Catch! Teenieping[b] (Korean: 캐치! 티니핑; RR: Kaechi! Tiniping) is a South Korean animated kids television series produced by SAMG Entertainment.[3] The first season of the series aired on KBS2 on March 19, 2020.[4][5] The second season of the series aired since September 22, 2021, under the title Twinkle Catch! Teenieping (Korean: 반짝반짝 캐치! 티니핑) on JEI TV.[6] The third season of the series arrived at JEI TV, The fourth and current season premeried at JEI TV.
Plot
The series revolves around Romi, a pretty normal girl at first glance, who is actually the princess of a magic kingdom, the Emotion Kingdom. She came to Earth to catch all the Teeniepings: cute but very mischievous creatures that all have a unique power attached to an emotion or a concept they represent. They like to wreak havoc in all Harmony Town, and try everything to not be caught. To catch them, Romi has to transform into a magical princess with the help of some Teeniepings. The people of Harmony don't know what happened, so the princess must keep her identity as secret as possible. Only the people closest to her can know her identity as a princess.
Seasons
Catch! Teenieping
Composed of 52 episodes and aired in 2020 and 2021, it establishes the show's identity. It revolves around the Emotion Teeniepings, accidentally released on Earth by Romi who goes on a mission to catch them back, accompanied by the Royal Teeniepings. The second part of the season also revolves around the pranking villain Giggleping, and the mysteriously disappeared Happying.
Twinkle Catch! Teenieping
Composed of 26 episodes and aired in 2021 and 2022, it revolves around the Jewel Teeniepings, special Teeniepings residing in the Jewel Forest, all released on Earth by a mysterious new villain Maskping. To take care of the new very immature Teeniepings accompanying Romi, Heartsping gets in charge of the Teenieping School, a new school opened to all the Jewel Teeniepings.
Secret Catch! Teenieping
Composed of 26 episodes and aired in 2022 and 2023, it revolves around the Key Teeniepings, key-themed Teeniepings which used to reside in the mysterious Mystic Town before it was invested by Jennie, who released all the fairies on Earth for Romi to catch. And while the messy and cute Royal Key Teeniepings all help Romi in her mission, they also encounter a mysterious Teenieping, locked in a chest...
Dessert Catch! Teenieping
Composed of 26 episodes and airing in 2023 and 2024, it revolves around the Dessert Teeniepings, dessert-themed inhabiting the colorful Dessert Village. However, a strange phenomenon happens when all the Dessert Teeniepings get released on Earth, after one Teenieping, Puffping, steals the Magic Sugar Ball. And now, Romi will have to accomplish her mission as fast as possible, otherwise, the Cake Castle will inevitably collapse!
Star Catch! Teenieping
Composed of 26 episodes and will be aired in 2024 and 2025, it revolves around the Star Teeniepings, space-themed Teeniepings inhabiting the Space Star Village. Will Heartsping, Romi and their new royal friends find the Star Teeniepings scattered on Earth and restore their home?
Characters
Main
Romi (로미) (voiced by Lee Ji-hyun and Eun-hye Singing in the movie) is the princess of the Emotion Kingdom, who became a normal girl of Harmony Town. When a freed Teenieping is around, she secretly transforms into a magical princess to catch them.
Heartsping - The Royal Teenieping of love, Heart and love themed, she accompanies Romi in her mission, as she is Romi's personal Teenieping.
Supporting characters
Maya (마야) (voiced by Jang Ye-na) She is one of Romi's best friends along with Marylou, as she understands and supports her. Nice and a little shy, Maya is known for her sweet and kind personality.
Marylou (메리루) (voiced by Kim Chae-ha) She is one of Romi's best friends along with Maya, as she understands and supports her. She is a very athletic girl with a tomboy personality.
Sarah (사라) (voiced by Eunah Kim) is the older cousin of Romi, can be a little bossy, strong minded, and courageous. Is the one who opened the Heartrose Bakery, a mother-like figure to Romi, and takes care of her.
Ian (이안) (voiced by Kim Hyeon-uk in Season 1~2 and Choi Seung Hoon in Season 3 and onwards)) is a young man who desires to be a pastry chef, following his father's footsteps.
