Imagine someone takes a wooden marionette and snaps it over their knee. That's destroying a thing, not killing a person. Pinocchio's made of wood, so I'd call that vandalism, even if he talks and walks. Murder feels like it's for living beings.

Look, you're right that Pinocchio isn't human, but think about how people react to a robot that shows real feelings. If someone smashed it, lots of folks would call it murder, not vandalism. Pinocchio talks, dreams, and wants to be real, so that feels like killing a person.

You make a good point about how alive he seems. But I still think the material matters. Murder is about taking a life that's biologically human. Pinocchio is a puppet with a spell on him, not a real person. So destroying him feels more like breaking something precious than killing someone.