History Anime / MokkuOfTheOakTree

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: In episode 51 the wheelchair-bound girl Pinocchio befriends miraculously stands up and walks though sheer HeroicWillpower to try stop the evil Commander from taking Pinocchio away. The priest tries to argue that Pinocchio can't be a demonic creature if he caused such miracle to the girl, but the Commander opts for an IgnoredEpiphany and doesn't let go of his KnightTemplar attitude.

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: In episode 51 the wheelchair-bound girl Pinocchio befriends miraculously stands up and walks though sheer HeroicWillpower to try stop the evil Commander from taking Pinocchio away. The priest tries to argue that Pinocchio can't be a cursed if he caused such miracle to the girl, but the Commander opts for an IgnoredEpiphany and doesn't let go of his KnightTemplar attitude.

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: In episode 51 the wheelchair-bound girl Pinocchio befriends miraculously stands up and walks though sheer HeroicWillpower to try top the evil Commander from taking Pinocchio away. The priest tries to argue that Pinocchio can't be a cursed if he caused such miracle to the girl, but the Commander opts for an IgnoredEpiphany and doesn't let go of his KnightTemplar attitude.

* KnightTemplar: The soldiers who are hunting down Pinocchio and Geppetto believing Geppetto to be a sorcerer and Pinocchio to be some kind of demon. They don't even relent when they clearly see Pinocchio helping others in the town.

* HeroicSacrifice: Barely averted in several episodes including episode 44 when he offers to let a group of children he's stranded in a blizzard with burn him, episode 50 when he tells the fire monster to punish him and let Geppetto & Gina live, Episode 51 when he offers to let the army take him if they'll let a wheelchair-bound girl keep her dolls

* AntiHero: Although he recognizes the error of his ways (especially when they [[LaserGuidedKarma backfire on him]]), Pinocchio is prone to initially act very selfishly in his desire to become a real boy or some other goal. For example he threatens the mermaid he freed to alert her RepulsiveRingmaster while they're hiding is she doesn't help him become human, and subjects a baby crow to the same treatment if he won't gain the power of flying from the Crow King as a reward for rescuing him.

** Downplayed with the Mermaid from episodes 24 & 25, who lied to Pinocchio to get him to help her, but mostly did so because she was worried he wouldn't help her if he knew what he wanted was impossible.

** Similarly, in episode 37, Pinocchio [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes a big jerk]] due to the richness he has with his diamonds (which he received in the previous episode as a gift for saving the day), becoming so hedonistic and heartless he buys a whole manor for himself right in front of a man and his children that were about to purchase the place to make it into an orphanage, refusing to free a pet baby vulture despite him doing what he asked and accidentally having Geppetto rejected from his villa. [[spoiler: Sneeroff steals Pinocchio's diamonds, sets the villa ablaze to [[KillItWithFire burn him alive]], the helpless baby vulture dies, CueTheRain, Pinocchio's coachman abandons him, in the uncut version the orphans return and have their revenge on Pinocchio by throwing rocks at him, and then the episode ends on the mother of all {{Hope Spot}}s when Pinocchio and Geppetto's reunion is cut short by the baby vulture's vengeful father snatching Pinocchio and [[DisneyVillainDeath dropping him into a bottomless pit]] in the desert for letting his son die]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Pinocchio get this in an episode when he is forced to be adopted by a Nobleman and becomes the Prince, but becomes a huge {{Jerkass}} to his servants and randomly riding down any person who gets in his way, laughing at the horror, indignity and danger inflicted upon others for his personal amusement. But then gets punished by the blue fairy and turns his nose into a tree. And his stepfather who could not stop laughing at Pinocchio kicks him out, and the people he tormented come back to plan on killing him [[spoiler:but is saved by his real father]].

* SeaMonster: More than one show up throughout the show.

** Another example is episode 37, where Pinocchio uses the diamonds he received in the previous episode to enjoy a lavish lifestyle, again adopting an arrogant attitude and antagonising others for his amusement (this time without the negative relationship he had with the people of his home town). He also buys a house that was about to be purchased as an orphanage, puts off freeing a baby vulture who has giving him advice, waves off a traveling carpenter as being a beggar (not realising it's his father), and finally when his house catches fire he runs away without saving the baby vulture. He never backslides anywhere near this badly after this episode.

* WhipItGood: Puppet Master Sneeroff's preferred method of intimidating his victims.

* WouldHurtAChild: It's all over this series.

* KidsAreCruel: Many kids often pick on Pinocchio in the beginning of the show.

* MarionetteMaster: Pinocchio ends up being this, ironically enough, during the climax of magical violin the story arc when he plays the violin to summons an indestructible army of life-sized toy soldiers that defeat the evil General.

* PunnyName: In the Japanese version his name is Mokku, derived from "Moku" meaning wood

* BlackHumor: When the show isn't trying to scar children's minds, its darkness is used as a source of humor. For example, in the ending of episode 21 Pinocchio innocently mistakes the skeleton of a pirate for a puppet, and proceeds to have a prolonged dance scene with it in front of a staggered Geppetto and the other people present.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Similar to the Disney movie and the Russian Buratino, the Puppet Master is depicted as a villain instead of being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who sympathizes with Pinocchio and gives him money for his father. His incarnation in this anime, called "Sneeroff" in the Saban dub (Zampino in the Harmony Gold dub), is arguably the cruelest and most evil take on the character, so much so that he's a recurring villain.

* MessianicArchetype: On top of having several CrucifiedHeroShot moments, Pinocchio gets this especially in Episode 48 when he [[HeroicSacrifice throws himself]] into a demonic Kraken to save the others, and a magical cross actually appears on top of Pinocchio, horrifying and killing the beast.

* MessianicArchetype: On top of having several CrucifiedHeroShot moments, Pinocchio gets this especially in Episode 48 when he [[HeroicSacrifice throws himself]] into a demonic Kraken to save the others, a magical cross actually appears on top of Pinocchio which ends up horrifying and killing the beast.

* HonorBeforeReason: There are a few examples, such as in episode 31 when Geppetto refuses to eat the bread Charlie brought him after learning it's stolen and demands he return it What makes it this is that the bread was a day old, and Charlie (a mouse) dragged all over town.

** The Poppy Witch in episode 8, who disguises herself as a beautiful girl and lures Pinocchio into Pleasure Land in order to change him back to inanimate wood, ''just because she and the Blue Fairy are enemies''.

* [[{{FurryReminder}} ToyReminder]]: A rare example of this being applied to a Level 4 LivingToy, there are times when parts of him get damaged but are easily replaced, except episode 15 where his leg is infested with termites and the replacement doesn't work without the fairy's magic.

* BecomeARealBoy: He's fine for the first day or so, then he's sold to a puppeteer and learns how toys are treated, then it hits him like a ton of bricks and spends the rest of the series trying to become human and jumps on pretty much anything that could potentially do it.

* BecomeARealBoy: As in most adaptions.

* PinocchioSyndrome: He's fine for the first day or so, then he's sold to a puppeteer and learns how toys are treated, then it hits him like a ton of bricks and spends the rest of the series trying to become human and jumps on pretty much anything that could potentially do it.