Pinocchio - A magical wooden puppet seen on the 5-minute marionette short THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO/SYN/1961. The stories followed the tales of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet boy carved  as a companion by Geppetto, a lonely toy maker  and later given life by the Blue Fairy. The series was filmed in "Animagic," a process that made marionettes seem alive.

The Pinocchio tale was created by Italian author Carlo Lorenzini, (aka "Carlo Collodi" 1826-1890) who wrote the famous children's story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883).

Other filmed adaptations include the classic Walt Disney feature length cartoon Pinocchio (1940); a USA/French production of Pinocchio in Outer Space (1964); and a Filmation Studios production of Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987).