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* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Vampire Geppetto]] in the first arc.

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* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Vampire Geppetto]] in the first arc.arc, although [[spoiler: Vlad]] is the one who is orchestrating everything happening in the story.
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Pinocchio Syndrome has been merged with Become A Real Boy; ZC Es are removed


* PinocchioSyndrome: The Trope Namer.
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* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent:
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When Pinocchio's father Geppetto is killed by a group of vampires, Pinocchio has made it his goal to destroy all the vampires in the world. Meanwhile, the vampires are trying to take over the world and enslave all of mankind and the only one who could defeat the vampires is Pinocchio himself as his wooden nose is capable of killing vampires.

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When Pinocchio's father Geppetto is killed by a group of vampires, Pinocchio has made makes it his goal to destroy all the vampires in the world. Meanwhile, the vampires are trying to take over the world and enslave all of mankind and the only one who could defeat the vampires is Pinocchio himself himself, as his wooden nose is capable of killing vampires.
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* MrFanservice : Pinocchio as a human boy.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The Fox and the Cat make a comeback in this story as being Vlad’s servants.
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** Columbina and Isabella could count.
* AfroAsskicker: Harlequin.
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** BiggerBad: Vlad who is responsible for the vampires attacking the world.
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* SupernaturalAid:

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* SupernaturalAid:SupernaturalAid: The Blue Fairy, [[spoiler:until she exhausts her magic]].



* YouCanAlwaysTellALiar: Pinocchio's nose growing might give him a weapon against the vampires, but it has the disadvantage that he can't even lie to make his allies feel better during a pitched battle (one puppet asks him to avoid the "strategically demoralising lies").

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* YouCanAlwaysTellALiar: Pinocchio's nose growing might give him a weapon against the vampires, but it has the disadvantage that he can't even lie to make his allies feel better during a pitched battle (one puppet asks him to avoid the "strategically demoralising lies"). It even detects 'lies' that Pinocchio intended to be true; when he said that he would kill all the vampires he came across, his nose grew even though he did intend to go through with that vow, but subsequently concedes that he'll probably just maim some of them as he'll be fighting with allies.
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* YouCanAlwaysTellALiar: Pinocchio's nose growing might give him a weapon against the vampires, but it has the disadvantage that he can't even lie to make his allies feel better during a pitched battle.

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* YouCanAlwaysTellALiar: Pinocchio's nose growing might give him a weapon against the vampires, but it has the disadvantage that he can't even lie to make his allies feel better during a pitched battle.battle (one puppet asks him to avoid the "strategically demoralising lies").

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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler: When Pinocchio stakes Vlad, it undoes the dark magic tying his minions to him and animating them, causing them all to fall]].



* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Pinocchio's ability to make his nose grow when lying might appear of limited use, but it gives him an automatic armoury of stakes to use against the vampires, and he later [[spoiler:uses it to vault himself over a wall by making his nose long enough to use as a pole]].
* YouCanAlwaysTellALiar: Pinocchio's nose growing might give him a weapon against the vampires, but it has the disadvantage that he can't even lie to make his allies feel better during a pitched battle.

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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Pinocchio's ability to make his nose grow when lying might appear of limited use, but it gives him an automatic armoury armory of stakes to use against the vampires, and he later [[spoiler:uses it to vault himself over a wall by making his nose long enough to use as a pole]].
* YouCanAlwaysTellALiar: Pinocchio's nose growing might give him a weapon against the vampires, but it has the disadvantage that he can't even lie to make his allies feel better during a pitched battle.battle.
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* MysteriousPast: The original tale never conclusively revealed how or why Pinocchio came to life; Book Four reveals that [[spoiler:he and the other living puppets were victims of Vlad's back when he was human, with their blood leaking into the woods below Vlad's palace after he killed them until they essentially manifested from the trees when they were carved into puppets]].



* UnknownPast: The original tale never conclusively revealed how or why Pinocchio came to life; Book Four reveals that [[spoiler:he and the other living puppets were victims of Vlad's back when he was human, with their blood leaking into the woods below Vlad's palace after he killed them until they essentially manifested from the trees when they were carved into puppets]].

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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Book Two opens with [[spoiler:Master Cherry, who assisted against the vampires in the first book, having become a vampire himself, although he tries to fight his vampire nature to help Pinocchio and his allies]].



* CoolOldGuy: Cherry assisted Pinocchio in his vampire slaying, [[spoiler: up until he ends up turning into a vampire and is then killed by Pinocchio afterwards.]]

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* CoolOldGuy: Cherry assisted Pinocchio in his vampire slaying, [[spoiler: up until he ends up turning into a vampire and is then killed by Pinocchio afterwards.]]afterwards]].



