Bem-vindos ao Bairro do Limoeiro

Bem-vindos ao Bairro do Limoeiro (Localized as Lemon Tree Street Adventures) is a Brazilian animated series created and developed by the Brazilian cartoonist produced by his company Mauricio de Sousa Produções and features reimagined versions of various characters by the named author. It premiered on July 18, 2021 on HBO Max.
Bairro do Limoeiro is the first animated series that reintroduces many trademark characters of De Sousa's comics (Aside Monica and Friends and Chuck Billy) and the second feature on place them down the same roof, since the 2021's movie Turma da Mônica: Lições.
The first season consisted of 17 episodes with most episodes combined in one set, but produced as separated episodes in disorder to later place them depending the episode run time. The second season started to produce in one set, changing the process of how the series worked. The second season featured addtional 31 episodes. The series made and special episode dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the comic series.
==Overview==
Bairro do Limoeiro is a reimagined take on De Sousa's comic books, placing numerous characters to the spotlight of their own lives. From Jimmy Five (Cebolinha) making plans to "rule the Street", Chuck Billy (Chico Bento) stealing guavas or helping his parents, Bubbly (Astronauta) travelling through the space, discovering planets, Thunder (Jotalhão) and his Pals living adventures at the jungle, and more.
===Characters===
In contrast of previous series of MSP, this series use a extensive quantity of characters belonging to the "comics roots". (Referring to Monica and Friends stories) the supporting characters are formed by Franklin (Franjinha), Sunny (Xaveco), Bucky (Titi), Manezinho, Jeremiah (Jeremías), Specs (Zé Luís) and Hummer (Humberto) from the Zaz Traz comics, in the later seasons, they joined the main cast. Starting Season 2, the series starts to reintroduce many characters which debuted on the "Editora Globo age" consisting of: Annie (Aninha), Cindy Frou-Frou (Carminha Fru-Fru), Dustine (Cascuda), Junior (Dudu) and Toddy (Quinzinho). Also introduced the parents and relatives of the children (In the first season only Monica's, Jimmy Five's and Franklin's parents we're introduced, and the only non-relative adult Mr. Bill Seu Juca). In "Season 2b" lastly introduce Denise as a solo starring character in her debut.
As said, only Monica's Gang stories had a limited cast of characters, while other "Plot sources" had a non-changed character cast, remaining the same to the date.
This series it's the first animated series that features the antagonists of the main comic series (Aside Captain Fray Capitão Feio and Lord Big Rabbit Lorde Coelhão, whose had appeared in multiple animated productions).
Several obscure characters also make recurring guest appearances, like Nico-Demo, Rubão and Mariazinha and the Souzas.
===Setting===
The series takes place in a ficticious state formed by unique sourrounds, the jungle where Thunder's stories takes place, a stone-age civilization for Piteco's stories and a Country town for Chuck Billy's stories. De Sousa explains that it was originally planned to make the characters interact with each other, but didn't executed on the first season because the show's run time wasn't enough to develop Crossover episodes, until the last episode of the first season which is a crossover between Monica's Gang and Chuck Billy.
The second season reveals the map of the "districts" that forms "Lemon Tree". Later of the reveal, the series starts to use cameos between stories. At last, third season start to place characters in different stories (Also a spin-off segment with Mr. Bill (Seu Juca) visiting some of them), and make a crossover episode for the mentionated season.
In the fourth and last season, reveals that the state is protected with a Wall, the meaning is no't revealed until a episode (Starring Mr. Bill) which reveals a "profecy" and for plot issues.
==Production==
=== Development ===
===== CCXP 2016 Pilot =====
Originally, the series was first showcased at the CCXP (Comic Con Expirience) at 2016, doing the same concept and planned to be released at 2018, but after the announcement the demo and series got cancelled without reasons.
===== Full series =====
After finishing the Cartoon Network's series 2nd Season, de Sousa met publicly with the vice-president of content Pablo Zuccarino, spending the day talking about animated projects that de Sousa had in mind. In a middle of the conversation, the cartoonist revealed some interest to make another animated series, but this time based on his classic comic books (of 1970's), after that day, he got invited to the Cartoon Network Brazil HQ to give information about the named series, which got later approved and started it's development.
