David is 11 years old. He weighs 60 pounds. He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. He has brown hair. His love is real. But he is not. David & Pinocchio are made by humans, for humans, to mimic humans. Many people will find the Pinocchio references in A.I. tedious and superfluous in nature. For example, Pinocchio is the story read to David by his human mother Monica. This story inspires him to seek Blue Fairy - …showed first 75 words of 595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 595 total…curiosity, whilst David's flaw is a programmed response. 52 The character Blue Fairy is found in both films, and is primarily the same in both texts. She is a wise, benevolent, and seemingly existential external force who awakens both boys to a state of humanity. She turns Pinocchio into a human boy physically, whilst with David she merely offers him another chance to be loved by his human mother as though he were a human son.