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? ''Princess Catch! Teenieping'' TBACharacters
Main
* Romi () (Korean: Lee Ji-hyun and Eun-hye Singing in theSupporting characters
* Maya () (Korean: Jang Ye-na, English: Alexis Song (Season 2)) 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 () (Korean: Kim Chae-ha, English: Brenda Song (Season 1), Dami Lee (Season 2)) 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 () (Korean: Eunah Kim, English: Anna Paik (Season 2)) 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: Kim Hyeon-uk (Season 1-2), Choi Seung Hoon (Season 3 and onwards)), English: Mike Yantzi (Season 2)) is a young man who desires to be a pastry chef, following his father's footsteps. * Kyle () (Korean: Um Sang-hyun and Eunah Kim (child), English: Pato Ortiz (Season 1), Matt Anipen (Season 2)) is the son of a famous and wealthy conglomerate who wishes to become a pastry chef. * Jun () (Korean: Kim Myung-jun, English: Enrique Maddox (Season 1), Josh Schwartzentruber (Season 2)) is a handsome young man who aims to own his own bakery one day. * Jennie () (Korean: Kang Eun-ae, English: Anna Paik (Season 1)) 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. Jennie had quite a troubled childhood indeed: the disappearance of her parents caused her to progressively grow jealous of Romi, who had all the privileges while she was terribly missing her parents. Therefore, she, along with her personal Teenieping Onlyping, made many plans to make her life miserable. Fortunately, Romi and everyone allowed her to make a fresh start and get past her terrible past. *Onlyping (Korean: Lee Myung-Hee, English: Jillian Robbins (Season 2)) - 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." *Dr. Monziu () (Korean: Hong Bum-ki, English: Josh Schwartzentruber (Season 2)) 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. *Noah - Noah, full name Noah Calem Celeste XIII, is a prince of the North Pole Planet. Introduced in ''Star Catch! Teenieping'' as a transfer student who had joined Mr. Dayne's class in "Share the Light, Giverping," he has kept a close eye on Romi until he eventually reveals his true identity to her at the end of "Romi Became a Teenieping". He's been trying to find his personal Teenieping, who is Princeping, after he has received his golden crown that fell from the sky. By the time he reunites with him, he accompanies Romi and the Royal Star Teeniepings to go to his home planet to find and rescue Auroraping.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.Legend Key Teeniepings
* Luckyping - The Teenieping of luck, she is locked in a chest for most of the season, and stays under Romi's protection. She likes to take part in the group's activities, but is often brought down by her excessive bad luck. Once freed, she reveals her true nature.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.Legend Dessert Teeniepings
* Sweetping - The sweet-themed Teenieping of sweetness. Her powers endure for eternity, as she wields the ancient strength of sweetness. * Tangyping - The sour-themed Teenieping of refreshment. Her powers endure for eternity as she wields the ancient force of sourness.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 Royal Star Teenieping of excellence. He has an unwavering loyalty to his friends, particularly to Auroraping. He consistently demonstrates a willingness to support those he cares about, often putting their needs before his own. This loyalty is evident in critical moments where he risks his safety for others, showcasing his selflessness.Legendary Star Teeniepings
* Auroraping - The Legend Star Teenieping of promise. She is a gentle and kind Teenieping who loves the stars and plays with Princeping. She's protective and loyal, but is also self sacrificing and is willing to risk her life to save those she cares about.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. * Jennie () (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. Jennie had quite a troubled childhood indeed: the disappearance of her parents caused her to progressively grow jealous of Romi, who had all the privileges while she was terribly missing her parents. Therefore, she, along with her personal Teenieping Onlyping, made many plans to make her life miserable. Fortunately, Romi and everyone allowed her to make a fresh start and get past her terrible past. *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. Prince 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 come to an understanding that the opposite is true. Fortunately, he's able to reunite with Liam, clear the misunderstanding, and become friends again. * Black Hole - The Black Hole is the main villain and the final boss of ''Star Catch! Teenieping''. They are the one who trapped Auroraping inside their body, and transported all of the Star Teeniepings to Earth.Episodes
