Catch! Teenieping Explained

Alt Name:	Catch! Teenieping: Fairies of emotionTwinkle Catch! Teenieping (season 2)Secret Catch! Teenieping (season 3)Dessert Catch! Teenieping (season 4)
Native Name:	Child: yes Hangul: 캐치! 티니핑 Rr: Kaechi! Tiniping Mr: K'aech'i! T'inip'ing
Genre:	Comedy, PetFantasyPreschoolActionAdventureMagical girl
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Runtime:	11 minutes
Company:	SAMG Entertainment
Network:	KBS2 (Season 1) JEI TV (Season 2~3)
Last Aired:	present
Num Seasons:	4
Num Episodes:	104^[1]

Catch! Teenieping is a South Korean animated kids television series produced by SAMG Entertainment.^[2] The first season of the series aired on KBS2 on March 19, 2020.^{[3] [4]} The second season of the series aired since September 22, 2021, under the title Twinkle Catch! Teenieping (ko|반짝반짝 캐치! 티니핑) on JEI TV.^{[5] [6]}

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.

Characters

Main

• Romi (Korean: 로미) (voiced by Shannon Chan-Kent) 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.
• Sarah (사라) (voiced by Diana Kaarina) 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 (Korean: 이안) (voiced by Peter New) is a young man who desires to be a pastry chef, following his father's footsteps.
• Kyle (Korean: 카일) (voiced by Matt Hill) is the son of a famous and wealthy conglomerate who wishes to become a pastry chef.
• Jun (Korean: 준) (voiced by Dean Petriw) is a handsome young man who aims to own his own bakery one day.

Teeniepings

• Heartsping (Korean: 하츄핑) (voiced by Andrea Libman) is the Royal Teenieping of love, who always stays with Romi. She is nice, full of love and care for friends. Heart (Season 1), Pink Diamond (Twinkle Catch!), Flower (Secret Catch!), and Berry (Dessert Catch!) Themed.
• Dadaping (Korean: 바로핑) (voiced by Jocelyn Loewen) is the Royal Emotion Teenieping of rightness. He is very serious and organized. He is always looking to learn new things. Cloud Themed.
• Gogoping (Korean: 아자핑) (voiced by Ashleigh Ball) is the Royal Emotion Teenieping of courage. He is very sporty and likes challenges, as well as crazy activities. Star Themed,
• Chachaping (Korean: 차차핑) (voiced by Lee Tockar) is the Royal Emotion Teenieping of hope. Calm and relaxed, she is very optimistic and never loses hope when there are difficulties. Clover Themed.
• Lalaping (Korean: 라라핑) (voiced by Trevor Devall) is the Royal Emotion Teenieping of joy. She is very cheerful and energetic, and likes to sing and dance with her friends. Melody Themed.
• Happying (Korean: 해핑) (voiced by Kathleen Barr) is the Royal Emotion Teenieping of happiness. The last Royal Teenieping, she appears to be nowhere to be found, until Romi discovers she was actually transformed into Giggleping, a villain Teenieping. Sunshine Themed.
• Joahping (Korean: 조아핑) (voiced by Michael Daingerfield) is the Royal Jewel Teenieping of kindness. Warm, gentle, and sensitive. She likes to help others. Emerald Themed.
• Teeheeping (Korean: 방글핑) (voiced by Michael Daingerfield) is the Royal Jewel Teenieping of laughter. A real tomboy, she likes to have fun with her friends. Ruby Themed.
• Trustping (Korean: 믿어핑) (voiced by Brian Drummond) is the Royal Jewel Teenieping of trust. The youngest of all, he is faithful and innocent. He is Sapphire Themed, immature, but trustworthy.
• Okeydokeyping (꾸래핑) (voiced by Chiara Zanni) is the Royal Key Teenieping of peace. Thoughtful, sociable, and likes everything to be peaceful. Winter and Crystal Themed.
• Nanaping (나나핑) (voiced by Lili Beaudoin) is the Royal Key Teenieping of passion. Has strong passions but short patience, this makes her a bit sloppy. Solar Themed.
• Trueping (솔찌핑) (voiced by Britt McKillip) is the Royal Key Teenieping of honesty. Likes to be honest to himself and others, this may cause some uncomfortable situations sometimes. Cloud and Star themed.
• Luckyping (행운핑) (voiced by Vincent Tong) is the Legendary Key Teenieping of luck. She was locked in a chest for most of the season Secret Catch! Teenieping, protects the Key Teeniepings and the Mystic Village. Luck Themed.
• Fluffyping (포실핑) (voiced by Bill Mondy) is the Royal Dessert Teenieping of purity. Kind to everyone, and believes that nothing is fundamentally bad, thinking this may cause some problems. Cotton Candy Themed.
• Jellyping (말랑핑) (voiced by Scott McNeil) is the Royal Dessert Teenieping of enthusiasm. Is never tired to have fun, acts before she thinks and forgets her problems quickly, looks for very fun activities. Jelly Themed.
• Shashaping (샤샤핑) (voiced by Sabrina Pitre) is the Royal Dessert Teenieping of positivity. Optimistic, positive, and understanding state of mind, always listening for directions. Sherbet Themed.
• Sweetping (달콤핑) (voiced by Rebecca Shoichet) is the Legendary Dessert Teenieping of sweetness. Sister of Tangyping, always fights with her. Heart, Cherry, and Sweetness Themed.
• Tangyping (새콤핑) (voiced by Kyle Rideout) is the Legendary Dessert Teenieping of sourness. Sharp, arrogant, and innocent, always fights with her sister Sweetping. Star, Lemon/Orange, and Tangyness Themed.
• Shimmerping (voiced by Nicole Oliver) is the gentle and emotional Teenieping of Healing, she is gentle and filled with kindness, her genuine compassion is evident, as well as a deep sensitivity to small things.
• Sparkleping (voiced by Ian James Corlett) is the confident and lively Teenieping of Wishes, she confident and filled with fearlessness, she is quite tomboyish and often seeks for the spotlight, but she also encourages others to celebrate their individuality.
• Twinkleping (voiced by Terry Klassen) is the bright and quirky Teenieping of Brightness. She is immaculate, bright, and unassuming, but her behavior can be unpredictably erratic, appearing engaged, but often struggles to understand what's being said.
• Auroraping (voiced by Colin Murdock) is the Legendary Teenieping of promise. More TBA

