Honest John

Honest John is a tall and slender anthropomorphic red fox with a beige face and muzzle, dark gray circles, thick black eyebrows, black nose, buff tail tip, copper eyes, a pair of two whiskers, and sienna ear innards. He has light brown feet with light gray soles and gray prints. John typically dons an old and ruined greenish-gray top hat with light gray band, green shirt with gold buttons and light gray patches on his elbows, both light gray high collar and cuffs with white cufflinks, cream gloves (with a hole on its right pinky), black cravat, teal stirrup pants with gold linings and both light gray patches on his knees, blue and red cape with gold brooch. He keeps a black cane on his person. Foulfellow is how many foxes are portrayed: sly and sneaky. He is also very smart and deceiving, despite his clear "academic" limitations. He has taken the "easy road" to success and is somewhat undereducated, in spite of his apparent appreciation for school as a "noble institution" (he may be not serious, of course). Foulfellow is also not immune from 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. He is illiterate, as he cannot even spell Pinocchio's name; he could only reach up to P-I-N. Plus, he is shown to be unable to read, as he tries to read Pinocchio's book upside down. However, as revealed in his first scene in the film and in his faux diagnosis of Pinocchio, he does possess some expanded vocabulary (though, in the latter case, most of it invented by himself while improvising and exploiting Pinocchio's naivety and unfamiliarity). Honest John is remarkably persuasive and can convince anybody (or at least anybody not particularly smart, clever, or intelligent and easy to manipulate) to do what he wants. His plans are reliable and clever, in contrast to his partner and sidekick, Gideon, who relies on "crude" tactics by knocking out his victims with a mall

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Gideon's wardrobe describes that he is dim-witted, compared to Honest John. Although the attire of both crooks are equally ragged and worn-out (patches on their pants and elbow sleeves, and tearing's on their hats, gloves, and capes, etc.), Gideon wears long, baggy clothing while Honest John wears more proper and civilized clothing. Unlike Honest John, Gideon is flimsy, punchdrunk, and daffy. Without his boss, Gideon would most likely be performing unsuccessful petty theft and pickpocketing and given numerous arrests (or at least more than the two are probably used to). Like Honest John, however, Gideon has followed the 'easy road', but with no education and thus cannot read or write. According to a tie-in book, he admires Honest John a great deal and aspires to be like him someday. This is indicated in the film, as Gideon frequently—albeit, sloppily—observes and mimics Honest John's mannerisms. He 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 or believed using blunt force would bring unneeded attention to their scam. 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. This is evidenced when Pinocchio tried to decline the fox's offer to go to Pleasure Island, wherein Gideon, armed with his mallet, quickly blocked the boy's path with the intent of knocking him out, until Honest John continued to coax the boy into finally going. Despite this, he is smart enough to think of a way to get Honest John unstuck from his hat (especially after he was the one who got him into it to begin with).