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Pond Life
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Pond Life was a British animated television series created by Candy Guard and produced by Collingwood & Co.. It ran for two seasons in 1996 and 2000 on Channel 4, and, despite being a cartoon, its target audience was women.The series revolves around Dolly Pond (hence the title Pond Life) and the trouble she has living in an unnamed cul-de-sac, in a flat below her ex-boyfriend Nobby, with a job at the local shop due to never having gone to college. The worst part? She's in her 30s!Not to be confused with that "Pond Life". | |
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Dropped link to Foil: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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Blind Without 'Em | |
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Blind Without 'Em: Dolly's father. | |
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Visual Pun | |
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Visual Pun: The show's intro, a play on Dolly's surname, is a symbolic fantasy sequence of Dolly attempting to swim up to the surface of a pond, only to be held back by a tangle of weeds held by the rest of the cast at the bottom of the pond. | |
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Mutual Envy | |
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Mutual Envy: Dolly and Belle are jealous of each other's bodies, although in Dolly's case it's just Belle's chest. | |
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Oblivious to Hatred | |
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Oblivious to Hatred: Gloria never seems to pick up on the utter vitrol Dolly has for her. | |
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Privileged Rival | |
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Privileged Rival: Gloria Leaf's modelling career and steady boyfriend has given her a more affluent lifestyle than Dolly. She often brags about her success much to Dolly's annoyance. | |
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Smoky Voice | |
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Smoky Voice: Mrs. A's masculine voice is a result of her smoking since the age of 8. | |
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Eye Glasses | |
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Eye Glasses: Dolly never takes her glasses off. The only episode where she does is Fit, although even then we never see her face. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Dolly. | |
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First-Name Ultimatum | |
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First-Name Ultimatum: Nobby gets this a lot. | |
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Mistaken for Gay | |
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Mistaken for Gay: In Bitter and Twisted, when Dolly's therapist stands outside her flat serenading her, one of the other characters enters, and mistakes Dolly and the Therapist, for being a lesbian couple. | |
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling | |
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Alana is married with children and more sensible than Dolly. | |
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D-Cup Distress | |
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D-Cup Distress: Belle expresses this at times, although part of it is because she's overweight and Dolly isn't. | |
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Everyone Looks Sexier if French | |
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Everyone Looks Sexier if French: The episode Good-Looking Boyfriend, introduced two French characters, Didier and Michelle, whom every other character perceived, as being drop dead gorgeous. | |
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Bratty Half-Pint | |
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Bratty Half-Pint: Dolly's niece and nephew come off as this, although they're usually only brats to her. | |
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Mistaken for Pregnant | |
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Mistaken for Pregnant: A shop assistant does it to Dolly, in the episode Birthday Suit. | |
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Chubby Chaser | |
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Chubby Chaser: In the episode Fat, Dolly gains some weight, and starts dating one, not realizing he only likes her for her body. | |
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Black Sheep | |
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Black Sheep: While Dolly's family have learned to accept her as the rebel, they find her rude behaviour intolerable. | |
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Amicable Exes | |
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Amicable Exes: Downplayed with Nobby and Dolly. Nobby is still in love with Dolly but Dolly always rebukes him and reminds him frequently that she doesn't love, fancy, or even really like him. That said they still hang out together a lot. | |
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Status Quo Is God | |
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Status Quo Is God: Dolly is constantly making resolutions to change her life. These changes never come to fruition due to her being a creature of habit. | |
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Casanova Wannabe | |
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Casanova Wannabe: Nobby can be this at times. | |
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Dramatic Irony | |
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Dramatic Irony: In Fat, Dolly tries to lose weight in order to keep her new boyfriend while the audience knows he's into fat women. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Dolly. | |
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Accidental Misnaming | |
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Accidental Misnaming: When Dolly's mother gets arrested during Birthday Suit, she gets identified as: "Fingers Pond." | |
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Operation: Jealousy | |
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Operation: Jealousy: Dolly attempts this in Mr. Wrong, but Nobby already knows the guy Dolly is with is gay. | |
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Happily Married | |
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Happily Married: Alan and Alana. | |
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Environmental Symbolism | |
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Environmental Symbolism: Dolly has lived her whole life on the same cul-de-sac, echoing the 'dead end' life that she feels trapped in. | |
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Cool Old Lady | |
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Cool Old Lady: Mrs. A, the shopkeeper. | |
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You're Just Jealous | |
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You're Just Jealous: In the episode Mr Wrong, Nobby says this to Dolly. | |
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The Bore | |
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The Bore: The episode "Good Looking Boyfriend" introduces Didier, who's drop dead gorgeous but every time he talks everyone else is bored to tears. | |
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A-Cup Angst | |
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A-Cup Angst: Dolly is often ridiculed for her small assets. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: Dolly's father gets this in Bitter and Twisted. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Dolly really is an unpleasant and bitter person, although a lot of her frustration comes from being stuck in her dead-end life and her parents' refusal to let her grow as a person. | |
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Creator's Oddball / int_67ac667d | |
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Everyone Looks Sexier if French / int_67ac667d | |
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Serenade Your Lover / int_67ac667d |
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