Jiminy Cricket

Jiminy Cricket is a small cricket who first appeared as the deuteragonist of Disney's 2nd full-length animated feature film .
Jiminy acts as a conscience and a good friend to the film's title character. He is clever, kind, caring, and brave. He will do anything for a friend even if it's life-threatening. 
He has appeared along with Mickey Mouse and Tinker Bell as a Disney mascot. He also appeared in as the main protagonist, and host of the two story segments, and as the Ghost of Christmas Past. 
He has been voiced by the late , the late , , and currently . 
In the live-action remake of Pinocchio he is voiced by , who also voiced Jim Hawkins and portrayed John Blake.
==Appearances==
===Pinocchio===
The film Pinocchio marked Jiminy's debut. He is first seen singing When You Wish Upon A Star next to a book about Pinocchio. After a brief introduction to the viewers, he begins telling the story of Pinocchio.
In the actual story, Jiminy makes his debut in raggedy clothing, traveling through a village late one night. He eventually comes to Geppetto's Workshop, which was the only sign of life. He sneaks inside and warms himself by the fire, while admiring Geppetto's work. Jiminy then observes as Geppetto finishes the puppet he has been working on. Jiminy overhears Geppetto's wish for the puppet to be a real boy, but brushes it off as impractical, though lovely. Jiminy later stares in amazement as the Blue Fairy brings Pinocchio to life. After a conversation with the fairy, Jiminy is appointed to his role as Pinocchio's conscience, as the latter must prove himself worthy of being made a real boy. Jiminy then teaches Pinocchio to whistle so that Pinocchio can call him.
The next day, Jiminy oversleeps and rushes to find Pinocchio, who has been sent off to school. However, Pinocchio is instead encouraged to become an actor by Honest John. Despite Jiminy's counseling to go to school, Pinocchio becomes part of the show of Stromboli. Jiminy becomes angry, but starts to second guess himself when Pinocchio becomes popular and decides to leave believing Pinocchio doesn't need him anymore. When Jiminy decides to wish Pinocchio good luck, he discovers that Stromboli has locked Pinocchio in a bird cage. Jiminy attempts to crack the lock to they can escape, but fails (evidently because, according to him, the lock is "one of the older models"). The Blue Fairy later comes along and frees them, after teaching Pinocchio a lesson on lying.
Before the pair can reach home, Pinocchio is convinced to travel to Pleasure Island, said to be a land for boys by Honest John again. Jiminy manages to sneak on the stagewagon, but ends up separated from Pinocchio. Jiminy eventually finds Pinocchio in a pool hall, where he is smoking and drinking with Lampwick. Jiminy attempts to get Pinocchio to leave, but is insulted by Lampwick. Jiminy leaves in a huff, and attempts to go home. He discovers that boys who come to Pleasure Island are transformed into donkeys, and runs off to warn Pinocchio.
The two are able to leave by jumping in the sea, but not before Pinocchio grows a tail and donkey ears. Finally at home, they learn via a message that Geppetto has gone searching for Pinocchio and was eaten by Monstro. Despite Jiminy essentially being live bait, he follows Pinocchio into the sea to search for Geppetto. However, he is separated from Pinocchio after Pinocchio is swallowed by Monstro. Jiminy is forced to find shelter in a bottle to avoid being eaten by the seagulls.
After Pinocchio and Geppetto escape, Jiminy is the one who discovers that Pinocchio has died as a result while saving Geppetto from Monstro who tried to catch them resulting in his death when he smashed into the cliff wall making a massive wave that sent them all to shore. At Geppetto's workshop, he is shown to be mourning. Like everyone else, he is overjoyed when Pinocchio is revived as a real boy. He manages to step away from the party, and thanks the Blue Fairy for helping them. As recognition of his own contributions, the Blue Fairy rewards him with a solid gold badge declaring him an official conscience.
===Cameos===
Jiminy made a brief cameo in Touchstone's 1988 hit feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He can be seen when Eddie Valiant first drives through Toontown.
==Live-action appearances==
===Once Upon a Time===
Jiminy (Raphael Sbarge, Adam Young as a child) is the son of unscrupulous con artists in the ABC television series. Disapproving his parents' treachery, he desires to live an honest life, but was too weak-willed to leave his family. Eventually, he receives a potion from Rumplestiltskin that will free Jiminy from his parents. However, he inadvertently gives the potion to a young couple, transforming the pair into puppets. He wishes on a star in the hopes that the couple will be transformed back, but the Blue Fairy appears and tells him she cannot undo Rumplestiltskin's work. Instead, he wishes to make things right, and she transforms him into a cricket so that he can be free from his parents and guide the couple's son Geppetto for as long as the boy lives. He later helps the dwarves confront Snow White about her mean-spirited behavior after she drinks a potion and forgets about her true love Prince James. However, the confrontation drives her to want to kill the Evil Queen. He later tells James that the only way for her to remember James is if she remembers her true self. Much later, he is seen advising the residents of the Enchanted Forest against waging war with the Queen and urges them to find a more peaceful solution.
