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.