Pinocchio

[pi-noh-kee-oh]

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noun

the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.

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Word History and Origins

< Italian: literally, pine seed, pine cone, equivalent to pin ( o ) pine ¹ + -occhio < Vulgar Latin *-uc ( u ) lu ( m ), Latin -i-culum; -i-, -cule ¹

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One studio was hawking “Bambi: The Reckoning,” “Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble,” and “Pinocchio Unstrung,” whose tagline teased, “There’s nothing holding him back.”

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Standing before a lagoon in Disney California Adventure, we hear the voice of Walt Disney, and see a host of Disney’s animated classics — “The Little Mermaid,” “Pinocchio,” “The Lion King” and more — projected on fountains to a patient, stately interpretation of “Rainbow Connection” from Boyz II Men.

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Shops are said to be themed to properties such as “Cinderella” and “Pinocchio.”

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Back in 2023, Pinocchio from Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning film led the walkaround.

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In the 27-second clip, recurring characters Shrek, Donkey, Pinocchio and Princess Fiona appear alongside Felicia - one of Shrek and Fiona's now grown-up children.

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