The Naughty Children are characters in the 2022 live-action remake of Pinocchio. They're a group of naughty boys and girls from different towns. They are based on The Stupid Little Boys from the 1940 animated film.
Role in the film[]
Pinocchio encounters a group of naughty children on the carriage which the Coachman is using to bring them to Pleasure Island, unaware they are being lured into the trap. As Pinocchio feels unsure if he should join, the Coachman sings the musical number "The Coachman to Pleasure Island" just as the children sing along; Pinocchio accepts his plan to go to Pleasure Island, causing the children to cheer for what Pinocchio says just as the Coachman takes them to Pleasure Island. Arriving at Pleasure Island, Pinocchio and Lampwick board a boat looking at what all the children do here. As the two continue riding the boat on Pleasure Island, a naughty boy takes a mug of root beer just as Lampwick shows Pinocchio what being a bad boy is like. Pinocchio and Lampwick arrive at Sugar Mountain - a place full of candy, where the two encounter more children enjoying the attraction, followed by Pinocchio encountering further attractions featuring children doing various sorts of bad habits that good children would not do, which Pinocchio feels nervous that these activities can tempt him to get into trouble. When Pinocchio sees all the negative influences the children are doing, he tells Lampwick that his father Geppetto might be unhappy if he were there just as the two encounter the Coachman serving him more root beer.
Suddenly, one of the children gets turned into a donkey as Jiminy realizes that the place is a trap where two large shadowy creatures capture the donkey. As Jiminy ends up at the area where the caged donkeys are, he encounters more shadowy creatures selling the children who were turned into donkeys to the salt mines under orders of the Coachman. Pinocchio plans to escape with Jiminy before he gets turned into a donkey, just like the other children. The two manage to escape from the Coachman and his followers into the sea in time.
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