Fuzzling Trolls, also known simply as Fuzzlings, are a variant of Trolls whose name applies to Trolls like Fuzzbert, who serves as this family's archtype. These Trolls are only seen living among the Pop Trolls. Like the Glitter Trolls, the term hasn't been impacted by Trolls World Tour, and is one of the few families to be still referenced. In regards to the movies, while many Glitter Trolls exist alongside Guy Diamond, Fuzzbert is shown to be unique and the only Fuzzling present, making the other Fuzzlings a family that appears only in alternative media for the franchise.
The term "Fuzzling" itself is of unknown origin. The Top Trumps Trolls, which feature the earliest naming of Troll families is the oldest recording of the use of "Fuzzling". It is used in the Trolls: Crazy Party Forest! game, and has been used thereafter for all references to these type of Trolls. Fuzzbert was one of the several Fuzzlings named in the game. The Trolls: The Beat Goes On! series first uses the name in "Fun Branch", where the Fuzzlings were repairing various pods. They still appear in Trolls: TrollsTopia, but at rarer instances.
Appearance[]
Fuzzlings helping Cooper
They're essentially just a fluff of hair with two legs sticking out of the bottom, and nothing else. Due to their lack of a body and head, they're normally shorter than average Trolls. They make noises, but cannot speak and are otherwise silent.
Some Fuzzlings have been shown to stick out arms from their hair, including a generic Fuzzling in the Trolls: The Beat Goes On! episode "The Fast And The Friendliest" and Fuzzbert in Trolls World Tour, with which he high-fived Queen Poppy. The latter case was a joke about Branch being unable to do the same.
Along with Glitter Trolls, Fuzzlings are among the easiest Trolls to identify. Although, they also have the only Troll design wherein gender is impossible to pick out, with only descriptions of them stating their gender.
Known Members[]
The following is a list of known Fuzzlings in the franchise.
Official[]
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Books[]
- Seltzi is a Fuzzling that appeared in the Trolls Magazine and appeared in vol.17 of the Trolls edition. The name "Seltzi" means "soda water". Seltzi is a Fuzzling with blue sparkling hair and pink feet.
Abilities[]
"Did you find the imposter?"
They have the ability to store a lot of items in their hair, including a large numbers of other Trolls. Promotional material also states that they lack the ability to talk, and are only capable of incomprehensible noises, hums and murmurs which is shown also in both 3D and 2D animation. Fuzzlings are considered the most mysterious of the Troll families by Troll standards.
Also, in "The Imposter", Branch goes to shake hands with Fuzzbert. This was a trick so that he could tug Fuzzbert's hair while looking for an imposter Troll, only for Fuzzbert to pull Branch into his hair as a response. Once inside, he's approached by 3 other Fuzzlings who ask him in digital noise "Did you find the Imposter?", clearly annoyed that he pulled Fuzzbert's hair. They appear to be fully aware that there's an imposter among the Trolls, who's certainly not one among them. Branch then appears outside of another Fuzzling.
A number of times in Trolls: The Beat Goes On! and Trolls: TrollsTopia, Fuzzlings are seen in the creation and restoration of the Pop Troll pods (though in Trolls media the Trolls make their pods out of their own hair) and other building projects. However, normal Pop Troll builders are also used in the series too. They were also used in "Hair Fracture" as a squad to aid Val Thundershock and Branch in finding and apprehending Poppy, who was supposed to be resting her hair. In "The Helper", a Fuzzling pilots the plane Poppy rides in to visit Bergen Town.
Despite this, the Fuzzlings are absent throughout most of the 2D animated series and appear as a Troll family only in a handful of episodes of both series, with Fuzzbert being the only notable individual. Fuzzlings are overall portrayed in a similar manner to the lower working-class citizens from real life; they fill the roles of general laborers around Pop Village, doing odd jobs and large projects where required. Despite their roles, they're not treated as such by the other Pop Trolls and are regarded as normal Pop Trolls.
Etymology[]
While the name is of an unknown origin, a couple of possible explainations exist:
- "Fuzzling" is the adjective form of the word "fuzzle". The likely meaning of the word which applies to the family means "to confuse" or "befuddle", referring to how the Fuzzlings are generally regarded as mysterious Trolls within the franchise with no explained origin.
- The name is also likely a play on "fuzz", which refers to the fuzzy appearence of the Trolls' world. In this case, it isn't just about their appearance, but rather about them being a clump of hair or "fuzz".
Trivia[]
- The Trolls: The Beat Goes On! episode "What Did I Miss?" was meant to reveal that Mags Gumdrop's hair wasn't natural at all, but rather a large Fuzzling sitting on top of her head. The skit was cut from the episode.
- Skyscraper is likely a joke about their family's lack of features besides feet.
- They were very common toys in the Blind bag series by Hasbro. Most of the released series had at least one, if not two, Fuzzlings.
- A pair of Fuzzlings were seen in "Flyer's Ed" laying claim to a planet or moon in the name of Fuzzlings.
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