Nowhere to Fun, Nowhere to Hide/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "Nowhere to Fun, Nowhere to Hide".
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(In the desert, a bird lands on a cactus, but flies away when a telescope pops out. It is revealed that Holly is using a telescope to see if she and Poppy are being watched. Poppy is writing a letter.)
Poppy: (In her head) Day 25. The battle goes on. No-one could have predicted it would come to this… (She looks at a picture of herself, Cooper, Demo, and Rhythm. We then go to past where Demo, Rhythm, and Cooper are hiding.) We’ve seen so many things. We’ve lost so many friends…
Past Cooper: Huh? (Branch pops out of the bush.)
Past Branch: Ha-ha! (His friends scream.) Found you!
Poppy: (In her head) … to an epic game of Hide and Seek. (Cooper, Demo, and Rhythm laugh.) But this isn’t just any game of Hide and Seek. It’s “Contagious Hide and Seek.” (Branch tags his friends and they become serious.) Which means any Troll that gets tagged also become it.
Past Branch: Cooper, go seek in the Fun Factory. B, do a thorough seek of the Vibe Town Spaceship. Demo, seek around Rock Hollow. Now get to it! (Demo goes to Rock Hollow.)
Poppy: (In her head) So with every ally we lose… (Demo finds Val in her guitar case.)
Past Demo: Ha-ha! (Val gasps as he tags her.)
Poppy: (In her head) … we gain an enemy. (In the Fun Factory, Cooper is the cake machine and finds Guy and Tiny Diamond in a cake shaped like a Troll.)
Past Tiny Diamond: Daddy, you’re sold me out?! (His father tags him and he laughs.) Mad respect, Daddy. (We go back to the present.)
Poppy: (In her head) Now, Holly and I are the only hiders left. And somehow, together, we’ve made in within a day of our final goal: the all-time hiding record. (Holly marks the time on the wall.) We mark the time on the wall ‘cause it keeps our hopes alive, and we also do chalk drawings ‘cause it’s so cute we can barely stand it. (We see chalk drawings on the wall.) I hope to see you again, dear friend. Maybe when this crazy game is finally over. Until then, hugs and more hugs and even more hugs than that. Poppy. (She finishes the letter and gives it to a snail. It then slithers off.)
Holly: Poppy! Did you just send off snail mail?!
Poppy: Well, yeah. I can’t go 25 days without writing my pen pals.
Holly: Yeah, but, Poppy, snail mail leaves trails. And that’s not just a delightful rhyme because trails… (She hears a banging on the door.)
Branch: (From outside) Come on out! We know you’re in there!
Holly: … will lead Branch right to us.
Poppy: Oh, no! What do we do?!
Holly: Run, Poppy! I’ll buy you some time!
Poppy: But it was my big caring heart that got us into this. I should have never sent those letters! Well, of course I should have, but I’m not a monster, but still… (More banging is heard on the door.)
Holly: No, Poppy. Your big caring heart is your greatest strength. And I’m certain you are meant to break that record. Now go!
Poppy: But…
Holly: I said get! (As Poppy walks away, Branch finally breaks down the door.)
Branch: Ha-ha! Found you! (Holly screams as he comes inside.) Wait, where is Poppy?
Holly: Ha! Forget it, Branch. I’d never betray her to an “it” like you. She and I are friends to the end!
Branch: Well, according to the game, when I tag you, you’re it, too, so… (He tags Holly.)
Holly: She went out the back! (She, Branch, Cooper, Demo, and Guy Diamond open the door.) Hunt her down like the hidin’ little Troll she is! (Poppy screams and runs away. She runs through the desert and into the forest. She then reaches a cliff.)
Poppy: Oh, no! (Seeing two Cactus Birds, she jumps on them to the other side of a cliff.)
All: Grr! (They run the other way. Poppy runs past Smidge disguised as a bush.)
Smidge: Ha-ha! Got you now, Poppy! (As she runs, Poppy sees two piñatas hanging on trees. She then whacks one of them with a stick.) Oh, my Guh! Piñata blockade! (She runs back to the broken piñata and eats some candy. Poppy then runs into the Vibe Town Spaceship. Then a replica of a hand appears.)
Poppy: Oh, nooooo!
Rhythm: Initiate tag protocol, dear sister.
Blues: (Using the controls) Tagging, dear sister.
Branch: Ha-ha! (Poppy gasps and turns around.) Nowhere to go, Poppy!
Poppy: Actually, Branch, if things are running on their usual schedule, I’m right where I wanna be.
Branch: Huh? (Just then, the Metroll train rides by and Poppy grabs it with her hair. She lands on top of a train car as the train rides away.)
All: Oh!
Branch: Man, this is a good game! Huh?
All: Yeah, it is. (Later that night, Poppy, wearing a detective coat and hat, is seen looking at Classical Crest. In her pod, Minuet is playing her violin. She sees pebbles being thrown at her window. Then a basket of cupcakes and a note flies in through the window.)
Minuet: Aah! (She puts her violin away and picks up the note.)
Poppy: “Sorry, should have skipped the pebbles and started with the gift basket. Can you please look outside?” (Minuet looks out the window and sees Poppy.)
Minuet: Poppy?
Poppy: Sorry, Minuet. I heard you opted out of the game to practice violin, so you’re one of the few Trolls I can trust. I need a place to hide. (At Branch’s bunker, his friends are rechecking everywhere they searched. Branch comes down on the elevator.)
Branch: All right, only six hours till Poppy breaks the record and it’s our duty as its to do everything we can to stop her! Status reports. Laguna!
