Bellow Bug Day/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "Bellow Bug Day".
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(The book explains about Bellow Bug Day.)
Poppy: One of the best qualities of the Trolls is that they get excited about anything. And nothing excites us more than the beautiful song of the Bellow Bug.
Smidge: Oh, my Guh!
Poppy: Unfortunately, the Bellow Bug only comes out once every five years… due to its apprehensive nature, which is why, now that I’m queen, I have to make sure everything’s just right, so it feels comfortable enough to emerge. Otherwhise, everyone will be devastated.
All: We’re devastated!
Poppy: (sighs) But that’s not gonna happen ‘cause I have this Bellow Bug Day under control. Bleachers, check. Food for bug, check. Shade for bug, check. Calming white noise for bug? (Branch exhales deeply and vocalizes.)
Branch: Forget it. I’m not doing this.
Poppy: Hold on. Please, Branch. You saw how excited everybody was this morning. (We go to the flashback where Poppy is giving an announcement.) 
Past Poppy: All right, Trolls, it’s Bellow Bug Day! (The crowd cheers.)
Past Peppy: Whoo! (He tears part of his shirt off.) Bellow Bug Day Woo-hoo-hoo! (He jumps onto the crowd’s hands. Then we go back to the present.)
Poppy: They’re counting on me to deliver.
Branch: Poppy, would you relax? The bug’s gonna come out, sing a song, and bring joy to everyone, just like he always has and always will. Well, until he dies. (Poppy gasps.) I mean, he is… like… 400 years old.
Poppy: Dies?! Thanks for putting that thought in my head. Now I got to check on him. (She runs into the tunnel.)
Branch: Poppy, wait! It was just a hypothetical! (In the tunnel, Poppy uses a flashlight.)
Poppy: Psst. Bellow Bug. Bellow Bug? (She hears a thump and looks up at a hole to see Branch.) What are you doing here?
Branch: I want to check out his digs. (He jumps into the hole with Poppy and points at the Bellow Bug with his eyes closed.)
Poppy: Oh, no! It is dead!
Branch: (whispering) Or maybe it’s just asleep?
Poppy: I’ll test his breath, to be sure. (She uses a mirror to test the bug’s breath. He breaths deeply and she sighs in relief. Outside the hole, the sun shines onto the mirror and it reflects the light on the Bellow Bug. He screams followed by Poppy and Branch. Then it flies away.) Wait! I was just making sure you weren’t dead! (The bug flies into a creature and gets eaten. Then it walks away. Poppy gasps in horror. Soon she is sitting on a log.) It all happened so fast. One second, the Bellow Bug was perfectly fine. And then, and then…
Branch: You scared it to death. Did not see that coming.
Poppy: This is a disaster, Branch. When everyone hears the Bellow Bug is gone, they’ll be devastated.
Branch: Poppy, easy. Yes, they’re into Bellow Bug Day, but are they really that into it? (Just then, Guy Diamond appears on a Flyer Bug that drops purple glitter.)
Guy Diamond: Woo-hoo-hoo! Bellow Bug Day forever! (He uses the glitter to draw the Bellow Bug.)
Poppy: I got to do something, something amazing, no one will even notice the Bellow Bug is gone! (She grabs Branch’s wrists.) Quick, say the most fun thing you can think of. 1, 2, 3!
Branch: A clutter-free workspace.
Poppy: Never mind. I’ll just research a better idea at the Troll Village Library.
Branch: The Troll Village what-bary? (Soon, he and Poppy arrive at the Troll Village Library.) We have a library?
Poppy: Yeah. Hm, I’ve really never brought you here? (She pulls a vine to reveal buttons.) Anyway, there’s only one way in. (She presses two buttons. Nothing happens at first.)
Branch: Um, so what are we supposed- (A trapdoor opens beneath him and Poppy and they fall. Poppy laughs while Branch yells. They land in a minecart.) Ow!
Electronic voice: Get excited. 3, 2, 1, action. (The minecart goes on a rollercoaster ride. Poppy and Branch put their arms in the air. Just as it appears that the cart is about to fall, Poppy saves it with her hair. They go up a big hill in a tree and fly out of a hole. They fly in slow-motion and land in front of the entrance again.)
