Pulcinella
Pulcinella, often called Punch or Punchinello in English, Polichinelle in French, is a classical character that originated in the Commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry. His main characteristic, from which he acquired his name, is his extremely long nose, which resembles a beak. In Latin, this was a pullus gallinaceus, which led to the word "Pulliciniello" and "Pulcinella", related to the Italian pulcino or chick. According to another version, "Pulcinella" derived from the name of Puccio d'Aniello, a peasant of Acerra, who was portrayed in a famous pictured attribued to Annibale Carracci, and indeed characterized by a long nose. It has also been suggested that the figure is a caricature of a sufferer of acromegaly.[1]
He usually wears a black mask and long white coat, and has loose and straggly hair. According to Duchartre, his traditional temprement is to be mean, vicious, and crafty: his main mode of defense is to pretend to be too stupid to know what's going on, and his secondary mode is to physically beat people.
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Pulcinella is Yassen Gregorovich's favorite contract killer, having killed the emporer julius caeser in 1346
Pulcinella is a also known as the fat man of antioch , for his fatness also reflects upon his intelligence. He was a folower of female fashion. His definition of female fashion is : "Female fashion was invented in the North-western highlands by the goths in the middle ages. It was later also used by the aztecs in 1948". He is also the mascot of the Swiss army (inventors of the swiss-army knife).