After the completion of the show, Stromboli walks onto the stage and accepts both the audience's applause and their money. Pinocchio trips and falls, nose first, onto the stage Stromboli is initially furious at the puppet's clumsiness but lets him continue after realizing that the audience is delighted.
He conducts the band (unseen, below the stage) while Pinocchio and the puppets perform I've Got No Strings. The puppet master advertises Pinocchio as "the only marionette who can sing and dance absolutely without the aid of strings ". That evening, Stromboli is first seen, announcing his show to a large crowd that has gathered around the caravan. They befriend the little wooden boy and, convincing him that the theatre is "the easy road to success", take him to Stromboli's Caravan, singing Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life For Me) as they go, with Jiminy Cricket in pursuit. When the two crooks see Pinocchio on his way to school, the fox realizes that Stromboli would pay handsomely for a moving puppet without strings. Foulfellow fondly recalls trying to sell Gideon, with strings tied to his arms and feet, to the puppet master (though it's apparent that this ploy didn't work). Worthington Foulfellow, who notices a poster advertising that "that old rascal's back in town". Stromboli is first referred to in the film by J.