Pinocchio

**Pinocchio** is the title protagonist of Disney's 1940 animated feature film of the same name. He is a wooden puppet created by the kindly woodcarver Geppetto. As per Geppetto’s wish to have a son, Pinocchio was brought to life by the Blue Fairy. With Jiminy Cricket as his conscience, Pinocchio must prove himself brave, truthful and unselfish, in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a real boy.

## Appearance

Pinocchio is a slender marionette that is made to look like a cute little boy with a round, chubby face and long nose. He has big, bright blue eyes and a fringe of thick jet-black hair adorned with a yellow hat with a red feather under a blue band wrapped around it. Like most animated characters in the day, he has four-fingered hands with white gloves. He wears bright red cotton fabric short overalls with yellow buttons over a light yellow shirt with a white collar. He also has a black vest, big blue bow tie, and brown wooden shoes. When he was almost transformed into a donkey, Pinocchio has long donkey ears with a gray fur and a matching gray tail with a black hairy tip that his ripped his pants.

As a real boy when he was revived by the Blue Fairy and reversing his donkey transformation due to risking his life to save his loved ones from Monstro and finally grants his wish, Pinocchio appears with fair skin, his nose is a small rounded shape, and hands become five-fingered and no longer wear white gloves. He retains wearing his outfit while he was still a marionette but is not seen wearing a black vest and his brown shoes are no longer wooden which resembles flats.

## Personality

Once he is given life by the Blue Fairy, Pinocchio acts his age; he is very whimsical, childlike, and impressionable. Because of his youthful ignorance, he can be seen as rather mischievous, pretty gullible, and over-trusting, which often lands himself into trouble, albeit unintentionally. This is seen several times throughout the film, and the trait, unfortunately, makes Pinocchio an easy pawn in the schemes or motivations of various antagonists. Even so, as the film progresses, Pinocchio notably learns from experiences and takes them into account; eventually becoming selfless, sensible, brave, and obtaining impressive leadership qualities. This is finally put into the forefront once the film nears its climax, as Pinocchio is faced with the task of rescuing his father from the jaws of the deadly whale, Monstro, which he proceeds in carrying out by entirely using his own intelligence and craft. Pinocchio's daring decision to risk his life for his loved ones ultimately grants him his wish of becoming a real boy.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Invulnerability:** Was a living puppet, Pinocchio is invulnerable to bodily harm to an extent and feels no pain. Early in the film, he lit his finger on fire without flinching, then later fell down some steps and got up unharmed.
* **Limited shapeshifting:** Whenever Pinocchio tells a lie, was a puppet his nose grows longer than usual. Only when Pinocchio tells the truth will his nose return to its normal size.
* **Aquatic adaptation:** Was a puppet, Pinocchio does not require air and can survive and speak underwater. Being made of wood, however, he must use a stone to weigh his body down.
* **Strategist:** Over the course of the film, Pinocchio develops a degree of strategy and cunning, tying a stone to his tail (which he gets from Pleasure Island) to travel underwater, then starting a fire inside Monstro's belly in order to escape from the whale. He was also the only boy at Pleasure Island who was smart enough to flee before his transformation could be completed, as Jiminy implied this could work, as Pinocchio realizes he's thinking what he's thinking.

## Role in Sora’s Adventures

Pinocchio makes several appearances in the show, all as a real boy. In this series, Canadian child actor Wyatt White voices him.

He debuts in Sora’s Adventure Begins! along with his father and conscience to give Sora's gang's Gummiphones a new app that Geppetto and Jiminy invented.

In Sora's Adventures in Prankster's Paradise, Pinocchio shows worry about the boys who turned into donkeys on Pleasure Island, and implores the gang to go to his world and free them. Though the curse is permanent it can be undone. When Pinocchio touched Roxas’ Keyblade he performed Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony because he wanted to help the Guardians of Light fight off the Coachman. After a brief ceremony, Pinocchio is given three Keyblades: Ferris Gear (his signature Keyblade), Wishing Star and Ocean's Rage (which also belongs to Emyd. they do end up getting the Coachman arrested for his crimes and his minions are arrested as well, with the help of Naminé and the Blue Fairy, have the power to use to turn donkeys back into boys.

## Role in Heart of the Keybearer

### Swallowed by the Whale

In the first game, Carl, Sarah and Harlynn first meets Pinocchio in the Post Office of Traverse Town, where he is apparently looking through other people's mail. After lying to Jiminy about what he was doing down in the Post Office, Carl and his friends promised to take him to his father. Once the Trinity Trio and Pinocchio get swallowed by Monstro the whale, he temporarily reunites with his father Geppetto, who explains their world was devoured by the Heartless just after the Blue Fairy made him come to life. However, Sheex kidnaps the boy and traps him inside a Parasite Cage Heartless. After a fight with the monster, Pinocchio and Geppetto are flown to safety by the Blue Fairy while Carl, Sarah and Harlynn's gliders are spit out of Monstro's blowhole and land in Devil's Bayou.

### No Strings On Me

During Rise of the Krybearer, Carl, Sarah and Harlynn land in Pleasure Island for their first visot to Prankster's Paradise, and discover that this world's Keyhole has not been sealed yet. According to Jiminy, Pinocchio was captured by a "teenaged boy with a mask" and put in a cage, yet he loed thst it was two green monsters who put him in a sack.

## Jiminy's Journal App Entries

### Sora's Adventures

*Pinocchio (1940)*

Age: 8

Weapons: Keyblade

Place of Birth: Prankster's Paradise

Currently Residing: Prankster's Paradise

Laterality: Unknown

Powers and Abilities: Time Magic, Skills in Clocks and Technology

"This little boy has been good, and is now no longer made of wood! Pinocchio is the son of my dear friend Geppetto, brought to life by the Blue Fairy when he was a marionette. I led the boy as his conscience to help him be a good boy, so he could become real."