Pinocchion

Pinocchion
Japanese	ピノキオン
Rōmaji	Pinokion
Gender	Male
Status	Alive (anime) Deceased (manga)
Family	Diana (creator) Dorothy (owner, formerly)
Homeland	Caldia
Team	Chess Pieces
Class	Knight
ÄRMs	Saw Blade Fastitocalon Moby Dick
Seiyū (Japanese)	Nao Nasagawa

Pinocchion (ピノキオン, Pinokion) is the 3rd weakest Knight (2nd weakest after Rapunzel's death) of the Chess Pieces and the shortest of the Knights.

Etymology

Pinocchion is based on the titular character of The Adventures of Pinocchio. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. He is created as a wooden puppet, but he dreams of becoming a real boy. He is known for his long nose, which grows when he lies. The name Pinocchio is possibly derived from the rare Tuscan form pinocchio (“pine nut”) or constructed from pino (“pine tree, pine wood”) and occhio ("eye").

History

Pinocchion started out as a puppet, made by Diana when Dorothy was a child. Unfortunately at some point, Dorothy ended up breaking him. He was later repaired and brought to life to serve as a Chess Piece.

First Great MÄR-Heaven War

Pinocchion served as a Knight during the first war, but his activities during the war are never shown, nor was he known to have participated in its War Games.

Six-Year Interlude

Pinocchion was present at Phantom's revival.

Second Great MÄR-Heaven War

War Games

After the 3rd Round of the War Games, Pinocchion was seen with the other Knights.

After the fifth round, the Knights are called into Phantom's room for a meeting. Phantom then specified that the only Knight who needed to be punished was Rapunzel, for her senseless murder spree of Chess teammates during the fourth round. Phantom offered her a chance to save herself by dueling against a Rook named Ian.

Pinocchion and his fellow Knights go outside to the surface below where the castle floated to observe the duel between Rapunzel and Ian. Ian effortlessly brushes off Rapunzel's attacks and immediately kills her with one attack. Phantom promotes Ian to the Knight class, taking Rapunzel's position, and hands him the Knight pierce. Ian turns to the other Knights and announces his intentions as a new Knight to kill whichever one of them hurt his beloved.

Round 6

For the third match, Pinocchion leaps onto the stage and removes his cloak. Shocked to see her former childhood toy, Dorothy volunteers to go next on her team, saying there was something she had to destroy.

Pinocchion VS Dorothy

The match begins, and Dorothy starts by making small talk with her wooden opponent. With each question she asks, Pinocchion's nose grows longer as he repeatedly answers with lies. Finally, his elongated nose turns into a firearm barrel and Pinocchion fires a huge blast from his gun-like nose. The blast engulfs Dorothy but when the dust settles Dorothy still stands, ready for battle.

Thinking he was being underestimated, Pinocchion states that he hates people like Dorothy. One of Pinocchion's arms begins to tremble and spin until it splits into a third arm. He then activates his Weapon ÄRM, Saw Blade, and creates a saw-like sword in each hand. Ginta is surprised that Pinocchion grew another arm and Alan informs him that it's due to Pinocchion being a puppet and not due to any sort of ÄRM. Dorothy uses her Nature ÄRM, Zephyrus Broom, and Pinocchion begins to swing his saw blades wildly, leaving her only able to block the barrage. Despite Dorothy's attempts to block all of his attacks one of the saw blades gets through her defense and slashes her forearm. Dorothy dashes backwards to put distance between her and Pinocchion. Despite the distance, Pinocchion throws his saw blades at Dorothy who effortlessly destroys them with a gust of wind from her ÄRM.

Dorothy comments that Diana truly made such a violent and evil toy. Pinocchion then attacks with Wire Hands and launches his hands towards Dorothy, grabbing her limbs. Pinocchion's chest then opens up revealing a circular saw that begins spinning and Pinocchion's hands begin to draw Dorothy towards the saw. Dorothy summons her Guardian ÄRM, Rock Giant Golem, and drops the Guardian on both herself and Pinocchion. When the battlefield clears we see that Pinocchion has lost two of his arms and a leg. Dorothy comments that Pinocchion's body isn't good anymore and that Dorothy will break him into pieces.

Pinochhion grabs an ÄRM with his remaining hand and yells that if he manages to defeat Dorothy then Diana will turn him into a human. Pinocchion summons his Guardian ÄRM, Fastitocalon. The Guardian swallows Dorothy and Pinocchion shouts with triumph that now he'll get to become human.

Both Pozun and the opposing teams wait for fifteen minutes for Dorothy to possibly emerge from the Guardian. While her teammates worry for her, Pinocchion celebrates since he feels the battle is over and even fires off a little Chess flag and confetti from his cannon. The match is about to be called when suddenly Dorothy's Guardian ÄRM, Rain Dog, bursts out of Pinocchion's Guardian with Dorothy and Poco in tow. Fastitocalon's chain shatters, and without any hesitation Dorothy orders Toto to destroy Pinocchion's body.

After the War Games

In the anime, Pinocchion was later rebuilt and assisted Girom and Kouga when trying to capture Caldea's Grand Elder only to be defeated by Dorothy and Ginta Toramizu. They were seen riding Kouga's Kung Fu Frog somewhere to get Revenge on Ginta, Dorothy, and Alviss, but are easily defeated.

In the final episode’s ending credit, Pinocchion was seen with Girom and Kouga, in which Girom was giving a sermon atop Kung Fu Frog, and Pinocchion does not seem so pleased.

ÄRMs

Pinocchion's ÄRMs are:

• Saw Blade: Weapon ÄRM. Creates 3 saw-like swords Pinocchion can use as weapons.
• Fastitocalon: A Guardian ÄRM that creates a giant whale to attack his foes. Those who are swallowed, save for the cursed Poko, ultimately die and are dissolved down to the bones thanks to its slimy digestive juices.
• Moby Dick: A Guardian ÄRM that summons a giant whale to replace its fallen brother.

Abilities

Pinocchion also has other abilities that are not ÄRM-based:

• Liar Nose: Pinocchion starts telling lies, causing his nose to grow until it becomes a cannon to blast his enemies.
• Third Arm: Pinocchion uses a third arm concealed above his right arm.
• Wire Hand: Pinocchion launches his hands on wires from all three of his arms to grab his opponent.
• Buzzsaw Chest: Pinocchion reveals a buzzsaw in his chest for slicing up enemies. This is best used after grabbing his enemy with Wire Hand to pull them into it.

Trivia

• In the anime, Pinocchion is the only opponent that battled Dorothy to survive the second war. All of Dorothy's other opponents died either during the War Games or shortly afterwards.
• When Diana first gifts Pinocchion to Dorothy as a child, he is shown to be wearing his Knight class pierce, despite the Chess Pieces not having yet been formed. This suggests that prior to fleeing Caldea with Phantom and Orb, Diana planned the organizational structure of the Chess and that Pinocchion would be part of the Knights before the group itself was even assembled.