# Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

Trolls: The Beat Goes On! is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation. Based on the 3D computer-animated comedy musical film Trolls, the show premiered on Netflix on January 19, 2018, in the United States and takes place between the events of the first film and the sequel, Trolls World Tour. Amanda Leighton, Skylar Astin, Kari Wahlgren, Sam Lerner, David Kaye, David Fynn, Sean T. Krishnan, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Fryda Wolff provide the new voices for Princess Poppy, Branch, Bridget, King Gristle, King Peppy, Biggie and Mr. Dinkles, Guy Diamond, Smidge, DJ Suki and Satin & Chenille for this series respectively; only Ron Funches and Walt Dohrn reprise their roles as Cooper and Cloud Guy, also respectively. Matt Lowe also voices Creek in the series, who returns in "Creek Week".
Hannah Friedman, Sam Friedman, and Matthew Beans developed the series, with music from Alex Geringas and original songs by Alana Da Fonseca. James Zahn of The Rock Father confirmed that there would be a second season, which was released on March 9 and consists of seven episodes.
The third season was released on August 24, 2018, the fourth season on November 2, 2018, the fifth season on January 18, 2019, the sixth season on April 9, 2019, the seventh season on August 27, 2019, and the eighth and final season was released on November 22, 2019.
The series debuted in the United States on Universal Kids on November 16, 2020.
A new Trolls series called Trolls: TrollsTopia was released on Hulu on November 19, 2020. It was also released on Peacock on the same day.

## Cast and characters
### Main characters

* Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy, the excitable and optimistic queen of the Trolls
* Skylar Astin as Branch, an over-cautious, but good-hearted survivalist Troll and Poppy's best friend
* David Fynn as:
** Biggie, a large, friendly Troll
** Mr. Dinkles, Biggie's pet worm
* Fryda Wolff as:
** DJ Suki, a cheerful and positive Troll who uses DJ equipment made of insects
** Satin and Chenille, twin Trolls with a flair for fashion design and conjoined by their hair. Satin is very cheerful and talkative while Chenille is calm and sassy.
* Ron Funches as Cooper, a giraffe-like Troll
* Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond, a glittery, naked Troll with a highly auto-tuned voice
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge, a small, inordinately strong female Troll with a masculine voice

### Supporting characters

* David Kaye as King Peppy, the former king of the Trolls and Poppy's father
* Sam Lerner as King Gristle Jr., the king of the Bergens
* Kari Wahlgren as:
** Bridget, a Bergen who is a former scullery maid, Gristle Jr's girlfriend, and Poppy's best friend
** Harper, a very artistic, creative, sassy, jocund, competitive and optimistic Troll who loves to paint
* Matt Lowe as Creek, a Troll with zen-like wisdom and Branch's treacherous rival
* Gary Cole as Sky Toronto, the boss and owner of Sky Toronto's Party Shop
* Declan Churchill Carter as Keith, a young Troll
* Abby Ryder Fortson as Priscilla, a young Troll
* Kyla Carter as CJ Suki, DJ Suki's young niece
* Walt Dohrn as:
** Fuzzbert, a Troll whose legs are the only thing visible besides his hair
** Cloud Guy, an anthropomorphic cloud who often makes fun of Branch
* Sainty Nelsen as Nova Swift, a trendsetter and fashionista Troll
* Jonah Platt as Milton Moss, a gentle critter keeper and veterinarian Troll and Smidge's love interest
* Utkarsh Ambudkar as Master Controll is a rapper who wants to battle Poppy in a compliment rap battle
* Fryda Wolff as:
** Dr. Moonbloom, a medical Troll who has a habit of saying things dramatically
** Gia Grooves, a kind, glittery Troll who run the daycare center
* Alexa Kahn as Tug Duluth, a tour guide Troll
* Kevin Michael Richardson as:
** Klaus Von Frousting, a Troll who applies frosting and speaks in that of a Scandinavian accent.
** Groth, an upper class Bergen with high standards.
** Chad and Todd, the guards of the Royal Bergen family.
* Pat Pinney as Nangus, a Bergen who is in charge of the dungeon
* Arnie Pantoja as Archer Pastry, a creature who was once part of a group called "The Party Crashers" and a new friend to Poppy and the Trolls
* Rachel Bloom as Cybil, a fortune teller Troll

## Episodes

| Season | Segments | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19) | January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19) |
| 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | March 9, 2018 (2018-03-09) | March 9, 2018 (2018-03-09) |
| 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | August 24, 2018 (2018-08-24) | August 24, 2018 (2018-08-24) |
| 4 | 13 | 7 | 7 | November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) | November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) |
| 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18) | January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18) |
| 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | April 9, 2019 (2019-04-09) | April 9, 2019 (2019-04-09) |
| 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | August 27, 2019 (2019-08-27) | August 27, 2019 (2019-08-27) |
| 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) | November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) |

## Soundtrack
### Songs

All tracks are written by Da Fonseca and Yaeger except written

## Broadcast

The series was released internationally on Netflix. It was also aired on linear television in the United States on Universal Kids, in the United Kingdom on Pop, Tiny Pop and Pop Max, in Australia on ABC Me, in Canada on Family, in South Africa on e.tv, in Southeast Asia on DreamWorks Channel Asia, in the Philippines on TV5 (dubbed in Filipino) and in Pakistan on Pop.
The series was also released for broadcast in South Korea on Tooniverse. The main theme of the program, "Hair in the Air", is sung in its Korean version featuring vocals from Red Velvet's Yeri and NCT's Jeno, Jaemin, and Renjun.

## Home media

Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Seasons 1 - 4, containing all of the episodes from seasons 1–4, was released on DVD on May 7, 2019, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.