Polly Pocket is a 2D-animated adventure fantasy children's television series based on Mattel's doll of the same name. It features Polly having a magical locket that allows her and her friends to shrink down to tiny sizes.
The series was originally produced by Mattel Television and WildBrain Studios for Family Channel in Canada and Universal Kids in the US before moving to Netflix in both countries from seasons 3 to 5. Season 6 was released in fall 2025 on Amazon Prime Video alongside the 66-minute special Tiny Unicorn Adventure Special.
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Characters
Main
Polly Pocket (voiced by Emily Tennant) is an 11-year-old kid genius with a thirst for adventure and a desire to help people. She inherited her locket from her grandmother Penelope Pocket, trying to keep its shrinking ability a secret to avoid letting anyone use it for its power.
Lila Draper (voiced by Shannon Chan-Kent) is Polly's fashion-savvy friend of Scottish descent who often exclaims using fashion terms and pieces. She loves fashion and finds that shrinking can be chic. She felt starts learning KerPow in the second season. Following the events of "Sparkle Cove Adventure", Polly gives her orange pockite, which allows her to change shapes. Lila is very athletic as well.
Shani Smith (voiced by Kazumi Evans in seasons 1-2 and Cherlandra Estrada in season 3-present) is an African-American sci-fi nerd who formerly had stage fright, Shani serves as the peacekeeper and brains of the group. Her favorite show is "Y-Girls" and she is a follower of Nicolas' vlog. Following the events of "Sparkle Cove Adventure", Polly gives her red pockite which allows her to understand animals. Shani's first name is Swahili.
Nicolas "Nic" Wells (voiced by Vincent Tong) is a boy in Polly's class who attempts to investigate the paranormal. In the mid-season one finale, he discovers the girls' secret, but in episode 11, he becomes the posse's fourth member and Polly's male best friend when he helps them thwart Griselle and Gwen's plot to be mayor and take over the town and promising to keep the girls' secret safe. He is a supposed expert on all things paranormal.
Duchess Bella Bigowski (formerly known as Big) (voiced by Rhona Rees) is Lila's KerPow rival-turned-friend who appears in season 2 and joins the posse as its fifth member in the season 2 finale. It was revealed that Bella comes from nobility, with her title being Duchess. Her aunt and uncle are the ruling family of Belldovia. Known to say, "Gym shorts".
Recurring
Penelope Pocket (voiced by Ellen Kennedy) is Polly's grandmother and the previous bearer of the Pocket Locket. She marries Richard in the third season.
Pamela Pocket (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse) is Polly's mother. Following the events of "Sparkle Cove Adventure", Polly gives her golden pockite.
Peter Pocket (voiced by Ian Hanlin) is Polly's father.
Pierce Gregory Pocket (voiced by David A. Kaye) is Polly's 16-to-17-year-old brother. It is revealed he does KerPow, in episode 6, and that he works for store owner Peanut as a delivery boy-turned-assistant manager in episode 10. He owns a hedgehog named Blossom. Polly and Pierce seem to grow closer following the revelation of the Pocket Locket. Pierce gets ready to go to college at Cosmopolitan City University in season 4.
Paxton Pocket (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse) is Polly's baby brother. He was the only one of Polly's relatives other than Grandma Penelope who knew Polly's secret until the end of season 3. He starts going to Le Fancy Pants Preschool in season 4. Following the events of "Sparkle Cove Adventure", Polly gives him blue pockite.
Richard (voiced by Terry Klassen in season 2 and Dhirendra in season 3-present) is a man Penelope Pocket befriends and becomes romantically involved, getting married in season 3. He later becomes aware of the Pocket family secret in season 4.
Prudence Pocket (voiced by Rhona Rees) is the ancestor of Penelope and Polly Pocket and the founder of the town of Littleton. She discovered some of the various colors of Pockite, the known colors being purple (shrinking and growing), green (transports between locations including to other worlds), orange (shapeshift), blue (shields), red (universal communication including animals), gold (time freeze), white (changes form of objects), and pink (powers devices such as projectors).
Melody (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse) is a teenage pop singer who becomes the girls' ally in episode 2 when she is rescued by Polly via her locket. After the two-part pilot, she didn't reappear until the season 3 finale.
