whichever was the intention behind the choosing of the mascot, fact remains that the caprichosos rapidly revealed to be a well-humored samba school, with a strong satirical vein.

its initial members were dissidents from an earlier organization from the pilares neighborhood, which disbanded after a series of terrible results in the parades.

in spite of the ambitions and jolly optimism of this new group, it had to struggle in order to climb in the hierarchy of the samba schools of rio de janeiro.

for decades it ascended and descended, going all the way from the first division to the third.

in 1990 it finally reached the top of the totem pole when it joined the special division.