Six-year-old Nancy Clancy enjoys fancy and French things that ranges from her outfit to her creative elaborate attire as she plans to teach some fanciness to her ordinary family and her friends.
Characters
Nancy Margaret Clancy – A 6-year-old girl who enjoys fancy things, and is a bit of Francophile. Her favorite color is fuchsia, she adores butterflies, has an adorable poodle named Frenchy, her own secret delivery mailbox to share all her party invitations with her best friend Bree, and her own playhouse. She also has a doll named Marabelle and sometimes carries her everywhere. There is a running gag throughout the series whenever Nancy mentions a French or hard-to-understand word or phrase, she would break the fourth wall and tell the viewers what that word or phrase means.
Josephine Jane "JoJo" Clancy – Nancy's younger sister. She has an imaginary friend named Dudley, is a PIT, loves to help, giggles a lot, and loves her stuffed animal "Mr. Monkey". She is 3 years old.
Claire Clancy – Nancy's mother.
Doug Clancy – Nancy's father.
Mrs. DeVine – Nancy's neighbor. Her name is likely a play on the word "divine".
Frank Clancy – Nancy's widowed maternal grandfather. He fixes a leaky pipe in "Nancy Goes to Work" where he's called "Grandpa Frank" His wife “Margaret” is Nancy’s namesake.
Poppy - Nancy's paternal grandfather. He is a professor of geology. Grammy and Poppy live in Chicago.
Grammy- Nancy’s paternal grandmother. Nancy often thinks she’s a spy when she’s actually a librarian who works for the government.
Bree James – Nancy's best friend. She is Nancy's next-door neighbor, loves nature, is a fantastique ice skater, has a dog named Waffles, and adores her doll Chiffon.
Mrs. James – Bree's mother.
Mrs Priva Singh- Doug’s accountant agency boss.
Mr. Ravi Singh-
Jonathan – Nancy's cousin who also enjoys fancy stuff. Prior to the series, he went by "Jonny", but now he goes by "Jonathan". He’s a magician and loves clothes.
Gus – A local courier who makes deliveries. He can be quite goofy at times and a bit clumsy. He also hates lying and being dishonest.in the episode “Parcel Pursuit” he loses his kitten Parcel while on his mail route.
Lionel – A boy who is a bit of a comedian. Lionel has wavy blond hair, fair skin and blue eyes. He wears a white T-shirt with long navy blue sleeves, and blue jeans, and he also wears brown shoes. He also has a dog named Flash and a rubber chicken named Bok-Bok, which he carries everywhere.- he has an autistic cousin named Sean that he cares for in an episode teaches Nancy to be calm around him. He also “likes” Wanda.
Brigitte – Nancy’s favorite waitress who always serves her and her friends and family their favorite pizza at the pizza parlor. She is also the Clancy’s babysitter.
Grace – Nancy's frenemy.
Freddy James – Bree's younger brother and JoJo's friend he is 3 years old.
Rhonda and Wanda – Two identical twin sisters who are Nancy’s friends and Lionel has trouble telling them apart.
Mr Chen – the shoe store owner and judge for the Plainfield ballroom dance competition.
Episodes
Like other Disney Junior shows from the time, the episode titles are spoken, but do not appear in text. It is also the first show to do so.
Series overview
Season 1 (2018-19)
All episodes in this season are directed by Jamie Mitchell and Mircea Kyle Mantta.
Season 2 (2019-20)
Fancy It Yourself
1. How to Have a Fancy Tea Party 2. How to Make Your Dog Fancy 3. How to Wear a Boa 4. How to Have a Fashion Show 5. How to Make a Flower You Eat 6. How to Make Your Hair Fancy 7. How to Make a Plain Outfit Fancy 8. How to Make a Fancy Tiara 9. How to Speak Francais 10. How to Make a Fancy Signature