What was up with those Polly Pocket movies?
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No, no it’s okay. I could listen to conspiracies about children’s movies for hours. Go on.
Why do I feel so relaxed when Drawpinion says: “I wanna talk about...” and “Thank you for watching,”
do I just like her voice that much?
If you read this, Drawpinion Dump, I wanted to ask if you identified with part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
It’s so soothing and calming 😌
Yeah, she always says her introductions in that tone of voice
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I think you would also like the channel Unicorn of War
That’s what keeps me coming back
She’s awesome
“Oh no I’m gonna be sent of to boarding school, where they are strict, have uniforms and OH NOOO…”
…i looked up American boarding schools, it’s literally just British schools. Gosh darn it
wait what
I mean the "boarding school" I'm most familiar with is military academy's. No one wants to go to those
@@vitraartist2622 oh true true. Tbh, I was only speaking about the boarding schools I’ve seen represented in American shows.
People really hate us..
I dont blame em but
Still
ngl, giving a character based on dolls where the gimmick is their tininess the power to shrink is incredibly good concept design. It sounds like the new series is in good writers' hands.
As an American I must say, someone with pollys wealth would have already been at boarding school by default. It’s almost unheard of to have children of wealth enroll in public school. But yeah for some reason the trope of sending your children off to boarding/military school (usually as a punishment) is a lot more common in media than it is in real life here in the states. I don’t really understand it or why it came to be.
I mean theres just privite school also in some wealthy areas the public schools are just really nice. So I would not say boarding school is the norm but also sending your kid to milltary school is not that wild I know a few kids who were sent there and they were not even bad kids.
Also I think Polly lives in cali so it would not be that wild for her if she lives in a super nice area to go to public
My younger sister finally got enrolled in boarding school because 1: Expensive as hell
2: They only accept a certain type of kid and middle class nobody wasn't it
3: They can be incredibly abusive to the children
We finally got her into a good one because of a court order. I won't detail what she did to be sent to boarding school but it's VERY difficult and you can't just ship off someone else's kid
late reply, but i have a few theories about why this is such a common trope in fiction:
1) it minimizes adult interference. sure, there are teachers, and schedules that dictate where they can go and when, but ultimately these stories generally focus on found family and their relationship with their friends. parents can still be involved, or even antagonizing, but they aren’t generally a focus.
2) a sort of wish fulfillment. as the comment above me states, real life boarding schools aren’t typically friendly places to be. but made up ones can seem much more appealing than waking up at home and going to regular school for a young audience. it seems glamorous and exciting to have a freedom not known to most people under 18. there’s new challenges, sure, but they’re much different from their real life and therefore still seem appealing
3) simply following trends. especially in the late 90s and early 2000s, there was a boom in media set in boarding schools, and the more of those that were successful, the more that were made.
4) as a shorthand for a Scary Place you don’t want to end up, basically the opposite of wish fulfillment. it’s basically a maguffin Bad Thing, rather similar to nebulously having to move from one place to another as The Worst Thing that could happen. kid friendly easy drama, really
R.I.P Flash Adobe
We’ll never be able to play the Polly free games ever again ;-;
There are options to play them again:
-Blue Maxima’s Flashpoint. An archival project where they’ve created a massive archive of Flash games. Check the wiki on their site to see if they have the Polly Pocket games: bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/
-Ruffle. A downloadable emulator for Flash games. Currently being used to emulate Flash games on Newgrounds. ruffle.rs
-Supernova. A downloadable player that can run the .swf files that make up a flash game. Can be downloaded as a browser extension, too. www.getsupernova.com/about/
@@Penguinmanereikel do you have any links to a tutorial of how to use them?
I do miss those Polly Pocket flash games
Same:')
they're still around. You can play them if you google polly pocket flash games
I was never into dolls but i do remember having a Polly Pocket. I only got it because of McDonalds but i did play with it a lot
I totally forgot about the mcdonalds polly pocket toys!! I had so many of them..more of them than regular polly pockets 🤣
...I feel so old now
I remember those!
