Old lady Shapoklyak (russian: links=no, Шапокляк) is a popular villain from a story about Gena the Crocodile written by Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. Her first appearance in the movie was in the animated film '' Gena the Crocodile'' (1969) by Roman Kachanov (

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studio). She appears as an old woman, wearing an outdated hat and carrying a purse, in which she carries her pet rat Lariska. Her name is the word for the hat she wears, borrowed from the French ''

chapeau claque An opera hat also called a chapeau claque or gibus is a top hat variant that is collapsible through a spring system, originally intended for less spacious venues, such as the theatre and opera house. Typically made of black satin, it folds vert ...

'', an obsolete spring-loaded top hat, which sounds funny to the Russian ear. In the film '' Cheburashka Goes to School'' (1983) she admits that she has not received secondary education and is sent to school together with Cheburashka.

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