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Cheburashka is a character created by the writer Eduard Uspensky in 1966 as one of the main characters in the book "Gena the Crocodile and His Friends" and its sequels.

After the release of Roman Kachanov's cartoon "Gena the Crocodile", based on this book in 1969, the character became widely known.

In the original version of the book, he looked like an awkward creature with large (according to other sources, large oblong) ears and brown fur, walking on his hind legs.

In 1968, Margarita Skripova-Yasinskaya, an artist and sculptor at the Leningrad Marionette Theater, created a puppet with large ears for performances.

The good-natured image of Cheburashka with big ears and big eyes, which is well-known today, first appeared in the cartoon "Gena the Crocodile" in 1969 and was created with the direct participation of the film's production designer Leonid Shvartsman.

After the release of the film, it was initially translated into foreign languages ​​as English Topple, German Kullerchen and Plumps, Swedish Drutten, Finnish Muksis.