Branch/History

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Branch wasn't originally a character of the Trolls movie, but was added after it was re-conceptualized as a musical. He replaced the character "Masklin".
Branch was designed after Poppy, who was the first character designed for the new musical. Whereas Poppy was conceptualized to be bright and cheerful, Branch was a contrasting grey color. He was meant to have green cool purple accents, and his hair is purposely shorter than other Trolls to foreshadow character development. Whereas Poppy was an exploding volcano, Branch was a contained one.
Justin Timberlake's given instruction for Branch's motivation was to be "every dad in the theatre, so anything happy just poke holes in it". 
Kevan Shorey said that they were told to work to the age of "20 something" for both Poppy and Branch. He stated that the two were designed in a "very appealing, cuddly and tactile way", and a lot of the acting from Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake would impact their characterization and the relationship between them, both of which had to be handled well to make them feel believable.https://twitter.com/KevanShorey/status/1564043855753723904
Branch was quite easy to design for the team, as they already had made Poppy, his counterpart, and he was designed to be her opposite. Since he lived as an antisocial hermit, he was designed to wear homemade clothing. Early designed concepts had the Trolls dulling when they were scared or sad. As Branch was always grey, he would blend in; he was designed to be a survivalist at his core. He was a young adult Troll who prepared for the worst. Justin Timberlake was chosen as the voice actor of Branch because his voice was naturally perky-sounding, to contrast how grumpy Branch himself was."The Art of DreamWorks Trolls", ISBN no.;9781785653025
The grey coloration is also a reference to the original plot of the Trolls film. When it was reimagined as a musical, it was originally going to be about how the Trolls gained their colorful hair. Branch was supposed to be the sole remaining grey Troll in the village. Though the story was changed, he did not.
While unconfirmed, it has been seen from concept material that the concept team had intended to have a blue-skinned Troll in The Snack Pack with blue hair. Various members of the group were given this design before it was settled for Branch, who was initially conceptualized to be completely green when showing his "True Colors". Some early artworks also depicted him with a good luck "wishstone" on his belly button like Poppy, but both had it removed in further ones. Others showed him carrying different weapons, including a bow and arrow.
Branch was a strong reference for the Rock Trolls' designs in Trolls World Tour, and it was even pondered if he had been a Rock Troll himself without knowing it.
=== Concept Art ===
branch concept1.png|One of several rejected concepts for Branch, from The Art of DreamWorks Trolls.
branch concept2.png|Ditto. Here, Branch is seen riding a concept for Cooper.
GJxEmYmWcAAzGNY.jpg|Baby Branch above earlier designs of his BroZone older brothers, from The Art of DreamWorks Trolls Band Together.
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=== Early Life ===
Branch was in the band BroZone as a baby under the stage name of "Bitty B", at his debut where his older brothers tried to sing Perfect and create the perfect family harmony. Before his first show began, Branch had a peek at the crowd, which made him very nervous as it gave him the feeling that he was gonna barf and pass out and pee his pants all at once. Floyd went over to check on him to see if he was ok and discovers that he has the preshow jitters which Floyd found completely normal as he had them before. Floyd reassured Branch that whenever he got the jitters, he remembered that he was with his brothers and when they came together, there was nothing they couldn't do. During the show however, Branch's brothers messed up when they tried the perfect harmony and got tangled up at the ceiling, and all Branch could do was to watch on with worry and embarrassment. After the show, there was a huge argument between John Dory, Spruce and Clay on how things went, with John Dory blaming the brothers for not following his lead and Spruce and Clay getting tired of John Dory's leadership. 
After voicing their opinions, all three brothers quit as a result, leaving Floyd and Branch behind, with the former pleading to Spruce and Clay not to leave. Branch blamed himself for the failed concert after the three of them left, but Floyd reassured his little brother that none of this was his fault. Floyd tells him that they weren’t in sync and that they’ve gone from boys to men and the only direction for them to go was the backstreets. Branch was hoping that Floyd wasn't going to leave as well to which Floyd replies "Not forever. I'll be back. I promise". But Floyd also told Branch he had to follow his heart, as it was telling him that is time to start a solo career. This further upset Branch as he didn't know what he's gonna do, but Floyd told him that he had gotten an important job to do, which is to… take care of Grandma, but advised him to let her occasionally win card games. Floyd also gives him his leaf vest and promising to return. Before he left, Branch showed his fourth older brother the fun bunker he designed for his brothers to play in with him and wanted to build it with him when he came back.
At some point in time, he also was a member of Kismet, though it is unknown when this happened.
As a child, Branch lived in the Troll Tree during the time the Trolls were still trapped in Bergen Town. At one stage, he got lost in song and wasn't paying attention to his surroundings, which made Chef notice him and attempt to grab him. His grandmother Grandma Rosiepuff noticed this in time and rushed to save him, pushing him off the branch he was standing on. Though this saved his life, his grandma was taken away and presumably eaten. The result made him devastated, becoming grey in the process. After that, Branch never sung a note and avoided everyone so he won't lose anyone else again. Despite this, Branch didn't fall entirety into despair as he held out hope that his brothers would come back one day.
He escaped with the other Trolls during the last Trollstice.
=== Trolls ===
Though the Trolls were now free, Branch grew up alone with no remaining family to look after him, but continued to wait for his brothers to return. Between the growing paranoia of what happened with his Grandma and his feeling of abandonment caused by his brother's leaving him, and the blissful happiness and carefree nature of the other Pop Trolls, he felt he didn't belong.
10 years before the main storyline of Trolls started, he built his fun bunker for him and his brothers as his "survival bunker" instead and began to live in it, but deep down held out hope that his remaining family will come back, even though he was angry and hurt with them, as he waited for them. Having almost no contact with other Trolls except to warn them of danger out of paranoia, much to his embarrassment when reminded of them. For the most part, everyone ignored him, even going so far as to mock him over his active paranoia. However, Branch would eventually come to know Princess Poppy as she tried many attempts to befriend him and would invite him to her various parties. Despite not coming to them, Branch was touch by Poppy's kindness as she was the first Troll to do so that isn't his family. Branch even kept all the invitations Poppy has given him and developed a crush on her.
On the 20th anniversary of their escape from Bergen Town, Poppy invites Branch to their celebration of freedom, which he refuses and warns them it'll attract the Bergens. They don't heed his warning, and later that night throw the biggest, loudest, and craziest party ever. Branch briefly watch the party before going back to his bunker. The party allowed Chef to find them, causing Branch's warning to come true with all of Poppy's friends being captured. While that was going on, Branch was at his bunker depressed as he wonder if he'll ever be happy again like he was when he had his family around. Branch then heard a knock as he came up to see who was there and found out that Poppy was there. Believing that she was trying to get him to come to her party, Branch tells Poppy that he was not coming. However, Branch changed his tune when Poppy tells him that they were attacked by a Bergen. Worried for Poppy's safety, Branch drags her into his bunker.
However, Branch was surprised when Poppy informed him that she came to him for help in rescuing her friends. Unfortunately, Branch refused to help Poppy save her friends, as he planned to spend 10 or 11 years in his bunker instead. His plan was foiled by Poppy hiding the entire Troll Village in it. Poppy goes off on her own, and leaves him to deal with hug time. Eventually, Branch got annoyed as he finally cracked after the third hug time as he decided to join Poppy on her mission to save her friends. Branch found Poppy and saved her from a group of spiders by whipping them into a cave with his hair, which turns out to be the mouth of a large creature. He then rescues and revives Poppy, going with her to Bergen Town. During their travels, he gets annoyed with her antics, habit of singing and being positive constantly, stating that she didn't know the "world isn't made of cupcakes and rainbows".