Villains
Griselle Grande (voiced by Patricia Drake) is the main antagonist of the series and a 60-year-old woman from England, she was Penelope's college roommate who discovered the Pocket Locket's abilities from Penelope and tried to take it from them. The two fought but broke the locket, making Griselle win it after the two went their separate ways. She spent years using her science to replicate its powers but failed, until the day when she discovered Polly Pocket had found it and reactivated its powers. She and Gwen now try to take the locket to conquer Littleton by shrinking its citizens and trapping them in a model city called "Grandeville". She eventually gets arrested at the end of episode 13 (11 in production order), after her plan to become the town's new mayor, steal Polly's locket, and shrink the town while covering it in an energy bubble failed, and Nicholas helped Lila and Shani expose Griselle's secret plans to the world. But after doing community service, she resumes her hunt for the locket while also wanting revenge on Polly and her friends, starting with episode 15 onwards. After the season 1 finale, she and Gwen didn't reappear until the episode "Adventures in Dragon-sitting Part 2".
Gwen Grande (voiced by Rhona Rees) is the secondary antagonist of the series, Griselle Grande's granddaughter and Polly's rival-turned-friend, Polly's rival inside and outside of school. In the series 7th episode, "Con Job", she helps the girls escape to avoid Griselle ruining their one-day off from Polly-hunting. After the season 1 finale, she and her grandmother didn't reappear until the episode "Adventures in Dragon-sitting Part 2".
Grunwalda Grande (voiced by Kathleen Barr) is the Irish ancestor of Griselle and Gwen Grande.
Barb Payne (voiced by Kathleen Barr) is the villain of The Con Job who is a former actress who is angry at her co-star, Rocco Sage, for being cast in a movie after Barb was cut out from the movie. She kidnaps Rocco and ties her to a missile, hoping she will die if the missile fails to launch. Shani tries to reason with Barb, but she is not convinced and doesn't believe her. She later is arrested.
Paranormal Patty (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is a paranormal investigator whose only appearance so far is in "Pocket Poltergeist" when Pierce, believing to have been haunted by a ghost calls her in, unaware it was the Pocket Posse pulling a prank. Aside from her equipment almost ratting out Polly's secret, she tried to destroy the Pocket house in an attempt to get rid of the ghost before Polly arranged for her and Pierce to "banish" it (Shani via voice-acting and special effects) with a spirit dance.
Pets
Farley is Darlene's pet ferret.
Stella (voiced by Ian Hanlin) is Penelope Pocket's pet parrot.
Sir Harry is Belladonna's pet Sphynx cat.
Peaches is Polly's pet dog.
Bonita is Lila's pet rabbit.
Captain Colliwoggles (voiced by Brian Drummond) is Shani's pet cat.
Aesop (voiced by Brian Drummond) is Shani's pet alien turtle.
Galloshky is Gwen's female pet rat who helps Griselle and Gwen to get Polly and steal her locket but she's too late.
Blossom is Pierce's pet hedgehog.
Thunder is one of Hazel's five pet hamsters.
Foot is Sunny Moon's pet rabbit.
Apple (voiced by Sam Vincent) is a three-legged dog Bella adopts.
Freddie is a Scottish Terrier dog Penelope adopts.
Sally (voiced by Lili Beaudoin) is Nic's pet red-eyed tree frog.
Broadcast
The show's first season premiered on Family Channel in Canada and on Netflix in the United States on July 8, 2018, and May 1, 2020 and on American television via Universal Kids on July 1, 2019, with the latter airing the second season to air alongside it back-to-back. The series has since aired on Universal Kids and Netflix in the United States with most of the episodes also appearing via its dedicated user handle on YouTube. From the second season to date, website sources also reveal that the series was picked up for television and/or streaming broadcast in over 12 countries and territories worldwide.
On June 13, 2019, WildBrain announced a second season in development with Mattel with children's media-focused publication, The Toy Book, revealing on October 20, 2020, that Mattel and WildBrain renewed the series for more episodes without stating whether it was for a new season or not; the show's second season was released on Netflix on November 15, 2020.
From the third season to date, the series moved permanently to Netflix but still retained the free episode access on YouTube. The third season, as Rainbow Funland Adventures premiered on September 29, 2021 and January 9, 2022, in equal halves of episodes and the fourth season, as Summer of Adventure, was released on April 1, 2022, and August 1, 2022 – all on Netflix in the U.S.
A special, Sparkle Cove Adventure, premiered on August 21, 2023, on Netflix.
The fifth season, as Hidden Worlds, had its first half released on Netflix on March 25, 2024, and its second half released on July 22, 2024.
