孤独的木匠爷爷这晚亲手制作了一个木偶男孩——皮诺曹。可能上天眷顾爷爷,午夜,蓝仙女显灵了,她让这个木偶男孩具有了意识,能像其他男孩那样跑跑跳跳了。获得了生命的皮诺曹兴奋不已,很快和屋子里的小动物交上了朋友。早上爷爷起来见到皮诺曹惊讶不已,他十分感激上天赐给他的礼物。 然而,皮诺曹很快就发现了自己和其他男孩子还是不一样,他没有肉体,不会疼痛,只有冰冷了木制躯体。他开始不满足于现状,梦想着找到蓝仙女让她将自己彻底变为一个真正的男孩子。于是,他踏上了旅程。Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's "conscience" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.