History Literature / CharlieAndLola

* FriendlyNeighborhoodSpider: In the episode "I'm Not All That Keen on Spiders", Lola meets two spiders named Sidney and Robert, who she's scared of at first, but then her CoolBigBro Charlie tells her spiders are nice.

* HairDecorations: The butterfly decorations in Lola's hair help to indicate her as a girl.

** In the books and in shows derived from the books, Soren Lorenson is the darker and more selfish side of Lola; he's the one who encourages her to play with Charlie's rocket and lie about it when it gets accidentally broken, he's the one who drinks all the pink milk that Charlie was hoping to share with Marv, and he's the one who Lola is scared will be lonely on her first day in school. More of an id than a conscience, then.

** In "I Will Not Never Ever Eat a Tomato," Lola insists that she won't eat various foods, but Charlie tells her they're not what she says they are.

* StockYuck: "I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato".

* InsistentTerminology: When Lola wants to wear the same costume for Halloween two years in a row, she claims that an alligator costume is now a crocodile, which is much more spooky. Charlie, though, insists that she can't wear the same costume two years in a row.

As of 2017, the series has been made available freely to stream for those who have Amazon Prime / Amazon Video.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Lola claims this about many foods, but she's never actually tried them, and Charlie has enough creativity to get her to eat them, and she turns around completely.

*** However, Soren takes the role of a [[GoodAngelBadAngel Superego]] in the television series, trying to sagely guide Lola against creating chaos, and shows genuine concern or alarm when things start to go wrong, or when he is ignored.

* DeathByNewberyMedal: "I Will Not Ever Never Forget You Nibbles" deals with Charlie helping Lola come to terms with the death of her pet mouse, Nibbles.

** Morton, Marv's little brother.

* {{Adorkable}} - Lola Sonner, an annoying and eccentric but unfailingly adorable little twerp.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling - Lola fits this trope sometimes, but Charlie is often patient and understanding with her. She's probably one of the mildest examples of this ever, while Charlie does occasionally get irritated by her, oftentimes he seems to find her behavior anywhere from amusing to endearing.

* BlackBestFriend - Lola's best friend Lotta.
* BrattyHalfPint - Again, Lola.
* CaptainErsatz - Bat Cat, a character from Charlie and Lola's favorite comic. And Pirate Captain Squidbones.
* ChildrenAreInnocent - No matter how many times Lola messes things up, Charlie forgives her.

* DeathByNewberyMedal - "I Will Not Ever Never Forget You Nibbles" deals with Charlie helping Lola come to terms with the death of her pet mouse, Nibbles.
* FearOfThunder - Lola once had this, but it completely disappeared after Charlie came up with a solution for his sister.

* FullBodyDisguise - In "But I Am an Alligator", Lola wears, for a majority of the episode, a large, dark green alligator costume which covers her entire body, with the exception of her arms and legs. This embarrasses Charlie, as she wears it in public, and the size of the costume makes it difficult for Lola to perform basic tasks such as tying her shoelaces.
* GreenAesop - In "Look After Your Planet".

* HiddenTrack - The final track of "Charlie & Lola's Favourite & Best Music Record" is an extended version of the show's main title theme. After about a minute of silence, an unlisted bonus, "It's Snowing!", in which Lola gets excited about the first snowfall of the season, set to a beautiful instrumental, plays.

* MediumAwareness - In the ChristmasEpisode, the holiday grinds to a halt because Santa's elves have run out of paper to wrap the presents. As Charlie and Lola head home depressed, Lola notices that the starry sky ''is made of wrapping paper'' (see StylisticSuck), and they tear it off and give it to the elves, thus SavingChristmas.

