Stromboli (2022)

NOTE: This article is about Stromboli from the live-action version. The mainstream version can be found here: Stromboli

“	Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the Eighth Wonder of the World, the one and only.... Piiiiiiiiiinocchio!	„
	~ Stromboli presenting Pinocchio to his audience.

Stromboli is one of the main antagonists of the 2022 Disney+ live-action film Pinocchio, a remake of the 1940 traditionally animated classic film of the same name.

Just like his original animated counterpart of the same name, he's a greedy Italian and "gypsy-like" showman who has an always moving puppet show. However, when Pinocchio is sold to him by Honest John and Gideon, Stromboli sees the potential of the living wooden boy and decides to make him his main attraction from now on, whether he wants it or not. He’s also based off his original incarnation of the same name.

He was portrayed by Giuseppe Battiston in his first villainous role.

Personality[]

In the remake, Stromboli is arguably less sinister unlike his animated counterpart, shown after locking Pinocchio in a bird cage, he makes no threat to turn him into firewood once he outgrows his use. He even tries to (albeit condescendingly) cheer Pinocchio up when he tells him to get ready for a show in Siena.

Despite this, he is still pretty malicious and sadistic as he tears open an emotional wound on Pinocchio after locking him up when he calls for his father Geppetto, maliciously stating that parents want a "real" child, not a puppet. Stromboli also proves to be a rather cruel boss to his people on his payroll, especially Fabiana and her puppet Sabina as he furiously chastises them, and Pinocchio, for actually making a show in his caravan.

Appearance[]

In contrast to his traditionally animated counterpart, this version of Stromboli is more realistic in appearance due to him being a live-action version of the animated character of the same name.

Biography[]

Pinocchio[]

After Honest John and Gideon lead Pinocchio to Stromboli's puppet show, he is astonished to see a puppet walking without strings and quickly hires Pinocchio, making him his attraction in which Pinocchio accepts, whereupon he befriends one of Stromboli's employees, a limp woman named Fabiana and her puppet Sabina.

After Pinocchio performs, Stromboli then shows his true colors by quickly locking him in a cage, planning to keep Pinocchio for a long time as his money making attraction and leaves. Fabiana and Sabina attempt to free Pinocchio, but are forced to leave to prevent Stromboli from catching them. However, Pinocchio manages to escape with Jiminy Cricket's help after making his nose grow so Jiminy can grab the keys.

Sometime later, Stromboli is arrested by the Carabinieri for his mistreatment towards his employees and is imprisoned, whereupon he starts to protest his innocence, only for his pleas to be ignored.

Quotes[]

“	¡Basta!, what's this nonsense, nobody my show performs for free, now but we leave in an hour and you, oh, oh my little Pinocchio I was scared to die to go to a lost or stolen and we would want that now would we, ¡in an hour ago!.	„
	~ Stromboli revealing his true nature.

Trivia[]

Unlike his original animated counterpart, Stromboli gets arrested in the remake due to a real crime at the expense of other real people, making him the first villain to suffer a comeuppance on-screen and not just presumed or implied by the viewers instead of Foulfellow and Gideon, whose fates are now left unknown, and Monstro, who still presumably dies or gets injured (this latter more probable) like in the original animated classic.

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