Shani Mayne (Smith in 2018) is one of the main characters in Polly Pocket franchise, and is African American. She is one of four close friends of the titular character, Polly Pocket. In the classic series, she is a genius girl, she often carries a notebook to do research helping her friends in their school projects.
In the 2011 cartoon, she becomes an amateur scientist inventing several devices in addition to having her own laboratory in Pollyville.
