A Life Less Score-dinary/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "A Life Less Score-dinary".
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(Poppy is about to do her daily announcements of events.)
Poppy: Morning, Trolls! You won’t believe all the exciting activities we have in store for you today! At 8 am, we’ve got Glitter Ball! Then scrapbooking, then a cupcake social, followed by the big beach party, and hair-gliding! (She flips a page.) Then at 8:30, there’s checkers-
Branch: Wait, 8:30? We’re gonna do all that in half an hour?
Poppy: Oh, right. Better bump up checkers to 8:15 so no-one gets bored. Thanks, Branch.
Branch: But I was saying that-
Poppy: (Putting her agenda in her hair) But first, everyone try and stay calm ‘cause I saved the best for last. Right now, we are gonna… fill out five page surveys! (The crowd does not react.) Oh, sorry. What I meant to say is… (As some flowers fire surveys, she sings Fill It Out.)
(Poppy)
Fill out five page surveys!
I got some sharpened no. no.2’s
And pens in blacks and blues for ya
And you will forget all your troubles
Filling all the bubbles out
You know I love information
Yeah, I can’t get enough
So when it rains surveys
That’s me showing you love
Fill it out, fill it out
I lo-I love it so much
I’m doing more than one!
We gonna fill it out for ya
Fill it out for ya
Tell me who knew surveys could be this fun!
Let’s fill it out! (At the Tribal Council pod, Poppy is having a meeting.)
Poppy: Sit tight, Tribal Council. The monthly “Life in TrollsTopia” surveys are officially in, and Branch is just finishing the results. Branch? (We see Branch finishing the results. He soon stops.)
Branch: Well, I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll just say it. On average, the Trolls find life in TrollsTopia to be… “super fun.” (Poppy spits out some coffee in shock.)
Poppy: Super fun?!
Holly: OK, first of all, where’d that mug come from? You didn’t have that before. And second, what’s wrong with “super fun?”
Val, Lownote, Dante, and Synth: Yeah?
Branch: What’s wrong is that last month the Trolls found life in TrollsTopia to be… “super duper fun!” (The Tribal Council spits out coffee in shock.)
Synth: No! Don’t tell me we lost a “duper”, bro! Not a “duper”! (He does a faceplant on the table.)
Poppy: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let’s not lose our hair, team. We’re not gonna let TrollsTopia get less fun on our watch. We just need to add a little extra excitement into everyone’s lives.
Branch: Extra excitement? How? You can’t cram any more activities into the schedule. I mean, not without bending time and space.
Poppy: Bending time and space?...
All: Hm…
Lownote: No.
All: Aw.
Branch: Guys, please, don’t overdo this. You don’t need every moment to be exciting for life to be fun, OK?
Poppy: Then what do you suggest?
Branch: Have TrollsTopia participate in the most fun activity of all: 30 minutes of strictly designated peace and quiet. (The Tribal Council bursts out laughing.) Guys, I’m serious.
Poppy: (As she and the others keep laughing) We know, Branch. We know. (She and others laugh harder. Annoyed, Branch grunts and leaves.) Ah, I needed that.
Dante: Pardon me, fellow council members. As a conductor, I am keenly aware of how classical music can add excitement to any situation. With that in mind, I have a proposal… (Outside, Gust and Demo are having a drink at a table.)
Gust: Huh. Nice weather today.
Demo: Mm, yeah. Very nice. (Dante and Poppy are seen behind some bushes.)
Dante: Observe: a humdrum chat about the weather. But with the addition of well-orchestrated music… (With a wave of his baton, some Classical Trolls play music.)
Gust: You know, they say there’s only a 5% chance of rain this weekend…
Demo: I did hear that. Because the humidity is far below average for this time of year.
Gust: That’s right! And the barometric pressure is expected to remain stable…
Demo: … indicating mild conditions with light to moderate cloud coverage… (He and Gust climb onto the table.)
Both: … for the next seven to 10 days! (They laugh with happy sobs as they hug.)
Poppy: Whoa!
Dante: I call it musical score.
Poppy: Really? Then to prevent TrollsTopia from getting boring, it’s time to get scoring. (At an ice cream bug, Guy Diamond is about to get ice cream.)
