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Biography
About|the original Carlo Collodi fictional character|other uses|Pinocchio (disambiguation)Refimprove|date=May 2012Infobox character| name = Pinocchio| series = The Adventures of Pinocchio | caption = Original art by Enrico Mazzanti | first = The Adventures of Pinocchio | last =| creator = Carlo Collodi| alias =| significantother =| species = Puppet/Human| gender = Male| occupation =| nationality = Italy|Italian | family = Mister Geppetto Portal|Children's literature Pinocchio (IT: IPA-it|pi'n?kkjo|; IPA-en|p?'n??ki??|UK;British English and American English: http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/pinocchioIPA-en|p?'no?kio?|US) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the 1883 children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio , by Carlo Collodi , and has since appeared in many adaptations of that story and others. Carved by a woodcarver named Mister Geppetto|Geppetto in a small Italian village, he was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamed of becoming a real boy. Pinocchio is often a term used to describe an individual who is prone to telling lies, fabricating stories and exaggerating or creating tall tales for various reasons.
Fictional character biography
Main|The Adventures of Pinocchio Pinocchio is known for having a short nose that becomes longer when he is under stress (chapter 3), especially while telling a lie . His clothes are made of flowered paper, his shoes are made of wood and his hat is made of bread (page 16 of Collodi's Le Avventure di Pinocchio).
See also
Pinocchio paradox
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.polyglotproject.com/books/Italian/le_avventure_di_pinocchio Full text of Le Avventure di Pinocchio in the original Italian
Character-stub Pinocchio Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1883 Category:Fictional dolls and dummies Category:Fictional puppets Category:Kingdom Hearts characters Category:Pinocchio characters Category:Sentient toys in fiction
