Buckin' Branch/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "Buckin' Branch".
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(A butterfly flies above the Pop Village market. Biggie’s screaming is then heard. The camera focuses on the butterfly for a moment and then focuses on Biggie.)
Biggie: MR. DINKLES! (We see that Mr. Dinkles is holding onto a leaf on a tree with his teeth.)
Mr. Dinkles: Mew.
Biggie: Somebody help him! (Branch is seen getting a cup of coco.)
Branch: Looks like I’m gonna have to take that coco to go-go. (He runs toward the tree where Mr. Dinkles is stuck. He rides a cart as Mr. Dinkles starts to fall.)
Biggie: NOOOOOOOOOO! (Branch jumps off the cart and manages to catch Mr. Dinkles with his hair.) Oh, oh! Thank you, Branch! (He hugs Mr. Dinkles.) Mr. Dinkles, we don’t climb trees with our teeth! (Holly and Gust appear.)
Holly: (laughs) Well, dang, y’all! Phew! We come down here to get some coco to go-go, and the next thing I know, Rescuin’ Patooties doin’ the finest critter reanglin’ in this out of Lonesome Flats!
Branch: Who, me? (laughs) No.
Gust: Don’t be modest, Branch. You got somethin’ special. (His voice echoes in Branch’s head.)
Branch: Me? Special?
Gust: I know it in my gut. And I always listen to my gut. (His tummy rumbles.) Good thinkin’, gut. You should come tryout for our rodeo.
Holly: Well, that’s a great idea! Why, Gust’s gut, you are the most insightful, digestive system I have ever had the pleasure and known.
Gust: What do you say, Branch? Care to tryout?
Branch: You… you really think I can do it? (Gust’s tummy rumbles again.)
Gust: Does that answer your question?
Branch: Uh…
Gust: See ya there, cowboy. (He and Holly leave.)
Branch: Hm. (Later, Poppy and Smidge arrive at Country Corral.)
Smidge: Nice work on the pennant, Poppy. (It is revealed that she and Poppy are carrying flags.)
Poppy: Pfft. Well, I figured nothing says, “Branch, we wish you success in the rodeo like a good pendant. (She pulls a switch on her flag and a pop-up Troll appears.)
Pop-up Troll: Branch, we wish you success in the rodeo! (Streamers come out of the flag.) Yeeeeee-haaaaaw!
Smidge: And there’s way it will ever get annoying!
Branch: (offscreen) Well, well. (We show Branch dressed in a cowboy outfit.) Mornin’ ma’am. Tiny ma’am. 
Poppy: Uh… Branch?
Smidge: What are you doing?
Branch: (Stretching his arms) Just surveying the prairie wondering, will I tame it today? Or will it tame me?
Poppy: Wow. You’re, um, really getting into this whole Country thing, huh?
Branch: Darn tootin’. Turns out I have a lot in common with the Country Tribe. I’m resourceful, hard-working, and I always wear a hat.
Smidge: You never wear a hat.
Branch: Ah, but I’ve been meaning too always wear a hat. Besides, Gust and Holly said I’m special. Special. Special. Special. And honestly, no-one’s ever said that about me before.
Poppy: What?! Branch, I say you’re special all the time!
Branch: Yeah, but you say that to everyone.
Poppy: I do not! (Branch guides a purple female Pop Troll to Poppy.)
Branch: Describe this Troll.
Poppy: She’s spe…. (The purple female Pop Troll smiles at her.) She’s very s-s… Gah! You’re very special and I hope you have wonderful day! (sighs)
Pop Troll #1: Well, I will now. (She laughs and walks away.)
Branch: (sighs) Now, part of my sass-a-frass, y’all, but yours the honey’s on the haystack. I’ve got rodeo tryouts. (He walks away.)
Smidge: There’s no way using that lingo, right?
Poppy: Nope. (At the rodeo tryouts, Gust welcomes the competitors.)
Gust: Welcome to tryouts, Troll folks. We’ll be evaluating your skills in three events: piñata lassoing… (Holly lassos a piñata and candy comes out.) … catching a grease balloon… (A male Country Troll makes a grease balloon animal fly in the air and Holly catches it and ties it up.)
Holly: Woo-hoo!
Gust: … and, of course, hugging a wild, raging Adorabull. (Holly rides an Adorabull that is kicking angrily.)
Holly: Wooooo-hooooo! (She hugs it and the Adorabull calms down.)
Gust: Now, if you can do all that, you earn yourself a spot in the rodeo, and maybe even get to star in our most dangerous event… (Two male Country Trolls open a shed.) … reangling Fluffy. (They show a baby caterpillar-like creature.)
Branch: Aw!
Gust: But y’all ain’t ready for that just yet. For now, get those ropin’ arms ready ‘cause… it’s lasooin’ time! (Branch gets ready to lasso and piñata.)
Branch: ‘Kay, cowboy, let’s show ‘em something special. (He tries to lasso the piñata, but misses.) Ooh.
Holly: You all right there, Branch?
Branch: Uh… yep. Just testing the rope. (He gets his rope ready again.) I’ll put honey on the haystack this time if you catch my meaning.
Holly: No, we don’t. But hey, here’s a little somethin’ to get your mind all goin’. (She and Gust take out their guitars and start singing Bring That Glory Home. As they do, Branch fails the tryouts in various ways.)
(Holly)
Woo-hoo!
He can do it
Yeah, he’s got it
Yeah, he got what it takes 
(Gust)
He can make it
He will take on all the pressure
He won’t break
(Both)
And you can’t fake it
No, not at this rodeo
So let me see your stuff
Does he got what it takes to make it?
