History WesternAnimation / LuAndTheBallyBunch

* BilingualBonus: Elodie is fluent in French and will occasionally speak the language.

* ClipShow: The shorts are styled as these. Shella asks three or four members of the Bunch a question, and while answering it, they make [[{{Callback}} callbacks]] to an episode or two. A clip from the episode will then be shown.

* GirlishPigtails: Lu has these.

* OcularGushers: How the characters cry.
* PatiencePlot: The short, "Talking About Waiting" contains a scene where the bugs must wait for Shella to return with the "Patient Peas". Elodie struggles because she hates waiting and always gets bored while doing it.

* PoorCommunicationKills: In the episode "Tower Tower Wow" Declan introduces the titular game to Lu and Gus, but does not explain the rules, which involves building up a tower only to knock it down afterwards. Needless to day, Gus finds out the rules the hard way and he is not happy about them.

* RaisedByGrandparents: Gus.

* StereotypicalSouthAsianEnglish: Biba's parents are Middle Eastern and fall hostage to this trope. Biba's case is downplayed since she's Middle Eastern-Irish.
* SucksAtDancing: Gus, occasionally. For one case, look at his moves during the theme song, or any music sequence with him around! Justified since he's only a toddler.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Justified since this is a preschool show, and emotional intelligence is one of its key learning goals.

* VolumetricMouth: A very common sight when someone is screaming or crying.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every episode ends with a song. The type of song can vary, some songs [[AnAesop teaching a lesson]] and others just being fun tunes with limited lyrics.

* Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Happens in Copy Copy Caterpillar and Squeaky Squid, both courtesy of Lu:

* ALizardNamedLiz: A snail named Shella.

** The episode “Find the Blueberries” has Lu and Biba form a treasure hunt where the main objective is to, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin find the blueberries.]]
** “Treasure Hunt.” ‘Nuff said.

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The town of Ballybug is entirely populated by bugs.

** Barnaby is jealous of his baby twin siblings and one episode because they get more attention than he does.

* StereotypicalSouthAsianEnglish: Biba's parents are Arabic and fall hostage to this trope. Biba's case is downplayed since she's Irish-Arabic.
* SucksAtDancing: Gus, occasionally. For one case, look at his moves during the theme song, or any music sequence with him around!

* TreasureHuntEpisode: The episode “Find the Blueberries” has Lu and Biba form a treasure hunt where the main objective is to, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin find the blueberries.]]

* VagueAge: Averted. Lu is explicitly three-and-a-half years old.

* * CompanionCube:

** Lu has her Dinosaur Tara, as well as Froggy and Big Sister Froggy.

* EverybodyCries: Lu, Gus, Biba (and later Declan) cry together over Lu's plant dying in one episode.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Lu gets mad at Barnaby for spilling a secret in one episode, but since she was the first one to know about the secret and she told Barnaby in the first place, it was technically her fault that the secret spread to the whole class.

** Lu has her Froggy and Big Sister Froggy.

'''Lu & the Bally Bunch''' is a Irish-Canadian-American animated SliceOfLife PreschoolShow focusing on the adventures of Lu the ladybird and her five classmates; Barnaby, Declan, Gus, Elodie, and Biba as they navigate their new social life at Shell School. The series was originally announced in 2021 to air on the newly-established Cartoonito block in the U.S.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: The bugs' eye colors match the color of their hair. In Elodie's case, it's her head accessory's.

* SucksAtDancing: Gus, occasionally. For one case, look at his moves during the theme song!

The series premiered in [[ShortRunInPeru New Zealand]] in March 2023, and premiered in the U.K. on April 1st, 2023. It will premiere in Canada on April 3rd on the same year. It is currently unknown if it will still premiere in the United States, due to the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork state of Cartoonito]] over there.

* TitleThemeTune: ''Lu''(ooh!) ''and the Bally Bunch!''

* CompanionCube:
** Lu has her Froggy and Big Sister Froggy.
** Biba has Squeaky Squid.
** Elodie has her toy celery that her mama gave to her.
** Declan has his Super Slug action figure.