Mister Geppetto

Mister Geppetto
The Adventures of Pinocchio character
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Geppetto carving Pinocchio.
First appearance The Adventures of Pinocchio
Created by Carlo Collodi
Information
Species Human
Gender Male
Occupation Carpenter
Family Pinocchio (son)
Nationality Italian
Mister Geppetto (/d??'p?to?/ j?-PET-oh; Italian: [d?ep'petto]),[1] also Mastro
Geppetto, is a fictional character in the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by
Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and
thus 'father') of Pinocchio. He wears a yellow wig resembling cornmeal mush (called
polendina), and consequently his neighbors call him "Polendina" to annoy him. The
name Geppetto is an Italian form of the name Japheth.

Contents
1 Role
2 Adaptations
2.1 Disney version
2.2 Television musical
2.3 Fables
3 References
4 External links
Role
Geppetto is introduced when carpenter Mister Antonio finds a talking block of
pinewood that he was about to carve into a leg for his table. When Geppetto drops
by looking for a piece of wood to build a marionette, Antonio gives the block to
Geppetto. Geppetto, being extremely poor and thinking on making a living as a
puppeteer, carves the block into a boy and names him "Pinocchio". Before he is even
built, Pinocchio already has a mischievous attitude; no sooner is Geppetto finished
carving Pinocchio's feet then the puppet proceeds to kick him. Once the puppet has
been finished and Geppetto teaches him to walk, Pinocchio runs out the door and
away into the town. He is caught by the carabiniere. When people say that Geppetto
dislikes children, the carabiniere assumes that Pinocchio has been treated poorly
and imprisons Geppetto.

The next morning, Geppetto is released from jail and finds that Pinocchio's feet
have burnt off. Geppetto replaces them with new feet. When Geppetto feeds him three
pears, Pinocchio promises to go to school. Because Geppetto has no money to buy
school books, he sells his only coat.

Geppetto is next seen when Pinocchio believes that the Fairy with Turquoise Hair
has died and a pigeon carries him to the seashore, where Geppetto is building a
boat to search for Pinocchio. Pinocchio tries to swim to Geppetto but is washed
underwater while Geppetto is swallowed by The Terrible Dogfish.

Geppetto is not seen again until Pinocchio is himself swallowed. Pinocchio and
Geppetto escape the Dogfish and are thence conveyed to shore by a tuna.

After several months of hard work supporting the ailing Geppetto at a farmer's
house, Pinocchio goes to buy himself a new suit, and Geppetto and Pinocchio are not
reunited until the puppet has become a boy. Geppetto is seen healthy again and
resuming woodcarving.

Adaptations
Actor Version
Christian Rub Pinocchio (Disney version)
Walter Slezak Pinocchio (1957 TV musical)
Stan Francis The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Burl Ives Pinocchio (1968 film)
Roberto Bertea
Dallas McKennon (English voice) Pinocchio (1972 film)
Nino Manfredi The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 film)
Minoru Yada
Walter Massey (English) Pinocchio: The Series
Jim Cummings Pinocchio (1992 film)
Charles S. Dutton Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Junji Chiba Piccolino no Boken
George S. Irving Pinocchio's Christmas
Tom Bosley Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Martin Landau The Adventures of Pinocchio
Martin Landau The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Drew Carey Geppetto (TV musical)
Chris Miller Shrek
Carlo Giuffr�
David Suchet (English voice) Pinocchio (2002 film)
Howard Ryshpan Pinocchio 3000
Jonathan Summers The Adventures of Pinocchio (opera)
Bob Hoskins Pinocchio (miniseries)
Tony Amendola Once Upon a Time
Mino Caprio
Michael Rudder (English) Pinocchio (2012 film)
Disney version
Geppetto
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Geppetto, as seen in the 1940 Disney film
First appearance Pinocchio (1940)
Created by Carlo Collodi
Walt Disney
Portrayed by Tony Amendola (Once Upon a Time)
Voiced by
Christian Rub (original film)
Tony Pope (Kingdom Hearts, Disney's House of Mouse)
Jeff Bennett (Kingdom Hearts 3D, Blu-Ray bonus features)
Nationality Italian
Main article: Pinocchio (1940 film)
In the Disney animated film, Geppetto is introduced as a shopkeeper finishing
Pinocchio. Before falling asleep, Geppetto makes a wish on a falling star that
Pinocchio come to life. During the night, the Blue Fairy grants Geppetto's wish.
The next day, he sends Pinocchio on his first day of school. En route, Pinocchio
meets Honest John and Gideon, who convince him to join Stromboli's puppet show
instead. When Pinocchio returns home, he finds the shop empty and learns from a
letter by the Blue Fairy that Geppetto, venturing out to sea to rescue Pinocchio
from Pleasure Island, had been swallowed by 'Monstro' (a whale-like variation of
The Terrible Dogfish). Determined to rescue his father, Pinocchio is reunited with
Geppetto and his pets in Monstro's throat, where Pinocchio burns spare furniture to
choke their captor into releasing them. This done, Monstro pursues them to the
coast, where Pinocchio pulls Geppetto to safety, but himself falls senseless. While
Geppetto mourns Pinocchio at home, the Blue Fairy revives Pinocchio, and makes him
human.
Geppetto appeared the following year in the short All Together (1941), made for the
Canadian government.[2]