They arrive at the Route Tunnels, meeting Cloud Guy, who states one tunnel leads to Bergen Town and the rest to certain death. After losing his temper with the cloud, he chases him until they run through the tunnel to Bergen Town. They enter the castle to rescue the missing Trolls. They find them alive, despite Branch predicting they would be eaten, only to witness such thing happening to Creek. Branch attempts to bring Poppy down to Earth about Creek still being alive, as they all saw him getting eaten.
Chef gives Bridget the Trolls to watch, and the pair go after them. They witness Bridget's breakdown about her crush on King Gristle Jr., and after freeing the other Trolls decide to help her. When the other Trolls begin to sing and cheer her up, she notices Branch isn't singing and questions the plan. Finally, after Poppy pressures him enough, he reveals what happened to his grandma and how he was responsible for her death. Poppy and the others finally realize why he's never happy and comfort him. He agrees to go along with the plan, which successfully gains Bridget a date with Gristle. During the date, the Trolls and Bridget struggle to help her with words, causing Branch to step in and tell her what to say, much to Poppy and her friends surprise.
Later, after confirmation that Creek was alive, the Trolls state they need to go, leaving Bridget heartbroken due to a lack of confidence without them. They rescue Creek, only to find out that he isn't in the locket he had been kept in by Gristle. Distracted, Chef captures them all, as she brought the group back in the cage, this time including Poppy and Branch. Seeing Creek with Chef, Branch realized that he was selling them out as he strangled him with his hair. However, Branch was calmed down by Poppy as he was convinced to let Creek go and hear him out. Fortunately, Branch was proven right as Creek tells them that he was selling out the rest of Troll Village for the sake of his own life. Branch was satisfied that Poppy tried to strangle Creek with her hair as well, but she was stopped by her friends.
During the Trollstice preparations, Branch witnesses Poppy, who admitted that he was right that the world isn't all cupcakes and rainbows, finally give up then watched her and the rest of the Trolls turn grey like him. Feeling guilty for the words he said to her during their journey and realizing that Poppy never gave up on him, Branch decided to return a favour by singing to her in order to cheer up, as he breaks his vow to not sing. Branch's efforts resort Poppy's colors. In the process, he regains his own True Colors, as the other Trolls watch and they also return to their original colors. After Poppy thanked him for helping her, Branch thanked her for showing him on how to be happy. When Poppy asked him this, Branch confirmed to her that he is finally happy and its inside all of us, sometimes you just needs someone to help them find it.
Bridget opens the pot and sets all the Trolls free outside, willing to sacrifice herself, since she knows there will be dire consequences. When Poppy refused to leave Bridget to her fate, Branch and the rest of The Snack Pack go back with her to rescue her. Poppy shows to the Bergens that they don't need to eat Trolls to be happy, as happiness is inside of everyone, even using what Branch said to her earlier. Chef makes an attempt to continue as planned, trying to get Gristle to eat Branch, but Poppy saves him. The rest of the Bergens, realizing that they do indeed have happiness inside of them, dance with the Trolls. Branch and Poppy are seen together at the end of the movie, as his first friend has been crowned queen of the Trolls.
=== Trolls Holiday ===
With the Bergens and Trolls now friends, Trollstice is gone forever and the Bergens don't have a holiday. Meanwhile, Poppy is constantly sending Bridget cards for every single holiday the Trolls have - and they have a lot. Bridget starts to send cards back for every day of the week. Branch is with Poppy trying to practice his smiling, as he's still new to being happy, due to not being in this mood for years. She tries to help him, but his face doesn't cooperate and he draws attention to the cards. Poppy realizes why they're doing this: because they now don't have a holiday, so they have nothing to look forward into. She has an idea, to which Branch responds by telling her to sleep on it before she gets a crazy idea.
The next morning, Poppy gives Branch a scare in his bunker. He quickly finds out she didn't sleep on the idea. The plan is to get him on board and then travel to Bergen Town, there they'll show the Bergens the Trolls' holidays so that their minds will be blown. Her idea is basically to give them one of their holidays. Branch gives up and agrees to the plan.
They travel by Caterbus to Bergen Town. Cloud Guy drives the bus the entire time, even accidentally going over a cliff into a worm hole becaue the Trolls started singing and he joined in instead of driving the bus. Upon arrival the group consisting of Poppy, Branch, Biggie, Fuzzbert, Guy Diamond, Cooper, Satin and Chenille make an entrance. After Bridget and Poppy are done with the greetings, Poppy begins her holiday presentation. However the holidays aren't very Bergen-like and to them are lame. In addition, each demonstration either makes a mess in the castle or ends up with King Gristle Jr. getting hit by something, some both.
Bridget tries to stop Poppy, but when Branch attempts to tell Poppy her plan isn't working and they need to stop, Poppy misunderstands him and goes bigger. The presentations get out of hand, and eventually Bridget is forced to put her foot down. Poppy is asked to leave, as the Bergens are left with a mess to clean up.
Outside, Poppy is gloomy because Bridget got mad at her, failing to understand what she did wrong. Branch then begins to sing and follow her. Eventually, Branch's constant singing and persistent following makes her mad and she yells at him to stop, in that moment realizing what he's doing is what she just did to Bridget. Realizing she needs to apologize, their attention is turned to bubbles floating in the air.
The Bergens have created a new holiday of their own named "Troll-A-Bration Day" to celebrate the most awesome thing in their lives: their friendship with the Trolls. Poppy apologizes and Branch finally smiles; now he can't stop and it's hurting him. The Trolls and Bergens dance and sing the night away.
=== Trolls World Tour ===
Life continued on with Branch finally coming out of his bunker and now joining in with the rest of Troll Village, becoming more social with his friends and neighbours. He began participating in their singing and dancing. Also, Branch's feelings for Poppy grew and realized that she was the one for him, but he lacked the guts to tell her how he felt about her. During one of their villages song sessions, he witnesses the birth of Tiny Diamond and after the song ends, Poppy and he bid Guy Diamond and Tiny his new son farewell. Branch then attempts to finally tell Poppy how he feels, but back-peddles, to which Poppy states she finds being a good queen as important as being his friend. With the word "friend" echoing in his mind, he assumes he's just been friend-zoned, much to his dismay.
Their attention is drawn to Biggie, who's being attacked by a bat-like creature. Branch calms the bat down and Poppy reads the message it was carrying. King Peppy tries to destroy the message after Poppy reads about Queen Barb "the Queen of Rock", but Branch stops his panicked state. Peppy then reluctantly explains the existence of the other Troll Tribes, and how their ancestors created six Strings, each representing a different type of music, one for each of the Trolls' different Tribes. Peppy claims the Tribes soon argued over the strings and what sort of music to play, which led the elders of each Tribe to decide they were too different to get along, so each Tribe took their own string and went their separate ways, never to interact with each other again.
Poppy and Peppy later get into a row about how to deal with the situation, as Peppy believes they should run while Poppy thinks Barb wants to unite the Trolls and that they should help her. Peppy tells Branch to get ready and he goes to make preparations. Later that night, Poppy is preparing to leave and reach out to the other Tribes in hopes of uniting the, and bringing about harmony. Branch catches her leaving, but is unable to stop himself from joining her aboard Sheila Balloon.
In the morning, they find Biggie had accidentally stowed away, as he and Mr. Dinkles had fallen asleep after eating most of Poppy's cotton candy she had on board. Poppy also discovers Branch has weapons, which he tries to defend, saying it'd be safer to have them just in case they need them, but Poppy kicks them out of the balloon. Branch also tries to fly the balloon via reading the 400-page manual, but Poppy just hits the controls, sending it everywhere until Sheila asks her not to. They arrive at Symphonyville, the home of the Classical Trolls, only to find it in burning ruins. After learning what happened from Pennywhistle, Poppy realizes Barb doesn't want to unite the tribes; she wants to destroy them. Poppy then reveals she has the Pop string with her, to Branch's dismay as he suggests they go home and prepare for Barb's attack but Poppy refuses, saying they must warn the other Tribes.
