Cri-Cri is a Mexican fictional character, an anthropomorphic cricket, created by Francisco Gabilondo Soler in 1934 while broadcasting his own musical radio show on Mexico's station XEW.^[1]

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Cri-Cri is known as the “grillito cantor” or “the singing cricket.” He was created by Gabilondo Soler in his childhood and may even be considered “his inner personality.”^[2]

The character became so famous and gave its author such renown that it became a second name for Gabilondo.^[3] In the mid part of the 20th century, he became one of the most prominent children's singers in Spanish.

Disney offered to animate one of Cri-Cri's most popular songs "Cochinitos Dormilones" (Sleepy Piggies),^[4] and incorporated aspects of his own Three Little Pigs short into it.^[5] Walt Disney's character of Jiminy Cricket may have been inspired by the famous Mexican character.^[6]

The character is the brand ambassador for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.^[7]