Disney's version of Geppetto has also made appearances in Disney's House of Mouse
as well as in the Kingdom Hearts series of video games in the "Monstro" world. The
character also made a cameo appearance alongside Pinocchio in the episode "Wonders
of the Deep" of the Mickey Mouse TV show.

Television musical
Main article: Geppetto (TV musical)
Geppetto is the title character in the 2000 made-for-television musical, portrayed
by Drew Carey. He dearly wishes to become a father until one night, the Blue Fairy
appears in his workshop and brings Pinocchio to life. At first, Geppetto is happy
that his wish came true, but runs into problems with Pinocchio asking persistent
questions when trying to get to sleep, wandering off and getting into mischief when
introducing him to the townspeople of Villagio, lying, and not interested in being
a toymaker. The next day, Geppetto sends Pinocchio off to school, telling him to
just act like all of the other children and he'll be alright. However, Pinocchio
gets sent home from school after he gets into a fight for imitating all the other
children, disappointing Geppetto. On their way home, they meet Stromboli the
puppeteer who is fascinated by Pinocchio and thinks he would be worth a fortune to
him as the main attraction in his puppet show. After a brief confrontation with the
Blue Fairy doesn't go well, Geppetto returns home, only to find out that Pinocchio
ran away to live with Stromboli, who keeps him under a contract he had him sign.
When Geppetto arrives after the show, Stromboli says Pinocchio left, claiming that
he wanted to see the world, only to find Pinocchio running off to Pleasure Island
and they both set out to find him. Along the way, Geppetto meets a magician named
Lezarno and visits the town of Idylia where Professor Buonragazzo and his son make
perfectly obedient children for any family that wants one. He then arrives at
Pleasure Island and discovers the terrible curse it harnesses. After riding the
rollercoaster, the boys all "make jackasses of themselves" by turning into donkeys.
He arrives at the rollercoaster to rescue Pinocchio, but he refuses, saying he was
a big disappointment to him, gets on the ride, and is shipped off to the salt mines
after having been turned into a donkey. Geppetto, keeping up with the ship using a
tiny fishing boat, suddenly gets swallowed by a monstrous whale where Pinocchio
tells him that after he jumped in the water to save him, the donkey curse washed
away and he became human again. After making up their misunderstanding, Pinocchio
tells as many lies as he can, causing his nose to grow, which tickles the whale's
uvula, causing it to throw them up. They then return home to Villagio, only to find
Stromboli waiting to take Pinocchio back, still keeping him under the contract he
signed earlier. Geppetto offers his entire shop in exchange, only for Stromboli to
kidnap Pinocchio and Geppetto pleads and begs to the Blue Fairy, who can no longer
help him, to grant him one last wish. The fairy then turns Pinocchio into a real
boy, shoos Stromboli away with her magic, and transformed the words on the workshop
sign to "Geppetto & Son," thus resulting in Pinocchio and Geppetto living happily
ever after.

Fables
Main article: Geppetto (Fables)
Geppetto is a major villain in the Fables comic series written by Bill Willingham
and published by DC Comics. His actions are responsible for the entire premise of
the comic book, in that he is the being known as "The Adversary" who masterminded
the conquest of the Fable homelands, forcing the Fables to flee into the mundane
world.[3]