Line #83 WesternAnimation/PollyPocket


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Tiny power![[note]]From left to right: [[TheDitz Lila]], [[TheLeader Polly]], and [[TheSmartGuy Shani]].[[/note]]]]
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4	->''"The story all begins in the town of Littleton\
5	Polly came across a locket that she keeps inside her pocket..."''
6	-->-- '''ExpositoryThemeTune'''
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8	''Polly Pocket'' is a Canadian-American animated TV series based on the 2018 rebrand of the ''Toys/PollyPocket'' toy franchise. The first two episodes premiered on Creator/FamilyChannel in Canada on July 1, 2018, and the rest of the first season continued on August 4.
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10	''Polly Pocket'' follows the adventures of Polly Pocket, a clever and curious inventor who inherits (and fixes) 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 with her best friends Lila and Shani, all while keeping her locket abilities hidden.
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12	Meanwhile, 60-year-old woman Griselle Grande, along with her dimwitted granddaughter and sidekick Gwen, attempt to steal the locket from Polly to conquer the town of Littleton by shrinking its citizens and trapping them in a model city called "Grandeville" ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext It's about as weird as it sounds really]]), and it's up to Polly and her friends to stop her.
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14	The two-part series premiere, labeled as "Polly Pocket Movie: Tiny Power", premiered on Creator/UniversalKids exactly one year later in the US on July 1, 2019, and concluded on September 19, 2019. The whole series is available on [[https://www.hulu.com/series/polly-pocket-9a9e0305-568c-4a0a-9c28-2c54f9817a76 Hulu]] as of 2019, and the official Polly Pocket Website/YouTube channel has uploaded nearly all the episodes for free. It has been released on DVD in the UK and Ireland, Italy, France and Germany, but nowhere else.
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16	Since season two, the series has released new episodes on Creator/{{Netflix}}. Season two episodes are split into two side-by-side segments. Beginning with season three, the episodes are cut down to eleven-minute increments. The last few episodes of the first half of season three shifted the main setting to an AmusementPark called Rainbow Funland. The series recently aired its fourth season.
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20	!!Tiny tropes!
21	* AbortedArc: The final scene of the S1 finale has the Grandes once again vow revenge on Polly and Grunwalda gain superpowers from Pockite. Griselle and Gwen eventually return in the S5 finale, but the events of the S1 finale are never brought up, and Grunwalda remains absent.
22	* ActorAllusion: In "Club Flub" Gwen puts on a fake Australian accent while she's disguised as an animal expert. Gwen's voice actor Rhona Rees really is Australian.
23	* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: When Polly's plan to boost Gwen's confidence backfires, Gwen basically becomes an Alpha Bitch with ''too much'' confidence.
24	* AdaptationDyeJob: Lila is a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.
25	* AdaptationNameChange: In the 2010 web series, Shani was given the surname Mayne, but in this series proper, it was changed to Smith.
26	* AdaptationalLocationChange: Unlike the earlier series, the town is named "Littleton" instead of "Pollyville".
27	* AdaptedOut: Apart from Polly, Lila, and Shani, none of the large cast from the previous toyline/series have made it in.
28	* AlienAnimals: In "Area Fifty-None," it's revealed that at least some Earth turtles (including Shani's own pet turtle) are really space aliens.
29	* 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.
30	* AlliterativeName:
31	** 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...
32	** There's also Griselle Grande and her granddaughter Gwen Grande. When Griselle ran for Mayor of Littleton, she did so under the alias "Bonnie Bain".
33	* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: The episode "[[{{Pun}} Sherlocket]] Holmes" is about the main cast making a Sherlock Holmes-style movie for an amateur film festival.
34	* AmbidextrousSprite: The characters' hairstyles become mirrored depending on the direction they look.
35	* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Many of the animals on the show are significantly smarter than their real-world counterparts, including ''ants''.
36	* {{Animesque}}: The art style, due to their large eyes, relatively small mouths, etc.
37	* Area51: Polly, Shani, Lila, and Nick go on a ClassTrip to Area Fifty-''None'' in the episode of the same name. Unlike the RealLife Area 51, Area Fifty-None has actual space aliens (as well as a wide array of mythical creatures).
38	* BespectacledCutie: Shani wears big, round glasses and is just as cute as her friends.
