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==Adaptations== {{See also|The Adventures of Pinocchio (disambiguation)|label 1=The Adventures of Pinocchio}} The story has been adapted into many forms on stage and screen, some keeping close to the original Collodi narrative while others treat the story more freely. There are at least fourteen English-language films based on the story, Italian, French, Russian, German, Japanese and other versions for the big screen and for television, and several musical adaptations. <!--INCLUDE A DATE WHEN THE WORK WAS CREATED AND SORT OLDEST TO NEWEST --> ===Films=== [[File:Pinocchio (1911).webm|thumb|[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1911 film)|''The Adventures of Pinocchio'']], 1911]] [[File:Pinochio 1940, 1972 & 2022.png|thumb|300px|Animated depictions of the protagonist from ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (1940), ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 film)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1972) and ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'' (2022)]] <!--INCLUDE A DATE WHEN THE WORK WAS CREATED AND SORT OLDEST TO NEWEST --> * ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1911 film)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1911), a live-action [[silent film]] directed by [[Giulio Antamoro]], and the first movie based on the novel. Part of the film is [[lost film|lost]]. * ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1936 film)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1936), a historically notable, unfinished Italian animated feature film. * ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (1940), the widely known Disney animated film, considered by many to be [[List of films considered the greatest|one of the greatest animated films ever made]]. It is the best-known adaptation of the novel, thanks in part to containing elements that would be used in later adaptations such as Pinocchio being more innocent and good-natured, the Talking Cricket being reworked into a friend and sidekick to Pinocchio, Mangiafuoco being a straight villain, the Fox and the Cat being the ones responsible for most of the story's events, and the Terrible Dogfish being replaced by a whale. * ''{{ill|Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947 film)|lt=Le avventure di Pinocchio|it|Le avventure di Pinocchio (film 1947)}}'' (1947), an Italian live action film with Alessandro Tomei as Pinocchio. * ''[[Pinocchio in Outer Space]]'' (1965), Pinocchio has adventures in outer space, with an alien turtle as a friend. * ''[[Turlis Abenteuer]]'' (1967), an East German version; in 1969 it was dubbed into English and shown in the US as ''Pinocchio''. * ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 film)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1972), ''Un burattino di nome Pinocchio'', literally ''A puppet named Pinocchio'', an Italian animated film written and directed by [[Giuliano Cenci]]. [[Carlo Collodi]]'s grandchildren, Mario and Antonio Lorenzini advised the production. * ''[[The Adventures of Buratino (1976 film)|The Adventures of Buratino]]'' (1975), a [[BSSR]] [[television film]]. * ''{{ill|Si Boneka Kayu, Pinokio|id|Si Boneka Kayu, Pinokio}}'' (1979), an Indonesian movie. * ''[[Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night]]'' (1987), an animated movie which acts as a sequel of the story. * ''[[Pinocchio (1992 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (1992), an animated movie by [[Golden Films]]. * ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1996), a film by [[Steve Barron]] starring [[Martin Landau]] as Geppetto and [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas]] as Pinocchio. *''[[The New Adventures of Pinocchio (film)|The New Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1999), a direct-to-video film sequel of the 1996 movie. Martin Landau reprises his role of Geppetto, while [[Gabriel Thomson]] plays Pinocchio. * ''[[A Tree of Palme]]'' (2002), a Japanese animated movie based on the story by [[Takashi Nakamura]]. * ''[[Pinocchio (2002 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (2002), a live-action Italian film directed by, co-written by and starring [[Roberto Benigni]]. * ''[[Pinocchio 3000]]'' (2004), a CGI animated Canadian film. * ''{{ill|Bentornato Pinocchio|it|Bentornato Pinocchio}}'' (2007), an Italian animated film directed by [[Orlando Corradi]], which acts as a sequel to the original story. Pinocchio is voiced by [[Federico Bebi]]. * ''[[Pinocchio (2012 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (2012), an Italian-Belgian-French animated film directed by [[Enzo D'Alò]]. * ''[[Pinocchio (2015 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (2015), a live-action Czech film featuring a computer-animated and female version of the Talking Cricket, given the