Modern animation · 2025
The Little Rustler
Шебуршавчик
Published premise · ending unverifiedCheburashka wants a board game, but Gena is busy and asks him to wait. Rustling and movement in the toy box suggest an unknown creature in the house. Fear changes to curiosity when the visitor seems interested in sweets. Cheburashka’s name for it reflects how a child explains an unfamiliar sound before understanding its cause.
Story & key events
Plot details and spoilers ahead.
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Place in the world
The new Russian animated series turns friendship into a daily service: Gena and Cheburashka open a Bureau of Good Deeds, while Shapoklyak counters with bad deeds. The familiar town acquires new neighbours and small problems to solve. This CGI continuity is distinct from both the four Soviet puppet films and the human Gena’s live-action world.
Episode titles are the stable identifiers here. START’s order omits the two winter specials, while broadcast-oriented lists count them as episodes 11 and 12. Consequently later numbers differ by two. This archive keeps the winter stories separate and links to the relevant platform page instead of treating those numbering differences as new episodes.