"Pillow War" is the second segment of the 7th and final episode of the second season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 26th overall episode in the series. It premiered in March 9, 2018.
Synopsis[]
The village puts on a pillow fight in order for one to win the very comfortable Pillow of Destiny.
Plot[]
Poppy announces that the Pillow Harvest Festival has begun, and the Trolls rush to find Pillows to pick off the Pillow Trees. Other events are also taking place but Trolls picking their Pillow is the main event of the day. Poppy explains to Keith, whose Pillow from last year had just gone bad, that each Trolls has a special Pillow that calls to them. If picked by its respected Troll, that Pillow will make certain the Troll have a good night's sleep for a full year.
When Poppy is choosing a Pillow, a particular one calls to her, but at the same time it also calls to Branch. They both end up holding the same Pillow. King Peppy explains that two Trolls picking the same Pillow has happened only once before, driving one of the Trolls mad. A flashback reveals Peppy was the one; he stole the Pillow from another Troll and then went back to hit the other Troll with it. Peppy warns that the two Trolls much destroy the Pillow before they destroy each other fighting over it. The two mock the idea, and Poppy walks off with it.
As Poppy walks off, Branch tosses Pillows at her. Poppy manages to avoid the sneak attack from Branch and declares she will wreck his entire world. As they go to fight, Gia Grooves tells them off as they will walk the baby she is babysitting. Their fighting interrupts Priscilla's birthday party.
As the pair hits the ground, Branch takes a Pillow. Poppy states the nice thing would be to give the Pillow back to her. Poppy calls for backup (Team Poppy: Smidge and Guy Diamond) and Branch does the same (Team Branch: Cooper and DJ Suki), with other members of The Snack Pack (save Biggie) now joining either side. As Branch launches the attack command, DJ and Cooper begin finger-snapping, dancing and singing, much to Branch's disappointment as Poppy states he forgot he was fighting with Trolls.
King Peppy interrupts, and notes the fight over the Pillow will consume everyone. He says it is time to quit, as Mags Gumdrop is doing her improv show. Smidge states they can't miss that. Poppy and Branch agree to settle the fight the following day at Misty Meadows.
The next day, Branch appears with even more backup. Meanwhile, Poppy has built a Pillow fort. The pair accuse each other of being sneaky, and it's clear that the Pillow is driving them crazy. The two sides go to fight.
When Poppy has him with his back against the wall, Branch summons King Gristle Jr. to aid his side. Gristle knocks all the Trolls out of the way, goes overboard and despite Branch's plea smashes the fort. Gristle ends the fight with a loud smash of a Pillow to the ground, causing all Trolls to go flying. Everyone's Pillows are destroyed in the process, and the Trolls mourn their losses.
Seeing the damage the fighting has caused, Branch and Poppy decide to destroy the Pillow they had dubbed "Lord Bedfellow" between them. As they celebrate the end of the fight, attention is drawn to a mysterious chest DJ Suki found while they were fighting. Poppy ends the episode by saying that it's "to be continued".
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- David Kaye as King Peppy
- Declan Churchill Carter as Keith
- Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin & Chenille, Gia Grooves and Dr. Moonbloom
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
- Archer Pastry (non-speaking)
- Harper (non-speaking)
- Sky Toronto (non-speaking)
- Creek (non-speaking)
- Aspen Heitz (non-speaking)
- Priscilla (non-speaking)
Songs[]
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- The title refers to a pillow fight, which is a play fight using pillows. A "war" is generally considered more violent and has more consequences, and thus is more harsher than a "fight". It refers to how out of hand Poppy and Branch's behavior got in the episode.
- Interestingly, the working title of the episode was "Pillow Fight".[1]
- A storyboard animatic version of the full episode was uploaded by Jim Mortensen on Vimeo and can be seen here.
- The only members of The Snack Pack missing in this episode are Biggie and Fuzzbert.
- This is also one of the few episodes in which most of the group appears indvidually.
- The lyric "Float like a butterfly, sting like a cushion" is a reference to boxer Muhammad Ali's phrase "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
- The finger-snapping song/dance fight sequence is a reference to West Side Story.
- Branch's "They may hit us with pillows" speech is a reference to Mel Gibson's quote as William Wallace in the 1995 film Braveheart. Incidentally, Klaus Von Frousting can be seen wearing the same face paint that Gibson wore during the film's battle scene against the English.
- A common formula within the series was that Branch and Poppy got into competitions with each other and both would then try and prove who is the best. These would take up the entire episode and most of the time result in Branch loosing, this the only episode no one was a winner.
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