"Sorry Not Sorry" is the second segment of the 2nd episode of the second season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 16th overall episode in the series. It premiered in March 9, 2018.
Synopsis[]
After upsetting Bridget, King Gristle Jr. asks Poppy to teach him how to apologize.
Plot[]
King Gristle Jr. gives Bridget a heart-shaped locket with her, Gristle and a pizza. Gristle had Chad pick a basket full of roses for her, but she says daisies are her favorite flowers. Gristle then orders Chad to destroy the roses and bring Bridget every daisy in town. Bridget tells Gristle that he is harsh to Chad without even knowing, and Gristle reminds her that he wants to make today special and that his dad, King Gristle Sr., always said a king should get whatever he wants, just like he did and his dad before him. Bridget says that's a rather horrible view on life before giving Gristle their mint green jumpsuits that she made herself. But Gristle says he had Todd make sparkly jumpsuits better than hers. Upset and angered by Gristle's thoughtlessness, Bridget leaves the throne room and into the ladies' room, where she does her "Angry Dance". Gristle asks Bridget if she is mad at him.
Chad comes in and tells Gristle that Poppy came here, who reminds Gristle to tell his guards that the Trolls and Bergens being friends is now a thing. Gristle laments that Bridget is mad at him. Poppy asks Bridget if she is okay. Bridget tells her that she and Gristle have relationship issues, being sick of Gristle acting so thoughtless. Gristle then asks Poppy if everything is alright now and Poppy explains that he hurt Bridget's feelings and needs to do something that can make her forgive him. Knowing that his dad said a few things about a female Bergen forgiving him, he tries some cash which Bridget burns, then a lobster dinner and then a boombox, but Poppy says that Bridget wants an apology; Gristle thinks it's a cake, so they go to Troll Village, where Poppy uses Branch as a fake Bridget and gives Gristle some apology practice, which he fails.
Branch dictates his lines to Gristle, who mimics Branch's lines so he can apologize to Bridget. Bridget forgives him and gets ready for their date. Poppy and the others congratulate Gristle on the apology, and Gristle says he learned that apologies are used to get what he wants. Poppy is surprised, but before she could say anything she and the others hide when Bridget arrives ready for their date.
When Gristle and Bridget get to Captain Starfunkle's for their date they run into a long line, but Gristle decides to apologize to get in front of the line. Meanwhile, Poppy and Branch decide to stop Gristle before their date can get any worse. Bridget tries to say something to Gristle, but he continues to apologize by tripping a Bergen waiter, stealing an old lady Bergen's song, and stealing a table cloth from a Bergen family. Gristle then takes a pair of roller skates and asks Bridget to "hit the rink". Bridget gets mad at Gristle, then Poppy and Branch land on Gristle's arm and Poppy scolds Gristle, telling him that he can't use apologies to get what he wants. Gristle then asks Poppy and Branch to go as he flicks them away. Bridget, angered of how Gristle treated Poppy and Branch and his thoughtlessness, does her angry dance to the ladies' room and breaks up with Gristle by telling him to leave forever and slipping her locket from under the door. Gristle says he did the Trolls' apology thing but he lost Bridget anyway, and begs them to help him fix their relationship.
Poppy was going to make a plan, but Branch says no and tells Gristle they can't fix things, and only he can, needing to do more than saying sorry; he has to show Bridget that he means it. So, Gristle gives the Bergen family their table cloth back, apologizes to the Bergen waiter, and gives the old Bergen lady her song back. After a while, Poppy tells Gristle he's getting the hang of this apology thing, and Bridget agrees with Poppy.
Gristle then not only apologizes to Bridget, but rips his clothes off, asking her to forgive him, Bridget does and asks Gristle to put his clothes back on. Bridget and Gristle, now wearing their mint-green jumpsuits, dance on the roller rink as Poppy and the others watch.
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- David Fynn as Biggie
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
- Fryda Wolff as Satin, Chenille (non-speaking)
- Guy Diamond (non-speaking)
- Sam Lerner as King Gristle Jr.
- Kari Wahlgren as Bridget and Old Lady Bergen
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Chad and Maitre'D
- Todd (non-speaking)
- Other
- Mr. Dinkles (non-speaking)
- Barnebis
Songs[]
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- This episode's title may be likely a reference to the song of the same name by Demi Lovato.
- It is also likely derived from the saying "Sorry not sorry", which is a sarcastic way of acknowledging that someone might not like whatever you're saying or doing, but you don't really care about their opinions whether they're right or wrong.
- In Trolls, the Trolls told Bridget what to say to Gristle; this time, it's the other way around. And like Bridget before him, Gristle copies some of the things the Trolls say such as Biggie's comment "This isn't going well, is it?". Like her, he also starts to copy the way they say things and not just the things they say.
- This episode confirms the first of only two time frames for the series (the second being confirmed in "BFFF"); this takes place one month after the events of Trolls.
- The time frame would put the episode in a similar time to Trolls Holiday, which takes place at least four weeks after the movie.
- The scene where Gristle holds up a boombox is a reference to the film Say Anything....
- A subtle hint at Poppy and Branch's relationship is when Bridget asked if they were on a date too, leading them both to awkwardly reply with "Uh...".
- This episode was a subject of one of the Trolls Mad Libs stories.