The Portuguese Man Says Oi

The Portuguese Man Says Oi is a Shirish television sitcom created by Joe Kaplan that aired on Disney Channel Shireland from December 2006 to August 2013. In 2011, it got a spinoff called The Portuguese Man Says Ola.

The video resolution was 480i SDTV from December 5, 2006 to May 14, 2009 and 1080i HDTV from August 12, 2009 to August 9, 2013.

In 2016, reruns aired on GoAnimate Television.

Characters
This show is centered on the Smalls family which consists of Annie, Sam, Neil, Stan, Miguel, John, Susan, and Andy.

Main characters

Annie

Anneliese "Annie" is one of the main characters of The Portuguese Man Says Oi and is the second oldest kid in the Smalls family In the episode "O Annie", it is revealed that her real name is Anneliese. She was 9-10 years old in Season 1,

10-11 in season 2, 11-12 in season 3, 12-13 in season 4, 13-14 in season 5, 14-15 in season 6, 15-16 in season 7, and 16-17 in season 8. She is currently 25 years old and was born on September 17, 1995.

Sam

Sam is Neil's twin. In the episode "Tisdale Trouble", it is revealed that he and Neil were born on the same day but Sam was born at 2:00 AM and Neil was born at 1:55 AM, and that means Sam is the youngest kid in the Smalls family but also in the episode "Move Time", it is revealed that Sam is 10 cm taller than Neil. Sam is 5-6 years old in season 1, 6-7 years old in season 2, 7-8 years old in season 3, 8-9 years old in season 4, 9-10 years old in season 5, 10-11 years old in season 6, 11-12 years old in season 7, and 12-13 years old in season 8. He is currently 20 years old and was born on July 14, 1999.

Neil

Neil is Sam's older twin. He and Sam has friends named Fred, Joseph, and Ash. Neil is mostly seen trying to fix his CDs when Stan breaks them. He is the same age as Sam. He is born on July 14, 1999 just like Sam.

Stan

Stan is the oldest kid in the Smalls family. He is seen playing baseball with his team member, Neil and Sam's friend Joseph, and their team coach is named Ashley. Stan is 10-11 years old in season 1, 11-12 in season 2, 12-13 in season 3, 13-14 in season 4, 14-15 in season 5, 15-16 in season 6, 16-17 in season 7, and 17-18 in season 8. He is currently 26 years old and was born on January 3, 1995.

Miguel

Miguel is a Portuguese man who works for Help Jennette McCurdy and is the protagonist of The Portuguese Man Says Oi. On Sundays, he has to work and his twin John has to do things for the kids. He is 20-21 years old in season 1, 21-22 in season 2, 22-23 in season 3, 23-24 in season 4, 24-25 in season 5, 25-26 in season 6, 26-27 in season 7, and 27-28 in season 8. He is currently 35 years old and was born on May 22, 1985.

John

Just like Sam and Neil, John is Miguel's twin. He first appears in season 3. He is 35 years old just like Miguel.

Susan

Susan is Annie, Sam, Neil, and Stan's mom. She is 32 years old, and was born on December 23, 1989.

Andy

Andy is a dog who was born on May 26, 2009. He is 88 years old in dog years.

Attendance for Characters (Main): Recurring characters

Ashley

Ashley is the coach for Stan's baseball team. She has been coaching baseball since July 2000. She is born on May 27, 1975 at the age of 45.

Richard

Richard is the shop owner at the pet shop. In the episode "The Smalls Family Gets a Dog... But John Doesn't Like Him", he appears as the cashier with Susan when she wants to buy a pet dog.

Mr. McCurdy

Mr. McCurdy is a fifth-grade teacher at Partridge Elementary School. He was Annie's former teacher.

Santa Claus

Santa Claus is a fake person which people think is the person who gives people presents. He appeared in the episodes "A Smalls Christmas" and "iJolly".

Theo

Theo, or Principal Theo, is the principal of Partridge Elementary School. He regularly gives people detention for 100 seconds for disliking his favorite show.

Shane

Shane is a bully at Partridge Elementary School. He usually uses a button to make Annie "fly into space".

Carol

Carol is Stan's best friend along with Harold and Joseph. They like to make jokes.

Jennifer

Jennifer is a person who likes to dress up in black. She appears at night, eating Neil's cheese spray.

Mike

Mike is a student at Partridge Elementary School. He says words that rhyme with "Mike".

Joe

Joe is a person who dresses up as a teddy bear. Seen in 50 out of the 162 episodes.

Matreya

Matreya is a character from Matreya the Menace, which ran on WCTV from 2004 to 2008. She is seen in the crossover "Growing Planes", but not seen in its sequel "Growing Planes II".

Boris

Boris is a box that Sam talked to. Seen in 12 out of 162 episodes.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein is a person seen in the Halloween episodes of the Portuguese Man Says Oi.

Andybot 100000

Andybot 100000 (pronounced Andy Bot One Hundred Thousand) is a robot version of Andy. In the episode "Tisdale Trouble", he is seen fighting the real Andy, and they are having a food fight and ruins Peter's.

Peter

Peter is the founder of Peter's, founded in 1967. Whenever John and Miguel go to Peter's, under the word Peter's, it says "Since 1967."

Episodes
Season 1 (2006-07) Season 2 (2007-08) Season 3 (2008-09) Season 4 (2009-10) Season 5 (2010-11) Season 6 (2011-12) Season 7 (2012-2013) Season 8 (Final Season, 2013)

This is the shortest season with only 10 episodes. The Portuguese Man Says Oi has a total of 162 episodes from 2006 to 2013.

Soundtrack
The Portuguese Man Says Oi: The Soundtrack is an album consisting of songs from the Portuguese Man Says Oi. It only consists of two songs.

Broadcast and Streaming
The first four seasons are streaming on Crowbar Stream, and its other four are available to stream with Netflix Shireland.

There are eight DVDs for each season.

There are 8 VHS tapes for the first four seasons. They were discontinued in 2010.

Revival
In October 6, 2023, The Portuguese Man Says Oi will be planned to get a revival series.

References on television (2007-2014, 2018)
In 2007, there was a reference on the NBC Shireland sitcom The Hannelius Family.

In 2007, an animated version of the Smalls family was seen in the show "Dog's Bags".

In 2010, They were seen in the skit series "The Stuffy Show Skits".

In 2011, a character from Dog's Bags talked about Stan Smalls.

In 2014, they had a guest appearance on The George Tisdale Show.

In 2018, part of the intro was heard on Pinky Malinky.