Olive Elephant

> I **love** nature!
>
> -Olive Elephant

* Normal
* Pajamas
* Sports
* Book
* Bookworm
* Winter
* Pilot
* Older Pilot

**Olive Elephant** is one of Elinor's best friends. She is voiced by Maria Nash.

## Personality

She is warm and perceptive, and a good friend to Elinor and Ari. Olive is by far the smartest of the trio, and she loves reading books and sharing facts she finds. She also has an affinity for bananas. Not only does she like bananas, but Wind in the Web reveals that Olive loves pretzels. She also appears to have some level of skill in playing the violin, seen in The Violin Lesson.

## Appearance

### Body

Olive has light gray skin with darker gray nails on her hands and feet, small elephant ears and a short trunk. Unlike her friends, she doesn't have visible fingers due to her being an elephant.

### Clothing

Her pants are light blue, while her shirt is light blue with a dark blue heart on the chest. Her miniskirt is also dark blue, as is the bow atop her head. Due to her lack of fur, Olive has to wear more clothing to protect herself from the cold than some of her friends do. Depending on how cold it is, Olive's warm clothing can range from a simple jacket and boots to a full, heavy winter outfit. At night, Olive wears a light blue onesie with a rainbow on its front. For Costume Day in *Owl Girl*, Olive dressed as a book about bananas. For Insect Day in *Butterfly Drinks*, Olive dressed as a bookworm. Her skirt in "The Seed of an Idea" uses an old design seen in early promotional posters. This old design has an additional cyan stripe and a smaller heart. During the soccer game in *Ari's Lucky Shirt*, Olive retains her blue heart shirt, but omits her skirt, exchanging her pants for darker blue shorts. During her birthday in Olive's Library instead of her usual bow, she wears a pink tiara with blue jewels on it.

During the show's pilot, Learning From Nature (as well as a Pipeline Studios Instagram post), Olive wears an entirely pink version of her outfit without a heart shape. Her stripe is a much lighter pink, and she has a frilly collar on her neck. This outfit is highly similar to Camilla's.

## Physical Traits

In addition to trumpeting, Olive can use her trunk as a sort of third arm, being able to move and grab things with it. Despite not having visible fingers, Olive can still hold objects in her hands. She seems to trumpet instead of yelling when startled or surprised, as seen in *Hiding in Plain Sight*.

## Quotes

* "I like that word."
* "I love nature!"
* "Hmm, I'm gonna write this down."
* "I think I read something about that in my nature book!"
* "Sounds like a mystery."

## Trivia

* She shares her same name with Agent Olive from another Canadian PBS Kids live action show, titled *Odd Squad.* Although, the name Olive isn’t uncommon.
* She and her family may be a type of elephant without tusks, as her mother isn’t seen with any.
* Feathers reveals that her favorite color is blue.
* She loves barbecues, seen in Follow Your Nose.
* Olive's name was originally "Hazel" in the pilot. Another character would later take the name.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CkyyCTGuRPk

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