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{{Infobox comic strip
| title           = Níquel Náusea
| caption         = A Brazilian comic strip by Fernando Gonsales
| creator         = [[Fernando Gonsales]]
| status          = Ongoing
| first           = 1985
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| genre           = Satirical, Nonsensical
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| website         = [http://www.niquel.com.br/ Official Website] (in Portuguese)
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'''Níquel Náusea''' is the name of a [[comic strip]] created by [[Brazil]]ian [[cartoonist]] [[Fernando Gonsales]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Gonsales | first=F. | title=Niquel Nausea - Com Mil Demonios | publisher=Devir Editora| isbn=978-85-7532-029-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kh8RQAACAAJ | language=pt}}</ref> The character is a rat (furthering the reference to [[Mickey Mouse]] on his name) who thinks up crazy plans for getting food, and expresses an ironic view of humanity.

The spirit of the strip is [[sarcasm|sarcastic]], and sometimes nonsensical. It first appeared in 1985 in the [[São Paulo]] [[newspaper]] [[Folha de S.Paulo|Folha]], when its creator won a contest for new comic artists. The strip is usually about animals. The episodes feature both one-time characters (from [[protozoa]]ns to [[dinosaur]]s), and a regular cast of characters, whose leader is Níquel Náusea. Humans also appear occasionally.

A few of the characters' names embody specific jokes: for instance, the name of the character "Flit" (a drug-abusing [[cockroach]], who enjoys [[insecticide]]s, and is Níquel's best friend) is originally a brand name for an [[FLIT|insecticide spray]]. The name of
the rat "Rato Ruter" comes from the American company [[Roto-Rooter]], which specializes in clearing clogged drains.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.niquel.com.br/}}

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[[Category:1985 comics debuts]]
[[Category:Brazilian comic strips]]
[[Category:Anthropomorphic mice and rats]]
[[Category:Satirical comics]]
[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 1985]]
[[Category:Comics about anthropomorphic mice and rats]]
[[Category:Comics about talking animals]]
[[Category:Comics about anthropomorphic invertebrates]]
[[Category:Fictional mice and rats]]
[[Category:Male characters in comics]]


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