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Chuck Billy 'n' Folks (Turma do Chico Bento) are a group of fictional characters appearing at the Monica's Gang comic book series. The stories are centered on Chuck Billy (originally named Chico Bento) and his friends and parents, who are all caipiras and live in the small Vila Abobrinha (Zucchini’s Village), a fictional location on the countryside of Brazil. The only characters who don’t live on the countryside are Chuck’s cousin, Zeca, and his parents, who live on the city. A distinct feature of this part of the characters is that they go to school, different from Monica and her friends. They are also the only ones to have their own separated comic book.
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- Chuck Billy (Chico Bento)
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- Cousin Benny (Zé da Roça) - Originally called Zé da Roça, which literally means “Zé from the farm”, Benny is one of Chuck’s best friends. He is very intelligent and one of the few characters who doesn’t speak in a caipira dialect.
- Rosie Lee (Rosinha) - Rosie Lee is Chuck’s girlfriend. She’s a very delicate and jealous girl, who loves to spend hours dating Chuck while sitting on a fallen Trunk.
- Granny Mae (Vó Dita) - Granny Mae is Chuck’s grandmother. She is famous for the stories she tells to Chuck and his friends. The stories are mostly based on life stories of people she knows, and are sometimes dosed with some folkloric elements.
- Taka (Hiro) - Taka is a Japanese descendent. He also speaks correct Portuguese, and lives in a typical Japanese house, adopting some habits from Japan, like Bonsai, Ofuro, etc.
- Zeke (Zé Lelé) - His name in Portuguese means something like "Zé Nuts". He is the country cousin of Chuck Billy, and is extremely distracted and is far from being a bright boy. However, he owns a very pure heart.
- Cousin of Chuck Billy (Zeca) - His name is hardly mentioned, as people would call him simply "Cousin of Chuck". Zeca lives in the big city with his parents. In most of the stories featuring him, the main issues are the great differences between life in the city and in the farm. When Zeca comes to visit Chuck, he suffers because of the lack of technology and modern equipments. And when Chuck visits Zeca, he finds himself lost in the middle of so many technological things and things he doesn’t known very much.
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- Animals - Beyond living on a farm, Chuck is very friendly with animals. Because of this, he holds close relationships with his “pets”, which are typical animals from the farm. The most famous are his chicken, his cow, and his pig, which are called Ma Megg (Giserda), Malhada and Torresmo. He also owns an unnamed dunce, a dog named Fido and several other animals which appear occasionally. There’s also the Jaguar (Onça), a wild feline that is mostly a threat to Chuck and his friends, but would sometimes be treated like a friend.
- Teacher Marocas - She is the teacher of the local school. Very devoted to her job, she faces a great challenge when it comes to teach Chico, because of his poor grades and the fact that he never does his homework.
- Mr. Lau (Nhô Lau) - Mr. Lau owns an orchard filled with Apple Guavas, which are frequently “visited” by Chuck and his friends, who love to steal his fruits. Mr. Lau would respond to these constant attacks by shooting them with his Rifle, which is obviously not charged with true bullets, but with Lead, the fruits of the castor oil plant, or even salt.
- Genesinho – Genesinho is the son of the local Colonel, and is a rival to Chuck Billy, because of his attempts to date Rosie Lee. As Genesinho is much richer, well-dressed and cleaner than Chuck, Rosie Lee tends to have a crush on him, but in the end she always recognize Chuck’s love for her is much more important than the material things.
- Mariana – Mariana is Chuck’s little sister, who appeared only in a special story, titled “Uma estrelinha chamada Mariana” (‘’A little star called Mariana’’). She died just after she was born, making Chuck and his parents very sad. She became a star then, and visited Chuck on this story.
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