Lola Luftnagle

Lola Luftnagle (originally "Lola LaFonda") is the alter-ego of Lilly Truscott which she uses as a disguise when attending celebrity events where Miley is dressed as Hannah.

Personality[]

In order to help Miley keep her secret, Lilly attends all Hannah Montana events wearing a disguise and posing as Hannah's assistant "Lola Luftnagle". Lilly first comes up with the name "Lola LaFonda" for her alter-ego in the episode Miley Get Your Gum, but she would later settle on Luftnagle in It's My Party, and I'll Lie if I Want To and that name is used in all subsequent episodes. Lilly claims that Lola is the "daughter of oil baron Rudolph Luftnagle, [and] sister of socialites Bunny and Kiki Luftnagle." ^[1] She describes herself as "(Hannah's) brilliant friend Lola" ^[2], being a "sophisticated international jet setter" ^[3]. When Lola is too excited to talk, she emits a distinctive, high-pitched Eep-sound^[4]. Lola likes to eat shrimp^[5] and sushi^[6]. She is definitely a funny gal and rambunctious partygoer. Lola is almost always there for her best friend, Hannah.

In the first two seasons, Lola's celebrity crush is Orlando Bloom^[7]. This is even referenced in the show's title song The Best of Both Worlds. In The Test of My Love, Lola fills in for Hannah at Traci's "Putt-Putt for puppies charity event", ruining it completely when she spots Orlando Bloom and goes after him, yelling "Orlando! You don't understand! We're meant for each other! You can't run away from destiny!", whereas in season 3, she refers to him as "Snorlando Bloom" ^[8]. Lola is not dating Mike as mentioned in He Could Be the One. Instead she is dating Justin Timberlake, according to an Internet rumor she has "no idea" who started it.

Lola loves dogs. In Miley Get Your Gum she holds a dog named Thor (who is never to be seen again), and in Miley Hurt the Feelings of the Radio Star, Hannah and Lola attend the "Animal Rescue Foundation", where Lola gets handed over a dog as soon as she enters the studio, saying: "Oh look! It's a little Lola dog for Lola! Hello, who's the little Lola? Who's the little ... Oh. You're a little leaky Lola." This is interesting because normally Lola is ignored completely by other people.

For some reasons, Lilly gets a bit upset because the times Miley has told people she is Hannah Montana, Lilly says she is Lola Luftnagle, but "nobody cares about Lola" ^[9]. In I'll Always Remember You, Lilly says: "(Siena) didn't know who Lola was! Look at me! I wear Day-Glo wigs, I dress like a Japanese cartoon character! How can she not know who Lola is? (...) Lola is real to me."

In Season 4, when Miley finally showed the world her secret, Lilly also took off her wig for the last time.

Style[]

Lolaluftnagle-season3 — A purple wig Lola wears in Season 2.

Lola wears a lot of jewelry like rings, necklaces, huge earrings and bracelets together with a brightly colored wig. In season 1, the hair colors are red, purple, and blue. Some outfits are special, some are uncommon combinations of casual clothing like blue jeans and cardigans. In season 2 we can see red, white, purple, and pink wigs, most of which are short. The outfits are more colorful now, for some reasons, there are skirts and leggings to be seen, for some reasons, pants with zippers. In the seasons 3 and 4, the wigs are longer than in the first two seasons. The colors change from blue to purple, pink and white. Also in season 3 and 4, Lola is wearing high heels from time to time. On some outfits the letter "L" (for "Lola") can be seen.

Emily Osment has explained that she has over 80 wigs for Lola, and her personal favorites are the purple and white wigs ^[10]. She also said in a backstage interview that Lola has some tight-fitting pants that are impossible to sit in, and that she is more like Lola than Lilly. She also stated in an interview that she loves Lola's clothes ^[11] and just wants to keep them. Ashleigh and Molly Luftnagle, Ashleigh played by Emily Osment and Molly played by Miley Cyrus, but without any relation to Lola.

References by other characters[]

In It's My Party, and I'll Lie if I Want To, Traci Van Horn explains about Lola "What a loser" and "She's just so uncool".
In the same episode, Traci calls her "Lola Loser Giggle" which is a reference to Emily Osment's character on Spy Kids 2 and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Gertie Giggles.
In Everybody Was Best Friend Fighting, Guillermo Montoya says that Lola is "colorful".
Also in Everybody Was Best Friend Fighting, Colin Lasseter refers to Lola as "Cutie with the tomatohead".
In Yet Another Side of Me, Dahliano says to Lola "Sweetness, you're adorable, but you look like Raggedy Ann threw up all over you!"
In Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart, Traci Van Horn refers to Lola as a "bitter anime character".
In Super(stitious) Girl, Zack Martin refers to Lola as "Highlighterhead".
In Come Fail Away, the producer of the show asks Hannah "Is the purple pixie really here or am I just overtired?"
In Kiss It All Goodbye, Jackson says: "I think that Lola wig did some serious damage up there."

Trivia[]

Lola does not wear a green-colored wig. Part of the reason for the lack of a colored wig is that Lilly herself is a natural blonde.
Lola has her own section in the Hannah closet for her outfits.
In Money for Nothing, Guilt for Free, for an instant Lola and Hannah wear each other's wig.
In Take This Job and Love It, Lola and Hannah switch their outfits.
In Don't Stop 'Til You Get the Phone, Lola is together with Hannah on the front page of the magazine 'The National Inquiry'.
In Super-Stitious Girl, Hannah tries a blue Lola wig after having lost her own blonde wig.
Lola does not appear in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Reviews on the internet[]

On www.thefrisky.com ^[12]: "Larry David showed up on 'Hannah Montana' (...). Unlike on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', he actually doesn't look like the most ridiculous person in the room. That award goes to Hannah's pink-haired friend who looks like a Lady Gaga impersonator."

On www.twistmagazine.com ^[13]: "Hold on to your seats, because we're about to make a pretty controversial claim. Some may believe that Hannah Montana was the queen of wigs and master of disguises. Her entire identity may rest on her wig-changing skills, but we happen to think that the title really belongs to Lola Luftnagle. That's right: Lily Prescott's stylish alter-ego had the wig collection of our dreams, and literally transformed her look at the drop of a hat when she needed to go undercover. She practically invented the rainbow bob wigs that so many celebs now rock in their everyday life. Move over, Kylie Jenner – Lola is a classic."

Outfits Gallery[]

There are 62 different outfits Lola is wearing, up to three different outfits per episode. Some outfits are shown for only a few seconds. Every outfit is used only once, although some are very similar to each other. The outfits shown in I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak and When You Wish You Were The Star do not count due to in both episodes it's Lilly, not Lola.