History TearJerker / GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio

* A minor bummer is Mussolini ordering the circus to be burnt down in reaction to Pinocchio's mockery of him. Count Volpe's carnival averts being a CircusOfFear as everyone else working for him are not seen partaking in any criminal or abusive actions towards Pinocchio or Spazzatura, thus all those honest circus workers have lost their jobs, possibly their own wagons and, if they have mercifully not been imprisoned or blacklisted, will have a hard time making it through the war.

* A minor bummer is Mussolini ordering the circus to be burnt down in reaction to Pinocchio's mockery of him. Count Volpe's carnival averts being a CircusOfFear as everyone else working for him are not seen partaking in any criminal or abusive actions towards Pinocchio or Spazzatura, thus all those honest circus workers have lost their job, possibly their own wagons and, if they have mercifully not been imprisoned or blacklisted, will have a hard time making it through the war.

** Even much more depressing is that we never know what happened to Candlewick following the Podestà's death. Sure, Candlewick (along with several child soldiers) did manage to escape the explosion that killed his father as he is last seen trying to search for Pinocchio, but they are still likely to perish from the subsequent explosions caused by the Allied bombs, and there is no indication whether there would be a slight possibility of Candlewick and the child soldiers escape back to their homes or not.

* Geppetto trying to wake up Pinocchio after escaping from the Dogfish, as he assumes that he would resurrect like the previous times, not knowing that at that point he gave up his own immortality to save him from drowning, until a distraught Wood Sprite points it out.

* Pinocchio and Geppetto’s fight in the forest. It reaches to the boiling point when Geppetto angrily asks him [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent why he couldn’t be like Carlo]], to which Pinocchio responds that [[ArmorPiercingResponse it’s because he’s not Carlo, and doesn’t want to be like his son]], ''[[ArmorPiercingResponse especially because he's dead]]''. Geppetto dismisses Pinocchio’s pleas to be treated as his own person, to the point of telling him that he’s “such a burden". Pinocchio’s left understandably hurt by this statement, so he decides to run away and join Volpe’s circus to provide money for his father and be loved by Geppetto.

* Although it's played to a heartwarming degree, the ending has Pinocchio gradually watch as his loved ones die of old age, first Geppetto then Sebastian and lastly, Spazzatura. Granted he's made peace with this and will eventually die, it's sobering to think on how long it will be before he reunites with them all.

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** Prefacing this, Pinocchio boasts about how, if not Count Volpe's offer to join the circus, he's thinking of taking up the Podestà's offer to be a ChildSoldier, and fight in war. To this, Geppetto wastes ''no time'' turning down this rather terrible idea, broken-heartedly telling Pinocchio that [[WarIsHell war is the very reason he lost Carlo]].
* The entirety of the "Ciao Papa" scene. Pinocchio has joined the circus to provide for Geppetto and make up for his past misdeeds, but as he performs we constantly cut to Geppetto being miserable and trying to reach the circus to get his son back, which united with Volpe being a greedy bastard that doesn't even send Geppetto the few coins he leaves as payment, highlights how Pinocchio running away was AllForNothing.

* Right off the bat, the DownerBeginning with Geppetto witnessing Carlo die a violent death by bombing. Even worse is that he had managed to see the danger ahead and almost managed to get his son to safety before either knew, but by the time he realized his son had gone back for a pinecone he dropped, and he is helpless to save him when a bomb falls on the church and takes Carlo's life.

** To rub salt in the wound, [[NothingPersonal it wasn't even a calculated attack]]. The plane was just lightening its load. And either the pilot was that oblivious or there just wasn't any care at all about the people below. That's war for you...

** Prefacing this, Pinocchio boasts about how, if not Count Volpe's offer to join the circus, he's thinking of taking up the Podesta's offer to be a ChildSoldier, and fight in war. To this, Geppetto wastes ''no time'' turning down this rather terrible idea, broken-heartedly telling Pinocchio that [[WarIsHell war is the very reason he lost Carlo]].

* The Podesta [[IHaveNoSon disowning]] Candlewick when the latter refuses to shoot Pinocchio. Even though he's not a good father, one can't help but feel bad that the only father-figure Candlewick has ever known not only disowned him, but is also killed by bombing shortly after. The sad part is, unlike Pinocchio and Geppetto (who got their reconciliation), fate has seen to it that even if he wanted to, the Podesta will ''never'' reconcile with Candlewick.

* Death (remarking on the fragile nature of life): "Every last moment with your loved ones ''could be your last''."

* Pinocchio and Geppetto’s fight in the forest. It reaches to the boiling point when Geppetto angrily asks him [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent why he couldn’t be like Carlo]], to which Pinocchio responds that [[ArmorPiercingResponse it’s because he’s not Carlo, and doesn’t want to be like his son]], ''[[ArmorPiercingResponse especially because he's dead]]''. Geppetto dismisses Pinocchio’s pleas to be treated as his own person, to the point of telling him that "he's such a burden". Pinocchio is left understandably hurt by this statement, so he decides to run away and join Volpe’s circus to provide money for his father and be loved by Geppetto.

* Death remarking on the fragile nature of life: "Every last moment with your loved ones ''could be your last''."

* A minor bummer is the Mussolini ordering the circus to be burnt down in reaction to Pinocchio's mockery of him. Count Volpe's carnival averts being a CircusOfFear as everyone else working for him are not seen partaking in any criminal or abusive actions towards Pinocchio or Spazzatura, thus all those honest circus workers have lost their job, possibly their own wagons and, if they have mercifully not been imprisoned or blacklisted, will have a hard time making it through the war.

* Pinocchio asking Geppetto why the same people who love and even revere a wooden statue of Christ dislike him, even though he too is a likeness of a person built from wood.

** To rub salt in the wound, [[ItsNothingPersonal it wasn't even a calculated attack]]. The plane was just lightening its load. And either the pilot was that oblivious or there just wasn't any care at all about the people below. That's war for you...

** To rub salt in the wound, it wasn't even a calculated attack. The plane was just lightening its load. And either the pilot was that oblivious or there just wasn't any care at all about the people below. That's war for you...

* [[spoiler: Death remarking on the fragile nature of life: "Every last moment with your loved ones ''could be your last''."]]

* Although it's played to a heartwarming degree, [[spoiler: the ending has Pinocchio gradually watch as his loved ones die of old age, first Geppetto then Sebastian and lastly, Spazzatura. Granted he's made peace with this and will eventually die, it's sobering to think on how long it will be before he reunites with them all.]]

* The entirety of the "Ciao Papa" scene. Pinocchio has joined the circus to provide for Geppetto and make up for his past misdeeds, but as he performs we constantly cut to Geppetto being miserable and trying to reach the circus to get his son back, which united with Volpe being a greedy bastard that doesn't even send Geppetto the few coins he leaves as payment, highlights how Pinocchio running away to join the circus was AllForNothing.