Pinocchio (1940 film)

I'd rather be smart than be an actor.

Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the classic 1883 children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.

Pinoccho

I'm gonna do right.

• I can move. I can talk. I can walk!

• I should've listened to you, Jiminy.

• I'd rather be smart than be an actor.

Jiminy Cricket

• [after singing "When You Wish Upon a Star"] Pretty, huh? I'll bet a lot of you folks don't believe that, about a wish comin' true, do ya? Well, I didn't, either. Of course, I'm just a cricket singing my way from hearth to hearth, but let me tell you what made me change my mind...

• [after Pinocchio is brought to life] What they can't do these days.

• [When Pinocchio is locked in a cage] Oh, buck up, son. It could be worse. Be cheerful... [breaks down and cries] LIKE ME!! [Pinocchio begins to sob harder, and a tear fell on his hat] Awwww, take it easy, son. Go ahead, blow. [Pinocchio blows his nose on the hankerchef] Atta boy. [Jiminy also blows his nose with the hankerchef]] Oh, well, it stopped raining anyway.

• A fine conscience I turned out to be!

• What does an actor want with a conscience, anyway?

• Go ahead. Make a fool of yourself, and maybe you'll listen to your concience.

• [while at Pleasure Island] Pinocchio! [coughs] Pinocchio! There's something phony about all this. I got to get him outta here.

• Pinocchio! So this is where I find you? How do you ever expect to be a real boy? Look at yourself, [Pulls the ciger out of Pinocchio's mouth and tosses it] smoking! Playing pool! [Jiminy kicks the #8 ball, and shouts in pain] Owww! You're coming right home with me this minute!

Dialogue

Jiminy Cricket: Now, you see, the world is full of temptations.

Pinocchio: Temptations?

Jiminy Cricket: Yep, temptations. They're the wrong things that seem right at the time, but, uh... even though the right things may seem wrong sometimes, or sometimes the wrong things, [chuckles] may be right at the wrong time, or visa versa. [clears throat] Understand?

Pinocchio: [shakes his head] Uh-uh. But I'm gonna do right.

Jiminy Cricket: Atta boy, Pinoke! And I'm gonna help ya.

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Stromboli: There! This will be your home, [locks Pinocchio in a bird cage]] where I can find you always!

Pinocchio: No! No! No!

Stromboli: Yes! Yes! Yes! To me, you are belonging. We will tour the world. Paris, London, Monte Carlo, "Constantanopelie".

Pinocchio: No! No!

Stromboli: Yes! We start tonight! Hmmmm....you will make lots of money, for me! And when you are growing too old, you will make good...FIREWOOD! [throws his axe, which lands on a broken puppet, then Stromboli laughs evilly]

Pinocchio: Let me outta here! I gotta get out! You can't keep me!

Stromboli: [jumps and slams his feet on the ground] Quiet! Shut up! Before I knock-a you silly. Good night, my little wooden gold mine. [Stromboli laughs again and slams the door, blowing out the light and making the room completely dark.]

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[Foulfellow is telling the Coachman their success at fooling Pinocchio]

Foulfellow: ...and the dummy fell for it! [laughs] Hook, Line, and Sinker! [continues laughing, as Gideon hiccups] And he still thinks we're his friends! And did Stromboli pay? Plenty! [lays a small bag of money on the table] That shows how low Honest John will stoop... eh, Giddy? [Gideon, drinking a beer, nods in agreement right before hiccuping, spilling the beer all over him] Now, Coachman... what's your proposition?

The Coachman: Well... how would you blokes like to make some real money? [lays an even larger bag of money on the table]

Foulfellow: Well! And who do we have to, eh... [makes throat-slashing motion]?

The Coachman: No, no! Nothing like that. You see... [looks around to see if anyone is listening; Foulfellow does the same] I'm collecting stupid little boys.

Foulfellow: "Stupid little boys"?

The Coachman: You know, the disobedient ones who play hooky from school.

Foulfellow: Oh!

The Coachman: And you see... [whispers in Foulfellow's ear; Gideon puts his ear to Foulfellow's other ear so he can listen as well] And I takes 'em to Pleasure Island.

Foulfellow: [nods in agreement] Ah, Pleasure Island... [is suddenly shocked at this mention] Pleasure Island?! But the law! Suppose they...?!

The Coachman: No, no. There is no risk. They never come back... as BOYS! [leans in close to camera and smiles wickedly]

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Foulfellow: Close your eyes. What do you see?

Pinocchio: Nothing.

Foulfellow: [holds a spotted handkerchief in front of Pinocchio] Open them. Now what do you see?

Pinocchio: Spots.

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Lampwick: Huh. Hear that beetle talk... [takes a sip of his beer] You'd think something was gonna happen to us. [Lampwick suddenly sprouts donkey ears. Realizing the beer has an effect, Pinocchio pushes his away] Conscience. Ah, phooey! [strikes a ball and grows a donkey tail. A shocked Pinocchio throws away his cigar] Where does he get that stuff? How do you ever expect to be a real boy? [He leans over the pool table, his head turns brown] What's he think I look like? [He jumps off the table, showing that he now has a donkey head] A jackass?

Pinocchio: You sure do! [laughs, but then begins to bray. He covers his mouth]

Lampwick: Hey, you laugh like a donkey. [laughs, then also brays. He covers his mouth to stop] Did that come out of me?! [Pinocchio nods. Lampwick feels his face, realizing he has a muzzle. He feels his head and realizes he has donkey ears] What the--? What's going on?! [looks in the mirror and screams in terror] I'VE BEEN DOUBLE-CROSSED! Help! Help! SOMEBODY HELP! I'VE BEEN FRAMED! HELP!! [begs to Pinocchio] Please, you gotta help me! Be a pal! Call that beetle! Call anybody! [He lets go of Pinocchio as his hands close up and become hooves] Mama! MAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAA!!... [He is forced on all fours, having turned completely into a donkey. He begins to kick everything in the room, braying uncontrollably]

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[Pinocchio, having heard that Geppetto is alive after being swallowed by Monstro, takes off to save him]

Jiminy Cricket: [following after Pinocchio] Hey, where ya goin'?

Pinocchio: I'm going to find him!

Jiminy Cricket: But Pinoke, are you crazy? Don't you realize he's in a whale?

Pinocchio: I've gotta go to him!

Jiminy Cricket: Hey, Pinoke! Wait! Listen here, son!

[Pinocchio keeps going straight to a high cliff overlooking the ocean, Jiminy following all the way]

Jiminy Cricket: But this Monstro, I've heard of him; he's a whale of a whale! [Pinocchio starts tying a rock to his donkey tail] Why, he swallows whole ships alive! [He then helps tie Pinocchio's tail to the rock completely] Tie it good and tight now. And besides, it's dangerous! Why, I...

Pinocchio: Good-bye, Jiminy.

Jiminy Cricket: Good-bye? I may be live bait down there, but I'm with ya! [hops onto the rock and holds his nose] Let's go. LOOK OUT BELOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!!!