Joséphine, ange gardien (Joséphine, Guardian Angel) is a French series (produced with Belgium and Switzerland). It started in 1997, and shows no sign of stopping.
Joséphine (Mimie Mathy, who has dwarfism, she is 4 ft. 3 in. tall) is a guardian angel who is sent from Heavens to the human world in order to help people. In each episode, she is given a special mission where she needs to fix a specific problem between some persons. She has magical powers but she is not allowed to use them too often, and has to rely mainly on psychology and generosity to take care of situations.
Joséphine, ange gardien provides examples of:
- Actor Allusion: In a 2018 episode, the man played by Christian Bujeau is named "Jean-Pierre", just like one of his most iconic characters, from Les Visiteurs.
- As Himself: Some celebrities have played themselves in the series, such as soccer player Christian Karembeu.
- Badass Finger Snap: Joséphine's trademark gesture.
- Bag of Holding: Joséphine often carries this kind of magic bag.
- Coconut Superpowers: Joséphine doesn't use her powers often, and when she does, it is usually if the special effect is easily done (such as objects appearing or disappearing).
- Dramedy
- Guardian Angel: Joséphine's job.
- Little People Are Surreal: Why else would Mimi Mathy play a guardian angel?
- The Napoleon: Joséphine sometimes shows signs of this.
- Our Angels Are Different: Taking the form of a woman with dwarfism here.
- Teleporters and Transporters: Teleporting is Joséphine's most used power.
- Time Travel Episode: There's an episode where Joséphine gets sent to World War II and joins the French Resistance against German occupiers.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Nobody makes any comments about Joséphine's very short size, or describe her the way she is.
- Very Special Episode: Several episodes handle Real Life social problems, such as teenage parenthood, ex-convict readjustment to society, or exploitation of immigrants.
