[1] The series was originally launched in single-panel cartoons originally published in the pages of magazine O Cruzeiro that through their popularity eventually earning his own comic book in 1960 then called only "Pererê", one of the first children's comic books series in Brazil.

The comics tagged generation among many Brazilians, but were eventually canceled in 1964, only returning to be published in 1975 by Abril with the current title "Turma do Pererê" which was canceled the following year and shall have only republications in subsequent years, until 1980 when he dedicated to the comics of the Menino Maluquinho.

With the legacy of the series on October 12, 1983 Rede Globo produced a live-action television special in celebration of Children's Day.

[3] The special musical served as the basis of inspiration for a TV series that was produced in 1998 with the same structure produced by the channel TVE Brasil (current TV Brasil) which was broadcast from 2002 to 2004, when the channel started to dedicate a series of Menino Maluquinho.

[4] In the same year the TV series gained new episodes this time with new actors acting characters.