* StockYuck - "I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato".
* StylisticSuck - The characters are depicted as childish drawings and the backgrounds are paper collages, giving the series a visual style unique to Lauren Child's work.
* ThereAreNoAdults - While Charlie and Lola have parents and teachers, they are never seen and are always off-camera, only mentioned. You never even hear their voices.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood - Lola loves pink (strawberry) milk. WordOfGod says that it's not actually strawberry milk, just coloured pink, perhaps because of not wanting kids to insist that their parents buy them strawberry milk (which is loaded with sugar).
* YourTomcatIsPregnant - In one episode, Lola brings home the class guinea pig, who is called Bert. Lola insists that Bert is a female guinea pig, even though everyone else insists it's male. At the end of the story, Lola was [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight correct.]] Bert has guinea piglets.

* HalloweenEpisode - "What Can I Be for Halloween?"

* HilarityEnsues - Often as a result of Lola's actions.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming - The majority of the episode titles are essentially statements from Lola, often in a humorously protracted fashion. Examples include "I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato", "We Do Promise Honestly We Can Look After Your Dog" and "I Do Not Ever, Never Want My Wobbly Tooth to Fall Out".

* ImaginaryFriend - Lola has this in Soren Lorenson, a character who is actually her conscience.

* ImagineSpot: At ''least'' OncePerEpisode.
* InsistentTerminology: When Lola wants to wear the same costume for Hallowe'en two years in a row, she claims that an alligator costume is now a crocodile, which is much more spooky. Charlie, though, insists that she can't wear the same costume two years in a row.

* PrettyInMink: Lola's friend Lotta has a "very white fluffy coat", and she lets Lola borrow it after Lola keeps admiring it.

* StylisticSuck - The characters are depicted as childish drawings and the backgrounds are paper collages, giving the series a unique visual style.

** In the books and in shows derived from the books, Soren Lorenson is the darker and more selfish side of Lola; he's the one who encourages her to play with Charlie's rocket and lie about it when it gets accidentally broken, he's the one who drinks all the pink milk that Charlie was hoping to share with Marv, and he's the one who Lola is scared will be lonely on her first day in school. More of an [[FreudWasRight id]] than a conscience, then.

'''''Charlie and Lola''''' is a series of books by Lauren Child, later adapted into a cartoon. The original book was published in 2000. The stories focus on Lola and her older brother Charlie as well as their friends. Lola is an energetic, imaginative and random little girl; Charlie is a patient and kind older brother who has his work cut out (but is always willing) to help Lola learn and grow.

* RecursiveAdaptation: A number of books based on stories from the television show were released, with illustrations in the show's style.

* ChewingTheScenery - In the ChristmasEpisode, Lola obtains wrapping paper for the presents by tearing off pieces of the paper sky.

* CreatorPreferredAdaptation - Lauren Child has only written four of the books, and doesn't get royalties from the other films, having sold the rights to them before she realised it could be so profitable.

* TheOtherDarrin - Charlie and Lola have both had three different voice actors respectively, probably because they are all voiced by actual children. Interestingly, they are the only characters in the show to have had more than one voice actor.
* PrettyInMink: Lola's friend Lotta has a "very white fluffy coat", and she let's Lola borrow it after Lola keeps admiring it.

* WriteWhoYouKnow - Lola is based off an inquisitive young girl that author Lauren Child met on a train.
* YourTomcatIsPregnant - In one episode, Lola brings home the class guinea pig, who is called Bert. Lola insists that Bert is a female guinea pig, even though everyone else insists it's male. At the end of the story, Lola was [[TheCoudCuckoolanderWasRight correct.]] Bert has guinea piglets.

* YourTomcatIsPregnant - In one episode, Lola brings home the class guinea pig, who is called Bert. Lola insists that Bert is a female guinea pig, even though everyone else insists it's male. At the end of the story, Bert has guinea piglets.

*** However, Soren takes the role of a [[ShoulderAngel Superego]] in the television series, trying to sagely guide Lola against creating chaos, and shows genuine concern or alarm when things start to go wrong, or when he is ignored.

* TheOtherDarrin - Charlie and Lola have both had three different voice actors respectively, probably because they are all voiced by actual children.