My Magic Pet Morphle

My Magic Pet Morphle
Also known as	Morphle
Genre	Children Educational
Created by	Arthur van Merwijk
Country of origin	Britain
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	175
Production
Producer	Moonbug Entertainment
Animator	Arthur van Merwijk
Distributor	Moonbug Entertainment
Release
Original network	YouTube Netflix Amazon Prime Video Apple TV+ Hulu
Original release	December 15, 2011 (2011-12-15) – present
External links
Website

My Magic Pet Morphle (also known as Morphle) is an animated children's television series created in 2011 by Dutch animator Arthur van Merwijk.^[1][2] Produced by YouTube channel Morphle TV, which was acquired by Moonbug Entertainment in 2018 and announced in February 2019 that the series premiered on Netflix on January 10, 2019.^[3] The show is about a girl named Mila and her magic pet Morphle who can transform his appearance at Mila's will, and teaches themes of friendship, problem-solving and creativity to its preschool audience.^[4]

Morphle is hosted on digital platforms including Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video.^[5][6] Van Merwijk maintains creative oversight of the show and works with the production team in Amsterdam.^[2]

Characters[]

• Mila is a young girl who often wears blue clothing and a blue hat. She is always seen with Morphle and is the leader in their adventures together. They had an argument in one episode but got along with each other again.
• Morphle is the titular red rabbit-like magic pet who is Mila's pet, friend, and a bit of a sibling at times. His special ability is shape-shifting into anything of wish, which is used for good. He has a high-pitched voice and refers to himself and others in the third-person. Even though he is described as Mila's pet, they are more like siblings/best friends.
• Daddy is Mila's unnamed father. He owns the Magic Pet store, which is home to many different creatures, each with their own special ability. He cares a lot about Mila and Morphle. Mila's mother has not been seen or mentioned in the series, so it could be likely they have either divorced or he is widowed.Her name is Loie
• Troy is a young boy who is one of Mila's friends and is also the younger brother of Firefighter Gerbin.
• Sarah is a young girl who is another friend of Mila.
• April is another friend of Mila.
• Orphle is a rabbit-like magic pet who is Morphle's evil twin. He bears a resemblance to the latter except for the fact he is colored green, but however, he has used it to his advantage, painting himself red in on episode so that he would trick people into thinking that he is Morphle. He has the same shape-shifting abilities as Morphle, but he often uses them for bad. Like Morphle, he refers to himself and others in third person. In one episode, Officer Freeze mistook Morphle for Orphle, until he was reminded that Morphle is red, Orphle is green.
• Jorn and Stein are two bumbling brothers who work together as a criminal duo known as the "Chain-Up Office Bandits". They are often at odds with Officer Freeze (as well as the law). They are often arrested for stealing objects around town. In one episode, they rename themselves the "Fashion Bandits" and go around the city stealing everyone's clothes, leaving people in their underwear. They are eventually stopped by Mila and Morphle, and are made to return everyone's clothes.
• Telefox is a fox-like baby blue magic pet with light turquoise markings and a maroon nose. As his name states, he has the ability of teleporting himself to anywhere he wishes to go.
• Police Officer Freeze is a police officer who is often at odds with Jorn and Stein, who is determined (and often fails) to catch them himself. He often says "Not in my city!" whenever he notices someone doing something against the law. He is a bit of a Keystone Kop but toned down for younger audiences.
• Zoo Keeper Kenneth is a man who works as a zookeeper, as his name states. He cares about the animals a lot.
• Mechanic Joe is an man who, as his name implies, works as a mechanic. It is implied he is Japanese due to the fact he has a Maneki-neko in his workshop, as well as his physical appearance, and the fact that his sign is written in Japanese writing.
• Firefighter Gerbin is Troy's older brother who owns Aqualee. As his name implies, he is a firefighter who works at the firehouse along with Aqualee and an unnammed female firefighter.
• Builder Lawrence is a man who works as a construction worker. He is shown in one episode to have a love interest.
• Mr Vanderboose is an bespectacled elderly man who lives next door to Mila and Morphle. He is often angry and mean towards others, particularly Mila and Morphle, but however he is not entirely an antagonistic character as he is shown to be quite loving towards his dog Barky, who is in contrast to his master, friendly, sweet and lovable.
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• Felipe the famer' Felipe is a brown-skinned boy and a farmer who is a friend of Moprhle and Mila. It is not known if he has another nationality, but he is probably from South America.
• Atmo Atmo is a magical pet that can make snow, ice or even change the weather
• CandyRay Candyray is a magical pet capable of transforming anything into candy, you just have to say the word TRICK OR TRICK and it will automatically transform anything into candy
• Animi Animi is a magical pet that can bring absolutely anything to life.
• Tooly Tooly is a magical pet with the ability to store anything inside his shell, he is shaped like a turtle and his shell is practically infinite
• Sporky Sporky is a magical pet in the shape of a spoon, capable of cooking anything both quickly and well, his specialty is also being able to create food.
• Papa Jungle Papa Jungla is a magical pet with magical powers capable of creating jungles, animals can appear both defenseless and dangerous
• Mila's mom It is not known who he is with (???)
• Aunt Augustine Agustina is mila's aunt and mila's father's brother
• Cubby Cubby is a magical pet in the shape of a teddy bear. light blue color capable of transforming you into an adorable teddy bear with just a hug
• Doubler Doubler is a magical pet that can multiply anything
• Playzee It is a pet that has the shape of a Christmas fox
• Glitterpug It is a magical cute butterfly or larva shaped pet with a pug with adorable face
• Geraldo is an Italian-accented man who is often seen serving ice cream to children.
• Doubler is a magic pet with multiple eyes with the ability to multiply objects.
• Chroma is a yellow magic pet with floppy green ears and three bushy tails, each of a different color. He has the special abilities of changing and absorbing the color of whatever his tail touches. He is also good at jumping really high. He is not antagonistic, but is a bit mischievous.
• Jollyphant is a furry pink top hat wearing elephant-like magic pet who has the ability to snort ice cream from his trunk.
• Aqually is a green and blue tardigrade-like magic pet with a shrimp-like tail who has the ability of applying water to surfaces.
• Professor Rashid is a scientist and an inventor who often invents things. In one episode, it is revealed that he often has trouble thinking ahead. Some audiences have presumed him to be an Arabian due to his name. He is basically the Absent-minded professor stock character.
• Slimy is a magic pet who appears to be a floating blob of green slime with two arms. His special ability involves being able to cover objects, as well as people, with slime, which has a cleansing effect when rinsed.
• Tempus is a floating violet and indigo magic pet who appears a bit lizard-like with a stopwatch and no legs. His special ability is being able to stop time.
• Mr. Action is a muscular superhero frequently seen as an action figure who is often idolized by Morphle. He was brought to life in one episode, with the help of an invention by Professor Rashid. He unfortunately (and unintentionally) wreaked havoc on the city until Mila and Morphle convinced him to return to being a toy.
• Professor Evil is a mad scientist and Mr. Action's nemesis who also appears as an action figure.
• Mila Robot and Morphle Robot* They are 2 robots with the same specialty of mila and morphle, only that morphle robot is not capable of transforming into things, but in season 2 there is an unpainted metal morphle robot 2 that is capable of transforming into things, and mila robot is not much is currently known about her although she appeared in more episodes than morphle robot

