Character History
Soviet cinema presented the world of unusual heroes. So far, the famous directors worked over the films for an adult audience, the multiplers thought about the surprise of small October and Pioneers. Cartoon creators used stories of books and created authentic stories that later found an embodiment on the screen. Postman Pechkin, Leopold Cat, Wolf and Hare from "Well, wait!", Kuzya's domain ... Listed by the children who have loved children's characters. The first mythic hero of the Soviet cartoon was Cheburashka - an unknown being of unknown origin.History of creation
Cheburashka is the name of the character of the book written by the children's author Edward Uspensky. Based on the work of the "Crocodile Gena and his friends" in 1969, the film was filmed by Roman Kachanov. The hero of the book gained fame after the ribbon exit.
![Edward Uspensky Edward Uspensky](/userfiles/126/1733_1.webp)
Cheburashka is an unusual being. He has two huge round ear, the body covers brown wool and is not clear, female or male genus of this animal. His appearance to the light occurred thanks to the artist-director, Leonid Schwartzman. After the cartoon was transferred to display in other countries, children in all corners of the planet recognized the Cheburashka. In English, his name was hodged, in German - Kulleringer or Plows, Drauten in Swedish and Munsis in Finnish. At the same time, the children did not know who the creator of the character.
Despite the legend published in the preface about the appearance of Cheburashka, Edward Uspensky assured readers that the case was not at all in a children's toy. In an interview with the Nizhny Novgorod newspaper, the writer admitted that he once watched a small daughter of a friend. The girl constantly fell, dressed in someone else's long fur coat.
![Edward Uspensky with Cheburashka and Crocodile Geno Edward Uspensky with Cheburashka and Crocodile Geno](/userfiles/126/1733_2.webp)
Her father, noticing these actions, commented on what was happening the word "Cheburahved". Curious word crashed into memory of Assumption. Later, the author found out that in the dictionary V.I. Dahl "Cheburashka" is synonymous with "Vanka-stand", he is nevosha. Cheburashi was called small wooden floats, made by fishermen for the bait of catch.
Biography and plot
Based on the preface of the book of Uspensky, it becomes clear: the author in childhood was a defective toy with a similar name. She looked like a strange animal with round eyes, big ears, little tales and a short tail. Parents assured the boy that Cheburashka lives in the tropical jungle. The animal feeds on oranges, and once, climbing in a box with fruit to enjoy, the baby fell asleep in it. The box was closed and delivered to the grocery store of a large city.
![Cheburashka Cheburashka](/userfiles/126/1733_3.webp)
The name of Cheburashka appeared at the moment when he was discovered by the store director. The full animal was constantly fell - Cheburahalova, according to others. Due to the fact that he could not sit on the spot without falling, he was given a funny nickname. The character of the hero is soft. Kid Miles and friendly, naive, friendly and curious. The diminutive-laquating name describes its nature. In some places awkward, but the charming hero causes the lunizing of the audience and the actors of the cartoon.
![Cheburashka and Crocodile Gena Cheburashka and Crocodile Gena](/userfiles/126/1733_4.webp)
According to the strange animal's plot, they are trying to arrange a zoological garden to settle with other animals from the tropics. But in the zoo did not know how to let the unknown creature ink. He was transferred from hand to hand until Cheburashka was in the commission store. Here it found a crocodile gene. He worked in the zoo and was alone. In the search for friends, the gene dismissed the ads and stumbled upon Cheburashka. Now the duet of animals is looking for a company. It will include Lev Chandra, Puppy Tobik and Galya Girl. A negative character of the work is the old woman Shapoklyak, the owner of the hand rat of Larisa.
Interesting Facts
In the period from 1966 to 2008, Eduard Asspensky in collaboration with graders artists created eight plays about the adventures of Cheburashka and Friends. In the 1970s, several children's television and radio programs were broadcast in Sweden. Audioplasty with fairy tales about Cheburashka and Genze and children's magazines were popular. The characters fell abroad along with the dolls, which brought one tourist from a trip to the Soviet Union. Cheburashka dubbed Drutten. In Swedish, this word is translated as "stupid", "fall", which was characteristic of the hero.
![Doll Cheburashka Doll Cheburashka](/userfiles/126/1733_5.webp)
Curious nuance: On the Soviet television, the cartoon characters were dolls, and in Swedish puppets. Characters sang and talked about life, but the dialogues were very different from authentic. Even the song Cheburashka sounded quite different. Today, Drutten is a complete character of Swedish animation. Modern children do not know the history of its origin.
In 2001, the Japanese opened the cartoon character in 2001, and in 2003 bought the rights to spread this image for 20 years. The animated cartoon "Cheburashka ARERE" is broadcast in Tokyo since 2009. In 2010, the company was made up of friends on the book of Asspensky. On TV began showing puppet cartoons on the theme of the adventure of the hero. Today in Japan, the cartoons of the Crocodile Gene, "Chapoklyak Tips", "Cheburashka and Circus" are broadcast.
Quotes
The works of Soviet cinema and animation are famous for quotes that seek viewers. Peaceful humorous replicas are in the soul and are transmitted from mouth to mouth for many years. Phrases from the book, swinging in the cartoon, create a special atmosphere, involving the young public in the plot.
"A young crocodile in the years of fifty wishes to make friends."This quote generates questions: Are the percentage of crocodile with human years? Can crocodiles want to be friends? Why does the crocodile image associate with an adult person? Cheburashka asks a gene reasonful question about age, and small spectators learn that crocodiles can live up to three hundred years.
![Old woman Shapoklyak Old woman Shapoklyak](/userfiles/126/1733_6.webp)
A series of cartoons about the adventures of Cheburashka has a moralistic oppression. Recommendations and advice to children are presented with the help of the main characters. Kindness is the main value for characters. At the same time, the old woman assures the chapoklyak:
"Who helps people, only spends time in vain. It is impossible to glorify good things. "The old woman is clear at first glance, and the kids understand that it is worth helping each other. Good things are certainly associated with the main goal of all children of the Soviet Union - with enrollment in pioneers. Gena and Cheburashka are no exception:
"We need a lot of good things to get to the pioneers," he sentences the gene, motivating Cheburashka, and at the same time the public on the other side of the screen.Despite the characteristic features of Soviet multiplier skills, children's films about Cheburashka are of interest among modern children. They are attracted to screens of curious kids and nostalgic adults.