Fairy with Turquoise Hair facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Fairy with Turquoise Hair |
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| The Adventures of Pinocchio character | |
La Fata dai Capelli Turchini, as illustrated by C.Chiostri
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| First appearance | The Adventures of Pinocchio |
| Created by | Carlo Collodi |
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| Species | Fairy |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | Pinocchio |
| Nationality | Italian |
The Fairy with Turquoise Hair is a magical character from the famous 1883 Italian book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. She is often called The Blue Fairy. She appears many times in Pinocchio's adventures, always trying to guide the little wooden puppet away from trouble and bad choices. Even though Pinocchio doesn't always listen to her at first, he eventually learns to follow her good advice. The Fairy protects him and helps him become a real boy.
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The Fairy in the Original Story
The Fairy with Turquoise Hair first appears in the book as a young girl living in a house deep in a forest. Pinocchio is running away from The Fox and the Cat when he finds her house. He begs her to let him in. The Fairy mysteriously tells him that everyone in the house, including her, is dead. Pinocchio is then caught and hung from a tree by the Fox and the Cat.
Pinocchio Meets the Fairy
In the next part of the story, we learn that the girl is actually a fairy who has lived for over a thousand years. She feels sorry for Pinocchio and sends a falcon to rescue him from the tree. Her poodle servant, Medoro, then prepares a carriage to take Pinocchio to her house.
After Pinocchio is examined by three doctors (an Owl, a Crow, and the Talking Cricket), the Fairy tries to give him medicine for his injuries. Pinocchio doesn't want to take it because it tastes sour. To scare him, the Fairy calls for a group of rabbits dressed like undertakers, ready to carry a coffin. This frightens Pinocchio, and he quickly drinks the medicine.
The Growing Nose
Pinocchio then tells the Fairy about his adventures. When he tells lies, his nose starts to grow longer and longer! The Fairy explains that this happens because of his dishonesty. She calls some woodpeckers to peck his nose back to its normal size. After forgiving Pinocchio, she tells him he can think of her as an older sister. She also says that his father, Geppetto, is coming to get him. But Pinocchio is impatient and leaves the house, only to get into more trouble with the Fox and the Cat.
The Fairy's Disguises
After spending some time in prison, Pinocchio returns to the Fairy's house. But he only finds a tombstone that says the Fairy died because she thought Pinocchio had abandoned her.
Later, Pinocchio is taken to the Island of Busy Bees. There, he meets the Fairy again, but she is disguised as an older, ordinary woman. Pinocchio doesn't recognize her at first and offers to carry water for her in exchange for food. After eating, he finally notices her turquoise hair and realizes who she is.
Pinocchio Becomes a Boy
The Fairy agrees to adopt Pinocchio as her son. She promises to turn him into a real boy if he studies hard and obeys her for one year. Later, she tells Pinocchio that his days as a puppet are almost over and plans a celebration for him. However, Pinocchio is convinced by his friend, Candlewick, to go to the Land of Toys, a place where boys do nothing but play. They are taken there by The Coachman.
Five months later, Pinocchio is transformed into a donkey and sold to a circus. During a show, he sees the Fairy in the audience, wearing a gold chain with a puppet medallion. Pinocchio becomes lame and is sold again, then thrown into the sea.
The Fairy then sends a group of fish to eat away his donkey skin until he is a puppet again. She appears as a blue-furred mountain goat and warns Pinocchio about the giant fish called The Terrible Dogfish, but he doesn't listen. We later learn that she gave a house to the Talking Cricket. When the Fairy also becomes ill, Pinocchio gives her some of the money he earned to help her.
Finally, the Fairy appears to Pinocchio in a dream. She kisses him and praises him for taking care of his sick father and herself. When Pinocchio wakes up, he has become a real human boy! All his copper coins have turned to gold, with a note from the Fairy explaining that she made it happen.
The Fairy in Movies and TV Shows
The Fairy with Turquoise Hair has appeared in many movies and TV shows based on Pinocchio.
Disney's Blue Fairy
In Walt Disney's 1940 movie Pinocchio, the Fairy is called The Blue Fairy. She is one of the main characters. She brings Pinocchio to life and asks Jiminy Cricket to be Pinocchio's conscience. In this movie, she has blonde hair and blue eyes, which is different from the book's description of her turquoise hair and black eyes.
The Blue Fairy has also appeared in other Disney-related productions:
- In the TV musical Geppetto, she is played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
- She appears as a guest in Disney's House of Mouse.
- In Teacher's Pet, she helps a character named Spot Helperman.
- She is in the video game Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, explaining things to Pinocchio and Sora.
Other Adaptations
Many other films and series have shown the Fairy:
- In Giuliano Cenci's 1972 animated film The Adventures of Pinocchio, the Fairy looks more like her book description with blue hair. She guides Pinocchio but doesn't create him.
- In the 1972 Italian miniseries The Adventures of Pinocchio, she is played by Gina Lollobrigida. Her role is similar to the book, but she is shown to be the ghost of Geppetto's dead wife.
- In Saban's The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 TV series), she is called the Oak Fairy. She lives in the oak tree where Pinocchio was made and acts as his guide and godmother.
- In the 1976 animated series Pinocchio, her role is like in the book, but she stays young. She acts as a mother figure and teacher, sometimes appearing as a giant pigeon.
- In the 1987 film Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, the Good Fairy guides Pinocchio and brings him back to life.
- In the 1992 direct-to-video film by GoodTimes Entertainment, the Blue Fairy is like the Disney version, with blonde hair.
- In Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, she is called the "Blues Fairy" and helps Pinocchio.
- In Steven Spielberg's 2001 movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, the Blue Fairy is a key part of the story. The main character, David, believes she can turn him into a real boy.
- In the Russian version of Pinocchio, Buratino, there is a blue-haired character named Malvina.
- In Roberto Benigni's 2002 film Pinocchio, the Blue Fairy is played by Nicoletta Braschi.
- The Blue Fairy is an antagonist in the stage show Once Upon a Midnight.
- The Blue Fairy was also a children's TV program in the 1950s.
- In the comic series Fables, she is a blue-haired fairy who makes Pinocchio a boy who never ages.
- Actress Keegan Connor Tracy plays the Blue Fairy in the TV series Once Upon a Time. Here, she is the Mother Superior of the nuns in Storybrooke, Maine.
- In the 2019 live-action Italian film Pinocchio, the Fairy is played by Alida Baldari Calabria as a child and Marine Vacth as an adult.
- In Guillermo del Toro's 2021 stop-motion Netflix film Pinocchio, The Fairy with Turquoise Hair is voiced by Tilda Swinton.
