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** Holly often likes to say “Hooray”.
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** Holly Like with WesternAnimation/PeppaPig, characters often likes like to say “Hooray”.
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* AerithAndBob / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Granny Thistle gives the twins wands which belonged to their great grandparents: Vlad the Powerful and Sharon the Totally Insane.
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* FantasticRacism: It's subtle, but it's there. The fairies are nothing short of patronizing to the elves (particularly the royals and more specifically Nanny Plum, who can be vocally disdainful of the non-magical using elves). On the other side, most elves (but particularly the Wise Old Elf and sometimes Mr. Elf) seem to scoff at the fairies' lack of manual abilities. This sometimes causes friction between both races and their most... vocal leaders, like Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf, who frequently scuffle.
** In one episode, Mrs. Elf learns that Mr. Elf has been "sentenced". She immediately [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids starts calling for revolution and shouting slogans like "Down with the King!"]], before learning that he's been "sentenced"... to take a vacation.
** In one episode, Mrs. Elf learns that Mr. Elf has been "sentenced". She immediately [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids starts calling for revolution and shouting slogans like "Down with the King!"]], before learning that he's been "sentenced"... to take a vacation.
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* FantasticRacism: FantasticRacism:
** It's subtle, but it's there. The fairies are nothing short of patronizing to the elves (particularly the royals and more specifically Nanny Plum, who can be vocally disdainful of the non-magical using elves). On the other side, most elves (but particularly the Wise Old Elf and sometimes Mr. Elf) seem to scoff at the fairies' lack of manual abilities. This sometimes causes friction between both races and their most... vocal leaders, like Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf, who frequently scuffle.
** In one episode, Mrs. Elf learns that Mr. Elf has been "sentenced". She immediately[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids starts calling for revolution and shouting slogans like "Down with the King!"]], before learning that he's been "sentenced"... to take a vacation.
** It's subtle, but it's there. The fairies are nothing short of patronizing to the elves (particularly the royals and more specifically Nanny Plum, who can be vocally disdainful of the non-magical using elves). On the other side, most elves (but particularly the Wise Old Elf and sometimes Mr. Elf) seem to scoff at the fairies' lack of manual abilities. This sometimes causes friction between both races and their most... vocal leaders, like Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf, who frequently scuffle.
** In one episode, Mrs. Elf learns that Mr. Elf has been "sentenced". She immediately
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* LongTitle: "Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf Swap Jobs For One Whole Day".
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* WitchWithACapitalB: In "Mrs Witch", Nanny Plum calls her a "grumpy old witch". Nanny is turned to stone at the time and talking without moving her lips.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: In "Mrs Witch", Nanny Plum calls her a "grumpy old witch". Nanny is turned to stone at the time and talking without moving her lips.lips.
* WhamLine: In "No Magic Day," the Elf Engine has broken down for some reason. Ben offers to fix it, but the Wise Old Elf says it cannot be fixed because it's out of fuel. He refuses to tell the others what fuel it uses, because "it's a secret!"
->'''Queen Thistle:''' ''[[FullNameUltimatum Wise. Old. Elf.]]'' What fuel does the engine use!?
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' Oh... It's... M... Muh...
->'''Ben:''' Mud?
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' No, it's... Mmmmmuh… Mmmmmmuh...
->'''Elf:''' Mustard?
->'''Holly:''' Marsh''mallow?''
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' Muh-muh…
->'''Nanny Plum:''' [[CloudCuckoolander Melted cheese!]]
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' Muh-muhmuhuhmuhmuh MMMMMMMMM[[spoiler:AGIC]]!
* WhamLine: In "No Magic Day," the Elf Engine has broken down for some reason. Ben offers to fix it, but the Wise Old Elf says it cannot be fixed because it's out of fuel. He refuses to tell the others what fuel it uses, because "it's a secret!"
->'''Queen Thistle:''' ''[[FullNameUltimatum Wise. Old. Elf.]]'' What fuel does the engine use!?
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' Oh... It's... M... Muh...
->'''Ben:''' Mud?
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' No, it's... Mmmmmuh… Mmmmmmuh...
->'''Elf:''' Mustard?
->'''Holly:''' Marsh''mallow?''
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' Muh-muh…
->'''Nanny Plum:''' [[CloudCuckoolander Melted cheese!]]
->'''Wise Old Elf:''' Muh-muhmuhuhmuhmuh MMMMMMMMM[[spoiler:AGIC]]!
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* TakeOurWordForIt: There's a monster in the dungeons of the Little Castle. When Redbeard the Pirate sees it, he [[BreakingTheFourtWall looks straight at the viewer]] and says that in all his years of piracy he has never, never, never seen something so horrifying. Then the Queen unceremoniously closes the door after him.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: There's a monster in the dungeons of the Little Castle. When Redbeard the Pirate sees it, he [[BreakingTheFourtWall [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks straight at the viewer]] and says that in all his years of piracy he has never, never, never seen something so horrifying. Then the Queen unceremoniously closes the door after him.
