Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids (Portuguese: Historietas Assombradas para Crianças Malcriadas), or Haunted Tales, is a Brazilian animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Brazil. The series chronicles the adventures of Pepe and his friends in a dark world filled with sinister creatures and monsters.
| Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Victor-Hugo Borges |
| Developed by | Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual (Ancine) |
| Written by | Vitor Brandt Pedro Aguilera Arthur Warren |
| Directed by | Victor-Hugo Borges |
| Voices of | Charles Emmanuel Nádia Carvalho Iara Riça Oberdan Junior Luis Sérgio Vieira Rodrigo Antas |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Production companies | Glaz Entretenimento Copa Studio BRDE FSA Ancine |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | 4 March 2013 – 25 April 2016 |
The series was based on a stop-motion short film of the same name created by Victor-Hugo Borges in 2005.[1]
Synopsis
editThe series revolves around the adventures of Pepe, a wicked boy who lives in a dark mansion with his grandmother, a witch who works selling artifacts and magic potions cities. She always send her grandson to deliver them. In each episode, Pepe and his friends (Marilu, Roberto, Guto and Gastón) undergo supernatural adventures facing various monsters in the city.
Characters
editMain
edit- Peperoni Von "Pepe" Kittenberg III (voiced by Charles Emmanuel) - A troublemaker and rude boy with spiky red hair who works as a delivery boy for his grandmother. He is always getting into mischief and causing problems, facing all the monsters and mythical beings that appear in his town, almost always through his fault. Pepe's friends are Marilu, Guto, Gastón and Roberto who often follow in the supernatural adventures.
- Ramona Bravaria de Lemornio "Vó" Peperonito (voiced by Nádia Carvalho) - Pepe's grandmother with whom he lives in his dark mansion. She is a wicked old witch who lives experimenting with their cats and sells potions using his grandson as a delivery boy. In one episode it is revealed that she is the older sister of Lady Death.
- Maria Lourdes "Marilu" da Silva (voiced by Iara Riça) - Pepe's best friend and partner. She assists Pepe in his supernatural adventures, often getting the group into more trouble before saving the day. She has a crush on Pepe and Mario.
- Guterico "Guto" Flores and Gaston de la Fleur (voiced by Oberdan Junior and Luis Sérgio Vieira) - Conjoined twin brothers who have two heads together on the same body. Guto tends to be nicer while Gaston is mean and rude.
- Beto "Roberto" Massa (voiced by Charles Emmanuel and Rodrigo Antas) - A tall, muscular boy. He studies in the same room with Pepe and his friends despite being slightly larger than them. He is always dressed in a varsity jacket and has a quiff.
Recurring
edit- Ramirez - Pepe's pet dog. Ramirez lives with Pepe and Grandma in the mansion, sometimes coming to be of aid to Pepe. Ramirez is black with a white face that resembles the members of the band Kiss.
- Mário (voiced by Luis Sérgio Vieira) - A classmate of Pepe who normally behaves like an opposite of him. He is a smart and polite boy, but his classmates never take him seriously.
- Ritinha - Another classmate of Pepe and his friends. She is a poor, short-sighted girl who has huge glasses and is quite naive.
- The Cats - They are Pepe's grandmother's servants. They work helping her or serving as guinea pigs in the preparation of potions and sometimes they are butlers.
- The Mayor - The mayor of the city who is a living puppet controlled by his bodyguard who carries him everywhere. He has a tyrannical son called Tchithero.
- Cacá - A minor boy who is a classmate of Pepe and his friends. He rarely appears or speaks and has a hole in his head with a pair of visible eyes that are from his brain.
- The Bard - He is a minstrel who dresses in character and is always carrying and playing a banjo, despite having no talent on that instrument. He was notably seen making a pact with the Devil in one of the episodes of the first season which led to him being a central character in one of the episodes of the second season where he becomes temporarily famous.
- Santa Claus - Christmas figure who is responsible for delivering gifts to well-behaved children and coal to naughty children. He is an old friend of Pepe's grandmother.
- Pandora - A one-time character, a serious and astute girl who frequently changes schools and carries with her a lunch box in which a shadow that represents all evil inhabits. Pepe has a platonic and reciprocated love for her.
Antagonists
edit- Vanda/Loira do Banheiro - An evil woman who had her spirit trapped in a mirror in a women's bathroom. She tricks girls into turning them into dolls and adding them to her collection. She was Granny's enemy in high school and got trapped in the mirror by one of her spells. She is based on the Brazilian urban legend of the same name inspired by the Bloody Mary.
- Morte - A personification of death who is Pepe's grandmother's younger sister. She has the appearance of an attractive red-haired young woman who is a biker and often go through portals to find and take the deceased people. She has a rivalry with her older sister in addition to being dyslexic, often confusing what she is going to say.
- Pepita - An evil female counterpart of Pepe after he put a magical wig that took over his body, her initial goal was to force her friends to like the girl show "Unicórnias Princesas", which Pepe secretly watches. She returns in season two helping to defeat the evil Marilus.
