Episode Title:
Monkey Business.
Episode Description:
Geppetto send Pinocchio to the hardware store in the next town, but on the way he encounters a chimpanzee named Pica who has been trained to act like a human gentleman, impressed by the animal he asks to become his student and soon ends up living with Pica and his owner Edith (though he has trouble adjusting to his new surroundings). Soon he learns that Pica considers himself superior to humans and begins to feel conflicted as to whether he should believe him or not, meanwhile Jack and Willie have tracked down Pinocchio and tell him that foxes are the smartest species, as well as attempt to capitalise on his good fortune by having him bring them food under the threat of burning him if he doesn't comply. Later Pinocchio helps Pica prepare for a party and asks him whether what Jack said about foxes is true and Pica assures him it's not, after remembering his promise Pinocchio brings Jack and Willie some food from the kitchen and when he's sent to get something to drink as well Pica informs Edith who catches the puppet and imprisons him in the cellar, when Pinocchio tells Pica about the trouble he was faced with the chimpanzee gloats before leaving for the party (where he enjoys embarrassing the other guests). That night Jack and Willie break into Pica's room and try to coerce him into feeding them, trashing his room and starting a fight when he refuses, Edith walks in and throws Pica in the cellar as well to be sold to the circus; as the two wait the Oak Fairy appears to Pinocchio and explains that the three animals were acting in their own interests and that he needs to learn to tell true friends from false ones and to stand up for his beliefs, but assures him that he is learning. When the ringmaster arrives he takes Pica, but Pinocchio is allowed to go free, despite everything he feels sorry for Pica and tries to convince Edith to change her mind, but she simply leaves. As Pinocchio is reflecting on the day Geppetto, who had begun to worry and gone looking for him, finds him and takes him home.
