Pond Life



Pond Life was a British animated television series created by Candy Guard. 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!

Tropes seen in Pond Life:
"Gloria: Dolly! I never would've thought... a woman!"
 * A-Cup Angst: Dolly is often made fun of for her small assets.
 * Big Beautiful Woman: Dolly's best friend, Belle.
 * Dolly becomes one herself in the episode Fat.
 * Blind Without'Em: Dolly's father.
 * Butt Monkey: Dolly
 * Casanova Wannabe: Nobby can be this at times.
 * Cool Old Lady: Mrs A, the shopkeeper.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Dolly
 * 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.
 * Eye Glasses: Dolly never takes her glasses off.
 * The only episode where she does is Fit, although even then we never see her face.
 * First Name Ultimatum: Nobby gets this a lot.
 * Groin Attack: Dolly's father gets this in Bitter and Twisted.
 * 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.

"Ivy Pond: She's delirious, my name's Ivy!"
 * Mistaken for Pregnant: A shop assistant does it to Dolly in the episode Birthday Suit.
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: When Dolly's mother gets arrested during Birthday Suit, she gets identified as "Fingers Pond".


 * You're Just Jealous: In the episode Mr Wrong, Nobby says this to Dolly.