name, Coco, who used to live in the wood Pinocchio was made out of. * ''[[Pinocchio (2019 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (2019), a live-action Italian film co-written, directed and co-produced by [[Matteo Garrone]]. It stars child actor [[Federico Ielapi]] as Pinocchio and Roberto Benigni as Geppetto. Prosthetic makeup was used to turn Ielapi into a puppet. Some actors, including Ielapi, dubbed themselves in the English-language version of the movie. * ''[[Pinocchio: A True Story]]'' (2022), an animated Russian film. Gained infamy in the west for an English-dub by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] featuring the voices of [[Pauly Shore]], [[Jon Heder]], and [[Tom Kenny]]. * ''[[Pinocchio (2022 live-action film)|Pinocchio]]'' (2022), a live-action film based on the 1940 animated ''Pinocchio''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/pinocchio-inspired-live-action-film-being-developed-at-disney-1201406564/|title='Pinocchio'-Inspired Live-Action Pic In The Works At Disney|magazine=Deadline|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=April 8, 2015}}</ref> directed and co-written by [[Robert Zemeckis]].<ref>{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title=Robert Zemeckis Closes Deal To Direct & Co-Write Disney's Live-Action 'Pinocchio'|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/pinocchio-robert-zemeckis-to-direct-1202840440/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124210942/https://deadline.com/2020/01/pinocchio-robert-zemeckis-to-direct-1202840440/|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'' (2022), a [[stop-motion]] musical film co-directed by [[Guillermo del Toro]] and [[Mark Gustafson]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Trumbore|first1=Dave|title=Netflix Sets Guillermo del Toro's 'Pinocchio' and Henry Selick's 'Wendell & Wild' for 2021|url=https://collider.com/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-release-date/|date=6 November 2018|website=Collider|access-date=6 November 2018|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019234124/https://collider.com/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-release-date/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a darker story set in Fascist Italy. It won the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]]. * ''[[Pinocchio: Unstrung]]'' (2025), a live-action horror reimagining of the story in development by [[Jagged Edge Productions]] and set in the same universe as ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey]]''. ===Television=== * [[Spike Jones]] portrayed Pinocchio in a satirical version of the story aired 24 April 1954 as an episode of ''[[The Spike Jones Show]]''. * ''[[Pinocchio (1957 TV-musical)|Pinocchio]]'' (1957), a TV [[Musical film|musical]] broadcast live during the [[Golden Age of Television]], directed and choreographed by [[Hanya Holm]], and starring such actors as [[Mickey Rooney]] (in the title role), [[Walter Slezak]] (as Geppetto), [[Fran Allison]] (as the Blue Fairy), and [[Martyn Green]] (as the Fox). This version featured songs by [[Alec Wilder]] and was shown on [[NBC]]. It was part of a then-popular trend of musicalizing fantasy stories for television, following the immense success of the [[Mary Martin]] ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'', which made its TV debut in 1955. * ''[[The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1960 TV program)|The New Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1960), a TV series of 5-minute stop-motion animated vignettes by [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass]]. The plots of the vignettes are mainly unrelated to the novel, but the main characters are the same and ideas from the novel are used as backstory. * The Prince Street Players' musical version, starring John Joy as Pinocchio and David Lile as Geppetto, was broadcast on CBS Television in 1965. * ''[[Pinocchio (1968 TV program)|Pinocchio]]'' (1968), a musical version of the story that aired in the United States on NBC, with pop star [[Peter Noone]] playing the puppet. This one bore no resemblance to the 1957 television version. * ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 miniseries)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1972), a TV mini-series by Italian director [[Luigi Comencini]], starring [[Andrea Balestri]] as Pinocchio, [[Nino Manfredi]] as Geppetto and [[Gina Lollobrigida]] as the Fairy. * ''[[Pinocchio: The Series]]'' (1972), also known as ''Saban's The Adventures of Pinocchio'' and known as {{nihongo|''Mock of the Oak Tree''|樫の木モック|Kashi no Ki Mokku}} in Japan, a 52-episode [[anime]] is an animated series produced by [[Tatsunoko Productions]]. It has a distinctly darker, more sadistic theme, and portrays the main character, Pinocchio (Mokku), as suffering from constant physical and psychological