Queen Poppy

Queen Poppy Help Springwater, better known as Queen Poppy Springwater, simply known as Poppy is the main protagonist of DreamWorks Animation's franchise. She is the main protagonist of and , and the deuteragonist of . 
She's the queen (formerly the princess) of the Pop Trolls, King Peppy's younger daughter and Viva's younger sister, and Branch's best friend and love interest, later girlfriend. 
She is voiced by , who also voiced Courtney Babcock in ParaNorman and portrayed Beca Mitchell in the Pitch Perfect series and Cinderella in the 2014 live-action film adaptation of Into the Woods in the films and , who also voiced Blossom in the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls and Polly Plantar from Amphibia in the series. 
==Biography==
===Role in the First Film===
Poppy is first seen as an infant on the day of Trollstice (the one day Bergens feel happiness by eating Trolls), where she was set to be fed to Prince Gristle as his first Troll. However she, along with the other Trolls, is replaced by a wooden decoy, whilst the Trolls led by Poppy's father King Peppy, escaped Bergentown and moved to the woodland. This caused Prince Gristle's father King Gristle Sr. to put the blame of the Trolls escape on the head cook Chef and banish her from Bergentown.
Twenty years later, a now adult Poppy throws a party to celebrate the anniversary of the Trolls' escape from the Bergens, much to the dismay of Branch, a grey pessimistic Troll who believes the noise will attract Bergens. Branch's worries are proved true when Chef hears the noise and captures some of the Trolls (including Poppy's friends and her crush Creek) whilst Poppy, Peppy and the others get to safety. When Peppy and the other Trolls are reluctant to go after Chef and rescue the other Trolls, Poppy enlists a reluctant Branch to help her save the others.
When arriving in Bergentown, Poppy and Branch find their fellow Trolls being guarded by a Scullery Maid named Bridget and are able to convince her to free the Trolls by offering to get her a date with Prince Gristle (now known as King Gristle Jr.). Branch reveals to Poppy and the other Trolls that the reason he doesn't sing is because as a child, his singing attracted Chef, who took his grandmother Grandma Rosiepuff to be eaten, which resulted in Branch stop singing and turned grey. After the Trolls succeed in helping Bridget (using the name Lady Glittersparkles) get a date with King Gristle Jr., she helps them escape. 
However when Poppy and the others see Creek trapped inside jewel of the King's mantle, they steal the jewel and try to free Creek, only to find it empty. Poppy and the others are then imprisoned by Chef and are shocked to discover that Creek has turned against them to prevent being eaten. Creek goes on to tell Poppy that he wished there was another way to stop him getting eaten, but there isn't. Creek also says that he is doing this for Poppy and takes her cowbell, which he uses to trick Peppy and the other Trolls in the village into thinking that Poppy has returned, only for them to be captured by the Bergens.
With all the Trolls being prepared to be served to the Bergens, Poppy loses all hope and turns grey along with the other Trolls. Sad to see Poppy like this, Branch (for the first time since his grandmother's death) sings to "True Colors" to her and reveals his platonic feelings for her. This restores Poppy and the other Trolls colors and even Branch returns to his natural blue color. Bridget arrives and frees the Trolls and tells them to flee and that she is ready to accept punishment for treason. 
However Poppy does not wish to leave her friend and reveals to King Gristle Jr. that Bridget was Lady Glittersparkles and says that Trolls don't need to be eaten for happiness as the King felt happiness with Bridget.
After Chef and Creek are banished from Bergentown (and later eaten by a giant monster), the Trolls and Bergens make peace with each other. Poppy is then made Queen of the Trolls and shares a friendly hug with Branch.
===Trolls: The Beat Goes On===
Poppy returns in this television sequel to the film. In the episode "Creek Week", Creek (who survived his encounter with the monster) returns to Troll Village and apologizes to 
Poppy and the others for his betrayal. She also partook in a clumsier nature, often tripping, losing balance and dropping things. 
===Trolls: World Tour===
Poppy and Branch go about their daily lives, with nothing seeming to change. One day, she witnesses the birth of Tiny Diamond, which happens during their daily routine singing. After the routine is over, Branch tries to tell her that she's the one for him; she says that being a good queen is the most important thing to her along with being his friend.
