Pinocchwick

Pinocchwick is the slash ship between Pinocchio and Lampwick (or Candlewick) from the Pinocchio fandom.

Canon
Pinocchio meets Lampwick on his way to Pleasure Island. He's another boy who was tricked into going there under promises of being allowed to cut loose and let out his darkest impulses.

Pinocchio (1940)
In the Disney movie, Lampwick tells Pinocchio about all of the things he wants to do in Pleasure Island. He interrupts the wooden boy multiple times when Pinocchio wanted to tell him about Honest John and Gideon giving him the Ace of Spades.

Once they arrive, the two boys hit it off together. Pinocchio watches as Lampwick throws a brick through a stained glass window and they both find it fun. Later, when they want to relax, Pinocchio watches Lampwick play Pool as they both hold a mug of beer in their hands and a cigar in their mouth. As Lampwick plays, he mocks Pinocchio not dragging his cigar properly, comparing his little drags to his grandma. He encourages Pinocchio to take a big drag, which makes the wooden boy look sick. When it's Pinocchio's turn at Pool, he staggers and sees double, only to see Jiminy Cricket before him. Lampwick is wondering about who let the bugs inside and mocks the cricket. When Pinocchio tells Lampwick that Jiminy is his conscience, Lampwick finds the idea of Pinocchio taking advice from a bug funny. But when Jiminy is about to teach the boy some manners, Pinocchio defends Lampwick, calling him his "best friend". This upsets Jiminy, as he thought that he was Pinocchio's best friend and he leaves the two of them while grumbling about Lampwick. Lampwick still mocks Jiminy while playing Pool. But when Pinocchio watches Lampwick's ears turn into donkey's ears, he is shocked and puts his mug of beer aside. When he sees a donkey's tail sprout out of the seat of Lampwick's pants, Pinocchio flicks his cigar away. But when Lampwick's face transforms into that of a donkey, asking if Jiminy thinks he looks like a jackass, Pinocchio replies "You sure do!" and laughs at his friend's new face. Lampwick wonders about Pinocchio's words and walks over to a mirror, only to panic as he pleads Pinocchio for help. Pinocchio himself panics as Lampwick's hands turn into hooves and his own ears turns into that of a donkey. Pinocchio is helpless as he watches Lampwick lose his ability to speak and only able to bray like a donkey. As Jiminy returns, having already figured out what Pleasure Island is doing to the boys, he urges Pinocchio to flee, forcing him to leave his friend behind.

In a deleted scene, Lampwick aids Pinocchio and Jiminy's escape from the island. He was still somewhat able to talk at that point, telling Pinocchio to not worry about him when he's captured, considering himself a "goner".

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
The story of Pinocchio and Candlewick is thematically similar, but the setting of Pleasure Island is changed from a magical place that turns disobedient boys into donkeys to a fascist military camp.

Lies of P
Unlike the other representations of Lampwick who prefers to go by his nickname, the dark twisted retelling of Pinocchio has him go by his given name "Romeo." He was friends with a young boy named Carlo, who loved the story of Pinocchio that is considered Krat folklore. Instead of becoming a donkey, he was turned into an animatronic puppet that houses his human soul through Ergo, crystalized human souls that was used as a power source, and was named the "King of Puppets" when he woke up on a throne. Despite not wanting this throne he comes to expect it when the City of Krat was hit by a plague that was unleased by Simon Manus, round the same time when Geppetto made the puppets he created to start a frenzy that killed many people. All in Geppetto's attempt to bring his son back to life, by having his ergo gathering puppet, Pinocchio collect the life force energy and items he needs. Not only was Pinocchio (who mostly goes by the nickname of "P") modelled after Carlo, but he also held Carlo's essence within his P-Organ heart. Allowing him to inherited Carlo's personality, very little of his memories and became connected to Carlo like they have become the same person, as shown through the Carlo portrait with the growing wooden rod nose, that were due to P lying in order to become human. Romeo becomes aware of Pinocchio and sees him as Carlo, with him being driven by the memory of his best friend, despite knowing that either of them could go back to their old lives, so when he decides to save humans by fighting those who were transformed into monsters by the Petrification Disease, before they could kill any of the remaining survivors of the frenzy, he sends his puppet solders to collect him. As Romeo had also came aware of Geppetto's true plans for the humanoid Pinocchio that would have him kill P and bring back a twisted version of Carlo that would have been more puppet than human, he wanted to save his friend from such a fate by saving Pinocchio.