Polly's cousin being called Pia is so funny to me cause it just means sink in my mother language
[laughing in Brazilian]
@@DrawpinionDump WAIT YOU'RE BRAZILIAN???
@@DrawpinionDump VOCÊ É BRASILEIRA?!
@@nothingqueen444 sim
@@DrawpinionDump caramba!!!! Eu acompanho o seu canal faz tempo, já sabia que você não era estadunidense mas BRASILEIRA???? Nossa que felicidade 😭❤️
"I am thinking way too hard about this!" What do you think we came here for?
I do feel like people don't pay much attention to the early 2010s era of Polly where everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - revolved around suction cups (and weird chymeras of eletronic devices and animals)
The cartoons for that era were so weird and yet so fun
I'm just disappointed that I'm going to have a harder time calling Polly gay than Barbie
@@morinomajou wait theres newer tv shows? With LGBTQ+ characters? I need to go watch this.
@@morinomajou the episode that shoes it is "Socially Awkaward" where she begins copying her idol Blair (who is a girl), and she was definitely bi considering she actually kissed her cheek at one point in the episode and it was accepted. The only thing is that they never went further with that relationship and Blair was never mentioned again, it had potentital that was wasted. (Lila has always been a character in the franchise but until the 2018 series' one episode we thought she was straight.)
@@morinomajou dude that's so awewsome!!
@@morinomajou it would be a crime if Polly isn’t eventually revealed to be pollyamorous in this new show....
@@20000dino Correct
Irish here but my two cousins will gladly add plenty to the 'boarding school is child hell' narrative...
Then again almost all my cousins have hated secondary, boarding or otherwise so I guess it runs in the family.
Movie version Polly reminds of the title character from the Goldie Gold and Action Jack show from the 80’s. Pretty much just age her up a few years and give her even more absurd stuff like a space station. 😊
i forgot these all existed OMG i never got to watch these cause my parents wouldn't buy me a dvd player. they got me one when they stopped selling these lmaooo.
Beth deserves to be recognized as the icon she is
I always loved that her voice actress is Martha from Martha Speaks, and also voices the beat friend fairy characters Dandelion and Willa from the Barbie movies
Surprised you didn't mention the 2010 3d animated polly pocket series, in which polly is retooled to be a energetic fashionista jock who is obsessed with extreme sports and is competitive to a fault, bc she was probably my favourite polly incarnation. They also had the larger friendgroup and managed to successfully pull off each girl (and the token boy!) Having their own distinct personality, even if they're a bit obvious (there's the foodie, the techie, the timid shy one, the shallow fashion one, etc -basically mlp but if applejack was the main character)
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Me, whose name is Clara: Awwwww, that's so cute
I remember getting a DVD with a polly pocket set and I actually watched it more than I'd like to admit. It was the lunar eclipse one
Is it just me or does anyone remember a CGI-animated Polly Pocket series? I distinctly remember episodes of it being in the special features of my Barbie movie DVDs.
@@Nobody-sf2kx it's still on TH-cam
I LOVED this film. I felt like I could relate with having my own ‘evil’ stepmother lol. Never realised how much of a weird concept it was tho. OH and you can’t forget the teacher getting the skating room and absolutely killing it on the ramps ahaha.
No dislikes, as this video should.
Oh god now someone is gonna dislike
Me: Has never had any interest or much exposure to Polly Pocket beyond commercials
Drawnpinion: Makes this
Me: "Aw hell yeah Polly Pocket time"
Omg this completely unlocked a lost memory in my brain, I totally remember this movie
Idk how available it is nowadays, but I remember coming across a 3D animated pollypocket “movie” (it was short) on one of the websites. All I remember about it was that they went to the villain’s house (she was a twist villain I think). She tells them that she won tons of awards for world records and stuff, but when Polly and friends start to turn on her, they look at her trophy collection and find that her world records are in stuff like watching the most TV. Basically they say the awards she earned weren’t real because they were all based on lazy activities (lol). Anyone else remember this?