Shortly, a bat has arrive with an invitation. Poppy reads about a big event Queen Barb of the Rock Trolls is hosting a party and is inviting all the trolls of Troll Kingdom to come and to bring the Strings. Peppy explains the existence of other Tribes of Trolls and the trolls in their own home are called "Pop Trolls". This makes sense to them, and they all nod in agreement. Poppy wants to hear more about the other Trolls, but Peppy explains that they're very different from them. The history of the Strings is revealed to Poppy, and how once upon a time the Troll Tribes gathered for a party, but their differences caused fighting. After the fighting got too much, the Elders decided to separate the Tribes from each other, remaining that way ever since. Poppy wants to go out and meet Barb head-on, but her father advises against it, instead suggesting they run.
Poppy sneaks out of Pop Village with her string to meet Barb and to prove that Barb is the same as any other troll while Branch reluctantly accompanies her, traveling on Sheila Balloon. While on the way, they saw that Biggie and Mr. Dinkles were sleeping on the balloon and the two joins them on their journey. 
Poppy's group soon arrive at the ruins of the Classical tribe's town, Symphonyville and meet a sentient flute named Pennywhistle, who tells them that Barb wants to forcefully unite all trolls under Rock. Biggie freaks out and Poppy pinky promises to keep him safe. The group then head to Lonesome Flats to warn the Country Trolls. Poppy feels their music is too downbeat and decides to try to cheer them up first, but the Country Trolls aren't impressed, and their leader Mayor Delta Dawn locks the trio up for "crimes against music". Poppy tries to warn her of Barb, but she ignores her, not appearing to be worried about the Rock Queen. They are rescued by a smooth-talking Country Troll named Hickory. After a chase into a canyon, Hickory builds the Pop Trolls a raft to take them to Vibe City to warn the Funk Trolls.
While on the river, they encounter Chaz, a Smooth Jazz troll and one of the bounty hunters that Barb sent after them. He paralyzes the three Pop Trolls and captures them, but Hickory deals with him, revealing he put gumdrops in his ears to block out his Smooth Jazz music. Following this, Biggie deserts the group, angry that Poppy broke the pinky promise.
Poppy, Branch, and Hickory eventually reached Vibe City, which is inside a spaceship. They reunite with Cooper, who left Troll Village after Poppy did to find other Trolls like him. He reveals that he is the long-lost son of the Funk Troll leaders, King Quincy and Queen Essence, and the twin brother of their son Prince D, and was raised by Pop Trolls when his egg was snatched from his mother's nest by a bird. Poppy asks for the King and Queen's help against Barb, in hopes of convincing her that all trolls are the same, but they explain that the initial split of their tribes was actually caused when the Pop Trolls tried to unite all trolls under Pop. The event made them realize that differences matter, and the Tribes have been separated since.
Shortly, the Hard Rock trolls arrive to take the funk string. Cooper ejects Poppy, Branch, Hickory to safety through bubbles. Hickory is accidentally separated from Poppy and Branch but he'll meet up with them. An argument breaks out between Poppy and Branch over her refusal to listen: not to her father, Biggie, Quincy, Essence, or even Branch himself as he's already had her back several times. The two goes separate ways.
Poppy is distraught over losing her best friend, and can only look at her Pop string as she wonders what to do next. Hickory catches up and Poppy explains what happened between her and Branch. Hickory is revealed to be a Yodeling troll, another bounty hunters, who disguised himself and his brother Dickory as a Country Troll to steal Poppy's string. He tells Poppy to run, but Barb arrives after hearing the Yodelers sing and captures her, getting the sixth string from her. Poppy finally meets Barb face-to-face. The Rock Queen reveals that she has already attacked Pop Village. 