However, Biggie is panicking, so to assure him and calm him down, Poppy does a Pinky Promise with him, promising to protect him no matter what. Branch watches their Pinky Promise in disbelief. They leave Pennywhistle, who wants to rebuild Symphonyville by herself.
They head to the Country Trolls' town of Lonesome Flats, where they hear their musical style as their leader, Delta Dawn, sings Born to Die. Branch likes the song, as he sees that life is sad sometimes, but Poppy assumes the Country Trolls don't know how to sing music that makes them happy, and decides they (she, Branch and Biggie) should sing the most important songs to them. This doesn't go well, as the Country Trolls are offended by their music, and Delta throws them in jail for "crimes against music". Poppy tries to tell Delta they came to warn her about Barb, but Delta dismisses her words, saying she already knows about Barb and "her fancy world tour"; though she clearly doesn't understand the threat Barb poses.
The trio escapes thanks to a Country Troll named Hickory, but Branch is mistrusting of him as he doesn't know why he's helping them. Fleeing from Delta and her posse, they escape by jumping into a river.
The group of now-four Trolls head down the river, and Hickory builds them a boat. During the ride down the river, Branch and Poppy have a hushed discussion about Hickory, whom Branch doesn't trust and Poppy turns his words around by saying Branch doesn't trust her judgement, which Branch counters by saying sometimes friends have to question their friends' decisions. Shortly after, they encounter the bounty hunter Chaz, the Smooth Jazz troll, who puts the three Pop Trolls in a trance with his Smooth Jazz music. When they come to their senses, they find themselves tied up, but Hickory saves them from Chaz, as he had used gumdrops as earplugs to avoid his brainwashing, and sends Chaz into the river. Biggie then starts to freak out, and though Poppy tries to calm him down, he brings up that she promised they would be safe. But seeing that Poppy cannot protect them and upset that she isn't listening to anyone and only hearing what she wants to hear, Biggie tells Poppy she has broken her Pinky Promise, and decides to return to Pop Village. Branch simply watches Biggie leaving with Mr. Dinkles sailing up the river.
The following morning, Hickory talks to Branch, whom he can see has feelings for Poppy, but points out that only one of them (Poppy and Branch) is doing the listening in their relationship and it's not her. They trio are then unexpectedly taken into Vibe City, the home of the Funk Trolls. Inside, they meet a Troll they think is Cooper, but it turns out Cooper had gone out on his own journey to find other Trolls just like him, and this Troll is Prince D, his twin brother. He and Cooper introduce the group to the Funk Twins' parents, King Quincy and Queen Essence, and Cooper explains he was taken as an egg by a bird and ended up at Pop Village. When Poppy suggests to unite the Pop Trolls and Funk Trolls in order to stop Barb, Quincy respectfully declines and D explains the truth about why.
After D explains the real history of why the Tribes split apart, that it was the ancient Pop Trolls who took the strings and wouldn't let the other Tribes play their own music until they finally took back their strings and left the Pop Trolls, Poppy tries to convince them that if they work together they can prove Barb wrong and that all Trolls are all the same. Quincy and Essence respond that they are not all the same; they're different, like how their strings represent their different music genres. Then Quincy wisely tells Poppy that denying their differences is denying the truth of who they are, basically saying that differences do matter, leaving Poppy perplexed as it goes against what she had been trying to impress into others.
It is then the Rock Trolls attack. While Quincy, Essence, and D rally their people to prepare for battle, Cooper sends his friends and Hickory away for their own safety as he goes to help his family. Poppy and Branch are separated from Hickory, and can only watch helplessly as the Funk Trolls are attacked by Barb and her Rock Trolls. Branch then forces Poppy to listen to him, saying he's done listening to her and that they have to go home, but Poppy refuses to give up like him, which Branch defends by saying he wants to protect their friends and family. In response, Poppy states she can't go home until she proves she's a good queen, which severely disappoints Branch.
As the bubble they're in floats to the ground, Branch berates Poppy, that she's not listening to anyone, not her father, not Biggie, not Quincy and Essence, that she's only hearing what she wants to hear, and he'd been backing her up even when she ignored them. He turns away, hurt as he adds that Poppy never listened to him either. When Poppy asks what he's saying, Branch states that good queens actually listen and what he heard from Quincy and Essence is that differences do matter.
As they land on the ground, Branch then points himself and her out, that they're different. But it seems they're too different to get along, just like the Troll Tribes. After they land and the bubble pops, he walks away and they both argue and question why they're even friends, which ends with Branch asking why she's the one he cares more about than anyone else in the world, leaving Poppy speechless and ashamed.
Sad and believing he and Poppy would have never worked out after all, Branch goes off to be alone as he contemplates the relationship he'd hoped to have with Poppy and that it seems to be over before it had a chance to start, while singing Perfect for Me. He is then ambushed by The K-Pop Gang, who tie him up and demand him to take them to Poppy. Tresillo and his Reggaeton Trolls then show up to take him from them. The two groups have a dance-off with Branch caught in the middle. When they finish and agree to split him, he counterproposes, asking them why they're helping Barb if she gets to decide what music will be saved when all music should be saved. They agree and join Branch.
He travels with them on Shella Balloon to save Poppy, who has been taken to Volcano Rock City after being captured and her string taken. He drops the balloon manual on Barb's head as she's about to play the Ultimate Power Chord. She tries again, but this time Branch throws himself in her line of fire to shield Poppy from being hit by the effect of the six strings, all converted to Rock. Branch is brainwashed and turned into a Rock zombie, much to Poppy's dismay. After watching Barb proceed to turn the other Troll leaders into Rock zombies, Poppy tries to escape, but Barb has Branch grab her with his hair and hold her in place while she hits her with the effects of the Power Chord.
It seems Poppy has also been turned into a Rock zombie, so Barb throws her the guitar with the six strings, ordering her to convert the Funk Twins and her father into more Rock zombies. But just when it seems all is lost, Poppy turns the guitar at Barb and reveals that while she'd changed outwardly, she'd stuffed gumdrops into her ears to block out the Power Chord's brainwashing, so she remained herself on the inside. Berating Barb for her selfishness and hypocrisy, that forcing everyone to look, act, and sound the same is not harmony, while acknowledging her own mistakes, Poppy makes the desperate decision to destroy the guitar, which also destroys the six strings, creating a shockwave effect that undoes the effect of the Power Chord, returning all the converted Trolls back to their normal selves, including Branch, but also seemingly destroys all music and takes away all of the Trolls' colors. After everyone turns grey and Rock music has been destroyed, Poppy checks on Branch, and Barb spitefully throws the blame of destroying all music onto Poppy to hide her own guilt.
Before long, everyone soon notices the Funk Twins begin to create music, and the Trolls realize they don't need the Strings anymore as the music now comes from within, as it always truly had. Poppy starts off a song, Just Sing, with Branch and all the other Troll leaders joining in. The song inspires unity and harmony into all the Trolls, restoring their colors and spirits. When the song ends, Poppy and Branch make up. Branch finally confesses he loves her, with her saying she loves him back, making them aware of each others' feelings at last. As the camera zooms out, the pair kiss. The two celebrate with the other Trolls at their village.
=== Trolls: Holiday in Harmony ===
Branch goes on his first date with Poppy, only to find out she was also using the balloon ride as a chance to hand out invites to her new holiday gift swap across Troll Kingdom.
