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  • It's the most human, thoughtful part of the brain, called the Jiminy Cricket part of the brain, the conscience.

    CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2009 2009

  • Santa Ana Fire Department inspector Kristie Hiatt called Daniel J. Santee by the nickname Jiminy Cricket because he was so full of energy and always asking what else he could do.

    Iraq glimpses for April 2007 2007

  • He was extremely well-known for his own recordings when Walt Disney tapped him to provide the voice of an animated cricket, and he became best-known as Jiminy Cricket.

    MousePlanet 2009

  • "Jiminy" gets squished, Pinocchio bites off a cat's paw, he nearly chokes to death after being hung, he's sent into hysterics because he thinks the blue fairy died...

    Reissuing a Classic... or Not Editorial Anonymous 2009

  • "Jiminy," he mourned, as he squeezed the water out.

    A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely

  • The Disney characters, from humans like the wood carver Geppeto to anthropomorphic talking animals such as Jiminy Cricket to cute, non-speaking pets like Figaro the cat to the little wooden boy himself, are all more distinctively drawn and animated than anyone in "Gulliver's Travels."

    ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community 2009

  • "Jiminy," cried Paul, his face twisting with anger, "can't you get it through your head?

    The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990

  • "Jiminy," said Jaikie, "the flowers are bonnie in the plots, but they are a 'prisoners.

    Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

  • (In the Jiminy Cricket version of the fable, the grasshopper sings, “The world owes me a living”, demonstrating that he understands the implications of his own philosophy.)

    Retirement Policy 2009

  • Jiminy Christmas, when I was a boy I didn't want anything to do with elevators until I was in my teens, thanks to that scene.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

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