Geppetto
Also known as Mister Geppetto, Mastro Geppetto, Polendina, Father
Geppetto ( ; ) is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio. He wears a yellow wig resembling cornmeal mush (called polendina), and consequently his neighbours call him "Polendina" to annoy him. The name is a Tuscan diminutive of the name Giuseppe (Italian for Joseph).
Key facts
- Character.name
- Geppetto
- Character.series
- The Adventures of Pinocchio
- Character.image
- Geppetto 1940 (2).png
- Character.caption
- Geppetto, as seen in the 1940 Disney film.
- Character.first
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Character.creator
- Carlo Collodi
- Character.species
- Human
- Character.gender
- Male
- Character.occupation
- Carpenter
- Character.nationality
- Italian
- Character.family
- Pinocchio (son)
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Geppetto ( ; ) is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio. He wears a yellow wig resembling cornmeal mush (called polendina), and consequently his neighbours call him "Polendina" to annoy him. The name is a Tuscan diminutive of the name Giuseppe (Italian for Joseph).
==Role== thumb|left|120px|The next morning, Geppetto is released from jail.