The following is a transcript for the episode "Switcher-Ruby".
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(The camera shows a huge waterslide before showing a curtain behind Poppy. Some Trolls are seen cheering.)
Poppy: That wait is over, Trolls. As queen, I declare that the new Troll Village water slide is now… (She moves the curtain and a sign of Branch is shown and she sees more of them.) “Temporarily closed for…”
Branch: “… repairs! Sorry. Ran out of signs. This gem… is growing against the foundations, making it off-level.
Poppy: Uh… Branch, please tell me this is a real problem, and not just you obsessing over insignificant flaws.
Branch: “Insignificant”? (He takes out a ruler and scoffs.) Does this look insignificant to you? (The ruler’s inside part bubbles.)
Poppy: (Doing a facepalm) Ugh. Apologies, everyone. We need to postpone the great opening for reasons of… Branch. (The Trolls become sad and leave. Branch then tries to pull a red gem out.) Listen, Branch. I know it’s always better to be kind a caring… (Branch pulls out the gem.) … but I am gonna give you a piece of my mind. (Her Hug Watch chimes.) Hug time. (She hugs Branch.) I can’t begin to tell you how disruptive this is to my schedule. I have so many important duties around the village today.
Branch: Like what, singing with friends?
Poppy: Yes.
Branch: Dancing with friends?
Poppy: Yes.
Branch: Scrapbooking with friends?
Poppy: I know you’re being sarcastic, but yes! And it’s a lot harder than it looks, I assure you. (She starts walking closer to Branch.) You couldn’t walk a mile in my hair.
Branch: False. It’s you who couldn’t walk in mine.
Poppy: (Grabbing the gem) Oh, yeah?
Branch: Yeah! (Suddenly, the gem lights up and it sends Poppy and Branch flying. Poppy is now in Branch’s body and Branch is now in Poppy’s body. They groan and sit up.)
Poppy: What just happened?
Branch: Did you see that light? (He and Poppy get up and look at each other.)
Both: YOU LOOK JUST LIKE ME! (They scream in terror twice.)
Poppy: W-we switched bodies!
Branch: Stop talking! It’s freaking me out!
Poppy: This is really bad!
Branch: Stop talking! It’s freaking me out!
Poppy: Ugh! Everything feels so weird! (She tugs on Branch’s leaf vest.) Do you sweat like this all the time?!
Branch: I sweat an average amount! (He blows on Poppy’s hair.) I’m so disoriented. How did this happen?! (He and Poppy look at the gem. At Troll Village Library, they look through a book about gems.) The Dance Party Diamond, the Topiary Topaz, the Jumping Jade… Ah, here it is. The rare Switcher-Ruby. According to the scrapbook, if two Trolls touch it at the same time, it causes them to switch places and… (Poppy pokes him in the face.) Hey, stop that!
Poppy: It’s just so weird. (Branch grunts and smacks her away. She then touches his forehead.) Don’t scowl so much. You’re giving me frown lines.
Branch: I’ve got to focus! (gasps) Look! It says the gem only takes a day to recharge!
Poppy: And then we just touch it and switch back. (In the scrapbook, two Trolls switch back into their own bodies.) We’re saved!
Branch: (laughs) Yeah! (He and Poppy hug.)
Poppy: Wow! This is the best hug you’ve ever given me.
Branch: Really? It’s the worst hug You’ve ever given me.
Both: That makes sense.
Branch: (Putting the ruby in Poppy’s hair) OK, cool. I’ll find you when the gem recharges. I’m off to finish fixing the water slide. (He starts to leave, but Poppy stops him.)
Poppy: No, no, no, Branch. If anyone sees you being you in my body, they’ll know something’s wrong. And when the Village thinks that something’s wrong with me, they tend to… overreact. (We go to the past where she is humming a tune.)
Past Poppy: Achoo! Oh, no!
Past Smidge: It’s a Poppy 911! (She opens up a rock and presses a button.)
Past Biggie: Don’t worry, Poppy! (He appears with a bug and Poppy lands on it.)
Past DJ Suki: (Wrapping a towel around Poppy’s head) We’re here to nurse you back to health! (Biggie puts the thermometer in the shape of a lollipop in Poppy’s mouth.)
Dr. Moonbloom: We need hot soup! By all that’s Trolly, does anyone have hot soup?! (Many Trolls appear with pots of soup.)