abuse and freak accidents. * In 1973, Piccolo, a ''[[kaiju]]'' based on Pinocchio, appeared in episode 46 of ''[[Ultraman Taro]]''. * ''[[Pinocchio (1976 TV program)|Pinocchio]]'' (1976), still another live-action musical version for television, with [[Sandy Duncan]] in a [[trouser role]] as the puppet, [[Danny Kaye]] as Geppetto, and [[Flip Wilson]] as the Fox. It was telecast on [[CBS]], and is available on [[DVD]]. * ''[[Piccolino no Bōken]]'' (1976 animated series) [[Nippon Animation]] * ''[[Manga Fairy Tales of the World|Pinocchio no Boken]]'' (1979 TV program) [[:ja:ダックスインターナショナル|DAX International]] * [[Pinocchio's Christmas]] (1980), a stop-motion animated TV special. * A 1984 episode of ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' starring [[Paul Reubens]] as the puppet Pinocchio. * ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' was adapted in ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]'' where it takes place on the Barbary Coast. * ''[[Geppetto (TV musical)|Geppetto]]'' (2000), a television film broadcast on ''[[The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' starring [[Drew Carey]] in the title role, [[Seth Adkins]] as Pinocchio, [[Brent Spiner]] as Stromboli, and [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] as the [[The Fairy with Turquoise Hair|Blue Fairy]]. * ''[[Pinocchio (miniseries)|Pinocchio]]'' (2008), a British-Italian TV film starring [[Bob Hoskins]] as Geppetto, [[Robbie Kay]] as Pinocchio, [[Luciana Littizzetto]] as the Talking Cricket, [[Violante Placido]] as the Blue Fairy, [[Toni Bertorelli]] as the Fox, [[Francesco Pannofino]] as the Cat, Maurizio Donadoni as Mangiafuoco, and [[Alessandro Gassman]] as the original author [[Carlo Collodi]]. * ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' (2011), [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC television]] series. Pinocchio and many other characters from the story have major roles in the episodes "[[That Still Small Voice]]" and "[[The Stranger (Once Upon a Time)|The Stranger]]". * Pinocchio appeared in [[GEICO]]'s 2014 bad motivational speaker commercial, and was revived in 2019 and 2020 for its Sequels campaign. * ''[[Pinocchio (2014 TV series)|Pinocchio]]'' (2014), [[South Korea]]n television series starring [[Park Shin-hye]] and [[Lee Jong-suk]], airs on [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]] starting on November 12, 2014, every Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. The protagonist Choi In-ha has a chronic symptom called "Pinocchio complex," which makes her break into violent hiccups when she tells lies. *''Pinocchio and Friends'', an Italian-Indian computer-animated television series created by [[Iginio Straffi]], which aired on [[Rai Yoyo]] in Italy on November 29, 2021, and on [[CBeebies]] in the UK in December 2021. *''The Enchanted Village of Pinocchio'' (''Il villaggio incantato di Pinocchio''), an Italian-French computer-animated television series which premiered in Italy on May 22, 2022, on [[Rai YoYo]]. ===Other books=== * {{citation|year=1894 |place=Italy|first=Gemma |last=Mongiardini-Rembadi |title=[[Pinocchio under the Sea|Il Segreto di Pinocchio]]}}. Published in the United States in 1913 as ''Pinocchio under the Sea''. * {{citation|year=1903|place=Italy|author-link=Eugenio Cherubini|first=E.|last=Cherubini|title=[[Pinocchio in Africa]]}}. * {{citation|year=1917 |place=Florence, Italy|author-link=Paolo Lorenzini |first=Paolo |last=Lorenzini |title=[[The Heart of Pinocchio]]}}. * {{citation|year=1928 |place=United States|author-link=Angelo Patri |first=Angelo |last=Patri |title=[[Pinocchio in America]]}}. * {{citation|year=1932 |place=New York|author-link=Carol Della Chiesa |first=Carol |last=Della Chiesa |title=[[Puppet Parade]]}}. * {{citation|year=1936|author-link=Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy|first=Aleksey Nikolayevich|last=Tolstoy|place=Russia|title=[[Buratino|The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino]]}}, a loose adaptation. Illustrated by Alexander Koshkin, translated from Russian by Kathleen Cook-Horujy, Raduga Publishers, Moscow, 1990, 171 pages, SBN 5-05-002843-4. [[Leonid Vladimirsky]] later wrote and illustrated a sequel, ''Buratino in the [[Emerald City]]'', bringing Buratino to the Magic Land that [[Alexander Melentyevich Volkov]] based on the [[Land of Oz]], and which Vladimirski had illustrated. * {{citation|year=1940 |place=United States|author-link=Josef Marino |first=Josef |last=Marino |title=[[Hi! Ho! Pinocchio!]]