Pinocchio

In Earth literature, Pinocchio was a wooden puppet who longed to become a real boy.

William T. Riker referred to Data as "Pinocchio" upon learning of Data's desire to be Human. When forced to argue the case that Data was only a machine, he referenced the name again to demonstrate how, though Data aspired to be a living human being, he was not and never would be one. 

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