Laguna: We’ve done a comprehensive seek of the lagoon and turned up nothing!
Branch: Well, do it again. Demo?
Demo: We’re double seeking Rock Hollow, but it’s not looking good!
Branch: Well, look harder. Cooper?
Cooper: (Looking at a grid with a waffle toaster) There’s nothing on the grid, but I can always add syrup.
Branch: Well…. Wait, are you making waffles?!
Cooper: Yeah! (He takes a waffle out of the toaster and takes a bite.) What are we supposed to be doing? (He laughs and walks away.)
Branch: GAH! (sighs) OK, let’s rethink this. If we can’t seek her, we have to find a reason for her to come out of hiding. Something Poppy’s big heart can’t resist. Something like… (He looks around his bunker until he sees Tiny Diamond and gasps.) That’s it! Does anybody have scrapbook supplies?! (The others cheer with scrapbook supplies.) Scraptacular!  (Dante and Delivery Bugs fly and give invitations to the Trolls in Pop Village. Then they go into some pods.)
Pop Troll #1: What’s this?
Pop Troll #2: An invitation?
Pop Troll #3: From Tiny Diamond? (Vibe Town drops more invitations. One lands on Minuet’s tray of cupcakes.)
Minuet: Huh? (Back at her pod, Poppy is tossing a cupcake up and down.)
Poppy: Wait. The its are sending out invitations? To what?
Minuet: Something called a “Glistening.”
Poppy: A Glistening? (Minuet gives her the invitation.) “You’re cordially invited to Tiny Diamond’s Glistening, a heartwarming tradition where loved ones dedicate TrollsTopia’s youngest with a sprinkle of glitter.” Oh, can you believe Branch?
Minuet: What? What has he done?
Poppy: He’s invented a fake ceremony, thinking that out of sheer affection for Tiny, I’ll just come out of hiding to attend. (laughs) So I’ll just RSVP “yes…”
Minuet: What?! Poppy, it’s a trap! You just said the ceremony isn’t real!
Poppy: I know! But real or not, I can’t miss such an important moment in Tiny’s life. I have never missed a Glistening before and I’m not gonna start now.
Minuet: You’ve never missed one before because it’s not real!
Poppy: But it feels real! And I can’t help myself when it comes being there for a friend. I just care too much! (She writes on the invitation and Minuet tries to take it from her. They soon tear it apart.)
Minuet: OK, fine. What are you going to do?
Poppy: Good question. But first… (She takes out a fancy purple dress.) … do you think this dress is formal enough for a Glistening?
Minuet: IT’S NOT REAL! (She faints. At the fake ceremony, Branch and his friends are waiting for Poppy. Holly comes up to Tiny Diamond.)
Holly: May you glisten, always. (She throws glitter on Tiny Diamond. Laguna then comes up to him.)
Laguna: May you glisten, always.
Tiny Diamond: So, Daddy, friend Branch, you created a fake holiday, using me as bait to trick Daddy’s friend Poppy, so you can win a game?
Branch: That is what we did, yes.
Tiny Diamond: Oh, mad respect, Daddy’s friend Branch! (He blows his airhorns. Suddenly, the Metroll train rides by and reveals Poppy.)
Branch: Poppy, Poppy, Poppy. Ha! I knew you were too caring to stay away. Prepare to tag! (The others get ready.)
Poppy: Yes, Branch. You’re right. As much as it puts me at risk, I am going to participate in this Glistening. And break the hiding record. (She shows her watch and there is only five minutes left.)
All: What?
Branch: Ha! And how exactly will you do that?
Poppy: By getting you all to care the way that I care. Minuet. (A screen appears.)
Branch and Guy Diamond: Huh? (As piano music plays, Minuet shows a projection of Tiny Diamond sucking on a yellow pacifier, him lying down, and him in his father’s hair.)
Guy Diamond: It’s… Tiny.
Branch: Guy, what are you doing? I need you tag-ready!
Guy Diamond: Not now, Branch. I really need to focus on my boy at the moment. (Tears appear in his eyes.) It is his Glistening after all.
Branch: No, it’s not! The Glistening’s not real!
Guy Diamond: (Wiping a tear) I know! But it feels real! (Branch groans and a spotlight shines on Poppy.) Huh? (Poppy starts singing The Life He Shares (With Me & You) with her microphone.)
(Poppy)
Everywhere that he goes
Shines a little more
Branch: Argh! Just tag her! (As Poppy sings, he dodges the Trolls who try to tag her.)
(Poppy)
Than it did before he passed through
Everyone who he knows sparkles extra bright
‘Cause he shares his light with me and you
Cooper: When I look at him, I see our future, and it fills me with hope! (He wipes his tears on his waffle and takes a bite.)
(Poppy)
Glistening
See us glittering
From the light that he’s shared
With me and you
Oh, oh, oh
Me and you (The screen shows a picture of Tiny Diamond with Branch.)
Branch: (gasps) It’s just so beautiful.
Poppy: (whispering) Thank you, Tiny Diamond. (She puts her microphone back in her hair and walks over to Tiny Diamond and throws glitter on him.) May you glisten, always.
Tiny Diamond: (sniffs) I am adorable! (Poppy walks over to Branch and her watch beeps and fires confetti.)
Poppy: Well, I guess that means I broke the record. You played great, Branch.
Branch: Yeah, yeah. Uh, actually, Poppy, congratulations and all, but I gotta say… Hide and Seek just doesn’t seem important right now, you know? (He sniffs and wipes a tear.)
Poppy: Yeah. I do, Branch. I really do. (They continue looking at the picture of Tiny Diamond and the episode ends.)
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