39	* BigBad: Griselle Grande, the series' main villain (at least for the first season).
40	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: In "Bear Necessities," Polly and Shani encounter Bigfoot while tracking a bear that made off with Polly's shrunken camper. They run into him again in "Area Fifty-None" and "Fred vs. Foot."
41	* BlindWithoutEm: During the second half of "Unlocketing The Past," Shani's glasses fall off because of the Pockite cave collapsing. She fumbles around for them for several seconds before she retrieves them.
42	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Polly is blonde, Shani is brunette, and Lila is the redhead.
43	* BrainyBrunette: Shani fits this to a T.
44	* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Whenever Polly needs to shrink, she shouts "Tiny power!", and "Go big" in order to go back to normal.
45	* CassandraTruth: Ms. Fuss doesn't believe Griselle wants to steal Polly's locket.
46	* CatchPhrase: "Tiny power!"
47	* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Season 1 finale "Unlocketing the Past" ends on a huge cliffhanger where not only the Grandes once again swear revenge on the Pockets, but Grunwalda is revealed to gain superpowers from the Pockite.
48	* TheChosenOne: Polly was chosen by her grandmother to be the one to possess shrinking powers. This is also passed down to the Pocket family (her dad didn't inherit it due to the locket being broken).
49	* ChristmasEpisode: "Happy Polly-Days."
50	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite being the main villains of Season 1, the Grandes aren’t seen or even mentioned in the following seasons.
51	** When Melody returns in the third season finale it's mentioned that Polly and her friends saved her from getting kidnapped, but not who she was kidnapped by.
52	** Grunwalda makes a very brief appearance in "Sparkle Cove Adventure" as part of recycled footage.
53	*** [[TheBusCameBack Griselle and Gwen finally returned]] in the Season 5 episode "Adventures in Dragon-sitting".
54	* ComicBookTime: According to Griselle in her cameo in the season 5 finale, only a year had passed since the first season.
55	* CompositeCharacter: Lea doesn't appear in this series but Lila has her traits of being a PassionateSportsGirl and a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.
56	* ConspiracyTheorist: Nicholas, who believes in such things as aliens, ghosts, and mythical creatures. Shani also slips into this sometimes, but [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness only within the first few episodes]]. He's proven right in the episode "Area Fifty-None," which he's over the moon about.
57	* ContinuityNod: Griselle apparently developed a craving for pickles in her time being locked in a bunker with Gwen, as she's seen with a shopping bag full of pickles in "Adventures in Dragon-sitting".
58	* CoolCar: Polly's modified RC car.
59	* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Q, who simply despises Polly for often times bringing her tiny adventures onto his house's porch. Though this doesn't discourage [[NiceGirl Polly]] from working to ensure he's not miserable or sad.
60	* TheCutie: Polly falls into this because of the empathy and sweetness she has for others, combined with a penchant for making inventions and the cheesy puns she makes.
61	* 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.
62	* DenserAndWackier: From season two onwards, which could be at least partly attributed to the series no longer having its BigBad. A notable example are the appearances of aliens, Bigfoot, fairies, mermaids, lake monsters, leprechauns, and unicorns.
63	* DiabolicalDogCatcher: The dog catcher in "Dog-Gone Disaster". He tries to round up and lock up every dog he sees, regardless of if they have collars or not.
64	* TheDitz: Lila has her moments.
65	* DroppedGlasses: During the second half of "Unlocketing The Past," Shani's glasses fall off because of the Pockite cave collapsing. She fumbles around for them for several seconds before she retrieves them.
66	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The catchphrase for Polly to shrink in episode 1 is "Pocket Time". In later episodes it is changed to "Tiny Power". {{Justified\|Trope}} as InUniverse she asks her Grandma if she can change it to "Tiny power."
67	** Karate was referred to as such in earlier episodes where Pierce was practicing it. In season 2, it was renamed/replaced with "kerpow", and "sensei" became "grandmaster" (even if the sensei is female).
68	* EpisodeTitleCard: From season two onwards, every episode has one.
69	* FamilyThemeNaming: The names of Polly’s relatives all start with P.
70	* FantasySequence: The series opens up on one involving Polly driving in a canyon with her jeep, only to reveal that she was just pretending to drive the family car while parked in the driveway.
