"Cloudy With A Chance Of Hugs" is the first segment of the 5th episode of the first season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 9th overall episode in the series. It premiered on January 19, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Branch grudgingly agrees to help Cloud Guy give a special someone an exclusive hug on Hug Day.
Plot[]
Poppy and Branch are lecturing the young Trolls about the importance of Hug Day, where for the whole day each Troll could only give or receive just one hug to another Troll. During the lecture, Branch gets lost in thought of when will he get the chance to ask Poppy to get a hug. Nervous, he awkwardly rushes back to his bunker.
At his bunker, Branch is having a hard time on overcoming his nervousness so that he can finally ask Poppy for a hug. Suddenly, Cloud Guy makes his presence again, much to Branch's annoyance. Cloud Guy is seeking advise from Branch on how to treat a lady due to her upcoming date, who is presumably a lady cloud. Branch refuses, but is obliged once Cloud Guy reveals that he has a private journal, containing info on Branch's desire to get a hug from Poppy. To proceed with the session, Cloud Guy wants Branch to act as the lady he would date while teaching him; he reluctantly agrees so that his journal can be returned.
Branch teaches Cloud Guy the "ABCs": attentiveness, ballroom dancing, and chivalry. Cloud Guy has to pass through on situations such as a mud puddle obstacle, eye contact, and ballroom dancing. He fails through several times, but eventually improves himself throughout the whole session. Although, Cloud Guy is still having a hard time trying to give a sincere discourse, so Branch gives him an example of a beautiful complimentary poem. Afterwards, Cloud Guy feels ready to proceed with his date. Notably undercover is the creepy Troll kid Keith, who's attempting to give his hug to Branch unsuspectingly.
Before meeting his date, Cloud Guy gives his journal back to Branch. To his shock, however, Cloud Guy reveals that his date is Poppy, misleading Branch into thinking that his date was a cloud. Fearing that Poppy may give her hug on Cloud Guy, Branch observes their date. Thanks to Branch's help, Cloud Guy is able to smoothly run a date with Poppy. Branch grows frustrated with Cloud Guy and decides to intervene, all while Keith is in pursuit to hug him. Cloud Guy plans to take Poppy to Bird Cliff, knowing that Branch fears birds so that he can't intervene further. Cloud Guy continues to flirt with Poppy, even using the poem Branch used as an example during the session. Branch tries his best to get Poppy's attention, even pointlessly trying to cover a mud puddle. Afterwards, Cloud Guy proceeds to take Poppy to Bird Cliff via floating.
Determined not to lose Poppy's hug to Cloud Guy, Branch overcomes his fear of birds and rushes towards Bird Cliff to stop Cloud Guy. But just as he arrives, the two have already hugged. Angry, Branch attacks Cloud Guy and tries to subdue him, but is easily countered. Poppy asks what's happening, resulting in Branch to finally confess that he wanted to be the one to receive her exclusive hug, and that he was just afraid that she would reject his request to hug her. Poppy reassures him that she intended all along to ask Branch to hug her. By this, Cloud Guy applauds Branch for finally having him motivated enough to confess his feelings to Poppy, meaning Cloud Guy tricked him into doing so.
Branch explains that her hug is gone after he saw Cloud Guy hugging Poppy. But Poppy clarifies to him the holiday rule, that her hug isn't gone because it only applies to Trolls, and not Cloud Guy. So Branch slowly proceeds to get a hug from Poppy, but at the last moment, his hug disappears when he notices Keith hug him first, forcing Poppy to abort.
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- Declan Churchill Carter as Keith
- Abby Ryder Fortson as Priscilla
- Gemma Fur (non-speaking)
- Other
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- This is one of the few episodes in Trolls: The Beat Goes On! to reference that Branch has feelings for Poppy, as shown in the Trolls movie.
- Hug Day is likely a subtle nod to "Valentine's Day".
- This is the first episode in which Poppy and Branch are the only members of The Snack Pack to appear.
- The episode's title is a reference to the film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and its sequel.
- Poppy's note about the value of hugging is a nod to the introduction of Trolls, where she claimed the children want to hug every half hour; however, she added that this would leave no time for singing.
- The storyboard animatic version of the full episode was put up by Jim Mortensen on Vimeo and can be watched here.
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