History Literature / TheAdventuresOfPinocchio

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

* {{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 eat and rest (the real reason being as a place they could lose Pinocchio, in order to attack him in disguise later), the narrator states that they were very sick and could only eat 35 mullets and 25 chickens for dinner, and leave Pinocchio to pay for it all (under the excuse that [[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 her 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 the field of miracles, and while he goes to wait in the city, the two dig up his money and Pinocchio is robbed.

--> "Centuries ago there lived... 'A king!' my little readers will cry immediately. No, children, you are mistaken. Once upon a time, there was a piece of wood."

* LivingToys: Not quite this trope but it's close enough.

* TookALevelInKindness: By the time Pinocchio is finally reunited with his father and escapes the Terrible Dogfish, he has grown out of his bratty traits by taking good care of his sick father, working at a mill to get a glass of milk for him every day and studying in his spare time. Pinocchio gains some money by selling straw baskets he built, which he hands over to the Blue Fairy's snail-maid the moment she informs him that she's also sick.

* TookALevelInKindness: By the time Pinocchio is finally reunited with his father and escapes the Terrible Dogfish, he has grown out of his bratty traits by taking good care of his sick father, working at a mill to get a glass of milk for him every day and studying in his spare time. Pinocchio gains some money by selling some baskets he built, which he hands over to the Blue Fairy's snail-maid the moment she informs him that she's also sick.

* OffingTheAnnoyance: The Talking Cricket rebukes Pinocchio for his misbehaving attitude, saying that it brings bad consequences. Pinocchio gets angry and, after the Cricket tells him that he pities him for having a wooden head, Pinocchio angrily throws him a mallet, crushing him. The Cricket gets better.

* DreamSequence: Two, actually. In the first one while taking a nap at the Red Lobster Inn, Pinocchio dreams about running through a vineyard of plants loaded with gold coins that he believes he'll grow after following the Fox and the Cat's instructions. The second one is towards the end, when the Blue Fairy meets Pinocchio in his dream for the last time congratulating him for his accomplishments before he wakes up as a real boy in a cozy house.

* DreamSequence: Two, actually. In the first one while taking a nap at the Red Lobster Inn, Pinocchio dreams about the tree loaded with gold coins that he'll get after following the Fox and the Cat's instructions. The second one is towards the end, when the Blue Fairy meets Pinocchio in his dream for the last time congratulating him for his accomplishments before he wakes up as a real boy in a cozy house.

* MundaneFantastic: In a world of talking animals, fairies and sea monsters, Pinocchio being a living puppet isn't treated like something reality-shattering by the other characters, considering that Mangiafuoco's puppets are also alive. Mastro Cherry is the only who has a vaguely realistic reaction at an enchanted wood stump that whines like a hurt child, while Geppetto is annoyed by Pinocchio giving signs of life while being carved instead of freaking about the puppet being alive.

* MundaneFantastic: In a world of talking animals, fairies and sea monsters, Pinocchio being a living puppet isn't treated like something reality-shattering by the other characters. Mastro Cherry is the only who has a vaguely realistic reaction at an enchanted wood stump that whines like a hurt child, while Geppetto regards Pinocchio giving signs of life while being carved as an annoyance instead of freaking about his puppet being alive.

* MundaneFantastic: In a world of talking animals, fairies and sea monsters, Pinocchio being a living puppet isn't treated like something reality-shattering by the other characters. Master Cherry is the only who has a vaguely realistic reaction at an enchanted wood stump that whines like a hurt child, while Geppetto regards Pinocchio giving signs of life while being carved as an annoyance instead of freaking about his puppet being alive.

* MundaneFantastic: In a world of talking animals, fairies and sea monsters, Pinocchio being a living puppet isn't treated like something reality-shattering by the other characters. Master Cherry is the only who has a realistic reaction at an enchanted wood stump that whines like a hurt child, while Geppetto treats Pinocchio giving signs of life while being carved an annoyance instead of freaking about his puppet being alive.

* MundaneFantastic: In a world of talking animals, fairies and sea monsters, Pinocchio being a living puppet isn't treated like something reality-shattering by the other characters.

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

In [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940,]] Creator/{{Disney}} made an animated film based on this story, simply called ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}.'' It scores somewhere between a 1 and a 2 on the sliding scale of adaptation modification, retaining only a handful of characters (but altering the personalities of most of them drastically) and a few basic plot elements. In 1936, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy published his retelling of the ''Pinocchio'' story in the Soviet Union called ''The Golden Key.''