- Jack Hunter - A ruthless monster hunter who has a strong hatred and prejudice against monsters. Originally a host of a TV show Pepe adored, he constantly hunted down and trapped all the monsters he encountered until Pepe discovered that Jack was the real villain who hated monsters just for existing.
- Homem-Anta - Literally "Tapir Man", is a mysterious student at the school Pepe and his friends attend. He lives in a prison-like detention room area and has never been seen without his mask. He is jealous of the other students and always sneaks out on photo day to ruin their appearances.
- The Devil - The boss of hell and prince of darkness. Despite being considered evil, he is portrayed as a sensitive and suffering man who tries to be a good person. He constantly arranges things for people in exchange for their souls.
- Sérgio - A mutated turtle that was previously Mario's pet turtle. He was turned into a mutant by Pepe using one of his grandmother's machines in an attempt to turn him into a nice guy, but ended up accidentally turning him into a sensitive, authoritarian and annoying adult. It has 3 clones that together make a parody of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Kumo Tatchi - A spirit of a Japanese masseuse who has the ability to create small ghosts by massaging each person, leaving them so calm and carefree that they can't do anything else. She has a dream of becoming a karaoke singer, despite having a terrible voice.
- Bhutumu - A gargantuan monster who appeared during the final episode of the first season. He's said to be the one who will bring the apocalypse to the earth, however it was only a bedtime story Grandmother told her grandson, teaching him that he should finish anything he started. Bhutumu is based on Cthulhu.
- Vó and Morte's parents - An immortal couple who have appearances similar to black and white 1930s cartoons and speak in European Portuguese. The mother does not have a good relationship with her daughter being extremely strict and rejecting the fact that she became a witch, despite hiding that she was also a witch.
- Zalatristhe - An intellectual and lonely zombie who has vast intelligence from all the brains he has eaten over the years, but regrets having such intelligence that it prevents him from being happy.
- Evil Marilus - Two versions of Marilu that exist inside her and represent all the hidden evil feelings hidden inside her, one represents her rude side and the other her aggressive side. They free themselves after Marilu finds a house of magic mirrors and take her place, but they return to the mirror with the help of Pepita. In an alternate future it is revealed that they return as dictators.
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Pilot | 1 | 13 January 2010 | ||
| 1 | 14 | 4 March 2013 | 25 December 2013 | |
| 2 | 26 | 1 July 2015 | 25 April 2016 | |
Pilot
edit| No. in series |
Title | Translated Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | "O Inventor" | The Inventor | Vitor-Hugo Borges & Fábio Henckel | Jozz | 2010 January 13 (online) |
Season 1 (2013)
edit| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Translated Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | US air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "A Loira do Banheiro" | The Blondie from the Bathroom / Bloody Mary | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Kico & David Mussel | 2013 March 4 | 2013 April 3 |
| 2 | 2 | "O Globo da Morte... da Morte!" | Death's Globe.. of the Death! | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado" & Rosaria | 2013 March 4 | TBA |
| 3 | 3 | "Unicórnias Princesas" | Princesses Unicorns | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado" & David Mussel | 2013 March 11 | TBA |
| 4 | 4 | "O Túnel do Amor" | The Tunnel of Love | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado", David Mussel & Mauricio Maia | 2013 March 11 | TBA |
| 5 | 5 | "O Pombisomem" | The Pingeonman | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado", Márcio de Castro & William Lages | 2013 March 18 | TBA |
| 6 | 6 | "O Anta-gonista" | The Tapir-gonist | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado", Márcio de Castro, William Lages & David Mussel | 2013 March 18 | TBA |
| 7 | 7 | "Os Pepenautas do Caribe" | The Pepenauts of the Caribbean | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado" & Rosaria | 2013 March 25 | TBA |
| 8 | 8 | "Pobre Diabo" | Poor Devil | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Kico & David Mussel | 2013 March 25 | TBA |
| 9 | 9 | "Como o Pepe Arruinou o Natal" | How Pepe Ruined the Christmas | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Kico & David Mussel | 2013 December 25 | TBA |
| 10 | 10 | "Sérgio" | Sergio | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado" & Rosaria | 2013 April 1 | TBA |
| 11 | 11 | "Nas Montanhas-Russas da Loucura" | At the Roller Coaster of Madness | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Kico & David Mussel | 2013 April 8 | TBA |
| 12 | 12 | "Kumo Tatchi" | Kumo Tachi | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado" & Rosaria | 2013 April 8 | TBA |
| 13 | 13 | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Rodrigo "Soldado" & Rosaria | 2013 April 15 | TBA |
| 14 | 14 | "O Fim do Mundo!" | The End of the World | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera & Vitor Brandt | Kico, David Mussel, Rodrigo "Soldado" & Rosaria | 2013 April 15 | TBA |