Yes, and a bunch of animated shorts on the website. Polly's friends have more of a built personality, each having their own room for their interests, like one liked taking care of animals, another baking. There was a guy in their group but he didn't do much, surprising tho
it exists and is part of a series and it can easily be found on youtube. the episode is called friends finish first
We had the Lunar Eclipse and Pocket Plaza DVDs growing up and we watched them a lot. Honestly they're probably still somewhere at my mom's house
My mom gave me the Polly Pocket world movie as a present back when I was a child and I LOVED it. I cannot possibly count how many times I watched it and how desperately I wished for more movies to be made xD
I can honestly say the recent Polly Pocket revival is WAY better--better animation, better characters, an actually really good reboot in general. Though I'm adjusting to the mixed feelings I have with Season 2.
oh god the polly pocket flash games were my jam!! ive never heard anybody else mention them
You might say
that Polly Pocket
is a better FIT
for the SMALL screen.
the magnet swalling part it so close to home 😭 i had a pollyworld set and the click click limousine when i was 6, but after parents started complaining about their kids swallowing magnets my mom took all of the magnets in my polly playsets and i got so dissapointed bc it took all the fun, and i wouldnt even dare to swallow a magnet!!
When I was young, we didn't have cable tv because my parents are crazy Mormons. So when they talked about a "game show" I had no clue what the f was going on 😂😂 The story makes so much more sense now.
I don’t get it. Were your parents watching it but you weren’t allowed but they still told you about it or?
I was never really into Polly Pocket but does anyone remember the Skydancers series? The only thing I remember from them are the dogs they had that fly on their huge ears!
My sisters and I used to rent this movie from our local library. While not as memorable as the Barbie movies, it was still a fun time. Strangely enough, I kinda sorta found Beth relatable. Not in her actions, obviously, but because of her motive to have all the cool things Polly has and to be taken seriously. IDK, Beth was a vibe and I got it.
Also, who else had that Pollyworld CD that was given away in a Burger King promotion? I still have my copy and I've been chilling to 'Work the Angles' to this day.
The Polly Pockets my sisters had were the size of a thumbnail.
“Dad! I just had to call you!”🤣🤣🤣
Everytime she says Polly World I hear Poliwhirl instead.
SOMEONE ELSE REMMEBERS? does that mean you've also watched 2003 strawberry shortcake? i liked that one...
ikr! 2003 strawberry shortcake is my favorite
Yes. I watched it a lot when I was 19 years old.
I still remember Polly Pocket's first movie as a kid after I got a doll with a DVD of the movie that comes with it. I still remember the boarding school bits and the big reveal caught on a live bit in my head, thanks for refreshing my memories in this video!
A personal sentiment
Does anybody else miss Equestria Girls ?
It was a nice bright show with great cast of characters and sweet songs
yaasss
I remember when I was 8 years old I watched the polly pocket world movie. That was the first movie I was ever disappointed about
Omigosh i think about these movies all the time. For a while some bigger sets came with a dvd, and I think I must have gotten it with holiday or something, and I watched this nonstop.
11:48 WHY IS THIS GETTING SCARY, LMAO.
I could SWEAR there was a cgi series at some point. It was kind of similarly structured to barbie: life in the dreamhouse, which was fairly popular at the time. I guess it didn't do great though, as I'm only really remembering it now. It was definitely on their website at some point. Can't remember what it was called, either. If anyone else knows what I'm talking about please let me know.
it existed and it was called polly pocket. it can be found on youtube and some Barbie DVDs have episodes as bonus features.
Ooh, I wanna see!
Oh my gosh, I remember watching this movie I believe on Nickeloden, I must have watched it on its air date, but the only thing I remembered from it was Polly snapping the disk. I thought it was a music based movie with like a band battle or something, the game show stuff just totally escaped my mind. This video brought me back!
