Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany.
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15 Facts About Pinocchio
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Pinocchio was created as a wooden puppet but he dreams of becoming a real boy.
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Pinocchio is known for his long nose, which grows when he lies.
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Pinocchio is a cultural icon and one of the most reimagined characters in children's literature.
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Pinocchio's story has been adapted into many other media, notably the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio.
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The name Pinocchio is a combination of the Italian words pino, and occhio ; Pino is an abbreviation of Giuseppino, the diminutive for Giuseppe ; one of the men who greatly influenced Collodi in his youth was Giuseppe Aiazzi, a prominent Italian manuscript specialist who supervised Collodi at the Libreria Piatti bookshop in Florence.
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Pinocchio is known for having a short nose that becomes longer when he is under stress, especially while lying.
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Pinocchio shut his eyes, opened his mouth, stretched his legs, gave a long shudder, and hung stiff and insensible.
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Pinocchio is a wooden marionette and not a hand puppet .
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Pinocchio often gets carried away by bad company and is prone to lying.
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Structure of the story of Pinocchio follows that of the folktales of peasants who venture out into the world but are naively unprepared for what they find and get into ridiculous situations.
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When Walt Disney Productions was developing the story for their film version of Pinocchio, they intended to keep the obnoxious aspects of the original character, but Walt Disney himself felt that this made the character too unlikable, so alterations were made to incorporate traits of mischief and innocence to make Pinocchio more likable.
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Pinocchio is a supporting character, voiced by Seth Adkins, in the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
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In Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion Pinocchio is featured as one of the many iconic Disney characters kidnapped by the evil witch Mizrabel in her plot to dominate their world; he is imprisoned alongside Genie in the Cave of Wonders until eventually being rescued by Mickey Mouse.
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