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Not related to [[Pinocchio Nose]]. For the sister trope [[Become a Real Boy]], see ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]''.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Astro Boy]]'' is perhaps the oldest anime expression of this trope.
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== Web Original ==
* In the ''[[Paradise]]'' setting, humans are randomly, permanently transformed into [[Funny Animal]]s. Pinocchio Syndrome affects most characters after the Change, especially the ones who [[Gender Bender|changed gender]] at the same time. One particularly poignant case affects Christopher Mattiaz, a character from MatthiasRat's stories, {{spoiler|who changed genders six days after getting married and hasn't been able to be intimate with his wife for the past two years at the time the story begins}}.
 
* Happens a few times in ''[[We Are Our Avatars (Roleplay)|We Are Our Avatars]]'', most notably to 3Dee but also to [[Mega Man (video game)|Bass and Mega Man]], twice
** Inverted with [[Castlevania|Sonia Belmont]], who was happy to try her hand at being a robot.
** Repeated with Sunny via a wish and inverted with Brian by being resurrected as a puppet.
 
== Western Animation ==