Trollex is a minor character in Trolls World Tour, a supporting character in Trolls: Holiday in Harmony, and a cameo character in Trolls: TrollsTopia. He's the fun-loving, but passive king of the Techno Trolls. In the "Tourist Map" video from the aforementioned movie's extras, Cloud Guy calls him "DJ King Trollex".
He was supposed to make an appearance in Trolls Band Together but was removed fairly early on in development.[1]
Appearance[]
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King Trollex is a Techno Troll, and he appears to have bio-luminescent neon colors with an aquatic biology, having fins instead of legs (the fins having pixel-like colors of pink, cyan, and blue) and gill-like ears. He has dark blue skin with neon green hair that resembles fiber optics held together in a purple topknot, blue, violet, red, orange, yellow, and green bands of color on both arms, pale green eyes with no whites and large, round black pupils, and a neon green mouth with yellow teeth. He also has pixelated freckles of lighter blue on his cheeks. He's usually seen (but not always) wearing pinkish-purple wireless headphones made of either sea sponges or corals.
Like all Techno Trolls, he has a pixelated pink heart symbol on his chest and an unibrow. He's actually noticeably bigger than any member of his Tribe who's made as a Random Troll. His height is owed to having a longer body and much longer fins than the other Techno Trolls.
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He resembles his Trolls World Tour appearance with the addition of a yellow crown and a red robe. At first glance, he appears similar to Synth's animation "puppet", but he has a different, smaller torso, his freckles are unique, and his hair ranges from a light green to a neon green in color. He also has unique ears and a thinner, longer, unibrow. While he has the same colored bands on his arms as in Trolls World Tour, the size of each band is smaller than any 2D-animated Techno Troll, likely because he has the most colors of any Techno Troll on his arms. Unlike in Trolls World Tour, his fins are the same length as all other Techno Trolls, so he's about the same height as most Trolls from his Tribe here.
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Official Bios[]
Trolls World Tour[]
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As their leader, King Trollex is tasked with keeping everyone partying safely, and of course—the most important royal duty of them all—dropping the beat. But when Barb and her band of hard rockers roll into town, she presents Trollex with an impossible dilemma: "Your people, or your string." King Trollex is portrayed by Grammy Award winner Ramos, whose work onstage includes his pivotal role as one of the original cast of Broadway’s Hamilton. "Anthony is an incredible talent," raves producer Gina Shay. "He has a wonderful singing voice and brings heart and comedy to the character of Trollex, the Techno king. He is one of the greatest additions we made to the Trolls cast this time around."[2] |
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| —DreamWorks, 2020 | ||
- Official Twitter
Personality[]
Trollex with Tadd and his parents while he teases his new song drop
King Trollex appears to be an exuberant and positively electric Troll who loves his tribe's genre of Techno Music. He's beloved by his Techno Trolls and enjoys playing their music to bring them all together, proclaiming his idealization for family, love and music. He's shown to be a bit of a playful prankster; he purposely makes his Tribe wait for the drop of his song to hype it up, even disappearing and reappearing to lift up Tadd as he kept saying, "Wait for it". His delayed song drop was being frustrating to members like Bliss Marina.
But he did show himself to be brave when he went to confront Queen Barb by himself, showing that he's protective of his people, and he's willing to put himself at risk if it means keeping them safe. However, Trollex chose not put up a fight against Barb after she and her Rock Trolls displayed how dangerous they were, and because Trollex realized he and his people were in no position to resist. He values his Tribe's music, but he values his Tribe even more as he willingly gave up his Tribe's String to Barb to protect his people, even though it clearly went against his heart.
He was despondent when it appeared his music had been destroyed forever, but he quickly cheered up when the Funky Family helped everyone realize that music came from the heart, as it always had. King Trollex agreed by adding music comes from one's experiences, and he joyfully embraced the notions of harmony and differences as he sang Just Sing with all the other Troll leaders.
In Trolls: TrollsTopia, King Trollex was shown to have been inspired by Poppy's "TrollsTopia" project and began his own project, thus making him the second Troll leader to formally begin a program of cultural exchange and cohabitation within his Kingdom, a step forward for all Troll kind.
Relationships[]
Techno Beat Drop Button[]
Trollex and Techno Beat Drop Button are best friends, with him being there as his party sidekick. He was also shown to be quite protective of Techno Beat Drop Button, shielding him when Barb is about to attack Techno Reef (though this was originally part of a deleted scene that involved Techno Beat Drop Button being used as storage for the Techno string).
Skills & Abilities[]
He has most normal Troll abilities, as well as the abilities of his Tribe.
He was seen to float in the air out of water. It is unknown if this ability is unique to him or his Tribe.
