01x02 - The Buddy System - Kick-Off Party

[bunniefuu]

- You could do it solo ♪

- But then you'd be all by yourself ♪

Yo, so it'd be more fun to share

this one with someone else ♪

Together we will soar across

the sky and beyond ♪

So turn up your voice

Stand up and sing along ♪

All different voices

Our melodies ringing ♪

We're livin' in harmony

Yeah, we're livin' in harmony ♪

Our song is much stronger

with every Troll singing ♪

We're livin' in harmony ♪

Friends, welcome to the

veryúfirst day of TrollsTopia!

- [explosions]

- [cheering]

Branch and I have found a way to match

you newcomers with a Pop Troll buddy!

We call it "The Buddy System."

So grab a name from the piñataúto

get your assigned buddy.

Fuzzbert?

[cheering]

[laughing]

- I got Synth!

- I got Lownote Jones!

- I got "Odnecserc Etnad!"

- Huh?

I got Dante Crescendo!

Maybe next time, Odnecserc!

- Aw

- [tuba plays notes]

We're so thrilled

to host you, Val.

Our pod is everything you could

want from a living space.

Your pod is a cauldron of lava forever

spewing a sonic barrage of pure rock?

No, but we do have cookies.

Let's ride.

Girls! We're gonna get so close,

it'll be like we're sisters!

[both gasp]

I've never had a sister!

- Hey!

- Hey!

[Poppy laughs]

New friendships

forming right before my eyes!

Ah! I'm blissing out!

I'm blissing out!

[Branch] Poppy?

- Poppy!

- Huh? Wha?

You were out for seven hours.

Not your longest bliss,

but close.

- Poppy!

- Rufus?

Deep in the forest,

I found a line of critter tracks

headed right for the village.

Adorable critter tracks.

[gasps] It's a puppy parade!

Every few years, the cuddle pup migration

pattern brings them right through the village,

creating a parade so adorable,

the Trolls, they, well

Imagine the most excited you've ever

seen a Troll and multiply it by ten!

[gasps] Sounds hazardous.

I've gotta go tell the buddies!

Buddies! Buddies!

Buddies! I've got great news!

Buddies? Hello?

Anybody?

That's weird. Where are they?

[indistinct chatter, laughter]

Pop Trolls?

Without their buddies? [grunts]

Uh, guys? What's going on here?

Where are your buddies?

Oh, hey, Poppy. Don't worry.

They're right over there.

- [indistinct chatter]

- [gasps]

[Poppy] All the tribes?

S separated?

Okay, we gotta talk.

Everyone huddle up!

Guys, what happened?

The whole point of TrollsTopia

is that the tribes

live together, remember?

Well, we tried that, Poppy, but, uh,

fact is we're all pretty darn different.

Yes. Very different.

Ready for your naptime lullaby,

Mr. Dinkles?

Twinkle, twinkle

glitter star ♪

- [rock guitar plays]

- How I wonder what you are ♪

- [screams]

- Sweet dreams.

- [classical music plays]

- Cupcake, roomie?

- Oh. Thank you.

- Anytime.

- [popping sound]

- Oh!

We all agreed that new friends don't

always make the easiest roommates.

- [laughs]

- Yeah.

So we all went back to spending

time with our old friends,

where we're all

more comfortable.

- Mm-hm.

- You know it.

No, you can't give up so easily.

You barely gave yourselves

a chance to bond.

And maybe I can help with that.

- With Friend Falls! Whoo!

- [gasping]

[Poppy laughs]

[both] Bonding!

Who wants to try?

Are you ready to catch

the glory that is Guy Diamond?

Bro, you shine like a glowstick.

I could stare at you for hours.

Guy Diamo!

Bro, you shine like a glowstick.

- I could stare at you for hours.

- [grunts]

Whatever, I do stage dives

higher than this with my band.

Rock and roll forever!

- [gasps]

- [grunts]

[all] Ooh!

- [Rocker Troll] Incoming!

- [all shouting]

- Who are they?

- My band.

- Ah!

- [crashing]

Okay, Dante, all you

have to do is trust Cooper.

- Can you do that?

- Can I?

It shall be a trusting

for the ages.

- [all gasp]

- Yes!

Oh! This is terrifying.

Draw the curtains. I'm done!

That's probably for the best.

