Clássicos do Cinema - Turma da Mônica

Publication date2007–2020No. of issues70Creative teamCreated byMauricio de Sousa

Clássicos do Cinema - Turma da Mônica was a Brazilian series of comic books created by Mauricio de Sousa and published by Panini Comics between 2007 and 2020. The series follows the stories the characters from Monica and Friends playing characters from popular films (like Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Batman Forever, The Terminator, etc) in parodies focused on comedy with a high use of pop references. Most of the issues had new stories, but some presented republications of old stories published in other comic books related to the issue's theme film. Starting in April 2007, the series was initially bi-monthly, but since August 2014, it became quarterly.

The title initially began as a spiritual successor to Gibizão da Turma da Mônica, which was published quarterly between 1996 and 2001 by Editora Globo, who republished some stories that were based on films. The stories published in Gibizão were satires of films, classic literary works, and other themes. The title became popular enough that in 1997, the magazine won the Prêmio Angelo Agostini for "best launch", and the Troféu HQ Mix for "best editorial project".^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Each issue is known for featuring stories themed around different blockbuster films. Some of the first issues consisted of reprints of old stories that had been published in previous comics, but most issues featured new and original stories that included continuity, with some issues being adaptations of film sagas such as Horacic Park being an adaptation of Jurassic Park trilogy, and Coelhada nas Estrelas adapting the Star Wars saga.^[6]

Horacic Park a parody of the Jurassic Park film trilogy. The first story was originally published in October 1993 in issue #82 of the Mônica comic book published by Globo; It was an adaptation of the first film in the Jurassic Park series, later being republished in February 1997 in issue #5 of Gibizão, and again in April 2007 in the first issue of Clássicos do Cinema.^[7] In later editions, new stories were created adapting the two subsequent films in the trilogy. All stories feature crossovers between Monica and Friends and Horacio's World.

In the first story, Mauricio de Sousa finds a way to bring the dinosaurs back to life with the help of Franklin by creating a technology capable of turning the dinosaurs in his drawings into real dinosaurs. Mauricio decides to create a dinosaur park on an island known as Solar and invites Monica, Jimmy Five, Smudge, and Maggy to visit the island. However, they are surprised by Captain Fray who has taken over the studio with the help of a Tyrannosaurus rex, intending to use the technology to dominate the world with dinosaurs, but his plans are ruined with the help of Franklin who finds a way to make Horacio giant which scares away the Tyrannosaurus that was helping Captain Fray. Mauricio then decides to give up on making a dinosaur park and changes his plan to create a park for Monica. The continuation of the story was released in the following edition of Clássicos do Cinema under the title "Imundo Perdido: Horacic Park" (The Lost Dirty One: Horacic Park), being an adaptation of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. In the second story, the characters decide to take a vacation on the neighboring island known as Morna when they are suddenly attacked by a Compsognathus, which kidnap Smudge and take him to Captain Fray, who stole Franklin's machine and reprogrammed it to transform the cute dinosaurs from Mauricio's drawings into real dinosaurs. Captain Fray transforms Horacio into an adult evil T-Rex who kidnaps Mauricio and then flees to the city. Monica and her friends try to stop Horacio's attack, Captain Fray reappears and tries to eliminate Monica and her friends with a laser gun which leads Horacio to recover his memories when he see his old friends in danger. Horacio defeats Captain Fray and returns to normal. The saga ended in February 2009 in issue #12, making reference to Jurassic Park III. In the third story, the characters return to Solar Island to take a vacation again, now accompanied by Junior. However, Mauricio and Junior get separated and end up on Morna Island. Searching for Mauricio and Junior, Monica and her friends decide to go to Morna Island to look for them. Upon arriving on the island, they discover that Captain Fray and the Sewer Creatures have transformed into dinosaurs after a failure using Franklin's machine. As a Spinosaurus, Captain Fray tries to capture Mauricio and his characters, but ends up returning to normal when Franklin appears with a weapon capable of reversing the transformation.^[8]

The name Horacic Park along with the logo were also used for a ride at the Parque da Mônica theme park.^[9]