Branch draws Poppy's name, meaning that he has to get her a secret gift at the gift swap. Branch comes up with an idea for a machine that does her hair. However, after seeing his name on a giant gift for him realizes she got his name and his gift wasn't good enough. So he tries to upgrade it, with critique from Prince D and Cooper who comment how good it is, he concludes that they're right and it's not good enough still so he upgrades it one final time. After testing out the machine, it explodes, sending him flying into space and back down to the ground. There, he meets Tiny Diamond, who tells him he already knows the answer.
While cleaning, Branch finds a photo of him and Poppy and realizes what he must do. At the gift swap, the two reveal they got each other's names. Branch gives Poppy a Scrapbook of all their adventures, and her giant gift box turns out to be empty. Poppy could not find anything that was good enough for a wonderful Troll such as himself. The two sing Together Now and Poppy takes him on a second balloon ride for just the two of them, after she kisses him on his cheek, much to his surprise.
=== Trolls Band Together ===
When the Pop Trolls arrive in Bergen Town for Bridget and King Gristle Jr.'s wedding, Branch takes some time to revisit his family's old pod in the Troll Tree. He plays an old BroZone record and listens to the last song he and his older brothers performed before the band broke up and left him. At the same time, he reminisces all the happy times he had with his brothers before then and thinks about how much he misses them. 
He is so lost in memory that he doesn’t notice Poppy enter the pod. Poppy sees that Branch is upset about something and politely grabs his attention, causing him to quickly stop the record and try to hide his sadness. But Poppy isn’t fooled as he is smiling and crying at the same time, and it looks like it's hurting his face, to which Branch responds it does. However, Branch was reluctant to tell Poppy about his brothers and instead claims he's just missing his grandma, listening to ‘her’ old records. Upon seeing them, Poppy excitedly claims she loves BroZone. Branch is, at first, delighted before changing his mood to unpleasantly surprised. Branch then claims he doesn't like them and that he’s just 'hate-listening' while stating his grandma had very questionable taste.
Poppy can still tell that something else is bothering Branch that he's not telling her about. Though Branch tries again to deny it, Poppy encourages him to talk about his feelings with her as she holds his hands. Realizing that it's okay to open up to his girlfriend, Branch attempted to tell Poppy about his brothers and his past life of being a BroZone member. Unfortunately, Branch loses the nerve and claims they're gonna be late to the wedding. Branch then mistakenly says, “Let's go get married.” Poppy is a little shocked by that statement and stops him. Branch soon realizes what he just said and corrects himself, saying they'll actually be getting Bridget and Gristle married. It turns into an awkward exchange between the two, claiming it would be weird if they got married, due to them only dating for a month, lasting about 15 seconds before finally setting off.
The moment they leave the pod is the moment they start a musical number with the other Pop Trolls and Bergens. Poppy helps Bridget get ready as her maid of honor while Branch is probably helping Gristle as his best man. In a deleted scene, Branch is shown giving a gesture of encouragement towards a nervous Gristle while he is standing at the altar, waiting for Bridget. After Bridget and Poppy exchange a heartfelt talk of thanks and sisterhood, Poppy gets by Branch's side as she and him watch Bridget approach her groom at the altar, as Poppy hugs onto Branch's arm out of joy. The wedding then starts after Bridget receives a 'warning' from Gristle's Aunt Smead. The officiant, Miss Maxine, then starts the ceremony about falling in love, claiming she herself has fallen in love hundreds of times (thousands if counting a semester she spent abroad), earning a slight nod from Poppy and a look of confusion from Branch. 
But everything stops when somebody unexpectedly shouts, “STOP THE WEDDING!” Branch and Poppy, as well as the other Trolls and Bergens, turn and see an unfamiliar Troll on top of a building, overlooking the wedding. Gristle asks Bridget if she knows him, to which she responds, “I can’t remember all my suitors, Grissy.” Branch and Poppy watch with great confusion as the stranger leaps from the building and makes his way down, sliding down a wire and floating down on a balloon close enough to their bench to land. The stranger removes his goggles and asks if it was bad timing, as though he were oblivious to the drama he just caused. The moment Branch got a good look at the Troll is the moment he silently gasped and recognized the stranger is his oldest brother John Dory. The stranger then claimed he was looking for a Troll. And that was when he saw Branch, gasping with joy and running to him while shouting, "BABY BRANCH!".
Instead of confirming he knew him, Branch took a mistaken identity approach, calling him a stranger who only looked similar to himself and claimed there was no 'Branch' here. But the stranger seemed to ignore him, expressing his amazement at how much Branch had grown, stating he wasn't a 'branch' anymore but more like a 'trunk'. He then states 'junk in the trunk' before inappropriately slapping Branch's derrière right in front of Poppy and the others, much to his and Poppy's appalled shock. Things gets worse when the stranger tries to see if he can still pick Branch up. Despite Branch's yelps of protest, the stranger just continued holding Branch in his arms while Poppy watched with concern and in disfavor of the stranger's actions. The stranger soon threw his back out and tossed Branch back and forth, trying to keep from dropping him before he threw out his back again and Branch was eventually rocking back and forth on his head.
Finally, Poppy had seen enough and demanded the stranger to put Branch down and tell them who he was and what he wanted. The stranger plopped Branch back down with a chuckle, claiming he was being rude as he didn't introduce himself, despite that he was being more rude when he crashed the wedding and acted inappropriately with Branch. He then held his hand out to shake with Poppy as he gave a most surprising introduction: 'I'm Branch's brother.' That statement earned shocked gasps and points from Poppy, Bridget, Gristle, and all Trolls and Bergens who attended the wedding. Even Tiny Diamond claimed that this was an unexpected yet good amount of drama and requested popcorn from Mr. Dinkles, and Mr. Dinkles granted his request. Branch finally confirms by angrily stating that he used to be his brother, but not anymore. Poppy, still shocked by this revelation, claims that Branch could've started opening up to her about a secret brother, even though he attempted to explain to her that he tried to open up but hesitated before. Branch again claims that the stranger is his former brother, to which Poppy responds that is not how DNA works, with John Dory agreeing with her. When Poppy asked her dad if he knew, King Peppy just nervously questions what he would know about 'secret family members', as though he knew something else related to that subject.
Poppy then turns back to Branch's brother, stating she was being rude as she has never met anyone from Branch's family before. She introduces herself as Branch's girlfriend and asks if they should hug, fist-bump, or smile and wave for now and see where the night takes them. Branch's brother happily responds, “All of the above.” It is then that Poppy recognizes him as a member of BroZone and her and Branch's other friends are excited as they are also familiar with the band too. After dismissing him as being any of the other members (to which he claims was a lot of assumptions for someone she just met thirty seconds ago), Poppy finally gets it that he is John Dory (John Dory finishes, "The leader," at the same time Poppy finishes, "The old one," earning a sigh of annoyance from John Dory).
After Bridget stops Gristle from interrupting this 'very hot gossip,' Poppy comes to the conclusion that the other members of BroZone are also Branch's brothers. When Poppy asked him as to why he never told her, Branch claims it was complicated, though Poppy instead assumes it was because he wasn't in the band. She is proven wrong when John Dory states Branch was in the band as 'Bitty B', though Poppy finds it hard to believe since Bitty B had glasses, and John Dory added Bitty B had a diaper as well. Branch then added that he also had a falsetto made of gold before he angrily claims that those days were all in the past because John Dory and the other members stopped being his brothers the day they left Branch and never came back. John Dory rebuffs that he did come back, but no one was there (presumably after the escape of the last Trollstice). He also claimed that he didn’t even know if Branch was still alive until he heard about him saving the world from a 'rock apocalypse.' Though Branch finds that hard to believe as it had been twenty years too late for that realization.
