Mister Geppetto
| Mister Geppetto | |
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| The Adventures of Pinocchio character | |
Geppetto carving Pinocchio.
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| First appearance | The Adventures of Pinocchio |
| Created by | Carlo Collodi |
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| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Carpenter |
| Family | Pinocchio (son) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Geppetto | |
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Geppetto, in a calm manner.
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| First appearance | Pinocchio (1940) |
| Created by | Carlo Collodi |
| Portrayed by | Tony Amendola (Once Upon a Time) |
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Mister Geppetto (/dʒᵻˈpɛtoʊ/ jə-PET-oh; Italian: [dʒepˈpetto]), 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. "Geppetto" is a diminutive form of Giuseppe (Joseph).
Geppetto is introduced when carpenter Mister Antonio finds a talking block of pinewood which 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 than 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 a carabiniere (a police officer), but 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, and replaces them. When Geppetto feeds him three pears, Pinocchio promises to go to school; but 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, and not seen again until Pinocchio is himself swallowed thereby. Pinocchio and Geppetto escape the Dogfish, and are thence conveyed to shore by a tuna.
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