History YMMV / PinocchioATrueStory

* CommonKnowledge:
** Most reviewers approaching the film have complained that it has nothing to do with Pinocchio as they know it, not realizing that it was effectively a modified and renamed adaptation of ''Literature/TheGoldenKeyOrTheAdventuresOfBuratino''. Though to be fair on their part, given that Buratino is incredibly obscure outside of Russia and was a loose retelling of the same story that took a radically different direction with time, it's an easy mistake to make given Lionsgate did ''nothing'' to indicate the real origin by throwing the Pinocchio branding on there for sales, and the Russian version labeled it as a Pinocchio retelling too!
** While many viewers do know the movie is an English dub of a Russian animated movie, they often say it's ''the'' dub, when actually there exists two separate [=UK=] dubs that are far less ridiculous and much lighter on the ad-lib.

* CommonKnowledge: Most reviewers approaching the film have complained that it has nothing to do with Pinocchio as they know it, not realizing that it was effectively a modified and renamed adaptation of ''Literature/TheGoldenKeyOrTheAdventuresOfBuratino''. Though to be fair on their part, given that Buratino is incredibly obscure outside of Russia and was a loose retelling of the same story that took a radically different direction with time, it's an easy mistake to make given Lionsgate did ''nothing'' to indicate the real origin by throwing the Pinocchio branding on there for sales, and the Russian version labeled it as a Pinocchio retelling too!

** If the above scene somehow didn't cut you, then the later scene where Cat shoots Pinocchio basically hammers home just how insane the movie is.

** The scene where Cat shoots Pinocchio is widely regarded as establishing just how insane the movie is.

* SignatureScene: The scene where Cat shoots Pinocchio is widely regarded as establishing just how insane the movie is.

** "Father, when can I be on my ''oooooownnnn?'' I have the whole ''woooorld'' to see..." from the first trailer is what shot the movie into the stratosphere of memes in the first place due to Pinocchio's [[CampGay "Yassified"]] voice.

*** Alternatively, [[{{Mondegreen}} "world to see" being interpreted as "worldussy"]], due to the concurrent online popularity of combining various words with "pussy."

%% ** Imma boy and I'm aLIIIIVE! (Zero-context example)
%% ** Dee, Skuh-dee, skuh-dee, skuh-dee, Rah-kah! (Zero-context example)
%% ** Yaaas, Tybalt! (Zero-context example)

* WTHCastingAgency:
** Most people who watch the movie agree that Pauly Shore was severely miscast as Pinocchio. It's just a special kind of creepy to hear a man in his fifties try (and fail) to voice a character who's supposed to be around 11 (physically). Not helping matters is that he makes him sound like a combination of CampGay and TheStoner.
** Being an [[FatBastard overweight]], [[BeardOfEvil bearded]] RepulsiveRingmaster, you would expect BigBad Mangiafuoco to have a suitably [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, booming]] voice (akin to his [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Disney counterpart]]), but instead, he sounds like [[VocalDissonance a regular guy working at a convenience store]].

** Lyusilda, the fairy, is even ''worse'' in that regard. Her accent seems to waver from [[SouthernBelle a southern drawl ]] to [[AwesomeAussie Australian]] to [[BraveScot Scottish]], all of them done [[OohMeAccentsSlipping very badly]].

* VanillaProtagonist: There really isn't much to Pinocchio in this movie. He's a talented horse rider and acrobat, but has no discernible personality aside from a generic desire to see the world (that gets forgotten as soon as he sees a pretty girl) and he utterly lacks his mischievous nature from the book, turning him from an interesting and flawed protagonist to a rather bland NiceGuy. Pinocchio's physical abilities and movements are likewise depicted as straightforward reproductions of a biological human's, relegating his nature as a puppet (which the film's narrative otherwise heavily underlines) to more of an InformedAttribute than scarcely influences his talents and perceptions or contextualizes his eventual transformation into a "real boy" by the film's conclusion, further accentuating his blandness.

