Line #54 WesternAnimation/MartinMorning


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2	[[caption-width-right:237:Notice how the boy in the middle has dragon ears, wings and a tail?[[note]]From left to right: [[{{Fanboy}} Gromo]], [[JustWokeUpThatWay Martin Morning]], and [[LoveInterest Roxanne]].[[/note]]]]
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4	->''"It could only happen to me...''"
5	-->-- '''Martin Morning''', at the end of the theme tune
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7	''Martin Morning'' (fr: ''Martin Matin'') is a 2002 [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} French]] cartoon series created by Denis Olivieri, Claude Prothée and Luc Vinciguerra and produced by Les Cartooneurs Associés.
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9	The show stars [[ProtagonistTitle Martin Morning]], a perfectly normal nine-year-old boy... except for the fact that every morning, he [[JustWokeUpThatWay wakes up to find himself transformed into something different]], and finds himself thrown into all sorts of adventures as a result of his transformations, on which he is accompanied by his friend Gromo and his [[PuppyLove girlfriend]] Roxanne.
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11	In 2018, after sixteen years of no new episodes, the show was renewed for a fourth season, which also brought about an [[ArtShiftedSequel art shift]] to Flash animation.
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14	!!Martin Morning contains examples of:
15	* AcePilot: Martin's transformation in both "[[Recap/MartinMorningS3E11SmoothGlideForMartin Smooth Glide for Martin]]" and an episode in season 5, though in the latter example, he is a ''test'' pilot.
16	* AlienAnimals: In "Planet of the Dogs", Martin, Roxanne, Gromo, and an anthropomorphic dog named Ralph travel to a planet inhabited by other anthropomorphic dogs.
17	* AliensAreBastards: Averted with the ones from "Martin's Space Odyssey". Although they abduct Martin, it is only because they mistake him for their lost captain due to his transformation for that day being an alien. However, it's definitely played straight with the alien from "Martin Meets A Moonatic".
18	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the aliens in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E8MartinsSpaceOdyssey Martin's Space Odyssey]]," who need a translator device to be able to talk to Martin. Played straight in other episodes, however.
19	* AnimateInanimateObject: In the episode "The Talking Key," Martin, instead of transforming like usual, wakes up with a talking key around his neck.
20	* {{Animorphism}}: Some of Martin's transformations are animals.
21	* ArrangedMarriage: In "Martin The Invisible", Martin is almost forced to marry a countess, and in "Upside Down And Backwards", Roxanne is almost forced to marry a prince.
22	* ArtShiftedSequel: Starting from Season 4, the show is done in Flash animation.
23	* BewitchedAmphibians: A variant occurs in the episode "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E24MartinsMagicPotion Martin's Magic Potion]]," where Martin, who is a witch that day, comes across a frog on the way to school that asks him to kiss it. When he does, it turns into a PrincelyYoungMan who seems to attract Martin's Roxanne, much to his jealousy. [[spoiler:He turns back into a frog when he kisses Martin under the influence of the LovePotion he had prepared for Roxanne]].
24	* BigCreepyCrawlies: In the episode "Did You Say Normal?", Martin himself has no transformation, but everyone else have been transformed into human-sized insects. [[spoiler: However, at the end, it turns out that was AllJustADream, and Martin has actually transformed into a bee]]. "Martin Busy Bee" also features bugs that are big enough for Martin, Roxanne, and Gromo to talk to.
25	* BigRedDevil: Martin's transformation of the day in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]."
26	* BlackBeadEyes: Everyone except the aliens, which makes sense because they are, well, aliens.
27	* BlobMonster: Pannonos, the servant of the alien from "Martin Meets A Moonatic", is one of these.
28	* BornUnlucky: Or rather, Martin wakes up unlucky in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E26MartinsUnluckyDay Martin's Unlucky Day]]," where he has incredibly bad luck and falls victim to all kinds of disasters.
29	* TheBully: Romeo is Martin and his friends' main tormentor at school aside from [[FunHatingConfiscatingAdult Vice Principal Grindsel]].
30	* CessationOfExistence: The show implies that this happens to the beings whose existence is a byproduct of Martin's transformations when he transforms into something else the next morning.
