''Martin Morning'' (french: Martin Matin) is a French

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

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in association with Les Cartooneurs Associés. Animation was processed by the Shanghai Jingri Animation Company.

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

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-like wizard,

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, the

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, a

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, a

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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, who finds himself transformed every morning into extraordinary forms. * Grosmot 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

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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 Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

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. *Nat the red-haired girl from episode 53 "Martin mène l'enquête"

Episodes

Season 1 1. Mighty Dragon Martin 2. Martin's Dog Day 3. Super Martin 4. Martin Multiplied 5. His Majesty Martin 6. Cro-Magnon Martin 7. Martin is Missing 8. Martin's Space Odyssey 9. Charming Martin 10. Magic Martin 11. Agent Martin 008 12. Martin Enters the Dance 13. Ancient Egyptian Martin 14. A Good Little Devil 15. Martin Megastar 16. Martin's Prehistoric Pal 17. Martin Musketeer 18. Mac Martin Mac Morning 19. Mini Martin 20. Sherlock Martin Season 2 5. Martin's Fairytale

References

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