In 2019, some storyboard art got leaked by Mauricio himself explaining that is for an animated short "hoping to this time be released, but no't in 2018". Since de Sousa was busy with other projects, the animator, director and writer José Márcio Nicolosi and the animator and director Rodrigo Gava got hired to work on the animated short on his behave. The voice actor and director Hugo Picchi got hired to record the characters dialogues on the In-studio sound stage. At the date of November of the same year, the MSP revealed that the short was finished, and leaked to be showcased on Cartoon Network on December.
The short got mixed reviews praising the animation and design, personally saying "Since 2016, that reboot got something to prove, but this short just did all the work" hoping to become a full series.
And finally, starting the year 2020, MSP revealed a new animated series based on the animated short, which served as a pilot. In April 2021, a trailer and one 5-min short got released. 
=== Conception ===
To understand the series, the artists Mauro Souza, Flávio Texeira, Ana Lage, José Márcio Nicolosi and Roberto Martins developed a pitch bible on 2020. In words of De Sousa and Nicolosi, the series is described as a "Redemption Arc" for the magazine itself, after all the "dissatisfaction" to the fans and as an apologize to the same ones. The pitch bible explained how far the series needed to go and where to stop personally, as the series is called "a step back", the development wanted to be a "Step further"to redirect it to a brand new audience without losing the touch of the old comic magazine series.
The series is heavily influenced on the early days of animation, as the series incorporated many elements to subvert as much scenarios used on multiple genre, as the usage of slapstick humor, double entendre jokes, and deliver moral or deep messages on a social critic. 
=== Crew ===
===== Showrunners and developers =====
The series is runned by Mauricio de Sousa and José Márcio Nicolosi, also acting as the leaders of the series' overall production. As for a few episodes, De Sousa appointed her daughter and Art Director for MSP Marina Takeda e Sousa to act as the developer. The appoint was due the development of the 'Monica Teen's movie "Turma da Mônica Jovem: Reflexos Do Medo".
===== Writing and direction =====
The screenwriting staff is consisted by 15 writers, most episodes featuried Roberto Munhoz, Lancast Mota, Flávio Texeira, Paulo Back, Emerson Abreu, Marcelo Verde, Marina Takeda and Alice Takeda.
Bem-vindos ao Bairro do Limoeiro is a board-driven show, the writersstart with no script, and develop the stories themselves as they draw storyboards, allowing the art to drive the show. According to Nicolosi, the formula of the comics was "reused" with making the show guided by storyboards.
===== Voice cast =====
The main voice cast is formed by Marli Bortoletto, Angélica Santos, Paulo Cavalcante, Melissa Garcia, Marcelo Souza, Isabelle Drummond and João Boy, portraying the main characters. 
In this series, the sound design services were made on an actual studios (In Voice, ADR, track reading, etc.) used professionally to correct errors in sound production. 
===== Animation =====
The animation services were provided by different studios around South America, including Copa Studio (Brasil), Ventura Animation (Colombia) and 2Veinte (Argentina). The animation was directed by José Márcio Nicolosi and Wagner Bonilla. Bonilla reprise the tecnical role of art/animation director he did on the comics.
== Hallmarks ==
=== "Clássicos do Cinema" ===
"Clássicos do Cinema" (named: "Stars of Movies") is a series of hallmark episodes. The episodes evolves the characters parodying famous movies, and making fun of it. The premise of these were based on the comic issues with the same name. The first hallmark episode debuted on season 2, having exactly 3 to 6 episodes each season. The lead idea is mimic and make fun of cult films, but at the same time pay tribute to these, as for the movie, directors and actors.
Most of these episodes were lead-written by Flavio Texeira, who also served for the actual "Clássicos do Cinema" issues, as an attempt to adapt several sagas that he made and try to continue most. Over time, Texeira experimented with other Middle Eastern films (such as Anime Films, Indian, Chinese, etc. and even Independent Films).
Fans praised these episodes for their loyalty to the films' source material, and the tributes occasionally paid.
=== Plot techniques ===
==== Farces ====
 has commonly made use of as most of the predicaments that befall the main characters have escalated into the extremes, to the point of getting outrageously out of hand.
==== Surreal humor ====
Many of the occurrences, circumstances, and behaviors are unrestrainedly preposterous, senseless, and illogical.
==Episodes==
 
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