31	* ClingyJealousGirl: Roxanne can sometimes act like this when other girls have Martin's attention.
32	* ColonyDrop: In "Martin Stops A Meteorite", Martin has to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stop a meteorite]] before it collides with the Earth and causes TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
33	* ContemporaryCaveman: Martin's transformation of the day in "Cro-Magnon Martin" is a caveman. The same deal in an episode in season 4, but this time the entire world around him has reverted back to prehistoric times, too.
34	* CookingDuel: Martin participates in one in "Chef's Cook Off".
35	* {{Cowboy}}: Martin wakes up as one in "The Lonesome Cowboy".
36	* DamselInDistress: Roxanne, sometimes. This often leads to RescueRomance on Martin's part.
37	* DealWithTheDevil: Martin is almost tricked into signing a contract with [[{{Satan}} the actual Devil himself]] in order to [[IJustWantToBeNormal become a normal boy]] in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]." Thankfully, Roxanne and Gromo are able to stop him from signing it in time.
38	* EmbarrassinglyDresslikeOutfit: For this reason, Martin does not like it when he wakes up wearing a kilt in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E18MacMartinMacMorning Mac Martin Mac Morning]]."
39	* ExpositoryThemeTune: ''Martin Morning!/Every morning when you open your eyes/You're in for a big surprise!''
40	* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Surprisingly, this is actually {{Averted}}, as some episodes feature actual guns.
41	* {{Fanboy}}: Gromo is described in the theme tune as Martin's biggest fan.
42	* FantasyKitchenSink: The show features all sorts of mythical and strange beings and places, including [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], {{alien\|Tropes}}s, {{wizard\|Classic}}s, [[PhysicalGod gods]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]], {{Talking Animal}}s and {{Funny Animal}}s, {{genie\|InABottle}}s, [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots robots]], {{witch\|Classic}}es, HornyVikings, {{Living Statue}}s, {{Sea Monster}}s, elves, SantaClaus, LivingToys, [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaids]], ogres, giants, fakirs, {{Man Eating Plant}}s, a minotaur, ninjas, and even [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], {{Hell}} and {{Satan}}!
43	* FisherKing: Martin's transformations tend to also alter the world around him to suit his new forms. For example, when he wakes up as a movie star, his bedroom wall is plastered with posters for movies he has acted in, and the bathroom in his house is a dressing room.
44	* FrankensteinsMonster: Martin transforms into this in "Martin Son Of Frankenstein".
45	* FunnyAnimal: In "Planet Of The Dogs", Martin and co. travel to a planet where the inhabitants are all anthropomorphic dogs. There's also the yellow dog from "Martin's Dog Day", and Patapoff the lion from "Lion Tamer Martin".
46	* GenderBender: Martin transforms into a girl in episode 12 of the first season. And [[LarynxDissonance retains his voice]]. Also, Mr. Grindsel gets turned into a woman in "The Ogre of Castle Hill" after drinking a magic potion.
47	* GirlishPigtails: Roxanne has them.
48	* GradeSchoolCEO: Martin in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS3E25TheZillionaire The Zillionaire]]" is the wealthy CEO of a large company. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since he, as per usual, JustWokeUpThatWay.
49	* {{Hellevator}}: How Martin, Gromo and Roxanne enter [[EvilInc S.A.T.A.N.]]'s headquarters in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]."
50	* {{Hell}}: Yes, the place does indeed appear in the episode "A Good Little Devil", complete with an appearance by {{Satan}} himself, albeit it is portrayed as EvilInc rather than a place of eternal torment.
51	* HoneyTrap: A (relatively) kid-friendly example in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]," where a demoness almost cons Martin into making a DealWithTheDevil by impersonating his crush Roxanne. Thankfully, the real Roxanne shows up in time to expose the ruse to Martin.
52	* HornyVikings: Martin transforms into one in the episode "Voyage To The Edge Of The World", and gets to go on the titular voyage with other Vikings like this.
53	* HotWitch: In "[[Recap/MartinMorningS01E24MartinsLovePotion Martin's Love Potion]]", another witch other than Martin appears, and she's a total bombshell.
54	* IJustWantToBeNormal: A constant source of angst for Martin throughout the series is that he would like to just be a normal boy and not have weird things happen to him every day. In "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]," he almost accepts a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with the literal Devil]] to make this happen.
