Morgan M Morgansen

""Capricitous califrag Morgan M. Morgansen stood in the longroom of his fourwalls, narcissising himself in the doubleglass. He horizontalized his neckbow and let a long stream of air out of his facehole. He was ready to lothariate. Or at least, ready as he’d ever be.""

Morgan M Morgansen's Date with Destiny and its sequel Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo are short films produced by hitRECord, an online production company run by Joseph Gordon Levitt, who in addition to editing and directing the Morgan M. Morgansen films, plays the eponymous Morgan. Despite their short running time (Date With Destiny runs at 5:23 and The Zeppelin Zoo tops out at 6:55), both films are notable for their fanciful animated imagery, steampunk setting, and weird, made-up wordplay narration.

The films follow Morgan, a chaplinesque Nice Guy, and his romance with the lovely Destiny (played by Lexy Hulme). Other characters include the Food Penguin, Destiny's pre-now lovebuddy Lionel, and Destiny's purr-pet Madame Ballofur.


 * Antiquated Linguistics
 * The Big Damn Kiss: Morgan and Destiny's kisses are given special attention
 * Cock Fight: Between Morgan and Lionel.
 * Cool Airship: The Zeppelin Zoo.
 * Deliberately Monochrome: Fitting with the old timey theme.
 * Friend to All Living Things: Vegetarian, animal lover Destiny
 * Funny Animal: There's a cat-person orchestra in Date With Destiny
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: The Antiquated Linguistics allow for a lot of this.
 * Gross Up Close Up: The "bloody bunny baby" in Date with Destiny and the mice kabob in The Zeppelin Zoo are drawn with distressing detail.
 * Lemony Narrator
 * Non-Action Guy: Morgan, who loses handily in a fight with Lionel.
 * Official Couple: Morgan and Destiny, naturally.
 * Punny Name: Destiny.
 * Purple Prose: See the quote at the top of the page.
 * Repetitive Name: Morgan M. Morgansen
 * Roger Rabbit Effect: The human characters have been digitally placed within a cartoon world.
 * Scenery Porn: The collage-like visuals are lush with detail and funky old-world designs.
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Probably the most notable feature of both films.
 * Shipper On Deck: The Food Penguin ships Morgan/Destiny.
 * Shout Out: To Charlie Chaplin, A Trip to the Moon, and Lewis Carroll, to name a few.
 * Slippery Skid: Lionel slips on kabob'd mice.
 * Steampunk: The world Morgan and Destiny live in.
 * Unusual Euphemism: “Merry pre-night” tittered Morgan. “You look verily procreational”.
 * Zeppelins From Another World: Appear in the background of Date With Destiny and is the setting of The Zeppelin Zoo.