Cooper/History

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Cooper's design was based on a giraffe doll from a line of animal Troll Dolls. His original designs were to be a mailman giraffe, and a tap-dancing giraffe with Troll ears, but this was changed for unknown reasons. A number of books by David Lewman have Cooper as Troll Village's mailman, as a reference back to this early concepts.
Cooper went through many concept designs, some wildly different to others, such as switching between bipedal and quadrupedal. Timothy Lamb admitted Cooper was fun to design when speaking of his conceptualization. While the best design was chosen for the Trolls film, he would have loved to have any of them in it. One of Branch's rejected concepts also featured him riding one of the rejected Cooper concepts as a mount, implying that at one stage Cooper was even conceptualized as a steed for Branch."The Art of DreamWorks Trolls", ISBN no.;9781785653025
Initially in Trolls: Crazy Party Forest!, he was listed as a "Trollimal"; Dandy and Hooper, the only 2 other Trollimal"-type characters in the game, were based on Cooper's rejected concept art. In other Trolls-era related media, Cooper was labelled as a "Mystical Troll".
=== Concept Art ===
GiraffeTroll1965DamThings.jpg|Cooper's inspiration was the 1965 Giraffe Troll Animal by Dam Things.
Cooperconcept.png|Concept art as featured in the "Extras" section of the Trolls DVD
Cooperconcept2.png|Ditto
Cooperconcept3.png|Ditto
Branch concept2.png|Branch riding one of the rejected Cooper concepts from The Art of DreamWorks Trolls
Snack packcropped.png|Initial design comparison graphic of The Snack Pack. Cooper's rejected design is at the furthest right.
Concept art for Trolls World Tour reveals Cooper's growth development. The design for "newly hatched" Cooper was skipped, with the design for 3-5 years being used in the movie instead.
Cooper Development Concept.jpg|Trolls World Tour concept art of Cooper through the years by Willie Real
Concept art, showing that Copper, and by extension the troll tribe inspired by the giraffe Good Luck Trolls doll, were going to be the/a Classical Troll(s).https://www.avnergeller.com/twt/u1rlv36cgvuedwwoi5jbl2f1dqrl85.
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=== Early Life ===
Before the main storyline of Trolls, Cooper was said to have mysteriously showed up in Troll Village. The strange Troll stayed to live in the village afterwards, with there being no indication where Cooper came from. It is later revealed in Trolls World Tour that his egg was stolen from his parents King Quincy and Queen Essence by a bird, but then landed in Troll Village. His adorableness quickly won all the Pop Trolls over, who decided to raise him. According to supplementary information on Trolls, Mandy Sparkledust discovered how to fashionate his fur into Hug-Time Bracelets.
=== Trolls ===
At some point, he became close friends with Princess Poppy and joined the ranks of The Snack Pack. They celebrated their freedom from the Bergens like any other Troll for 20 years. Poppy was set to host the 20-year anniversary of their peoples' freedom from the Bergens, but when morning song was over, Branch sarcastically applauded the Trolls for their loud music. He pointed out the party Poppy planned will only attract the attention of the Bergens. Like most of the rest of Poppy's friends, Cooper didn't take Branch's warnings seriously, as they hadn't seen a Bergen in 20 years.
At the party, Cooper joined in dancing alongside Poppy and Peppy, when their fireworks and loud noises allow Chef to find the Trolls. During the attack, Cooper tried to blend in with his surroundings, but failed and was taken by Chef along with other members of The Snack Pack, minus Poppy who had managed to hide.