When Poppy gently pushes Branch aside and asks what was wrong, Branch claims that John Dory is only here because he needs something. Poppy responds that John Dory is here because he's Branch's brother, but is proven wrong when John Dory is straight with Branch and says he needs something. John Dory explains he is here because he needs his help. Floyd is in danger as Mount Rageon Pop stars, Velvet and Veneer, have been extracting Floyd's talent essence in order to enhance their singing and become famous, but the process may eventually kill Floyd because they are also sucking the life out of him as well. Since Floyd is trapped in a perfume bottle made of diamond, they need to get the brothers back together in order to sing the Perfect Family Harmony, the only thing powerful enough to shatter diamond. Branch, despite feeling very concerned after hearing about Floyd's imprisonment, is not sure that is a good plan given that they tried that the last time he saw his brothers and they failed and it led to them breaking up and not talking to each other again for the next twenty years.
Hearing Poppy tell John Dory that they were in on the mission, Branch was shocked that she committed before he had a chance to answer and say his opinion. Despite this, Branch politely asked John Dory to give him and Poppy a second, which he does, as he takes his girlfriend so they can talk privately. Branch then asked Poppy as to what she was doing, as she explains to him that this mission could be his second chances with his brothers. Although he was intrigued of the idea of having his brothers back in his life, Branch told Poppy that she doesn't get his situation, due to not having siblings. However, Poppy insists that Branch goes along with it, claiming he is lucky to have a brother to fight for while stating she would help her sister if she had one (not noticing her dad nervously shifting his eyes around). Hearing Poppy getting out of hand with her fast talk, Branch settled his girlfriend down, unaware that John Dory was overhearing their conversation and smiling at them with delight. Branch then admits that if he was going to do this for any of his brothers, it would definitely be Floyd (the only brother who showed true genuine care for him, giving Branch his leaf vest as a goodbye present, and promising Branch he would be back). John Dory and Poppy take Branch not saying no as a yes and they set off in John Dory’s armadillo-like RV named Rhonda. Though they first watch Gristle and Bridget get married before their friends wish them good luck as they set off.
As the journey starts, Branch shows a little excitement about seeing his brothers again, though he dismisses it when Poppy notices his excitement, though Poppy doesn't seem to buy it. After finding out Tiny Diamond came to prove he is not a baby anymore and is now driving Rhonda, Branch turns Poppy and John Dory's attention to the clue board he put together to find Clay and Spruce by using old photos and magazines during BroZone's glory days. Poppy is amazed by the old outfits Branch and his brothers used to wear, even asking Branch about his frosted tips. Branch proudly states it was an era. John Dory then gets Poppy's attention about Branch's perm. He even shows Poppy the photo of the perm, to which Poppy squeals about how cute Branch was with it, much to Branch’s slight displeasure. John Dory further embarrasses him by telling Poppy that he and Branch's other brothers had to pull a plug when Branch tried to ‘frost his perm.' Branch angrily states it was an era before going back to the board to work on finding Spruce.
John Dory continues with Branch's baby treatment, stating that they didn't need his ‘little’ board to find Spruce since John Dory had a blank postcard of a sunset that said 'Wish you were here.' Despite there not being any return address or even a signature, John Dory insists it is definitely from Spruce and is backed up by Poppy saying that all they had to do was find the sunset on the postcard. As Branch walks off with the card, John Dory expresses how he likes Poppy's optimism and gives Branch one word; “Keeper!”. Up at the driver's seat, Tiny Diamond offers Branch his pacifier out of empathy for being treated like a baby, but Branch claims he can't get back on that train. Branch is sure the sunset on the postcard doesn't even exist, but is proven wrong when they come across a distant island that matches the postcard exactly, including the phrase. John Dory then takes over and drives Rhonda right off the cliff into the water, assuring Rhonda is completely waterproof.
When Rhonda washes up on the island's shores, the Trolls are poured out with water, disproving John Dory's earlier claim that Rhonda was waterproof. As they walk through the jungle, Poppy asks about who wrote the songs of BroZone, to which John Dory claimed he did. He then states that Branch has never written a song, to which Branch frustratingly responds that he was a baby and sarcastically asks if John Dory wanted him to write about diaper rash. John Dory just brushes it off and tells him to take it easy. When Poppy asks Branch again what was wrong, Branch is still reluctant to open up to her. Poppy tells him he should feel lucky to have a brother since a brother is a friend who can never leave. She also states she would kill to have a sibling to sing with, to which Branch responds she can have his, causing her to walk off. Tiny tries again to offer Branch his pacifier, but Branch just tells him not to wave it around and hides it out of embarrassment.
Eventually, they come upon the civilization of Vacay Island, where Spruce is running a restaurant and music venue. After getting his attention, Spruce excitedly runs past John Dory to Branch and playfully tosses him, much to the latter's displeasure. Despite Branch's insistence that he wasn't a baby anymore and was too big for such treatment, Spruce just continues playing with a wet willy. After introductions from Poppy and Tiny Diamond, the group is surprised to learn that Spruce changed his name to Bruce and started a family with his Vacaytioner wife, Brandy, with 13 kids.
After learning about Floyd, Bruce is a little reluctant that the Perfect Family Harmony might work until Poppy, Brandy, and the kids convince him to prove he was in a band. Branch just shakes his head and stands there with his arms crossed. Poppy encourages him to go sing with his brothers, but Branch claims he'll only do it to save Floyd when he has to and not for fun. Poppy then uses a little reverse psychology and states that Branch couldn't handle the possible overwhelming emotions with singing with his brothers again after all these years. Branch responds he can handle singing a song, prompting Poppy and Bruce's kids to push him to prove it, causing Branch to finally give in and starts towards the stage.
Poppy soon pops in a BroZone mixtape in a boom box as Bruce and John Dory start the song. Poppy mouths along as Branch just begrudgingly stretches and prepares to join in. Not much later, John Dory and Bruce turn the attention to Branch before they pull their youngest brother onto the stage with them and continue the song. At first, Branch only dances along with a sour expression, even though his brothers tried to get a smile out of him. However, realizing how much he missed performing with his brothers, Branch finally sings along and has fun with his siblings, which has him cracking a smile, much to his brothers happiness. Eventually, he even invites Poppy to sing the last part of the song with them, to which she happily obliges. They are then met with cheers from the audience. After Brandy kindly agrees to take care of everything here while Bruce went to help save Floyd, the group sets off in Rhonda once again to find Clay.
As Tiny continues driving Rhonda (this time, in Bruce's lap), they listen to Velvet and Veneer. Bruce claims he and his family are fans of the two, to which John Dory claims that they're the ones who have Floyd. Bruce claims it'll be hard to separate the art from the artists, earning a shocked and slightly appalled face from Branch. They then hear on the radio about the big show Velvet and Veneer will put on at the Rage Dome. This causes deep concern as Bruce turns the radio off and Branch questioning if Floyd will even make it through that show. Poppy reassures that they will make it as she and John Dory are now showing some appreciation for Branch's clue board, much to the latter's annoyance. Poppy then questions a picture of Clay in the Funderdrawers. This gives Branch the idea to use them to find Clay. After grabbing the Funderdrawers, Branch told John Dory that he had no idea why he saved them and it was disgusting. John Dory told him that they're memorabilia to which Branch admits to his oldest brother that he was glad that he did. With Poppy's help, Branch hangs the Funderdrawers in front of Rhonda, enabling her to get Clay's scent and track him down.
After a trip through the Hustle Dimension, Rhonda eventually tracks the scent down to an abandoned Bergen mini-golf course, Hole N' Fun. Despite its spooky atmosphere, the group venture inside and start exploring in hopes of finding Clay. Not long after entering, a large clown head seemingly comes to life and questions their intentions. Despite being afraid at first, Branch approaches the giant clown, much to the worry of John Dory. Branch tells the clown that they're just looking for Clay. The clown then realizes that the group are Trolls, much to Branch's confusion.
