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1	!! The novel
2	* AdaptationOverdosed: This has many derivative works, enough to have its own [[Franchise/{{Pinocchio}} Franchise page]].
3	* DiedDuringProduction: Collodi [[http://www.carlocollodi.it/carlo-lorenzini/ll-continuo-interrotto-delle-avventure-di-pinocchio/ was going to write a sequel]] in which the happy ending of the original was just a dream and Pinocchio woke up to find himself still a puppet, although Geppetto really did recover from his illness and resume his job as a woodcarver. The drafts also seem to indicate that he would become a king in the end. But Collodi died before it came to pass.
4	* ScienceImitatesArt: Species with long, horn- or nose-like projects have on occasion been named after the puppet himself. These include beetle ''Walckenaeria pinocchio'', with a long single horn; the orchid ''Masdevallia pinocchio'', whose flowers produce long, slender "spikes" from the top petal; the crab ''Oxypleurodon pinocchio'', with a long upturned rostrum; and several others.
5	* OneHitWonder: This wasn't the only book penned by Collodi, but it's the only one anyone remembers.
6	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the series ended with Pinocchio [[spoiler: being hanged from a tree by the Cat and the Fox for being such a bad boy.]] The story was continued when people kept writing in, asking what happened next. [[ExecutiveMeddling The editor demanded additional chapters]] and Collodi [[FranchiseZombie wrote 20 more.]]
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8	!! The 1972 miniseries
9	* ExecutiveMeddling: SFX guru Creator/CarloRambaldi (the man behind the effects of ''Film/KingKong1976'', ''Film/{{Alien}}'', ''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]'', ''Film/Dune1984'' and others) was asked to make self-funded tests for a Pinocchio animatronic to be used in the show. He demanded a higher payment than what they planned, thus the studio resolved by sending an engineer to take photos of his blueprints and mechanisms and build their own puppet by copying Rambaldi's without him knowing until the show was finished. The result was a [[SpecialEffectFailure barely functioning puppet]] which forced Luigi Comencini to resort to the constant puppet/real boy transitions, and a successful lawsuit from Rambaldi.
10	* HostilityOnTheSet: Pinocchio's actor Andrea Balestri has claimed that he didn't get along with Creator/GinaLollobrigida. Allegedly it escalated when one day he got yelled at by her for coming late on set, causing him to refuse taking promotional photos together and breaking out into an argument in which [[WouldHurtAChild she threatened to slap him]], and bickered with his parents when they stood up for him. Balestri claims that Gina didn't talk to him in cast reunions because she never got over it.
11	* ReclusiveArtist:
12	** Pinocchio's actor Andrea Balestri didn't pursue much of a movie career after the miniseries. After a few other roles he dropped acting and tried several professions before starting a stage career in his home town, which he continues to this day. He still gives interviews and participates in documentaries about his portrayal of Pinocchio though.
13	** Lampwick's actor Domenico Santoro appeared in four movies as a child (including ''Pinocchio'') before retiring to private life. He never made a public appearance ever since.
14	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Carlo Rambaldi has stated that he built three Pinocchio animatronics: one that could walk, a half body that had articulated head, mouth and hand movements and a model that was able to pick up and throw a hammer. Had the studio respected his demands instead of screwing him over, as described in the aforementioned ExecutiveMeddling, the miniseries might've been less dependent on ObscuredSpecialEffects.
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16	!! The 1996 film
17	* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $25 million. Box office, $15,094,530.
18	* CaliforniaDoubling: While the film is set in Italy, this film was primarily shot in the Czech Republic. Croatia and London were also used as filming locations.
19	* CreatorKiller: The box-office failure of this film destroyed Steve Barron's mainstream film career. He has since returned to directing music videos as well as independent films and TV series.
20	* CrossDressingVoices: The Japanese dub features Creator/AkikoYajima as Pinocchio, while in the Italian dub he's dubbed by Creator/IlariaStagni.
21	* DirectedByCastMember: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Francisco Colmenero is the ADR Director and the voice of Geppetto.
22	* FakeNationality:
23	** Jewish American Creator/MartinLandau affects an Italian accent as Geppetto.
24	** German-English Creator/UdoKier as the Italian Lorenzini.
25	** Montreal-born Creator/GenevieveBujold as Leona.
26	* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor:
27	** Udo Kier reprises his role as Lorenzini in the German dub.
28	** Jean-Claude Drouot played the Magistrate in English as well as the European French dub.
29	* InternationalCoproduction: The film was produced by New Line Cinema, Kushner-Locke Company, Savoy Pictures, Pangaea Holdings and Twin Continental Films in the United States, along with Allied Pinocchio Productions in the United Kingdom, Etamp Film Production and Barrandov Studios in the Czech Republic, Alta Vista Film, [=CineVox=] Film, Bibo Film and Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion in Germany, and Davis Films in France.
30	* NonSingingVoice: Music/BrianMay provides the singing voice for Pinocchio in "Il Colosso".
31	* TheOtherMarty: At one point during production, Creator/WallaceShawn was cast as Pepe. Creator/DavidDoyle was eventually selected to voice the character for the final product, although Shawn's performance was used in the trailer.
32	* RealLifeRelative: Diana Santos, who voiced Felinet in the Latin American Spanish dub, is the niece of Francisco Colmenero, Geppetto's Latin American voice actor.
33	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: It was originally a passion project of Creator/JimHenson that he pitched to Creator/{{Disney}} but was rejected.
34	* SwanSong: This adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' was Creator/DavidDoyle's final film role.

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