him. Geppetto offers his whole shop in exchange. When the Blue Fairy refuses to help Geppetto save Pinocchio, Geppetto pleads and begs to give him one last chance. The Blue Fairy turns him into a real boy and frightens Stromboli away with her magic. Mangiafuoco appears in the 2002 Pinocchio film portrayed by Franco Javarone while his English dub voice was provided by Kevin James. In the 2007 film Shrek the Third, a Puppet Master (voiced by Chris Miller) similar to Mangiafuoco appears who refers to Pinocchio as his "star puppet" and is a villainous character like Disney's Stromboli. As Prince Charming rouses the band of villains at the Poison Apple tavern to join him in order to take over Far Far Away so he can become king, he says to the Puppet Master, "Your star puppet abandons the show to go and find his father," his only line is "I hate that little wooden puppet." Though he is not seen, his name is used in the title of the Shrek the Third video-game level "Stromboli's Workshop." A picture of himself could also be seen in the video game level. Mangiafuoco appears in the 2008 Pinocchio miniseries, portrayed by Maurizio Donadoni. He appears in the 2012 Pinocchio film, voiced by Rocco Papaleo in the Italian version and by Vlasta Vrána in the English dub. In the live-action Italian film Pinocchio (2019), co-written, directed and co-produced by Matteo Garrone, Mangiafuoco is portrayed by Gigi Proietti, while his English dub voice is provided by . This is the second-to-last film to feature Proietti, but it's the last to be released before the actor's death on November 2, 2020. Mangiafuoco was originally set to be voiced by Ron Perlman in the 2022 stop-motion Netflix film Pinocchio, produced, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The role rewritten into that of a Fascist official named the Podestà (who is a replacement for The Coachman) and the father of Candlewick. Mangiafuoco himself was combined with The Fox into the character of Count Volpe (voiced by Christoph Waltz). References Bibliography Collodi, Le Avventure di Pinocchio 1883, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli External links Stromboli in the Disney Archives - Villains Pinocchio characters Fictional directors Fictional Italian people in literature Fictional Romani people Literary characters introduced in 1883 Male characters in literature Male characters in film Male film villains Male characters in animation