Smudge

Cascão is the one of the main characters of the Brazilian comic book series Turma da Mônica (also known as Monica's Gang or Monica and Friends in the English translations), created by Mauricio de Sousa.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He is one of the main and most memorable characters created by Mauricio de Sousa, along with Mônica, Cebolinha, Magali and Chico Bento.
 * 2) His friendship with Cebolinha is very good and works well, often serving as Cebolinha' main sidekick in most stories focused on him.
 * 3) The character overcame political correctness at the time of his creation, even though he was a dirty character who doesn't like baths, he ended up developing and conquering a loyal audience over the years.
 * 4) His characteristics about being a dirty boy and who always avoids bathing or contact with water is great and always makes for hilarious stories, especially when he does everything to prevent someone from throwing water at him.
 * 5) On several occasions he is seen (hilariously) possessing powers whenever he tries to run away from falling into water or being wet by rain, already demonstrating super strength, super speed and even flying. Getting to overcome Mônica's strength when it comes to avoiding bathing.
 * 6) He is a humble and very creative boy who likes to create his own toys with old objects he finds in the trash, since he can't afford to buy better toys.
 * 7) He often does favors for other people, especially his friends by helping them.
 * 8) He always helps his best friend Cebolinha in his plans to try to defeat Mônica, even though he often doesn't want to risk facing Mônica every time, he still helps his friend.
 * 9) He is also a master of disguise when it comes to participating in Cebolinha' plans to defeat Mônica, always disguising himself in a way to fool her.
 * 10) He is also the good nephew of Capitão Feio, the main villain in Turma da Mônica and who is also a dirt-related character, and often rivals him.
 * 11) Just like Chico Bento, he won his own solo comic in 1983, which remains in publication to this day.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He may look like a rip-off of Pig Pen from Peanuts, although he still has his differences.
 * 2) Sometimes he can be unlikeable for acting like a jerk with his friends, especially when he's with Cebolinha, although there are times when Cascão is rude even with Cebolinha.
 * 3) On some occasions he is shown to be a bad boyfriend for Cascuda, as he is often seen flirting with other girls, especially when he sees a girl who is dirty.
 * 4) Due to the political correctness of current comics, the character was MASSIVELY flandered, mainly in educational stories related to water and hygiene, with Smudge no longer being seen getting into garbage cans and playing with mud often going to break the rule that was established many years ago he always avoids water as he likes to be a dirty boy.
 * 5) *This resulted in a really bad cover in 1998 where the joke on the cover was just to show him washing his hands after going to the bathroom. Because of this, MSP had to create a story several years later revealing that the characters who had washed his hands was Xaveco disguised as Cascão.