Kyle (카일) (voiced by Um Sang-hyun and Eunah Kim (child) ) is the son of a famous and wealthy conglomerate who wishes to become a pastry chef.
Jun (준) (voiced by Kim Myung-jun) is a handsome young man who aims to own his own bakery one day.
Jennie (제니) (voiced by Kang Eun-ae) She is a princess of the Emotions Kingdom. Introduced in Season 2 as Romi's cousin and heart-sister, a kind and innocent girl, she actually turns out to be the one who released all the Teeniepings since the beginning. After revealing her true colors, she becomes the main antagonist of Season 3, but then comes back to her senses and is given a second chance by everyone, allowing her to become nice again.
Dr. Monziu (몬쥬박사) (voiced by Hong Bum-ki) He is the scientist and inventor from the Emotions Kingdom. He creates the various tools used by Romi during her Teenieping-catching missions, as he knows everything about the magic of the Kingdom.
Royal Emotion Teeniepings
Heartsping - The Royal Teenieping of love, Heart and love themed, she accompanies Romi in her mission, as she is Romi's personal Teenieping.
Dadaping - The Royal Teenieping of honesty; he is studious, smart and organized. Cloud-themed, he often helps the team with his large knowledge and inventive ideas.
Gogoping -The Royal Teenieping of courage; he is sporty, brave and energetic. Star-themed, he likes challenges and acts impulsively, which sometimes makes him lose touch with reality.
Chachaping - The Royal Teenieping of hope; she has a calm personality. Nature-themed, she loves nature and flowers, and never loses hope during difficult times.
Lalaping - The Royal Teenieping of joy; she is energetic and cheerful. Music-themed, she likes to sing very loudly to express her feelings and lift the team's mood.
Happying - The Royal Teenieping of happiness, and sunshine-themed; she keeps a happy and upbeat personality and loves to play with bubbles. It's later revealed that she was the Teenieping who transformed into Giggleping.
Royal Jewel Teeniepings
Joahping - The Teenieping of kindness, who is warm and sensitive. Wielding the Emerald, she is always ready to help her friends, and always stays nice to everyone.
Teeheeping - The Teenieping of laughter, possessing a tomboy personality. Wielding the Ruby, she likes to play and engage herself in crazy activities to have good times with her friends.
Trustping- The Teenieping of trust, he is cute and naïve. Wielding the Sapphire, he is faithful and innocent and easily believes anyone, and loves to eat chocolate balls.
Royal Key Teeniepings
Okeydokeyping -The Teenieping of peace, with a gentle, caring personality. Winter-themed, she is thoughtful and sociable, as she likes things to stay peaceful.
Nanaping - The Teenieping of passion, full of devotion and confidence. Sunshine-themed, she has strong passions but short patience, which sometimes makes her sloppy.
Trueping -The Teenieping of honesty, with a cute, whiny type of personality. Star-themed, he likes to be honest with himself and with others, which can sometimes create uncomfortable situations.
Royal Dessert Teeniepings
Shashaping -The Royal Dessert Teenieping of positivity, sherbert-themed. She deeply considers her friends and always listens to what others have to say.
Fluffyping -The Royal Dessert Teenieping of purity, cotton candy-themed. She believes nothing is fundamentally bad. However, this way of thinking will sometimes make her cause accidents.
Jellyping - The Royal Dessert Teenieping of enthusiasm, jelly-themed. She doesn't think much before acting and quickly forgets about her problems, as she always looks for the most fun activities.
Royal Star Teeniepings
Shimmerping -The Royal Star Teenieping of Healing. She radiates kindness and femininity, with a deep sensitivity to small things and she often finds herself moved to tears by even the simplest moments.
Sparkleping - The Royal Star Teenieping of Wishes. Always confident and full of energy, she has a tomboyish personality. she encourages not just herself but also her friends to embrace self-love, believing that everyone should celebrate their individuality.
Twinkleping - The Royal Star Teenieping of Brightness. She’s a mysterious nerd with a wealth of knowledge. She tends to be forgetful and silly, however, she can be potentially intelligent.
