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Pinocchio is a fictional character that first appeared in 1883, in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, and has since appeared in many adaptations of that story and others. Carved from a piece of pine by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, he was created as a puppet, but dreamt of becoming a real boy.
Appearances in popular culture
Disney's version of Pinocchio appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character.
Japanese manga Artist Osamu Tezuka was inspired by this charming tale when he created the popular icon Astroboy. In addition, the story of Pinocchio was made into an anime television series by Tatsunoko Productions in 1972 as Kashi no Ki Mokku (Mokku the Oak Tree), and again by Nippon Animation in 1976 as The Adventures of Piccolino (Pinocchio was renamed "Piccolino" in this version). Tatsunoko's series was shown on HBO in the United States in 1992 as Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio.
The Japanese superhero Kikaider (1972), created by Shotaro Ishinomori, was partly inspired by Pinocchio (and by Frankenstein's monster).
Not actually an adaptation of the story proper, the video game Toy Pop released by Namco in 1986 features a character named "Pino", who was inspired by the Pinocchio character. It was a Japan-only release until it was included in Namco Museum Vol.1, which was released in the United States in 1995.
In a similar vein, the 1995 Super Famicom title Wonder Project J, released in Japan by Enix (now Square Enix), is a raising simulation in which a robot child named "Pino" is taught human emotions and feelings by the fairy helper of Dr. Geppetto in the hopes of eventually becoming a human boy. In the canon ending, Pino will activate the J circuit, appearing to die, but the sequel reveals that he has been reborn as a human child.
Pinocchio briefly appears in the 2001 movie Shrek and has a larger role in the 2004 sequel Shrek 2 and the 2007 sequel Shrek the Third.
Pinocchio and Geppetto are both major characters in the ongoing comic book series Fables, written by Bill Willingham, first published in 2003.
Pinocchio appears in two episodes of the animated TV show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: "Nursery Crimes / My Peeps" and "Billy Ocean".
The computer-animated television series Pet Alien features Geppetto as a minor character, where he is searching for Pinocchio.
The first episode of season 4 the of animated TV show Family Guy (aired in the UK in 2007) contains a brief spoof sketch featuring Pinocchio and Geppetto (the Disney versions of the characters).
An episode of the Adult Swim stop motion animated clip show Robot Chicken features Pinocchio in a frozen forest constantly lying to make his nose grow for fire wood including the lie "I have no idea where Geppetto's body is buried."
On January 1, 2007, an adapted parody of the famous story was created on the popular website Freak Safari.
Pinocchio story was one of the episodes of Juuni Sensehi Bakurestu Eto Ranger.
In The Hello! Morning skit corner,Geppetto(Makoto Ogawa) was an old man who always forgot things and in the 7-16-06 episode,it was revealed he was involved with the Little Match Girl (Okada Yui).Pinocchio (Konno Asami) appeared at the end of the skit saying he was very lonely today.
Russian-born disco composer Boris Midney produced a twelve inch "Pinocchio" album, sung by his incidental vocal group Masquerade including tracks like "I'm Attached to You" and "Wooden Wooden Puppet".
References
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External links
- "The New Adventures of Pinocchio" (1960) TV series 1960-1961 from Internet Movie Database
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio episode from the 1960's - Youtube