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2	[[caption-width-right:209:And now to tell you about some tropes my human owners know about...]]
3	'''Olga da Polga''' is a guinea pig created by Michael Bond. She is a guinea pig noted for telling tall tales in the style of Baron Munchausen (re-tellings of events that her human owners get up to).
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5	It was popular, but not quite as popular as ''Literature/PaddingtonBear''.
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7	!!Tropes present in this series include:
8	* AdoptiveNameChange: Defied: When Olga is adopted, her owners consider renaming her to Greta or Gerda, but she dislikes those names, thinking they sound boring, so she writes her name on the floor of her cage.
9	* BigEater: Olga da Polga is nearly always hungry and can eat quite a lot.
10	* CatsAreMean: Downplayed example. Noel is more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and not outright ''evil''.
11	* ComicBookTime: No matter whether it gets a SettingUpdate or not, Olga and Boris will always remain young guinea-pigs and never age. Karen the guinea pigs' owner will never age either.
12	* CoolOldGuy: Or rather, cool old ''tortoise'', as Graham the tortoise, is old, but has a different, unique way of looking at the world.
13	* FireForgedFriends: Olga is initially jealous of Fircone and Raisin, two hamsters who appeared in a later book, but she quickly gains respect for them after they stand up to Noel the cat.
14	* HowWeGotHere: The first book starts with Olga in a pet shop and other guinea pigs.
15	* LighterAndSofter: While it was already a light and fluffy story, the picture books are even softer in tone than the original book. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as they're aimed at a younger audience.
16	* NoAntagonist: The story is very SliceOfLife, and although Noel the cat can be obnoxious at times, he is not a BigBad or even villainous.
17	* SchrodingersCanon: It's never been confirmed if it's in the same continuity or canon as ''Literature/PaddingtonBear'' or not.
18	* SliceOfLife: The biggest conflicts come from misunderstandings or Olga's tall tales, not earth-shattering conflict.

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