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Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio character
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Original art by Enrico Mazzanti
First appearance The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883)
Created by Carlo Collodi
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Species Wooden marionette (later Human)
Gender Male
Family Mister Geppetto (father)
Nationality Italian

Pinocchio is a fictional character from the 1883 book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.

Pinocchio is a puppet, made by wood carver, Gepetto. When he tells lies, his nose gets longer. Pinocchio learns about being a real life boy and wants to be a real human being instead of a puppet made of wood and strings.

The most well-known version of the story is the 1940 animated Disney movie Pinocchio.

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Pinocho para niños

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