* LukeIAmYourFather: It turns out that the BigBad of the first arc is none other than [[spoiler: A Vampire Geppetto and later on, he tries to convince Pinocchio that he is his father. This only causes Pinocchio's nose to grow when he yells out that the vampire is not his father and his nose ends up staking Geppetto.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A tragic example happens when [[spoiler: Pinocchio accidentally stakes Geppetto, who was transformed into a vampire at that point, when the vampire claimed that he was Geppetto and Pinocchio yells out that he is not his father, causing his nose to grow and stake Geppetto.]]

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* LukeIAmYourFather: It turns out that the BigBad of the first arc is none other than [[spoiler: A Vampire [[spoiler:a vampire Geppetto and later on, he tries to convince Pinocchio that he is his father. This only causes Pinocchio's nose to grow when he yells out that the vampire is not his father and his nose ends up staking Geppetto.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A tragic example happens when [[spoiler: Pinocchio accidentally stakes Geppetto, who was transformed into a vampire at that point, when the vampire claimed that he was Geppetto and Pinocchio yells out that he is not his father, causing his nose to grow and stake Geppetto.]]Geppetto]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Blue Fairy basically does this when [[spoiler:she turns Pinocchio into a human, depriving them of their best weapon against the vampires]].



**Also happens to Carlotta as the story progresses.

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**Also ** Also happens to Carlotta as the story progresses.progresses.
* UnknownPast: The original tale never conclusively revealed how or why Pinocchio came to life; Book Four reveals that [[spoiler:he and the other living puppets were victims of Vlad's back when he was human, with their blood leaking into the woods below Vlad's palace after he killed them until they essentially manifested from the trees when they were carved into puppets]].
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Pinocchio's ability to make his nose grow when lying might appear of limited use, but it gives him an automatic armoury of stakes to use against the vampires, and he later [[spoiler:uses it to vault himself over a wall by making his nose long enough to use as a pole]].
* YouCanAlwaysTellALiar: Pinocchio's nose growing might give him a weapon against the vampires, but it has the disadvantage that he can't even lie to make his allies feel better during a pitched battle.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: It turns out that the BigBad of the first arc is none other than [[spoiler: A Vampire Geppetto and later on, he tries to convince Pinocchio that he is his father. This only causes Pinocchio's nose to grow when he yells out that the vampire is not his father and his nose ends up staking Geppetto.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A tragic example happens when [[spoiler: Pinocchio accidentally stakes Geppetto, who was transformed into a vampire at that point, when the vampire claimed that he was Geppetto and Pinocchio yells out that he is not his father, causing his nose to grow and stake Geppetto.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: [[spoiler: Pinocchio is transformed back into a tree by the end of the story.

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* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: [[spoiler: Pinocchio is transformed back into a tree by the end of the story.]]

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As the title suggests, this comic book was inspired by ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.



* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the story, [[spoiler: Gepetto, Master Cherry, the Blue Fairy, most of Fire Eater's puppets and eventually Pinocchio himself, all die.]]



* HeroicSacrifice

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* HeroicSacrificeDarkerAndEdgier: More so than the original story as Pinocchio is fighting vampires and by the end of the story [[spoiler: half of the cast dies.]]
* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: [[spoiler: Pinocchio is transformed back into a tree by the end of the story.

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* ActionGirl: Carlotta becomes this as the story goes on.

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* ActionGirl: Carlotta becomes this as the story goes on.one in later chapters.



* BigBad: Vlad, who started most of the conflict in this story.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Pinocchio defeats the big bad Vlad, but he ends up turning into the very tree where he was cut from and has to say goodbye to Carlotta.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: The scene where Pinocchio suddenly started ripping off his human skin off of his puppet body.]]
* BuffySpeak: Well, this was inspired by “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
* CatsAreMean
* CoolOldGuy: Cherry assisted Pinocchio in his vampire slaying, [[spoiler: up until he ends up turning into a vampire and is then killed afterwards.]]