All: Soup! Soup! Soup! Soup! Soup! (They hand out a spoonful of soup for Poppy and we go back to the present.)
Poppy: They put me on bed rest for a week, Branch. (She leaves the library and Branch follows her.) The entire village shut down. You have to pretend to be me!
Branch: What?
Poppy: Come on! It’s the only way too-
Smidge: Poppy! Poppy! I’ve been looking all over for you. Where have you been?
Poppy: Oh. (She laughs while Branch clears his throat.)
Branch: Well, Smidge, I, Poppy, was here in the library reading up on safety prot- (Poppy hits his arm.) Uh… reading up on rainbows.
Smidge: Oh. Well, then what’s wrong with your voice?
Branch: Oh. Uh…
Poppy: Poppy’s voice is just uh… tired from so much singing. (She and Branch smile.)
Smidge: I see. Then what’s wrong with your voice, Branch?
Poppy: Well, I um-
Branch: His voice is just relaxed from hardly singing at all. (Smidge becomes suspicious.)
Smidge: That tracks. Anyway, Poppy, you need to come quick! You’re scheduled to give the village a mid-morning pep talk in three minutes! To the pep talk! (She takes Poppy and Branch by the hands. Soon, Branch is about to do the pep talk.)
Branch: Uh… Let’s see, let’s see. Pep talk, pep talk. Uh… (A spotlight shines down on him and he becomes nervous.) Well, as queen, I just want to say… you’re all meeting my expectations, so keep it up. Pep talk over. (The spotlight turns off and the Trolls do not react.) Uh… Well, I uh… (Poppy appears wearing a leaf crown and her face painted.)
Poppy: More energy!
Branch: I also want to add… Yay! Fun! Puppies A shooting star! Two hearts hugging each other! Friendship, positivity, sugar! (The Trolls start cheering. Branch puts his hands in the air and Poppy sighs in relief. Later, he groans while walking with Poppy.) I’ve already burned through my smile quota for the entire year.
Poppy: Come on, Branch. You have to stay upbeat or no-one will believe you’re me. (Biggie appears with a book.)
Biggie: Poppy! Poppy! I just made a new photo album of adorable Dinkles pictures. Want to spend two hours enjoying them with me?
Poppy: (gasps) Yes!
Biggie: Hm. Branch? You want to?
Poppy: Oh. No. Of course not. I prefer… (She turns around.) … sad alone time.
Biggie: (scoffs) Uh, duh, Branch. Tell us something we don’t know. Come on, Poppy.
Branch: What? Me? But I- (Biggie takes him by the hand.)
Poppy: Aw. (Biggie is showing Branch pictures of Mr. Dinkles.)
Biggie: And this is Mr. Dinkles wearing a beret.
Branch: (sarcastic) Aw.
Biggie: And this is Mr. Dinkles wearing the same beret again.
Branch: Aw.
Biggie: And this is Mr. Dinkles wearing a different beret.
Branch: Aw.
Biggie: Oh, wait, no. Same beret. And this is Mr. Dinkles-
Branch: OK, OK. Actually, Biggie, may I? (He takes the book from Biggie and looks through it.) Aw. Aw. Aw, aw, aw, aw, aw. And done! (He closes the book and gives it back to Biggie.) Great seeing you, Biggie.
Biggie: No, but I- (Branch pushes him away. Poppy then comes up to him.)
Poppy: Branch, I love looking at Biggie’s photos. If you don’t savor it, the village will find out what’s going on and launch a full-on Poppy 911.
Branch: I did enough. Stop making this harder than it has to be.
Poppy: No! Go back to Biggie right now, and- (DJ Suki runs up to her and Branch.)
DJ Suki: Branch! Branch! Hey, listen. You know that leak you fixed in my pod last week? It’s back. Can you come check it out?
Poppy: Oh. Well, actually… DJ, I-I can’t. Poppy needs me to help with something here. Right, Poppy?
Branch: Nope.
Poppy: But, Poppy, you wanted me to stay so that you don’t ruin something important, right?
Branch: Oh. Nope, I’m good. (He laughs while Poppy grunts.)
DJ Suki: (Grabbing Poppy) We gotta go!
Branch: Have a good time, Branch. (We go to DJ Suki showing Poppy the leak on the floor of her pod.)
Poppy: OK. Just a small leak. I’ll tighten this up and get back to Branch’s or uh, Poppy’s side. Got a wrench?
DJ Suki: Sorry, no. Usually, you just use the one in your hair.
