Don't Worry Be Peppy

"Don't Worry Be Peppy" is the first segment of the 2nd episode of the fifth season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 54th overall episode in the series. It premiered on January 18, 2019.
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Poppy tries to make her father feel wanted by Troll Village.
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Poppy is visiting her father and as she arrives, he is receiving a delivery of hair. It turns out King Peppy has taken to hair crafting now that he is not King anymore. Fuzzbert comes and alerts to a problem - there are young Trolls stuck in a hairball. The former King heeds the call for help, but Poppy reminds him she is in charge now. Poppy says he can come also, but Peppy disagrees and states that the village is her responsibility now. Poppy watches as Peppy kisses his crown and feels sorry for her father.
Poppy attends the hairball and pulls the children apart slowly while talking to Branch about how her father was disappointed. Branch says he is getting used to life after royalty and he will be fine. Poppy agrees because she already has a plan to help him out leaving Branch wondering why he even tries. Poppy wants her friends to spread the word to bring Peppy their problems for the next week and if they don't have any, make them up. She wants her father to feel useful again.
Poppy visits her father and within moments Smidge arrives with a problem for Peppy, followed all her other friends DJ Suki with a problem with her wooferbug, the twins with a need for a fashion model and Branch having a jar he can't open. Poppy criticizes Branch's problem but Branch states it was the best he could think of.
Peppy goes around and solves Trolls problems. Later he is in his pod exercising. Poppy finds he has given up on the crafts. Cooper comes in with a problem with a monster from the swamp. After Peppy goes off to find the monster, Cooper confesses that he made up the monster. This means that when her father finds out this was all a ruse, he might be soul crushed. So Poppy has to resort to getting her friends in on this issues and resolving it. Guy Diamond is sent in to pretend he chased off the monster, but makes things worst by making out the monster is just lonely. As Peppy goes off to find and befriend the monster Poppy now had a bigger problem on her hands.
Enlisting Branch's help, and giving him no choice on the matter, she dresses him up as the monster. Poppy tells him to shout "I prefer to live alone" and run off, causing Branch to call the plan the dumbest his ever heard. She states that all he has to do is just not get caught, Branch doubts he will as Peppy is three times Branch's age and one Troll, but Poppy reveals to Branch that Peppy has a mob of Trolls behind him.
Poppy fails to stall Peppy and the mob, and he soon has caught up with Branch and it doesn't take long at all to reveal Branch is the monster. Poppy then has to confess this was all her scheme. Finally with the truth out, Peppy admits that he enjoys retirement and this week has been too much for him. Peppy states he does miss being king sometimes but his fine. Poppy states that there is one troll who still needs him - her as she clearly has a lot to learn.
The episode ends with Peppy stating he will sleep better, knowing there isn't a lonely swamp monster out there - to which it is revealed actually unknown to him, there is.
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;Trolls
*Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
*David Kaye as King Peppy
*Skylar Astin as Branch
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
*Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin & Chenille
*Ron Funches as Cooper
*Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
*Walt Dohrn as Fuzzbert
*Declan Churchill Carter as Keith
*Kari Wahlgren as Mags Gumdrop
*Biggie (non-speaking)
;Other
*David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles
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*"Back in the Game"
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This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 5-8" DVD.
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*The title is a reference to the song Don't Worry, Be Happy.
*This is the second episode to have King Peppy's name, the first being "Meet The Peppy".
*Fuzzbert telling Peppy and Poppy about the children tangled up is a nod to shows like Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and Lassie. Jokes referencing these shows are often about children getting stuck in a situation.
*Branch on and offs having a Hug-Time Friendship Bracelet, but he only uses it at this point for timekeeping.
*Branch's "can't open a jar" is an old joke that was often used for referencing someone's inability to do something so simple. However, the "joke" here in the episode is that Branch is the least incompetent Troll, as he's fully independent and he's going to Peppy with something that shouldn't be a setback for Branch at all.
**Traditionally, the joke was aimed at women, when vacuum-sealed jars became available and common. For the most part, women were unable to open them due to physical restraints. Meanwhile, men, who typically have bigger hands and more upper body strength, were more likely to open them. The "joke" was aimed at men who couldn't open the jar and was a jab at a man's masculinity. The jar joke has been used in more modern depictions as an reference to weakness.
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