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* BigBad: Vlad, [[spoiler: The Vampire Geppetto]] in the first arc.
**BiggerBad: Vlad
who started most of is responsible for the conflict in this story.
vampires attacking the world.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Pinocchio defeats the big bad Vlad, but he ends up turning into the very tree where he was cut from and has to say goodbye to Carlotta.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: The scene where After Pinocchio suddenly started is turned into a real boy, he later on realizes that he needs to become a puppet again to defeat the vampires and he transforms back into a puppet by ripping off his human skin off skin, to the shock and disgust of his puppet body.everyone around him.]]
* BuffySpeak: Well, Has its moments, since this was inspired by “Buffy ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* CatsAreMean: The Cat, along with
the Vampire Slayer.”
* CatsAreMean
Fox, who work for the vampires in this story.
* CoolOldGuy: Cherry assisted Pinocchio in his vampire slaying, [[spoiler: up until he ends up turning into a vampire and is then killed by Pinocchio afterwards.]]
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Action Girl: Carlotta becomes this as the story goes on.
Animate Inanimate Object:
Big Bad: Vlad, who started most of the conflict of this story.
Bittersweet Ending: Pinocchio defeats the big bad Vlad, but he ends up turning into the very tree where he was cut from and has to say goodbye to Carlotta.
Body Horror: The scene where Pinocchio suddenly started ripping off his human skin off of his puppet body.
Buffy Speak: Well, this was inspired by “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
Cats Are Mean:
Cool Old Guy: Cherry assisted Pinocchio in his vampire slaying, up until he ends up turning into a vampire and is then killed afterwards.
Heroic Sacrifice:
Oh, Crap:
Pinocchio Nose: Which is also used to stake vampires!
Pinocchio Syndrome: The Trope Namer.
Protagonist Title
Supernatural Aid:
Those Two Bad Guys: The Fox and the Cat make a comeback in this story as being Vlad’s servants.
Took a Level in Badass: Pinocchio in this story as he is shown slaying vampires left and right.
Also happens to Carlotta as the story progresses.

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Action Girl: * ActionGirl: Carlotta becomes this as the story goes on.
Animate Inanimate Object:
Big Bad:
* AnimateInanimateObject: Pinocchio himself.
* BigBad:
Vlad, who started most of the conflict of in this story.
Bittersweet Ending: * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Pinocchio defeats the big bad Vlad, but he ends up turning into the very tree where he was cut from and has to say goodbye to Carlotta.
Body Horror:
Carlotta.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:
The scene where Pinocchio suddenly started ripping off his human skin off of his puppet body.
Buffy Speak:
body.]]
* BuffySpeak:
Well, this was inspired by “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
Cats Are Mean:
Cool Old Guy:
* CatsAreMean
* CoolOldGuy:
Cherry assisted Pinocchio in his vampire slaying, [[spoiler: up until he ends up turning into a vampire and is then killed afterwards.
Heroic Sacrifice:
Oh, Crap:
Pinocchio Nose:
afterwards.]]
* HeroicSacrifice
* OhCrap
* PinocchioNose:
Which is also used to stake vampires!
Pinocchio Syndrome: * PinocchioSyndrome: The Trope Namer.
Protagonist Title
Supernatural Aid:
Those Two Bad Guys:
* ProtagonistTitle
* SupernaturalAid:
* ThoseTwoBadGuys:
The Fox and the Cat make a comeback in this story as being Vlad’s servants.
Took a Level in Badass: * TookALevelInBadass: Pinocchio in this story as he is shown slaying vampires left and right.
Also **Also happens to Carlotta as the story progresses.
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[[caption-width-right:268:I'm Pinocchio. I Kill Monsters.]]

''Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer'' is a 2009 comic book series that was written by Van Jensen along with artwork by Dusty Higgins and it involves everyone's favorite puppet ''Franchise/{{Pinocchio}}'' fighting vampires!

When Pinocchio's father Geppetto is killed by a group of vampires, Pinocchio has made it his goal to destroy all the vampires in the world. Meanwhile, the vampires are trying to take over the world and enslave all of mankind and the only one who could defeat the vampires is Pinocchio himself as his wooden nose is capable of killing vampires.

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!!''Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer'' provides examples of the following tropes:

Action Girl: Carlotta becomes this as the story goes on.
Animate Inanimate Object:
Big Bad: Vlad, who started most of the conflict of this story.
Bittersweet Ending: Pinocchio defeats the big bad Vlad, but he ends up turning into the very tree where he was cut from and has to say goodbye to Carlotta.
Body Horror: The scene where Pinocchio suddenly started ripping off his human skin off of his puppet body.
Buffy Speak: Well, this was inspired by “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
Cats Are Mean:
Cool Old Guy: Cherry assisted Pinocchio in his vampire slaying, up until he ends up turning into a vampire and is then killed afterwards.
Heroic Sacrifice:
Oh, Crap:
Pinocchio Nose: Which is also used to stake vampires!
Pinocchio Syndrome: The Trope Namer.
Protagonist Title
Supernatural Aid:
Those Two Bad Guys: The Fox and the Cat make a comeback in this story as being Vlad’s servants.
Took a Level in Badass: Pinocchio in this story as he is shown slaying vampires left and right.
Also happens to Carlotta as the story progresses.

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