History Literature / TheAdventuresOfPinocchio

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In [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]], Disney made an animated film based on this story, simply called ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''. It scores a 2 on the sliding scale of adaptation modification. In 1936, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy published his retelling of the Pinocchio story in the Soviet Union called ''The Golden Key''.

* AnimateInanimateObject: Pinocchio started out as a sentient block of wood.

* AuthorTract: This is a whole text dedicated to teach that if you are a disobedient child and don't go to school, you will be tortured, bound and killed.

* FalseFriend: The Fox and the Cat feign being friends to Pinocchio to steal his coins.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Fairy states this to be the case with Pinocchio when he [[spoiler: [[OnlyMostlyDead weeps over her grave.]] [[note]] He felt guilty because the grave marker said she died from a broken heart after Pinocchio abandoned her[[/note]]]] Noting that it means, in spite of his faults, he does have a good heart and in that, he has a possible chance for redemption. Mangiafuoco also counts.

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* InvaionOfTheBabySnatchers: The Coachman lures kid to a horrible fate.

** Everyone calls Maestro Antonio Maestro Cherry because of his cherry-like nose.

** The Coachman a.k.a. the Lillte Man is just known in those nicknames.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Fairy states this to be the case with Pinocchio when he [[spoiler: [[OnlyMostlyDead weeps over her grave.]] [[note]] He felt guilty because the grave marker said she died from a broken heart after Pinocchio abandoned her[[/note]]]] Noting that it means, in spite of his faults, he does have a good heart and in that, he has a possible chance for redemption.

** Lampwick's real name is Romeo, but he is too Slim, hence the nickname.

* GrowsOnTrees: The Fox and the Cat pull this with Pinocchio.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Fairy states this to be the case with Pinocchio when he [[spoiler: [[OnlyMostlyDead weeps over her grave.]] [[note]] He felt guilty because the grave marker said she died from a broken heart after Pinocchio abandoned her[[/note]]]] Noting that it means, in spite of his faults, he does a good heart and in that, he has a possible chance for redemption.

* PleasureIsland: The base for the {{Trope Namer|s}}, [[Disney/Pinocchio the Disney version]]. Here, you will have a life with lots of fun, no school and no responsibilities, but you will convert into a jackass.

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* DoNotCallMePaul: Geppetto hates being called Polentina, but it is never explained why.
** Something about the color of his wig which looks like the same color of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta polenta]] (a typical Italian pudding-like food made from maize flour).

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls Maestro Antonio Maestro Cherry because of his cherry-like nose.

* FalseFriend: The Fox and the Cat feign being friends to Pinocchio.

* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of the story [[spoiler: the Cat eventually got blind for real, and the Fox was forced to sell his own tail for a living and now they're both alone and miserable]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: Fire Eater AKA Mangiafuoco AKA Stromboli AKA Lorenzini, depending on the translation\adaption, is more of a Type V AntiHero than a villain in the book; although he is willing to kill any of the puppets and chop them up for firewood, he is easily moved to tears and shows Pinocchio kindness when he regrets his cruelty. He is almost always portrayed as far more evil in film, and has even become an iconic Disney villain.

* FranchiseZombie: ''Again'', see "What Could Have Been."
* FriendToAllLivingThings: The Blue Fairy

* SupernaturalAid: The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Mastro Cherry only exists in the story to discover the wood that would become Pinocchio and give it to Geppetto. Some adaptations [[AdaptedOut adapt him out]], mix [[CompositeCharacter Geppeto with him]] or [[AscendedExtra give him a bigger role]].

* AuthorTract: And how! This is a whole text dedicated to teach that if you are a disobedient child and don't go to school, you will be tortured, bound and killed.

** As Pinocchio, The Fox and The Cat are all punished at different stages of the book for their varying levels of wickedness, and the good characters (e.g. Geppetto, The Fairy, The Talking Cricket, and sometimes Pinocchio as well) tend to be miraculously rewarded in the most unlikely ways, it may be a safe assumption that the villains of the book (none of which get any comeuppance except for the fox and the cat) are headed for trouble as well.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Mastro Cherry only exists in the story to discover the wood that would become Pinocchio and give it to Geppetto.

