Moreover, the dopey cat takes it upon himself to resort to brute force if he feels that Honest John's plans don't seem to work via sly persuasiveness. Gideon also seems to be a tad bit more malicious than Honest John, as seen when he planned to knock Pinocchio unconscious with his mallet in order to kidnap him and sell him to Stromboli, only to be stopped by Honest John, who wanted to take a more humane approach. Like Honest John, however, Gideon has followed the 'easy road', but with no education and thus cannot read or write. Without his boss, Gideon would most likely be performing petty theft and pick-pocketing, maybe given a large number of arrests. Unlike his buddy Honest John, Gideon is very dim-witted, punchdrunk, and daffy. He appears to sympathize with Pinocchio after hearing that Stromboli had locked the puppet in a birdcage, but only briefly (more likely to play on the boy's sympathies). He has, however, reacted with horror at the Coachman's plans of forcing children into slavery and going far beyond the boundaries of the law, revealing that his immorality does have some limit. He is also easily tempted to kill in order to make money, and is largely without conscience, fearing only extreme punishment from the law. His plans are reliable and clever but are often inadvertently close to being spoiled by his sidekick, Gideon. Honest John is remarkably persuasive and can convince almost anybody to do what he wants. However, as revealed in his faux-diagnosis of Pinocchio, he does possess some expanded vocabulary (though most of it improvised and made up for the occasion). He cannot even read since he tries to read Pinocchio's book upside-down when "befriends" the wooden boy. He cannot spell Pinocchio's name he could only reach up to P-I-N. He has taken the "easy road" to success and is somewhat under-educated and illiterate, in spite of his appreciation for school as a "noble institution." He is also not immune to being swindled himself as Stromboli bought Pinocchio from him for far less than a living puppet would be worth, though he doesn't seem to mind the amount of money. Honest John is how many foxes are portrayed: as sly and sneaky. He is said to be inspired by Harpo Marx, the silent member of the Marx Brothers. Gideon was going to be voiced by the legendary voice actor Mel Blanc, but the company decided to delete all of his lines preferring a mute sidekick performance though he hiccups three times in the film, all voiced by Mel Blanc, for which he did receive payment (quipping afterwards that is it was the most expensive hiccup he ever recorded). In the film, the fates of Honest John and Gideon were ultimately removed, as the two con men would have been arrested when they attempt to swindle Pinocchio for the third time, and the pair were taken into custody. They plead for Pinocchio to give them food or money, but Pinocchio will give them nothing, as he claims that their misfortunes have served them right for their wickedness. Gideon was originally a cat who pretended to be blind until ultimately gaining that disability as a comeuppance. In Carlo Collodi's story, Honest John is an unnamed sly fox that pretends to be lame but later gets his comeuppance by actually becoming lame and even losing his tail, having sold it for money. Although their personalities remain more or less the same, their roles in the Disney film were greatly altered. The duo is based off the Fox and Cat characters from the original collection of Pinocchio stories by Carlo Collodi.
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