Episodes

Season 2: Twinkle Catch! Teenieping (2021 - 2022)

1. Twinkle Twinkle! Jewel Teeniepings!
2. Welcome To Teenieping School!
3. Tickle, Tickle~ Try Not To Laugh!
4. Ow-Ow! No More Boo-Boos!
5. Wishping's Three Wishes
6. Pat Pat~ It's Ok~
7. Shrinking Romi!
8. Tidy Up Until It Sparkles!
9. Top Chef Yummyping
10. Trustping Has Fainted!
11. Things Get Wooly!
12. The Teddy Bear Is Alive?!
13. Another Princess
14. Memo This, Memoping
15. Royal Teenieping Face-Off!
16. Heartrose Becomes A Kingdom
17. A Jewel Teenieping Heist!
18. Who's The Real Heartsping?
19. Find The Gift Box!
20. Where's My Muse, Sculpt!
21. A Perilous Picnic
22. Twirl Whirl Teenieping Ballet
23. Wonderping, The Hero Teenieping
24. Teenieping School Graduation
25. Heartsping In Danger
26. The Jewel Forest Is Restored
    

Season 3: Secret Catch! Teenieping (2022 - 2023)

1. Secret Catch! Key Teeniepings
2. Transform! Floraheart
3. Overeating Is Dangerous, Yum Yum!
4. Hot, Hot, Camping Commotion
5. I'll Treat You, Cure!
6. Hospital For Teeniepings
7. Come on Okeydokeyping! Let's Go Get Them!
8. Please Repair This, Handyping
9. Romi And Heartsping's Bodies Are Switched
10. Snow White Romi
11. Fashionping's Design Ideas
12. Freeze! Justiceping
13. Lucky Cookie Full Of Fortune
14. Splash, Splashping!
15. Let's Party With Partyping
16. Get a Cool Hairstyle, Styleping
17. Dad's Camera
18. I'll Get Huffy, Huffyping
19. Finding Romi's Necklace
20. Sing, Ariaping
21. Let's Play Together, Teenieping Park!
22. Going Round and Round
23. Appear! Luckyping
24. Teenieping Fashion Show
25. Mystic Village Crisis
26. Godbye, Key Teeniepings

Season 4: Dessert Catch! Teenieping (2023 - 2024)

1. Sweet and Sour Dessert Teenieping!
2. Transform! Princess Berryheart
3. I Want To Decorate It Pretty, Meringue
4. Sandping and the Secret of Sand Cookies
5. Catch Puffping
6. I Want To Be a Royal Teenieping
7. Be Flat! Waffleping
8. Turn, Turn~ Lolliping
9. Fluffyping And Her Tiny Friends
10. Let’s Color It Colorfully, Macaping
11. Stack It Up, One By One!
12. Jellyping's Heart is Soft
13. Romi Goes To The Dessert Village
14. You Can't Cry! Cupping, Muffping
15. Taking Care Of A Baby Is Hard, Donut
16. Shashaping Will Make You Better
17. Yodelay-Sleep Well, Yogurt~
18. Ice Princess Iceflakeping
19. Pudding Pudding, Pudding Dance
20. Fluffy Fluffy Marshmallow
21. We All Get Along Well With Little Hats
22. Sweet and Sour Legendary Teenieping
23. Sweet and Sour Dessert Party
24. Come Back, Puffping
25. Back to the Dessert Village
26. Hearts as One! Harmonious

Season 5: Shooting Star! Catch! Teenieping (2024 - present)

1. The Girl Who Came Upon A Star
2. Hop Hop Hopping
3. Queen of Hula Hoop
4. Share The Light, Giverping
5. The Delivery Has Arrived, Dingdongping
6. Royal Teeniepings Lost In Space
7. Wandering Petitping

More TBA

Broadcast

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]

Insert songs

CATCH PING : Kid's dance song^[20]

1. "Teenieping song", Lee Jeongeun, 2:25
2. "Heartsping song", Cho Gyeongi, 1:45
3. "Princess Romi song", Jang Yena, 2:04.