It is soon revealed that it is not the clown that was talking, but a female Pop Troll named Viva. Viva is immediately excited to meet other Trolls as she gives each of the group a big hug. Her attitude is a little overwhelming, even for Poppy, who asks Branch if this was how people felt whenever they meet her, to which Branch answers yes. After Viva and her tribe of Putt-Putt Trolls serve the group some food and drinks, Bruce states that the fries would go great with a burger. That unexpectedly sends the Putt-Putt Trolls running and hiding in panic, much to the group's confusion. Viva explains it's because the word 'burger' sounds close to the word 'Bergen'. This shows that these Trolls are not aware that Bergens are no longer their enemies.
It is with that that Clay appears and claims that they instead call burgers 'meat circles'. The brothers are surprised to see Clay. Clay is happy to see Bruce again, but is clearly unenthusiastic about seeing John Dory. Clay and Viva reveal that Clay helps Viva run the tribe here, taking care of all the 'boring stuff,' at which Clay proudly agrees. Clay then notices Branch and immediately overjoyed to see his 'baby' brother. He gives Branch a tight hug before he gently starts touching Branch's face, getting a better look at him. Branch, once again, tries to tell his older brother he wasn't a baby anymore, but is still met with baby treatment. Branch then turns Clay's attention away from him by happily introducing him to Poppy. Poppy is thrilled to meet Clay, giving him a hug and over enthusiastically requesting him to do the 'rusty robot'. Clay politely responds that he doesn't do that anymore. Poppy is clearly embarrassed for asking such a request after just meeting him two seconds ago, much to Branch's slight amusement. Clay explains that he's no longer 'fun' and is now serious, though he is unintentionally fun sometimes.
Clay then asks about Floyd, to which Branch explains that Floyd is in trouble and why they came to find him. Clay immediately agrees to help his brothers rescue Floyd and also volunteers to keep up with expenses. Branch claims they had to leave right now, but Viva responds they just got there and offers to show them around. That is when Poppy's hug bracelet chimes and Viva pulls her into a hug. John Dory also tries to get a hug from his brothers, but they all just look at him with confusion and nerve at John Dory's unsensible expectations for a hug. Viva then notices that Poppy's hug bracelet, that was given to her by her dad, looks like one Viva herself used to have. When Poppy allows Viva to see it, the hug bracelet responds in a way it only could to its original owner. Out of a slight sense of hope, Viva asks Poppy's name again before getting a better look at her, much to hers and the brothers' confusion. Viva then asks if Poppy's dad is King Peppy, to which Poppy answers yes. Viva then unexpectedly hugs her, exclaiming she was alive, much to Poppy and the brothers' further confusion. Poppy isn't sure what was going on, leading to Viva to reveal a most unexpected revelation: she was Poppy's older sister! Branch is just as surprised as Poppy to find out she has a sister.
This leads to a musical and joyful reunion not only between the sisters, but also Branch and his brothers as they were all together again. Branch actually enjoyed having his brothers by his side again as he and they had a bit of fun. Also, Branch and his brothers attempted to devise a plan to rescue Floyd. After Viva brought Poppy to her own home, Poppy started asking questions regarding how Poppy never knew about her. But Viva is reluctant to talk about it, clearly traumatized from the night of the escape from Bergen Town. Meanwhile, Clay told his brothers the story about how during the escape, some of the Trolls got separated and were close to getting eaten until Viva and some of those Trolls fought back. But the escape tunnels collapsed and those Trolls fled in the opposite direction to this mini-golf course, where Viva added her heart and Clay added fire exits.
Later on, Clay told his brothers that they had to get going to save Floyd. Branch was about to go get Poppy, but Clay stopped him, stating that Viva’s wasn't going to let Poppy go. Branch asks what he meant out of concern and confusion. Clay just responds that Viva's got some stuff going on and if they didn’t want to get trapped, they had to sneak out now. But it was too late as a spotlight shined on them and one of the other Trolls shut the gate, trapping the group inside. Viva reveals that she wasn't going to let them go out into a dangerous world. Poppy tries to tell her that there was no need to fear the Bergens anymore with Branch and John Dory wordlessly backing her up, even telling her about her relationship with Bridget, but Viva refuses to believe that the Bergens have changed. Branch then tries to relate to Viva about how he also cut himself off from the world out of fear of the Bergens in his bunker. He explained that while he was alive, he was also living 'without pants.' However, Branch's intentions to help Viva left his brothers in confusion as to what he was talking about. But just then, Clay opens the gate and allows the group to escape, apologizing to Viva since he couldn't lose his brother either. With his brothers, Branch runs and gently taps Poppy instead of dragging her with them. Viva tries to stop them, but is hesitant to leave the safety of the mini-golf course.
Before going aboard Rhonda, Branch first watches Poppy try to convince Viva to join them, only for Viva to state that she can't before the gate closes, leaving the sisters separated with broken hearts. Poppy leaves the scrapbook of her and Bridget against the gate for Viva as Branch comes to her side and provides her comfort. She and Branch then go back aboard Rhonda. The brothers try to practice doing the Perfect Family Harmony, slipping into old outfits (even Branch putting on a diaper). Poppy also helps out and its given her own puffy jacket, much to her excitement, as Branch and his brothers invited her to practice with them in an attempt to cheer her up about how things ended with Viva, although they mostly did it because they came to consider her part of the family. However, during rehearsal, everything starts going awry when John Dory starts telling his brothers to be more like their images. This causes another argument about how John Dory is being the same old John Dory that bossed them around in order to be 'perfect'.
The argument causes Branch distress as it is the same argument that caused the band and family to break up in the first place, but is feeling hurt when he hears the true reason of why they left. Despite this, Branch showed sympathy for John Dory as he realized that their two brothers are treating him as the same sibling they remember and accusing him of not caring about them. Also, Branch was able to get his three brothers back to their senses as he tells them that they can't forget about Floyd with John Dory agreeing with him and backing him up, which he appreciated. However, John Dory revealed that the sooner they could rescue Floyd the sooner they could go their separate ways again. Hearing this, Branch was surprised and slightly appalled by this revelation, as was Poppy. John Dory then teases Branch about the idea that they would all live together when it was all over, but he ends up unintentionally hurt Branch's feelings. Unlike when the band broke up, Branch finally has a say in this and starts to get upset at them for not considering how he might want them to actually be a family again. He takes out the old drawing of the ‘fun bunker' he drew when he was a baby and looked at it with slight sadness before telling Tiny Diamond to pull over.
After everyone stumbles, Bruce, who tried to calm him down, tells Branch not to be a baby, but unintentionally made things worse. Hurt and had enough of his brothers' behavior, Branch puts his foot down about how the three had been behaving. Bruce and Clay might have been mad at John Dory, as Branch comes to his oldest brother's defenses, but he was mad at them as they were still treating him like the baby of the family. Branch scolds them that he stopped being a baby the day they left him, cuz he had to and revealed that their Grandma got eaten, meaning he spent his life all alone with no family to take care of him. He crumbles up the drawing before leaving Rhonda, claiming that this time, he was gonna be the one to walk out on them.
Poppy uncrumples the paper and sees it is a picture of the same design as Branch's bunker, making her realize that Branch actually built the bunker out of hope that his brothers might come back one day. John Dory, who felt guilty for not being there and hurting his youngest brother's feelings, tells Poppy that he didn't know that Branch cared about him and his older siblings so much. Hearing this, Poppy tells John Dory that he didn't bother to ask Branch. She then leaves the brothers herself to go join Branch, leaving the three guilt-ridden for how they messed up with Branch. Though Clay breaks the moment by asking about Branch claiming that their grandma got eaten, but the realization did give the three brothers second thoughts of leaving each other again. However, the three, especially John Dory, who realized that Poppy was right about him not asking his brothers for any reasons, ended up feeling worse for their selfish behavior as they realized that their actions exposed Branch and Floyd to danger.