Branch: (pants) Wait. This where we started. What was the point of that?!
Poppy: ‘Cause it’s fun! (The door opens and the minecart goes inside.) These scrapbooks are filled with Troll stories, discoveries, and musings.
Branch: Wow! Look at all this. Music, fun, hugs, hugs continued, hugs continued, continued, frosting… (He gasps and sees a banner.) “Practical matters?” (The light flickers and the banner falls over and breaks.)
Poppy: (sighs) One of these books has to have something so fun, it’ll make everyone forget about the Bellow Bug. (She searches the shelves for something fun.) How to Win Friends and Influence Bergens? No. Everybody Poops Cupcakes? No. A Brief History of Fun? Come to Poppy. (She takes the book and opens it.) Um… (She turns through the pages and sees something exciting.) This thing makes triple rainbows?! (She turns the page to see a pop-up version of using the device.) There’s nothing Trolls love more than rainbows. (We go to a wedding where a Troll couple are getting married. A rainbow appears.)
Troll #1: Rainbow! (The crowd runs to see the rainbow, not knowing they crushed the bride and groom. We then go back to the present.)
Poppy: Except for double rainbows. (We go to another flashback where a crowd of Trolls are at a funeral. Double rainbows appear.)
Troll #2: Double rainbow! (The crowd runs to see the double rainbow, not knowing they damaged the coffin. We then go back to the present again.)
Poppy: Imagine how excited everyone would be if they saw a triple rainbow!
Branch: (As Poppy looks through more pages) Ugh. Not sure I want to.
Poppy: Look, a map. The ancient Trolls hid the Triple Rainbow Maker in a cave across he forest.
Branch: Poppy, this journey is really dangerous. See, here and this particularly skull-y place here. I know you want to protect the Trolls from a bad Bellow Bug Day, but it’s not worth risking our lives over.
Poppy: (Closing the book) Agreed. Off to get the Triple Rainbow Maker!
Branch: (groans) Fine. If you won’t listen to what I’m saying, will you listen to what I’m… singing?
(Branch)
We’re putting our lives in danger
All for some silly rainbow
Poppy, let’s not go
Stay safe with me
Poppy: (Clapping her hands) Oh. That was beautiful! But…
(Poppy)
I know everything will be just fine
Long as you stick with me, oh, my
Whether the weather’s fair or fine
I know there’ll be always
A clear blue sky
And sun shining yellow and bright
Behind even the darkest clouds
There’s always light
(Both)
Light
(Branch)
Light a fire
Things have never been so dire
I can’t stand any more positivity
Poppy: (As she and Branch fly) That storm cloud looks like a bunny.
(Branch)
This is the height of disaster
Poppy: Whoo!
(Branch)
But all I hear is your laughter
(Both)
Oh, why is it so hard for you to see
Don’t you kno-o-o-w how it go-o-o-es
Just keep your head down
As long as the wind blows
(Poppy)
When the clouds part, the sun shines
(Branch)
There’s nothing
(Poppy)
And rainbows are born
(Branch)
Waiting
(Both)
On the other side of the storm (They finally arrive at the cave.)
Poppy: We found the Rainbow Maker! (She takes the Rainbow Maker and places a bag where she found it.) See, Branch? You always thing something is gonna go… Aaah! (She drops the Rainbow Maker. It breaks when it lands on the ground.) … wrong. (Branch does a facepalm. Meanwhile, the Trolls are cheering for the Bellow Bug.)
All: Bellow Bug! Bellow Bug! Bellow Bug!
Glitter Troll: Quick update, Trolls- no sign of Poppy yet, but I’m sure she’s just off making this the greatest Bellow Bug Day ever!
All: Yeah! Bellow Bug! Bellow Bug! Bellow Bug! Bellow Bug! (Poppy and Branch see the crowd.)
Poppy: OK, this looks bad. But once we hot-glue this Rainbow Maker back together, they won’t even remember the Bellow Bug.
Branch: Oh, good news. There’s instructions on how to reassemble it “in case of clumsiness.”
Poppy: Hm.
Branch: That’s their language, not mine.
Poppy: Yeah, yeah. I’m graceful. (She pours the Rainbow Maker parts onto the ground and sits down.) Instructions.
