José Carioca

José "Zé" Carioca (/ʒoʊˈzeɪ kæriˈoʊkə/; Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ kaˈɾjɔkɐ]) is a cartoon anthropomorphic parrot created by the Brazilian cartoonist José Carlos de Brito (J. Carlos) and shown to Walt Disney on his trip to Rio de Janeiro in 1941. The Walt Disney Company then incorporated the idea, being introduced in the 1942 film Saludos Amigos as a friend of Donald Duck, described by Time as "a dapper Brazilian parrot, who is as superior to Donald Duck as the Duck was to Mickey Mouse." He speaks Portuguese with a Brazilian accent. He returned in the 1944 film The Three Caballeros along with Donald and a Mexican rooster named Panchito Pistoles. José is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (thus the name "Carioca", which is a term used for a person born in Rio).

This article is about the animated character. For the musician he was named after, see José do Patrocínio Oliveira.

José Carioca
The Three Caballeros character
First appearanceSaludos Amigos (1942)
Created byFred Moore
Voiced byJosé Oliveira (original)
Rob Paulsen (1999–2020)
Eric Bauza (Legend of the Three Caballeros, 2024-present)
Bernardo de Paula (DuckTales)
Sérgio Stern (Disney theme parks; Mickey Mouse Funhouse)
In-universe information
AliasJoe Carioca
Zé Carioca
SpeciesParrot
GenderMale
AffiliationPanchito Pistoles
Donald Duck
RelativesZico and Zeca (nephews)
NationalityBrazilian
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