Polly Pocket (2018)

Polly Pocket is an animated television series produced for Family Channel by Mattel, with WildBrain animating the series. The series based on the doll of the same name, features a young girl called Polly who has a magical locket that allows her and her friends to shrink down to a tiny size.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This series marks the return of Polly Pocket to a animated series, after the discontinuation of the franchise in the United States in 2015.
 * 2) * Also marks the return of 2D animated Polly Pocket, since the 2010 webseries changed to CGI in Season 2.
 * 3) *Plus, the toyline also had a reboot based on the series and significantly improved from the previous one.
 * 4) Polly's father, Mr. Pocket (John Pocket on PollyWorld) from the old Polly Pocket movies officially returns on this series and now had his wife revealed and also Polly has two brothers and a dog called Peaches.
 * 5) Lila and Shani also return in this series as Polly's two only best friends.
 * 6) Having Polly having a powerful locket inherited from her grandma, Penelope Pocket, which allows shrinks her and her friends to a tiny size makes sense and is an interesting concept.
 * 7) Great animation, most of the time.
 * 8) Very cute character designs.
 * 9) Griselle Grande and her granddaughter Gwen are effective villains and comic relief characters at the same time, especially the latter when it comes to comic relief. They also provide a villanous odd-couple comedy.
 * 10) Good voice acting.
 * 11) Awesome, rocking theme song.
 * 12) We have some good Slavic representation (and body representation) with the introduction of Bella Bigowski as a main character starting in season 2, who is Polish-American and also has a more muscular body.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Rick (who was replaced by Nicholas in this series), Lea, Pia Pocket (Polly's cousin) and Crissy, from the old Polly Pocket movies and the 2010 webseries don't appear and aren't mentioned in this series. Even new characters are forgotten about: Melody In-D, a popstar, only appeared a lot in the pilot, and was virtually forgotten about until a recent episode of season 4. The Grandes were cut from the show entirely during season 2. Blair Delaware, Lila's social media idol and implied crush, was never mentioned after "Socially Awkward".
 * 2) The animation can look cheap sometimes.
 * 3) It overuses sound effects, which can get annoying.
 * 4) An inconsistency and also some mixing of Asian cultures: Pierce (one of Polly's brothers) does karate. In season 2, karate is renamed "Kerpow". The sensei (or "grandmaster") at the local dojo is called Khan even though she has a Japanese accent.