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Morphle: The Halloween Candy Magic Pet
By Jennifer Borget,
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Silly holiday tale has cartoon violence, mild scares.
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What's the Story?
In MORPHLE: THE HALLOWEEN CANDY MAGIC PET, Mila and Morphle's neighbors are decorating their homes for the "Halloweenest House Contest." Even the bandits want to win and try to swipe decorations to use on their own home, but Mila and Morphle can't let that happen! Meanwhile, Mila's dad surprises her with a new pet named Candyray that can turn anything she looks at into candy when she hears a certain word. It sounds delicious, but not for long. The friends quickly learn that it's not fun when you eat too much candy, Morphle loses his ability to transform, and anything -- even people -- can turn into candy. Will the friends be able to work together to get everything ready for Halloween? Or will the bandits get their way?
Is It Any Good?
Morphle: The Halloween Candy Magic Pet seems to have more of a storyline and tone aimed at preschoolers than previous iterations of the series. The animation has stepped up a notch, and the poor behaviors have gone down a notch.
It's encouraging to see multiple parts of the story that point out being honest and trying to do the right thing, such as when Mila and Morphle forgo rescuing the pretty pumpkins to help keep the bandits from falling from the sky. Mila also stops working on decorations to go tell her dad about an accident she's had after accidentally zapping someone into a gummy person. Perhaps that's why the ending seems to fall flat, when after all the hard work they put into trying to make homemade Halloween decorations for the contest, they decide to use magic to pull a last-second win. It seems to take away from the messages of working together and being honest that the show worked so hard to convey throughout the story. Perhaps if the magical pet had turned the whole street into candy-made houses, or if they'd decided winning wasn't that important, it would've landed better.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how Mila and Morphle reacted when they had a problem. When is it a good idea to ask an adult for help?
Have you seen other Morphle episodes? How does this one differ from those?
Do you think characters like Orphle, Morphle's alter ego, are necessary to show the contrast between good and poor behavior? Why, or why not?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming: September 1, 2021
- Cast: Sabrina Glow , Arthur van Merwijk , Tim Simmons
- Director: Arthur van Merwijk
- Studio: Netflix
- Genre: Family and Kids
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy , Friendship
- Run time: 22 minutes
- MPAA rating: NR
- Last updated: September 6, 2022
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