I LOVED the amusement park movie growing up and I was so disappointed when I found out there weren’t any other movies after it. In retrospect I really liked the setting of PollyWorld as opposed to any of the characters but that’s neither here nor there. ; D
Love your videos!!! I didn't know these movies existed. There was also a Polly Pocket web series in the 2010s with 3D animation I remember seeing on TH-cam. It felt like it was in response to the Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse series. There wasn't a lot of substance, but the music slapped.
I have so much love for that movie, Growing up we weren't in the best financial situation but through Polly Pocket in that movie I was able to escape and imagine what life could be like. Still love rewatching it to this day!
i remember playing w the dolls n watching the movie n not completely understanding the dialogue bc i was so young then cut 2 around the 2010s i found the polly pocket website im not sure exactly what month it was but i just remember revisiting the site n the absolute whiplash i got from seeing her redesign like she has a personality so do her friends they arent just blankslates n e more! im a lil apprehensive abt the 2018(?) reboot bc i grew 2 lov the early 2010s characterisation n vibe even if i no longer kept up w the webisodes
what im trying 2 say is that i love 2000s polly pocket 4 nostalgic reasons n the early 2010s edition of her gave me a reason 2 actually seek her out n im still curious abt her l8est rendition
grew up with the tiny set ones, the choking hazerd ones where you put them in hole in the play sets and the term pocket comes into mind since the sets can fit in your pocket before she was a doll, i did have how ever played or had few of those bigger versions and played on the website site
I really love polly pocket, I love her design and I love the toys and used to like polly world when I was little
I still have my polly world limo sitting on my shelf xD I know there's no substance to the movie but the asthetic is still just *chefs kiss*
You: "I have so much polly pocket stuff"
Me, who has way more: sweats
If you liked Polly, I think you'd be interested in watching Heidi and the Hightops? It was kinda weird, but in a decent way
i thought i dreamt this up when i was little lmao
They just announced a live action Polly Pocket movie being directed by the creator of the HBO series "Girls" (Lena Dunham)
is it gonna be gritty and full of sex, and drugs because no thanks if so
@@finland4ever55not that far. But I don’t like Lena Dunham
The art style for the lunar Eclipse movie looks way better compared to the other movies.
I remember I had this movie when I was little and the part where she broke the cd always made me really sad. I also developed a slight fear of boarding schools😂
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You did great knocking that box over! (Sorry it stressed you out so much!) And great video as always!
It still seems like Chad Barbie and Virgin Polly, I don't even play with dolls.
I think it helps that Barbie is an adult, because no matter how rich they make Polly, it's still limiting to be a teen. But with Barbie, the creators can literally put her into any situation and there's no question about school or schedules or if she's supposed to be there. They tried to approach Polly as if she was Barbie, when they should've focused on something smaller. It seems like they have with the new show.
This gives me similar vibes to the Twinkle Toes movies
@@Nobody-sf2kx They made two flash-animated promotional movies for the Twinkle Toes shoe line. They were awful.
This movie's plot sounds way more bonkers than I though it would be
Guys, the ad for this is an Polly Pocket music video. Coincidence? I think not!
WHY DOES NO ONE TALKS ABOUT LALALOOPSY MOVIES? EVERYONE IS JUST TALKING ABOUT BARBIE AND BRATZ MOVIES
YES
Nice video I didn't even know this franchise but it has a neat vibe
My first ever Barbie doll from Barbie movies was Rosalia from Barbie the Island Princess
The first tv special was produced by Mike Young Productions(the people who made Clifford and located in LA. Now known as splash entertainment). The second tv episode and short film were made by Curious Pictures(a well known now defunct NYC studio established in the early 80s that produced sheep in the big city. Kids next door, The off beats, a little curious, multiple commercials and movie and tv titles. The Chicago 10 documentary. The first season of pee wees playhouse and a few other projects while also expanding into toy design and producing tv shows) the different art styles is because they were made at different studios.
