since.
• Living Clothes: In "Através do Guarda Roupa", Jorel's brother gets stuck in his bedroom's closet; inside it, he meets his and Nico's clothes, who are sentient and angry at the brothers for ruining them.
• Long Haired Prettyboy: Jorel, Jorel's brother's brother.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Edson and Danuza, in a sense. Edson once admitted to liking being dressed as a woman better, while Danuza is very tough, strong and muscular.
• Master of Disguise: Grandma Juju's talking duck, Gesonel. He can perfectly disguise as anyone and anything, even being able to imitate other people's voices.
• Medium Blending:
  • Shakespearito, an edutainment show host reminiscent of Sesame Street, is a live-action puppet.
  • In "A Lenda da Mulher de Algodão", Jorel's brother visits an alternate dimension called the Chaos inhabited by live-action objects such as socks.
• MegaCorp: Shostners & Shostners is a massive company which owns most products in the show.
• Middle Child Syndrome: Inverted. Jorel, the middle child, is considered the pride of the family.
• Momma's Boy: Dona Danuza is very overproctetive and caring for her sons. She does everything she can to make them safe and happy, stating in one occasion she'll help Jorel's brother even if it leads to him becoming an irresponsible adult.
• Moving Beyond Bereavement: In "Juju e o Pé de Abacate", Jorel's brother finds out his dog Tosh died. After traveling to Heaven with Granny Juju, he finds out Tosh became a comedian in the afterlife and hugs him one last time before they part ways for good.
• Multiple Demographic Appeal: The show is kid-friendly with childish and colorful scenes and dialogue, but can appeal to adults as well, as it not only makes several references to elements of childhood in The '80s and The '90s, as it also features some more serious social commentary such as dictatorship, police brutality, and gender equality.
• Mr. Exposition: Coco Mágico, the magic coconut who explains some concepts (such as St. John's festival and matinees) to the kids. As of Season 4, Jorel's brother, Mr. Edson and Lara begin noticing his presence along with him turning evil, though everyone else isn't aware of his presence yet.
• Mr. Imagination: Jorel's brother has a lot of imagination, so much that some episodes are revealed to have all taken place only in his mind.
• Ms. Fanservice: Lara's adult form, having large hips, thick thighs, and an exposed midriff as well as her underwear appearing for a split second in some parts. Mrs. Danuza could qualify for this as well, as she has the two first traits.
• Never Mess with Granny: Granny Gigi used to star in many action movies, with dangerous scenes without effects. She is still a cool grandma, and can throw her flip-flops like a boomerang.
• Never Say "Die": Subverted in "Juju e o Pé de Abacate". after Tosh passes away, his family carefully explains to him that "he is in another place" and such... Until Granny Gigi comes in and flat out asks if he died.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Wonderlay works at loads of different places. It's shown in the Season 3 finale that there are, in fact, several Wonderlays, and one of them goes insane after noticing it.
• No-Dialogue Episode: "Irmãozinho do Jorel" was deliberately written to have no actual dialogue, which was pretty challenging for the writers to accomplish. The Framing Device on the beginning and end of the episode features Jorel's brother silently reading an old family album and remembering the day he met Lara, with the remainder of the episode being a flashback to that day. While the flashback portion features lots of Baby Talk, characters mumbling or repeating a few words, with baby Lara even singing out Gesonel's introduction theme when he shows up, there isn't any complete dialogue or conversation throughout the entire duration.
• No Fourth Wall: In the end of Season 3, Mr. Edson discovers that he is actually living in a cartoon, so nothing they are experiencing is real, and every action they do is scripted. Other characters such as Granny Gigi, Rambozo and Coco Mágico are aware of this as well.
• No Name Given: The protagonist, Jorel's Brother.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Steve Magal is an Expy of Steven Seagal. Most scenes with him are parodies of Seagal's action movies. His last name, Magal, is a reference to Brazilian singer Sidney Magal. In the third season, it was revealed that he has a brother named Sidney Seagal, reversing the namesakes' names and surnames.
• No Smoking: Granny Gigi smoked a cigarette in the comic strips, but when the show was pitched to Cartoon Network, the cigarette was replaced by a green lollipop.
• Not Allowed to Grow Up: The show has been on since 2014, but Jorel's brother and his classmates are still in third grade and he has already had three 8-year birthdays, two of which happened in the same season. Later justified since the characters are aware they are in a cartoon and thus, time doesn't pass properly.
• Nuclear Family: The main family, composed of a husband, wife, three sons, two grandmothers, two dogs and three ducks.
• Only Known by Their Nickname:
  • The title character only being known as "Jorel's brother" and, to a lesser extent, "Nico's brother" or "Edson's son"
  • Even Edson' name is actually the abbreviation of "Ed Morrisson".
