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Morristown is a location that appears in the Sonic Boom television series. It is a city in the clouds above earth populated entirely by sentient alien robots, including Mighton and Bolts.
Concept and creation
Morristown's concept was formulated by Bill Freiberger.[1] Many names for Morristown were brainstormed during the development of "Robots From The Sky Part 1". The writers initially tried to come up with a cool name, but they eventually decided it would be funnier to give an alien city a regular-sounding name.[2] "Morristown" ended up being chosen because two of the writers for "Robots From The Sky Part 1" (Alan Denton and Greg Hahn) come from New Jersey, which has its own Morristown an hour away from where Denton and Hahn grew up.[3][4] The writers' other name suggestions were used as the names for Morristown that the characters would come up with in "Robots From The Sky Part 1".[2]
Description
Appearance and architecture
Described as a "technological wonderland", Morristown is a metallic city in yellow, grey and blue. It rests on a massive yellow plaform with a rocket-based exhaust on the bottom, and has a giant glass dome covering it. Most of the city consists of dome-shaped buildings, tube-shaped passages and round gates. The entrance into the city is through an airstrip-based entrance gate in the glass dome that leads to the town square. The town square serves as the city's hub and airport where the residents park their spaceships.
Culture
Morristown is a city made exclusively for robots. Devoid of government, it is a utopia to robot-kind. As put by Mighton, the city is a "well-oiled machine of a society." In Morristown, the robotic inhabitants live together in harmony and treat each other with dignity and respect, and nobody post about politics on social media. Furthermore, free healthcare is provided to the inhabitants whenever they break down.[5]
History
TV series
Past
Morristown has been hinted to be extraterrestrial in origin. The inhabitants came up with the name for the city after some brainstorming. In time, Morristown gained two prominent heroes: Mighton and Bolts.[5]
Season two
Mighton and Bolts once left Morristown for a while, but returned following escapade with Dr. Eggman, who got inspired to conquer Morristown after learning of it from Mighton and Bolts.[5]
References
- ↑ Alan Denton on Twitter. Twitter (7 May 2017). Retrieved on 8 May 2017. "Alan Denton: The concept of this story arc, with sentient robots coming from a floating island in the sky? That was all Bill Freiberger. 4/"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alan Denton on Twitter. Twitter (7 May 2017). Retrieved on 8 May 2017. "Alan Denton: RE: "Morristown," the other cooler names were actual ideas we brainstormed. But thought, "What if it's something totally normal instead?" 6/"
- ↑ Alan Denton on Twitter. Twitter (6 May 2017). Retrieved on 7 May 2017. "SonicBoomFangirl: Psst hey @AlanTheWriter @ItsGregHahn I actually live in a place called Morristown NJ!! That's my reference! / Alan Denton: Yes!! That one was for the Jersey folks like us.."
- ↑ Alan Denton on Twitter. Twitter (7 May 2017). Retrieved on 8 May 2017. "Alan Denton: We picked that specific name bc @ItsGregHahn & I are from New Jersey, which has its own Morristown an hour away from where we grew up 7/"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Denton, Alan; Hahn, Greg; Freiberger, Bill (6 May 2017). "Robots From The Sky Part 1". Sonic Boom. Season 2. Episode 78. Boomerang.