Cheburashka character named "Старуха Шапокляк" (Old Lady Shapoklyak, from French "chapeau claque", a kind of collapsible top hat). Shapoklyak is a mischievous but charming old lady. She is tall and thin, wears a hat, a dark-coloured dress, and bloomers, and carries around a pet rat, Lariska, in her purse to help her play pranks on people, though near the end of some stories she turns around and helps the protagonists. The chorus of her theme song contains her motto, "One won't ever get famous for good deeds." The rights to the Cheburashka character and image have been heavily debated in court.
Shapoklyak she wears — borrowed from the French word chapeau claque, an obsolete spring-loaded top hat, which sounds funny for the Russian ear. Shapoklyak Shapoklyak ( - Old Lady Shapoklyak) was a popular villain from a story about Cheburashka written by Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. The first appearance of Shapoklyak (in the movie) was in the animated film "Gena the Crocodile" (1969) by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio). She appears as an old woman, wearing an outdated hat and carrying a purse, in which she carries her pet rat Lariska. In the film "Cheburashka Goes to School" (1983) she admits that she