In [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]], Disney made an animated film based on this story, simply called ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''. In 1936, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy published his retelling of the Pinocchio story in the Soviet Union called ''The Golden Key''.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are several hints that the fox and the cat are [[BitchInSheepsClothing not the kindhearted crippled philanthropists they seem to be]] before they steal Pinocchio's money. Like when they tell Pinocchio that education and studying is how they became crippled. And when they arrive at the inn on their way to the field of miracles (a non existent field the two made up where money grows on trees) to have bite to eat and rest (the real reason being as a place they could lose Pinocchio, in order to attack him in disguise later) , they narrator states that they were very sick and could only eat 35 mullets and 25 chickens for dinner, and they have Pinocchio pay for everything, stating [[BlatantLies they were so polite, they did not want to him offend him by not giving him the honor of paying the bill.]] And if that weren't enough for Pinocchio to see through, when they attack him in disguise later for his money, Pinocchio [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids cuts off the cat's paw]]. The next day, when Pinocchio sees the cat has lost his paw too, he [[TooDumbToLive does not put two and two together.]] So sadly, not realizing any of these useful warnings, he is tricked into burying his money in field of miracles, and while he goes to wait in the city, the two dig up his money and Pinocchio is robbed.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Green Fisherman. The whole part set in his cave where he tries to fry and eat Pinocchio sounds much like a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Fairy states this to be the case with Pinocchio when he [[spoiler: [[OnlyMostlyDead weeps over her grave.]]]] Noting that it means, in spite of his faults, he does a good heart and in that, he has a possible chance for redemption.

* ChekhovsGunman: In the belly of the Dogfish, Pinocchio meet a fatalist old tuna fish. [[spoiler: Later said tuna decided to imitate Pinocchio and escaped from the Dogfish' mouth and also helped Pinocchio and Geppetto to reach the coast.]]

-->"What brought you here, friend Geppetto?" "My legs".

* AdaptationalVillainy: Fire Eater AKA Mangiafuoco AKA Stromboli AKA Lorenzini, depending on the translation\adaption, is more of a Type V [[AntiHero Antihero]] than a villain in the book; although he is willing to kill any of the puppets and chop them up for firewood, he is easily moved to tears and shows Pinocchio kindness when he regrets his cruelty. He is almost always portrayed as far more evil in film, and has even become an iconic Disney villain.

* AntiHero: Pinocchio genuinely loves Gepetto and the Blue Fairy, but ''dear god'' is he a reckless irritant.

* BitchINSheepsClothing: The fox and the cat, and the coachman.

** Something about the color of his wig which looks like the same color of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta polenta]] (a typical italian pudding-like food made from maize flour).
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls Mastro Antonio Mastro Cherry because of his cherry-like nose.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are several hints that the fox and the cat are [[BitchINSheepsClothing not the kind hearted crippled philanthropists they seem to be]] before they steal Pinocchio's money. Like when they tell Pinocchio that education and studying is how they became cripled. And when they arrive at the inn on their way to the field of miracles (a non existent field the two made up where money grows on trees) to have bite to eat and rest (the real reason being as a place they could lose Pinocchio, in order to attack him in disguise later) , they narrator states that they were very sick and could only eat 35 mullets and 25 chickens for dinner, and they have Pinocchio pay for everything, stating [[BlatantLies they were so polite, they did not want to him offend him by not giving him the honor of paying the bill.]] And if that weren't enough for Pinocchio to see through, when they attack him in disguise later for his money, Pinocchio [[WhatDOyouMEANitsforkids cuts off the cats paw]]. The next day, when Pinocchio sees the cat has lost his paw too, he [[TooDumbToLive does not put two and two together.]] So sadly, not realizing any of these useful warnings, he is tricked into burying his money in field of miracles, and while he goes to wait in the city, the two dig up his money and Pinocchio is robbed.

** As Pinocchio, The Fox and The Cat are all punished at different stages of the book for their varying levels of wickedness, and the good characters (eg Geppetto, The Fairy, The Talking Cricket, and sometimes Pinocchio as well) tend to be miraculously rewarded in the most unlikely ways, it may be a safe assumption that the villains of the book (none of which get any comeuppance except for the fox and the cat) are headed for trouble as well.

* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of the story [[spoiler: the Cat eventually got blind for real, and the Fox was forced to sell his own tail for a living and now they're both alone and miserable.]]

* OurFairiesAreDifferent - The Maiden is actually first seen as a ''living corpse''.
* ParentalSubstitute: The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair

* AntiHero: Type IV.

* Foreshadowing: There are several hints that the fox and the cat are [[BitchINSheepsClothing not the kind hearted crippled philanthropists they seem to be]] before they steal Pinocchio's money. Like when they tell Pinocchio that education and studying is how they became cripled. And when they arrive at the inn on their way to the field of miracles (a non existent field the two made up where money grows on trees) to have bite to eat and rest (the real reason being as a place they could lose Pinocchio, in order to attack him in disguise later) , they narrator states that they were very sick and could only eat 35 mullets and 25 chickens for dinner, and they have Pinocchio pay for everything, stating [[BlatantLies they were so polite, they did not want to him offend him by not giving him the honor of paying the bill.]] And if that weren't enough for Pinocchio to see through, when they attack him in disguise later for his money, Pinocchio [[WhatDOyouMEANitsforkids cuts off the cats paw]]. The next day, when Pinocchio sees the cat has lost his paw too, he [[TooDumbToLive does not put two and two together.]] So sadly, not realizing any of these useful warnings, he is tricked into burying his money in field of miracles, and while he goes to wait in the city, the two dig up his money and Pinocchio is robbed.