Stromboli
When he is first seen, Stromboli only appeared to be a man trying to make money through puppets, though is also extremely short-tempered and adverse to humiliation, as seen by an outburst when Pinocchio falls down stairs whilst on stage. He overcomes this quickly, however, appearing to show a soft, patient side and allows the show to proceed. However, this is later revealed to be a mask to hide his true nature. After Pinocchio and his puppet show proves extremely successful and nets him good earnings, Stromboli praises the puppet and promises to make him famous, showing that Stromboli is not beyond expressing gratitude to others who are of great financial use to him. Despite this, he still takes advantage of Pinocchio's lack of common sense by rewarding him with a fake coin for his performance while keeping all the real money for himself.
However, after Pinocchio attempts to return home to his father, Stromboli is revealed to be an extremely greedy, cruel, sadistic, and violent man willing to do anything to earn vast sums of money, and openly reveals that he will harshly enslave Pinocchio for the rest of his days to earn money and will personally dispose of him once he is old and useless by turning him into firewood, exemplifying his cruelty and sadism, which is much worse if taken into account that unlike his other puppets, Pinocchio is a living sentient being. He is possibly even more greedy than the Coachman himself, as it is revealed he barely paid Honest John and Gideon anything for bringing him a live puppet. When angered, Stromboli is shown to be brutal and vicious, even threatening to smack Pinocchio unless he became quiet.
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