Peril Patch (episode)

"Peril Patch" is the first segment of the 6th episode of the fourth season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 48th overall episode in the series. It premiered on November 2, 2018.
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A strange new mini-golf course fuels competition between Poppy and Branch.
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Poppy has the entire village standing up straight in a line. Using Mr. Dinkles to give the signal, she steps in line. It turns out this is a village-wide "Troll-dominoes". When they are finished, Poppy goes to ask if anyone wants to do it again, but a rumbling sound stops her.
From the ground grows a miniature golf course. Guy questions why a plant would look like that, but Cooper says they shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. The Trolls rush in to play, and are soon having fun on the course. Their attention is drawn to Branch, who is dressed in full golfing gear who wants to show everyone how it is done. Branch likes miniature golf because it is a thinking game, and he has his shot lined up for a second swing. Poppy swings loose, and Branch chuckles at how wild her ball goes, but at the end of the run it is hole in run.
As the two square off, Smidge tells them to cut to the chase. They know Branch will do a challenge that Poppy will reject, then they banter and she comes around and agrees. They begin their competition. Branch gets a hole in run, but the ball pops up again. There is a montage of similar things where Branch comes close to achieving something then Poppy beats him, meanwhile a song occurs and Poppy tries to get Branch to loosen up.
Finally, the game is nearing a close, and Branch puts on noise-cancelling headphones to concentrate. This annoys Poppy, and Branch goes to take his shot.
King Peppy is walking along and comes across the course. While Branch is still taking a long time to make his shot, Peppy pulls Poppy aside and tells her in private that this is a plant known as a "Peril Patch". It plays on the irresistible urge of its prey to play miniature golf. He warns that once it thinks it has drawn in enough Trolls, it will seal the gates and trap everyone inside. Peppy had a run in with one a long time ago, but Poppy doesn't have time for details.
Poppy tells everyone to run for their lives. The Peril Patch reacts by making attempts to prevent the Trolls leaving. Their escapes fail until Poppy grabs the closing gates and manages to hold it open with her hair long enough for everyone to escape. The Peril Patch has noticed Branch isn't attempting to escape and attempts to kill him with a spinning petal blade. Poppy saves him, but with the gates now closed they are trapped inside.
Branch proclaims that she interfered and he gets a penalty point. Moments later, they begin to sink in the sandpit. Luckily, they get out by using their hair. Branch realizes a bit late the golf course is trying to destroy them. Peppy shouts over the hedge that the Peril Patch has one weakness: the 19th hole. This is a hole in the main flower that controls the entire course.
Poppy makes an unsuccessful shot and the plant grabs her. This means Branch is their only hope. He goes to make the usual planned shot, but the plant is fast approaching. The Peril Patch tries to stop him, but Poppy saves him from death as she has now broken free. Poppy confesses that she practices golf all the time despite some earlier claims otherwise she said to mess with Branch. He needs to loosen up as there simply is no time to overthink.
He makes the shot and gets a hole in one. Everyone cheers as Poppy and Branch give each other a high five. Peppy finishes stating that is how the story ends, with Poppy telling him off for stopping to talk while cleaning up after the Peril Patch.
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;Trolls
*Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
*Skylar Astin as Branch
*Ron Funches as Cooper
*Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
*David Fynn as Biggie
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
*David Kaye as King Peppy
*DJ Suki (non-speaking)
*Satin & Chenille (non-speaking)
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*David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles
*Sam Lerner as Mascot Plant
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*"Loosen Up"
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This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
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*Miniature golf is a miniature version of golf. Like in normal golf, players try to get the ball in the hole with as little "swings" as possible with the game ending at the 18th hole. However, the game focuses only on the putting part, and ignoring the other aspects of golf beyond this. The courses are often themed, and there's usually a silliness to the game.
**This is the first episode revolved around miniature golf in the franchise. The second one was the Trolls: TrollsTopia episode "Mini Mini Golf".
*Smidge says "hole in 32". This refers to the most swings a player is typically allowed to do in a standard golf course, besides another common variant of 17 swings.
*Smidge telling Poppy and Branch to "cut to the chase" is a joke on the series' storytelling format. Smidge is making a call out to the fact Branch and Poppy throughout the series have these moments where they try to outdo each other, such as "Prank Day" and "Pillow War".
**Smidge would repeat this again in "Keep It Up".
*The snippet of the song Tickled It On The Thigh from "Meet The Peppy" was heard again in this episode.
*When Branch puts on his noise-cancelling headphones, Poppy's lines will be written up if the viewer has the subtitles on. Otherwise, it's very hard to hear her words without turning up the volume really loudly.
*The Peril Patch is likely a nod to the Yellow Peril plant due to its name and the main flower's appearance. The Yellow Peril, also known as "Ragwort", "Yellow Terror" and "Yellow Specter", is a poisonous plant that's a threat to livestock, especially horses. Animals eat this plant unaware of how toxic it is to them as, unlike most harmful plants, the Yellow Peril has no indication that it can harm at all.
*A common formula within the series was that Branch and Poppy got into competitions with each other and both would then try and prove who is the best. These would take up the entire episode and most of the time result in Branch losing; this the only episode Branch "won".
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