Season 1 Catch! Teenieping (2020 – 2021)
Season 2: Twinkle Catch! Teenieping (2021 – 2022)
Season 3: Secret Catch! Teenieping (2022 – 2023)
# Secret Catch! Key Teeniepings # Transform! Floraheart # Overeating is Dangerous, Yum Yum! # Hot, Hot, Camping Commotion # I'll Treat You, Cure! # Hospital For Teeniepings # Come on, Okeydokeyping! Let's go get them! # Please Repair This, Handyping # Romi And Heartsping's Bodies Are Switched # Snow White Romi # Fashionping's Design Ideas # Freeze! Justiceping # Lucky Cookie Full Of Fortune # Splash, Splashping! # Let's Party With Partyping # Get a Cool Hairstyle, Styleping # Dad's Camera # I'll Get Huffy, Huffyping # Find Romi's Necklace! # Ariaping The Singer # Teenieping Amusement Park For Everyone # Twirl, Twirl on Skates # Luckyping Unboxed! # Teenieping Fashion Show # Mystic Town on a Thread # Goodbye, Key TeeniepingsSeason 4: Dessert Catch! Teenieping (2023 – 2024)
# Sweet and Sour Dessert Teenieping! # Transform! Princess Berryheart # I Want To Decorate It Pretty, Meringue # Sandping and the Secret of Sand Cookies # Catch Puffping # I Want To Be a Royal Teenieping # Be Flat! Waffleping # Turn, Turn~ Lolliping # Fluffyping And Her Tiny Friends # Let's Color It Colorfully, Macaping # Stack It Up, One By One! # Jellyping's Heart is Soft # Romi Goes To The Dessert Village # You Can't Cry! Cupping, Muffping # Taking Care Of A Baby Is Hard, Donut # Shashaping Will Make You Better # Yodelay-Sleep Well, Yogurt~ # Ice Princess Iceflakeping # Pudding Pudding, Pudding Dance # Fluffy Fluffy Marshmallow # We All Get Along Well With Little Hats # Sweet and Sour Legendary Teenieping # Sweet and Sour Dessert Party # Come Back, Puffping # Back to the Dessert Village # Hearts as One! HarmoniousSeason 5: Star Catch! Teenieping (2024 – 2025)
# The Girl Who Came Upon A Star # Hop Hop Hopping # Queen of Hula Hoop # Share The Light, Giverping # The Delivery Has Arrived, Dingdongping # Royal Teeniepings Lost In Space # Wandering Petitping # Dazzleping Doesn't Stop # Stickerping With Stickers # Strong Teenieping, Mightyping # I Want To Meet You, Ellaping, Bellaping # Snuggyping's Fluffy Laundry # I Want To Become Transparent, Lucyping # Noah Comes To Heartrose # Let's Do It Together, Togetherping # Swayping's Dance is Five Stars # Naughty Allureping # Singing With Doremiping # Finding Petitping # Romi Became a Teenieping # Steal Secretly! Sneakyping # Follow Kissyping and Go Thirty Thousand Miles # Memories of the Stars # Star Teeniepings, Gather the Power of Stars # Auroraping of Promise # Aurora That Connects HeartsBroadcast
''Catch! Teenieping'' premiered onMusic
Opening songs
*Season 1: "CATCH PING : Fairies of Emotion opening song", performed by Kim Yurim. *Season 2: "Sparkling Catch! title", performed by Lee Jeongeun. * Season 3: " " * Season 4: "Catch! Teenieping S4 Opening Song" * Season 5: "Star Catch! Teenieping Title Song"Insert songs
Season 1 songs
CATCH PING : Fairies of Emotion * CATCH PING : Fairies of Emotion title * CATCH PING : Fairies of Emotion title (MR) * CATCH PING : Fairies of Emotion opening song CATCH PING : Kid's dance song * "Teenieping song", Lee Jeongeun * "Heartsping song", Cho Gyeongi * "Princess Romi song", Jang YenaSeason 2 songs
* Sparkling Catch! Teenieping title * Teenieping Halloween song * Teenieping Mas * Teenieping Graduation song Season 3 songs * Others * "Hi", Jang Yena, 1:34.Popularity
The series is considered "popular among preschoolers and elementary school pupils" in Korea. 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." In 2023 the first character-based indoor theme park, based on the series, was launched. Between March 28, 2025 and April 29, 2025, the series also appeared in a collaboration event with '' Cookie Run: OvenBreak'', with Heartsping and Twinkleping appearing as playable characters obtainable for the duration of the event.Explanatory notes
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