King Peppy/History

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According to the Trolls DVD extras, he was originally going to be a crazy old man by the time the main Trolls storyline had begun, not even able to recognize when people were talking about him. This idea was dropped in favor of him being a wise teacher to Poppy. Some scenes of him as the senile old man still remain in the movie, despite the rewrite of his character.
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=== Pre-Trolls ===
Peppy became king of the Pop Trolls some time before the opening storyline of Trolls. The circumstances of his rise to the throne is unknown, as is who was before him or how he became king.
At some point in the past, either during or before his reign, the Bergens came along after one of them ate a member of his Tribe. Over time, they built Bergen Town and started an annual tradition of that involved gathering around the Troll Tree to taste happiness. While the death toll and numbers lost to the event is unknown, as only Grandma Rosiepuff had been named as one of their presumed victims, Peppy was determined to free his people. Peppy became a father to Poppy somewhere between the ages of 46-49 years old (age estimation based upon both "Don't Worry Be Peppy" and Trolls Band Together), 20 years before the main events of Trolls. He became the father to Viva in his 20s or 30s 30-40 years ago.
On the last Trollstice when his youngest daughter Princess Poppy was due to be eaten by Prince Gristle, he drove the Trolls to escape from Bergen Town, and led them to freedom. However, despite all things, many Trolls struggled and lagged behind. Though he was able to rush back and save many, including Darius, he lost track of his eldest daughter Viva. This is revealed to be the reason he began to call "No Troll left behind" as he struggled to gather all Trolls up and escape with all of his people, hoping his voice would reach every Troll. 
Sadly, a boulder separated his eldest daughter Viva and a number of Trolls from him, cutting them off from the rest of the Pop Trolls. As well as losing sight of Viva, Clay was also lost among that group. Peppy was forced to continue on the escape with all those he could rescue. He managed to escape, and though he lost Viva and a number of Trolls, he still had Poppy safely tucked in his hair. Poppy recited his words "no Troll left behind" and he noted they had to put as much distance between the Trolls and the Bergens as possible, thus Peppy could only presume the worst had happened to Viva and the Trolls left behind. Tragically, Viva herself also presumed the same had happened to her father, sister and the rest of the Pop Trolls in turn. All Peppy had left of Viva was her Hug Time Bracelet which she lost in the escape, this he would later give to his surviving daughter Poppy. 
They rebuilt their civilization deep within Troll Forest away from the town. Despite the re-build, most of the previous culture of their Tribe had been lost, and Peppy was the only one to remember the existence of other Tribes. Life would slowly return to normal for the Trolls, and Peppy focused on raising his daughter and helping to rebuild what the Trolls had lost to the Bergens.
=== Trolls ===
20 years later, Princess Poppy threw a party to celebrate her father's efforts. However, the loud party attracted Chef, who took all members of The Snack Pack save Poppy. Peppy, being too old to fight the Bergens, wanted to run away, but Poppy insisted to go after her friends. Peppy tried to stop his daughter, but she refused.
He and the other Trolls hid in Branch's Survival Bunker (much to his dismay), while she went off to save her friends.
Later, he heard his daughter's cowbell playing, making him and the other Trolls come out of the bunker, only to find out that Creek was the one playing it, and as a consequence got captured by a group of Bergens led by Chef.
At the Bergen Castle, the entire Troll village was thrown into a pot, where he and Poppy were reunited. Poppy however was sad, as her attempts to save her friends led to the entire village being captured. She lost her color and becomes gray, with the entire village including Peppy doing the same. Branch managed to bring back Poppy's colors using song, which in turn replenished the other Trolls' colors.
Bridget, a Bergen that Poppy had befriended during her rescue attempt, set the Trolls, including Peppy, free and they make a bid for Troll Village. Poppy went back to save Bridget, who was willing to sacrifice herself for their sake.
Poppy showed the Bergens that they can be happy without eating Trolls, which made Peppy proud of her. At the end of the movie, Peppy stepped down as ruler and crowned his daughter Queen Poppy.
=== Trolls World Tour ===
King Peppy appeared when Queen Barb's bat Debbie delivered a letter to Queen Poppy. Peppy tried to throw the letter off as nothing special, but Branch stopped him from doing so. He finally revealedthe existence of the other Tribes to Poppy, explaining that they're nothing like their own Tribe. He also revealed that they're not "Trolls", but rather "Pop Trolls". After accidentally causing panic among the other Trolls by saying how the other Troll Tribes don't even understand "Hammertime", he broke down to a small group consisting of Poppy and The Snack Pack.
Here, he fully explained that the Troll Tribes split after a row over the Strings, and showed Poppy their Pop string, which controlled all their music (though he does not seem to know the truth behind this vague history). Peppy then explained he had prepared for this event for years and planned to run and hide, with Branch on helping him. He and Poppy had a argument over what to do, with Peppy using the "Father" card against her "Queen" card in the row and arguing that he knows best when she claimed that he's judging someone he doesn't know.
Poppy snuck off later at night without Peppy and the rest knowing, taking with her the Pop String as she thought Barb wanted to unite the Troll Tribes again.
Peppy, along with the rest of the Pop Troll were later captured when Barb raided Pop Village, destroying it in the process. Only a few members of the Tribe were spared as they had hidden away. Peppy and the rest of the Tribe were taken to Volcano Rock City to witness Barb's victory concert after gathering all the Strings to play the Ultimate Power Chord.
Peppy and the Funk Twins Prince D and Prince Cooper were pushed to the front to bare witness to the victory of Barb. Barb revealed all the leaders of each Tribe she had taken prisoner with his own daughter Poppy in a hanging cage, to which she labelled Pop as "worst of all". Barb then went to transform Poppy into a Rock Zombie, as Peppy watched in horror, but Branch interfered. As a consequence, Branch was transformed instead.
Peppy could only watch as each leader was converted into a Rock Zombie before intention was turned back to his daughter. Poppy did attempt to escape, but Barb used Branch to grab her and hold her in place. Poppy appeared to have been converted, which Peppy looked over in horror, so Barb handed her the guitar that holds the strings, with the intent that Poppy would be the one to convert her father and the Funk Twins. But Poppy turned on Barb, having used gumdrops to block out the impact of the Rock string, and thus sparing her the full conversion to a Rock Zombie.
Poppy smashed the guitar to stop Barb, but seemingly destroys all music in the process. The Trolls, including Peppy, turn grey as they lose their music. This did not last long as the Trolls realized they can make music without the Strings now.
After Just Sing ended, Peppy and Poppy settled their differences on their earlier row. Peppy took the moment to take pride in raising a strong and independent daughter, proclaiming himself a "genius" parent as he dived into the crowd to crowd surf. He was later seen interacting with King Thrash at the end credits.
===Trolls Band Together===
King Peppy was one of the attendees when King Gristle Jr. and Bridget were getting married, with him, Cooper and Prince D helping Gristle to get up. When Poppy began surmising about having a sister, after John Dory suddenly returned, Peppy began to wince upon remembering he had not gotten the courage to tell her the truth of her sister Viva. Later that night, he finally confided to Mr. Dinkles about his guilt of losing Viva, only for Dinkles to judge him for being so prone on secret-keeping.
Peppy would not be seen until the end of the movie, when he finally got to reconnect with Viva during their visit at Vacay Island.
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