I want to point out that the sight of donkeys in kids’ clothes being forced into crates marked “sold to the salt mines” and “sold to the circus ... to donkey looks like when Pinocchio ...

After Pinocchio abandons school to explore the circus, he’s thrust into slavery ... from that terrifying whale to the eventual donkey transformation that in this version includes a hat-tip ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more horrifying moment in Disney cinematic history than the donkey scene in the animated 1940 Pinocchio movie. Ask any adult about this scene, and they will ...

During a circus act, he sees the Blue-Haired Fairy ... Then, after breaking his leg, the now donkey-Pinocchio is sold so that his hide can be used to make a drum. When Pinocchio is being drowned ...