History Anime / PiccolinoNoBoken

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the book, the Dormouse who finds Pinocchio crying as he begins to turn into a donkey didn't [[BrutalHonesty sugarcoat the horrible experience he's about to go through]], and how he had no one blame for it except himself and his bad decisions. However, she was still fairly gentle while doing it, and felt genuinely sorry for him. The [[GenderFlip male]] [[AdaptationSpeciesChange guinea pig]] that serves the same rule here, however, is far more nasty towards Pinocchio, and gleefully mocks him about his fate before leaving the confused and terrified puppet to go through the agonizing transformation alone.

''Piccolino no Bouken'' is a 52 episode AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio''. It is done by Creator/NipponAnimation.

** The animal character that finds Pinocchio when he begins to transform into a donkey and informs him of [[BalefulPolymorph what is about to happen to him]] was a female dormouse in the book, but in this adaptation [[GenderFlip he's a male]] guinea pig.

** The animal character that finds Pinocchio when he begins to transform into a donkey and informs him of [[BalefulPolimorph what is about to happen to him]] was a female dormouse in the book, but in this adaptation [[GenderFlip he's a male]] guinea pig.

* BadassBeard: Mangiafuoco has a really long one.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: The Fox and the Cat.

* EvilVersusEvil: The Fox and the Cat don't have a good relationship with the weasels.

** The Fox and the Cat. They appear more, having some resemblances to [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} their Disney counterparts]], because they persuaded Pinocchio to skip school and sold him to Mangiafuoco. The duo cause problems to Pinocchio constantly.

See also Anime/MokkuOfTheOakTree, an earlier adaptaion of the story.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to earlier [[Anime/MokkuOfTheOakTree Tatsunoko adaptation]].

* RedHeadedHero: Pinocchio is redheaded in ths version.

* HomescholedKids: Pinocchio is homescholed by the Fairy.

* AdaptationExpansion: The story is larger. Subplotslike the Puppet theater were expanded and there is some slice of life atmosphere.

** Downplayed with Pinocchio. He has the mischievous and bratty traits of his literary counterpart and even his misbehaviour is often a matter of disucssion, but showed his nice side earler, before the Fairy's supposed death.

** The Fox and the Cat. They appear more, having some resemblances to [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} their Disney counterparts]], because they persuaded Pinocchio to skip school and sold him to Mangiafuoco.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Pinocchio, of course. Also Mangiafuoco, because he sympathized with Pinocchio even if he kept threatening him.

* NonIronicClown: Mangiafuoco's coachman is a friendly clown. He was nice to Pinocchio.
* PinocchioNose: His nose grows when he tells many lies in an impudent way. It needs to be cut by woodpeckers.

** Downplayed with Pinocchio. He has the mischievous and bratty traits of his literary counterpart and even it's commented that he, but showed his nice side earlier.

* WretchedHive: The Land of Dunces. There, the people live in a way where they have to effort as less as possible. The Fairy told him that she will send him there if he becomes lazy. He wrongly believes that it's a good place to live, and the Fairy proves him wrong sending him there.

** The Fox and the Cat tells Pinocchio that a poor group of weasels are being tormented by the wicked Melampo and an evil man. It turns it's actually the other way, and Pinocchio was helping to stealers, and Melampo and the farmer were good! He didn't realice the truth until the encounter with them.

''Piccolino no Bouken'' is a 52 episode AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' by Creator/NipponAnimation.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Pinocchio wanted to go to the Land of Dunces because there you don't make a lot of effort. When he is sent there, he is frightened by the lifestyle.

* CanonForeigner: Rocco, Giulietta and the members of Mangiafuoco's theater weren't in the book.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Melampo was still alive in the subplot of the Farmer vs. the weasels.
* TakeAThirdOption: The weasels blackmailed Pinocchio with eating gina if he warned the farmer. Then, if Pinocchio or Melampo barked, the weasels would attack Gina, and it's inmoral to let the weasels steal the hens. Then, Pinocchio decides to cut off his chain and attack the weasels, but Melampo's teeth are too weak to break the chain (he is an old dog). Then, Gina struggled to bring a cutting tool, and succeeds. Pinocchio fought the weasels, Melampo barked and the farmer learnt that Pinocchio wasn't an accomplice of the hens.
* WretchedHive: The Land of Dunces (not confund it with the Land Of Toys). There, the people live in a way where they have to effort as less as possible. The Fairy told him that she will send him there if he becomes lazy. He wrongly believes that it's a good place to live, and the Fairy proves him wrong sending him there.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The Cricket's role is now given to a duckling called Gina. A woodpecker called Rocco also does some of the conscience of Pinocchio.

* CanonForeigner: Rocco and Giulietta weren't in the book.

%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero
%%* PinocchioNose

* CanonForeigner: Roccoa and Giulietta weren't in the book.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Pinocchio, of course. Also Mangiafuoco, because he sympathized with Pinocchio even if he kept threatening him.