  • It's never stated what Juju and Gigi's nicknames stand for, if these aren't their real names.
• Once an Episode: As of Season 3, the Magic Coconut is hidden in the background of almost every episode, in a similar vein to the snail from Adventure Time.
• One-Steve Limit: Billy Doidão's first name is short for "William". Unless that is completely a made-up nickname, then he averts this trope since one of his classmates is named William Shostners.
• Only One Name: Most characters have unknown surnames, including the main family.
• Origins Episode: "Irmãozinho do Jorel" shows the day Jorel's brother and Lara met; he was walking around the beach with his iconic yellow boots he had then borrowed from Jorel, and found Lara. They proceed to collect things around the beach, sing a song about bananas with Carlos Felino and Reginaldo, get lifted to space by the self-flying kite and help Gesonel and the other ducks battle with Klong, and swim at the beach.
• Out-of-Character Moment: In "A História Sem Começo, Meio e Fim", Lara is portrayed as an idiot who doesn't really care about Jorel's brother, as when his family thinks he's missing, she lies that she has not seen him just that she can play with his dog Tosh. This contrasts with the other episodes, where she's very intelligent and is a loyal friend to Jorel's brother.
• Out of Focus: Samantha used to make frequent appearances in the series, but as of Season 3 she only sporadically has relevant roles. Many other kids in Jorel's brother's class, such as Marcinho and Pablito, got their roles reduced even more drastically.
• Overnight Age-Up: In "Aterrorizante Vida Adulta", Jorel's brother, Lara and Marcinho all become adults.
• Picky Eater: Jorel's brother is forced to eat his broccoli by Mrs. Danuza, but he refuses to eat it. It ends up getting grounded without playing toys.
• Pint-Sized Kid: Jorel's brother, Lara and their classmates are eight, but are very tiny for their ages.
• Prehensile Hair: In "Sedoso Cream Double Cream", Jorel's brother's hair becomes alive and leaves his head after having too much of the titular hair cream. Jorel later fights his younger brother's mutant hair by whipping it with his own hair.
• Promotion to Opening Titles: In the original theme song, the only characters who appear physically are the entire main family, Lara and Ana Catarina, with several supporting characters being portrayed as doodles. The second version, on the other hand, features almost every relevant character in the series, though oddly, Ana Catarina is absent from it despite still being one of the most prominent characters ^note An animatic for the new opening shows that Ana Catarina was originally supposed to appear in it, but was removed from the final version for unknown reasons, while many irrelevant characters do appear in it.
• Pushover Parents: Implied with Granny Gigi's father. According to her, the only present she ever got was an old shoe of him, and she had fun by throwing it at his head.
• Real After All: The season 3 premiere involve Jorel's brother and Granny Juju interacting with their garden's talking vegetables and fruits. A brief scene implied they were imaginary as Mr. Edson couldn't see them, but when they return in Season 4, they interact with other characters.
• Recursive Canon: In-Universe, Jorel's Brother is a cartoon produced by the company Shostners&Shostners. Jorel's brother's pony self and toddler self both were able to leave the cartoon and visit their "real life".
• Recursive Reality: Jorel’s brother gets lice in "O Terrível Ataque dos Piolhos Mutantes", which build an entire civilization on his head. Also, the lice have lice as well, and the lice’s lice also have lice, but most importantly humanity is the lice of an alien dinosaur.
• Retcon:
  • In Season 3 flashbacks and old pictures, the adult characters are seen wearing the same clothes from their redesigns instead of the Season 1 ones, specifically Danuza and Gigi. This also applies to their beach outfits, which were also different in the first season.
  • The quartet of girls obsessed with Jorel was originally teenaged just like him, but since Season 2, they're kids instead, with no explanation given unlike Billy Doidão and his friends.
• Rockers Smash Guitars: In the pilot and in "O Incríveis Lateenagers", Jorel's brother pretends to play his racket like a guitar while the "Cuecas em Chamas" sing the theme song. After they finish, Jorel's brother gets a little too carried over and ends up throwing his racket on the floor, breaking it.
• Rich Bitch: William Shostners is a male example. Being the heir of the most powerful company in his world, he is very snobbish and full of himself.
• Running Gag:
  • Jorel's brother attempting to hide something, only for Lara to yell very loudly to not let anyone know the thing he wants to hide, making everyone know it.
  • Also, Jorel's brother telling an absurd, made-up story speaking very fast, with the animation changing to a more sketchy, fluid style. In some earlier episode, he sometimes would finish the story saying "actually...", only to just dismiss a random part of the story and not the whole thing.