Because no one truly knew who or what caused the puppet frenzy, P takes everyone else's word of the King of Puppets being the villain they needed to stop in homes of ending the frenzy. With Pinocchio's memories from his time as Carlo being dormant, he was unable to recognise or remember Romeo. There was also the fact that Pinocchio was unable to understand the puppet language Romeo and his puppets speak, with it sounding like static noise as P destroys the puppets Romeo sent to recruit him to their cause. When Pinocchio went to face the King of Puppets, Romeo tries to warn him of Geppetto and the fate that awaited him, but P didn't understand what the King was trying to tell him through the "puppet show" and ends up slapping the King's hand of friendship away. Although Romeo was happy to see his friend again, he knew that he was left with little choice not to kill Pinocchio when all attempts to warn him failed. After P landed the killing blow Romeo felt his soul was finally free and thanks "Carlo" as he dies. Pinocchio finds an necklace on the King's body, that was a gift from Carlo with Romeo being the friend that was there for him while he was feeling neglected by his own father. P shows the necklace to Sophia who reveals that the mark on it was of the Monad Charity House, where Carlo and Romeo first met, and P holds it he hears Romeo's voice calling him "Carlo" as he begins to become a bit more human and starts growing. Should Pinocchio lie and do some kind human acts before his battle with the King of Puppets.

Through a recording that Lorenzini Venigni uncovers through his device to understand the puppet language, Pinocchio hears Romeo addressing him as "Carlo" as he tried to remind him of the friendship they shared as humans and hinted that the true villain of the Puppet Frenzy is Geppetto. Unlike Romeo and the other puppets, Pinocchio wasn't chained by the grant covenant that keeps the puppets inline and links them together. This allowed Romeo to learn rule zero that gave Geppetto control of the puppets, as it was also connected to another rule "puppets must serves their creator." Venigni gives P the device that allows him to hear the rest of Romeo's words to him, that were also of him addressing Pinocchio as "Carlo" and reminds him that they were best friends who met at the charity home. P was also able to learn from the recording that Romeo was trying to save people by fighting against the Petrification Disease and the alchemist, with him and his puppets taking a stand against death itself, and that the boss puppets P faced were really massagers and him destroying them shows Romeo that Pinocchio is just as unstopped as he was as Carlo. With Romeo remembering his friend he didn't want to fight P, but they ended up doing so. When Pinocchio reached the Isle of the Alchemists the ergo in the air allows him to see Carlo's memories, two of them were of Romeo. From when Romeo first met Carlo and introduced himself as "Lampwick" as he asks Carlo if he too wanted to become a Stalker. These visions help to prove Romeo's view of P and Carlo being one and the same.

Fanon
Pinocchwick is considered the only ship from the original Disney movie, as Lampwick is the only character close to Pinocchio's age, with many finding their friendship somewhat endearing. A common theme in fanworks based on the Disney movie is Pinocchio wishing for a chance at redemption for the poor donkeys, including Lampwick, allowing for them to potentially reunite.

Many were furious to find out that the 2022 remake left Lampwick's fate completely unaltered, which is one of the many reasons why it was poorly received.

Ironically, del Toro's stop-motion adaptation that came out the same year reignited interest in this ship, despite the somewhat darker subject matter.

Pinocchwick is mostly known as "Promeo" (as well as "Pinomeo", "Rompino", "PuppetShipping", "RomeoP" and "Pmeo") in the Lies of P fandom, with Lampwick going by his given name and Pinocchio having the nickname "P." Romeo being best friends with the person P was modelled after has helped to make Promeo a very popular ship among fans of the game, as it gives Romeo and Pinocchio a "past lives" history. Even though some have argued that Pinocchio and Carlo are two separate people, and view Carmeo (Romeo x Carlo) as a separate ship from Promeo. Those who disagree point out that Pinocchio was shown to have Carlo's memories on the Isle of the Alchemists, the ergo that powers P is of Carlo's soul and a few other cues to prove Romeo's view of Pinocchio being Carlo reborn. Just as Romeo was a human who gets turned into a puppet, and that both Promeo and Carmeo should be treated as two sides of the same time. Carmeo focusing on the past and Promeo on the present. After people translated puppet language and how things turned out for P and Romeo in the game, it got people to feel that many will talk about Promeo/Carmeo for years to come. With P able to bring life back to Sophia through a puppet that was modelled after her, it got Promeo fans to hope that he would be able to do the same for Romeo after finally regaining his memories of him and realising that he was never a villain.

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Trivia

 * In Carlo Collodi's original novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio", Pinocchio meets his friend again as a donkey, with Lampwick dying in Pinocchio's arms from exhaustion. This scene is often cut from adaptations for being deemed too dark, explaining why Lampwick's fate is often left ambiguous.
 * In the Disney movie, Pinocchio affectionately refers to Lampwick as "Lampy".