Music[]
He's seen using a DJ booth.
When dancing, he often goes through multiple spots in a quick and sudden pattern.
As king of the Techno Trolls, it was his sworn duty to protect his music, including the blue string of Techno, until the strings were destroyed and the Trolls reunificated as a species.
Leadership Skills[]
King Trollex is the leader of the Techno Trolls and spends most of his time keeping the heart beats of his people beating to the same EDM tune. He is a peaceful king, and offers no resistance to the invading Rock Trolls, as it would harm his people and their vibe. Trollex is friendly like the rest of his Tribe.
In Trolls: TrollsTopia, he makes an appearance in "Troll Exchange Program", wherein he has become inspired by Queen Poppy's TrollsTopia project and begins his own the "Troll Exchange Program". This program means that a Troll can live in Techno Reef for an entire year and experience life in the Reef and experience Techno culture to its fullest first hand. Poppy herself considers the move an achievement among the Tribes as it means that her own values towards a unified Troll Kingdom have begun to pay off and now other Tribes are opening the idea up to allow other Trolls into their Kingdoms to live there.
Songs[]
Trolls World Tour[]
Trolls: Holiday in Harmony[]
Etymology[]
His name is a portmanteau between "Skrillex" (an American DJ/Producer) and "Troll".
Trivia[]
General
- Trollex's star sign is Aquarius.[3]
- This choice is likely because of the sign's water-related theme.
- Discounting Poppy, Trollex was the second Troll Leader to be mentioned after Barb in Trolls: TrollsTopia, being first mentioned and seen in the episode "Troll Exchange Program". He's the only leader besides Poppy to physically appear in the show, though Barb appeared before him in Trolls Scrapbook Stories, making him the second to appear in 2D media overall.
Specific To...
- Trolls World Tour
- Despite being a minor character in the movie, he appears in all of the advertisements. However, his main appearance in the movie is at the beginning the film. He then makes a few brief returns near the end of the movie.
- In a deleted scene from the trailers, Trollex was originally going to be shown on acquiescing the Techno string to Barb onscreen by removing it from Techno Beat Drop Button.
- Trolls Band Together
- Trollex was originally going to appear as a DJ in a deleted scene about planning for BroZone's reunion party, which didn't make it into the final cut.[4]
- Other Media
- In his conceptual design, Trollex originally going to wear a glow stick necklace, which would later be removed for unspecified reasons.
References[]
| Trolls World Tour characters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Trolls | ||||
| Queen Poppy • Branch • King Peppy • Biggie • Smidge • Guy Diamond • Tiny Diamond • Satin & Chenille • Legsly • Fuzzbert • Skyscraper | ||||
| Rock Trolls | ||||
| Queen Barb • King Thrash • Riff • Carol • Sid Fret • Amp | ||||
| Country Trolls | ||||
| Delta Dawn • Clampers Buttonwillow • Growley Pete | ||||
| Classical Trolls | ||||
| Wolfgang Amadeus Trollzart | ||||
| Funk Trolls | ||||
| King Quincy • Queen Essence • Prince Darnell • Cooper | ||||
| Techno Trolls | ||||
| King Trollex • Tadd • Bliss Marina | ||||
| Other Trolls | ||||
| Chaz • Tresillo • Marimba & Tambora • The K-Pop Gang • Hickory • Dickory | ||||
| Non-Trolls | ||||
| Cloud Guy • Mr. Dinkles • Debbie • Sheila Balloon • Pennywhistle • Techno Beat Drop Button • Janet • Cloud Guy's Children | ||||
| Cut | ||||
| The Mariachi Sisters • Little Miss Polka • The Barbershop Boys • Crunch | ||||
| Trolls: Holiday in Harmony characters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Trolls | ||||
| Queen Poppy • Branch • Guy Diamond • Tiny Diamond • Satin & Chenille • Legsly • Fuzzbert | ||||
| Rock Trolls | ||||
| Queen Barb • King Thrash • Riff • Sid Fret • Val Thundershock | ||||
| Country Trolls | ||||
| Delta Dawn • Holly Darlin' | ||||
| Funk Trolls | ||||
| Prince Darnell • Cooper | ||||
| Techno Trolls | ||||
| King Trollex • Bliss Marina | ||||
| Other Trolls | ||||
| Windbreeze | ||||
| Non-Trolls | ||||
| Cloud Guy • Mr. Dinkles • Sheila Balloon | ||||
| Techno Trolls | ||||
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| Leader: | ||||
| King Trollex | ||||
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| Misc. related articles: | ||||
| Techno String • Techno Reef • Techno Lagoon | ||||