55	* ImprobableAge: Some of Martin's transformations lead him to do things that would normally be way beyond a kid his age.
56	* IncredibleShrinkingMan: The episode "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E19MiniMartin Mini Martin]]" has Martin transform into a version of himself that's the same size as his alarm clock.
57	* {{Intangibility}}: Martin wakes up with this power in "The Joke's On Grindsel!". [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS2E6MartinTheInvisible Martin The Invisible]]," where he does not have this ability despite waking up as a ghost. Another character in that episode mentions that some other ghosts also have a condition that prevents them from phasing through solid matter.
58	* InvisibleToNormals: When Martin wakes up as a ghost in "Martin the Invisible", all the other human characters are unable to see him.
59	* InvoluntaryShapeshifting:
60	* JustWokeUpThatWay: The basic premise of the show is that Martin wakes up as something different each morning.
61	* KidHero: Martin is a nine-year-old boy who often saves people during his adventures.
62	* KidsLoveDinosaurs: In the episode "Martin's Prehistoric Pal", Martin has no transformation; instead, he is accompanied by a baby dinosaur. Unlike most of the weird stuff that happens to him on a daily basis, Martin is actually upset that the dinosaur will no longer be around the next day.
63	* LivingStatue: One appears in "Voyage To The Edge Of The World".
64	* LivingToys: Martin transforms into a puppet in the episode "Trouble In Toy Paradise", and that episode also features other examples of this trope. He also transforms into a toy soldier in "Good Soldier Martin".
65	* LovePotion: Martin makes one he planned to use on Roxanne in the episode "Martin's Magic Potion". Unfortunately, another boy ended up drinking it instead and falling for ''him''.
66	* ManInAKilt: When Martin wakes up as a Scotsman in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E18MacMartinMacMorning Mac Martin Mac Morning]]," he naturally has a kilt on.
67	* MeaningfulName: Martin Morning's surname refers to the fact that he wakes up as something different every morning.
68	* MesACrowd: Martin's "transformation" in "Martin Multiplied"; he has to spend that whole day accompanied by two copies of himself, one of whom is aggressive and the other nice.
69	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Mortibus from "Doctor Martin, laugh therapist" is a doctor who attempts to poison a king, who is his client's brother, because his brother wants the throne for himself.
70	* MorphicResonance:
71	** Most of Martin's transformations, even the ones that completely change his body shape, usually retain his glasses and the three strands of hair on his forehead.
72	** When a demoness impersonates Roxanne in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]," her devil tail still remains, allowing the real Roxanne to expose her to Martin by showing him the tail.
73	* {{Mummy}}: Martin wakes up as one in "Beware Of The Mummies".
74	* TheMusketeer: Guess what Martin wakes up as in "Martin Musketeer".
75	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Played straight in "Oh The Crocodiles", what with the episode being a ShoutOut to Franchise/IndianaJones and all. Also featured in the episode "Ancient Egyptian Martin", where Roxanne almost falls into a TrapDoor with hungry crocodiles waiting at the bottom.
76	* NoFullNameGiven: Everyone except Martin Morning, his parents, and a few {{One Shot Character}}s.
77	* NoHuggingNoKissing: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; Martin and Roxanne are clearly in PuppyLove, and there are many instances where Roxanne gives Martin a kiss on the cheek.
78	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. The extraterrestrial characters are the only ones without BlackBeadEyes.
79	* TheOmniscient: In the episode "[[Recap/MartinMorningS2E10MartinTheKnowItAll Martin The know-it-all]]," Martin wakes up with the ability to know anything and everything. Unfortunately, two crooks coerce him into abusing this power to help them cheat at gambling.
80	* OneShotCharacter: Most episodes have at least one. Their one-shot status is often [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the implication that their very existence is a byproduct of Martin's transformation of the day and that they will cease to exist the next night when he transforms into something else.
81	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Martin wakes up as the "tiny humanoid" variety in "Good Morning Fairy Martin."
82	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Martin's transformation in "Martin Is Missing."
83	* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Most of the one-shot bad guys Martin faces off against are fully-grown adults.
