The characters from the Pinocchio story are: Pinocchio, Gepetto, Pepe Cricket, Figaro, Cleo, the blue fairy, Gideon and the Honored John, Strómboli, the coachman, Moth and the blue whale. They give life to this story full of adventure and morals.
The story The Adventures of Pinocchio , by Carlo Collodi, is a children's play that tells how a puppet learns to have a real life and behave like a good child who does not tell lies, while going through difficult situations thanks to some characters who have bad intentions.
The 11 characters in the Pinocchio story
1- Pinocchio
He is the protagonist of the work. It is a wooden puppet shaped like a child that comes to life thanks to the blue fairy and plunges into various adventures, where he tests his honesty and courage to save his creator, Geppetto.
Pinocchio is known because his nose grows every time he tells a lie. Because of this, the staff learns the value of truth throughout history and manages to become a real child.
2- Geppetto
She is an old sculptor who could never have children. For this reason he builds Pinocchio in the form of a child and asks the star to give him a real child.
Geppetto becomes the Pope of Pinocchio and goes in its search when this one is lost.
3- Pepe Grillo
It is a very shrewd cricket that becomes the consciousness of Pinocchio. Pepe helps Pinocchio in his decisions, because this one is made of wood and does not know what is right or wrong.
Figaro
It is the pet of Geppetto: a black cat that always accompanies its owner. At first Fígaro jealous by the attention that gives Gepetto to Pinocchio, but later it accompanies him in his search.
5- Cleo
It is a redfish of the female genus that lives in a fish tank in the house of Geppetto. She, next to Figaro, accompanies its owner when this one leaves in search of its son Pinocchio.
6- The Blue Fairy
Better known as"The Star of Desires", it is who descends from the sky and gives life to the puppet Pinocchio. This fairy appears in several parts of story when the characters ask for help.
7- The Honored John and Gedéon
Gideon is an evil cat. He and his fox companion, Honored John, kidnap Pinocchio.
8- Strómboli
It is a puppeteer who encloses the protagonist in a cage with the aim of selling it to the coachman.
9- Coach
It is a gentleman who buys children to take them to"the island", where he turns them into donkeys. He pays gold coins to Gideon and Honored John to recapture Pinocchio.
10- Moth
He is a man who gives bad example to Pinocchio when they are in the island.
11- Blue Whale
It is a giant"monster"that lives under the sea. This whale swallows the ship of Geppetto, and then to Pinocchio and Pepe Grillo.
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