In Storybrooke, he is Dr. Archie Hopper, the town's psychotherapist. He owns a Dalmatian named Pongo and is frequently seen carrying an umbrella, like he does as a cricket in the Enchanted Forest. He is also good friends with Marco, who is actually Geppetto. Archie is asked by Regina (who is actually the Queen) to convince Henry that his ideas about the curse and the true identities of the Storybrooke residents is "crazy." He makes little progress, and Regina becomes impatient and asks him to take a more radical approach. Although it violates his conscience, he initially complies with her demands. Archie later confides to Henry that he wants to be free to do as he wants, and Henry tells him that Jiminy Cricket was a man who took a long time deciding what the right thing to do was. Archie then stands up to Regina and threatens to declare her an unfit mother if she continues to interfere with his sessions with Henry. Archie later puts David under hypnosis to help David remember his actions during his black-outs, causing David to remember some of his memories from the Enchanted Forest.
After the curse was broken, Archie reunites with the other characters and tries to help find out what to do. With Regina regaining her magic and the new curse of leaving Storybrooke, Archie becomes part of the group who attempt to leave Storybrooke and sacrifice his Fairytale memories to get away from Regina but David's speech encourages him and the others to stay. Regina later visits him, where he encourages Regina to allow her to help him. Regina tells him she has not used magic in two days and it has become a struggle. Archie then asks Regina if there is anything she is holding onto, and she confesses that she preserved her love Daniel's corpse upon his death in the hopes that he could be brought back to life. Archie then states Regina will not be able to move on until she lets go of the past. Regina storms off, but she later returns and confesses to Archie that she used magic that same day. Archie helps her into his office. Much later, Archie is kidnapped by Cora, Regina's mother, and holds him captive in Captain Hook's ship, while leaving the body of another in his place disguised to look like him so everyone else will think he is dead. Cora plans to use him to gain information of others in the town.
===2022 film===
==Video games==
===Disney's Villains' Revenge===
Jiminy stars in the 1999 PC game Disney's Villains' Revenge. The Disney Villains change their respective stories giving them the upper hand. Jiminy travels through the stories to save the troubled heroes.
===Kingdom Hearts series===
Jiminy plays a generally minor role in the popular video game series. After his world was destroyed by the Heartless, Jiminy sought refuge in Disney Castle, under the care of King Mickey and Queen Minnie. He later joins Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy to guide them throughout the journey and chronicle their adventures.
Throughout the series, Jiminy plays a few key roles. In the original Kingdom Hearts, he played a large role throughout the storyline following the adventures of the characters of lore of the film Pinocchio. He played a larger role, appearing more frequently, in the sequel, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories.
Notably, in Kingdom Hearts II, Jiminy's Journal was greatly expanded. As far as the game's storyline goes, he made one brief appearance during Sora's awakening in Twilight Town. However, in the HD re-release of the game, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX, Jiminy made a reappearance during Sora's visit to the Mysterious Tower; home of Master Yen Sid.
In Kingdom Hearts coded, Jiminy finds a mysterious entry within his journal, which he doesn't recall recording. Because of this, he immediately reports to King Mickey and explains his confusion. After a little investigation, however, it is revealed that the journal has been corrupted, and to restore it, a data version of Sora is created to enter the journal and eliminate the Bug Blox.
Jiminy returns in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, and plays his first role as a supporting character within his home world, as opposed to a character taking part in the story's overall plot. He appears in the world of Prankster's Paradise, frantically trying to retrieve and care for a mischievous Pinocchio.
In Kingdom Hearts III, Jiminy takes on his role as the keeper of his Journal once again. He also encourages Sora to go save his friends' hearts from the Lich after they are vanquished by Heartless at the Keyblade Graveyard.
===Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion===
Jiminy plays a major role in the spin-off to Epic Mickey, where he acts as Mickey's sidekick during his journey through the "illusions."
===Other games===
Jiminy is mentioned by Pinocchio in Kinect Disneyland Adventures.
Jiminy Cricket makes an appearance in Disney INFINITY as a townsperson. In the 3DS version, he welcomes the user's team to Story Mode and the first game board. Jiminy himself was meant to appear in the cancelled Disney INFINITY: 4.0 Edition as a nonplayable character that acted as a tutorial guide.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*He is based on the unnamed cricket from the Pinocchio novel.
*Jiminy met Pluto in Donald's Award about Donald for the magic in The Eye Have It (1945).
*In The Return of Jafar and Season 1 of the Aladdin TV series, Genie briefly morphed into Jiminy.
*Jiminy served as an inspiration for most Disney sidekick characters, acting as a comedic guardian for the protagonists, such as Friend Owl in Bambi, Merlin (Disney) and Archimedes (Disney) in The Sword in the Stone, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Lumière, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Genie in Aladdin, Zazu in The Lion King, Victor, Hugo and Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Philoctetes in Hercules, Mushu in Mulan, Terk in Tarzan, and Ray (later succeeded by Louis the Aliigator after Ray's death) in The Princess and the Frog.
**During development of Elena of Avalor and Moana, Jiminy's character was kept in mind during the characterizations of Zuzo and Mini Maui, respectively.
*He is the first and only sidekick to have a role as significant as the protagonist.
*Jiminy is the mascot of Gideon McDuck's newspaper, the County Conscience.
*Jiminy Cricket is based on The Talking Cricket in the original 1883 novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio by the late Carlo Collodi, but unlike The Talking Cricket, who originally appeared as a minor character and gets killed by Pinocchio throwing a mallet at the cricket and later reappearing as a ghost, Jiminy serves as an ally to Pinocchio and accompanies him on his adventures.
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