I don't think it makes sense for him to drown. I thought he was smashed into rocks or hit by the whale himself.Goliath wrote:That's not my interpretation of the film. I've read this question from Disney fans over and over again, so I'm not alone in thinking Pinocchio (nearly) drowns.Rudy Matt wrote:Because Pinocchio doesn't drown -- he's killed by Monstro when the whale hurls its bulk into him. Gepetto survives the impact, but Pinocchio is killed.
Well, that's not true. If it was, he couldn't cry either, because he's wood. Pinocchio is able to feel pain and lose the life that the Blue Fairy gave him. If you must, consider the Matrix, how you're mind thinks you died, so you do. But I doubt that's near enough the same thing. But it doesn't matter. He was magically brought to life, we don't know the rule the Fairy set for how he could die.ajmrowland wrote:Uh, Pinoccio's wooden. He could get splinters and not feel a thing.
But think about it. There's a difference between swimming underwater and getting thrown against something or having something thrown against you or crashing into something with something crashing you. It makes a lot of sense for Pinocchio to lose his living spirit because of a violent throw and hit.
And anyway, I always wondered if he was dead or unconscious. I thought Gepetto was praying that he would live, because he wasn't dead for sure. Hm, reminds me of Beauty and the Beast, we don't know if he's dead or if he will die, then he transforms...