Branch: Don’t want to brag, but let’s just say when it comes to instructions, I could be an instructor. Okay.
Poppy: Done. (She shows the fixed Rainbow Maker.)
Branch: Uh, okay, there’s no way you built that properly. (Poppy moves the machine away from him.) Aha. (He picks up a tiny gear.)
Poppy: I don’t see anything. (She smacks the gear out of Branch’s fingers.) Come on, time’s a-wastin’. (She pulls the switches, presses the button and winds up the machine. A rainbow pops out of the machine.) Hello, rainbow. (An explosion is heard and Poppy screams in shock. The rainbow forms into a tornado.) Tornado?! (She tries to put the rainbow back in.) Uh, come on, come on, come on! (The machine gets destroyed again and sucked into he tornado.) Maybe that extra gear was important?!
Branch: It’s not an extra gear! (The tornado gets closer to them.)
Poppy: Uh, you get the Trolls to safety. (Branch runs off.) I’ll stop the tornado. (gulps) Somehow? (Branch yells as a cow flies past him. He takes out Gary and presses a button to trigger the alarms.)
Branch: Warning. (A red Glitter Troll falls out of her pod.) The Emergency Alert System has been activated. (He runs to the crowd still at the Bellow Bug tunnel.) We are experiencing an earthquake… (The Trolls start screaming.) …or a tsunami…or predatory birds are coming to peck at us with their pointy beaks.
All: Huh?
Poppy: Branch, just finish the recording.
Branch: Get to the Fear Bunker, or you’re all gonna die! (The Trolls run to Branch’s bunker screaming.)
Poppy: Troubleshooting. Okay. (She looks through the book.) Muted colors… not helpful. Leprechauns… no. Here we go. Tornadoes. “Turn Machine off.” Great. (Branch appears next to her.)
Branch: Okay. The Trolls are safe. How do we stop this thing?
Poppy: By putting the Rainbow Maker back together the right way and shutting it off. So I’m going in. Don’ worry about me. I’ll be fine in there… all alone, just by myself, no one to help.
Branch: (groans) I’ll go, too.
Poppy: Yay! (Branch yells as he and Poppy jump into the tornado.) Quick! Grab the parts and meet me in the eye of the storm! Break! (She and Branch use their hair to grab a log and grab the parts.)
Branch: (Flying by) Come on, come on! Aah! (The cow flies out of the tornado.)
Poppy: Branch, quit messing around! (Branch flies out of the tornado for a moment and goes back in.) “Insert quad bearings into the base plate!” What’s a base plate?! (A machine part hits Branch in the face.)
Branch: OW! This is! (Poppy takes the base plate.) Aah! (He jumps off the log and out of the tornado. He sees that the tornado is going by Troll Village.) Huh? (He gets sucked in again.) AAAAH! It’s about to hit Troll Village!
Poppy: Ugh! I’m still missing that extra gear!
Branch: STOP CALLING IT AN EXTRA GEAR!
Poppy: There! (She jumps off the log, onto a mushroom, and grabs the gear. She then puts in the machine. The monster spits out the Bellow Bug who is screaming. He then gets sucked into the tornado.) Hope this works! (Just before the tornado hits Troll Village, it disappears.)
Branch: Whoa! (He and Poppy scream as they fall to the ground. The objects that were in the tornado fall down as well. The Trolls come out of Branch’s bunker.)
Smidge: Poppy, Branch, you’re all right.
Guy Diamond: But what happened to the Bellow Bug? Is he okay?
Poppy: (sighs) Guys, I have to tell you something. The Bellow Bug is- (The Bellow Bug falls in her arms and yells.) Huh? Right here. (The Trolls cheer and the Bellow Bug sings “Queen of the Night”. Guy Diamond sheds a tear of joy.)
Branch: (sighs) Huh? (He grunts and Poppy chuckles. The Bellow Bug continues to sing and the crowd cheers.)
Poppy: So beautiful! You know, I’d almost forgotten why this is everyone’s favorite holiday.
Branch: Well, not everyone’s. My favorite holiday is next week.
Poppy: You mean Prank Day?
Branch: That’s right. And guess who I’m gonna prank first. (Poppy shudders in fear.)
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