I meant the Polly world film
there’s another show about polly pocket! it came out 2005 and ended in 2018 i believe and the official polly pocket youtube channel posted episodes and clips when it was still airing. it’s in 3D i think it was a web series sorta like barbie life in the dream house, also the voice actor for rainbow dash in mlp friendship is magic plays pollys cousin pia.
I haven't seen a Polly Pocket doll since 2007, but man this poor storyline movie makes me want to play with the dolls again
I mean since we're on this track I would love to see you do a video offer monster high and their doll brand
Yooo I remember watching the second Polly Pocket movie a lot on the website as they had it for free on there. ;w;
I loved the first movie as the friends looked more unique.
Why does Lorelai actually look like Lorelai from Gilmore Girls-
I went to Boarding School in New Zealand, but only for ages 16-18 and was because we had to move Cities when my Dad got transferred to head office.
Now I was lucking in the Boarding School was only 45minute drive away from my new home, So I got to go home every other weekend (school rules prevented it from being every weekend). Unlike many who could only visit home on the holidays breaks.
And that why it A scary threat to kids, It cuts them off from the emotional support of being able to see your parents every day. And replaces it with an adult (House Master) that has to look after an entire year group or more, and a maybe mature enough Dorm Prefect (a senior student). And this was before kids having cellphones so all the house hand to share a single land line that was in a public place so limiting the ability to have private talk with your parents.
Boarding School is a place where the saying "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission" is dead wrong. With soo few adults per kid the rule haves default to restrictive and has to be strictly enforced simplify to keep everyone safe. It also why asking permission is often easily because the adult will at least know what you're doing a head of time. But they will cut you no slack for breaking the rule on your own.
As much as I love the sizeshifting Polly, I wouldn't mind more movies or a series about the wealthy Polly. There are books focused on that verse. Why not making cartoon episodes based on them?
I was mainly exposed to Polly Pocket with the 2018 series, and it's quite enjoyable. Having the involvement of Shea Fontana (who worked on the 2015 DC Superhero Girls) helps out. Though the show does change quite a bit from sesson 2 onward, with not many people liking the changes. Granted, i think the show is still good.
i’m curious about this and woah you came up with this video
I had these movies on DVD
If they wanted to make her rich they could have just focus on how being rich isn't everything
I had played with Polly pocket toys when I was younger but I mostly played with Barbie like most girls at the time. As well as recently a few months or so back watched the Polly pocket movies plus I really enjoy the Polly pocket reboot series.
Why is Polly's family so rich? Did her ancestors invent pocket by any chances?
the Polly World movie seems to be kinda a modern take on the Loreley mythology story. if she did manage to send Polly off to boarding school I think I know what would of happened to the Dad. death. th-cam.com/video/tUhmjmkLnxY/w-d-xo.html
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i remember really wanting to eat the food in this movie shjabsjsjjsbd
when u first said PollyWorld I misheard it as Poliwhirl XD
That's her main pokemon!
Both Polly Pocket and Barbie were those girls that just had the most perfect lives that everyone else just dreamed of having. Only Barbie had actual careers and is much older and mature while Polly is just a rich kid. I loved both franchises equally but in terms of movies I liked Barbie, but in terms of toys, it has to be Polly. I loved playing with miniature playsets more and, honestly, what kid didn't try to eat the Polly Pocket clothes?
Is the cgi polly pocket TH-cam channel a hallucination I had??? Does it not exist?
no it does
@@finland4ever55 oh thank fuck
i scrolled through the comments just to find another comment who remembered it lol
@@cosmicowmix7154 oh my gods i'm not the only one!
And after that ther was the polly pocket seris with 3D animation
I'm sure you've gotten asked before, but could you do reviews on Monster High and Ever After High? Thank you!!
Yooo I have this movie on DVD! I completely forgot about this 😳
I didn’t know something you can put in your pocket had a movie following.
Thank you
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I remember they had a lot of rubber clothes
as soon as you said kid movies and boarding school i thought of descendants heheehehehehe
not what I expected, but okay, I'll watch any video from you, girl