Line #34 WesternAnimation/PollyWorld


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3	''[=PollyWorld=]'' is a 2006 [[InternationalCoproduction Canadian-Korean]] DirectToVideo movie based on the ''Toys/PollyPocket'' toyline. It is the third special in the franchise, the last of the pre-Cutant era, and the only one that was full-length.
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5	Polly Pocket and her friends Lila Draper, Lea Torney, Crissy Maxwell and Shani Mayne are invited to participate on a charity version of their favorite reality show, ''Roll Like That'', which is being filmed at her family's new amusement park, [=PollyWorld=]. The winners will win $100,000 which will be delivered to the charity of their choice. During the challenges, Polly discovers her dad is engaged to a woman named Lorelei, who, unknown to her at the time, secretly despises Polly and wants her out of the way so she can be the sole heir to the Pocket family's wealth. Lorelei teams up with Polly's nemesis Beth to get her sent to a boarding school. Faced with the possibility of losing everything she loves -- her home, her school, and her friends, Polly is determined to make this the best weekend ever.
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9	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Certain panning shots of [=PollyWorld=] are rendered in CGI.
10	* AccidentalMisnaming: Played with.
11	-->'''Beth:''' Of course, everything ''always'' works out for Miss [[MaliciousMisnaming Polly Perfect]].\
12	'''[[TheDitz Tori]]:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I think it's Polly]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Pocket]]''.
13	* AccidentalPublicConfession: A mix of types 1 and 3. Type 1 because the rant was a result of Beth threatening to expose Lorelei to Mr. Pocket if she didn't help Beth to sabotage Polly's team during a contest and Type 3 because they didn't notice the microphone was turned on.
14	* AskAStupidQuestion: The week before the trip to [=PollyWorld=], Beth complains about Polly getting her own theme park and why ''Roll Like That'' can't film at ''Beth''World. Evie's answer is simply, "Because there ''is'' no [=BethWorld=]?"
15	* AnswerCut: When Team Thrash ends up in the Princess Suite, they wonder who got "their" room. Cut to Ms. Marklin, who got the sporty suite, attempting to skateboard there.
16	* BigBad: Lorelei is the main antagonist of the film, and causes most of the external conflict.
17	* BigYes: By Beth at the end of Shani's video.
18	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lorelei acts nice and sweet in front of Polly, John and her friends, but once they step away, she reveals her true greedy, selfish, and manipulative nature.
19	* BittersweetEnding: A sweeter example than most--while Polly and her team don't win the competition, Polly's dad (along with everyone else) learns of Lorelei's true nature. Mr. Pocket breaks up with Lorelei, rehires Sam and, of course, doesn't send his daughter to boarding school. Also, Beth finally faces consequences for her scheming against Polly.
20	* BraveTheRidePlot: Crissy, at one point, shows extreme nerves at riding a rollercoaster called the [=PollyWhirl=]. Later during the Extravenger challenge, said ride is the last thing on Team Pocket's list, but Crissy isn't willing to ride. Through encouragement of the others, Crissy gets on and faces her fears, developing an obsession for the ride soon after.
21	* BrickJoke: In the beginning of the movie, Beth complains to her GirlPosse why ''Roll Like That'' cannot film at her version of [=PollyWorld=] called [=BethWorld=]. In the climax as the final challenge begins, Beth imagines herself winning, which includes [=PollyWorld=] being renamed to [=BethWorld=].
22	* CatchPhrase: Rick and Todd's team has one: "Thrash! Thrash! Thrash!"
23	* CaughtOnTape: How Lorelei's plans are exposed.
24	* ChekhovsGun: The arguing team on ''Roll Like That'' at the beginning of the movie gives Polly's team a chance to distract Beth during one of the challenges.
25	* CostumeTestMontage: Between Polly and her friends as they dress up for their grand arrival at [=PollyWorld=], and again when they try on costumes at Pollywalk during the Extravenger.
26	* DanceOff: A hula variation occurs for the first challenge, the Hula Duel-a. The rule is you have to dance the hula nonstop; if you stop, you're out.
