And this...punchinello...from A.W.A.D. 7/4:

punchinello (pun-chuh-NEL-o) noun

1. A short, fat buffoon, principal character in an Italian puppet show.

2. A grotesque person.

[From Italian (Naples dialect) polecenella (a character in Italian puppet
shows), diminutive of pollecena (turkey pullet), ultimately from Latin
pullus (young chicken). From the resemblance of punchinello's nose to a
turkey's beak.]

"Unlike Mr. Donahue, she doesn't automatically sympathize with every
oddball and Punchinello who feels mistreated by `straight society'
(a phrase, believe it or not, that still rolls off Mr. Donahue's
tongue)."
Martha Bayles, Oprah vs. Phil: Warmth Wins Out, The Wall Street Journal
(New York), Jan 26, 1987.

This week's theme: words derived from fictional characters.