Bolek i Lolek (translated to english as Benny and Lenny, Jym and Jam or Tim and Tom) is polish cartoon series about adventures of two boys focusing (depending from series) on their journeys or Slice of Life. Cartoon was produced since 1963 to 1986 by Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała in form of 11 series and The Movie Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka (Bolek and Lolek’s Great Journey). Series became Cash-Cow Franchise in Poland and one of most popular polish cartoon characters.
Filmography
- Bolek i Lolek
- Bolek i Lolek na wakacjach (Bolek and Lolek on Vacation)
- Bolek i Lolek wyruszają w świat (Bolek and Lolek travel the world)
- Bajki Bolka i Lolka (The Tales of Bolek and Lolek)
- Bolek i Lolek na Dzikim Zachodzie (Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West) adaptated into with Compilation Movie
- Przygody Bolka i Lolka (Adventures of Bolek and Lolek)
- Zabawy Bolka i Lolka (Fun with Bolek and Lolek)
- Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka (Bolek and Lolek's Great Journey): The Movie adapted into a series
- Bolek i Lolek wśród górników (Benny and Lenny Among the Miners)
- Olimpiada Bolka i Lolka (Olympics with Bolek and Lolek)
- Bolek i Lolek w Europie (Bolek and Lolek in Europe)
The various series of Bolek i Lolek provide examples of the following:
- Charlie Brown Baldness: Lolek seems to be bald and has only thin strands on head.
- Cowboy Episode: Bolek and Lolek in Wild West is more like Cowboy series and as you can guess is about heroes’ adventures in The Wild West.
- Family Theme Naming: The titular brothers have rhyming names.
- Iconic Outfit: Bolek is assiociated with yellow long shirt and red short trousers and Lolek with white short shirt and purple trousers on braces.
- Love Triangle: First episodes with Tola were focused on main heroes battling for her attencion.
- Mime and Music-Only Cartoon: Most of series are this. Until they are Suddenly Speaking in The Movie their voice is heard later series.
- The Smurfette Principle: Tola is added as third main character in series.
- Through a Face Full of Fur: Characters on occasion are shown blushing. One noticeable example is Tola, who's face blushes tomato red when Lolek kisses her hand in the episode "A Scout's Watch".
- Two Guys and a Girl: After adding Tola series is this.
- Walking the Earth: Bolek and Lolek travel the world and Bolek and Lolek's Great Journey is focused on travelling around the world
Trope featured in Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka:
- Big Bad: Lord Fogg wants to stop heroes, as if they win they will gain his inheritance.
- The Bus Came Back: While travelling through America there’s met again Sherif and Bandit from Cowboy Episode.
- Captain Ersatz: The Kaiju monsters met in Japan movie are known as Doran and Mobilla.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Jeremiasz is supposed to stop Bolek and Lolek, but most of time he fails and sometimes even helps them.
- Kaiju: Heroes are interupting filming one in Japan.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Jeremiasz after framing Bolek and Lolek in kidnapping son of African chief proposses him to not jail them (which would be enough defeat them), but to banish them „where grows pepper” note , which is interpretted as sending them to India, another step of their travel.
- Only Cares About Inheritance: After Phileas Fogg’s death his heir is focused on getting inheritance.
- Passed-Over Inheritance: Phileas Fogg’s will is to give his fortune to one, who will repeat his achievement.
- Save the Villain: Jeremiasz has to be often saved by heroes.
- Suddenly Speaking: This is first moment, when in Bolek and Lolek characters are speaking.
- Minion with an F in Evil: Jeremiasz, a servant of Lord Fogg, who is supposed to stop heroes from winning, but ends befriending with them.
- Whole-Plot Reference: To Around the world in 80 days, as Phileas Fogg himself wants someone to repeat his achievement.
