Reminds me of Lampwick.

i love donkeys. and why do people turn into donkeys on pleasure island

From what I gather, it's supposed to be one of those symbolic things. Pinocchio was originally an Italian story and from what I understand, in Italy, calling someone a donkey is saying they're the sort that's basically, dumb, ignorant, doesn't want to learn, doesn't want to work etc.

Lampy for example, already was a donkey, at least symbolically. Yet, I don't think he was a bad kid. He just did what seemed like fun at the time and didn't think that said fun might might be anything but fun to anyone else. I think he just wanted Pinocchio to have fun.

Pleasure Island was a place that not only didn't discourage doing all of the things the grown ups say you can't do but encouraged it. With so many boys acting that way, I can see a lot of boys on the edge (i.e., being unsure if they should as they saw it as unsafe or not allowed or wanting to but again being afraid they'd get into trouble or get hurt) getting into the herd mentality and giving in.

Lampy say Pleasre Island as everything he'd ever wanted. From Lampy's point of view, I think he'd tried the things like beer, cigars etc. before and nothing had happened to him. Thus, his "you'd think something is gonna happen!" line (i.e., what he said right before his ears changed) was an honest wondering why Jiminy acted like he was acting.

I can see how Lampy would see the island as a dream. A place where he do the things he felt were safe but without the objections of the adults. Finally, a place where he could be himself without annoying questions or objections.

That was the trap of course. Jiminy knew that there was something sinister about Pleasure Island but he wasn't sure what. Jiminy was also older and more experienced. He knew that all of what was going on wasn't right that someone or something was playing on those boy's ignorance.

As for why those boys turned into donkeys literally, Pleasure Island was a magical place that could take the aforementioned symbolism and make it real.

Although, we could also see it literally. I.e., a trap the Coachman created to lure kids into what they thought was a fun place where one can do all of the bad kid stuff in addition to the fun stuff for free and without anyone holding them back. In reality, it was a scam where there was a price, that price being your humanity. I.e., you unknowingly agree to become one of his donkeys that he'd then sell in exchange for an evening of fun.

Let's face it, a lot of those kids would soon after find themselves asking 'why did this happen me? What did I do? I don't deserve this!' And it's understandable because they didn't know at the time. A lot were probably too afraid of the bigger kids to say no and/or they trusted those kids not to mislead them. It's only later that they'd realize they brought it on themselves, even if the punishment was far too severe for the crime.

Sorry if I rambled there. And yes, that's just one interpretation of the why.

Awesome! :D

Nice outfit!

You must be excited about the PI-themed world in Kingdom Hearts 3D, right?

Never heard of that. Care to explain?

Well, I recently saw designs for what looked like a Pleasure Island inspired world in the game. There was also a trailer that featured Pinocchio with his ears and tail swimming away from Monstro.

Heartless Monstro? Now that would be scary

I don't think so. It looked just like the scene in the movie. They even had the Blue Fairy, the cage he was locked in (with his famous nose), and the part where he and Jiminy jump off the cliff.