Zuzu (As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa)



Zuzu is a character created by Mariana Caltabiano who is the protagonist of the Brazilian 90s puppet show Zuzubaland and its animated reboot of 2018. Although the character is best known for being the main character of Zuzubaland, she has made occasional appearances in crossover episodes of mh:terribletvshows:As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa (another show created by Mariana Caltabiano), appearing in three episodes: A Rampa de Skate, A Colméia and Zuzubalândia, however different from how she is portrayed in her show Zuzu is portrayed as a unlikeable character in these episodes.

Why She Sucks
Note: This only applies to her character in As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa, since her original version in Zuzubaland and its 2018 reboot are more likeable.
 * 1) Zuzu has almost no personality in these episodes, being portrayed only as a snobbish bee who finds herself the center of attention and is a bad singer.
 * 2) Zuzu's voice (in the original Brazilian dub) in these episodes is really terrible, sounding like a man in "A Rampa de Skate" and sounding too nasal in the other two episodes, getting even more unbearable in the moments when she sings (although this is a original characteristic of the character being a bad singer, in Zuzubaland her voice is more funny in the moments when she appears singing badly), being inferior to her voices both in the original puppet show and in the 2018 animated reboot.
 * 3) Btw, Zuzu sounds more like a adult than a child in these episodes.
 * 4) In "A Colméia" Zuzu is shown to being unlikeable even for Gui and Estopa often trying to distance themselves from her.
 * 5) Also in the episode mentioned above, she manages to be very annoying, insisting on stalking Gui and Estopa and wanting to force them to hear her voice even though they don't want to hear her (something that also happens in "Zuzubalândia").
 * 6) In "Zuzubalândia" she invades Gui's birthday party and is responsible for making the cake and candy run away with her horrible singing ruining Gui's birthday.
 * 7) Also in this episode, she is the responsible for making Gui want to wake up from his dream.
 * 8) In "A Rampa de Skate" Zuzu acts like a attention whore being rude to her cameraman threatening to discount his salary after he moves the camera to film Piti flying in the sky instead of her.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) In the episodes "A Colméia" and "Zuzubalândia" she has a redesign, making her look more cute and friendly, in order to become a tomboy, as opposed to her original appearance which made her look like a snobbish slut. This redesign was later used for the 2018 animated reboot.
 * 2) Zuzu is more enjoyable in the cartoon reboot of Zuzubaland, also having a better voice and tomboyish personality.

Trivia

 * In the episode "A Rampa de Skate", Zuzu appears designed more similar to her original look from the 1998 puppet show. This design was also used on the "Iguinho" website until the beginning of the 2010s.