• Series Continuity Error: In "Consequência ou Consequência", Jorginho claims that he was supposed to have removed his braces a year ago, but refuses to because "it's the secret of his success". However, in two different episodes (one before and one after), he tries to take his braces off while exclaiming "freedom!".
• Serious Business: Walking with your backpack open at the street is considered very bad and dangerous for the characters.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Principal Lola has an identical twin sister named Luli, who unlike her, is very sweet, calm and kind.
• Scenery Porn: The backgrounds from Season 2 onwards can be very beautiful and detailed. The backgrounds of Japan are especially noteworthy.
• Second Episode Introduction: Episode 2, "Gangorras da Revolução", introduces most of the school staff and students, although some had already appeared in the first episode.
• Ship Tease: Some scenes tease Jorel's brother and Lara getting together. After becoming adults, they fall in love with each other and almost kiss. It's made clear that the only reason they aren't dating is because they're still just little kids.
• Shout-Out: The name of the puppet Shakespearito is a reference to Roberto Gómez Bolaños' stage name "Chespirito," his series El Chavo del ocho having been a huge success in Brazil.
• Simultaneous Arcs: After Lara moves to Japan, the beggining of Season 3 shows Jorel's brother dealing with life without her. Meanwhile, the episode "Enquanto Isso No Japão" and The Yuki Show shorts depict Lara adapting to her new life in Japan and new best friend Yuki.
• Smash Cut: A few episodes have Mr. Edson about to say Jorel's brother's real name, but the scene suddenly cuts just about he is to say it. Usually, he notices Jorel's brother is missing from wherever he was, asks "Hold up, where is...", stutters a little, and then the scene immediately switches to Jorel's brother somewhere else.
• Spoiler Title: "Inimigo Imaginário" ("Imaginary Enemy") spoils the twist that Bóris is a product of Jorel's Brother's imagination.
• Spoof Aesop: Mr. Edson is fond of making these. Some notable examples:
  Edson: Winning isn't everything... At times, seeing your enemy losing is cool too! [shows Perdigoto with crying Puppy Eyes, sucking his thumb]
  Edson: Sometimes, there isn't really any lesson at life; just a bunch of crazy stuff happens.
• Story Arc: As of Season 2, the series begins having both major and minor story arcs and plotlines, such as Ana Catarina's birthday party, the story of Maquinito the robot, Lara's departure, the merging of Brazil with Japan, Jorel's brother's hiccup attack, the discovery everything is just a scripted cartoon, Coco Mágico's villainy, the mountain oracle, the city being flooded with soda, and the clown dictatorship (which existed since the beggining, but became a bigger plot in Season 4). As such, the show stopped being episodic and is better being watched in order, while Season 1 only had a few shoutouts to previous episodes, but not as impactful.
• Stunned Silence: In the original promo for the series, after Perdigoto finds out that the series' protagonist is not Jorel, he and the entire audience of the school coliseum suddenly stop everything they're doing and go silent with shocked expressions on their faces (except Catiane, who screams very loud in dispair).
• Sudden Name Change: In the credits for "Embalos de Sábado a Tarde", which introduces Nico's girlfriend, her name is listed as Duda (while never being said in the episode proper). However, in Season 3, the characters call her Rita instead.
• Take That!: Shostners & Shostners is a satire of polluting and greedy monopolies, owning almost everything on the show and having practices such as deforesting thousands of hectares under the pretense of building soccer camps to "motivate costumers into practicing exercises" and building cellphones that break on their own so people "won't have to break them by themselves". The company is also composed almost entirely of identical bureaucrats who rarely have a creative idea and only make reunions and have dinners all day.
• Talking Animal: Tosh, the family dog, and Granny Juju's ducks.
• Testosterone Poisoning: Steve Magal, especially in earlier episodes, is portrayed as the epitome of masculinity and toughness.
• Tie-In Novel: In 2021, the Livro Fenomenal was released, being a first-person book written from Jorel's brother's perspective, with some contribution from other characters... including Jorel, who writes a letter at the end to tell his brother about his insecurities and saying he liked the book.
• Title Drop: Many episodes have their titles mentioned in dialogue within the episode itself. "A História Sem Começo, Meio e Fim" is especially noteworthy because both its current title and beta title ("Sem Destino e Sem Sanduíche de Mortadela") were said in the episode.
• The Ahnold: Steve Magal, his brother Sidney Seagal and Jack Thompson, partner of films of Steve Magal.
• The Talk: In one episode, Mr. Edson approaches Jorel's brother to tell him it's time for them to have "the talk". Jorel's brother gets icked out at this, and starts covering his ears while babbling loudly, preventing both him and the audience from hearing anything. By the time he uncovers his ears and shuts up, Mr. Edson is seen saying "...and that's how you were born".
