Season 3 • Episode 12
LatestTut becomes jealous of Cleo's life beyond the museum and Cleo's new friend Kara. He decides that spying on them is the obvious answer to his problems of feeling left out and enlists "the wandering eye" to spy on Cleo.
Tut-ankh-en-set-amun, a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy on display at a museum, is revived in the present day by a bolt of lightning. You'd think someone who's been dead for three millenniums would be a bit more humble after returning to life, but once an egotistical boy king, always an egotistical boy king. Now a confused blend of zombie pharaoh and Frankenstein's monster, this reanimated ruler adapts to his modern-day surroundings with the help of young friend Cleo and her talking cat, Luxor.
Practical Effects
That grotesque character design? Unapologetically weird for kids' TV.
Writing
Cleo's eye-rolls deserve their own spinoff.
Creator
Jay Stephens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator Jay Stephens actually studied Egyptology, which explains why Tut's tantrums feel historically specific—real boy kings had power, zero consequences, and probably similar attitudes.
The show's grotesque character designs were deliberate rebellion against the era's 'anime eyes' trend—Stephens wanted kids to feel slightly uncomfortable looking at his undead protagonist.
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