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History[]

In 2011 van Merwijk, an animation school graduate, created a YouTube channel for preschoolers based on nursery rhymes. Throughout the first year van Merwijk produced every episode himself. His sister, who is a professional singer, created the music for the show. Van Merwijk drew the characters and his friend, Daan Velsink, created the rig-animation. After saving his profits during the program's first year, he used the money to set up a studio in Amsterdam. He hired animators and artists and created additional videos per month.

My Magic Pet Morphle was originally titled Mila and Her Magic Pet, and the YouTube channel uploaded its first video on 19 December 2011,^[7] and it was a Christmas special video (the first non-Christmas video was released on 14 January 2012).^[8] At the time, Morphle has a tail on his back until it was removed sometime, no later than its debut in early 2015.

The show functioned this way until 2015 when it took on its current TV-show format. According to van Merwijk, Morphle is one of the first preschool channels on YouTube that treated its videos as episodes of a traditional television program. When van Merwijk made this change, viewership grew substantially. By 2016 the show had millions of views each month.^[2]

In November 2018 Moonbug Entertainment purchased Morphle TV from van Merwijk. At the time of the purchase the show had about five million subscribers and 3.7 million views.^[9]

In February 2021 Moonbug partnered with Poetic Brands to create branded children's apparel based on My Magic Pet Morphle.^[10]

Premise[]

The show revolves around a young girl named Mila, who is best friends with Morphle, a red magic pet with rabbit-like ears who is able to transform or 'morph' into anything. They often help others around town or help to stop the bad guys, learning lessons about problem-solving, colors, shapes and friendship.

Episodes[]

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This episode list reflects original upload date on the official YouTube channel Morphle TV.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• My Magic Pet Morphle at IMDb
• My Magic Pet Morphle YouTube Channel