Schnappi das kleine Krokodil (Snappy the Little Crocodile) is a German children's cartoon character voiced by Joy Gruttmann. The introductory song "Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil" 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). 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 on the Internet. It got more and more popular while playing on the [LINK: http://www.rautemusik.fm] Internetradio RauteMusik. The moder