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[[File:patos_7111.jpg|frame| From left to right: John, Fernanda and Ricardo.]]

 

{{quote|''"Pato Fu has a career that gives us an alibi for doing whatever we want. If we wanted to make a disc of country music it wouldn't be so scary. We have songs that go through that, then it wouldn't be so absurd. But we will not do that."''|'''John Ulhoa'''}}

{{quote|''"It's better to be the largest independent band from Brazil instead of be the smallest mainstream band."''|'''Fernanda Takai'''}}

 

 

Founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1992 and named after a [[Garfield]] comic strip, in which he practices a martial art called "<s> [[Duck]]</s> Cat Fu", [[Foo Fu|Pato Fu]] has a sound that goes from the heavier rock to ballads, sung in the gentle voice of lead singer Fernanda Takai. Usually with witty lyrics, full of pop references, written by the guitarist John Ulhoa or the bass player Ricardo Koctus, the only sure thing about the band's style is that... well ... it's awesome.

Other artists joined the group over the years, as the percussionist Xande Tamietti and the keyboardist Lulu Camargo, who remain in the band today, and Dudu Tsuda, who left in 2009.

 

* ''Rotomusic de Liquidificapum'' (1993)

* ''Gol de Quem?'' (1994) - "Who Scored the Goal?" (a Brazilian slang which roughly means "What's going on here?")

* ''Música de Brinquedo'' (2010) - "Toy Music"

 

* ''MTV ao Vivo Pato Fu: no Museu de Arte da Pampulha'' (2002) - "MTV Live: on the Pampulha's Art Museum"

* ''Pato Fu Video Clipes'' (2004) - "Pato Fu Music Videos"

* ''Extra! Extra!'' (2009) - "Extra! Extra!"

 

* [[Album Title Drop]]: ''Tem Mas Acabou'', has its title dropped in the track "Água"; ''Toda Cura Para Todo Mal'' in "Uh Uh Uh, La La La, Ié Ié!"; and ''Daqui Pro Futuro'' in "A Verdade Sobre O Tempo".

* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]: The animals from "Uh Uh Uh, La La La, Ié Ié!"'s music video.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: The last line form "Boa Noite Brasil".

* [[Refrain From Assuming]]: "Depois", also know as "''Café com guaraná''", even if the word "''depois''" is in the chorus too.

* [[Signature Song]]: Everybody in Brazil knows "Sobre O Tempo".

** "Pinga"'s chorus is an old song with lame rhymes with soccer players ("Se eu fosse o Pelé tomava café, se eu fosse o Tostão tirava o calção..."<ref>If I were Pelé, I'd drink coffee, if I were Tostão I'd drop my shorts</ref>").

** "Uh Uh Uh, La La La, Ié Ié!" shouts out to famous medications names.

** "Spoc" talks about some guy named [[Star Trek|Kirk and a "vulcano"]]...

* [[Xenophone]]: "Música de Brinquedo" features instruments made of toys.

* [[WAFF]]: At least one Brazilian columnist said that they are "''The cutest band in Brazil''".

* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: Many times. For an example, their breakout hit "Sobre o Tempo" has the gem "Como zune um novo sedã" ("how a new sedan hums").

* [[Word Salad Title]]: ''Rotomusic de Liquidificapum''