History Film / Pinocchio2022Disney

** Lampwick starts off as a trustworthy friend to Pinocchio as shown when the pair go on a toboggan ride and boat together. However, Lampwick shows his true mask when he starts to demolish Pleasure Island with a catapult, while a shocked Pinocchio looks on in horror in contrast to the original film where Lampwick was already revealed to be a trouble maker such as sling shooting the donkeys pulling the coach, willing to hit someone just for amusement and smashing a window while Pinocchio had no problem with it and even joins him doing these bad things.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although Pinocchio manages to reunite with his father at the end, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he manages to transform into a real boy]] for his generous actions [[SwissArmyTears like saving Geppetto's life]], the boys and girls who were kidnapped in Pleasure Island are still transformed into donkeys, they are sold to the salt mines and [[KarmaHoudini the Coachman is never punished for his bad deeds]]. Even though Pinocchio achieves his wish to become a real boy, the hundreds of parents from different towns and villages will be very sad and devastated to never see their children again. Plus, Geppetto sold all his clocks to buy the boat he tried to use to rescue Pinocchio from Pleasure Island, which was ultimately for naught, as Pinocchio escaped himself from the island and was on his way back home.]]

** Geppetto's cuckoo clock collection has turned into a CameoCluster of characters from various Disney films ranging from fairy tale classics like ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' to more anachronistic picks like ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', ''FranchiseTheLionKing'', ''Franchise/ToyStory'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.

* InformedWrongness: As a result of the removal of alcohol, tobacco and brawling from Pleasure Island, the kids seem to be doing nothing more than hanging out at a theme park and being a little unruly. Certainly nothing that warrants a KarmicTransformation into a donkey and [[DisproportionateRetribution spending the rest of their lives being worked to death]].

* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: At one point during Pinocchio’s escape from Pleasure Island, the coachman exclaims the word “Bollocks”. This word is considered considerably more offensive in the UK than in the USA (generally used as interchangeable with “Crap” in the USA, while more on par with “Bullshit” in the UK).

* AmbiguousSituation: Although the scene was not in the film, it is possible Honest John and Gideon like the original film helped the Coachman capture the children via bribery. However, in the original film they collected only Pinocchio and showed to be very afraid of being caught and punished by the law for having any involvement and business with Pleasure Island.

** Geppetto's cuckoo clock collection has turned into a CameoCluster of characters from various Disney films ranging from fairy tale classics like ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' to more anachronistic picks like ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', ''Franchise/ToyStory'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.

** Pinocchio in the original film enjoyed his time at Pleasure Island and had fun doing bad stuff. Here, the Pleasure Island portion of the story has more focus on peer pressure and how Pinocchio agrees to go there even if he doesn't really want to. He likes it only at first, but very quickly becomes visibly uncomfortable due to the other kids' chaotic and callous behaviour, especially when he sees the contempt corner attraction and witnesses many of his father's clocks being destroyed at the clock stoppers attraction. It should be noted that Pinocchio is generally more distrustful of "real" people and becomes less gullible more quickly than the original version as a result of his bad experiences (as in this version even the school's headmaster treats him very poorly and (quite literally) kicks him out [[FantasticRacism just for not being a human kid]]), at one point even believing he can only trust his father. Indeed, even if Fabiana turns out to be a good person, Pinocchio is more comfortable to talk to her if she interacts through her puppet, Sabina.

** While the Blue Fairy does appear in the film, Pinocchio lying to her is left out. Instead, it is Jiminy Cricket who takes her place in confronting Pinocchio.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although Pinocchio manages to reunite with his father at the end, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he manages to transform into a real boy]] for his generous actions [[SwissArmyTears like saving Geppetto's life]], the boys and girls who were kidnapped in Pleasure Island are still transformed into donkeys, they are sold to the salt mines and [[KarmaHoudini the Coachman is never punished for his bad deeds]]. Even though Pinocchio achieves his wish to become a real boy, the hundreds of parents from different towns and villages will be very sad and devastated to never see their children again. Plus, Gepetto sold all his clocks to buy the boat he tried to use to rescue Pinocchio from Pleasure Island, which was ultimately for naught, as Pinocchio escaped himself from the island and was on his way back home.]]

** One of the points of the movie (and the original story) was Pinocchio's nose growing every time he told a lie, with the lesson that lying is bad. This film, however, ends up undermining that message when Pinocchio actually takes advantage of his growing nose to get the key to his cage and escape from Stromboli.

