Pinnochio is a parody of the character Pinocchio from the classic story of the same title, and he first appeared in the episode "Nursery Crimes" of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. When Billy and Mandy were sent by Grim into a magic storybook to reenact the story of Hansel and Gretel, Billy tires of the story as he has heard it many times and wanders off on his own where he meets Pinocchio who invites him to Gepetto's workshop to play with him, after exchanging a few jokes Pinocchio feels that Billy is laughing at him and not with him and tells him how it is not funny to make fun of someone for being made of wood, he then tells Billy about how he longs to be a real boy and asks him how he could become one, Billy who is not familiar with the story tells him to devour the flesh of a rea