Continuity mistake: When Pinocchio is locked up in the cage of Stromboli, Jiminy goes inside the cage lock, and he hangs his coat and hat on the outside of the lock. In the next shot, they have disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When everyone mourns for semi-dead Pinocchio, his head lies sideways and his donkey tail is hidden. A shot later he is facing upwards and his tail hangs loose.
Continuity mistake: When the leaves on Pinocchio's long nose fall, an extra red leaf suddenly appears.
Continuity mistake: When Geppetto finishes painting Pinocchio he leaves the brush parallel to the puppet's feet. A shot later it's by his side.
Continuity mistake: The first time we see Pinocchio a string runs to the left of his leg and his bow tie covers the buttons of his overalls. A shot later the buttons are uncovered and the string has moved to the right, next to his tummy.
Continuity mistake: When Jiminy shows us Geppetto's place, there's a toy soldier next to a camel. From the opposite angle the soldier is now a giraffe. Seconds later, after he warms himself up, he looks at the window and there're two giraffes on the left, while the toys on the right are totally different.
Continuity mistake: When Jiminy warms himself up by the fireplace, he looks at the window. The glass design swaps between being one plain glass to being made of irregular parts. (00:04:17)
Continuity mistake: Before Cricket arrives, Pinocchio watches the 8 ball. The wide angle shows the painted 8 on the opposite side to where he is, but from Pinocchio's blurry POV angle the 8 has swapped sides and it's in-front of him. note: This mistake has nothing to do with the already listed one about the 8 ball. This one takes place before Cricket arrives.
Answer: It's not explained. This appears to be a plot hole or whatever happened somehow got edited out.
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