Geppetto | |
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The Adventures of Pinocchio character | |
![]() Geppetto carving Pinocchio. | |
First appearance | The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) |
Created by | Carlo Collodi |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Family | Pinocchio (son) |
Nationality | Italian |
Geppetto (/dʒəˈpɛtoʊ/ jə-PET-oh Italian: [dʒepˈpetto])[1] 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 neighbors call him "Polendina" to annoy him. The name Geppetto is a Tuscan diminutive of the name Giuseppe (Italian for Joseph).