Poppy is taken to Volcano Rock City and she is put in a cage. She demands Barb to tell her what she wants to do; Barb responds by saying she'll play the Ultimate Power Chord. All the trolls whom are captured by Hard Rock are forced to attend a concert. After performing, Barb presents the leaders of the Tribes including Dawn, Quincy, Essence, Techno leader, Trollex, Classical leader, Trollzart, and Poppy on stage and begins to play her power chord. Branch appears in Sheila Balloon with the Reggaeton and K-Pop trolls to rescue Poppy when he interrupts Barb by dropping the 4000-page balloon manual on her head. Too late as Barb is about to use her chord on Poppy, Branch sacrifices himself and gets hit instead. Poppy and everyone saw as he is transformed into a Rock Zombie. While Barb converts the other leaders, Poppy desperately picks the lock of her cage and gets free. Unfortunately, Barb transforms Poppy, but it turns out that she used Hickory's gumdrop trick to block out the music. She reprimands Barb for being a poor queen by stating that what she's doing is wrong and a good Queen should listen to those around her, to Biggie's delight. Poppy then angrily smashes Barb's guitar, restoring Branch and the other tribe leaders, but the strings are destroyed, ending music and sending a huge wave turning all trolls gray. Barb is dismayed by the loss of the Strings, and accuses Poppy of destroying everything they value, blaming the entire Pop Tribe for repeating history again. 
Cooper hears his heartbeat and starts beatboxing with Prince D, convincing other trolls to make sounds to create a rhythm with Quincy and Essence stating that the music comes from inside of all the trolls. Poppy leads everyone into singing together from their hearts, restoring their music and colors, including Barb. With Barb no longer forcing everyone, Poppy asks her if she finally wants to be friends for real; Barb accepts the offer. Poppy and her father settled their differences. She and Branch reconcile, and Branch finally tells Poppy he loves her, and she returns the feelings; they high-five, marking the start of their relationship with each other.
Poppy later joins in with the celebration at Pop Village, as the Trolls celebrate being one united nation again.
===Trolls Band Together===
A month later, Poppy and her friends return to Bergen town in order to attend Bridget and King Gristle Jr.'s wedding. Poppy was the maid of honor for the wedding as she planned everything. Before the wedding, Poppy went to find Branch as he found him at his old family pod listening to music. She sees that he was listening to a music and it was sung by BroZone as she's a fan of the former band. 
During the wedding, a stranger arrives looking for Branch. He is revealed to Branch's brother, shocking Poppy and everyone. She recognizes him as the BroZone leader, John Dory and also learns that Branch was the youngest member of the band when he was a baby, known as Bitty B. John Dory explains that one of their siblings, Floyd, is held prisoner by Velvet and Veneer who are using his essence to gain their own ability, which can also kill Floyd if they drain him too long. As the Perfect Family Harmony is the only thing that can shatter diamond, Branch reluctantly agrees to help John Dory find their brothers and rescue Floyd. Along with Poppy and Tiny Diamond, they set out in John Dory's armadillo-like portable van named Rhonda.
On the journey, Poppy admired all the pictures Branch and his brothers used to wear during their BroZone days as her boyfriend provided a clue board so they could find their remanding siblings. Through a postcard sent to John Dory, the group finds Spruce at Vaycay Island. They learned that he has changed his name to Bruce and started a family, meeting his wife, Brandy, and their 13 kids. Spruce is reluctant to help, until his family, after a successful practice concert, convince him to do so. 
The group managed to find Clay, who agrees to join the group on their mission, at Hole N' Fun, an abandon golf course inhabited by a hidden colony of Pop Trolls who do not know that the Bergens are no longer their enemies, having been separated from the other Pop Trolls when they fled the final Trollstice. Their leader Viva, is revealed to be Poppy's long lost-sister. Poppy is delighted and the two gets to know each other. However, Poppy realized that Viva intended to keep her and her friends out of fear of the Bergens. Poppy attempted to explain to Viva that the Bergens had changed and she's best friends with one of them. Viva tries to keep Poppy and her group from leaving, but Clay helps them escape while he apologizes to Viva.
Later, Poppy joined Branch and his brothers in rehearsing the perfect family harmony but due to John Dory's same leadership, a fallout occurs between the brothers. When Branch finds out that the brothers planned to split up again after rescuing Floyd, he scolds them for their selfish behavior, abandoning their family, and treating him like a baby, revealing that he stopped being a baby and lived his entire life alone after their grandmother got eaten by a Bergen. Poppy and Tiny goes with Branch to Mount Rageous to rescue Floyd on their own However, little did Poppy know, her and Branch's words helped the brothers realize their mistakes as they still intended to save Floyd and had decided to reunite with them so they could apologize to their youngest sibling, after figuring out where they were going.