On the way to Mount Rageous, Poppy catches up to a clearly hurt Branch and asks where he going. Branch claims he was gonna save Floyd alone, as he didn't need his other brothers growing up and not now. At this point, Branch is so hurt that he asks if Poppy was gonna leave him eventually anyways as everyone else did. Knowing his words only come from a broken heart, Poppy stops Branch for a brief moment and reminds him that they have been by each other's sides from the moment they met and should give each other some credit at that point. This provides Branch the comfort he needed as he apologises and thanks Poppy. Poppy then claims that she isn't going anywhere, unless its with Branch to save Floyd before the two of them share a hug. They are then joined by Tiny Diamond on a tricycle before heading off to Mount Rageous. However, little did Branch know, his other brothers, who had realized that he, Poppy and Tiny Diamond went to rescue their sibling on their own, still intend to save Floyd and had decided to meet back up with him so they could apologize to him.
Once they make it, they find the Rage Dome and scale up the walls and manage to make their way through the air ducts to find Floyd. When they locate Floyd in Velvet and Veneer’s dressing room, Branch shows concern upon seeing a pale Floyd still trapped in the diamond bottle. When he, Poppy, and Tiny come down through the air vents, they see that Floyd doesn't have much energy left. Branch shows deep concern as he runs up to him and gets his attention. When Floyd first sees him, he immediately recognizes his younger brother, possibly because he recognized the vest he was wearing. Branch confirms this as he and Floyd press their hands on the bottle in the same position, as though they were touching hands.
Unlike the other three brothers, Floyd looks at Branch and sees a full grown Troll, complementing on how he grew into his old vest and stating that Branch was a man now. Branch is glad to hear that one of his brothers finally doesn’t see him as a baby, and it meant so much coming from the brother who showed his love for him the most. This leads to Branch and Floyd sharing an indirect hug, despite being separated by the diamond confinement, much to Poppy's happiness to see one of Branch's bonds with his brothers still so strong. But Floyd then tells him that he had to leave. Poppy tries to reassure him that they're here to rescue him, but Floyd responds that it was all a trap, that Velvet and Veneer lured them here. Floyd tells them again to leave, but Branch, who realized that the letter John Dory got was part of the trap and he unknowingly put the twins plan to bring him alongside their brothers into motion, refuses out of love and worry for Floyd. Floyd tells Branch to leave for him. That is when they hear Velvet and Veneer coming back, but the trio are able to slip back up through the air vents in time before they were noticed, much to Floyd's relief that Branch managed to escape before he and his friends were captured as well.
Once Branch, Poppy and Tiny make it back up to the vents, the former is horrified to see that the rest of his brothers have been captured after falling into a trap setup by Velvet and Veneer, which led Branch to blaming himself for their capture. After the twins leave for the Rage Dome, they free Rhonda from the closet, where they also meet the twins' former assistant, Crimp. Poppy recognizes that Crimp needs a hug, to which Branch agreed. Crimp also agreed as she sobbed and pulled Poppy into a hug. Branch and the others confront Velvet and Veneer as they started mingling with fans at the Rage Dome. Branch immediately demands they give him back his brothers, at which Poppy shouts, “Yeah! What he said!” Velvet denies knowing what they're talking about. That is when Poppy reveals how they're stealing BroZone’s talent because the twins had none of their own, openly calling them phonies in great disgust. This causes some whispers and murmurs of suspicion among the crowd of fans, prompting the twins to flee with the rescue team driving after them in Rhonda.
Velvet and Veneer instead decide to take the ‘show on the road’ as they drained some essence from BroZone and started singing, much to the pain of the brothers. When driving became difficult, Branch took over the steering wheel and finally requested that Tiny give him ‘the thing.’ After Tiny messes with him into frustration, he finally gives him that pacifier. When Branch takes a couple of sucks, he begins to calm down and then starts intensifying his driving.
When they finally catch up to the twins, Tiny got back at the wheel as Branch prepared to bungee jump. Branch lands on Floyd’s diamond, much to his joy, and reassures that they’ll rescue him and the others. But Velvet quickly notices him and bats him back up to Rhonda, much to Branch’s frustration.
After the twins make it onto the deck of a yacht, they continue draining essence from Branch’s brothers, with Floyd so close to losing all of his. Tiny then presses the Hustle button and Hustle Man helps by ‘dropping them off at the yacht’, but literally drops them.
Thankfully, they are saved by Bridget and Gristle, and are surprised to see Viva with them. Branch then watches with pleasure as Poppy and Viva make amends. Also, hearing Poppy tell Viva that it doesn't matter if their lives aren’t perfect as long they’re together, Branch realized that he and his brothers aren't perfect either, but are still family no matter how many mistakes they have made along the way. Soon, Bridget does a stunt jump off the dock towards the yacht as Gristle throws Rhonda towards the deck.
Rhonda is only able to hang onto the edge and cough her passengers onto the deck as she and the Bergen couple fall into the river. It then turns into a battle of performers as the twins try to catch the Trolls while still performing. The Trolls are able to rescue Branch’s three eldest brothers, but Floyd is still trapped as Velvet and Veneer end the show on a massive level.
And it only gets worse when Velvet decides to put on an encore, despite Veneer pointing out that Floyd won’t even last her half a song. However, Velvet ignores her brother's warning and cruelly drains another massive amount of Floyd’s essence, much to the horror of the other Trolls.
But Branch then recalls what Poppy said to Viva earlier and states they need to do the same; instead of being perfect, they just have to be who they are and together to achieve harmony. At that moment, the three eldest brothers, who have taken his advice to heart, finally accept that Branch has grown up and allow him to take the lead, which was also their way of making amends with him for their past actions and behavior towards him.
With some help from Crimp, the show instead turns to Branch and his brothers as Branch starts the song ‘Better Place’ with his brothers following his lead. The people of Mount Rageous cheer for them as Poppy and Viva also join them. Floyd also watches with pride to see Branch working with their older brothers. As the song progresses, they come close to finally achieving the Perfect Family Harmony. Bridget, King Gristle Jr., Tiny Diamond and Rhonda managed to get onto the yacht to see the Perfect Family Harmony coming to life through the efforts of their troll friends. And Floyd is able to gather up the last of his strength to join in, simultaneously being lifted away from Velvet's shoulder pad. And with one final note, the Perfect Family Harmony is achieved and the diamond bottles are destroyed, which sets Branch's brothers free.
But Floyd loses the last of his essence and falls unconscious with an opaque body. The Trolls watch with horror as Branch rushed over to his fallen brother as he managed to catch him in his arms. Despite this, Branch was completely saddened that Floyd sacrificed himself to help him and their brothers reach the Perfect Family Harmony. The brothers surround him in grief as Bruce and John Dory try to wake Floyd up while Poppy and Viva watch and feel sorry for their loss. Though the most heartbroken is Branch, as he tells Floyd that he built the hideout they had wanted to build together, except the ten-story waterslide. Feeling as though he'd lost his favorite brother for good, Branch lowers his head in mourning as Bruce puts his hand on his shoulder, trying to provide some comfort.
However, due to still holding his brother in his arms, Branch unknowingly shared his life essences with Floyd, which revived him, although his and their older brothers' love for him and each other also had a hand in reviving him as well. Hearing Floyd weakly yet lovingly asks Branch, “But…how will we shower?”, he looks up to see his brother coming to and is immediately overjoyed as he becomes the first one to hug a recovering Floyd before their older siblings come together in a group hug, which restored the rest of their brothers life essences. They were also joined by Poppy and Viva in their group hug. Branch is then surprised as Veneer publicly confesses his and Velvet’s crimes, but is pleased to see that Veneer decided to stand up for himself, realizing that Floyd had an influence on his change of heart, against Velvet and even be a good sport about having to go to prison anyways.
