- For the song of the same title as the episode, see Musical Thrones (song).
"Musical Thrones" is the first segment of the 7th and final episode of the fourth season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 50th overall episode in the series. It premiered on November 2, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Poppy hosts the biggest contest of the year for the ultimate Hug Watch prize, as the Musical Thrones Tournament tests Smidge and Biggie's longtime alliance.
Plot[]
Poppy introduces the annual musical chairs event known as the "Musical Thrones Tournament". She is happy to host the event and make it as epic as the previous years. She focuses on a few Trolls who are of particular interest: "Aspen Heitz aka the Chair Wolf", "the Rookie Branch", and the champions Smidge and Biggie, who are the only pair to play as a team. Branch catches the last part and questions how they can play like a team. They explain they call themselves "the sit twins"; they refuse to sit unless at the same time and always win. They take turns in being champion. This year is Smidge's turn, and they brag that nothing can come between them.
Since this is her first year, Poppy decides to spice things up by adding that whoever wins will get a "state of the art" Hug Watch, equipped with hug positioning system (HPS). The watch attracts both the attention of Biggie and Smidge and the former states he could do a lot of hugging with that watch, which leads Smidge to question if she could, as it is her turn to win. Biggie states he would never break their alliance, no matter how beautiful the watch is.
The tournament begins. As the sitters go to sit on the chairs, they disappear and Poppy yells she told them she would spice things up. They have to leave the arena and find them. Round 1 is called "In the Wild". The pair find one chair inside a cake while they use a chance to grab another from Trolls who are struggling with one on a spring. Round 2 is "blindfolds", round 3 is "underwater" and round 4 is "Puffalo Chase". Biggie and Smidge have made it through these 4 rounds, but on this one, Biggie stumbles and falls onto his chair, sitting before Smidge does. Smidge confronts Biggie on sitting before her, to which he replies that he would never do that and it is only an accident. The round ends with only 3 contestants in: Branch, Biggie and Smidge.
DJ Suki questions Poppy on if she is taking this too far, but Poppy believes everything is okay. The 3 are the semi-finalists, and Poppy announces a snack time.
While snack time is on, Branch talks to Biggie on how crazy the game is. Biggie states that even if Poppy changes the rules, he has his partner Smidge. Smidge sees the two, and thinks Biggie is forming an alliance against her.
Round 5 is "Sky Diving". The 3 jump off the critter and chase after the last two chairs. Smidge goes after a chair and Biggie grabs it for her and tells her to go after the other one before Branch. Smidge, however, thinks Biggie will sit first and so sits on the chair herself. This forces Biggie to go after Branch, despite being slower at falling than him. Branch almost has the chair, but a bird gets in his way. Biggie is able to get the last chair.
When the pair land, Biggie asks why Smidge sat without him, but Smidge accuses him of having a counter-alliance with Branch; Biggie denies about such thing. Their argument is interrupted by Poppy, who excites the crowd for the finalists. Poppy hears the pair ending their alliance and realizes she really has gone too far as DJ gives her a glare. At that moment, the bird drops off Branch and he tells him he's out to relief. Poppy wants to make some changes to the last round.
The last round begins, and the pair are still not happy with each other. When the music ends, they go for the last chair and it disappears. Poppy has set up the last round, so one Troll must hold down the button while the other sits and they cannot win without cooperation. They try to make it despite this and give up. Smidge stands on the button as they agree to make up and Biggie sits.
Biggie is given the crown, but he gives the Hug Watch to Smidge. They hug and declare "sit twins for life".
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- David Fynn as Biggie
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
- Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin & Chenille
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- Matt Lowe as Aspen Heitz
- Walt Dohrn as Fuzzbert
Songs[]
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- The title is a play on "musical chairs". A throne is a special chair on which someone in power sits with authority.
- "Hug Positioning System" is likely a portmanteau between "hug" and "Global Positioning System".
- Mass has no impact on the speed of falling, so neither Biggie or Smidge should fall faster.
- Branch gets through to the semi-finals, but Poppy's tone is negative towards him, despite the fact that this was his first time playing and he beat favorites such as Aspen Heitz.
- The song Boom Da Party plays at the beginning of the episode and in Round 1 and Round 5 of the tournament.
- 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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