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** Nanny Plum's "Whaaat-eever" when someone warns her of something she shouldn't do.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: There's a monster in the dungeons of the Little Castle. When Redbeard the Pirate sees it, he [[BreakingTheFourtWall looks straight at the viewer]] and says that in all his years of piracy he has never, never, never seen something so horrifying. Then the Queen unceremoniously closes the door after him.
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** Also "Magic always leads to problems!" Unintentionally amusing to fans of OnceUponATime which has the similar catchphrase "All magic comes with a price".
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** Also "Magic always leads to problems!" trouble!" Unintentionally amusing to fans of OnceUponATime which has the similar catchphrase "All magic comes with a price".
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** In one episode, Mrs. Elf learns that Mr. Elf has been "sentenced". She immediately [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids starts calling for revolution and shouting slogans like "Down with the King!"]], before learning that he's been "sentenced"... to take a vacation.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Nanny Plum's magic is the most powerful (apart from maybe Granny Thistle and the twins), she can talk to animals and she moonlights as THE Tooth Fairy. She's also the cleaning lady for the Thistles and Holly's childminder.
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* FantasticRacism: It's subtle, but it's there. The fairies are nothing short of patronizing to the elves (particularly the royals and more specifically Nanny Plum, who can be vocally disdainful of the non-magical using elves). On the other side, most elves (but particularly the Wise Old Elf and sometimes Mr. Elf) seem to scoff at the fairies' lack of manual abilities. This sometimes causes friction between both races and their most... vocal leaders, like Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf, who frequently scuffle.
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* AerithAndBob / NamesToRunAwayFrom: Granny Thistle gives the twins wands which belonged to their great grandparents: Vlad the Powerful and Sharon the Totally Insane.
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* AerithAndBob / NamesToRunAwayFrom: NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Granny Thistle gives the twins wands which belonged to their great grandparents: Vlad the Powerful and Sharon the Totally Insane.
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* OcularGushers: Some characters cry a shower of tears a lot in the show.
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** Also "Magic always leads to problems!" Unintentionally amusing to fans of OnceUponATime which has the similar catchphrase "All magic comes with a price".
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Several of them, usually as a DeusExMachina. For example by halfway through the Christmas TwoPartEpisode, King Thistle is stuck in a cracker, the little castle is wrapped up as a Christmas present and the Great Elf Tree is being sold as a Christmas tree. Fortunately it works out that that cracker, that present and that tree all just happen to go to Emily, the one human girl who already knows about elves and fairies - whose house also happens to be the very last one on Santa's rounds, so he falls asleep in her living room.
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''Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British animated television series created and directed by Mark Baker and Neville Astley and produced by Phil Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''). It follows the adventures of Princess Holly and Ben Elf and their caretakers, Nanny Plum and The Wise Old Elf.
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''Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British animated [[FantasyWesternAnimation fantasy]] [[WesternAnimation animated]] television series created and directed by Mark Baker and Neville Astley and produced by Phil Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''). It follows the adventures of Princess Holly and Ben Elf and their caretakers, Nanny Plum and The Wise Old Elf.
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** In the episode ''Miss Jolly's Riding Club'', we discover [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated AllSnailsAreHorses]]. Galloping (slowly), neighing, rearing, bucking, needing mucking out, and so on. In ''Chickens Ride West'', we find [=AllChickensAreAlsoHorses=] (or possibly buffalo).
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** In the episode ''Miss Jolly's Riding Club'', we discover [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated AllSnailsAreHorses]].All Snails Are Horses]]. Galloping (slowly), neighing, rearing, bucking, needing mucking out, and so on. In ''Chickens Ride West'', we find [=AllChickensAreAlsoHorses=] [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated All Chickens Are Also Horses]] (or possibly buffalo).
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* PlatonicBoyGirlHeroes: Ben and Holly.
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** In the episode ''Miss Jolly's Riding Club'', we discover [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated AllSnailsAreHorses]]. Galloping (slowly), neighing, rearing, bucking, needing mucking out, and so on. In ''Chickens Ride West'', we find [=AllChickensAreAlsoHorses=] (or possibly buffalo).
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* ShoutOut: Absolutely loads of them. At least half the episodes are full of references to other works of fiction or genre tropes.
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*** Tarquin will have a problem if he needs a new wand, since the Wise Old Elf says fairies' wands come from the plant they're named after.
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*** Tarquin will have a problem if he needs a new wand, since the Wise Old Elf says fairies' wands come from the plant they're named after.after.
* WitchWithACapitalB: In "Mrs Witch", Nanny Plum calls her a "grumpy old witch". Nanny is turned to stone at the time and talking without moving her lips.
* WitchWithACapitalB: In "Mrs Witch", Nanny Plum calls her a "grumpy old witch". Nanny is turned to stone at the time and talking without moving her lips.
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''Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British animated television series created and directed by Mark Baker and Neville Astley and produced by Phil Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''). It follows the adventures of Princess Holly and Ben Elf and their caretakers, Nanny Plum and The Wise Old Elf.
