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In General
- Forbidden Friendship: Between Ben and Holly. Since Ben is an elf and Holly is a fairy, elves and fairies generally don't get along very well and are seen to be living far apart from each another in the Little Kingdom. However they don't seem to mind as they have a very close friendship despite their differences (and despite the casual snarky comments their respective guardians Nanny Plum and Wise Old Elf throw at each other).
- Inverted (in a way), Holly's parents were a bit concerned about inviting Ben over to the royal fairy picnic in the very first episode of the series but besides that one brief moment everyone else is okay with their friendship.
- However, this might be because they are kids. One can wonder if they'll stay just as close when they grow up and Holly becomes queen.
- The Smurfette Principle: The elves are mostly men while there are around seven female elves at most if we're being generous.
- This trope is inverted with the fairies as they are mostly women, though the difference isn't as prominent with them since there are fewer fairies than there are elves.
- Young Love Versus Old Hate: Ben and Holly's young (platonic) love to Wise Old Elf and Nanny Plum's old hate.
Fairies
In General
King and Queen Thistle
Voiced by: Ian Puleston-Davies (King Thistle) and Sara Crowe (Queen Thistle).
- Ruling Couple: They both rule over the Little Kingdom.
Nanny Plum
"Whatever!"
Voiced by: Sarah Ann Kennedy.
- Almighty Janitor: She may be a cook and Princess Holly's caretaker, but she's one of the strongest fairies.
- Purple Is Powerful: She is the most powerful fairy and her the clothes are dark purple.
- Translator Buddy: She speaks a wide variety of animal languages and has spoken French briefly in Season 1 Episode 10, "King Thistle Is Not Well", which makes her the official translator of the Royal Family.
Princess Holly Thistle
Voiced by: Sian Taylor.
- Consistent Clothing Style: She's always wearing pink.
- Girly Girl: If she isn't wearing her usual pink dress, she'll most likely be wearing something pink nonetheless. Her entire room is that color as well and she likes stereotypically girly things such as ballet dancing, gymnastics, ponies, anything cutesy, and so on.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: while she always wears pink clothes, her friend Ben wears blue clothes as a contrast.
- Pink Means Feminine: also being the princess of the little kingdom and her usual dress is a pink dress.
- Princesses Prefer Pink: already explained in the tropes above.
Daisy and Poppy
Daisy and Poppy(in that order)
Daisy and Poppy are Holly's little twin sisters. They are very naughty and are prominent in The Little Kingdom for always using their magical powers to cause trouble.Voiced by: Zoe Baker (both).
- Always Identical Twins: although one of the 2 has slightly lighter hair than the rest they look very similar.
- Single-Minded Twins: they both love doing things together and being together.
Granny Thistle
Grandpapa Thistle
Mrs.Fig
Strawberry
Violet
Rosie
The Mayor
Elves
In General
- Pointy Ears:All elves have pointy ears
- Christmas Elves:All Elves (And Fairies) work under Father Christmas during Christmas Time.
Wise Old Elf
- New Job as the Plot Demands: The Wise Old Elf has a multitude of Jobs aside from overseeing the other Elves.
- Fantastic Racism: He discriminates against fairies for using magic.
Mr.Elf
- Workaholic: Every time the others make him take a break, he freaks out. He is unable to simply be without busting his own hump every day.
Mrs.Elf
Ben Elf
- Blue Boy, Pink Girl: while he always wears Blue clothes, his friend holly wears pink clothes as a contrast.
Barnaby Elf
Voiced by: Stanley Nickless.
- Actor Allusion: He was voiced by the same voice actor as Pedro Pony from Season 3-4 of Peppa Pig, and not only is this fact funny but also that he has the same personality.
- Ambiguously Absent Parent: His mother was never seen in the cartoon but not even mentioned.
- Missing Mom:
Jack Elf
Red Beard
- Abhorrent Admirer: To Nanny Plum. She's either annoyed of his advances or disgusted by his unwanted hand-kisses. It's not sure if she dislikes him for being an elf, a pirate, a blatant misogynist, for being loud or just downright annoying.
- Friendly Pirate:
Captain Squid
Fred
Miss Jolly
Mrs.Fotheringill
Voiced by: Morwenna Banks.
- Ambiguously Human: inverted, she admits to being an elf, although her ears are covered by her hair, she has never been seen wearing an elf hat or blowing a horn, leading people to think she was a hybrid.
Wiser Older Elf
The bugs
Gaston
- All Animals Are Dogs: Gaston is Ben's dog. (Except when he's Ben's motorbike.)
Sampson the slug
Others
Lucy
Lucy with her dog Rex
Voiced by: Abigail Daniels.- I Am Not Weasel: In the first season she couldn't tell the difference between elves and fairies.
Lucy's parents
Mrs.Witch
Voiced by: Sara Crowe.
Wendy Witch
Voiced by: Jen Pringle.
Miss Cookie
Voiced by: Naomi Wilkinson.