I was not payin' attention when

you explained this exercise!

[laughs] I'm freewheelin' it!

[chuckles] So, who's next?

- [all grumbling]

- I'm not doing this anymore.

Okay, guys.

I realize I gave you more

than you were ready for

with the Friend Falls.

So, if you'll gather in

to see this scrapbook,

there's something I wanna say.

Come on. Just a little closer.

"If you can read this,

you're safely in the trap zone."

- Huh?

- Now, Branch!

[beeps]

Welcome to the Friend Forum.

The place where you'll finally

bond with your buddies!

And how, pray tell,

will we do that?

Yeah, Poppy! Pray tell us how!

Simple. I had Branch design

a special door

that will only unlock when

it's touched simultaneously

by Trolls from different tribes

who are best friends.

[scoffs] Give me a break.

You can't make a door like that.

Sure, you can. By sensing biological

cues between you and your roommate

like broken eye contact,

elevated pulse,

- the door is able to

- Yawn, I'm bored. Let's go.

- [buzzer sounds]

- [gasping]

Ah! An angry buzzer.

The sound of true friendship.

Sorry about this, guys. I had to be

sure you wouldn't quit this time.

But trust me, this place is

full of fun bonding activities.

- Branch?

- [horns blare]

- [all] Ooh!

- Huh?

Okay, Lonesome Flats Hold 'Em.

No limit cupcakes, glitter

card's high. Ante up, y'all.

- Whoo-hoo!

- [all laughing]

[Poppy] See, Branch? In the forum,

the buddies have nowhere to go

- but to the best-friend zone.

- [Rufus] Poppy!

- Rufus?

- The puppy parade. It's begun!

And it's even cuter

than we thought! [laughs]

Okay, I'm not makin' it up.

Oh, no.

Did he just say "puppy parade?"

Oh, no, no, no!

[all] Puppy? Puppy, puppy?

- Uh, what's going on?

- You know how much more excited

I said Trolls get

at a puppy parade?

Ten times more. So?

What do you think will happen

when they're stuck somewhere

and can't get

to that puppy parade?

[gasps] We're doomed.

[grunting] Puppy-h*!

[all shouting]

Come on, Lownote,

best friend up.

[buzzer sounds]

[gasping, grunting]

Oh, my God, why won't you

open your heart to me?!

Me? Why won't you be

the wind beneath my wings?!

- [grunting]

- No. No.

- [both grunt]

- Whoa, whoa!

- Stay calm, guys!

- [Guy Diamond] This is no time for calm!

Come on, Synth,

let's show this door who's buds!

[both grunt]

[both shouting]

- [buzzer sounds]

- Give it all you've got!

Love me!

[both continue shouting]

Please! This isn't helping!

Poppy's right, y'all!

Forget unlockin' it.

[growls, snorts]

Yahh!

Whoo-hoo!

- [gasps]

- [all] Huh?

Oh. I'm sorry.

- They were here but a moment

- [puppies yipping]

[panting, squeals]

Yet I will remain

changed forever.

[all groan]

[Poppy chuckles] Crazy, huh?

One day I bet we'll all look

back on this and laugh.

[chuckles weakly]

[all groan]

[chuckles weakly] Huh?

Guys?

Guys, I'm sorry, okay?

It just makes me so sad to see

you all don't like each other.

Hold on.

You did all this

so we would like each other?

[sighs] Yeah.

But Poppy,

I don't think you realize.

[both] We do like each other.

Huh? You you do?

- Oh, my God, yes!

- Nothin' but love, baby. [laughs]

But you don't

wanna be roommates.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean

we don't like each other.

- [loud slap]

- It simply means we're still getting acquainted.

After all,

we truly are very different.

[shouts]

Yeah, I guess new friendships

need time to grow.

Hm. And maybe some space too.

Well, Trolls, it's day three.

And the dream of TrollsTopia

is very much alive.

[cheering]

But tryin to make everyone

be roommates wasn't helping.

So, I got the delegates together

to design six new

tribe-themed living spaces.

Which will all be open

to any Troll of any kind

as places to visit,

or as places to live.

And so,

we present your new homes!

Rock Hollow!

Country Corral!

Techno Lagoon!

Classical Crest!

And a Funk Tribe spaceship,

Vibe Town.

[all] Ooh!

