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* Squee: The girls do this with joy after hearing Melody's new single in "Tiny Power".

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* Squee: {{Squee}}: The girls do this with joy after hearing Melody's new single in "Tiny Power".
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* Squee: The girls do this with joy after hearing Melody's new single in "Tiny Power".
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* Animesque: The art style, due to their large eyes, small mouths, etc.

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* Animesque: {{Animesque}}: The art style, due to their large eyes, small mouths, etc.
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* Animesque: The art style, due to their large eyes, small mouths, etc.
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits: While the opening credits are mostly accurate of what you'd expect to watch in the series, Polly's grapple-hook gun doesn't appear in the show itself, it's just a CuttingTheKnot device she uses to escape Griselle's grasp.
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits: While the opening credits are mostly accurate of what you'd expect to watch in the series, Polly's grapple-hook gun doesn't appear in the show itself, it's just a CuttingTheKnot device she uses to escape Griselle's grasp.
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* NiceGirl: Polly tries to get along with everybody. She doesn't even harbor any personal feelings against her arch-enemy Griselle, she just wants to get away from her and stop her plans of ruling the world using the locket.
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* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Q, who simply despises Polly for often times bringing her tiny adventures onto his house's porch. Though this doesn't discourage Polly from working to ensure he's not miserable or sad.

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* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Q, who simply despises Polly for often times bringing her tiny adventures onto his house's porch. Though this doesn't discourage Polly [[NiceGirl Polly]] from working to ensure he's not miserable or sad.
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* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Q, who simply despises Polly for often times bringing her tiny adventures onto his house's porch. Though this doesn't stop Polly from wanting to ensure he's not miserable or sad.

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* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Q, who simply despises Polly for often times bringing her tiny adventures onto his house's porch. Though this doesn't stop discourage Polly from wanting working to ensure he's not miserable or sad.
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* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Q, who simply despises Polly for often times bringing her tiny adventures onto his house's porch. Though this doesn't stop Polly from wanting to ensure he's not miserable or sad.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Polly's parents are incredibly lazy and negligent. They're always going out forcing Polly to feed and care for her baby brother Paxton and pay little to no attention to Polly's personal life at all - thus easily allowing Polly to go on tiny adventures without her parents ever knowing.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Polly's parents are incredibly lazy and negligent. They're always going out forcing Polly to feed and care for her baby brother Paxton and They pay little to no attention to Polly's personal life at all - thus easily allowing Polly to go on tiny adventures without her parents ever knowing.knowing. At times they foist parenting duties for Pax upon Polly since they want to go out to eat by themselves.
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* AllLovingHero: Polly herself, as she's always trying to fix other people's problems out of kindness. She doesn't even expect a thanks or earn credit for it, she's just doing it out of being nice.

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** NiceJobFixingItVillain: Half the time, Griselle's efforts to capture Polly and her locket are ruined by Gwen.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** NiceJobFixingItVillain: Half the time, Griselle's efforts to capture Polly and her locket are ruined by Gwen. Gwen.
** Although Polly deserves credit too, Griselle helped Ms. Mentz's back recuperate by knocking her onto the floor giving her the perfect landing needed to straighten back her spine.
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* FieryRedhead: {{Downplayed}} with Lila, who tends to be the most confident of the main three.
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** NiceJobFixingItVillain: Half the time, Griselle's efforts to capture Polly and her locket are ruined by Gwen.

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Polly Pocket's not really an Action girl, she's a Passion girl who loves going on adventures. I also think she uses more strategy and critical problem-solving skills than action


[[caption-width-right:300:Tiny power![[note]]From left to right: [[TheDitz Lila]], [[ActionGirl Polly]], and [[TheSmartGuy Shani]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Tiny power![[note]]From left to right: [[TheDitz Lila]], [[ActionGirl [[TheLeader Polly]], and [[TheSmartGuy Shani]].[[/note]]]]



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* AdultsAreUseless: Polly's parents are incredibly lazy and negligent. They're always going out forcing Polly to feed and care for her baby brother Paxton and pay little to no attention to Polly's personal life at all - thus easily allowing Polly to go on tiny adventures without her parents ever knowing.
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* TheChosenOne: Polly was chosen by her grandmother to be the one to possess shrinking powers. This is also passed down to the Pocket family.

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* TheChosenOne: Polly was chosen by her grandmother to be the one to possess shrinking powers. This is also passed down to the Pocket family.family (her dad didn't inherit it due to the locket being broken).
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* FamilyThemeNaming: The names of Polly’s relatives all start with P.

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* {{Adorkable}} : All three of the main characters have their moments of cute and endearing awkwardness.

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* {{Adorkable}} : {{Adorkable}}: All three of the main characters have their moments of cute and endearing awkwardness.


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* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Whenever Polly needs to shrink, she shouts "Tiny power!", and "Go big" in order to go back to normal.
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* AdaptedOut: Apart from Polly, Lila, and Shani, none of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters from the previous toyline/series have made it in.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Polly is blonde, Shani is brunette, and Lila is the redhead.