Others

1. "Hi", Jang Yena, 1:34.

Popularity

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]}

External links

• Catch! Teenieping: Fairies of Emotion at SAMG Entertainment
• Twinkle Catch! Teenieping at SAMG Entertainment
• Catch! Teenieping: Fairies of Emotion at KBS website
• Sparkling Catch! Teenieping at JEI TV's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: '반짝반짝 캐치! 티니핑' 오는 22일 첫 방송. 2021-09-16. 2023-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20230831205038/https://news.nate.com/view/20210915n21420?mid=e1200. live.
2. Web site: So-hyun . Kim . 2023-05-18 . 'Catch! Teenieping' producer aims to become 'Disney of Korea' . 2024-04-08 . The Korea Herald . en . 2024-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408225616/https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230518000793 . live .
3. Web site: 삼지애니메이션, 신규 콘텐츠 '캐치! 티니핑' 사업설명회 개최. 19 March 2021. 2 March 2020. 31 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230831205042/https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/01/16/2020011602704.html. live.
4. Web site: 삼지애니메이션, '캐치! 티니핑' 사업설명회 열어. 16 January 2020. 2 March 2020. 31 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230831205117/https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2020011616247437860. live.
5. Web site: 반짝반짝 캐치! 티니핑. 2021-04-02. 2023-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20230831205040/https://program.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/teenieping/pc/board.html?smenu=986b69&bbs_loc=T2020-0109-04-727446,list,none,1,0. live.
6. Web site: Teenieping . 2024-04-08 . samg.net . 2024-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408223249/http://samg.net/en/samg_contents/catchteenieping2/?ckattempt=1 . live .
7. Web site: Catch! Teeenieping. Korean Broadcasting System.
8. Web site: SAMG, 새 시즌 '반짝반짝 캐치! 티니핑' 22일 첫 방송. 2021-09-15.
9. Web site: 09월 22일(수) . JEI TV.
10. Web site: <반짝반짝 캐치! 티니핑> 방영 기념 이벤트 - ★이.달.티★. JEI TV. 2021-10-05.
11. Web site: CATCH! TEENIEPING ranked Top 3 on 'Youku', one of the top 4 video platforms in China . 2021-07-23. SAMG Entertainment.
12. youku, https://youku.com/
13. Web site: New on Netflix this week: All the new TV shows available to watch right now. 29 October 2021. Digital Spy.
14. Web site: Korean animation 'Catch! Teenieping' gaining global popularity. 2021-11-09. The Korea Herald.
15. Web site: [キャッチ！ティニピン]キャッチ! ティニピンティーザー初公開!｜12月3日 キッズステーションで会おう]. Youtube. 4 November 2022 . 2022-11-10. 2022-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20221110061944/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqzzGTKUrSs. live.
16. Web site: キャッチ！ティニピン. Kids Station. ja. 2022-11-13. 2022-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20221113212359/https://www.kids-station.com/programs/KS11001910. live.
17. Web site: Поймай Тинипин! Королевство эмоций на СТС Kids. 2023-08-14. 2023-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20230814155035/https://ctckids.ru/projects/serial/tinipin/. live.
18. Web site: CATCH PING : Fairies of Emotion opening song. Youtube. 14 April 2021. 2021-10-16. 2021-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016041246/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuiICA_Eu2Y. live.
19. Web site: 이정은 Lee Jeongeun - 반짝반짝 캐치! 티니핑 주제곡 Sparkling Catch! Teenieping title Official M/V. Genie Music. 14 September 2021 . 2021-09-16. 2021-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210916041908/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNtGy03WqBQ. live.
20. Web site: CATCH PING : kid's dangce song. YouTube Music. 2021-10-16. 2021-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016042100/https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lU9rSc3wjLzbvLl3ucIa7TbZpuicMrLtQ. live.
21. Web site: 김. 성현. '티니핑' 부산 상륙… 사진 찍으려 수십 미터 장사진 . 2024-04-08 . 부산일보 . ko.
22. Web site: Seung-hyun . Song . 2021-12-19 . [Herald Interview] SAMG vice president says IP holders will be final winners of future metaverse market ]. 2024-04-08 . The Korea Herald . en.
23. Web site: 2022-02-23 . South Korean Animators Aim to Contribute to the Region's Global Successes . 2024-04-08 . Yahoo News . en-GB . 2024-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408225615/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/south-korean-animators-aim-contribute-160031272.html . live .
24. Web site: Daily . The Chosun . 2023-12-21 . SAMG opens Korea's first character-based indoor theme park 'Teenieping World' . 2024-04-08 . The Chosun Daily . en.
25. Web site: LG Uplus builds kids' park featuring characters of SAMG behind Miniforce series - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea . 2024-04-08 . pulsenews.co.kr . ko . 2024-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408223249/https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2022&no=755395 . live .