27	* DestroyTheEvidence: Polly destroys the DVD containing the proof of Lorelei and Beth's plan, because seeing how happy her father is to be with Lorelei is for the best.
28	* DevilInPlainSight: Lampshaded by Polly when she cannot bring herself to show her father the proof that Lorelei is evil. She makes him happy whenever around him, and he doesn't even see it.
29	* DidntThinkThisThrough:
30	** Beth threatened to tell John about Lorelei's plot to send Polly to boarding school if Lorelei didn't let her get involved. She obviously didn't realize until the end that doing so meant [[NiceJobFixingItVillain saving Polly from going to boarding school]] and getting a WickedStepmother.
31	** And earlier, when Beth traps Team Pocket in a room under the stage so they miss their performance, she didn't know there would be a lever which would be pulled to produce a platform and bring them back up.
32	* TheDragon: Beth becomes this to Lorelei throughout the movie.
33	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: You'd probably think Beth would accomplish a lot if she weren't determined to upstage Polly, but...
34	-->'''Evie:''' I wonder what you could accomplish if you used your skills for good and not evil.\
35	'''Beth:''' Not so much--no.\
36	'''Evie:''' Yeah, me neither.
37	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Excluding the opening scenes, the movie is set over a period of three whole days in one weekend, with most of it happening throughout the second day.
38	* FunnyForeigner: Swedish twins Karl and Lark, who are on Beth's team.
39	* GetOut: Beth and Lorelei force the tech guy to leave the camera room so they can talk.
40	* GladYouThoughtOfIt: Lorelei tries to have Polly sent to a boarding school by convincing John it's his idea.
41	* GoldDigger: Lorelei's revealed to only love John Pocket for his money and has absolutely no interest in being a stepmother to his daughter--in fact, she plans on sending Polly off to a boarding school as soon as she and John get married.
42	* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Polly and her friends are drawn with rounder eyes while those of Beth and her friends and Lorelei are more narrow-shaped. This is done to exaggerate the good/bad ensembles.
43	* GoodTimesMontage: When John takes Team Pocket out for a night on Pollywalk following the Hula Duel-a, before Lorelei intervenes.
44	* HardWorkMontage: When Polly and her friends are writing a song to perform at the final challenge.
45	* HairFlip: Beth does one to get attention just before the game begins. Donovan simply tells everyone to ignore her.
46	* HelloInsertNameHere: When Polly is entering the Sky Lounge to meet up with her dad, the elevator recognizes her inside: "Hello, Polly Pocket. Welcome to the Sky Lounge."
47	* HeroicBSOD: Polly sinks into complete depression when John reveals his plans to send her to boarding school.
48	* ImagineSpot: Beth imagines her becoming famous in Polly's place if she wins the money, with [=PollyWorld=] being renamed [=BethWorld=] in return.
49	* InstantCostumeChange: After activating a lever which sends Team Pocket up to the stage via a rising platform, the girls are immediately in their performance attire by the time they rise out.
50	* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: Polly says this in the end.
51	-->'''Polly:''' Who'd have believed this would turn out to be one of our best weekends ever?
52	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Shani captures footage of Lorelei and Beth explaining their plot to send Polly to boarding school, which Polly can use as proof for her father that his fiancée not what she seems. However, she cannot bring herself to show him the footage when she sees John happy with Lorelei on one of their dates, so Polly willingly accepts her fate for his sake. With that, she destroys the DVD. Fortunately, her dad finds out the truth in the end anyway.
53	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After getting off the hook for trying to sabotage Polly in the past two specials, Beth finally gets her LaserGuidedKarma.
54	* LargeHam:
55	** Donovan Ware is always energetic and loud.
56	** Beth has a few moments as well; see WeWillMeetAgain for further detail.
57	* LaserGuidedKarma: Once John ends the engagement and Lorelei runs out of the picture, Beth attempts to show her mad cheerleading skills on the big screen, only to trip on the wires and stumble repeatedly, in front of everyone watching, and she is laughed at.
