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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Nutty Ned, a psychiatric hospital escapee whose job is making Jimmy Five's life a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]].
** Also, as of late, everyone in the gang seems to be getting a piece of the cake, thanks to the new writing team (responsible for what you see in the 2000s stories mentioned in the [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum]] entry below). Many times the characters show an absurd lack of consideration for the problem at hand or whoever should be helped: case in point is [http://www.monica.com.br/comics/imagem/welcome.htm this story], where Jimmy gets his head stuck in the bathroom sink while trying to wash his hair (or lack thereof).
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** At least, we know when to expect birthday stories for the main characters: Monica's in March 21, Jimmy's in October 24, Smudge's in November, (date not certain; it's only known that he's a Sagittarius), Maggy's in May 8<ref>both Monica and Maggy share their birthdays with Mauricio's namesake daughters</ref> and Chuck Billy's in July 1st.▼
** In one of the late-2009 issues, it is implied that all of the birthday stories are actually about THE ONE AND ONLY BIRTHDAY PARTY they will ever experience - the 7th birthday party. This means, for example, that every Jimmy's birthday-themed story reveals one of the events that happened in his 7th birthday party. Again, the main character of this story is... Jimmy Five.▼
** This changed with the [[Spinoff Babies|Spinoff Teens]] manga.▼
** The [[Sliding Time Scale]] is alluded to in a recent special issue released by the time of the [[The World Cup|2010 FIFA World Cup]], in which Maggy's mother was stated to be pregnant of her in 2002, while Monica and Jimmy [[Improbable Age|appear as babies in 2006]] (complete with rewriting the infamous [[Memetic Mutation|Zidane headbutt]] into one of her first bunny-bashings gone wrong: she tried to hit Jimmy, but the bunny slipped off her hand ''[[Does Not Know His Own Strength|all the way to Berlin]]'').▼
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Sunny's sister Xabeu, who also doubles as a [[Stacy's Mom]] of sorts.
* [[Cool Teacher]] / [[Badass Teacher]]: Nutty Ned of all people in the manga spin-off.
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** One amusing 3 letter panel had Jimmy and Smudge running away from Monica only for Jimmy to smile and suddenly stop after seeing the "End" graphic at the corner... of the second panel. The third panel shows a beat up Smudge berating whoever made that mistake.
** Also, one Chuck Billy story had him racing Zeke in many occasions, with Zeke always failing to beat Chuck. Then, at the last page, Zeke proposes to see who could get to the end of the story faster. After Chuck zips out of the panel, Zeke simply pulls a pencil out from his pocket and writes "END" at the corner of the frame he's in. Only half a page later, Chuck is still running, and looks up and sees how Zeke managed to fool him.
▲* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: Used and lampshaded. The main cast is always six, nevermind the fact the series has been running for over 40 years. Every year there's a special edition featuring one of the main characters' 7th birthday. However, they always return to being six years old again. In a recent example, someone asks Jimmy how old he's turning. "Seven," he replies, "just like ''evewy'' other year."
▲** At least, we know when to expect birthday stories for the main characters: Monica's in March 21, Jimmy's in October 24, Smudge's in November, (date not certain; it's only known that he's a Sagittarius), Maggy's in May 8<ref>both Monica and Maggy share their birthdays with Mauricio's namesake daughters</ref> and Chuck Billy's in July 1st.
▲** In one of the late-2009 issues, it is implied that all of the birthday stories are actually about THE ONE AND ONLY BIRTHDAY PARTY they will ever experience - the 7th birthday party. This means, for example, that every Jimmy's birthday-themed story reveals one of the events that happened in his 7th birthday party. Again, the main character of this story is... Jimmy Five.
▲** This changed with the [[Spinoff Babies|Spinoff Teens]] manga.
▲** The [[Sliding Time Scale]] is alluded to in a recent special issue released by the time of the [[The World Cup|2010 FIFA World Cup]], in which Maggy's mother was stated to be pregnant of her in 2002, while Monica and Jimmy [[Improbable Age|appear as babies in 2006]] (complete with rewriting the infamous [[Memetic Mutation|Zidane headbutt]] into one of her first bunny-bashings gone wrong: she tried to hit Jimmy, but the bunny slipped off her hand ''[[Does Not Know His Own Strength|all the way to Berlin]]'').
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Lampshaded. The series often jokes about this with characters commenting about "how they can't tell each other apart when they're bald because everyone looks alike". Most of the child characters have the same facial features (the only tell-tale difference being nose shapes aside from other facial nuances - like the dirt strokes on Smudge's cheeks) and the differences between their body types are subtle.
** This was even lampshaded by Sunny in one story: "That's the good thing on Mauricio's characters all having the same face... No one can tell them apart!" (as Jimmy was wearing a bushy blonde wig to look like Sunny, who wanted to sneak out of his room despite being bedridden)
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