You’ll be a cowboy yet
At this here rodeo
Does he got what it takes to make it?
Now, can he win it all
And bring that glory
Bring that glory home (The song ends with three Adorabull’s landing on Branch.)
Holly: Well, Branch, if that wouldn’t just the most effort I’ve ever seen at a tryout, well, then I don’t know what. 
Branch: So I made it?
Holly: Oh, sugar, no. No, no, no. (laughs) It wouldn’t be safe. (Branch gets up.)
Branch: But I have something special. Special. Special. Special. Your gut said so itself.
Gust: True, but frankly, Branch, listening to your gut is far from a flawless decision-making system. (His tummy rumbles once more.) Honestly, sometimes I wonder if it only does that ‘cause I’m hungry. (chuckles) What a world. (He and Holly leave while Branch becomes sad. The next day, Poppy finds him leaning on the fence.)
Poppy: Branch? Hey, good for you, showing up support the rodeo, even you didn’t make the cut. (Branch shows his tired eyes.) Aaah! That’s not at all what’s happening here, is it?
Branch: No. I was practicing my lasso all night, Poppy. If I can nail a trick in front of Holly, and Gust, they have to let me into the rodeo. I just have to wait until the exact second they round that corner and-
Poppy: You just missed them.
Branch: Aah! (He runs after Holly and Gust.) Wait, guys! Watch this! (He throws his lasso and it accidentally grabs the tail of an Adorabull.) Oh, no. (The Adorabull becomes angry and runs away. At Pop Village, Biggie is ordering a drink.)
Biggie: And we’re in a bit of a hurry, so better make it to go-go. (He sees the Adorabull running in the market and some Trolls scream and run away. Biggie squeezes his drink and it flies into Mr. Dinkles’ mouth. He screams as the Adorabull sends him flying and he lands on its back. He hugs it and it calms down. It lies down and Biggie and Mr. Dinkles fall off. Branch, Holly, and Gust come over to him.)
Branch: Biggie, are you OK?
Holly: Oh, he’s better than OK, y’all. Biggie got that Adorabull calmer than an indoor tumbleweed.
Biggie: Uh… thanks. Quick question, though. Did I or did I not die just now?
Gust: Far from it. You got something special. (Branch becomes shocked.)
Branch: (shocked) Huh?! (At Country Corral, we see a closeup of Biggie's feet before panning up to him wearing a hat. He lassos a piñata.)
Biggie: Is that it? Did I score a lasso?
Holly: Yee-haw! Oh, he’s a shooin’ for a spot at the rodeo for sure, y’all!
Gust: Oh, you can say that again. (Poppy and Branch are seen in the audience.)
Poppy: Look, Branch, I know this is hard for you not passing tryouts, but I gotta say, I’m so impressed you put that behind and- (She sees that Branch sprinted away leaving his hat behind.) That’s not at all what’s happening here. Oh, no! Branch! Stop! (Branch runs toward the shed.)
Branch: Sorry, Poppy, but I gotta prove to them that I’m still special!
Poppy: What are you talking about?!
Branch: I don’t know! But I’m gonna show them that I can do the hardest rodeo challenge there is! (He reaches the shed.) Reangling Fluffy. (He unlocks the shed doors.) Huh? (He sees a cocoon hatching.) Uh… Fluffy? (The cocoon breaks completely and we see that Fluffy has become a butterfly monster.) You know what? You’re busy meta morphing into a terrifying monster. I’ll come back another time. (He closes the door and blocks it.)
Poppy: Branch! I’ll go get help!
Branch: No! I don’t need help! I’m special! Special. Special. Spec- (The door banging knocks him down and Fluffy comes out and roars.) ‘Kay, never mind! Somebody help! (He screams and runs away.) No, no, no, no! Aah! (He runs past Biggie, Holly, and Gust.)
Biggie: Hm. (As Branch runs, he jumps across some Adorabulls. He soon bumps into the piñata. Just before Fluffy attacks him, Biggie lassos him.) Not so fast! I came here to dance! So let’s… doz-e doe.
Branch: Oh, man, he's so good with the lingo.
(Fluffy flies into the air, carrying Biggie with him. He swings onto his back and hugs and kisses him. He calms down and lands back on the ground.)
Branch: Biggie. Thank you. You really are amazing at this rodeo stuff.
Biggie: I know. I’m just as shocked you are. (The Country Trolls comes over to him and cheer for him.) Now if you’ll excuse me, I believe these Country Western Trolls would like to lift me on their, their, on their, on their shoulders. Oh, no, that was too much, wasn’t it? (The Country Trolls carry him off.)
Holly: What in Trollnation were you thinkin’, Branch? Tacklin’ Fluffy on your own?
Branch: (sighs) Sorry. I just wanted to show you guys I’m special. I should have known better.
Gust: We told you, Branch, you still have that something special. You just have to work a little harder. And hard work, well, that’s about the most Country Troll thing you could do.
Branch: Really?
Holly: Of course. In fact, workin’ hard for the cupcake, why that makes it taste all the sweeter. (Later, Branch practices lassoing the piñata.)
Poppy: Wow, Branch. It’s so good that you stopped trying yourself so you can just have fun and that’s not what’s-
Branch: No, no, you’re right this time. That is what’s happening. (He successfully lassos the piñata.) I did it!
Poppy: Yeah!
Branch: Well, pour some honey on the haystack.
Poppy: Quit while you’re ahead!
Branch: Oh.
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