* VanillaProtagonist: There really isn't much to Pinocchio in this movie. He's a talented horse rider and acrobat, but has no discernible personality aside from a generic desire to see the world (that gets forgotten as soon as he sees a pretty girl) and he utterly lacks his mischievous nature from the book, turning him from an interesting and flawed protagonist to a rather bland NiceGuy.

* SignatureScene: The scene where Cat just shoots Pinocchio is widely regarded as establishing just how insane the movie is.

* {{Narm}}: Thanks to questionable casting (see below), the film's dubbing often borders [[GagDub on parody]] and scenes written to be serious or even mundane are made unintentionally hilarious.

* ClicheStorm: At its core, this is a very by-the-numbers animated flick about a young boy protagonist who wants to see the world while dealing with an [[FantasyForbiddingFather overprotective parent]], before transitioning into him [[BoyMeetsGirl trying to win a girl’s affection]], while Pinocchio’s [[BecomeARealBoy usual goal]] is mainly fueled by his desire to win over his lover interest.

** One of the most...jarring elements of the film is Pauly Shore's accent as Pinocchio. Many have attempted and failed to figure out what kind of accent it is other than it being a 'Pauly Shore's accent'.

** One of the most...jarring elements of the film is Pauly Shore's accent as Pinnochio. Many have attempted and failed to figure out what kind of accent it is other than it being a'Pauly Shore's accent'.

** One of the most...jarring elements of the film was Pauly Shore's accent as Pinnochio. Many has attempted and failed to figure out what kind of accent it is other than being 'Pauly Shore's accent'.

* WTHCastingAgency: Most people who watch the movie agree that Pauly Shore was severely miscast as Pinocchio. It's just a special kind of creepy to hear a man in his fifties try (and fail) to voice a character who's supposed to be a young teenager.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: One of the most...jarring elements of the film was Pauly Shore's Pinocchio accent. Many has attempted and failed to figure out what kind of accent it is other than being 'Pauly Shore's Accent'.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Let's face it the only reason people watched the movie was for Creator/PaulyShore's performance as Pinocchio.

* ClichéStorm: At its core, this is a very by-the-numbers animated flick about a young boy protagonist who wants to see the world while dealing with an [[FantasyForbiddingFather overprotective parent]], before transitioning into him [[BoyMeetsGirl trying to win a girl’s affection]], while Pinocchio’s [[BecomeARealBoy usual goal]] is mainly fueled by his desire to win over his lover interest.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Let's face it the only reason people watched the movie was for Creator/PaulyShore's performance as Pinocchio

* OlderThanTheyThink: For anyone aware that the film is effectively a modified and renamed adaptation of ''Literature/TheGoldenKeyOrTheAdventuresOfBuratino'', this is actually the second time that the film adaptation of a story better known in Russia was released in the Western world under the name of a work more familiar in the West. The 1953 Soviet ''Film/{{Sadko}}'' was released in the U.S. as ''The Magic Voyage of Sinbad'', the title under which [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E05TheMagicVoyageOfSinbad it appeared on]] ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. The only differences here is that ''Buratino'' was already a loose retelling of the Pinocchio story, and that the Russian version already labeled it as a Pinocchio retelling too!

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: One of the most...jarring elements of the film was Pauly Shore's Pinnochio accent. Many has attempted and failed to figure out what kind of accent it is other than being 'Pauly Shore's Accent'.

** "Skidee, Skidde, Skidee!" [[labelnote: Explanation]] An ad-libbed line when Pinocchio runs towards Tybalt after Gepetto lets him go to see the circus.[[/labelnote]]

* WTHCastingAgency: Most people who watch the movie agree that Pauly Shore was severely miscast as Pinocchio. It's just a special kind of UncannyValley to hear a man in his fifties try (and fail) to voice a character who's supposed to be a young teenager.

* [[WhattheHellIsThatAccent What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: One of the most...jarring elements of the film was Pauly Shore's Pinnochio accent. Many has attempted and failed to figure out what kind of accent it is other than being 'Pauly Shore's Accent'.