Martin Morning is a French

France

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 animation

Animation

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 TV series of 78 13-minute episodes, created in 2002 by Denis Olivieri, Claude Prothée and Luc Vinciguerra, produced by Millimages

Millimages

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 in assiocation with Cartooneurs and associates.

Synopsis

Martin, an ordinary nine-year-old boy, has one strange characteristic: when he wakes up every morning he awakes to find himself transformed into fantastic and legendary beings – a Merlin

Merlin

Merlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures...

-like wizard, a pharaoh

Pharaoh

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, a caveman

Caveman

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, a vampire

Vampire

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, a superhero

Superhero

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 and many more transformations. Despite the transformations, he goes to school with his friends, and adventures then ensue.

Characters

• Martin Morning, the title character, is an otherwise ordinary nine-year old boy, except for the red hair (ginger) and blue eyes, who finds himself transformed every morning into extraordinary forms.
• Gromo is Martin's best friend and, despite Martin's misgivings, the biggest fan of his transformations and the subsequent adventures.
• Roxanne is the top of Gromo and Martin's Primary School class. She is Martin's girlfriend
  Girlfriend
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  , she participates in Martin's transformation adventures she doesn't like it when Martin transforms.
• Mr. Grinsle is the assistant principal of Martin's school, and believes Martin to be a menace, due to his transformations. Believes Mr. Pickle is too soft on the students, particularly Martin, and wishes to take his place as principal.
• Mr. Pickle is the principal of Martin's School.

External links

• Official website
• ZDF Enterprises: Martin Morning
• ABC Kids - Martin Morning
• Martin Matin on Rai Uno
  Rai Uno
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   (in Italian
  Italian language
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