When Poppy asks Branch once again about how he was feeling, Branch finally expresses that he felt happy, grateful, as well as sorry that he didn’t open up to Poppy sooner. Poppy playfully teases Branch about how that was a lot of feelings. And after an exchange of chuckles, Branch is gently pulled into his first kiss with Poppy. The kiss is seen by cheering Mount Rageons and his proud older brothers. Though when the kiss ended, Branch realizes that Viva braided his hair, much to his slight embarrassment. But he is also glad to be quickly accepted as Poppy’s love interest by her older sister.
Eventually, a BroZone reunion concert is planned as Branch plans out the song for the performance. He compliments Bruce as he wrestled with his kids while John Dory was sitting reading a book. Clay soon approaches and apologizes, also on behalf of their other brothers, to Branch for missing out on him growing up and claims that he is excited to be with him now, to which Branch happily agrees. Clay then offers Branch to join his sad book club, stating it was really cool as they just sat around, hugged, and cried. Branch just gave an unsure 'Yeah…totally.'
Branch then notices Floyd looking out at the audience. It reminds Branch of how he (as a baby) looked out at the audience the night the band broke up and teasingly asks if Floyd got the ‘pre-show’ jitters. Floyd smiles and expresses how he couldn’t believe they almost missed out on all of this. The rest of the brothers join in and express how glad they are that they finally put their differences aside and can now have a better relationship together as a family.
As Branch checks himself in the mirror, John Dory approaches and expresses his pride in Branch’s song, claiming he knew Branch had it in him. Branch thanks him and says it was just a little something he and ‘a few of his buddies’ were working on. That earns looks of surprise and confusion from Branch’s older brothers. That is when they hear simultaneous, harmonious whistling approaching, at which Branch states, “Hey, here they are now.” 
Branch reveals another surprising revelation; he was also a part of a band called Kismet, with Trolls Hype, Ablaze, Boom, and Trickee (voiced by *NSYNC themselves). Branch’s brothers are amazed, with Clay stating that these guys knew how to ‘flex the drip.’ John Dory even tells them that they are so ‘in sync’. That earns a laugh from Kismet at John Dory’s unintentional meta-reference, though Boom doesn’t get it. They then hear Poppy approach to tell Branch it was almost show time and is completely ecstatic upon the discovery herself.
Once the concert starts, Kismet alone sings the first part of the song before the Trolls (Pop and Putt-Putt), Vacaytioners, Bridget, Gristle, and Crimp. By the second half of the song, BroZone joins in at Branch's request and finishes the song, earning great rounds of cheers and applause.
Branch soon approaches a still-ecstatic Poppy in the audience and tells her that he has a ‘small proposal.’ Poppy excitedly waits to hear it. Branch then asks, “Will you…” before Poppy excitedly finishes, “Join the band?! Of course I will! I thought you would never ask!”
Branch confirms that's what he was gonna ask and tells her to get up and sing with them. Poppy enthusiastically does so and tells Viva to join them as well, which is Viva's ‘dream life.’ Branch and Poppy then start the number ‘Family’ with their siblings for the next part of the concert, ending the movie.
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=== Past ===
Plenty of events in his early life was mentioned in the 2D media. 
In the Trolls: TrollsTopia episode "The Search for Piece", it was mentioned that his grandma and him would enjoy playing puzzles with her, and she told him that the great thing about puzzles was that they all fit together nicely. However, over time she realized this wasn't the case, and secretly threw away a piece in one puzzle for him to later find. It's also mentioned in "Cakes on a Train" that she told him about trains and how they worked.
In Trolls: The Beat Goes On! it was mentioned that he went into the bunker 10 years before the main storyline of Trolls. During this time, he became very withdrawn. He set up most of his bunker's defenses shown in "Adventures In Dinkles-Sitting" to the tune of Branch's Big Boy Dance. In "Fluffleberry Quest", he mentioned his grandma would make him Fluffleberry cake prior to her death, and it was his favourite dessert. After her death, he kept the last slice she made as a precaution, often fighting the urge to taste it one last time and was torn between staring at it or eating it, for if he ate her final piece it would be gone forever due to her taking the recipe to her grave.
According to Bringing Up Birdy, when Branch was ten years old, he was flying his kite, until a bird came along and tore up the kite with Branch getting dragged along with it. Branch tried to resist the bird's pull, but was overcome by its strength. As the bird pulled him through the trees, Branch lost his shorts and was left in his underwear. The bird flew around for 20 minutes with Branch now stuck holding onto the kite. By the time the bird finally let go of him, he fell in a festival of spotlights just as the spotlights were lighting up. He was caught hanging there and slowly spun, leaving the spotlights shining on his underpants' backside. A young Guy Diamond made a careless remark that caused the audience to laugh at Branch. Embarrassed, Branch saw the heads of the Trolls turning into the bird's head, and he was humiliated and traumatized, leaving him with a deep fear and hatred of birds. 
It's also mentioned in Clash of the Battle Piñatas that the titular competition was the only event that Branch would willingly come out of his bunker to participate in during his bunker days, and he had been the reigning champion for years.
=== Trolls: The Beat Goes On! ===
Branch has two main story arcs in the series: his relationship with Poppy and his attempt to become a Troll again.
Episodes centered around his relationship with Poppy tend to take on one of several forms:
*The first is an episode like "Scrap To The Future", wherein he ends up being the one Poppy leans on when things go wrong. This role can be swapped, as seen in episodes like "Laugh Out Cloud", where Poppy is instead putting him in his place, as she acts like the foil to his character.
*Alternately, in episodes such as "BFFF", Branch becomes a supportive role to Poppy, carrying out her ideas and supporting her as a friend and his Queen; while in others like "Switcher-Ruby", he becomes an inconvenience to her. The latter is especially the case when Creek is involved, since Poppy knows that he and Branch refuse to get along.
*The episode "Peril Patch" referenced another common part of their relationship, where they focus on trying to prove who's the better Troll, which the episode parodied with Smidge stating they know how things will turn out.
Having missed out on so much, he has a long way to go in order to become a better Troll. The episode "Snow Day" focused on him making up for his lost youth. A season later in "Marshtato Fairy", when given the chance to end the lies about the Marshtato Fairy, thus destroying the fantasy for everyone, chose not to do so based on his own lost childhood. There was also a plot regarding the Bunker List, which was a list of items mostly written by Poppy that would help him become "normal" again.
He made friends such as Tug Duluth, Dennis and Baha across the seasons, thus slowly ending his "paranoid hermit" status.
In "Tour Guide Of Duty" and "Bye Bye Bunker", it was admitted by Poppy, his friends and other Trolls that life with him was a lot safer than before, and they're better with him in their lives than not.
=== Trolls: TrollsTopia ===
Branch is supportive to Poppy and helps her solve problems throughout the series. He gets to know and learn about trolls from the other Tribes and became friends with them.
As seen in "The Snug-a-lug Situation", he's not the only one who can resist hugging. Branch, Gust, Laguna, and Val volunteered to persist Lownote's Snug-a-lug, but they end up failing. In "Cloud Control", he learnt that there's someone from every tribe who Cloud Guy annoys, except the Rock Trolls: they are Holly Darlin', Lownote Jones, Laguna Tidepool, and Dante Crescendo.
When Branch saved Mr. Dinkles with his incredible skills in "Buckin' Branch", Holly and Gust were impressed and asked him if he could try out for a rodeo. At some point before "Cakes on a Train", he built the Metroll System with help from Rhythm & Blues.
Branch continued to grow as a character and enjoyed many new things, but remained rooted in his lifestyle as a hermit who enjoyed privacy, turning down the idea of becoming a pie master in "Life of Pie".
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