After arriving at Mount Rageous, Poppy, Branch and Tiny sneaked into Velvet and Veneer's dressing room after some mishaps. Poppy happily watches as Branch and Floyd reunites. Floyd tells the trio that the rescue mission was a trap setup by Velvet and Veneer, which got them to realize that the letter John Dory got earlier was part of the trap. Fortunately, Poppy and her friends managed to escape before the Rageon twins saw them, after hearing them arriving at the dressing room. They found out that the twins have captured John Dory, Spruce and Clay. Poppy and Branch quickly freed Rhonda and meets the twins' former assistant Crimp, who was recently abandoned by them. Poppy hugs Crimp to cheer her up.
Poppy, Branch, and the group confront Velvet and Veneer when they start mingling with a crowd of fans, prompting them to drive away in their limo. They are soon helped by Viva, Bridget and Gristle. While on the road, Poppy reconciles with Viva. Poppy also tells her that it doesn't matter if their lives aren't perfect as long they're together, which Branch happily watches and realizes that it's the same with his brothers. They managed to save John Dory, Spruce, and Clay, as Floyd was still secured in Velvet's grasp.
Poppy listens as Branch tells his three brothers what she said to Viva earlier and was right about it as that they do not need to be perfect in order to be in harmony and they just have to be as they are as a family. Taking Branch's words to heart and accepted that he has grown up, John Dory, Spruce and Clay decide to follow his lead. They, along with Poppy and Viva with help from Crimp, perform the Perfect Family Harmony and break free of the diamonds just as Floyd loses the last of his essence and dies, but he is quickly revived by his brothers' essences and love the brothers share for each other and Poppy and Viva join in on the five brothers group hug. After she, Viva and their friends watched Veneer, who had been second-guessing Velvet's plan, publicly confesses their crimes, and the twins gets arrested and sent to prison. Shortly after this happens, Poppy kisses Branch.
In the end, Poppy, along with Branch, got to spend time with Viva and the rest of BroZone at Vacay Island, with Viva catching up with King Peppy. The watched BroZone's comeback concert, joined by Kismet, another band Branch was once part of. Later, Poppy and Viva join BroZone, under Branch's proposal, as honorary members.
==Personality==
Poppy is a lead, a relentlessly upbeat if slightly naive Troll whose father King Peppy saved his subjects from the Troll-hungry Bergens. Despite this, Poppy is incredibly noble and responsible as she risks her life to go on a perilous journey to save her friends. As she and her group of nine friends, the Snack Pack, face their biggest challenge ever, Poppy is faced for the first time in her life with a problem that apparently can't be solved with a song, a dance and a hug. But after some hilarious attempts at saving the day, Poppy discovers that being true to anyone else is always the best answer.
==Appearance==
Poppy has a flamingo pink skin complexion with rosy cheeks and glitter freckles. Her hair color is hot pink that sticks up in the air naturally, with side-swept bangs that cover her left eyebrow. Her nose is the same color, and so are her eyes and eyebrows. Her ears curve up slightly, and like the other Trolls, she has four fingers on each hand and four toes on each foot. Her main outfit is a blue dress held together by a white stitch on the shoulder, with a light blue wavy spade design. She has a green headband with blue flowers, and she wears a purple and blue hug-time bracelet that opens up into a pink flower when it's hug time. At the beginning of the film, Poppy's hair is loose, but during the 20 Year Celebration and the rest of the movie, it's put up into a straight ponytail held together by a blue hair tie. Poppy's model has a unique head, and her hairstyle isn't shared by any other Troll. It's rounder and much less wide than the standard Trolls. Her dress and headband are also uniquely designed. In Trolls World Tour, her design is mostly the same, though she now wears a crown instead of her headband.
==Trivia==
*She is DreamWorks' third female protagonist (the first being Ginger from Chicken Run and the second being Ginormica from Monsters vs. Aliens).
==External Links==
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*Queen Poppy on the DreamWorks Wiki
*Queen Poppy on the Universal Studios Wiki 
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