Fun Branch

"Fun Branch" is the second segment of the 2nd episode of the first season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 4th overall episode in the series. It premiered on January 19, 2018.
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To prove he's fun, Branch invites The Snack Pack for a stay at his home.
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At dawn, Branch notices that the Trolls are absent, but then he hears noise from a distance. He discovers that the Snack Pack are enthusiastically playing their weekly "Squish Ball" game, and realizes he wasn't asked to join. During the game, Cooper is catapulted by Satin and Chenille too far and damages most of the Snack Pack's homes. Consequently, the game is aborted as worker Fuzzling Trolls try to get Cooper out of the damaged Troll home. Branch asks why he's never invited, to which they respond that they intentionally did it because they know Branch hates having fun so he couldn't be bothered. Branch dismisses their claim and tries to convince them that he can also be their "version of fun". Poppy informs the Snack Pack that their homes will take a few days to be fully repaired, so she invites them to stay at her home, but Branch disapproves and decides that the Snack Pack should stay at his '"fun bunker".
Branch welcomes the Snack Pack to his bunker, trying to give the impression of fun, but is awkwardly failing. Poppy notices this, knowing it's hopeless and tells Branch she could just ask the Snack Pack to invite Branch in their squish-ball game. Branch refuses, as he wants to prove to the Snack Pack that he's fun in order to be invited. Poppy doubts about it, leaving him to handle his inevitable ordeal in the bunker. When Branch tells that the coaster is for target practice, the Snack Pack encourage him to throw it at the family crest, reluctantly doing so. Branch declares that in the "Fun Bunker" there are no rules.
Cooper reveals his game for the group, where it involves a mystery box and a bucket of Grease. The game starts when Cooper opens up the box to reveal a wild animal that dashes throughout the bunker, knocking many of Branch's things over. Branch tries to fix some of it, but he gets knocked out by the wild animal. Next, the group attempt to bungee jump down a deep hole in the bunker. Branch gets nervous at first, but is pushed down and is relieved when he makes it out alive; however, he is hit again by the wild animal that's still on the loose. Taking a break from the group, Branch tries to re-motivate himself in his commitment to finally get the Snack Pack convinced that he is fun, despite being tortured by their ideas of fun. When he walks out of the bathroom, he watches in horror as the Snack Pack eats cookies in his bed, creating a mess, and then gets hit by the wild animal once again.
Shortly after waking up, Branch is relieved when he's finally invited by the Snack Pack to play squish-ball next Sunday. Their celebration is interrupted by Poppy, who arrives to inform the Snack Pack that their homes have been repaired and they can now move back. Only Branch is glad to hear it, but hides it and hurriedly escorts the group to vacate in the Bunker. The Snack Pack suggests that they move in to continue their fun, to which Branch regrettably allows them to. DJ Suki starts a dance party, which Branch uses to talk to Poppy alone, who tells him of his mistake. Poppy suggests that he should stop the "Fun Branch" act but Branch refuses, thinking that it will exclude him again from the Snack Pack's game. So he comes up of another way to get the group to leave.
That night, Branch lets out a scream, interrupting the Snack Pack's sleep. Branch says that they should be having a dance party, and plays loud music, leaving the Snack Pack to join in throughout the entire night. Branch relentlessly goes on to keep the Snack Pack awake with games and dance parties. Unable to rest and relax, the Snack Pack finally decides to move back to their homes. Branch expresses his disappointment, but is still looking forward for their game of squish-ball. Unfortunately, the group has actually decided to exclude him again, since they now fear him for being extremely fun. The group leaves and Branch realizes that he went too far.
Poppy visits the Bunker to help out Branch clean up after the sleepover. Branch expresses his failure after making the Snack Pack fear him. Poppy tells Branch that the group is afraid of "Fun Branch", not his actual self, and that he should've showed them his version of fun. The next day, Poppy leads the group to the area where they played squish-ball, and they immediately express their fear when they find Branch present. Branch tries to calm them down, explaining to them that he's not insane, but does like to have fun in his own way, and to prove it he reveals that he has converted the entire place with safety features, plus fun features, so that they could play squish-ball to the limit without harming anyone or damaging homes. The Snack Pack accept his offer to play with him, and Branch is finally able to play squish-ball with the group without having to worry for his and their safety.
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;Trolls
*Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
*Skylar Astin as Branch
*Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
*Ron Funches as Cooper
*Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin & Chenille
*David Fynn as Biggie
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge (non-speaking)
*Fuzzbert (non-speaking)
;Other
*David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles
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*"Sunshine All The Time" (end credits)
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This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
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*This is the first episode to have Branch's name in the title.
*This episode starts a running a gag throughout the series, in which the common classic cartoon logic rule of "gravity doesn't work until you look down" is referenced. Although, the second time this gag occurs wouldn't happen until the Season 2 episode "Remote Out Of Control", and it wouldn't occur on a regular basis until Season 5.
*When Branch is handed his family crest by his father, who remains mostly offscreen, he's in his normal colors. However, this leads to some concerns as to when this takes place. This is important, as depending on when this event is, Branch should be grey if it took place after Grandma Rosiepuff's death.
**Later Trolls Band Together confirmed that outside of BroZone Branch had no other family members besides Grandma Rosiepuff, as he mentioned after she died he had no one else, following the BroZone break up, while John Dory mentions raising his 4 brothers by himself. Thus, the brother's parents were not in the picture after Branch's birth.
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Troll's Pop Party - Branch's Birthday - Pop 🎂
Sunday Squish Ball Game Trolls The Beat Goes On! Netflix Jr
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