Papa Geppetto

Papa Geppetto is the family ship between Geppetto and Pinocchio from the Pinocchio and Once Upon A Time fandoms.

Pinocchio (1940)
Geppetto is a lonely old man living in his workshop, currently finishing his latest creation: a wooden boy. Though he had no children of his own, he loved to make children happy by building toys and cuckoo clocks for them. As he tested out the joints of the puppet by dancing with him, he had genuine fun, but as he went to bed, he muttered how much he wished the wooden boy could be a real boy. As he slept, the Blue Fairy entered his house, praising Geppetto's kindness and selflessness, deciding to grant his wish. After the Blue Fairy leaves, Geppetto awakens to a loud noise, only to see that all is well when he sees Pinocchio looking at him. It startles him to see Pinocchio talk and refer to him as "father". When he urges the boy for an explanation, Pinocchio tells him about the visit of the Blue Fairy. Though Geppetto is happy, Pinocchio explains that he isn't a real boy just yet, telling him that he has to prove himself worthy by behaving accordingly.

The next day, Geppetto tries to help Pinocchio by sending him off to school. He gives him an apple for his teacher and fully trusts him with knowing his way. But then Pinocchio stumbles across a duo of conmen, who are fascinated by the living puppet, telling him that he would make a great actor. Despite Pinocchio's conscience trying to lead him back to school, Pinocchio is tempted by the idea and abandons Geppetto's request. Once he crashes the performance of puppet player Stromboli, he latter sees quick riches with Pinocchio's lack of strings. When Pinocchio's act becomes a huge success, the boy thinks of telling his father about it, but Stromboli locks him up in a cage.

Meanwhile, Geppetto and his pets are waiting for Pinocchio deep into the night at the dinner table. As Geppetto figures that Pinocchio isn't coming by himself, he realizes that something must've happened. So he grabs the two animals and a lamp, wandering off into the night, crying Pinocchio's name.

Pinocchio manages to escape Stromboli's imprisonment, but is then caught by the conmen duo, who send him off to Pleasure Island, to be sold off into servitude. Pinocchio manages to escape that as well, but instead of having a warm welcome at home, he finds that Geppetto has gone missing. A seagull gives him a letter of his father, detailing that Geppetto had gone out to sea and had been swallowed by a whale named Monstro. Despite the warnings of his conscience, Pinocchio sets off to rescue his father.

Geppetto almost starves to death trapped in the whale, but uses a makeshift fishing rod to catch the fish the whale has swallowed. He then finds Pinocchio among the fish and the two of them reunite. Pinocchio gets the idea of making the whale sneeze by starting a fire inside of him and the small family gets shot out of the whale. That wasn't the end of it, as the whale is now furious at them, but Geppetto narrowly escapes, while Pinocchio gets smashed into a rock. He was washed up on shore, motionless and Geppetto mourns his son, carrying his lifeless body home to mourn him in safety. But then the Blue Fairy rewards Pinocchio for his selflessness in saving his father has proven him worthy, bringing him back to life by turning him into a real boy. The small family then celebrate together.

Fanon
Since almost all shipping for the Pinocchio story is platonic, Papa Geppetto is second to Wooden Cricket as the most popular platonic ship for the Disney movie. It has a few more fics for the Pinocchio stories as a whole.

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Trivia

 * Pinocchio is a regular character in the Shrek franchise, with Geppetto being occasionally seen with him. He seems to hate his son in this incarnation, however.
 * In Lies of P has Geppetto modelled the humanoid Pinocchio protagonist after his late son, Carlos who was a fan of the original Pinocchio story. Although he address the animatronic Pinocchio as "son" and acts like a father to him, Geppetto was only using him to gather the key items and ergo he needs to bring Carlos back to life. That's why he created a puppet that has the ability to gather ergo, and is free of the covenant that normal puppets are bonded to, so Pinocchio can experience humanity for the P-Organ heart Geppetto created to house Carlos's essence. Once Geppetto sees that his final puppet is becoming more human and is able to grow like one, he isn't sure what to think. Pinocchio is given hits and warnings of his creator's true intentions, but doesn't put them all together until the very end. Along with Pinocchio showing signs of being Carlos reborn, from inheriting Carlos's personality and uncovered parts of Carlos's thoughts and memories of Geppetto.
 * Should you to agree to give up Pinocchio's heart and have him lose his humanity for Geppetto's true son, he would go back on his promise of making his puppet a real boy, after using a hug as a means to tear his heart right out of his chest. Leading to a darker version of Carol taking Pinocchio's place for the aftermath free play of this bad ending. That has Pinocchio's at the hotel killed and replaced with puppets to serve Carlos, as Geppetto aims to make a utopia of puppets that serve and watch over his son. That is how he wanted Carlos to be like, rather than the young man who grew to resent his father.
 * Should you refuse, Geppetto would have his Nameless Puppet attack Pinocchio. Before the Nameless Puppet could deliver the final blow that would destroy the heart Geppetto created for Carlos, he uses his own body to shield Pinocchio. The ending of this version can go two ways, Geppetto calling Pinocchio a useless puppet for failing in his assigned task, but should Pinocchio shed a tear for his dying father, after reaching the final humanity stage, Geppetto will acknowledge him as his son and apologies. It is unclear if the tear was of Pinocchio crying for his creator, or a small part of Carlos morning his misguided father through his new identity and life as Pinocchio.