This is the future

of TrollsTopia.

[all cheering]

Sorry I won't be able

to come visit you, Dante,

but there's no way

I'm gonna fit in your new house.

You gotta upgrade.

Wow, guys.

Thanks so much for helping me

make these invitations for my

TrollsTopia kick-off party.

Our pleasure, Poppy. Mr.

Dinkles has been dying

for a chance to show off

his calligraphy skills.

[all] Ooh!

They're perfect!

Which is good,

'cause this party will set the tone for every

party in TrollsTopia from here on out.

So it is, without a doubt,

the most important party

ever thrown.

High stakes party, people.

Whoo!

- [horn blares]

- Aw, Tiny Diamond.

[laughs] Kids air horn

the darndest things.

[horn blares]

Now to just deliver

these invitations and then

Hey, wait, what's that?

[rock guitar plays]

"Val's Kick-Off Party.

Misty Meadows.

Tomorrow night?" [gasps]

Poppy, Val's having a party on

the same night as your party!

Hm. We better go talk to Val.

At Rock Hollow.

- [rock music plays]

- [all] Cool!

- [rock music plays]

- [both] Epic jam!

[both] Epic puzzle!

I'm ready to rock!

I'm ready to paper!

I'm bad at this game!

[laughs]

Hey, Val, bring it in!

'Kay, too much.

Course-correcting.

There. Anyway, I was curious,

are you really throwing

a kick-off party tomorrow night?

Yeah.

Well, I just came here

to let you know

I think that's a great idea!

Okay.

Nothing's more

in the spirit of TrollsTopia

than another Tribe taking initiative

to bring us together, right?

I was gonna throw

a kick-off party,

but I'll happily

toss my invitations away.

Who cares, right?

So I'm dying to know what

kind of party you're throwing.

Can you give us just

a little hint about your plans?

Nah. I can't tell you my plans

'cause Rocker Trolls

don't plan parties.

[both gasp]

You you don't party-plan?

Nah, we just go with the flow.

Val, a successful party means

properly executing so many details.

You've gotta think this through.

I've gotta? Are you gonna tell

me how to throw my party?

What? No. No, no.

I just I

'Cause that wouldn't be in the

spirit of TrollsTopia, would it?

Or wouldn't it? Or would it?

- Or wouldn't it?

- No! You're right, Val.

It's your party.

You should do it your way.

[nervous chuckle]

- Cool.

- Yep.

Coo-cool! [chuckles]

We'll just go with the flow.

[chuckles nervously]

We cannot go with the flow!

- [both] Right! What do we do?

- We need help.

Go round up the most

party-loving Trolls we know.

[both] Got it!

Actually, you'll have

to be way more specific.

All right, this kick-off party is

too important to leave to chance.

We have to plan it. But Val can't

know, so we have to make our plans

seem spontaneous. Agreed?

[clears throat] Uh, need I point

out that this plan is absurd?

Uh, need I point out that I will

badger you until you help?

You need not.

'Kay, first, we need to get the word

out so Trolls actually show up.

We can't send out invitations

or she'll know we're planning.

So, instead, we'll

have to "spontaneously"

spread the word in every

situation we can.

Hm. Every situation?

- Marco!

- [all] Troll-o!

- Marco!

- Troll Oh!

You just have to go to Val's kick-off

party tomorrow night in Misty Meadows.

Please don't be late,

it's common courtesy! Thank you!

What? Oh.

- Marco!

- [all] Troll-o!

Next, we need refreshments

to arrive, "accidentally."

So, Guy, you'll pretend to be

an ice cream vendor

whose truck "happens to"

break down right at the party.

Ah. Ice cream vendor number one.

I know just how

to play the character.

[ice cream truck music plays]

[shouting]

Woe! Woe is me!

Mine wagon of iced cream!

Who will eat all this

before it melts?

Wait! How about trying that

again, Guy, only not so dramatic.

Hm. Less dramatic, eh?

So like

- [laughs] Oh, no!

- [horn honks]

My ice cream truck

has broken down! [laughs]

- [laughs]

- [honks]

- Uh-uh.

- I'll work on it.

[squeaking]

And at the end, we need something

like a big fireworks finale

to happen "out of the blue.

Ooh! What if two meteors

streak across the sky

and collide above the party,

causing a brilliant

cosmic light show.

