"Three Trolls-Keteers" is the first segment of the 4th episode of the fourth season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 44th overall episode in the series. It premiered on November 2, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Guy Diamond mistakes a plea for help for an invitation to perform the Trolls' new play.
Plot[]
Two Sunflowers are seen exhausted walking through the forest. The pair are brothers looking for help saving their village of flowers from the Snermit, a flower-eating creature. They ask a bunch of forest critters for help, all of whom refuse in reply commenting that it has a weird name.
The brothers hear the roar of a monster and stumble upon a Troll play with Smidge playing a helpless dame. Poppy is controlling the caterpillar monster from the inside with a bunch of other Trolls. Smidge is saved from the beast, known as the "Cater-beast", by Guy Diamond. Biggie and Cooper side by him and introduce themselves as the "Trolls-Keteers". The two sunflower brothers watch the play in delight as they witness the Trolls-Keteers saving the day, unaware that it is all an act. The trio get rid of the monster. As the play draws to an end, one of the flowers tells his brother to run home and tell the village they found their heroes.
Despite the success of the play, Guy calls it a disaster. Smidge points out that they are giving them a standing ovation, but since Trolls give one to anything this dissatisfies Guy. He wants the audience to cry tears of joy as proof that their performance was great, and not one Troll is giving that in the audience. Smidge believes he is overreacting. Guy notes that because the play is over, they have lost their chance.
As he wanders off, the remaining sunflower brother appears and asks for his help, introducing himself as "Pistil Pete". Pete doesn't grab Guy's attention until he mentions nearly weeping, then Guy's attention is caught. When Pete asks Guy to come to his village, he misunderstands what is being asked of him.
Guy goes back to the theater area and tells the good news of the play being resurrected to perform for a stranger from across the forest. He confuses the Snermit for a big performing star and that every time he visits their village he kills. Guy explains that the Snermit always plays the villain so the caterpillar beast will have to stay behind.
Upon arriving in the village, the flowers throw themselves at them. The Trolls find strange that they are getting so much admiration. Pistil Patrick, Pete's brother, shows them the devastation of the Snermit. Guy is not impressed with the Snermit, and believes him to be a real diva, until they feel the ground shake.
Guy reacts to the Snermit as though it's an actor, while the sunflowers are impressed that Cooper shows no fear. The Trolls try the ending of the play and the Snermit does not comply with the script. As the beast strikes Guy, Smidge realizes this is not an act. Smidge is concerned for the sunflowers, but Guy runs away. The sunflowers lose hope because the Trolls all ran away.
The Trolls stop running and Guy continues to be disappointed about not receiving tears of joy. The other Trolls show dissatisfaction with Guy. Guy realizes his obsession with the show has left the sunflowers in danger because they thought they were real heroes. Guy sends a note to Poppy, who agrees that they have to help the sunflowers.
The Snermit has made itself king of the sunflowers and is forcing them to worship it. When Guy, Biggie and Cooper show up as the Trolls-keteers, they sing a song and get captured. At this moment, the caterpillar monster from the play shows up. Guy tells the Snermit how fierce the Cater-beast is as it starts to knock the other Trolls around. The Snermit is told that the monster is now taking charge of the sunflowers' village. Scared, the Snermit runs off before Poppy shows up to state it was a ruse.
Hearing the sunflowers praise them for scaring off the Snermit, Guy sheds a tear.
Cast[]
- Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- David Fynn as Biggie
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki and Satin & Chenille
- Declan Churchill Carter as Keith
- Others
- David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles
- Jake Green as Pistil Pete
- JP Karliak as Pistil Patrick
Songs[]
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- "Pistil" is the collective name given to the female sex organs of a flower: the stigma, style, and ovary; although the flower brothers are designed to be male.
- The title is a reference to The Three Musketeers, a French historical adventure novel by the author Alexnder Dumas.
- The only members of The Snack Pack missing in this episode are Branch and Fuzzbert.
- This is also one of the few episodes in which most of the group appears together.
- The title cards of this episode and "The Helper" have the Season 3 background, despite the fact that Season 4 already had its own background.