"Blank Day" is the first segment of the 1st episode of the sixth season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 64th overall episode in the series. It premiered on April 9, 2019.
Synopsis[]
There's nothing to do today, that being a "Blank Day". At the Blank Day Pitch Party, Poppy has a tough decision on choosing an idea in order to create a new holiday for the one free day on the Troll calendar.
Plot[]
The episode begins continuing from the last moments of "Bringing Up Birdy", with Poppy and Branch reacting to the Trolls, who are standing like frozen statues. Keith jumps out of a nearby bush and yells "Freeze Tag"; he touches Poppy and Branch, who freeze into a pose. Keith declares himself the winner, and immediately unfreezes everyone.
At the Party Shop, Sky Toronto is unfrozen and comments on the solid game of Freeze Tag. He is then told that there is an upcoming "Blank Day", to which he states that he needs to speak to Poppy.
Poppy can't believe it: an entire day with nothing planned. The resulting Blank Day is a combination of various things from different holidays, either being late or on a particular day that year. Another Troll overhears and Poppy confirms the Blank Day. Sky pulls her away and says that creating a new holiday is every Troll's dream, telling Poppy that she shouldn't tell everyone. That said, Sky told everyone. Soon, DJ appears, claiming that she has the best idea, followed by Smidge, Guy Diamond and Cooper. Then the rest of the village starts to appear.
Poppy turns to Branch, who's flattered that she came to him until she says that he's the only one who's cold and emotionless. He takes the compliment, and shows her the Select-o-tron, a device he invented. She quickly loses interest, but he keeps her there and explains he uses it to help him plant crops. He continues by saying that he can retool it to assign each Troll holiday a point value. Poppy realizes the machine doing the selection for her wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings, and thanks Branch for taking tradition and holiday values and breaking them down to cold-hard numbers, making him blush.
Poppy starts the Blank Day Pitch Party by letting DJ on stage. DJ comes up with "Your Welcomes-Giving". Guy has the idea of "New Glitter's Eve", a day where normal non-Glitter Trolls get to experience being a Glitter Troll for one day thanks to the help of Glitter Trolls' farts; Poppy isn't sure how to do this, but Guy leaves the magic to her if he wins. Biggie's idea is "Snuggle Squid Appreciation Day", a day where 8 "fans" snuggle a Snuggle Squid. Chenille suggests "Twindependence Day", a day where Trolls pretend their twins don't exist; Satin doesn't like this one, as that's not what they agreed upon pitch. Cooper's pitch is "Non-Sequitur Day", where he jokes that he never ate a carrot.
Poppy concludes the party, and they begin the machine processing part of the decision. DJ's holiday pitch gets 87 points to her amazement. Creek's pitch is next, and it also gets 87 points, much to the alarm of Poppy. Poppy compliments that it was just a fluke, but Branch begins mentioning the other holidays; no matter what, the machine gives 87 points to all the celebrations. Poppy asks what is wrong with the machine as the Trolls panic. Branch explains that nothing is wrong; it is that all the holidays are worth the same points and that it is perfect. Poppy calls it "useless", with Branch saying "perfectly useless" as a response. It falls upon Poppy to break the tie and pick a holiday as Blank Day is tomorrow. Instead of choosing one, she picks them all. As the other Trolls cheer, Branch facepalms to Poppy's decision.
The next day, everyone is celebrating their holiday, and Poppy likes the results. As soon as she says "Who says you can't please everyone?", the first crisis begins. Rufus is having a go at another Troll who is filling his holes on "Hole Digging Day"; the other Trolls throw the comment back at him as he's celebrating "Hole Filling Day". Poppy tries to stop them fighting, with Branch commenting that the choosing of all holidays was probably a bad idea. One by one, the holidays conflict with each other, and soon all Trolls are in peril.
Quick-thinking, Poppy starts a game of Freeze Tag and freezes everyone, though it will take a while to tag everyone. Later that evening she stands and confesses how sorry she was. With the Trolls whimpering, she goes to announce for a new holiday, only for Sky to interrupt her. It just turned midnight and Blank Day is over. Uncontainable Applause Day has started. Poppy is joined by Branch on stage along with Sky and his assistant as they clap and cheer.
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin & Chenille
- Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
- David Fynn as Biggie
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge and Rufus
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- Gary Cole as Sky Toronto
- Declan Churchill Carter as Keith
- Matt Lowe as Creek
- Kari Wahlgren as Harper
- Zehra Fazal as Celine Starburst
- King Peppy (non-speaking)
- Other
- Mr. Dinkles (non-speaking)
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 5-8" DVD.
Trivia[]
- This episode has an opposing plot in the Trolls: TrollsTopia episode "Ready, Set, Calendar!", which features there now being so many holidays that everyone has to keep track of due to the presence of 5 other Troll tribes that the Trolls are getting confused on how to follow them.
- As seen on the Troll calendar, "Trollgust" is a portmanteau between "Troll" and "August".
- The snippets of the song "Boom Da Party" was heard during Guy Diamond's holiday idea scene and at the end of the episode.
- Hug Day (an event that was previously happened in "Cloudy With A Chance Of Hugs") was mentioned by Poppy.
- Three of the suggested holidays are plays on real-life ones:
- "You're Welcome's-Giving" is a play on "Thanksgiving". "You're Welcome" is a polite vocal response to a thanks given.
- "New Glitter's Eve" is a play on "New Year's Eve".
- "Twindependence Day" is a play on "Independence Day".
- A "non-sequitur" is a comedic response gag wherein one says or does something illogical that is irrelevant to the current situation. This is why Cooper's response when Poppy asks him to explain it makes no sense; it's because he was demonstrating a non-sequitur.
- The word "shell-ebration" is a pun on "shell" and "celebration".
- In one scene, there is an animation error where Poppy's neck and her microphone were mistakenly overlayed when zooming in a scene.
- All members of The Snack Pack (with the exception of Fuzzbert) appear individually in this episode, which rarely happens in episodes of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!. Most episodes in the series feature members of the group, but leave some of them out.
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