Second animation about Gena and Cheburashka. Cheburashka wishes Gena the Crocodile a happy birthday and gives him a toy helicopter as a gift. After meeting some pioneers, they decide to be pioneers themselves. They build a playground for the local children and collect scrap metal, after which they become pioneers.
Practical Effects
Felt puppets so expressive you'll forget they're not alive.
Director
Roman Kachanov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The pioneer organization (Young Pioneers) was the USSR's massive communist youth movement — this is basically Cheburashka joining a political youth group and making it adorable.
Director Roman Kachanov also made the darker 'The Mystery of the Third Planet' — this man's range was WILD.
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