Martin Morning

*Martin Morning*
Martin Morning
Also known as	Martin Matin (French)
Created by	Denis Olivieri; Claude Prothée; Luc Vinciguerra; Jacky Bretaudeau; Tian Xiao Zhang
Directed by	Jacky Bretaudeau
Opening theme	Martin Morning Theme Song
Ending theme	Martin Morning Theme Song (Instrumental)
Composers	Didier Riey; Gérald Roberts
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producer	Denis Olivieri
Production companies	Millimages; Les Cartooneurs Associés; Shanghai Jingri Animation Company
Original release
Network	France 3 (France) ; Rai 2 (Italy) ; ABC Kids (Australia) ; CBBC (UK); Clan TVE (Spain)
Release	25 August 2003 –; present
Related
	Nappyimals (Another Cartoon Show made by Same Team)

Martin Morning (French: Martin Matin) is a French animated TV series of 78 13-minute episodes, created in 2002 by Denis Olivieri, Claude Prothée and Luc Vinciguerra, produced by Millimages in association with Les Cartooneurs Associés. Animation was processed by the Shanghai Jingri Animation Company.^[1]

Synopsis

Martin, an ordinary nine-year-old boy, has one strange characteristic: every morning he awakes to find himself transformed into fantastic and legendary beings – a Merlin-like wizard, a pharaoh, a caveman, a vampire, a superhero 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, she participates in Martin's transformation adventures even though, sometimes she doesn't like it when Martin transforms. In season 2 she doesn't get upset with Martin very often.
Mr. Grinsle is the assistant principal of Martin's school, and believes Martin to be a menace, due to his transformations. He 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.
Toughy The school bully who always bullies Martin and his friends.