History Trivia / Pinocchio

** Charles Judels voices Stromboli and the Coachman. He even gives them different accents -- Stromboli has an Italian accent and the Coachman has a [[EvilBrit British accent]]. This bit of voice acting also carried over into the movie-themed dark ride at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]], in which both Stromboli and the Coachman are voiced by a former trombonist in the Disneyland marching band.

* TheOtherMarty:
** The film's lead writer, Ted Sears was initially cast as the voice of Pinocchio. Later, Creator/WaltDisney decided that the character should be voiced by an actual child actor, and so Sears' voice track was thrown out before any animation had been done, with Dickie Jones being brought in as his replacement.
** Creator/MelBlanc recorded lines for Gideon, but all were cut, save for a single hiccup. Blanc recalled in an interview years later that he used a very drunk, inebriated voice for Gideon, similar to the drunk stork that appeared in a few ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts.

** Originally the donkey Lampwick was supposed to both keep his voice and join Pinocchio & Jiminy in their escape from Pleasure Island. However, he's captured by the Coachman's minions, and as he's being carried away he tells them to "Go on without me, it's no use I'm a goner". Some storybook adaptations keep the scene.

** Creator/MelBlanc recorded lines for Gideon, but all were cut, save for a single hiccup. Blanc recalled in an interview years later that he used a very drunk, inebriated voice for Gideon.

** Originally the donkey Lampwick was supposed to join Pinocchio and Jiminy in their escape from Pleasure Island but he is captured by the Coachman's minions, as he is being carried away he says "Go on without me, it's no use I'm a goner". Some storybook adaptations keep the scene.

** Also Dickie Jones who voiced Pinocchio also voiced Alexander the boy who after he has turned into a donkey is still able to talk.

* TheOtherMarty: The film's lead writer, Ted Sears was initially cast as the voice of Pinocchio. Later, Creator/WaltDisney decided that the character should be voiced by an actual child actor, and so Sears' voice track was thrown out before any animation had been done, with Dickie Jones being brought in as his replacement.

** Creator/MelBlanc recorded lines for Gideon, but all were cut, save for a single hiccup. Blanc recalled in an interview years later that he used a very drunk, inebriated voice for Gideon.

** There's a handful, but "I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow" in particular later becomes the opening song for ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree''.

** The 1993 Walt Disney Classics Deluxe VHS/Laserdisc reissue[[note]]which is billed as Walt Disney's Masterpiece[[/note]] was the second video release after ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' to have a 22-minute "Making of a Masterpiece" documentary.
** The 2009 Platinum Edition 3-Disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, the last Platinum Edition Disney ever released, remains one of the most bonus-filled BD sets produced for a Disney Animated Canon movie (though like all Platinum Editions save ''Disney/PeterPan'', it replaced the Laserdisc's documentary with a longer one; in this case, ''No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio'').

* ''Pinocchio'' is one of only two Disney Animated Masterpieces to be on Creator/RogerEbert's [[RogerEbertGreatMoviesList Great Movies List]]; the other animated film from Disney to be on that list is ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.

* DisownedAdaptation: The son of Carlo Collodi, the author of the original ''Adventures of Pinocchio'' book, hated the Disney adaptation for playing fast and loose with his dad's story, and even unsuccessfully tried to sue the studio for misrepresenting his father's work.

* AccidentallyCorrectZoology: Monstro himself is an exagerated version of the real-life sperm whale, with an exaggerated size, a broader head shape and teeth on both jaws. In 2010, paleontologists officially named ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livyatan Livyatan melvillei]]'', a predatory ancestor of modern sperm whales which Monstro greatly resembles.

* DuelingDubs: The film has been dubbed four times into Japanese; three times each into French; and twice each into Albanian, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, and Swedish.

* DisownedAdaptation: The son of Carlo Collodi, the author of the original ''Adventures of Pinocchio'' book, hated the Disney adaptation for playing fast and loose with his dad's story, and even unsuccessfully tried to sue the studio for misrepresenting his father's work. Ironically, Carlo Collodi himself didn't mind the changes Disney made, averting this trope.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: One of the earliest examples in animation history. Walt himself probably demanded this to convey realism he wanted in this film.

* CrossDressingVoices: In the original dubs for the French, Swedish, Danish and Hungarian versions, Pinocchio was voiced by grown women. In the re-dubs he's voices by boys, however, making it like Disney himself preferred of having children voice children.

* DisownedAdaptation: The son of Carlo Collodi, the author of the original ''Adventures of Pinocchio'' book, hated the Disney adaptation for playing fast and loose with his dad's story, and even unsuccessfully tried to sue the studio for misrepresenting his father's work.

** Mel Blanc recorded lines for Gideon, but all were cut, save for a single hiccup. Blanc recalled in an interview years later that he used a very drunk, inebriated voice for Gideon.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Here's a bit of trivia you might [[IncrediblyLamePun nazi]] coming: Gepetto's voice actor frequently upset cast members with his praising of Hitler and the Nazis. While the Holocaust was going on. The film crew showed him what they thought of him when they got to "rock" him on a boat set for the animators to use as a reference during the Monstro scenes. Disney's later war cartoons featuring Gepetto and Pinocchio supporting the Allies is pretty HilariousInHindsight.