"Trollvial Pursuit" is the first segment of the 1st episode of the fifth season of Trolls: TrollsTopia, and the 64th overall episode in the series. It premiered in December 9, 2021.
Synopsis[]
When a trivia game reveals that Poppy doesn't know as much about the Hard Rock tribe as she thought, Poppy decides to live amongst them for one week in order to rectify the situation.
Plot[]
Poppy announces that the 6 Tribes were brought together to explore each others cultures and announces every Troll's favorite game: Trollvial Pursuit. She asks questions, but when it comes to the Hard Rock Trolls, Poppy's answers are all incorrect. Poppy is embarrassed by her lack of knowledge of the Hard Rock Tribe.
Poppy apologizes to Val and she takes it okay, stating Poppy has less interest in the other tribes besides Hard Rock. Poppy is convinced she just got a few facts confused and all she needs to do is restudy the culture a bit. Val invites Poppy to stay at Rock Hollow for a bit to learn what it is like to be a Rock Troll. She states that Poppy doesn't need to do this if she doesn't want to, but Poppy states she loves the Hard Rock-flavored cupcake.
That night, Val warns Poppy the Trolls behave when they have guests, but Poppy won't be here as a guest but one of them, so they will act normally around her. She is led into Rock Hollow and the Rock Trolls are destroying things and causing chaps, with one Troll even taking the drink of another and some guitars being snakes. Poppy is uneasy about the whole thing and is led to her room by Demo; the room appears nice, and Demo orders it wrecked to suit Poppy's Hard Rock stay. Poppy is trying to show keenness.
The next morning, Poppy has spent an uncomfortable night and is woken by a Hard Rock bird who gets out a guitar and starts playing loudly. Val states first they start of with the Rock Morning Announcements, Poppy gladly takes this role but is booing for not starting the announcements "when they started" and then when she gives instructions, Poppy gets boo'ed for ordering the Rock Trolls to do something, among many other criticisms. The next morning, the number of birds has grown and she is still unable to get some sleep. Demo tells her the mosh-athon is about to start, and Poppy experiences 24 hours of non-stop moshing. At the end of it, she is told that was just the 24-hour warm-up mosh.
Val tells Poppy she doesn't have to do anything more; she's done enough, but Poppy insists she's not done yet. Val is impressed, as she thought it would be much for her, so impressed she wants Poppy to do the Rock-nitiation ceremony to officially welcome her to the Hard Rock Tribe. All she has to do is a stage drive, which Poppy sees as no problem until it is revealed as a stage high-dive. Val sings to encourage Poppy, who now looks more like a Rock Troll, to go through with it. However, at the last moment Poppy pulls out and tells her she can't do it; she apologizes and explains that she has been exaggerating when she said she enjoyed the Hard Rock-flavored cupcake. Val accepts and admits the whole "Rock-nitiation" thing was a made-up ceremony. The two make peace, as the Hard Rock life is not for everyone, Val jumps off the stage high-dive.
Poppy heads back to her pod. Inside after trying to sleep, she decides that something is wrong. She grabs a guitar, plays it and wrecks her pod, exclaiming that her room is now better.
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki (non-speaking)
- Biggie (non-speaking)
- Cooper (non-speaking)
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- The title is a pun between "Troll" and "Trivial Pursuit".
- "George Thrashington" is a pun between "Thrash" and "George Washington", and "Alexander Slam-ilton" is one between "Slam" and "Alexander Hamilton".
- There are 6 sacred Power Chords to the Rock Trolls. This is likely a nod to the 6 major chords of a guitar.
- It's revealed that Poppy doesn't know about the 6 sacred Power Chords which is strange because in Trolls World Tour. King Peppy told her that there were 6 strings.