Princeping - The quiet and mysterious Royal Teenieping of Excellence. There's a mystery with him and his connection with Auroraping. More TBD
Legendary Star Teenieping
Auroraping - The Legendary Teenieping of Promise. More TBD
Villains
Giggleping - The Genius of Tricks and Pranks is an unnamed and unidentified Emotion Teenieping that others call Giggleping. She is Happying's evil counterpart. She appears at the end of "The Arrow of Luvping." Her goal is to steal Romi's Magic Catcher. To do this, she teams up with the freed Teeniepings and manipulates them into helping her.
Egoping - she is the Emotion Teenieping of selfishness, appearing as the final boss of Season 1. As the Forgotten Royal Emotion Teenieping secretly working at Jennie's orders, she is the one who lead Happying to transform into Giggleping and who controlled her evil ego, to ultimately get hold of Romi's Magic Catcher to build her own kingdom where the Teeniepings would be slaves.
Maskping - she is a mysterious Teenieping appearing as the main antagonist of Twinkle Catch! Teenieping, as she releases the Jewel Teeniepings on Earth, tries to defeat Romi and Heartsping by attacking them tirelessly. At the end of the season, it is revealed that Maskping was only Onlyping's disguise, as the latter was working at Jennie's order to try to win over Romi.
Onlyping - she is the Jewel Teenieping of dedication wielding the Tahitian black pearl who appears from Twinkle Catch! Teenieping onwards. Jennie's personal Teenieping; she debuts in "Another Princess," and as Maskping in "Twinkle Twinkle, Jewel Teeniepings."
Puffping - he is the Dessert Teenieping of interest, themed around bubblegum. He appears as the main antagonist of Dessert Catch! Teenieping, where he steals the Magic Sugar Ball which ends up releasing the Dessert Teeniepings and himself on Earth, and tries everything to keep the mysterious Magic Sugar Ball with him.
Truffping - he is the Teenieping of trouble who appears in the movie, Heartsping: Teenieping of Love as the main antagonist. Liam's personal Teenieping; he used to think that humans and Teeniepings can't be friends due to the misunderstanding that Liam had abandoned him, but has came to an understanding that the opposite is true. Fortunately, he's able to reunite with Liam, clear the misunderstanding, and become friends again.
Catch! Teenieping premiered on KBS2 in South Korea on March 19, 2020. The series is also released on VODs and video platforms. The first season aired on KBS2 every Thursday at 5:15 pm until April 1, 2021.[7] The season 2 of the series was broadcast from September 22, 2021, on JEI TV every Wednesday first at 8:30 am.[8] The same episode would be rebroadcast at 6:30 pm.[9] To celebrate the second season, JEI TV held a poll in October 2021 to encourage viewers to pick their favorite characters.[10]
On July 12, 2021, it was first broadcast in China under the title 奇妙萌可 on Chinese Streaming platforms.[11][12] The Season 1 of the series was premiered on Netflix on October 30, 2021.[13] It ranked No. 5 in Australia and No. 9 in North America on Netflix’s trending kids’ content list.[14] It aired in Japan on Kids Station on December 3, 2022.[15][16] Russian dubbing was released on August 14 on STS Kids.[17]
Music
Opening songs
Season 1: "CATCH PING : Fairies of Emotion opening song", performed by Kim Yurim.[18]
Season 2: "Sparkling Catch! title", performed by Lee Jeongeun.[19]
The series is considered "popular among preschoolers and elementary school pupils" in Korea.[21][22] It is also said to be one of the Korean series that are "hugely popular shows in the Asian market with 35 billion views in China alone."[23] In 2023 the first character-based indoor theme park, based on the series, was launched.[24][25]
Explanatory notes
^The characters' names are as follow. In clockwise order; Romi (The human character with pink hair), Teeheeping, Heartsping, Joahping, and Trsutping.
^Also known as Catch! ping or CATCH PING Fairies of Emotion; The alternative English title was used in KOCCA. (the former title was in the posters for the show, and the latter is written in the page itself.)[1] However, on the official English youtube channel, the title Catch! Teenieping is being used as the English name for the show.[2]
