# The Adventures of Pinocchio — Character guide

> Key figures in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.

- [Pinocchio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/pinocchio.md): Carved from a talking log, Pinocchio bursts into the world hungry for pleasure and praise, and his promises to Geppetto and the Fairy crumble the moment a puppet show or a friend calls. He is not wicked so much as weak-w
- [Geppetto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/geppetto.md): Geppetto is the town's gruff but tender old craftsman, mocked for wanting a son made of wood and yet unable to stop loving the troublesome creature he carved. His poverty is real and specific: he sells his only coat in t
- [The Fairy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-fairy.md): The Fairy appears first as a strange dead girl in a house in the woods and later as a young woman who calls herself Pinocchio's sister, shifting shape but never her purpose. She is patient and stern in equal measure, war
- [Master Cherry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/master-cherry.md): Master Cherry is the first person in the book to be frightened by the piece of wood that will become Pinocchio, and his terror is comic and human: he hears a voice, looks for it, and finds no one. He and Geppetto bicker 
- [The Talking Cricket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-talking-cricket.md): The Cricket speaks up in Geppetto's workshop to tell Pinocchio that he should obey his father and go to school, and Pinocchio throws a hammer at him for his trouble. He returns later as a ghostly voice of conscience, and
- [The Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-fox.md): The Fox meets Pinocchio at the Red Crawfish inn and immediately sizes him up as a mark, flattering him, feeding him, and promising that buried coins will grow into trees of gold. He travels with the Cat, and the two of t
- [The Cat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-cat.md): The Cat travels in tandem with the Fox, posing as a respectable but unfortunate companion while secretly orchestrating robberies and cons. When Pinocchio notices her missing paw, she falls silent and lets the Fox spin a 
- [Fire Eater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/fire-eater.md): Fire Eater commands the puppet theatre where Pinocchio is nearly burned as firewood for the roasting spit, ruling his troupe with roars and threats. Yet when he hears Pinocchio's pleas, his fierce exterior cracks and he 
- [Candlewick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/candlewick.md): Candlewick is the bad companion every teacher warns against, a boy who brags that books and arithmetic are for fools and that only friends who free you from school truly care. He persuades Pinocchio to abandon his studie
- [The Dogfish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-dogfish.md): The Dogfish is an enormous shark-like beast so old and afflicted with asthma that he sleeps with his mouth open, swallowing ships and men alike. When he engulfs Geppetto and later Pinocchio, the two are reunited inside h
- [Alidoro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/alidoro.md): A mastiff dog who helps Pinocchio escape from a farmer.
- [The Snail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-snail.md): A slow-moving servant of the Fairy who delivers messages.
- [The Tunny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-tunny.md): A large fish who helps Pinocchio and Geppetto escape the Dogfish.
- [Harlequin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/harlequin.md): A puppet who recognizes Pinocchio at the puppet show.
- [Punch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/punch.md): A puppet who joins Harlequin in greeting Pinocchio at the show.
- [Melampo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/melampo.md): A deceased watchdog whose role Pinocchio briefly takes.
- [Eugene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/eugene.md): A schoolboy whom Pinocchio accidentally hits with a book.
- [Giangio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/giangio.md): A farmer who buys Pinocchio to use as a watchdog.
- [The Serpent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-serpent.md): A giant snake that blocks Pinocchio's path in the road.
- [Pudding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/pudding.md): A dog who helps Pinocchio identify the thieves.
- [The Poodle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters/the-poodle.md): A poodle who serves as a carriage driver in the Land of Boobies.

HTML index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_pinocchio_se/characters