--> "Once upon a time... There was a king! No, there was a piece of wood."

* TallPoppySyndrome: As you know, the Blue Fairy promised him he'd become a real boy if he's always well-behaved and gets good grades in school. Then one day, the other boys tell him that the monster whale was seen near their place, and that they should skip school to look for it. Pinocchio hesitates, but then decides to join them because he cares about Geppetto. When they go to the sea, no whale. Pinocchio gets suspicious, and wants to know what's going on. Then, the other boys tell him, that they'll look bad if he's an A-student, but if everyone in class was as lazy as they are, they'd be just average.

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

* PlatonicKissing: Pinocchio isn't shy from giving affectionate kisses not only to Geppetto, but also to Mangiafuoco, his marionettes and the tuna who takes him and Geppetto to shore after escaping the Terrible Dogfish as well. The tuna is even moved to tears by Pinocchio's kiss.

* Lizard Folk: {{Invoked|Trope}} with the Green Fisherman, who is described being ugly to the point of resembling a giant green lizard standing up on its hind legs.

* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Maiden is actually first seen as a ''living corpse.'' Then she appears as a little girl, then seems to die [[KilledOffForReal for real]], but reappears later as a grown woman.

** Pinocchio cries in pain when his foot gets caught by the trap placed in the grape field, despite the fact that previously he could sleep in peace despite his feet catching fire and burning.

** Although Pinocchio is being a jerk a lot of the time when things go wrong for him, there is at least one instance where his comeuppance seems far from reasonable: [[spoiler: after promising to go to school and work, Pinocchio is targeted by a group of jealous classmates who tell him that Terrible Dogfish that swallowed his father is in the local harbor. The other boys egg him on, telling him to bunk school and come to see it. He refuses, saying he will go after school. When they tell him that the beast will be gone by then, he agrees to miss one day of school to see the creature that swallowed his father. The boys turned out to have tricked him, and of course Pinocchio gets into a fight, is arrested for knocking out a kid he didn't hit in the fight, and lands up in another series of misadventures, including being almost fried by an ogre-like Fisherman]].

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: At one point, Pinocchio finds a huge snake with smoke coming out of its tail blocking the path. Pinocchio can't get past it, but he falls down and gets stuck in the road... The snake, after seeing the funny scene of Pinocchio's legs sticking out of the road, thrashing wildly, literally [[DieLaughing laughs itself to death.]]

* PlatonicKissing: Pinocchio isn't shy of giving affectionate kisses not only to Geppetto, but also to Mangiafuoco, his marionettes and the tuna who takes him and Geppetto to shore after escaping the Terrible Dogfish. The tuna is even moved to tears by Pinocchio's kiss.

* DeathOfAChild: Pinocchio's friend Candlewick dies as a donkey as a result of exhaustion and the injuries inflicted by his master, and who knows how many children suffered similar fates in The Land Of Toys.

** Although Pinocchio is being a jerk a lot of the time when things go wrong for him, there is at least one instance where his comeuppance seems far from reasonable: [[spoiler: after promising to go to school and work, Pinocchio is informed that the monster that swallowed his father is in the local harbor. The other boys egg him on, telling him to bunk school and come to see it. He refuses, saying he will go after school. When they tell him that the beast will be gone by then, he agrees to miss one day of school to see the creature that swallowed his father. The boys turned out to have tricked him, and of course Pinocchio gets into a fight, is arrested for knocking out a kid he didn't hit in the fight, and lands up in another series of misadventures, including being almost fried by an ogre-like Fisherman]] Perhaps if things hadn't gone so badly he would have continued bunking school, though.

* DitzyGenius: Pinocchio. He is awesome in school, but he is an HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.

* FurryConfusion: It is mentioned that Geppetto owns a pet cat, but one of the con men trying to trick Pinocchio is an anthropomorphic cat.

* MakeUsEven: After being framed for knocking a kid unconscious in a fight, Pinocchio is chased by a police dog named Alidoro, who almost drowns when attempting to follow Pinocchio at sea. Pinocchio decides to rescue him and Alidoro allows him to escape. When Pinocchio is captured shortly after by the Green Fisherman, Alidoro returns the favor and saves Pinocchio.

* PickyEater: Pinocchio is initially this, demanding to have the pears Geppetto brought him peeled so he can eat them. However, it doesn't take long for Pinocchio's hunger to make him grow out of it and eat the peels as well.