Geppetto

Geppetto
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 an Italian fictional character in the 1883 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).