The following is a transcript for the episode "Potluck Poppy".
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(The Trolls are having a potluck party at the Pop Village Market. They are trying food from the different Tribes. Poppy and Branch watch while holding plates of cupcakes. They then eat a cupcake.)
Branch: (While eating) Congratulations, Poppy! Potluck Party is a hit!
Poppy: (Putting her plate of cupcakes in her hair) Why, thank you, Branch! I’m glad you finally admit that any time we’ve ever disagreed, you were wrong and I was right.
Branch: What?! (He puts his plate of cupcakes in his hair.) That’s not what I said!
Poppy: Eh, worth she shot. But yes, thank you for congratulating me on this inter-tribal potluck party idea. I…
Branch: Uh-oh. I know that face. You’re about to “Hm.”
Poppy: Hm. (We see the Country Trolls eating food from their own Tribe.) Only Country Western Trolls are eating the Country Western Spiced Pudding.
Country Troll #1: Order up! (He gives spicy pudding to Holly. She then takes a spoonful and screams while she breaths fire. She soon stops.)
Holly: Could use a little more spice. (Lownote is serving his own Tribe’s food to a yellow male Funk Troll.)
Poppy: And only Funk Trolls are eating the Funk Tribe’s Mashed Potatoes n’ Groovy. (The yellow male Funk Troll takes a spoonful of his food and more Funk Trolls move their heads to the music. Poppy sees more Trolls having their own Tribe’s food. Etc., etc. (Laguna gives a green female Techno Troll the Techno Trolls’ food. Poppy jumps onto a mushroom and talks through a megaphone.) Excuse me! Excuse me, everyone… (The Trolls come over to the mushroom.) The point of this potluck is to explore the cuisine of other Tribes. So, how come everyone’s only eating foods they’re already familiar with?
Smidge: Sorry, Poppy. When it comes to exploring the other Tribes’ customs, my head is like, “Yes, please!” But when it comes to trying foods that look and smell so different than what I’m used to, my tummy’s like, “No, no, no! Take it away!” (The Trolls chatter.)
Poppy: (giggles) Oh, come on, gang. (She jumps off the mushroom.) It’s not that hard. Trust me, if you take a tiny step out of your comfort zone, you’ll find eating new foods to be a piece of… Techno Spunnel Cake!
Smidge: (Sitting up) Huh? (She watches Laguna spin some Techno Spunnel Cakes. She then throws one into Smidge’s mouth.) Oh, my Guh! There’s a party in my mouth! And this thing invited me! (She goes over to Laguna.) Ah… (Laguna throws more Techno Spunnel Cakes into Smidge’s mouth. The Trolls cheer and start to try the food from the different Tribes. A male Classical Troll, a male Rock Troll, and a purple female Pop Troll try the Country Western Spiced Pudding. Biggie feeds some spicy pudding to Mr. Dinkles. This causes him to be sent flying while breathing fire.)
Biggie: Aah! (He runs after Mr. Dinkles. Synth and two Techno Troll come over to Poppy and Branch.)
Synth: Ha-ha! Looks like you saved the day, Poppy! (He and the two Techno Trolls imitate airhorns.) The Techno Trolls would like to thank you for organizing this potluck! As an expression of our afore-mentioned gratitude, we have prepared an exceedingly rare seafood delicacy… just for you.
Poppy: Aw! I’d be honored to try anything the Techno Tribe made.
Synth: Ha-ha! Then to you, our host, we present… (He makes a water spout come out of the ground and a plate with a cover on it lands in the two Techno Trolls’ hands.) … the Gloop Du Jour! (The camera zooms closer on the jiggly food. Poppy and Branch gasp.)
Poppy: Wow! That is just… wow!
Synth: Tech yes, it’s wow! Aren’t you gonna try it? (The two Techno Trolls hold the gloop toward Poppy.)
Poppy: Uh... (chuckles) Of… of… of course! Just… taking it all in!
Synth: Oh-ho, yeah, I’m down! You don’t just gobble up a whole plate of gloop all at once. You gotta take your time. Savor the gloop! Enjoy! (He gives the gloop to Poppy and leave with the two Techno Trolls.)
All: Meh meh meh!
Poppy: Thank you! I definitely will! (She imitates an airhorn and becomes nervous.) Wow! Ugh. This is… just… (gags) … wow!
Branch: Yeah, you said that. What are you gonna do, Poppy? I mean, are you really gonna eat… (He touches the gloop and it jiggles.) … that?!
Poppy: Well… (sighs) Of course I am. The last thing I want is to offend the Techno Trolls. Wow, it’s… still jiggling, huh? (She and Branch go to a table so she can eat the gloop.) OK, Poppy, for TrollsTopia, for TrollsTopia! Here we go. (She takes a spoonful of the gloop.) Ah… (Just as the spoon reaches her mouth, her tongue flicks it away.) Whoa!
Branch: Uh… what just happened?
Poppy: I don’t know. Come on, tongue, cooperate! (She tries to eat the gloop again, but her tongue pushes it away again.)
Branch: What?!
Poppy: Why you… Trolls’ feelings are at stake here! (She tries and fails several times to put the gloop in her mouth and her tongue roars.)
Both: Uh… (They decide to use a blindfold.)
Branch: A blindfold is just the thing to get past how the gloop looks. And its jiggle. And color. And they way it sort of oozes to one side like a-
Poppy: I can still hear you, Branch.
Branch: Right, right. Sorry.
