Olivia

Plot

Taking place in a world of anthropomorphic pigs, Olivia revolves around the title character and her family. The plots are mostly everyday situations in which Olivia finds herself and her unique way of dealing with them. In almost every episode from season 1, Olivia also dispenses her "Rules of Life". In each episode, Olivia dreams of having a job from the episode's experiences, such as being an artist after visiting the art gallery or being her mum's assistant after helping plan her friend's birthday party. Olivia sings the goodnight song at the end of each episode in season 2.

Characters

Olivia (voiced by Emily Gray) is a young pig and the main character of the show. She is very imaginative and fantasizes about different roles, such as a pop star or superhero. She displays on setting up good examples and shows kids how to share with others, use their imaginations, be physically active, and be self-confident. She is in 1st grade.

Olivia's family

Ian (voiced by Michael Van Citters) is Olivia's younger brother. He looks up to Olivia and enjoys being included in her activities but often becomes the typical annoying "little bother". He likes, among other things, dinosaurs, robots and baseball. In Season 2, he becomes less annoying, is more intelligent, on better terms with his sister, has a small planet on his T-shirt and a deeper voice.

William (voiced by Robert Toonitititusa) is Olivia and Ian's youngest brother and typically sleeps, eats, and cries a lot.

Mom, Olivia's mother (voiced by Joyce Beverley (Season 1) and Jennifer Reiter (Season 2)), who runs her own party-planning business from home.

Dad, Olivia's father (voiced by Rick Zieff, credited under the pseudonym Danny Katiana) is an architect and occasionally absent-minded. He often provides his paternal wisdom to Olivia and her brothers in "little talks".

Grandma (Olivia’s grandmother; voiced by Yvonne Craig), Olivia's maternal grandmother. She is very fun and adventurous. She is also a magician, as seen in "Olivia Makes Magic".

Uncle Garrett (voiced by Connor Hall), Olivia's maternal uncle, is a professional football player and is a bit of a comedian. He performs ballet with Olivia and only appears in "Olivia Takes Ballet".

Grandpa Cedric, Olivia's unseen maternal grandfather that Olivia mentions in "Olivia's Day at the Office".

Perry and Edwin, Olivia's dog and cat. Perry is quite energetic and loves to play with the children, while Edwin is generally lethargic and prefers to sleep.

Goldfish, a goldfish whose owner is Ian. It is rarely seen.

Cedric, a one-time frog that Ian found and named after his Grandpa.

Friends

Julian (voiced by Jeremy Herzig) is Olivia's male best friend. He is very smart with a self-deprecating sense of humor, but also very shy and lets Olivia take the lead. While often reluctant to go along with Olivia's ideas, he finally always does.

Francine (voiced by Brianna McCracken (Season 1) and Cameron Escalante (Season 2)) is Olivia's female best friend. In the first season, she can be quite snobby, bossy, tries to make Olivia feel jealous and embarrassed at times, acts as Olivia's rival, and often serves as the antagonist. She acts more "girly" than Olivia and will not touch anything gross. Her birthday is eight months after Olivia's. In Season 2, Francine gets better and is more friendly to Olivia and her classmates.

Gwendolyn is Francine's yellowish orange tabby. She is very talented and really likes Edwin. In one episode, Francine reveals that she sometimes dresses her in doll clothes to have a tea party and makes Gwendolyn fish sticks.

Herman is Francine's dog. He makes his only appearance in "Olivia Trains Her Cat". He can ride a skateboard and also knows tricks like Gwendolyn.

School

Mrs. Hogenmuller (voiced by Susan Balboni), Olivia's teacher, is a very dedicated educator, if a bit eccentric. She is an avid cat fancier and cowbell-playing virtuoso, with a penchant for the outdoors and a great enthusiasm for learning and life. She has 3 pets: two cats and a turkey.

Alexandra (voiced by Zarii Arri) is a girl who often agrees with Francine.

Sam (voiced by Katie Leigh), a classmate. He rarely talks. He has a pet opossum named Sally.

Harold Hockenberry (voiced by Dayton Malone), a classmate. Harold is allergic to parsley, wears glasses, and his mom hates frogs. He can juggle but hiccups when nervous. He has a parrot that says things such as "Hi there" three times.

Oscar and Otto (voiced by Hector and Juan Garcia (Season 1) and Max Wright (Season 2)), identical twin classmates whose recurring catchphrase is, "It's cool".

Daisy (voiced by Katie Leigh), a small classmate who wears an all-purple-attire. In Season 1, she is a nice and friendly girl. In Season 2, she replaces Francine as a troublemaker and less friendly classmate.

Connor (voiced by Alicyn Packard), a classmate who resembles Sam a lot, but talks more.

Olivia 2 (voiced by Mary Smith), a character that made her only appearance in the episode "The Two Olivias". Olivia 2 was a new student in Olivia's class, much to the original Olivia's annoyance. They reconcile having the same name at the end of the episode. Olivia 2 was never seen in the episodes after it, presuming that her family moved out after a short time.

Sophie, a girl who wears a yellow T-shirt and thin light purple jumper. In Season 1, she had no name, but in "Olivia's Tip-Top Tapper", the girl's name was revealed as Sophie. Like Sam, she rarely speaks.

Shorts

The shorts are small, generally wordless segments in each episode (two per). They include the following:

William Eats (And Burps)

William is hungry so Mum puts him in his highchair and goes to get him some applesauce. While she is gone, everyone else gives him tidbits of food. At the end, Mum says she thought he was hungry, but it appears William does not want his applesauce. She is surprised when he burps.

Olivia in the Bathroom

While Dad is shaving, Olivia keeps taking her stool, getting up on it and doing something in front of the sink and mirror such as brushing her ears. At the end of the short she gets on her stool and kisses Dad.

Olivia and Her Toy

Olivia tries to get her favourite doll to stand up straight, but it won't so she tapes it to the wall and the two have a tea party.

Olivia Scares Ian

Olivia tries to scare her little 'bother' but she can't time it right. Later Ian scares her.

Olivia Builds a Tower

Olivia is building a tower of random items. Ian, Perry, and William try to knock it down, but Mum and Dad forbid it. At the end, it's Olivia who purposely knocks it down.

Olivia Cheers Up William

There are two versions of this short. In one (used during the first season), William is upset and Olivia tries to cheer him up. At the end (when Olivia is in her dairy cow costume), she hurts her leg by stepping on a block and cheers him up. The other (used during the second) is similar, except with Olivia laying Edwin beside William instead of hurting her foot.

Broadcast

In addition to airing on Milkshake! and Nick Jr. in the UK and TG4 In Ireland, the series aired on the Nick Jr. Channel from 1 February 2009 until 30 October 2015 when Nickelodeon lost the rights to distribute the series. The show was subsequently broadcast on Universal Kids in the United States, Disney Junior in Latin America and Brazil, and Treehouse TV in Canada.