Like most animated characters in the day, he has four-fingered hands with white gloves. 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. Pinocchio is a slender marionette that is made to look like a cute little boy with a round, chubby face and long nose. Pinocchio's daring decision to risk his life for his loved ones ultimately grants him his wish of becoming a real boy. 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. 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 seen several times throughout the film, and the trait, unfortunately, makes Pinocchio an easy pawn in the schemes or motivations of various antagonists. 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. Once he is given life by the Blue Fairy, Pinocchio acts his age he is very whimsical, childlike, and impressionable. The relationship between Pinocchio and Jiminy would thus play a major role in the story's events and overall heart. Around the same time of this shift, Walt felt the story lacked "warmth" and "love" to remedy this, he took a minor character from the Collodi stories (the "Talking Cricket") and developed him into a comedic, sidekick-character known as Jiminy Cricket, to act as Pinocchio's friend throughout the journey. This shift was meant to make the character more likable to audiences, thus enhancing the overall appeal of the film, itself. Walt approved, and after further development, the look of Disney's Pinocchio was finalized.Īdditionally, Pinocchio's personality was greatly reworked to portray that of a believable and innocent child. According to Kahl, the design came from the mindset that he was animating an actual little boy, rather than a puppet. Animator Milt Kahl was also dissatisfied with the version of Pinocchio and did test animation of his own that featured a design much closer to what's in the final film. Walt felt the character looked too lifeless, despite the accuracy. Walt Disney disliked this version of the character, both in terms of his personality and appearance he was initially designed to resemble an actual puppet with a geometrical shape. The filmmakers stayed true to this once production on their adaptation began, resulting in a character that was wise-cracking and brazen, a drastically different interpretation of the final product. In the original Italian book by Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio was purposely portrayed as a bit more misbehaved, and obnoxious.
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