"Model Behavior" is the first segment of the 7th and final episode of the second season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 25th overall episode in the series. It premiered in March 9, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Satin and Chenille put on a fashion show to impress a trendsetter, Nova Swift.
Plot[]
At Satin and Chenille's pod, Poppy is trying on a dress the pair made that they felt suited her. A flashback reveals the dress was made via the process of the two fashion twins arguing with each other over various aspects of the dressmaking process. For example, its purple color came from Satin wanting the dress to be red and Chenille wanting it to be blue.
Poppy announces she has asked someone to take a look at their clothes. This happens to be the trendsetter Nova Swift, who appears in a puff of smoke as the girls are excited about her visit. Nova is instantly attracted to the ferocious nature of the twins' clothes, and suggests the girls put on a fashion show, to which Poppy offers to be the model for. Nova states that in order for clothes to shine the best, they need a model to display the clothes well against, and Poppy would upstage their clothing. This means they need a model who wouldn't outshine their garments.
DJ Suki is the first potential model, but she falls asleep. Chenille considers her "not intense enough". Smidge on the other hand is so violent that Satin labels her "too intense". Creek doesn't walk; he meditates and a bug lifts him up off the ground. Guy Diamond is up next, but being a Glitter Troll who walks around naked all the time, the clothes make him feels weird and he leaves proclaiming "Naked for life!".
The girls have a problem because they didn't find any suitable model. They feel Nova is going to hate their clothes, but Nova appears and questions that idea. Nova suggests a model that is as savage as their clothing is. To which the only Troll that fit this is Branch, who's busy cleaning his vest.
Branch agrees to help the twins by being their fashion model because it gives him the chance to knock an item off of the "Bunker List" that Poppy made for him, namely "Get a makeover". The girls question the nature of the items on the list and note just how many of them there are. Branch hides that some of the items weren't added by Poppy and moves on. When Branch goes to walk away, the Twins grab him and tell him they have to put him through runway boot camp first.
As they begin his training, Branch starts to get into it. By the time the show comes around in the evening, Branch is ready to show off their clothes and Nova is impressed. The twins begin to argue over his hairstyle and end up straining it. This makes him useless as a model and the twins are back where they started with the fashion show about to start.
Branch suggests they model their own clothes instead, and with a delayed start to the show, Poppy introduces Satin & Chenille. The Trolls gasp and mutter, as Poppy enters the stage again and makes a statement about the problem. Afterwards, the pair walk on stage and show off their items. Nova applauds their success.
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- Fryda Wolff as Satin & Chenille
- Sainty Nelsen as Nova Swift
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
- Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
- Biggie (non-speaking)
- DJ Suki (non-speaking)
- Creek (non-speaking)
- Sky Toronto (non-speaking)
- Archer Pastry (non-speaking)
- Other
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- The title is a reference to the eponymous 1982 movie.
- It's also a wordplay on different meanings of "model behavior". Respectively, the meanings are "how models behave" and "ideal examples of how to behave".
- Branch's Bunker List is mentioned for the first time in this episode.
- Kevin Michael Richardson is not credited for voicing Smidge in this episode.
- Guy Diamond is a Glitter Troll, so this is why he prefers to be naked. These Trolls generally can't stand clothing, as it hides their beautiful glittery bodies.
- This is the start of the Fashion Twins and Nova Swift's character arc in the series.
- Branch being the twins' model is also touched upon in the book Satin & Chenille and the Fashion Show Disaster. This is an officially licensed book, but it's not considered canon.
- Three of the outfits that the Fashion Twins give to Branch make references and nods to other sources:
- The hair swept back, navy overcoat look is a reference to Lord Nelson.
- The one in which Branch is seen eating an apple with a snake and appears almost naked is likely a nod to Adam and Eve. In the story, the snake tempts Adam and Eve to eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Once they did, they not only became aware of morals, but that they were naked themselves.
- The one with points on Branch's butt is a reference to the iconic cone-bra that the singer Madonna wore during her Blond Ambition World Tour.
- Two of Branch's outfits in this episode appear in DreamWorks Trolls Pop.
- Poppy's outfit at the start also appears in the app, with sunglasses added to it.
- The Trolls: TrollsTopia episode "Highly Amused" would also see Branch become an inspiration for another Troll.
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