Mot (Animated Televison Series)

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MoT is an Canadian animated (cartoon) television series about a purple monster, from the Monstrous Organicus Telluricus family^[1], and his adventures with his human friend Leo. Mot has the amazing ability to teleport himself from one universe to another with disconcerting ease, but not always with great accuracy.^[2]

In order to voyage through time and space, Mot simply has to find a door opening onto a tiny space equipped with a movable panel, and he arrives unexpectedly in his friend Leo's room via the wardrobe door.^[3] The show ran from 1985 to 1987 and was rebroadcast in the US, France^{[4] [5]}and Australia throughout the 90's.

[edit] Characters

Mot; principle character of the series, a member of the Monstrous Organicus Telluricus race, he is a teleporting purple monster. who generally started episodes by transporting himself into Leo's wardrobe.^[6]

Leo; As the main Human character, leo partook in all of MoTs adventures. He is MoTs best friend even though he often gets into troube because of their relationship. It is revealed in the final episode, when MoT travels forward in time, that Leo will become a successful Businessman, but is still excited to see his old friend after many years.

Diane; Leo's girlfriend, she is ignorant of MoTs existence but often suspects Leo is hiding something from her. She comes close to discovering him on numerous occasions

Leo's Parents; Typically Leo's parents are clueless to the existence of MoT and often blame Leo for the trouble MoT causes.

[edit] Episodes

Each episode ran for aproxiamtely 25 minutes. This segment is under construction, please feel free to post any information in the discussion area.

[edit] References

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