Piney & Lord Prickles

"Piney & Lord Prickles" is the second segment of the 6th and final episode of the second season of Trolls: TrollsTopia, and the 37th overall episode in the series. It premiered on March 18, 2021.
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When Val loses her beloved snuggle toy Piney, Poppy goes to incredible lengths to help her friend.
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Poppy is on the Metroll line when she spots Val Thundershock sneaking into a building in the distance. She pulls the stop line and gets off to investigate. She approaches Val and asks her if she lost something, but she denies she has and Poppy points out she is at the "Troll Lost and Found and Gift Wrapped". Val says she is looking for something private; Poppy tries to encourage her to tell her because they are friends, and gets her to admit they are. Reluctantly, Val claims that she lost her snuggle toy Piney. Poppy shows sentimentality and Val frowns at her, which makes Poppy change her tone, then rushes outside to let out her emotions before returning.
Val explains that when she was a child, she was returning home from her first Mosh Party and she got lost. After nightfall, she spotted something on the ground as a pile of leaves reveal a toy bear. She tossed it aside for a pinecone it was leaning against. Poppy has trouble with the concept of a pinecone as a snuggle toy, but Val says that Piney isn't just a pinecone - it is a beautiful pinecone with a soul. Poppy has to take another step outside to let off her emotions. Poppy then returns and swears they will not rest until they find the pinecone. Her first suggestion is to post posters of the missing pinecone everywhere, but Val is too embarrassed to admit it's her pinecone, as it would be weird for someone else to think the notion is adorable.
Poppy uses a pack of Bloodhound bugs to help find Piney. After sniffing the hat Piney wears, the Bloodhound bugs have the scent. While Poppy is bragging about their abilities to find anything with just one sniff, Demo appears and distracts them. Sheepishly, Poppy tries something else. She suggests to search in the last place they would think to look, which turns out to be under the toe of King Gristle Jr.; Val has no idea who he is.
Val thinks the search is hopeless. Poppy now suggests another snuggle toy until they get Piney back. Poppy pulls out her box of snuggle toys from times when things were bad and piles them on her bed. Poppy tries to get Val enthusiastic by showing them a personality folder and tells Val that if one doesn't appeal just toss it to the side. Val tosses "Fishly" and "Growley McGee", and then all toys without even hearing about them. She then picks up a toy that reminds her of Piney, which is "Lord Prickles". Poppy notes Lord Prickles is not much like Piney, but Val describes him as having the same soul as Piney. Val apologizes to Poppy, noting asking for help is hard for her, and thanks her for being such a great friend. She hugs Poppy. Now she runs off with Lord Prickles.
Later, Smidge visits Poppy to invite her to the Fun Dungeon, but she is not feeling great. Poppy is upset that Lord Prickles is gone; Smidge offers to help her find him but Poppy knows where he is, noting that she gave it "to a friend". Lord Prickles turns out to be Poppy's number 1 snuggle toy. Lord Prickles wasn't supposed to be a choice; he just happened to be in the pile as he was on her bed already when the other snuggle toys were tossed on her bed. Smidge suggests Fishly is just as good, but Poppy says she will pretend she didn't say that. Smidge tells Poppy to tell her friend to give it back as it was a mistake. Poppy says she won't do that, as Val needs it and she can just get by without him.
Poppy sings during a montage while Val takes Lord Prickles around with her, leaving Poppy to watch unhappy because she doesn't have her snuggle toy.
Finally outside her Pod, Lord Prickles is left there; Poppy rushes to him and grabs him, thinking Val must have found Piney she declares that the two of them will never be apart. Val appears and asks if there is something Poppy didn't tell her. But it turns out Poppy has dellusioned herself and mistook Demo for the toy due to his similar hair and coloration. He runs off and the Bloodhound bugs are still chasing him.
Val confronts Poppy and gets her to confess up to her missing Lord Prickles. Val tells Poppy that they have to maintain a relationship of trust and respect. Upset, Poppy replies to her that she really misses Lord Prickles; Val returns Lord Prickles to Poppy, as she figured this is what was up. Val now doesn't have a snuggle toy, but since asking for help from Poppy turned out fine she has changed her mind about asking for help.
A poster goes up for Piney and Demo spots it immediately. It turns out he had the pinecone all along, thinking nothing important of it; he had been using Piney for holding drumsticks. Both Trolls celebrate the return of their snuggle toys and play with them as the sun sets.
Meanwhile, Smidge tries to have a tea party with Fishly, but is disappointed with his response when he falls over.
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;Pop Trolls
*Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
;Rock Trolls
*Lauren Mayhew as Val Thundershock
*Charles DeWayne as Demo
;Funk Trolls
*Ron Funches as Cooper
;Other
*Sam Lerner as King Gristle Jr. (non-speaking)
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*"Let Them Go"
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*In this episode, Val confirms her friendship with Poppy.
*Val's comment at King Gristle Jr. ("Who the hair is this?") is a nod to how the Bergens have been mostly absent after the Trolls era, except for cameos. Thus Val, and by extension all non-Pop Trolls, wouldn't know who Gristle was.
*In Trolls Holiday, Bridget was given her own throne next to Gristle's, but here there's still only Gristle's throne.
*This is the first time in the franchise that Poppy was seen with her hair down.
*One of the hats from "Three Trolls-Keteers" is tossed outside by Val in the opening scene, as well as one of Poppy's skates from "Two Party System" and the purple heart shirt Poppy wore briefly in "Scrap To The Future".
*The Bloodhound bugs are finally named, despite having previously appeared in "Remote Out Of Control". In "Snow Day", they were mislabeled as Cuddle Pups, which was their only time being referenced under any name. They are named after the dog breed Bloodhounds, but point like Pointers, as often jokingly depicted as doing in media.
*Poppy notes the Bloodhound bugs have the ability to sniff out anything. Poppy and Val then presumed that Demo distracted them. In reality, they went to him because he had Piney all along; Poppy and Val just jumped to the wrong conclusions on their actions. This is hence why the bugs chased him all episode and was a subtle foreshadowing of where Piney was. 
*The snuggle toy "Fishly" is based on the Blobfish. Growley Mcgee is a Growl Beast.
*The Fun Dungeon is mentioned by name. It was introduced in "Funishment" and appeared throughout Trolls: The Beat Goes On!.
*The storyboard animatic version of this episode was uploaded on Vimeo here.
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