The enduringly popular story of the living puppet Pinocchio has appeared in various media over the years. This is an index for all the Pinocchio-related pages on TV Tropes.
Works in the Pinocchio franchise with TV Tropes pages:
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) — the original children's book by Carlo Collodi.
- The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino (1936) — a Russian retelling of Collodi's book by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy that has itself seen several movie adaptations.
- Pinocchio (1940) — the animated movie by Disney.
- Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965) — Belgian-American animated adaptation. In Space.
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) — an Italian TV Series by Luigi Comencini, readapted into a feature film as well.
- Un Burattino Di Nome Pinocchio (1972) — a Truer to the Text Animated Adaptation by Giuliano Cenci.
- Mokku of the Oak Tree (1972) — an anime version by Tatsunoko Production, adapted by Saban Entertainment for the Western world in 1990.
- Piccolino no Bouken (1976) — an anime done by Nippon Animation.
- Pinocchio's Christmas (1980) — a Rankin/Bass special that's a holiday-flavored adaptation of the book.
- Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) — the animated film by Filmation.
- Pinocchio — the Golden Films version which was distributed by GoodTimes Entertainment.
- Pinocchio (1996) — a
Licensed Game based on the 1940 Disney film, released by Virgin Interactive for the SNES, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy.
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) — live-action film directed by Steve Barron and starring an animatronic puppet voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child (1995-2000): An episode loosely adapted the story in 1997 where Pinocchio and Geppetto are black in this adaptation. Unlike other adaptations, the story takes place in Jamicia instead of Italy.
- Geppetto (2000) — a retelling of the Disney film from Geppetto's perspective.
- Pinocchio: The Musical (2003) — an Italian musical adaptation of the book.
- Pinocchio (2002) — live-action film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni.
- Pinocchio 3000 (2004) — often shortened to "P 3 K", computer-animated film, by Daniel Robichaud. (Also laps into Recycled INSPACE territory.)
- Welcome Back Pinocchio (2007) — animated film by Orlando Corradi.
- Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer (2009) — a comic book series written by Van Jensen where Pinocchio is portrayed as a vampire slayer.
- Pinocchio (2009) — a Star Studded miniseries starring among others the late Bob Hoskins as Geppetto, Robbie Kay as Pinocchio and popular Italian comedian Luciana Littizzetto as a female Talking Cricket.
- Once Upon a Time (2011-2018) — live-action series in which the Blue Fairy, Pinocchio and Geppetto appear as recurring characters.
- Pinocchio (2012) — animated film by Enzo D'Alò.
- Pinocchio: A True Story (2022) — a Russian CGI-animated adaptation of the story, distributed in the US by Lionsgate and featuring Pauly Shore in the title role, alongside Jon Heder and Tom Kenny.
- Pinocchio (2022) — A live action remake of the Disney film, directed by Robert Zemeckis for release on Disney+ in September 2022, making it a case of
Dueling Works with the Del Toro movie below.
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) — A Netflix stop-motion musical adaptation by Guillermo del Toro set in Fascist Italy using Gris Grimly's designs of the characters. It received a limited theatrical release in November 2022 before arriving on Netflix the following month.
- Lies of P (2023) - Souls-like action video game inspired by the original fairy tale.
Adaptations and other derivative works that may be referenced but have no page on the wiki (yet):
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1960) — Television program by Rankin/Bass Productions. 130 5 minute episodes, done with stop motion animation, which was done in Japan.
- √964 Pinocchio (1991), a Japanese cyberpunk film by Shozin Fukui, where the main character is a brain-modified sex cyborg. Not exactly based on Pinocchio but the protagonist's codename is Pinocchio and he was created by scientists. He also kind of turns more "human" as the film progresses.
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999) — a sequel to the 1996 live-action film, this time directed by Michael Anderson and replacing most of the cast except Martin Landau and Udo Kier.
- A Tree of Palme (2002) — An anime film by Takashi Nakamura, the same guy who made Catnapped!. Imagine post apocalyptic Pinocchio with a tablespoon of David Lynch thrown in alongside some sweet music by Takashi Harada.
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (2007) — opera by Jonathan Dove and Alasdair Middleton.
- Pinocchio (2019), live-action film directed by Matteo Garrone. It includes Roberto Benigni, but this time as Geppetto.
- Pinocchio and Friends (2021) — Animated series by Rainbow S.r.l.
If you are looking for a trope, try Pinocchio Nose or Become a Real Boy.