71	* FieryRedhead: {{Downplayed}} with Lila, who tends to be the most confident of the main three.
72	* GenkiGirl: Lila displays a large amount of energy and spunk whenever she gets passionate about something she loves, particularly with fashion. She can also show some Main/MotorMouth tendencies.
73	* GirlishPigtails: Polly has these as her normal hairstyle.
74	* GoKartingWithBowser: In "The Con Job" Griselle takes Gwen to a comic convention after promising her one day they wouldn't try to go after Polly's locket, unaware that Polly and her friends are also there. Gwen notices them but keeps Griselle from finding out so her day won't be ruined. [[spoiler:Griselle isn't happy when she later reads the news and finds out Polly was there.]]
75	* GoneHorriblyRight: In "Pocket Poltergeist", Polly and her friends trick her brother Pierce into thinking their house is haunted so he'd no longer interfere with their plans to film there. As Pierce returns with a paranormal investigator, Shani says the plan worked "a little too well".
76	* GrossoutShow: The show can get pretty yucky at points, since being tiny means they can encounter things like mold or run into undesirable areas like Pierce room which is filled with rotted food and stinky socks. Lila, being the tomboy of the group, isn't opposed to unsanitary actions like licking some candy off of Polly's shoes in one episode.
77	* GrowlingGut: Polly gets this near the end of "Socially Awkward" when Lila mentions about the doughnuts Shani couldn't stop eating.
78	* HalloweenEpisode: "A Little Fright," "Halloween Queen," and "Follow the Apples."
79	* 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.
80	* IAteWhat: Everyone at a restaurant that serves caviar has this reaction when Shani tells them caviar is fish eggs. Shani herself doesn't mind eating it.
81	* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Polly has a magical locket that shrinks her and people who hold her hands.
82	* InsistentTerminology: In "Pocket Poltergeist", Lila says her idol Chloe Parmegiano doesn't walk. She "glides".
83	* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Daisy the blind dog from "Littleton Pet Games". She's incredibly talented at flying disc catching, as long as she's playing with her own disc that emits sound when thrown.
84	* 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.
85	* KidHero: Polly is a young girl, and is TheHero.
86	* {{Leprechaun}}: A leprechaun named Fred appears in "Lepre-Can't."
87	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Any character who isn't Lila, Shani, Paxton, Nicholas and Grandma Penelope, and to a lesser extent the Grandes, to the Pocket Locket's power. Mom and Dad's website bio states the reason they're unaware is that they're always busy.
88	* LovableNerd: Shani is a bit nerdy and socially awkward, yet she's also very lovable and is such a geek for science fiction.
89	* MacGuffin: The Pocket Locket. Numerous villains want to use its power for their own evil purposes, Grizelle in particular. Which is why Polly has to keep the locket's powers a secret from everyone to avoid having them use it for its power.
90	* 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.
91	* MultinationalTeam: English-American Polly (Pia, her cousin in 2 Cool, is from England), black Shani, Scottish-American Lila, and in season 2, Polish-American Bella.
92	* NamedByTheAdaptation: In this series, Lila receives the surname "Draper". Shani also gets the surname "Smith".
93	* NewYearHasCome: The "Polly Drops the Ball" two-parter takes place on New Year's Eve.
94	* 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.
95	* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
96	** Half the time, Griselle's efforts to capture Polly and her locket are ruined by Gwen.
97	** 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.
98	* NoodleImplements: In "Gwen the Great" Gwen starts to suggest a plan that involves her using her hot dog suit to pretend to be a hot dog, but Griselle interrupts before she can explain the rest.
99	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Several fairies attend a party at Area Fifty-None in "Fred vs. Foot."
100	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent:
101	** In "Area Fifty-None," one the creatures housed there is a mermaid. She makes later reappearances when the facility is mentioned or seen.
102	** An entire kingdom of mermaids appears in the "Mermaid Kingdom" two-parter.
103	* ParentalAbandonment: Gwen lives with her grandmother and her parents are never seen or mentioned.
104	* {{Pegasus}}: At the end of the "Mermaid Kingdom" two-parter, [[spoiler:Polly accidentally teleports herself to a world full of pegasi.]]
105	* PetTheDog: Griselle Grande to her granddaughter Gwen.
