Bad Hair Day is the 1st short in Ask Poppy. It was uploaded to the official DreamWorksTV YouTube channel on July 14, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Poppy has to deal with Guy Diamond's hair, which is not cooperating with him. If not, he will miss out on Biggie's glowstick party. She manages to succeed by getting Biggie to change it to a glowstick and hats party.
Plot[]
Poppy notes that the role as Queen results in her sometimes helping her friends out of a tangle. She is with Cooper and Smidge who are excited for Biggie's glow stick party that night. Smidge has a giant stick and Cooper mean whiles swallowed his.
As the pair walk off leaving Poppy, Guy Diamond grabs her and pulls her into a nearby bush. It turns out his hair currently has a mind of its own and Poppy says he has a cowlick. Guy shows her otherwise as the hair misbehave. He notes he can't show up at Biggie's party like this.
Poppy tries to help Guy by spraying the hair with water, the hair dodges the spray. When they doesn't work Guy tries to jump in a pool of water but the hair clings onto a branch refusing to let go. Poppy demonstrates hair gel on Fuzzbert but the hair blocks the bottle preventing it being used on it. Trying to get the hair out results in the bottle spraying over Poppy.
Poppy pulls out her scrapbook supplies including glue and scissors in a last ditch effort to bring it under control. The extreme measures cause his hair to flip Guy over and runoff. Poppy stops, looks at the scissors and puts them away. Guy manages to grab a tree and clings on, giving Poppy time to cutthe hair, but it grabs her glue and sticks itself back onto Guy. Guy notes her needs an excuse to not attend Biggie's party as he can't turn up with his hair in a mess.
Poppy has an idea and convinces Biggie to change it to a glowsticks and hats party, finally taming Guy's hair by letting him cove it up.
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- David Fynn as Biggie & Mr. Dinkles
- Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
Trivia[]
- This short shares its title with one of Trolls: TrollsTopia's episode, as well as a comic published by Egmont Group and a band.
- It was titled as "Hairy Situation" in the credits.
- It is not recommended to swallow glowsticks as they can contain harmful chemicals.
- At one point, Guy's hair mimicks a Tube man.
- A cowlick is a natural issue wherein a section of a person's hair sticks up and does lay flat.
- Poppy makes a nod to the "never run with scissors" safety run. The reason no one should never run with scissors is because if someone trips and falls onto them, the scissors can cause harm via impalement and even lead to injury and death.