Poppy: Oh, right. The one in my hair. (She scoffs and looks through Branch’s hair.) Duh. I’ll just grab it right… (She takes out a trap instead.) Whoops! That’s not right. (She takes out binoculars.) Nope. (She takes out a frying pan with an egg.) Wrong. (She takes out a spiky ball.) Uh… why would I need that?
DJ Suki: Uh… Branch, are you OK? (Poppy laughs and finally find the wrench.)
Poppy: A-ha! Yes! Found it! (She starts fixing the leak.) Just got to tighten here, and done. (Another leak springs and Poppy and DJ Suki gasp.) Ooh. I mean uh, tighten here? (She fixes a leak, but another one springs.)
DJ Suki: Whoa!
Poppy: Or maybe here. (Just as she fixes the leak, more leaks spring.) Or perhaps just tighten it everywhere. Whew. (chuckles) See, DJ? Take it from me, Branch, these chores I do aren’t as big a deal as I make them seem. (DJ Suki’s pod starts shaking.) Huh?
DJ Suki: Um… what’s that?
Poppy: That’s… normal? (She and DJ Suki gasp as the pipes spring up from underneath the floor. This causes many pods to spring leaks. Even some mushrooms spring leaks and a flower spewing water stops.)
Smidge: Huh? (The flower sends her flying with water and she is heard screaming. Meanwhile, Branch is walking with a smile in the market.)
Branch: Poppy makes her life way harder than it needs to be. This is a piece of cake. (The gem in Poppy’s hair lights up.) And look at that. The gem’s recharged. (He takes it out.) Yes! Just got to find Poppy, switch bodies back, and all our problems will be- (He runs into a little Troll named Violet. Smidge, Biggie, Rufus, and Klaus are with her.)
Smidge: Poppy?
Branch: … solved.
Smidge: You’re acting really strange lately.
Biggie: This is an In-Hair-Vention. (He and the others form a wall with their hair.)
Branch: Uh… Guys, no, I got to take this gem to- (The Trolls fold their arms.) OK, this is about me not savoring Biggie’s Dinkles photos? Because, I mean, they were adorable, but a Troll can only make so much. (The Trolls gasp.) Come on. You guys get that, right? Smidge? Biggie? You… in the middle? I forgot your name. (The Trolls gasp again.)
Violet: You forgot my name? But you were at my birthday party yesterday.
Smidge: Poppy, what has gotten into you?
Branch: What? There are a lot of Trolls in the village. A queen can’t be expected to know each and every one of them. (The Trolls gasp once more.) Uh… (He chuckles and puts the ruby back in Poppy’s hair.) You know what? I-I’m sorry. I have been a little off today. I… I’m not feeling very well.
Biggie: Not feeling well?!
Smidge: Poppy 911! (The Trolls remove their hair wall and Smidge presses a button under a rock. An alarm sounds out.)
Dr. Moonbloom: We need hot soup! (Many Trolls with pots of soup appear.)
All: Soup!
Troll #1: I got soup!
Branch: No, no, no! (He starts running.)
All: Here, I got soup! (Branch grabs onto a tree branch and swings and continues running. When he runs by a bush, Poppy grabs him and brings him into the bush.)
Branch: Whoa! Poppy! (He hugs Poppy in relief.) Oh, thank goodness! I am so sorry. I never realized how hard it was being you. The pressure! All the Trolls looking to you to be their best friend and-
Poppy: Branch, stop. I get it. I never realized how hard it was being you. (The gem glows.)
Branch: We better switch back. (He hears the Trolls shouting.)
Poppy: What’s going on out there?
Branch: Oh, I made a few mistakes you got to fix right now. (He and Poppy rub the ruby and switch back into their own bodies.)
All: Soup! Soup!
Poppy: Hold up, everybody! I appreciate the concern, but I’m feeling much better now. Biggie, I want a redo on those Dinkles pics.
Biggie: Ah!
Poppy: And what do you say to a dance party at my pod, Violet?
Violet: (gasps) She does remember my name! (She hugs Poppy and the Trolls cheer.)
Biggie: Yaaaaaaaay!
Branch: You make it look so easy.
Poppy: Thanks. (She starts to leave.) Oh. By the way, I may have made a few mistakes myself. Bye!
Branch: Mistakes? What kind of mistakes? (More pipes come out of the ground.) Uh… This can’t be good. (A pipe sprays water on him and the episode ends.)