Poppy: OK, down the hatch. (She eats the spoonful of the gloop.) Hey! This is actually really good! It tastes like a cupcake!
Branch: Uh, yeah. ‘Cause you’re eating a cupcake? (He moves the gloop out of the way and reveals a cupcake.)
Poppy: (Removing the blindfold) What?! (She flicks the cupcake away and sighs.) I want to eat the gloop, Branch. Or, at least I want to want to. But no matter how much I want to want to… I’m not sure I want to… Make sense?
Branch: Not even a little. (Poppy sighs again.) Poppy, look, I know this isn’t in your nature… so I’m going to do it for you. It’s time to initiate “Plan Whoops.”
Poppy: What is Plan-
Branch: (Knocking the gloop over) Whoops! Oh, no! Poppy! I made you spill your gloop! Gah. You were looking so forward to it and now it’s… (The gloop goes back into the bowl.) Oh!
Poppy: Ah!
Branch: Totally fine…
Synth: (laughs) That’s gloop for ya! Resilient as it is jiggly. Unless it gets too warm and it melts. Oh, gloop, you keep the whole world guessin’. (laughs again)
Poppy: Gloop melts if it gets too warm? Well, nothing heats up a party like a Trolls song and dance number. (We cut to where she is on the mushroom.) Hey, Trolls! Who’s up for a little dinner music?! (The Trolls cheer.) Well, then I know a little number that’s red… hot! (She starts singing Make It Hot.)
(Poppy)
Wanna see you get up
Move your bodies for me
Wave your hands in the air
Go on shake it like this
Fire under your feet
Keep on swinging your hair
Let’s get the temperature higher
Yeah, we’re on fire
From the way we break it down
We’re gonna make it hot, hot, hot
Come on and dance with me
Make it hot, hot, hot, hot
Let me feel your heat
Yeah, let’s turn it up and burn up
Taking it higher and higher
Make it hot, hot, hot, hot
Uh!
Let me feel your fire (The gloop finally melts and Poppy and Branch sigh in relief.)
Synth: Poppy!
Poppy and Branch: Huh?
Synth: Your gloop’s gone all oops!
All: Oh, no, no, no, no!
Poppy: (sighs) Geeze… I’m really sorry, Synth. To you and all of the Techno Trolls.
Synth: Aw, we understand. I just wish I could think of a way for you to get your first bite of delicious gloop.
Poppy: Yeah…
Synth: Oh! Just thought of a way!
Poppy: Uh, what?
Synth: Yeah! (Poppy and Branch follow him.)
Poppy: But, Synth, uh, how can there be a way? You said that you only made one batch of the rare gloop for me, right? I mean, that is what you said. (chuckles)
Synth: True. But… there’s another kind of gloop. (He makes three water spouts appear and more gloop appears. Poppy and Branch gasp in amazement.) I give you “Gloop Du Jour Extrodinare!” (The gloop steams a little.)
Poppy: Extrodinare?
Synth: Extrodinare because it’s aged for decades to bring out even more of that gloopy flavor.
Poppy: Oh! You don’t say! (laughs)
Synth: Oh, I do say. We only bust this bad boy out at very special occasions. But given how sad you were about losing your first gloop, I mean, we gotta make an exception, right?
Poppy: Oh, ha. That’s fantastic. So, I’ll just take this and find some quiet, secluded corner to eat it and-
Synth: Ha-ha! No dice, Poppy! Gloop Extrodinare has to be enjoyed publicly. There’s like a whole ritual that goes with it. Yo! Commence the gloop ceremony!
Poppy: Ceremony?! (Two Techno Trolls appear with a chair and she ends up on it. They carry her toward a table.)
All: Gloop! Gloop! Gloop! Gloop!
Poppy: Uh… can we hit pause or…
All: Gloop! Gloop! Gloop! Gloop! Gloop! (Poppy reaches the table and Synth gives her a fork.) Gloop! Gloop! Gloop!
Poppy: Uh… (She gags and tries to take a sample of the gloop.) Ah, no! (She finally stops.) I CAN’T DO IT! (All the Techno Trolls gasp.)
Synth: Whoa, whoa. What’s the problem, Poppy?
Poppy: I’m… (sighs) I’m having a really tough time eating the gloop.
Smidge: But, Poppy, you said-
Poppy: I know. I said we need to step out of our comfort zone, and we absolutely do. But I also made it sound like it would be so easy. And I see now… that’s not always true. I’m sorry I wasn’t more sensitive to that. And I’m especially sorry to you and the Techno Tribe, Synth. I want to want to try the gloop. But there’s just something about the way it jiggles and oozes to one side like-
Synth: Hold up! The way it jiggles and oozes? (chuckles) Poppy, that jiggly, oozy is just what the gloop is served in. The real dish is inside.
Poppy: What? (Synth picks up the fork and touches the gloop with it, making it disappear and revealing a sweet.)
All: Oh!
Poppy: Oh! It… it looks so… so appetizing!
Synth: Yeah, it is. Ha! Why else would we serve it to you? (He gives the fork to Poppy and she gets ready to taste it. The Techno Trolls gasp as Poppy puts it in her mouth.)
Poppy: Ah! It’s so good! (The Techno Troll cheer as she continues to eat the sweet.)
Synth: Meh meh meh meh!
Branch: Well, well, well. Don’t mind if I do. (He tries to taste the sweet, but Poppy’s tongue flings his fork away.) Aah!
Poppy: Sorry, Branch. (Her tongue tastes the treat and the episode ends.)