History Literature / TheAdventuresOfPinocchio

* MuggleInMageCustody: The relationship between Pinocchio and the Blue Fairy is of this kind. He lives with the Fairy in her house, she takes care of him, but when he misbehaves, she often resorts to {{Prank Punishment|s}} like making his nose grow for lying or giving him fake food.

In [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940,]] Creator/{{Disney}} made an animated film based on this story, simply called ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}.'' It scores somewhere between a 1 and a 2 on the SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification, 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.'' Since it's in the public domain, you can read it [[http://www.literaturepage.com/read/pinocchio.html here.]]

** 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.

* KarmicTransformantion: The Fairy tells Pinocchio that if he behaves himself and becomes a responsible person, he'll be transformed into a real boy. However, it can also go the other way: being naughty and reckless like the other children in the Land of Toys transforms Pinocchio into a real donkey.

* {{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 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 bites 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 the field of miracles, and while he goes to wait in the city, the two dig up his money and Pinocchio is robbed.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Land of Toys the Little Man takes Pinocchio, Lampwick and other children to is presented as a playground utopia where kids don't have to study and instead can indulge themselves and play all day long every day. It's all fine and dandy until three months into the lifestyle of this place transforms Pinocchio and the others into donkeys that are sold to workers and circuses, revealing it to be a horrible trap the Little Man set up to make a profit out of lazy children.

--> ''Pinocchio Finds In The Body Of The Dog-Fish.... Whom Does He Find? Read This Chapter And You Will Know''

* {{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 bites 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 the field of miracles, and while he goes to wait in the city, the two dig up his money and Pinocchio is robbed.

* IgnorantAboutFire: After getting a splash of water from a man who refused to give him food, Pinocchio return home and tries to dry and warm himself next to the brazier, and eventually falls asleep after putting his feet on the smoking ashes. [[GoneHorriblyRight it dries him up too well]] when the next morning to wakes up to find that his feet got burned.

* IgnorantAboutFire: The eponymous sentient puppet falls asleep with his feet right next to an open fire and they burn clean off.

** KarmicDeath: Lampwick dies as a donkey due to exhaustion.

* InnocentMeansNaive: An interesting example of this trope: while decidedly [[MrViceGuy not innocent]], Pinocchio is rather naïve, ably manipulated by the Fox and the Cat and others during his misadventures.

* HonestyAesop: The original book has Pinocchio punished with the growing nose, but it is not a real example, because the story doesn't punish Pinocchio universally when he lies.

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The Crow and the Owl, who for some reason are doctors.

** After Pinocchio is tricked into SkippingSchool by [[PoppyTallSyndrome envious classmates]] and barely makes it out alive, he is received in the Fairy's house with fake food as a punishment.

* {{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 bites 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.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Pinocchio is caught stealing food from a farmer, he's forced to work as a guard dog, replacing the one that had passed away the day before. He ends up proving to be much better at it.

In [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940,]] Creator/{{Disney}} made an animated film based on this story, simply called ''WesternAnimation/{{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.''

Since it's in the public domain, you can read it [[http://www.literaturepage.com/read/pinocchio.html here.]]

'''Tunny''': Neither I want to be digested, but I'm quite philosopher and I console myself by thinking that if one is born a tunny, it is more dignified to die underwater than under the oil.\\

* DisproportionateRetribution:
** 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 the 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]].

* 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 after three months of this lifestyle.