"Trolly Tales" is the second segment of the 6th episode of the second season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 24th overall episode in the series. It premiered in March 9, 2018.
Synopsis[]
On the kids' first day in the library, Branch and Poppy relieve some old tales.
Plot[]
Poppy and Branch visit the Troll Village library with some young Trolls. This is their first visit to the library, but the kids aren't thrilled about it. Poppy explains how fun the library is, while Branch is distracted by the "Practical Matters" section. Poppy tells him off as he is supposed to be promoting the "fun" of the library.
As Poppy promotes how fun the library can be, Branch interrupts her and claims he is a great storyteller. The pair get into a row over who is the better storyteller, which excites the kids. The pair agree to a storyteller tell-off, each telling one story and letting the kids decide who is better.
Branch goes first with his story. It features Satin and Chenille as the sassy fashion twins "Handbag and Satchel". The twins ventured into the woods despite being warned by a woodsman (played by Branch himself). The twins dismiss his warning as their going to a Critter fashion show where Critters dress up as other Critters. The twins explain they will not get lost as their leaving a trail of snicker-doodles. The woodsman warns those will attract predatory birds, leading the girls to dismiss him and continue on.
The pair venture deeper in the woods and eventually get lost, finding a hut made of designer clothes. They are invited inside by a witch (played by Smidge). She invites them inside and once there they are imprisoned. The pair are forced to sew the Witch's next line up. The pair trick the witch to go in the cage they are held in to try on a new outfit and imprison her. On their way out following the trail, a bird catches and flies off.
Branch says the moral is that never leave a trail of breadcrumbs predatory birds can follow. When he is done he sees the kids have been bored to sleep. Gemma Fur says the story was too "lesson-y".
Poppy takes her turn next. The tale begins with the ruler of a nearby village (played by Poppy) travelling to Rapunztroll's tower (played by Branch) who was imprisoned by the wicked witch (played by Smidge) from "Handbag and Satchel". When asked to let down his hair, Rapunztroll refuses, saying he isn't actually imprisoned by the witch, a fact the witch confirms herself, though states she would actually totally do that. She then proceeds to duck inside her hut, hinting her story "Handbag and Satchel" is taking place at the same time as "Rapunztroll".
The story involves the ruler trying and finally succeeding to get him out of the tower. Once out, Rapunztroll states how he never realized what he missed and happily ran off. The kids complain that Poppy's ending was unearned, which is why they didn't like her story either.
The kids, fed up with the pairs stories allow Keith to take over and tells his own story. Keith's tale begins with Jack (played by Keith), his mother (played by Poppy) and his brother (played by Branch) fighting over their last party hat. Jack is told to go into town and exchange his brother for more hats. When Jack's brother complains that's all their mother thinks he's worth, she corrects herself on how valuable her eldest son is, and says to Jack to trade his brother for one party hat.
Jack returns with 3 beans he traded for his elder brother. The beans are knocked away by his mother and soon grow into the sky.
After climbing the eyestalk, Jack finds a golden harp, golden goose and a giant who was also a witch (Smidge again). The witch soon befriends Jack. The two do a best friends montage. Jack has a lot of fun, but feels bad about trading his brother away. The giant witch gets her time machine. The pair, along with the Golden Goose shot lasers into the air and got into the time machine. Together, the trio travelled through time and had adventures.
The moral of the story was "Time Travel is real", according to Keith, which made Poppy and Branch note the absurdity of the tale itself. Despite their criticism, the kids are reading at last, and that is fine to them. As the episode ends, the Witch, the Golden Goose and Jack turn up exclaiming "Time Travel is Real!".
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- Declan Churchill Carter as Keith
- Fryda Wolff as Gemma Fur, Satin & Chenille
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
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Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- The last time Branch and Poppy visited the library was in "Bellow Bug Day".
- It is the first episode of the "Trolly Tales" series, which is followed by "Trolly Tales 2" and "Trolly Tales 3".
- Poppy's story of Rapunztroll is indirectly based on Branch leaving the bunker thanks to her in Trolls.
- The story reactions are based on typical nitpicking of storylines. The references are 3 of the most common complaints at stories;
- "Too much emphasis on point of story" (Branch's story) - When a story puts so much emphasis on the plot, writers tend to forget other elements such as character building and hammer in the morality so much that everything in the story is built solely on fulfilling the point being made in the plot.
- "The hero did not deserve to win" (Poppy's story) - Often told when a hero has a victory that doesn't proportionally match their journey to that point, or the victory should have gone to someone else in the story. Complaints related to this can range from the hero receiving huge payouts for doing next to nothing to the villain having a point that was greater than the hero's own reason for fighting.
- "The story lacked direction/point" (Keith's story) - When a story is too confusing that its audience can't follow it, leading to them having no clue what's going on and where the plot is going, and they don't enjoy it for that reason.
- The 3 stories told are based on Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk.
- Other mentioned stories draw inspiration from Little Red Riding Hood, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Pride and Prejudice.
- The Witch's time machine is a reference to Back to the Future.
- Back to the Future would be later referenced again in Trolls: The Beat Goes On! with the title of "Scrap To The Future".
- Poppy's armored outfit from "Rapunztroll" appears in DreamWorks Trolls Pop.
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