He was taken to Bergen Castle, where he was thrown in a cage with the others. He also got squeezed with lemon juice into his eyes by Chef, leading to him screaming in pain. At pre-Trollstice preparations, the group witnessed Creek being eaten by King Gristle Jr. When the group was left with Bridget, they were rescued by Poppy and Branch. Bridget discovered their attempt to escape. Under the panic, Poppy stopped the commotion. An agreement to help Bridget get a date with Gristle was made in exchange for rescuing Creek, whom Poppy refused to believe had been eaten. When Poppy could not get Branch to sing, Branch explained why he refused to sing, leading Cooper to comment "My uncle broke his neck tap-dancing once". The group proceeded with the plan, with Branch tagging along but not singing. Cooper helps the others create a wig for Bridget to hide who she was and make her stand out.
The date went successfully, and Gristle revealed he was saving Creek for consumption later. With news that their friend was alive, the group attempted to rescue him. In a turn of events, the group was recaptured, this time with Branch and Poppy as well. Creek revealed he was selling out the entire Troll Village to save himself. 
The entirety of Troll Village was thrown into a pot to be served for Trollstice. During this time, Poppy went grey. Cooper like the other Trolls became sad and turned grey as well. Branch started to sing, which brought back the colors in Poppy and also himself, as well as Cooper and the other Trolls, for the first time in over 20 years. The Trolls were released by Bridget, as a thanks for helping her get a date with Gristle. Though the village was led to safety, Poppy was unable to abandon Bridget to the other Bergens, and the Snack Pack went back to save her by showing Gristle she was his date.
Gristle realized that he's happy and Bridget is the cause. As the Trolls and Bergens celebrated, Cooper joined in with dancing and singing, as well as lighting a match that caused the pot to explode to enact his revenge on Chef for squeezing lemon juice onto him earlier, sending Chef and Creek out of the castle.
=== Trolls Holiday ===
Cooper was part of the team that jumps out and startles Branch in his bunker when Poppy gets him onboard with her plan. During the presentation of the Troll Holidays, he was put on pyrotechnics.
=== Trolls World Tour ===
Apart from the first film, Cooper appeared to have a more prominent role in the sequel. Cooper learned the history of the other Tribes and realized that he isn't a Pop Troll, which made him embark on a journey to find his Tribe. He entered a forest coming upon a monster which he got away, and arrived at a desert where Vibe City is located. Thirsty and lost, he tried to drink from a mirage. Then after finding out he had been eating sand the whole time and seeing seemingly nobody around or in sight, he became discouraged and broke down over never having found Trolls like him. Suddenly, he got sucked into Vibe City, and surprisingly reunited with his long-lost family. He was noticeably shocked when his brother Prince Darnell told Poppy that the history they heard isn't accurate. However, he had no choice but to stay with his family in Vibe City when the Rock Trolls attacked. He could only watch Branch and an upset Poppy being sent away before he and his entire Tribe got kidnapped.
At Barb's victory rock concert, Cooper and Prince D were among the audience, and could only watch their parents being brainwashed. He and D almost got attacked by Poppy, though Poppy quickly spared them since she recovered to her senses quickly thanks to her gumdrops. After everyone lost their colors, all hope seemed lost until Cooper realizes that he had a glow from his body, which beat with the sound of music. As he amplified the heartbeat with a microphone, D created a rhythmic beatbox tune to it, thus encouraging the other Troll tribes to add rhythm and music to it, also learning the revelation that the music has lived on within themselves. Cooper and D joined in a performance with the other Trolls, as they all had their colors recovered and music restored. He was seen dancing with his family and friends during the end credits.
=== Trolls: Holiday in Harmony ===
Cooper and Prince D, during the holiday celebration, stayed with Branch in his bunker. Both Cooper and D commented that Branch has a nice visual board, but they became perturbed upon realizing Branch is over-planning. The twins wound up building a bunker within the bunker itself as Branch's contraption ended up in failure. They were later seen celebrating the winter holiday with the other Trolls at the party.
===Trolls Band Together===
Cooper had a minor role in this movie, appearing as an attendee for the wedding of King Gristle Jr. and Bridget. He, Prince D, and King Peppy got Gristle Jr. ready in his bedroom. He then wished Branch and Poppy good luck as the couple left with John Dory to save Floyd.
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