** The Coachman slyly tells Pinocchio on their way to Pleasure Island, he 'won't be a puppet any longer' foreshadowing the fate that lies in store for him, Lampwick and the other kids.

\* RunningGag: Jiminy breaking the fourth wall multiple times to speak directly to the audience.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: If you watch very carefully on Pleasure Island, a lot of the children are seen behaving strangely by repeatedly breaking things in the same continuous manner, suggesting they might not be real children but robots disguised as kids possibly to fool kids into staying, particularly as this film is implied to be set in an alternate universe.
* RunningGag: Jiminy breaking the fourth wall multiple times to speak directly to the audience.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Ladies and gentlemen! I present to you the eighth wonder of the world. The one and only... Pinocchio!"'']]

It adapts the original film while also including new/altered elements and characters.

The film was released as a Creator/DisneyPlus Original on September 8, 2022

* No Smoking: All smoking scenes from the original Pinocchio 1940 film have been removed in the Pinocchio 2022 remake including The Tobacco Row scene with Native American Sioux chief statues throwing out free cigars, Pinocchio trying out a cigar, Geppetto smoking his tobacco pipe has been removed in the remake due to the Disney's policy ban on no smoking in films.

** Geppetto's cuckoo clock collection has turned into a CameoCluster of characters from various Disney films ranging from fairy tale classics like ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' to more anachronistic picks like ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.

* DemotedToExtra: It appears the Blue Fairy has far less screen time than she did in the original film. Other than singing the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" and bringing Pinocchio to life, her role is otherwise diminished. For example, it seems Jiminy Cricket takes her place in confronting Pinocchio in Stromboli's caravan.

** Pinocchio in the original film enjoyed his time at Pleasure Island and had fun doing bad stuff. Here, the Pleasure Island portion of the story has more focus on peer pressure and how Pinocchio agrees to go there even if he doesn't really want to. He likes it only at first, but very quickly becomes visibly uncomfortable due to the other kids' chaotic and callous behaviour, especially when he sees the contempt corner attraction and witnesses many clocks being destroyed at the clock stoppers attraction. It should be noted that Pinocchio is generally more distrustful of "real" people and becomes less gullible more quickly than the original version as a result of his bad experiences (as in this version even the school's headmaster treats him very poorly and kicks him out [[FantasticRacism just for not being a human kid]]), at one point even believing he can only trust his father. Indeed, even if Fabiana turns out to be a good person, Pinocchio is more comfortable to talk to her if she interacts through her puppet, Sabina.

** The Coachman, while still sadistic and evil, takes it up to eleven where he goes as far as to turn even good children, who just want to have a good time, after succumbing to peer pressure into donkeys. Being far younger here, he also puts on more of a charismatic Fagin-esque front rather than a kindly old grandfather act.

* AdaptationalDiversity: The Blue Fairy is now played by a black woman, while the "stupid little boys" who visit Pleasure Island are now joined by girls.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Coachman is even more evil in this version, as it's shown he's willing to take kids to Pleasure Island who may not necessarily be interested in the promises of food, fun, and no rules. Pinocchio apparently has a conversation with him on the way there where he explains his goal of wanting to become a real boy and the Coachman tricks him into thinking he may get his wish there. He's also implied to be a human working with demons rather than ambiguously demonic in nature himself, which means there's even ''less'' of a valid excuse for him to be so evil.

** It's also not clear whether Pinocchio becoming human is actually happening or metaphorical. Jiminy says that no one really knows for sure, but emphasizes that no matter what, he's become a real boy in his heart.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although Pinocchio manages to reunite with his father at the end, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he manages to transform into a real boy]] for his generous actions [[SwissArmyTears like saving Geppetto's life]]. The boys and girls who were kidnapped in Pleasure Island are still transformed into donkeys, they are sold to the salt mines and [[KarmaHoudini the Coachman is never punished for his bad deeds]]. Even though Pinocchio achieves his wish to become a real boy, the other children's parents from different towns and villages will be very sad and devastated to never see their children again. Plus, Gepetto sold all his clocks to buy the boat he tried to use to rescue Pinocchio from Pleasure Island, which was ultimately for naught, as Pinocchio escaped himself from the island and was on his way back home.]]

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The kids on Pleasure Island no longer smoke, and are seen drinking root beer instead of alcohol.

