Prankster's Paradise
First Appearance: KINGDOM HEARTS 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012)
Origin: Pinocchio (1940)
Side: Sora
Sora bumped into Jiminy at an amusement park after dark. Jiminy said Pinocchio had gone missing somewhere in the park, and boys who played and goofed off there for too long got turned into donkeys. Sora agreed to help Jiminy find Pinocchio before that could happen.
But by the time they rescued Pinocchio from some Nightmare, he had sprouted donkey ears and a tail. Jiminy and Pinocchio escaped while Sora faced off against more Nightmares.
After eliminating the threat, Sora came face-to-face with the grey-haired youth and Xemnas, who accused Sora of being the same as the Nobodies. Once again, they vanished without further explanation.
The Blue Fairy found Sora and told him that Pinocchio and Jiminy had gone to the bottom of the sea to rescue Geppetto, who had been swallowed by Monstro the Whale.
Sora got there just in time to witness Pinocchio and Jiminy getting gobbled up too. Then a giant Nightmare appeared and froze Monstro solid. Sora defeated the Nightmare, and having been freed of the ice, Monstro let out a mighty sneeze.
Remembering that this world would soon be swallowed by darkness, Sora unlocked the Sleeping Keyhole.
Side: Riku
Inside the belly of Monstro the Whale, Riku found Geppetto and Jiminy. He agreed to help them find Pinocchio, who had gone missing again. Jiminy tagged along.
They found Pinocchio with a figure in a black coat. Who was it this time? The figure lowered his hood to reveal... Riku. The figure disappeared before Riku could make sense of it all. He explained to Jiminy how he had once allowed darkness into his heart, but Jiminy and Pinocchio reminded him that friends like Sora would always keep him on the right path.
He had the others return to safety and headed further into Monstro, where he found and defeated a giant Nightmare.
Something was troubling him though. Why did this world seem to have been thrown into the past? Could it still be trapped in some kind of dream? He unlocked the Sleeping Keyhole.