}}. * {{citation|title=[[Pinocchio in Venice]]|year=1991|author-link=Robert Coover|first=Robert|last=Coover|quote=novel, continues the story of Pinocchio, the Blue Fairy, and other characters}}. * {{citation|author-link=Jim Dine|first=James ‘Jim’|last=Dine|year=2006|publisher=Steidl|title=Pinocchio|quote=illustrations}}. * {{citation|author-link=Jim Dine|first=James ‘Jim’|last=Dine|year=2007|publisher=PaceWildenstein|title=Pinocchio|author-mask=4}}. * {{citation|author-link=Vincent Paronnaud|author=Winshluss|year=2008|publisher=Les Requins Marteaux|title=Pinocchio}}. * {{citation|title=Wooden Bones|year=2012|author-link=Scott William Carter|first=Scott William|last=Carter|quote=novel, described as the untold story of Pinocchio, with a dark twist. Pino, as he’s come to be known after he became a real boy, has discovered that he has the power to bring puppets to life himself}}. * {{citation|title=Pinocchio by Pinocchio|year=2013|author-link=Michael Morpurgo|first=Michael|last=Morpurgo}} Children's book, illustrated by [[Emma Chichester Clark]]. * London, Thomas (2015), [[Splintered: A Political Fairy Tale (novel)|Splintered: A Political Fairy Tale]] sets the characters of the story in modern-day Washington, D.C. * Bemis, John Claude. ''Out of Abaton'' "duology" ''The Wooden Prince'' and ''Lord of Monsters'' (Disney Hyperion, 2016 and 2017) adapts the story to a science fiction setting. * Carey, Edward (2021), ''[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624887/the-swallowed-man-by-edward-carey/ The Swallowed Man]'' tells the story of Pinocchio's creation and evolution from the viewpoint of Geppetto === Theater === [[File:Pinokio, Balet SNP, 2018, Naojuki Acumi, Teona Radanović, Samjuel Bišop, Aleksandar Bečvardi, foto S. Doroški.jpg|thumb|right|One of numerous stage adaptations of the novel, this one at the [[Serbian National Theatre]] (2018)]] * "Pinocchio" (1961–1999), by [[Carmelo Bene]]. * [[John J. Baldwin, Jr.]], ''Pinocchio'', [[Pioneer Drama Service]], 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pinocchio |url=https://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PINOCCHIO |website=www.pioneerdrama.com}}</ref> * "Pinocchio" (2002), musical by [[Saverio Marconi]] and musics by [[Pooh (band)|Pooh]]. * An opera, ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (opera)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'', composed by [[Jonathan Dove]] to a libretto by [[Alasdair Middleton]], was commissioned by [[Opera North]] and premièred at the [[Grand Theatre Leeds|Grand Theatre]] in [[Leeds]], England, on 21 December 2007. * {{citation|year=2009|title=opera|first=Lior|last=Navok|quote=sculptural exhibition. Two acts: actors, woodwind quintet and piano}}. * ''Le Avventure di Pinocchio''{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} (2009) musical by Mario Restagno. * {{citation|title=The other Pinocchio|year=2011|first=Vito|last=Costantini|quote=musical, the first musical sequel to 'Adventures of Pinocchio'}}. The musical is based on {{citation|place=Brescia|publisher=La Scuola Editrice|year=1999|quote=book|title=The other Pinocchio}}. The composer is Antonio Furioso. [http://www.vitocostantini.it Vito Costantini] wrote "The other Pinocchio" after the discovery of a few sheets of an old manuscript attributed to Collodi and dated 21/10/1890. The news of the discovery appeared in the major Italian newspapers.<ref>{{citation|title=La Stampa|date=1998-02-20|place=IT}}.</ref> It is assumed the Tuscan artist wrote a sequel to 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' he never published. Starting from handwritten sheets, Costantini has reconstructed the second part of the story. In 2000 'The other Pinocchio' won first prize in national children's literature ''Città of Bitritto''. * ''La vera storia di Pinocchio raccontata da lui medesimo'', (2011) by Flavio Albanese, music by [[Fiorenzo Carpi]], produced by [[Piccolo Teatro (Milan)|Piccolo Teatro]]. * ''L'altro Pinocchio'' (2011), musical by [[Vito Costantini]] based on ''L'altro Pinocchio'' (Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1999). * ''Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino da Carlo Collodi'' by [[Massimiliano Finazzer Flory]] (2012) *''[[Disney's My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto's Musical Tale]]'' (2016), a stage musical based on the 2000 TV movie ''Geppetto''. * ''[[Pinocchio (2017 play)|Pinocchio]]'' (2017), musical by [[Dennis Kelly (writer)|Dennis Kelly]], with songs from the [[Pinocchio (1940 film)|1940 Disney movie]], directed by [[John Tiffany]], premiered on the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], [[London]]. ===Cultural influence=== * [[Totò]] plays Pinocchio in ''[[Toto in Color]]'' (1952) * {{citation|title=The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio|year=1971}} was advertised with the memorable line, "It's not his nose that grows!" * {{citation|year=1977|title=[[Spinnolio]]|publisher=a parody by [[National Film Board of Canada]]|author-link=John Weldon (animator)|first=John|last=Weldon}}.