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Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil (Schnappi, the little crocodile) is a German children's cartoon. The introductory song reached #1 on the German charts in January 2005.

Inception

Schnappi was a character in a popular animated German children's TV show called Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Show With The Mouse). It was further promoted after a girl named Nicky living in Austria was called Schnappi by the main krokodile who surprisingly worked as a dentist. In the cartoon in which he appeared, Schnappi is seen singing a song about his life in Egypt. That song, which is sung in German, has a catchy tune and simple lyrics.

The song, which first appeared in the Sendung mit der Maus show in 2001, was written by Iris Gruttmann and performed by her then-six year old niece, Joy.

Success

In 2004 Schnappi became very popular^{[weasel words]} on the Internet. It got more and more popular while playing on the Internetradio RauteMusik. The moderators and listeners often played that song before it got released on CD^{[citation needed]}. In December of that year, the song Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil was released on CD. The single reached #1 on the German Pop-Charts on January 3, 2005.

A bootleg translation into English was recorded and released on the Internet on the 20th February, 2005 by the Bronx artist DJ Damien. Despite being an unofficial cover, this version has made available on the official Schnappi website. The original recording artist was said to be very glad Schnappi had made it to England, referring to the English version in an interview with The Guardian newspaper^{[verification needed]}. Other translations by collaborations involving DJ Damien include a French version "Crocky le Petit Crocodile", and a forthcoming Japanese version "Togetogeshi, chiisai wani" (刺々し、小さい鰐).

The song reached number one in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, whilst reaching the top 10 in Australia and New Zealand. The song was released in the UK on Monday 3rd October 2005, but it only reached the bottom end of the UK Singles Chart top 40.

Alternative versions of the song - varying from simple remixes of the basic vocal track, to a full cover version by Belgian techno group Dynamite - were also at numbers seven and ten in Belgium, and at number two in the Netherlands.

Swedish humor metal band Black Ingvars also recorded a cover version in heavy metal style with Rammstein-like vocals. The song was released on a compilation album in Sweden.

A flash movie, Up Skit Creek Vol. 2 by Andrew Kepple, features an animutated version of Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter), stalking Schnappi and eventually trapping him in a strong grip- evidently too strong; Schnappi's neck had been "Schnapped". Steve Irwin referred to him as, "the little German buggar who won't shut the hell up!" in layman terms.

In August 2005 Jamba! released Schnappi in a number of downloadable formats.

Schnappi has been frequently referenced by Michael J. Nelson and company in several of the RiffTrax commentaries.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Schnappi, Das Kleine Krokodil (2004)
Ein Lama in Yokohama (2005).
Jing! Jingeling! Der Weihnachtsschnappi! (2005)

PlayStation video game

In 2005, Phenomedia released a Schnappi video game for Sony's PlayStation games console. The game was only released in Germany, and might possibly be one of Europe's last PlayStation 1 games.

The game is actually 3 games in 1:

Schnappi Schnapp! : A fly eating game

Schnappi Denk! : A memory game

Schnappi Tanz! : A dancing game

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 == Inception ==
-Schnappi was a character in a popular animated German children's TV show called ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' (The Show With The Mouse). It was further promoted after a girl named Nicky living in Austria was called Schnappi by her dentist. In the cartoon in which he appeared, Schnappi is seen singing a song about his life in [[Egypt]]. That song, which is sung in [[German language|German]], has a catchy [[tune]] and simple [[#Lyrics|lyrics]].
+Schnappi was a character in a popular animated German children's TV show called ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' (The Show With The Mouse). It was further promoted after a girl named Nicky living in Austria was called Schnappi by the main krokodile who surprisingly worked as a dentist. In the cartoon in which he appeared, Schnappi is seen singing a song about his life in [[Egypt]]. That song, which is sung in [[German language|German]], has a catchy [[tune]] and simple [[#Lyrics|lyrics]].
 The song, which first appeared in the ''Sendung mit der Maus'' show in [[2001]], was written by Iris Gruttmann and performed by her then-six year old niece, [[Joy Gruttmann|Joy]].