Western Animation / PollyWorld

We're gonna rock this town!

PollyWorld is a 2006 Canadian-Korean Direct to Video movie based on the Polly Pocket toyline. It is the third special in the franchise, the last of the pre-Cutant era, and the only one that was full-length.

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.

Tropes:

• 2D Visuals, 3D Effects: Certain panning shots of PollyWorld are rendered in CGI.
• Accidental Misnaming: Played with.
  Beth: Of course, everything always works out for Miss Polly Perfect.
  Tori: I think it's Polly Pocket.
• Accidental Public Confession: 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.
• Ask a Stupid Question...: 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 BethWorld. Evie's answer is simply, "Because there is no BethWorld?"
• Answer Cut: 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.
• Big Bad: Lorelei is the main antagonist of the film, and causes most of the external conflict.
• Big "YES!": By Beth at the end of Shani's video.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: 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.
• Bittersweet Ending: 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.
• "Brave the Ride" Plot: 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.
• Brick Joke: In the beginning of the movie, Beth complains to her Girl Posse 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.
• Catchphrase: Rick and Todd's team has one: "Thrash! Thrash! Thrash!"
• Caught on Tape: How Lorelei's plans are exposed.
• Chekhov's Gun: 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.
• Costume-Test Montage: 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.
• Dance-Off: 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.
• Destroy the Evidence: 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.
• Devil in Plain Sight: 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.
• Didn't Think This Through:
  • 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 saving Polly from going to boarding school and getting a Wicked Stepmother.
  • 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.
• The Dragon: Beth becomes this to Lorelei throughout the movie.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: You'd probably think Beth would accomplish a lot if she weren't determined to upstage Polly, but...
  Evie: I wonder what you could accomplish if you used your skills for good and not evil.
  Beth: Not so much—no.
  Evie: Yeah, me neither.
• Extremely Short Timespan: 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.
• Funny Foreigner: Swedish twins Karl and Lark, who are on Beth's team.
• Get Out!: Beth and Lorelei force the tech guy to leave the camera room so they can talk.
• Glad You Thought of It: Lorelei tries to have Polly sent to a boarding school by convincing John it's his idea.
• Gold Digger: 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.
• Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: 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.
• Good-Times Montage: When John takes Team Pocket out for a night on Pollywalk following the Hula Duel-a, before Lorelei intervenes.
• Hard-Work Montage: When Polly and her friends are writing a song to perform at the final challenge.
• Hair Flip: Beth does one to get attention just before the game begins. Donovan simply tells everyone to ignore her.
• Hello, [Insert Name Here]: 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."
• Heroic BSoD: Polly sinks into complete depression when John reveals his plans to send her to boarding school.
• Imagine Spot: Beth imagines her becoming famous in Polly's place if she wins the money, with PollyWorld being renamed BethWorld in return.
• Instant Costume Change: 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.
• It's the Best Whatever, Ever!: Polly says this in the end.
  Polly: Who'd have believed this would turn out to be one of our best weekends ever?
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: 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.
• Karma Houdini Warranty: After getting off the hook for trying to sabotage Polly in the past two specials, Beth finally gets her Laser-Guided Karma.
• Large Ham:
  • Donovan Ware is always energetic and loud.
  • Beth has a few moments as well; see We Will Meet Again for further detail.
• Laser-Guided Karma: 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.
• Manipulative Bitch: Lorelei doesn’t outright demand or even suggest to John that Polly be sent Off to Boarding School. 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.
• The Movie: The only one in the franchise to date.
• My God, What Have I Done?: John felt this way after Lorelei was exposed.
• Near-Villain Victory: 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.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Beth, twice.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• Off to Boarding School: Lorelei tried to do this to her would-be stepdaughter, Polly.
• Painful Rhyme: An In-Universe example; the first Roll Like That challenge is called the Hula Duel-a. It is even lampshaded.
• Sad-Times Montage: 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.
• Shoo Out the Clowns: 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.
• Show Within a Show: Roll Like That.
• Spanner in the Works: 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.
• Team Rocket Wins: 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.
• Those Two Guys: Rick and Todd. Also Karl and Lark.
• Trailers Always Spoil: The trailers and DVD spoil the Polly and the Pockets performance.
• Unseen No More: After being only mentioned in the two earlier specials, Polly's dad John Pocket finally makes a physical appearance.
• Villain: Exit, Stage Left: 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.
• Water Wake Up: 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.
• We Need a Distraction: During the rainforest challenge, Polly and the gang stage a fake argument to distract Beth long enough so they can win.
• We Will Meet Again: Beth, as usual, at the end of the movie. Evie even lampshades it.
  Beth: This is the last time you get everything you want, Polly Pocket! Next time... and there will be a next time... you're going down hard!
  Evie: Who are you talking to?
  Beth: [calms down] No one.
• Where It All Began: The Extravenger starts where the adventure began: at the front gates of PollyWorld.
• Wicked Stepmother: 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.
• The Wild West: The theme of Beth's suite, which she does not take very well.
• With a Foot on the Bus: 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.
• You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Beth says this when her team gets the Wild West suite.