Wow!

Yeah, wow.

- Now, make that happen.

- Wait, what?

Okay, one last

party run-through.

We start with me at Val's party.

Nothing's happening

'cause she didn't plan anything.

[humming] Then after six minutes

and 13 seconds

[Guy Diamond] I enter and put on

the performance of a lifetime!

Ha! [Dracula accent] Oh, no! My

ice cream wagon has broken down!

[cackles]

[Poppy] Okay!

Then at 9:23

[Biggie] Mr. Dinkles

starts a conga line.

Dance, dance, dance,

all the way to 9:34.

[Smidge] When I release some glow flies

to provide random festive lighting.

[Poppy] Now we're off and partying until

11:38, when Branch does his thing.

- [fireworks whistling]

- Mission accomplished.

- Got it, guys?

- [all] Got it!

No, I have no idea

how to do that!

- Got it, guys?

- [all] Got it!

[groans]

[rock music plays]

[yawns]

Well, unfortunately,

I was right about Val's party.

But this is what happens

when you "go with the flow."

But it will liven up,

because in just minutes,

all of our "spontaneous"

wonder will begin.

Huh. This party's kind of a dud.

What's the deal?

Gee, I don't know.

You think it could be 'cause

you didn't plan anything?

Hm

Nah. It's the location.

Yo! Let's move the party

to the Lagoon!

- [cheering]

- What?

[chanting] Lagoon! Lagoon!

Lagoon! Lagoon!

Biggie, everything's set up

to happen here in the meadow.

But the lagoon is not the meadow!

The meadow is the meadow!

Ah! We've gotta

start the fun before they go!

Guy! Now!

[robotic voice] Oh, no, my

ice cream truck has broken down.

Bleep bloop. Or maybe it's

[deep voice] My ice cream

truck has broken down!

- Ah! No!

- He's not hearing me.

Branch, meteors!

- Still working on it.

- Ah! We've gotta stall them!

[chanting] Lagoon! Lagoon!

Wait, you can't leave now!

We can't? Why not?

Because! Because I

I have to sing you a song!

- A song?

- Yeah. A song about

this tree!

[nervous chuckle]

And a one, and a two, and a

Uh Look at this

beautiful tree ♪

With a bark

and the leaves Yeah!

It's so brown and green ♪

Leaves, leaves

leaves, leaves ♪

Bet you can't count

each one No!

Leaves, leaves

leaves, leaves ♪

- No one leaves till we're ♪

- [Val] Wait.

Are you singing

a song about a tree to stall us?

No.

Good. To the Lagoon!

[chanting] Lagoon! Lagoon!

Lagoon! Lagoon!

Uh uh Wait!

Uh! You can't go because

[sighs] You're gonna miss

the party that we planned.

Planned?

We're blown, guys.

Go ahead and show 'em.

[dance music plays]

[squeaking]

Fly, my pretties, fly!

- [all] Ooh! Oh!

- [indistinct chatter]

Arr! Me ice cream vessel

be broken down!

- [laughs] You nailed it, Daddy!

- Yeah!

[all cheering, laughing]

You planned my party?

Yes, I did.

Sorry, Val. This party was just

too important to leave to chance.

Yeah, I was counting on that.

Hold on. You're saying you

wanted me to plan your party?

Yeah, I told you. Rocker Trolls

throw their parties

by goin' with the F. L. O. W!

I "Fake Laziness,"

so that "Others Work."

[evil cackle]

Oh.

Well, I'm done talkin'

to you now.

- Party!

- Wow!

She was pulling my strings

from the start.

Well played. Party!

[all cheering]

[all gasping]

Branch, that was incredible!

How did you manage that?

Ahem. Well, Biggie,

when you know as much

about astrophysics as I do

It was just a coincidence,

right?

[groans] Yep.

Complete coincidence.

[Poppy] Look at this

beautiful tree ♪

With a bark and the leaves ♪

Yeah!

It's so brown and green ♪

Leaves, leaves

leaves leaves ♪

Bet you can't

count each one No!

Leaves, leaves

leaves, leaves ♪

No one leaves

till we're done ♪

Leaves, leaves

leaves, leaves ♪

Bet you can't

count each one ♪

Leaves, leaves

leaves, leaves ♪

No one leaves

till we're done ♪