• The Unintelligible: When Jorel's brother wears braces, it's impossible to understand any word he is trying to say.
• Token Houseguest: Rose the maid isn't part of the main family, but lives in their house. In the comic strips, she was one of the main characters as well, regularly interacting with them.
• Token Trio: Though it's almost always only Jorel's brother and Lara, in "Aterrorizante Vida Adulta", Marcinho teams up with them to help, so it's:
  • Jorel's brother is the male white friend.
  • Marcinho is the male black friend.
  • Lara is the female white friend.
• The Silent Bob: Jorel has only said two words in the entire series, in two separate episodes. Other than that, he only gives a deboxed laugh.
• Two-Teacher School: The only staff members shown are a teacher, the principal, and a custodian. However, it's more likely there are more teachers, but they don't appear because they are not important. Most elementary schools do have only one teacher per class, so it's justified, though Adelaide still seems to be the most important one.
• Shoe Slap: Granny Gigi sometimes hits Mr. Edson with her flip-flop to punish him for saying or doing something stupid. According to herself, she also did this to her own dad when she was young.
• Spoiled Brat: William Shostners, owner of Shostners & Shostners and classmate of Jorel's Brother. He's spoiled rotten due to having everything since birth and owning a powerful company.
• Stomach of Holding: Zazá, Granny Gigi's chihuahua, is able to eat everything she feels like eating.
• Sudden Video-Game Moment: The scene where Jorel's Brother runs away from the dentist and his living tools in "Shostners Shopping". Given the escalators, elevators and doors, it's likely meant to be a Shout-Out to the arcade game, Elevator Action.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Lara is a tomboy and Ana Catarina is a girly girl.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Grandma Juju loves avocados.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Danuza is an attractive woman, while Edson has a more caricate face.
• Vocal Evolution: Granny Gigi's voice got screechier in Season 2.
• Villainous Harlequin:
  • Rambozo, a Drill Sergeant Nasty clown who runs a school for aspiring clowns.
  • Instead of the real-life 1964-1985 military dictatorship of Brazil, Edson was a revolutionary (as an actor) against a military clown dictatorship in his youth.
• Wraparound Background: Lampshaded in "Em Busca do Edson Perdido". While Lara is riding her bike with Jorel's brother at the street, she points out that they are passing by the exact same houses over and over, as if it were a cartoon. Jorel's brother just hand waves it as being because the houses in their neighboorhood just are similar.
• World of No Grandparents: Granny Gigi and Juju's husbands don't live with them and never appeared on the show. However, Mr. Edson was largely based by Juliano Enrico's paternal grandfather, more than in his actual father.
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Parodied in "Clube da Luta Livre". Samantha wrestles with Jorel's brother and defeats him with a single punch. Billy Doidão then scolds Jorel's brother for hitting Samantha's hand with his face, with Samantha acting as if she got hurt.
• Wham Episode:
  • In "Elefante de Porcelana", Lara permanently moves away to Japan at the end of the episode. The first episodes of Season 3 focus largely on both her and Jorel's brother coping with this.
  • "Zazazila" has the dog Zazá completely mess up the geography of the world after she becomes giant and throws every continent around. This, conveniently and coincidentally, makes Japan get right next to Magic Coconut City, so Jorel's brother and Lara can regularly see each other again from the frontier and visit each other's country. This change is made permanent in the show.
• When I Was Your Age...: Parodied; Mr. Edson once tells Jorel's brother that when he was his age, he was also eight.
• Where the Hell Is Springfield?: In a Season 1 episode, the main city is briefly shown to be located in the Brazilian midwest, but later it's retconned to being in the southwest border, likely in São Paulo.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: In "Fúria e Poder Sobre Rodas", Jorel's brother dresses up as a girl in an episode to participate in an all-female rollerderby team. He gets support from his whole family, who also gives him tips to act like a lady. When he was found out, he initially received a lot of flak from people, but quickly, much more others appeared to support him.
• Who's on First?: The episode "Em Busca de Liberdade" (In Search of Freedom) has Granny Gigi and Granny Juju (and Jorel's Brother as the Tagalong Kid) traveling, according to them, in search of freedom. After being mistaken for armed criminals and chased by the police, it turns out that Freedom is a brand of porcelain polish, and it's cheaper at this remote supermarket they were driving to.
• Younger Than They Look: In the first season, Jorel and his 12-year old fans (except Catiane) were very tall for their ages, being as tall as the adults. Samantha even more so, being much bigger and muscular than any other kid her age.
• Youthful Freckles: Lara has these.

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