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Old Lady Shapoklyak Russian: Старуха Шапокляк
Shapoklyak in Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast.
Created by	Eduard Uspensky
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Female

Old Lady Shapoklyak (Russian: Старуха Шапокляк, Starukha Shapoklyak) is a primary character and antagonist in the Gena the Crocodile book series created by Eduard Uspensky, as well as its Soyuzmultfilm stop-motion animated adaptations.^[1]

Shapoklyak is depicted as an elderly woman dressed in outdated 19th-century attire, carrying a reticule handbag in which she keeps her pet rat, Lariska.^[2] Her name is derived from the French chapeau claque, an obsolete collapsible opera hat, which serves as her signature headwear and carries a humorous connotation in Russian.

She is known for orchestrating pranks and mischief against local citizens. Her philosophy is encapsulated in the refrain of her theme song: "One won't ever get famous for good deeds" (Russian: Хорошими делами прославиться нельзя).^[3] Despite her antagonistic role, she occasionally assists Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka at the conclusion of various stories before reverting to her mischievous behavior in subsequent installments. In the 1983 animated film Cheburashka Goes to School, she admits to lacking a secondary education and enrolls in school alongside Cheburashka.

• 1966: Uspensky, Gena the Crocodile and His Friends [ru]
• 1970: Uspensky, Kachanov, «Чебурашка и его друзья» (play)
• 1974: Uspensky, Kachanov, «Отпуск крокодила Гены» (play)
• 1974: Uspensky, «Крокодил Гена и грабители»
• 1992: Uspensky and Inna Agron (Инна Е. Агрон), Gena The Crocodile's Business
• 1998: Uspensky, «Крокодил Гена — лейтенант милиции»
• 1998: Uspensky, «Чебурашка уходит в люди»
• 2001: Uspensky, «Похищение Чебурашки»
• 2001: Uspensky, «Новый год с Чебурашкой»
• 2017: Uspensky, «Чебурашка едет в Сочи»

• Gena the Crocodile
• Shapoklyak
• Cheburashka Goes to School
• Cheburashka [ja] (2010 Japanese animation)
• Cheburashka [ru] (2023 Russian remake of the Japanese animation)
• Cheburashka (2023 film)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old Lady Shapoklyak.

• Shapoklyak at IMDb
• Shapoklyak at Animator.ru