The Zanni at first wore a full faced carnival mask, but because of the need for dialogue between Pantalone and the Zanni, the bottom of the mask was hinged and eventually cut away altogether.

: Pantalone: Zanni, I want you to earn yourself a sovereign.

: Pantalone: Dear Zanni, take the sonnet.

::( Zanni tries to snatch the coin but Pantalone grabs it back at the last moment )

: Pantalone: Trust me, my dear Zanni ; take the sonnet and I will give it to you.

The earliest literary evidence portrays Zanni as a servant of Pantalone.

In “ Lazzi of Counting Money ”, the Zanni divides Pantalone ’ s money between Pantolone and himself in the following way: “ One for Pantalone, two for me ( gives one coin to Pantalone and two to himself ); two for Pantalone, three for me ( gives one coin to Pantalone and three to himself ), etc.

If hired by Pantalone to protect his daughter from her many suitors, Capitano would set up a bidding war for his services or aid between the suitors and Pantalone while wooing her himself.

The 1997 amalgamation election, so-called because of the forced amalgamation of all the municipalities that made up Metropolitan Toronto, saw Pantalone returned to Toronto City Council as the Councillor for Ward 20 — Trinity Niagara, which was under the same boundaries as his previous Metro seat, during Mel Lastman's term as Mayor of Toronto ( 1997 – 2003 ).

On his promise to freeze property taxes for seniors, Pantalone expressed the opinion that the loss of this revenue could be made up elsewhere, saying: " If you distribute that across the whole tax base, people won ’ t even know that it has happened ".

: Pantalone: I will give it to you.

If you want that, call Mr. Ford ,” who is a “ bulldozer ” while Smitherman is an “ axe ” and a “ diminisher .”" Pantalone was also the only candidate who rejected contracting out more services now done by city employees.

: Pantalone: A gold sovereign.

: Pantalone: It's there.

: Pantalone: There it is.

: Pantalone: It's yours.

She was also known to wear heavy makeup around her eyes and carry a tambourine which she could use to fend off the amorous advances of Pantalone.

Columbina aided her mistress, the innamorata, to gain the affections of her one true love by manipulating Arlecchino and counter-plotting against Pantalone while simultaneously managing the whereabouts of the innamorato.

Pasquale is recognizable as the blustery Pantalone, Ernesto as the lovesick Pierrot, Malatesta as the scheming Scapino, and Norina as a wily Columbina.

Ruffiana is most often romantically involved with Pantalone, though his love may easily be unrequited if it suits the plot.

The Lovers are usually the children of either Dottore or Pantalone.

The primary members of this group are Pantalone, Il Dottore and Il Capitano.

Pantalone and Il Dottore are the alter ego of each other, Pantalone being the decadent wealthy merchant, and Il Dottore being the decadent erudite.

Pantalone, or Pantalone de ' bisognosi, Italian for ' Pantalone of the needy ', is one of the most important principal characters found in commedia del arte.

Zanni ’ s back is arched when he stands up and his knees are bent and apart with splayed feet.

The Zanni ’ s head is to peck like a chicken, but the Zanni have to be sure not to bob their head up and down.

The Big Zanni walk includes sticking their chest forward and their backside up.

The Zanni marches with his shoulders moving up and down in a two-time rhythm but in three beats.

In 1982, Italian musician Anfrando Maiola ( b. 1954 in Parma, Italy ) teamed up with Stefano Cundari and Alessandro Zanni and released their first single " Chinese Revenge ", on the ZYX Records label.

: Zanni: How can it be mine since you ’ ve got it?

The Zanni ’ s knees come high off of the ground and to the side.

The first Zanni can trick and cheat anyone whom they come across.

The Harlequin character may have been based on or influenced by the Zanni archetype who, although a slow thinker, was acrobatic and nimble.

Zanni or Zani is a character type of Commedia dell ' arte best known as an astute servant and trickster.

The Zanni comes from the countryside.

Throughout time, the Zanni grew to be a popular figure who were first seen in commedia as early as the fourteenth century.

The name Zanni ( as well as Zuan ) is a Venetian variant of the name Gianni and is common in the Lombard-Venetian countryside which provided most of the servants to the wealthy nobles and merchants of Venice.

The name Zanni can refer to one person or many people.

Zanni was shortened to Zan when used to provide further identification of an individual.

For example, Zan Ganassa was the stage name of Alberto Naseli, who was one of the first actors specializing in Zanni roles to perform outside of Italy.

The actors who play Zanni must be clever and equally talented, because an actor's success relies primarily on his dialogue partner.

The Zanni ’ s costume usually consists of white baggy clothing.

The Zanni are also known to sport a peaked hat and a wooden sword.

The longer the nose of the Zanni, the more stupid he is said to be.

A Zanni is known to take and briefly keep items that belong to someone else.

Some items that the Zanni would keep would be bags, letters, valuables, or food.

The stance of Zanni has a “ lowered centre of gravity ” either from the earth or from carrying bags and chairs that weigh a lot.

Zanni ’ s elbows are usually bent and arms half lifted.

In commedia, Zanni has a variety of at least six different types of walks.

These walks include: The Little Zanni, The Big Zanni, Zanni Running, Zanni Jubilant, Vain Zanni, and Soldier Zanni.