Plus, the Talking Cricket is now Jiminy Cricket, the Fox and the Cat are Honest John Worthington Foulfellow and Gideon, and the unnamed Geppetto's cat has been given the name Figaro and a much more prominent role.
Lampwick (Lucignolo) also has his name translated as "Candlewick" in some English versions of the book. Adaptation Name Change: Mangiafuoco (Fire-eater) to Stromboli, the Fairy with Blue Hair to the Blue Fairy.He has since become something of the anthropomorphic (well, cricket-morphic) personification of conscience. Adaptation Expansion: In the original story, Jiminy Cricket was a minor character and was never even given a proper name, being referred to simply as the "talking cricket".Adaptation Dye-Job: The Blue Fairy, originally called the Fairy with Blue Hair, has her hair changed from blue to blonde.Adaptation Distillation: This film leaves out many of the subplots of the book.
While the book's counterpart of Monstro, the Terrible Dogfish, swallows Geppetto and Pinocchio, it's not portrayed as a malicious creature, but rather a wild animal uncaring of what it's causing while feeding itself, it doesn't even chase after the two when they escape (which they do more easily by taking advantage of the Dogfish sleeping with an open mouth due to its asthma).While he did attempt to use Pinocchio for firewood to finish cooking his roast, that was only after Pinocchio interrupted his puppet show, and when he learned of Pinocchio's plight regarding Geppetto he took pity on him, even giving him money to help pay for what the puppet needed, and decides to eat a half-cooked roast instead of burning another puppet in Pinocchio's place. Stromboli's incarnation in the original novel, Mangiafuoco/Fire-Eater, was actually one of the nicest characters Pinocchio encounters.He was stern whenever he admonished Pinocchio. The Cricket in the book was not the cheerful, friendly cricket of this film.Here, he is far nicer and better tempered.
Collodi's Geppetto was clearly a loving father, but more of a Grumpy Old Man and not very friendly.Here, he is a generally well-meaning but naïve child who is talked into bad things due to his innocence. Disney's version portrays him in a much more sympathetic manner. In the original novel, Pinocchio is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who starts off being quite reckless and disobedient, learning his lessons the hard way.There was originally a scene where the two were going to be arrested for their crimes (most likely for their usual petty crimes on a daily basis in the Village), but this was cut from the final script and is instead left to the viewers to deduce their ultimate fate after Pinocchio's escape from Pleasure Island. Unlike the book, without counting their miserable condition and pathetic existence from the beginning, they seem to avoid, at least onscreen, all punishment in the film. Adaptational Karma: Inverted with the Fox and the Cat.It's this sacrifice that proves to the Blue Fairy that Pinocchio is brave, truthful and unselfish, and she brings him back to life and turns him into a real boy. Act of True Love: At the end of the film, Pinocchio dies saving Geppetto's life.Ace of Spades: Honest John tricks Pinocchio into going to the dangerous Pleasure Island by giving him his "ticket", an Ace of Spades card.He shows off several spinning limb moves in the Stromboli performance.