58	* ManipulativeBitch: Lorelei doesn’t outright demand or even suggest to John that Polly be sent OffToBoardingSchool. Instead, she drops subtle hints that Polly is not doing as well as he thinks, then tells him a story of how Lorelei herself was having a rough time when she was Polly’s age until her parents sent her to boarding school, which really helped her, or so she says.
59	* TheMovie: The only one in the franchise to date.
60	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: John felt this way after Lorelei was exposed.
61	* NearVillainVictory: Lorelei was so close to having Polly sent to boarding school, so she could have John to herself only for Beth to accidentally turn on the microphone in the camera room, broadcasting Lorelei's plot to everyone watching ''Roll Like That''. Had Beth not turned on the microphone when she did, Lorelei would've won.
62	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Beth, twice.
63	** Her plan to Team Pocket under the stage so no one would hear them and they forfeit last minute only results in them coming up with a grand entrance last-minute which saves their act.
64	** She blackmails Lorelei by threatening to tell John about her true intentions, which results in John not only cutting ties with Lorelei but canceling his plans to send Polly to boarding school.
65	* OffToBoardingSchool: Lorelei tried to do this to her would-be stepdaughter, Polly.
66	* PainfulRhyme: An InUniverse example; the first ''Roll Like That'' challenge is called the Hula Duel-a. It is even lampshaded.
67	* SadTimesMontage: As Polly is walking sadly away after John announces her boarding school plans, we see past memories of the movie of her hanging with her friends float behind her.
68	* ShooOutTheClowns: Karl and Lark vanish from the rest of the movie following the Extravenger scene, in order to make the buildup for Lorelei and Beth's plot to send Polly away more serious.
69	* ShowWithinAShow: ''Roll Like That''.
70	* SpannerInTheWorks: Beth's scheme to get Team Pocket to forfeit would have worked if Crissy didn't find the lever that made the rising platform appear which sent them onstage.
71	* TeamRocketWins: Subverted--Team Pocket doesn't win the money, meaning Beth succeeded with her plan, but the engagement has been canceled and she embarrasses herself in front of the whole crowd.
72	* ThoseTwoGuys: Rick and Todd. Also Karl and Lark.
73	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers and DVD spoil the Polly and the Pockets performance.
74	* UnseenNoMore: After being only mentioned in the two earlier specials, Polly's dad John Pocket finally makes a physical appearance.
75	* VillainExitStageLeft: After Lorelei and Beth's plot to send Polly away is exposed and John breaks up with her, Lorelei frantically runs after him and is not seen again for the rest of the movie.
76	* WaterWakeUp: On the second day, Team Pocket is rudely awoken by sprinklers raining on their beds, which is the first clue toward the next challenge. The second clue is some trees delivered by a waiter who says "May you always see the forest for the trees," putting together the next challenge takes place at Rainforest Realm.
77	* WeNeedADistraction: During the rainforest challenge, Polly and the gang stage a fake argument to distract Beth long enough so they can win.
78	* WeWillMeetAgain: Beth, as usual, at the end of the movie. Evie even lampshades it.
79	-->'''Beth:''' This is the last time you get everything you want, Polly Pocket! Next time... and there will ''be'' a next time... ''[[LargeHam you're going down hard!]]''\
80	'''Evie:''' Who are you talking to?\
81	'''Beth:''' ''[calms down]'' No one.
82	* WhereItAllBegan: The Extravenger starts where the adventure began: at the front gates of [=PollyWorld=].
83	* WickedStepmother: Averted with Lorelei--John Pocket was engaged to get married to her, but after finally learning that she had no interest in being a mother figure to Polly and that she only loved him for his money, he breaks up with her.
84	* TheWildWest: The theme of Beth's suite, which she does not take very well.
85	* WithAFootOnTheBus: Polly was almost sent away to a boarding school, but thanks to Lorelei and Beth accidentally exposing themselves, the plans were cancelled to her relief.

Context WesternAnimation / PollyWorld