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''Ben and & Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British animated television series created and directed by Mark Baker and Neville Astley and produced by Phil Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''). It follows the adventures of Princess Holly and Ben Elf and their caretakers, Nanny Plum and The Wise Old Elf.
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* SpeciesSurname: The Elf family consists of Ben Elf, Mr. Elf and Mrs. Elf.
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* SpeciesSurname: The Elf family consists of Ben Elf, Mr. Elf and Mrs. Elf.Elf.
* ThemeNaming: All the fairies are named after plants (Holly, Daisy, Poppy, King Thistle, Nanny Plum...) and the elves are not.
**{{Lampshaded}} in the episode ''Spies'': Strawberry, pretending to be an elf, gives her name as "Strawberry - I mean Alice" and Barnaby, pretending to be a fairy, gives his as "Barnaby - I mean Bamboo."
** Tarquin the fairy and Nettle the elf seem to be the only exceptions.
*** Tarquin will have a problem if he needs a new wand, since the Wise Old Elf says fairies' wands come from the plant they're named after.
* ThemeNaming: All the fairies are named after plants (Holly, Daisy, Poppy, King Thistle, Nanny Plum...) and the elves are not.
**{{Lampshaded}} in the episode ''Spies'': Strawberry, pretending to be an elf, gives her name as "Strawberry - I mean Alice" and Barnaby, pretending to be a fairy, gives his as "Barnaby - I mean Bamboo."
** Tarquin the fairy and Nettle the elf seem to be the only exceptions.
*** Tarquin will have a problem if he needs a new wand, since the Wise Old Elf says fairies' wands come from the plant they're named after.
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''Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British animated television series created and directed by Mark Baker and Neville Astley and produced by Phil Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''). It follows the adventures of Princess Holly and Ben Elf and their caretakers, Nanny Plum and Old Elf.
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''Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British animated television series created and directed by Mark Baker and Neville Astley and produced by Phil Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''). It follows the adventures of Princess Holly and Ben Elf and their caretakers, Nanny Plum and The Wise Old Elf.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Ben Elf often finds opportunities to explain why elves do certain things to the fairies, which he usually finishes with:
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Ben Elf often finds opportunities to explain to the fairies why elves do certain things to the fairies, things, which he usually finishes with:
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* ParentalBonus: In the episode ''Daisy and Poppy go to the Museum'', when the characters see a display about Vikings, Nanny Plum says that she knows that Vikings only ever ate Spam.
-->'''Nanny Plum''': It's true! Vikings ate Spam. [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus It was on the telly]].
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* ParentalBonus: In the episode ''Daisy and Poppy go to the Museum'', when the characters see a display about Vikings, Nanny Plum says that she knows that Vikings only ever ate Spam.
[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Spam]].
-->'''Nanny Plum''': It's true! Vikings ate Spam.[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus [[http://youtu.be/anwy2MPT5RE It was on the telly]].
-->'''Nanny Plum''': It's true! Vikings ate Spam.
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* ParentalBonus: In the episode where most of the characters visit the Big People Museum and see a display about Vikings, Nanny Plum says that she knows the Vikings only ever ate Spam.
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* ParentalBonus: In the episode where most of ''Daisy and Poppy go to the Museum'', when the characters visit the Big People Museum and see a display about Vikings, Nanny Plum says that she knows the that Vikings only ever ate Spam.
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* ParentalBonus: In the episode where most of the characters visit the Big People Museum and see a display about Vikings, Nanny Plum says that she knows what Vikings used to eat. Spam. She knows because she [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus saw it on the telly]].
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* ParentalBonus: In the episode where most of the characters visit the Big People Museum and see a display about Vikings, Nanny Plum says that she knows what the Vikings used to eat. Spam. She knows because she only ever ate Spam.
-->'''Nanny Plum''': It's true! Vikings ate Spam. [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircussaw it It was on the telly]].
-->'''Nanny Plum''': It's true! Vikings ate Spam. [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus
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:: "And I'm an elf!" ''*blows horn*''
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:: "And I'm an elf!" ''*blows horn*''
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''Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British animated television series created and directed by Mark Baker and Neville Astley and produced by Phil Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig''). It follows the adventures of Princess Holly and Ben Elf and their caretakers, Nanny Plum and Old Elf.
!!Tropes seen in ''Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'':
* AlliterativeName: Played with in an episode which features Betty Caterpillar... who of course turns into Betty Butterfly by the end of the story.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Gaston the ladybird is Ben Elf's dog. (Except when he's Ben's [[AutomatonHorse motorbike]].)
* SpeciesSurname: The Elf family consists of Ben Elf, Mr. Elf and Mrs. Elf.
!!Tropes seen in ''Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'':
* AlliterativeName: Played with in an episode which features Betty Caterpillar... who of course turns into Betty Butterfly by the end of the story.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Gaston the ladybird is Ben Elf's dog. (Except when he's Ben's [[AutomatonHorse motorbike]].)
* SpeciesSurname: The Elf family consists of Ben Elf, Mr. Elf and Mrs. Elf.