Season 2 (2015)
edit| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Translated Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | "O Inimímico" | The Enemymic | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Gabriel de Moura | 2015 June 1 |
| 16 | 2 | "Pepe e Marilu na Convenção de Monstros" | Pepe and Marilu in the Monsters Convention | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Giovanna Guimarães | 2015 June 8 |
| 17 | 3 | "A Tirania de Tchitchero" | The Tyranny of Tchitchero | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | William Lages | 2015 June 15 |
| 18 | 4 | "Monstro Adorado da Piscina" | Pool's Beloved Monster | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Gabriel de Moura | 2015 June 22 |
| 19 | 5 | "Catarino" | Catarrhino | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Israel Oliveira dos Santos | 2015 June 29 |
| 20 | 6 | "Os 1001 Pedidos" | the 1001 applications | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Daniel Hodge | 2015 July 6 |
| 21 | 7 | "Tal Mãe, Tal Vó" | Like Mother, Like Grandmother | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Israel Oliveira dos Santos | 2015 July 13 |
| 22 | 8 | "Quem Tem Curativo, Tem Medo" | Who Has Dressing Afraid | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | David Mussel | 2015 July 20 |
| 23 | 9 | "A Culpa é Sempre do Mordomo" | Blame is Always the Butler | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Márcio de Castro | 2015 July 27 |
| 24 | 10 | "Top Bruxa" | Top Witch | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Israel Oliveira dos Santos | 2015 August 3 |
| 25 | 11 | "Além da Muralha" | Beyond the Wall | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Gabriel de Moura | 2015 August 10 |
| 26 | 12 | "A Minhoca Carismática" | The Charismatic Worm | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Daniel Hodge | 2015 August 17 |
| 27 | 13 | "Trem da Alegria" | Gravy Train | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | David Mussel | 2015 August 24 |
| 28 | 14 | "O Totem da Sabedoria" | The Totem of Wisdom | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Giovanna Guimarães | 2016 February 1 |
| 29 | 15 | "Detenção de la Detencíon" | Arrest her detención | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Daniel Hodge | 2016 February 8 |
| 30 | 16 | "O Pêlo em que Habito" | The Hair in I Live | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | David Mussel | 2016 February 15 |
| 31 | 17 | "Assim Falou Zalatristhe" | Thus Spake Zalatristhe | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Israel Oliveira dos Santos | 2016 February 22 |
| 32 | 18 | "Cáren, A Estranha" | Caren , The Strange | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Giovanna Guimarães | 2016 February 29 |
| 33 | 19 | "A Lancheira de Pandora" | The Lunch Box of Pandora | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | William Lages | 2016 March 7 |
| 34 | 20 | "Faroeste Cachorro" | Western Dog | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Giovanna Guimarães | 2016 March 14 |
| 35 | 21 | "Múmia do Amor" | Mummy Love | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Marcio de Castro | 2016 March 21 |
| 36 | 22 | "Fofinha é a Mãe" | Sweetie is Mother | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Daniel Hodge | 2016 March 28 |
| 37 | 23 | "Macaco do Enigma" | Monkey Puzzle | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Gabriel de Moura | 2016 April 4 |
| 38 | 24 | "Bardo: Do Anonimato á Fama" | Bard: From Anonymity will Fame | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | David Mussel | 2016 April 11 |
| 39 | 25 | "Sino do Tempo - Parte 1" | Time bell - Part 1 | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Gabriel de Moura | 2016 April 18 |
| 40 | 26 | "Sino do Tempo - Parte 2" | Time bell - Part 2 | Arthur Warren, Pedro Aguilera, Vitor Brandt, Guilherme Freitas, Gustavo Suzuki, Jasmin Tenucci & Denis Nielsen | Israel Oliveira dos Santos | 2016 April 25 |
Film Adaptation
editOn 2 November 2017, Copa Studio, Vitrine Filmes and Glaz Entretenimento presented a film adaptation based on the show that released in cinemas, titled "Historietas Assombradas - O Filme" (lit. Haunted Tales: The Movie). When Pepe discovers that he is adopted and that his parents are alive, he decides to go out on a quest in search of them.
Release
editA total of 40 episodes were produced and originally broadcast on Cartoon Network Brazil from 4 March 2013, to 25 April 2016. In its debut, the series was the most watched animated series on the channel, surpassing even the channel's original productions.[2][3]
The series has also been broadcast on other channels, such as Tooncast and Cartoon Network in Latin America.
It is expected to debut worldwide after being acquired by 9 Story Entertainment for distribution.[4]
References
edit- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 142. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ "Animação brasileira vira hit entre crianças na TV paga - Celebridades - NotĂcia - VEJA.com". Veja.abril.com.br. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Historietas Assombradas é a série mais assistida do Cartoon Network - ANMTV". Anmtv.xpg.com.br. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Historietas Assombradas será lançada no mercado internacional - ANMTV". Anmtv.xpg.com.br. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.