August Wayne Booth/Pinocchio Character Analysis

[charming]

I also agree that August is really Pinocchio. When I re-watched the episode "7:15 am" the other week I thought it was interesting that the mysterious box that held his typewriter was made out of wood and looked like it was hand made and polished. Maybe the wood the box was made out of is the same wood that Pinocchio and Gepetto used from the tree that hid Emma, as well as the same wood that created Pinocchio, himself.

Ooo! I didn't even think of that! Good catch!

Yeah, wow.....I agree. I have not noticed either. Rewatch time!

[KalliopeKisees]

Even though I really don't want it to be so, I think August is going to end up being Pinocchio. I have been thinking about his name... Again and over and over. I think it hints at him being a royal craftsman, a wood worker, just like Pinocchio. (Insert sad face)

I am hopeful that Bae will be Peter Pan, a multifaceted character, and someone I love as much as the Hatter.

Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland have always been my ALL time favorite stories. I look forward to more of thier casting.

[hjbau]

I agree that most of the hints seem to point to Pinocchio which is why i keep saying he isn't Pinocchio. There just seems to be too many lines that point that way. I think that Bae is most likely as of now, but i am still hoping he is someone else.

[charming]

I agree that most of the hints seem to point to Pinocchio which is why i keep saying he isn't Pinocchio. There just seems to be too many lines that point that way. I think that Bae is most likely as of now, but i am still hoping he is someone else.

I can agree he is Pinnochio but he has a connection to the book, Emma and Henry. His role will be as protector and guardian. He is to ensure that the savior does her job and to ensure the safety of the book; to me the key to magic in Storybrooke via Emma. He did do something to the book; whether it be add, subtract or restore the book. He seems to mbe helping Emma by telling her to look from the beginning of the investigation but with different eyes; with respect to Kath. He's also taken a liking to Henry saying to him he needs and wants to help Emma believe and he himself believes in the stories in the book. He does value the book.

[hjbau]

The book is another reason i don't understand how he could be Pinocchio. How would Pinocchio know what is in the book to add to it? How would anyone know the stories that are in the book?

[charming]

The book is another reason i don't understand how he could be Pinocchio. How would Pinocchio know what is in the book to add to it? How would anyone know the stories that are in the book?

with respect to the book we are confusing two things; the author of the stories and the one who puts the stories together into book form. Call the book anthology of stories written by other people. Like a musian with an album of cover songs. He did not write the songs but plays them, well the compiler of the stories did not write the stories he simply put it together into one volume. I think that there are many authors to these stories and even if there is one; August was the one to put it all together into that one volume. He was seen doing something to it and who knows what he did to it because there is not clear confirmation of it.

[Possum Snoodle]

Maybe he's the librarian

Yes. I've thought he might be a Matrix Architect sort of character but more of an Master Archivist/Librarian. He does know something about old-style bookbinding and using chemicals on pages that surely are rare in the eyes of a bibliophile.

Currently, I'm chasing a certain theory down a rabbit hole and looking into any references/hints August W Booth may be The White Knight aka Lewis Carroll - or at least, resolve any connections.

August (noble) Wayne (cartwright: a crafstman who "rights" things) Booth (Carol/carrel)
Thus, Noble=Knight, Cartwright=Writer/Editor, Carol/Carrel=Carrol

Lewis Carroll embedded himself into Looking Glass/Wonder Land as The White Knight and guided Alice to the final "brooke" she had to pass over to become Queen. When Alice crossed the brooke, The White Knight could not follow. Some fans speculate water is crucial clue to August Booth's identity. Perhaps, he cannot gaze upon his own reflection in the mirror-like surface of water. Surely, there is something to my line of thinking August has a White Knight/Carroll connection.

[charming]

a lot works with that theory however, Lewis Carroll was not his real name but a pseudonym. The Brother Grimm have a closer relationship the the stories in the book than Lewis Carroll. Grimms are repsonsible for the Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rumplestilskin, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapuzel and The Frog Prince. August does not fit either Grimm. What's true is that he wears purple suggesting royalty as does his first name. The Knight part fits because he does say he does not lie---chivalry. The writer was confirmed by himself but the last part is the only part that does not quite fit right.

[TheOnionGirl]

Spoilers for after "The Return:"

I've liked August, but I was a bit ... chilled ... by how he played Rumple in this episode. Calling him "Papa," letting him believe he was Bae ... It was heartwretching. I defnitely had to feel for Rumple, even with some of the horrible acts he committed in this episode.
But then I was thinking about it. If August is, indeed, Pinocchio (and I'm operating under that assumption) he hasn't been able to see/talk to his own beloved father in 28 years because of something Rumple did (giving Regina the curse). No, August isn't going to be predisposed to like Rumple. Not at all.

[slurpeez108]

No, August isn't going to be predisposed to like Rumple. Not at all.

Just a note: It's not a spoiler after the show has already aired, so no need to blacken out your post. Also, if August is Pinocchio (and I'm thinking he is), he has another reason to dislike Rumpel. Not only is August turning back into a puppet (so it appears), but he lost out on having a family with Geppetto, plus, Rumpel was responsible, via Jiminy, for turning Geppetto's parents into puppets. That means Pinocchio's grandparents are still puppets.