** Most of the adaptational changes to the story seem to go out of their way to absolve Pinocchio from actually doing anything bad on purpose (he doesn't skip school and instead gets kicked out by a bigoted headmaster, gets peer-pressured into going to Pleasure Island and doesn't do anything particularly bad there, and so on)... but he still gets all the karmic punishment his other incarnations earned, rendering the old "be a good kid ''or else''" message of every version of Pinocchio completely moot.

* HaveAGayOldTime: "Hi-diddle-dee-da, an actor's life is gay," which made it into this version unaltered.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Geppetto once had a son, who died as a boy. He carves Pinocchio in his likeness.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: If you watch very carefully on Pleasure Island, a lot of the children are seen behaving strangely by repeatedly breaking things in the same continuous manner, suggesting they might not be real children but robots disguised as kids, particularly as this film is implied to be set in an alternate universe.
* RunningGag: Jiminy breaking the fourth wall to speak directly to the audience.

* ShadowDiscretionShot: As Lampwick turns into a donkey, one scene has his morphing shadow cast over [[ReactionShot a horrified Pinocchio]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although Pinocchio manages to reunite with his father at the end, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he manages to transform into a real boy]] for his generous actions [[SwissArmyTears like saving Geppetto's life]]. The boys and girls who were kidnapped in Pleasure Island are still transformed into donkeys, they are sold to the salt mines and [[KarmaHoudini the Coachman is never punished for his bad deeds]]. Even though Pinocchio achieves his wish to become a real boy, the other children's parents from different towns and villages will be very sad and devastated to never see their children again. Plus, Gepetto sold all his clocks to buy the boat he tried to use to rescue Pinocchio from Pleasure Island, which was ultimately for naugh, as Pinocchio escaped himself from the island and was on his way back home.]]

** [[spoiler: Geppetto is the one who suffers a DisneyDeath after the climax, not Pinocchio.]]
** [[spoiler: Pinocchio's transformation into a real boy is downplayed in the end. It's only shown momentarily and from behind as Pinocchio and Geppetto walk home. Meanwhile, Jiminy Cricket says in his narration that stories have been told of Pinocchio's becoming a real boy, but that Jiminy doesn't know if they're true or not. What matters is that Pinocchio has the heart of a real boy – brave, truthful, and unselfish – and that he's fully real to his loving, proud father Geppetto.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although Pinocchio manages to reunite with his father at the end, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he manages to transform into a real boy]] for his generous actions [[SwissArmyTears like saving Geppetto's life]]. The boys and girls who were kidnapped in Pleasure Island are still transformed into donkeys, they are sold to the salt mines and [[KarmaHoudini the Coachman is never punished for his bad deeds]]. Even though Pinocchio achieves his wish to become a real boy, the other children's parents from different towns and villages will be very sad and devastated to never see their children again. Plus, Gepetto sold all his clocks to buy the boat he tried to use to rescue Pinocchio from Pleasure Island.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although Pinocchio manages to reunite with his father at the end, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he manages to transform into a real boy]] for his generous actions [[SwissArmyTears like saving Geppetto's life]]. The boys and girls who were kidnapped in Pleasure Island are still transformed into donkeys, they are sold to the salt mines and [[KarmaHoudini the Coachman is never punished for his bad deeds]]. Even though Pinocchio achieves his wish to become a real boy, the other children's parents from different towns and villages will be very sad and devastated to never see their children again.]]

* KarmaHoudini: While [[spoiler:Stromboli]] does get a concrete defeat this time around and [[spoiler:Monstro still presumably dies or gets injured]], the same can't be said for Honest John, Gideon, or the Coachman, who apparently get off unscathed for their evil actions just like in the original film. The Coachman does bemoan about losing Pinocchio (since "wooden donkeys" apparently fetch a hefty price), but that's the closest he gets to a loss. In this version the Coachman does notice Pinocchio's escape.

** The Coachman, while still sadistic and evil, takes it up to eleven where he goes as far as to turn even good children, who just want to have a good time, after succumbing to peer pressure into donkeys.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Coachman is even more evil in this version, as it's shown he's willing to take kids to Pleasure Island who may not necessarily be interested in the promises of food, fun, and no rules. Pinocchio apparently has a conversation with him on the way there where he explains his goal of wanting to become a real boy and the Coachman tricks him into thinking he may get his wish there.