106	** In the Season 1 episode "Gwen the Great", when Gwen was in the same dance troupe as Polly, Lila and Shani, Gwen tried to steal the locket for herself, chasing the shrunken trio across the stage, ultimately ending with her getting praise from the audience and Griselle, who all thought she was doing an abstract dance. Considering how obsessed Griselle is with getting the locket and how annoyed she can be with Gwen, it nice to see her be proud of Gwen.
107	** In the Season 1 episode "Unlocketing the Past: Part 1" Griselle allowed Gwen to get a pet rat at the Resuce Farm Adopt-A-Thon, despite just failing to steal the locket.
108	* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: Polly receives the locket and shrinks for the first time in the first episode.
109	* {{Premiseville}}: The series is set in Littleton, where Polly, of course, uses a locket to make herself ''little''.
110	* QuarterHourShort: Beginning with the second season, episodes are now two side-by-side segments, while the third season shifted to single 11-minute increments.
111	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: In "Vet on it", Polly asks if there's a better two-word combination than "snack buffet". Lila says "clearance sale" and Shani says "scientific discovery". Polly says it was a rhetorical question.
112	* RiddleForTheAges: In "Gwen the Great", what was Gwen's plan to get the locket that involved her wearing a hot dog suit?
113	* SecretIdentity: Polly has to keep her locket's abilities secret to her family, especially her parents.
114	* SecretKeeper: The only ones who know about the power of Polly's locket are Lila, Shani, Paxton and her grandmother, and later Nicholas and Bella. By Season 4, the rest of Polly's family is also in on the secret.
115	* TheSeriesHasLeftReality: The series started relatively grounded, with Polly's shrinking power having a sci-fi explanation with the element pockite, but as the series went on more and more fantastical elements were added. Come "Sparkle Cove Adventure" pockite has become less scientific and more magical.
116	* SequelGoesForeign: The last few episodes of the first half of Season 3 shift the central location to Rainbow Funland.
117	* ShoutOut: Lila once sat next to a ''[[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]'' doll.
118	* 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.
119	* SmartBall: Gwen occasionally picks this up, like in "The Con Job" when she sees through Polly and her friends pretending to be dolls.
120	* SolarSystemNeighbors: A Plutonian named Rosie hosts a party at Area Fifty-None in "Fred vs. Foot."
121	* {{Squee}}: The girls do this with joy after hearing Melody's new single in "Tiny Power."
122	* TheSmartGuy: Shani is pretty intelligent and meant to balance Polly's personality.
123	* StockNessMonster: The aptly named "The Locket-Ness Monster" features lake monsters in Lake Ness.
124	* StockSoundEffects: Sound effects from the Creator/HannaBarbera library are heard every so often.
125	* ThroughHisStomach: In "Dog-Gone Disaster", Polly finally gets Smidgen the dog to like her by feeding him some miniaturized steaks.
126	* ToothFairy: Two, one of whom is a tooth fairy in-training, appear in "Nothing But the Tooth."
127	* TownGirls: Skater chick/Science Whiz Polly (butch); shy, nerdy Shani (neither); and ditzy fashionista Lila (femme).
128	* TransformationTrinket: Polly's magical locket allows her to shrink or go big at any time and can shrink anyone who holds onto her hands.
129	* TrueCompanions: Polly and her friends will do anything to help each other out in times of need.
130	* 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.]]
131	* {{Unicorn}}:
132	** A few unicorns attend a party at Area Fifty-None in "Fred vs. Foot."
133	** Polly and her family encounter a herd of miniature unicorns while out camping in "Mini Marshmallow."
134	* UnderwaterCity: The Mermaid Kingdom, naturally.
135	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
136	** In "Bear Necessities", this is how Polly and Shani react to encountering Bigfoot while searching for a bear that made off with Polly's shrunken camper.
137	** In "Adventures in Dragon-stting", at one point the bunny dragon lands on Griselle's head. Griselle can't see it, but Gwen can, and she doesn't find it at all weird.
138	* VillainsOutShopping: In "Adventures in Dragon-stting", [[ItMakesSenseInContext while chasing a bunny dragon through the mall]], Polly runs into Griselle and Gwen with shopping bags full of jars of pickles.
139	* 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.
140	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The exact location of Littleton is unknown.
141	* YearInsideHourOutside: A few days in Mermaid Kingdom are only a few seconds on Earth.
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