<ref name="Spinnolio">{{cite web|last=Weldon|first=John|title=Spinnolio|url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/spinnolio|work=Animated short|publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]]|access-date=11 January 2011|location=Montreal|format=[[Adobe Flash]]|archive-date=15 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115145348/http://www.nfb.ca/film/spinnolio/|url-status=live}}</ref> * The 1990 movie ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' contains elements both of [[Beauty and Beast]], [[Frankenstein]] and Pinocchio. * {{citation|title=[[Pinocchio's Revenge]]|year=1996}}, a horror movie where Pinocchio supposedly goes on a murderous rampage. * ''[[Android Kikaider]]'' was influenced by Pinocchio story. * ''[[Astro Boy]]'' (鉄腕アトム, ''Tetsuwan Atomu'') (1952), a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Osamu Tezuka]], recasts loosely the Pinocchio theme.<ref name="SchodtAstroBoyIntro3">[[Frederik L. Schodt|Schodt, Frederik L]]. "Introduction." ''Astro Boy'' Volume 1 (Comic by [[Osamu Tezuka]]). [[Dark Horse Comics]] and [[Studio Proteus]]. Page 3 of 3 (The introduction section has 3 pages). {{ISBN|1-56971-676-5}}.</ref> * ''[[Marvel Fairy Tales]]'', a comic book series by [[C. B. Cebulski]], features a retelling of ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' with the robotic superhero called [[Vision (Marvel Comics)|The Vision]] in the role of Pinocchio. *The story was adapted in an episode of ''[[Simsala Grimm]]''. * {{citation|author-link=Steven Spielberg|first=Steven|last=Spielberg|title=[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]|year=2001}}, film, based on a [[Stanley Kubrick]] project that was cut short by Kubrick's death, recasts the Pinocchio theme; in it an android with emotions longs to become a real boy by finding the Blue Fairy, who he hopes will turn him into one.<ref name=Ian>{{cite web|url=http://www.ianwatson.info/kubrick.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703134444/http://www.ianwatson.info/kubrick.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-07-03 |title=Plumbing Stanley Kubrick |access-date=2017-04-01}}</ref> * {{citation|title=[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]|year=2001}}, Pinocchio is a recurrent supporting character. * {{citation|title=[[Shrek the Musical]]|place=Broadway|date=December 14, 2008}}. * ''[[A Tree of Palme]]'', a 2002 anime film, is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. * {{citation|title=[[Teacher's Pet (2004 film)|Teacher's Pet]]|year=2004}} contains elements and references of the 1940 adaptation and ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence''. * {{citation|title=[[Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White Another Bite @ the Apple]]|year=2009}} Pinocchio appears as a secondary character. * In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Itchy and Scratchy Land]]", there is a parody of Pinocchio called ''Pinnitchio'' where Pinnitchio (Itchy) stabs Geppetto (Scratchy) in the eye after he fibs to not to tell lies. *In the [[Rooster Teeth]] webtoon ''[[RWBY]]'', the characters Penny Polendina and Roman Torchwick are based on Pinocchio and Lampwick respectively. * He was used as the mascot for the [[2013 UCI Road World Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9637244/UCI-turns-to-unlikely-figure-of-Pinocchio-to-promote-2013-World-Road-Race-Championships-in-Tuscany.html|title=UCI turns to unlikely figure of Pinocchio to promote 2013 World Road Race Championships in Tuscany|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=October 26, 2012|access-date=September 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027170304/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9637244/UCI-turns-to-unlikely-figure-of-Pinocchio-to-promote-2013-World-Road-Race-Championships-in-Tuscany.html|archive-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref> *Pinocchio appears as a lie-detecting android in the short story "The Blue Fairy," found in the sci-fi/fantasy anthology Once Upon a Future Time Volume 4. *[[Ergo Proxy]] includes a major plot element of humanoid automaton ("Autoreivs") becoming self-aware, a prominently featured one is named [[List_of_Ergo_Proxy_characters|Pino]], which is likely a shortened version of "Pinocchio". Pino has other similarities to Pinocchio, including acting as a surrogate child. === Video Games === * ''[[Lies of P]]'' (2023), a [[Soulslike]] video game loosely based on the story and characters of the novel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/lies-of-p-is-about-pinocchio-for-three-very-good-reasons-actually/|title=Lies of P is about Pinocchio for three very good reasons, actually|last=Gerblick|first=Jordan|website=[[GamesRadar]]|date=August 27, 2022|access-date=September 17, 2023|archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409055952/https://www.gamesradar.com/lies-of-p-is-about-pinocchio-for-three-very-good-reasons-actually/}}</ref>
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