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''Pinocchio: A True Story'' is a Russian [=CGI=] movie based loosely on ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi. It was written by Vasily Rovenskiy, who also directed the movie, and Maksim and Vadim Sveshnikov.

* AdultFear:
** Jepetto is reluctant to let Pinocchio travel the world, as he fears his son's unusualness will get him in trouble. His fears end up coming true, as Modjafucco uses Pinocchio to attract more people to his circus and commit robberies while his performers act as distractions. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie he briefly has to see Pinocchio suffering a DisneyDeath in the burning circus tent.]]
** The constable's daughter was stolen away by a human trafficker when she was still very young. [[spoiler: And ended up bought by a RepulsiveRingmaster to work for his shifty circus.]]

* LighterAndSofter: This might just be one of the cleanest adaptations of the book. While there are some dark elements, like Pinocchio getting shot that one time, it's only played for BlackComedy. The movie emits most of the book's darker plot-beats like Pleasure Island and the donkey-transformation, Cat and Fox torturing and trying to kill Pinocchio or even the brief time Pinocchio spends inside a giant dogfish.

* AdaptedOut: And how! A good chunk of the original book's cast and arcs, like the Coachman, the dogfish, the cricket and Lampwick and the whole of Pleasure Island don't appear in this movie at all.

* AdaptationDistillation: The movie leaves out many of the original story's segments, like Pinocchio's misadventures with the Fox and Cat, his trip to Pleasure Island and subsequent transformation into a donkey and his and Gepetto's being SwallowedWhole by the dogfish.

Young wooden puppet Pinocchio longs to leave the nest and see the world with his best friend Tibalt. When his father Jepetto reluctantly allows the boy to travel the world, Pinocchio sets out to follow his dreams and ends up joining a circus run by the sleazy conman Modjafocco.

* FurryConfusion: There's fully anthropomorphic animals like Fox and Cat, and then there are regular animals like Tibalt and Lucida's bird who can talk, but nobody bats an eye at it.

** Tibalt on the other hand, plays this fully straight. When he catches the constable and his men restraining and gagging Pinocchio, he immediately jumps to his charge's defense and kicks them all to kingdom come.

* DullSurprise: Most of the cast don't put much emotion into their performances, particularly Pauly Shore as Pinocchio.

** The constable became a constable after his daughter disappeared and hasn't stopped looking for her since then. [[spoiler: His persistence is rewarded in the end, when Bella is revealed to be said daughter and the two happily reunite.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The constable spends the whole movie looking for "suspicious people" to arrest and neither he nor his people are ever seen when there's an actual emergency that would require their attention. When he finally catches on to the circus being shifty, he suspects ''Pinocchio'' of being the ringleader instead of ObviouslyEvil actual ringleader Modjafucco. [[spoiler: Subverted in the finale, where him and his men bust into the circus to arrest Modjafucco, Cat and Fox.]]

* FurryConfusion: There's fully anthropomorphic animals like Fox and Cat, and then there are regular animals like Tibalt and Lucida's bird who can talk, but nobody bats an eyes at it.

* ShoutOut: Jepetto briefly considers naming Pinocchio 'Leonardo', but dismisses the name, fearing ti would turn him into "[[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio a selfish actor]]" or [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles a turtle who is obsessed with pizza]].

* AdaptedOut: And how! A good chunk of the original book's cast and arcs, like the Coachman, the dogfish, the cricket and Candlewick and the whole of Pleasure Island don't appear in this movie at all.

* RepulsiveRingmaster: Modjafucco is a hideous-looking, greedy ringmaster who uses his perfomers as distractions so he and his henchmen cat and Fox can break into the audience's houses and rob them blind. He also bought Bella from a child trafficker when she was small and kept her at the circus her whole life, not even trying to find her real father.

** Downplayed with Jepetto. he is very protective of Pinocchio and willing to lie to police constable's face to keep his existence a secret, but never stoops to actual violence.

* PoliceAreUseless: The constable spends the whole movie looking for "suspicious people" to arrest and neither he nor his people are ever seen when there's an actual emergency that require their attention. When he finally catches on to the circus being shifty, he suspects ''Pinocchio'' of being the ringleader instead of ObviouslyEvil actual ringleader Modjafucco. [[spoiler: Subverted in the finale, where him and his men bust into the circus to arrest Modjafucco, Cat and Fox.]]

** The constable's daughter was stolen away by a human trafficker when she was still very young. And ended up bought by a RepulsiveRingmaster to work for his shifty circus.

* RepulsiveRingmaster: Modjafucco is a hideous-looking, greedy ringmaster who uses his perfomers as distractions so he and his henchmen cat and Fox can break into the audience's houses and rob them blind. He also bought Bella from a child trafficker whens he was small and kept her at the circus her whole life, not even trying to find her real father.

* FurryConfusion: There's fully anthropomorphic animals like Fox and Cat, and then there regular animals like Tibalt and Lucida's bird who can talk, but nobody bats an eyes at it.

** Jepetto is reluctant to let Pinocchio travel the world, as he fears his son's unusualness will get him in trouble. His fears end up coming true, as Modjafucco uses Pinocchio to attract more people to his circus and commit robberies while his perfoemrs act as distractions. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie he briefly has to see his fears come true as Pinocchio suffers a DisneyDeath in the burning circus tent.]]
** The constables daughter was stolen away by a human trafficker when she was still very young. And ended up bought by a RepulsiveRingmaster to work for his shifty circus.

** Donwplayed with Jepetto. he is very protective of Pinocchio and willing to lie to police constable's face to keep his existence a secret, but never stoops to actual violence.

* AdultFear: Jepetto is reluctant to let Pinocchio travel the world, as he fears his son's unusualness will get him in trouble. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie he briefly has to see his fears come true as Pinocchio suffers a DisneyDeath in the burning circus tent.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The constable spends the whole movie looking for "suspicious people" to arrest and neither he nor his people are ever seen when there's an actual emergency that require their attention. When he finally catches on to the circus being shifty, he suspects ''Pinocchio'' of being the ringleader instead of ObviouslyEvil actual ringleader Modjafucco.

* BecomeARealBoy: Pinocchio wishes to become a real boy so he can be with Bella.

* PoliceAreUseless: The constable spends the whole movie looking for "suspicious people" to arrest and neither he nor his people are ever seen when there's an actual emergency that require their attention.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the illustrations for the original novel, Pinocchio is portrayed as rather disturbing to look at, with gangly, segmented limbs, beady small eyes and a way too wide mouth. Pinocchio in this movie barely looks like a puppet and could be mistaken for a just a regular handsome teenage boy.

* AdaptetOut: And how! A good chunk of the original book's cast and arcs, like The Coachman, the dogfish, the cricket and Candlewick and the whole of Pleasure Island don't appear in this movie at all.

The English version, distributed by {{Creator/Lionsgate}}, stars Creator/PaulyShore as Pinocchio and Creator/TomKenny as his creator and father Jepetto.

''Pinocchio: A True Story'' is a Russian [=CGI=] movie based loosely on ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi. It was written by Vasily Rovenskiy, who also directed the movie, and Maksim and Vadim Sveshnikov. The English version stars Creator/PaulyShore as Pinocchio and Creator/TomKenny as his faithful horse Tybalt.

** [[spoiler: Played straight at the end of the movie where Pinocchio's injuries from the fire are so severe that he dies for real. Bella cries over his lifeless body and her tears not only bring him back to life, but turn him into a real boy.]]