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240:) - One of Maluquinho's best friends, a chubby and gluttonous boy which often is always beside of Maluquinho in most of his plans and jokes. Usually he is ingenuous and is induced to the conversations of his friends. He has a little sister named Nina, that usually annoys him. He is a bit taller than the others and dresses all in blue. In the English dub his name was changed to
176:) - The main character, an eccentric and smart boy, mischievous and troublemaking but good-hearted. He is always close to his friends BocĂŁo and Junim, and is popular with girls (it is said in the book that he has 10 girlfriends, all at once), mainly Julieta. He often wears a cooking pot on his head as an improvised
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Maluquinho and his friends with a light humour.
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