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* AlliterativeName: The titular character Polly Pocket, her younger brother Paxton Pocket, her older brother Pierce Pocket, her grandmother Penelope Pocket, her great grandmother tenth removed Prudence Pocket...

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The titular character Polly Pocket, her younger brother Paxton Pocket, her older brother Pierce Pocket, her grandmother Penelope Pocket, her great grandmother tenth removed Prudence Pocket...Pocket...
** There's also Griselle Grande and her grandaughter Gwen Grande.



* TheChosenOne: She was chosen by her grandmother to be the one to possess shrinking powers. This is also passed down to the Pocket family.

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* TheChosenOne: She Polly was chosen by her grandmother to be the one to possess shrinking powers. This is also passed down to the Pocket family.family.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Nicholas, who believes in such things as aliens, ghosts, and mythical creatures.


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* DiabolicalDogCatcher: The dog catcher in "Dog-Gone Disaster". He tries to round up and lock up every dog he sees, regardless if they have collars or not.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Griselle is so obsessed with the locket that she actually calls it "[her] locket" several times, in spite of the fact it belongs to Polly's family.


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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Gwen usually goes along with her grandmother's schemes without question, but her lack of intelligence means she's not much use to her.


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* SixthRanger: Nicholas finds out about the locket's power in "A Night to Remember", and, after being sworn to secrecy, joins Polly and her friends on their adventures.


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* ThroughHisStomach: In "Dog-Gone Disaster", Polly finally gets Smidgen the dog to like her by feeding him some miniaturized steaks.
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: The "A Night to Remember" two-parter invokes this at first; Griselle runs for mayor under a false identity, intending to use that authority to sign a decree that would force Polly to give her the locket, and ban dogs from public places (apparently, there is no city council to run such decisions by first). [[spoiler:In the end, this is subverted, as the people of Littleton rise up against her, having her removed from office and arrested for her actions.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Griselle and Penelope were once best friends. Then Griselle saw Penelope using the locket, and became obsessed with it. After Penelope refused to sell Griselle the locket, Griselle tried to take it by force, resulting in both the locket and their friendship breaking.
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* HiccupHijjnks: Invoked by Shani in "Socially Awkward", where she pretends to have hiccups in order to hide a shrunken Polly and Nicolas from the principal.

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* HiccupHijjnks: HiccupHijinks: Invoked by Shani in "Socially Awkward", where she pretends to have hiccups in order to hide a shrunken Polly and Nicolas from the principal.
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* HiccupHijjnks: Invoked by Shani in "Socially Awkward", where she pretends to have hiccups in order to hide a shrunken Polly and Nicolas from the principal.
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* DanceBattler: Though it's yet to be demonstrated in the show proper, {{UsefulNotes/Capoeira}} is apparently one of Polly's hobbies, if her mother's comments in episode 10 are to be believed.

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* ActionGirl: Polly.

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* TheHero: Polly.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The catchphrase for Polly to shrink in episode 1 is "Pocket Time". In later episodes it is changed to "Tiny Power".
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TheHero: Polly.
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* {{Adorkable}} : All three of the main characters have their moments of cute and endearing awkwardness.
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* BigBad: Griselle Grande, the series' main villain.


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* TheChosenOne: She was chosen by her grandmother to be the one to possess shrinking powers. This is also passed down to the Pocket family.


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* TheHero: Polly.


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* KidHero: Polly is a young girl, and is TheHero.
* SecretIdentity: Polly has to keep her abilities secret to her family, especially her parents.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Lila has red hair.


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* CoolCar: Polly's modified RC car.


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* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Polly has a magical locket that shrinks her and people who hold her hands.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Tiny power![[note]]From left to right: [[TheDitz Lila]], [[ActionGirl Polly]], and [[TheSmartGuy Shani]].[[/note]]]]

''Polly Pocket'' is a Canadian/American TV series based on the 2018 rebrand of the ''Toys/PollyPocket'' toy franchise. The first two episodes premiered on Family Channel in Canada on July 1, 2018, and the rest of the first season continued on August 4.

''Polly Pocket'' follows the adventures of Polly Pocket, a clever and curious inventor who inherits a magic locket from her Grandma that allows her to shrink 4 inches tall. She embraces her pocket-sized powers and finds the upside of shrinking can open up new adventures for her and her best friends Lila and Shani.

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* ActionGirl: Polly.
* AlliterativeName: The titular character Polly Pocket, her younger brother Paxton Pocket, her older brother Pierce Pocket, her grandmother Penelope Pocket, her great grandmother tenth removed Prudence Pocket...
* CatchPhrase: "Tiny power!"
* TheDitz: Lila has her moments.
* TheSmartGuy: Shani is pretty intelligent, and is meant to balance Polly's personality.
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-> ''"Keep it, rock it, Polly Pocket, you can do it all!"''

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