| Monstro | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Naming | |||
| Others | Monstro the Whale | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Species | Whale (Classic film) Unknown (2022 film) | ||
| Gender | Male | ||
| Place of origin | Ocean | ||
| Current status | Unknown | ||
| Biology | |||
| Body type | Cetacean | ||
| Diet | Carnivorous | ||
| Abilities | Swimming | ||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Non-Sapient | ||
| Behind the scenes | |||
| Universe | Pinocchio | ||
| Performed by | Thurl Ravenscroft | ||
Monstro the Whale is the final antagonist in the movie Pinocchio. He is a vicious sperm whale who can swallow ships whole.
Biology[]
As his name indicates, Monstro is a fearsome creature, much larger than a regular sperm whale and bearing a broader mouth equipped with teeth on both jaws (whereas normal sperm whales only have teeth on their lower jaws). His underside bears resemblance to a baleen whale's. His interior is so spacious that people can actually live in it after being swallowed.
Appearances[]
- Pinocchio (1940)
Notes[]
- He is based on the Terrible Dogfish from The Adventures of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi.
- Interestingly, he bears some resemblance to the real life extinct genus of giant sperm whales known as Livyatan, which was only discovered 68 years after the film came out.
- In the 2022 live-action remake of Pinocchio, Monstro is described as a large sea monster with tentacles thus, was not exactly a whale.