84	* OvernightAgeUp: Martin transforms into a middle-aged man in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E27MiddleAgedMartin Middle Aged Martin]]."
85	* {{Pirate}}: Martin's transformation of the day in "Ahoy Matey Martin".
86	* PlayingCardMotifs: Martin wakes up as the Jack of Hearts in "Martin On his Game." He also finds a passageway to some kind of bizarre alternate world themed around playing cards in his school.
87	* PrinceCharming: In the episode "Charming Martin", Martin's transformation of the day is this.
88	* PrivateInvestigator: Martin's transformation of the day in "Martin Leads The Investigation".
89	* ProtagonistTitle: Martin Morning is the actual name of the protagonist.
90	* PunBasedTitle: The French title of the show -- and by extension, the French name of the title character -- plays off the phonetic similarity between "Martin" and the French word for morning, "matin." The wordplay is lost in the English release, which translates the title and character name literally to ease the dubbing process by keeping the syllable count consistent.
91	* PuppyLove: Martin and Roxanne are referred to in-show as "boyfriend and girlfriend", despite being just kids.
92	* RefugeeFromTVLand: "Super Martin" features the titular villain from the FictionalVideoGame ''Super Monster'' coming out into the real world. It is up to Martin, who is a {{Superhero}} that day, to force him back.
93	* RiddleForTheAges: The series never reveals ''why'' Martin is subject to JustWokeUpThatWay every single day.
94	* RobotMe: Martin wakes up as a robot in "Mechanical Martin", and it comes with all the quirks of being one (i.e he can have malfunctions and needs to recharge). He also wakes up as one in one episode of Season 4.
95	* SavingChristmas: The premise of the episode "Martin Saves Santa"; SantaClaus has been kidnapped and it's up to Martin and friends to save him!
96	* ShoutOut: In some episodes, Martin wakes up as a character from popular culture, e.g. Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Sherlock Martin", and Franchise/IndianaJones in "Oh The Crocodiles!".
97	* {{Superhero}}: Martin's transformation of the day in "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E3SuperMartin Super Martin]]".
98	* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Martin wakes up with this ability as opposed to transforming like usual in the aptly-named episode "[[Recap/MartinMorningS3E9MartinTalksToTheAnimals Martin Talks to the Animals]]." His transformations into an animal park doctor and a farmer in season 4 also come equipped with this ability, though with the latter one, it's restricted to farm animals.
99	* SpottingTheThread: In "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]", Roxanne exposes a demoness impersonating her to Martin by showing him her devil tail, which she'd kept hidden behind herself up until that point.
100	* SuperpowerSillyPutty: Though he doesn't always turn into something superpowered, this trope is the nature of Martin's condition.
101	* {{Teleportation}}: In "The Amazing Mr. M", Martin wakes up with the ability to do this.
102	* ThirdWheel: Gromo is this to Martin and Roxanne.
103	* ThreateningShark: In "Martin On The Lam", [[DistressedDude Martin and Gromo]] are tied up above a pool of sharks, and Roxanne has to save them.
104	* TimeTravel: In "It WAS A Dog's Life!", Martin has a skateboard that allows him to do this. Also, he wakes up in the future in "Martin Has A Future".
105	* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: "[[Recap/MartinMorningS1E14AGoodLittleDevil A Good Little Devil]]" features actual ''demons'' who almost convince Martin to make [[DealWithTheDevil a deal with Satan]]... er, sorry, [[{{Bowdlerise}} Luciferis]] so he can finally [[IJustWantToBeNormal become a normal boy]] by [[HoneyTrap having a demoness impersonate Roxanne]]. In addition, the name of [[EvilInc the company Luciferis is the CEO of]] is acronymized as [[FunWithAcronyms S.A.T.A.N.]], and Gromo actually uses the word "Hell," albeit referring to the actual place rather than as an expletive.
106	* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Martin has both his transformation-related adventures and school on his table. In fact, he is often late for school because of them.
107	* {{Weredragon}}: Martin transforms into a green dragon in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Mighty Dragon Martin"]]. And that's the ''first episode!''
108	* WingedHumanoid: In "The Lucky Duckling", Martin wakes up with the wings, tail, and pinfeathers of a duck.

Context WesternAnimation / MartinMorning