Annie and Carola

***Annie and Carola*** is an animated comedy television series created by Claudio Fragasso and Myriam Ballesteros.

## Plot

Carola, a nerd with no social skills, builds her own robot clone as a friend. Someone to share her love for science with and as a buffer against the teen world that she doesn’t understand and fears. But, an accident turns her clone into a crazy, uninhibited friend who drags her into all the kinds of situations she fears the most.

## Characters

### Main

* Annie Robeaux, She is a cutting-edge robot who can cheer up the gloomiest day, but also get those around her into the most unbelievable trouble. A spontaneous, naive, uninhibited android who isn’t scared of anything or anyone and who doesn’t understand the human world and its rules.  If we add to this the fact that her emotional regulator does not work as it should, the result is explosive. Sometimes her rheostats overload with happiness, which makes her run up the walls and gallop across the ceiling. At other times her circuits are overloaded with feelings of empathy and Annie goes around hugging classmates and teachers at the most inopportune moments. She is voiced by Lilly Bartlam.
* Carola Merkelfrumkem, In the world there are lots of normal people, some geniuses and only one Carola Merkelfrumkem.  A super geek who gets the best grades at school, gives extra classes to the teachers and invents things that astonish the most eminent scientists. But, to her classmates, Carola is invisible. And Carola grew up without a loving family and isn’t used to spending time with people of her own age. She is voiced by Bryn McAuley.

### Annie and Carola's family

* Toni Platino, He is a skinny guy, with a miniature brain but who behaves as if he were a towering Adonis. In his youth he was a boxer, super featherweight. Now he’s personal trainer for Brad, his dog, who he treats as if his canine beauty competitions were the hardest and most masculine of sports, something that has led to more than one row with his wife.  He isn’t a bad person, but he completely ignores Carola and her friend. He spends most of his time watching sport on TV. He was voiced by Hadley Kay.
* Esmeralda, She is the brains of the couple.  She ordered the demolition of the house/astronomic observatory that Carola’s parents had built and built a new house in its place in the shape of her darling dog. She is also responsible for the interior décor and for styling Brad’s fur. Esmeralda spends a fortune on clothes, hairdressing and beauty treatments.  She thinks she has an irresistible charm. Like her husband, she has never cooked, washed up or done any other house work. For that she has Carola and her inventions. She was voiced by Emma Tate.
* Brad, He is a clever and devious dog who hates Carola because she is the only one in the family who doesn’t treat him like a prince. Brad sees Carola as his slave and can’t stand the fact that she won’t play along.  He can’t talk, but he’s more intelligent than his owners and manipulates them to do what he wants. He plans and executes twisted acts of mischief and ensures that it always looks like Carola’s fault. His owners adore him and spoil him, as they see him as their passport to the Pasmopolis jet set. His vocal efforts provided by Sunny Besen Thrasher.

### Supporting

* Nilda Wang, She has it all. Intelligence, popularity, beauty, sports skills and the most amazing and glamorous wardrobe in Pasmopolis. Nilda is used to being the star and the centre of attention and has been so since she was born. But all that is thrown into doubt the day that invisible nerd Carola arrives at school accompanied by her strange foreign friend. She was voiced by Alyson Court.
* Sara and Regina, They are a team and are officially Nilda’s best friends, an honour which places them very near the top of the social hierarchy at school. To earn this privilege, both girls must pass difficult daily wardrobe and style tests, as well as swearing total loyalty and obedience to Nilda. They was voiced by Annick Obonsawin and Novie Edwards.
* Annie and Carola's Teacher, He was voiced by Ray Winstone.

### Additional voices

* Julie Lemieux
* Linda Ballantyne
* Scott McCord
* Neil Crone
* Ron Rubin
* Dwayne Hill
* Cory Doran
* Tracey Hoyt
* Dan Chameroy
* Stuart Stone
* Catherine Disher
* Richard Binsley
* Athena Karkanis
* Hadley Kay
* Ron Pardo
* Denise Oliver
* Katie Griffin
* Megan Fahlenbock
* Stacey DePass
* Robert Tinkler
* Terri Hawkes
* Carter Hayden
* Jennifer Hale
* George Buza
* Tracey Moore
* Andrew Sabiston
* Samantha Weinstein (2016-May 20, 2023)
* Lena Headey
* Sue Elliot-Nicholls
* Caroline Munro
* Jimmy Hibbert
* Jeff Bennett
* Robbie Daymond
* Terry McGurrin
* Enn Reitel
* Yuri Lowenthal
* Sunny Besen Thrasher
* Robin Atkin Downes
* Tara Strong
* Rob Paulsen
* Grey DeLIsle
* Ania Pieroni
* Giovanni Frezza
* Nicoletta Elmi
* Joseph Motiki
* Brigitta Boccoli
* Michael Stephenson
* David Brandon
* Linda Blair
* Catherine Hickland