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J. Worthington Foulfellow

Background information
Feature films	Pinocchio Mickey's House of Villains
Television programs	House of Mouse
Video games	Pinocchio Originally set to appear in Kingdom Hearts 258/2 Days (scraped)
Park attractions	Pinocchio's Daring Journey Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams Celebrate a Dreams Come True Parade
Portrayed by
Portrayed by
Animators	Norman Ferguson John Lounsbery Hugh Fraser
Voice	Walter Catlett Rob Paulsen Corey Burton (Disney on Ice)
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration	The Fox from the original story of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Roddy McDowall.
Honors and awards	"Awarded" a spot on the humor website "200 words with Paul Dini" where he "interviews" animated characters.
Character information
Full name	Jonathan Worthington Foulfellow
Other names	Honest John
Personality	Greedy, smart, gentlemanly, selfish, pompous, crafty, sly, phony, devious, tricky, manipulative, misleading, and deceptive.
Appearance	Slender anthropomorphic fox, red fur, old top hat, cane, green shirt and pants, blue cape
Birthday
Occupation	Con man, Gideon's boss
Affiliations	Bad
Goal	To live a healthy rich life without getting a job
Home	Village (Also may have stayed in The Red Lobster Inn)
Relatives
Pets
Allies	Gideon, Stromboli, The Coachman, Disney Villains
Minions	Gideon
Enemies	Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Prince John
Likes	Money, tobacco, "education"
Dislikes	Gideon's stupidity, the Coachman's evil smile
Powers and abilities	Above average craftiness
Weapons	His cane or mallet, which he uses to hit Gideon on the head
Fate	His fate is anonymous in the film; in a deleted, however, he eventually gets caught by the police.
Quote	"Then, you haven't heard of the easy road to success?" "And with that personality, that profile, that physique, why, he's a natural born actor, eh, Giddy?"

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J. Worthington Foulfellow is one of the main antagonists as well as the first antagonist featured in Disney's 1940 animated film Pinocchio. He is also known as Honest John, suggesting his full name is John Worthington Foulfellow. He was voiced by Walter Catlett. He and Gideon take the wooden puppet to both Stromboli and later to Pleasure Island.

Personality

Honest John is how many animated foxes are portrayed; sly and sneaky. He is also very smart and convincing. He has taken the "easy road" to success, and has never attended school. As a result, despite his cunning and persuasiveness, he can barely read or write. 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. As well as being unable to read or write he also cannot spell because when he tried to spell Pinocchio's name he only got up to P-I-N.

Honest John is remarkably persuasive, and can convince almost anybody to do what he wants. His plans are reliable and clever, but are often spoiled by his sidekick, Gideon. He is also not unwilling to kill in order to make money, and is entirely without conscience, fearing only the law and the Coachman.

Appearances

Pinocchio

The Little Wooden Boy

Foulfellow and Gideon are out taking a stroll while recalling a scam involving Stromboli when they notice a living puppet. At first they don't realize but soon enough, Foulfellow cooks up a new get-rich-quick scheme. He plans of selling Pinocchio to fame puppeteer Stromboli. Foulfellow and Gideon "befriend" Pinocchio convincing him that the life of an actor is the best life. He teaches Pinocchio of the "easy road" to success. Foulfellow's persuasive words convinces the puppet and they head off to Stromboli's caravan.

The Coachman's proposition

Later on, Foulfellow and Gideon are seen at the Red Lobster Inn speaking with the Coachman for a proposition. The crafty fox at first recalls the success of his latest scam: selling Pinocchio to Stromboli as his star attraction. He further emphasizes this success by flaunting off the proceeds he made out of it before finally asking the Coachman about his plan. The job is to collect "stupid little boys" and gather them up to take to Pleasure Island. Foulfellow knowing the mystic area and the forbidden law, fears the worst for the boys to be collected. Once the Coachman reveals his true evil face, Foulfellow and Gideon become his henchmen rather than his partners (despite the Coachman's promise to pay them handsomely) and listen carefully to the directions.

Pleasure Island For Me

During their collecting, Foulfellow and Gideon run into Pinocchio once more. To trick the boy this time, they act as doctors and dupe the puppet into believing he has an "allergy". Foulfellow claims the only cure is a vacation to Pleasure Island and offers him a ticket (a playing card). Despite Pinocchio's desire to return home, Foulfellow and Gideon take the boy to the Coachman's coach anyway. The duo are not seen again for the remainder of the film, but are later mentioned by Pinocchio when he befriends Lampwick.

House of Mouse

Honest John has made many cameos along with many other Disney characters in House of Mouse, usually sitting with Gideon. In Jiminy Cricket, Foulfellow and Gideon were used as examples of temptations by Jiminy. In Pete's One Man Show, a life sized cutout of Foulfellow (and several other Disney characters) was used to trick Pete into thinking the club had a full house. Foulfellow also made a cameo with Gideon in a crowd shot on Mickey's House of Villains, but did not take part in the takeover.

Kingdom Keepers

Foulfellow and Gideon appear in the fifth installment of the popular book series. They are featured as members of the Disney Villains legion known as the Overtakers and battle Finn in chapter six of Shell Game.

Once Upon a Time

In the ABC fantasy/drama, J.Worthington Foulfellow don't appear. However, the costume design for Martin (portrayed by Harry Groener), a swindler and the father of Jiminy before he was transformed into cricket, is reminiscent of Honest John.

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Honest John is mentioned in this game.

Pinocchio: "Mr. Honest John took me to see Mr. Stromboli. But he was real mean."

Disney Parks

Foulfellow has made numerous appearances in the Disney Parks around the world as a meetable character. He is available for meet and greets in Epcot and the Tokyo Disney Resort. An audio animatronic version of him appears in Pinocchio's Daring Journey. He is usually seen by himself or with Gideon.

Foulfellow also takes part in the Disney Villains meet and greet during Halloween.

Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade

Alone, Foulfellow can be seen alongside a legion of Disney Villains in the annual Halloween parade during the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. Unlike other parades, he is seen alone without Gideon.

Dreams Come True

In the parade at the Magic Kingdom park, Foulfellow can be seen alongside Gideon and half boy half donkey children strolling behind Mickey Mouse's float with Pinocchio/Snow White's following behind them.

Tokyo Disney Resort

Foulfellow can be found at the Mediterranean Harbor in Tokyo DisneySea available for meet and greets. He is often found without Gideon here.

Trivia

In Carlo Collodi's story, Foulfellow is an unnamed sly fox that pretends to be lame, but later gets his comeuppance by being lame for real and even losing his tail.
A planned scene which would determine the fates of Foulfellow and Gideon was ultimately removed from the film for unknown reasons; the two con men would have been arrested when they attempt to swindle Pinocchio a third time or as Gepetto was carrying his dead son home, he would pass by the pair as the latter were taken into custody.
Originally, Foulfellow was to be given a theme song entitled "Honest John" but the song was later abandoned.
Foulfellow and Gideon are being taken to prison in a police carriage.
Foulfellow and Gideon were originally planned to appear in the Mickey and the Beanstalk sequence of Fun and Fancy Free as the con-artists who sell Mickey the magic beans.
Foulfellow and Gideon would appear in a Disney storybook adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes as the con-men who sells the emperor fine invisible robes.
Foulfellow was originally set to appear in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days due to his popularity, along with Gideon, in a Pinocchio-based world. The idea was dropped due to space restrictions.
In the ABC television series Once Upon a Time, Emma and Graham stroll past a store called Worthington’s Haberdashery, a reference to Foulfellow.