Character Concept History[]
From DreamWorks Website: Discussing the star who voices him, producer Gina Shay says, "J Balvin brings energy and authenticity to Tresillo and represents his genre in a way that no other artist can. He is as vibrant as Tresillo as he is in his stage performances. He changes his hair every week to crazy colors and is super down to earth. J brings all that cool authenticity to what you’d think a Reggaetón Troll would be."[1]
3D Story[]
Trolls World Tour[]
The Tresillo and his girls first appear in the Trolls World Tour movie when Queen Poppy sends an invite to Queen Barb containing a glitter bomb that explodes in her face. In anger, Barb summoned Tresillo and Bounty Hunters to track down and capture Poppy. The reward is their own domain and to be spared from Barb's conversion to Rock music, though the land she promises is rather tiny (as Tresillo himself points out).
The K-Pop Gang find Branch instead and capture him, demanding they be lead to Poppy by him. This is interrupted by Tresillo, Marimba and Tambora, who want Branch for themselves to save their own music, and both sides have a dance off. Out of respect for each others talents, the eight trolls agree to split Branch, until Branch proposes an alternative. They go with him to Barb's victory Rock concert.
When the Strings are destroyed, they too lost their music, but soon regained it after the Trolls realized that they no longer needed Srings, and the music they love comes now from within.