Ice Cream Vendor: What’ll it be?
Guy Diamond: I’ll take… the usual. (As the ice cream vendor gets ready to scoop some ice cream, Dante motions the Classical Trolls to play music.) No, wait! I want chocolate. No, double chocolate. (The ice cream vendor gasps and starts scooping.) And a velvety cascade of hot fudge! Then a great dollop of whipped cream! (The Trolls gasp in awe as the ice cream vendor sprays whipped cream.) And when I tell you “heavy on the sprinkles”, add so many sprinkles that a lesser dessert would topple under the sheer weight of it! (He farts glitter and jumps onto the ice cream bug.) For I shall not have “the usual” this day, I shall have a sundae with a cheery on top!
All: Yeah! (They cheer as Guy Diamond is given his ice cream in a fountain-like appearance. It sprays chocolate as the Trolls continue to cheer. Poppy and Dante laugh as they watch. At Smidge’s pod, she gets ready to brush her teeth.)
Smidge: Hm… (She brushes her teeth slowly. Outside, Poppy jumps onto sound speakers, plug them in, and gives a signal to Dante. The Classical Trolls play music through a microphone. Smidge hears it and brushes her teeth faster. Poppy turns up the volume. At the library, Laguna is reading a book. She hears the music.)
Laguna: Huh: (The music causes her to read faster. A Funk Troll couple is playing on a seesaw. When they hear the music, they play faster. Smidge brushes her teeth with two tooth brushes and Laguna rapidly goes through more books. Smidge soon stops brushing her teeth and looks at the burnt toothbrushes.)
Smidge: Oh, my Guh.
Poppy: Whoo! Yeah! Dante, that was incredible! Your score is gonna make our rating go way up! (Back at the Tribal Council pod, Branch tells the rating again.)
Branch: Our rating has dropped way down.
All: Way down?! (The Classical Trolls play dramatic music.)
Poppy: Not now, Dante.
Dante: Oh, yes. Apologies.
Branch: Sorry, guys, but it’s like I said: TrollsTopia doesn’t need more excitement. You’re doing too much.
Poppy: Hm, yes.
Branch: Really?
Poppy: Or we’re not doing enough. (Branch groans and leaves.) Think, team. The fun of TrollsTopia is at stake! How do we push the excitement all the way to the max?
All: Hm…
Lownote: I might know a way to kick things up a notch. (At Satin and Chenille’s pod, Satin is looking at clothes to pick what to wear.)
Satin: Hm… What should we wear today?
Chenille: I don’t know. It’s so hard to decide. (Active movie music plays.)
Lownote: (Through the microphone, offscreen) In a world of fashion-loving Trolls…
Satin and Chenille: Huh?
Lownote: (As we move to the roof of Satin and Chenille’s pod) A pair of stylish twins would break all the rules to find… the perfect outfits. (Satin and Chenille gasp.) But time was running out…
Satin: Why is time running out?
Chenille: We don’t have anywhere to be today!
Lownote: Time… was… running… out. (Satin and Chenille scream and frantically search through the piles of clothes. In a field, Biggie blows on a dandelion.) One Troll. One field. One Destiny.
Biggie: What? (We see that Lownote, Poppy, Holly, and Dante are up above him.)
Lownote: He had summoned the courage to go toe to toe with the first dandelion. But would he have what it takes to face his next challenge? Would he have what it takes to overcome them all? (Holly rings a bell. Biggie screams and quickly blows on more dandelions. That night, Guy Diamond is sleeping peacefully in his bed. He then hears the music.) It was a night like any other night. (Guy Diamond sits up and whimpers in fear.) Or was it? For as the sun set, a question would rise: what excitement might tomorrow hold? Their minds racing with possibility… piercing… relentless… unyielding… persistent… continual- (All the sleeping Trolls look out their windows.)
All: ENOUGH!!!
Poppy: Enough?
Smidge: Oh, my Guh! Yes, please! We’re trying to sleep! (Poppy looks at Holly and Lownote.)
Poppy: Wait. You didn’t want us to make life in TrollsTopia more exciting?
Biggie: Not all the time! All the music, the sound effects, the omnipresent narration, it’s too much!
Satin: Not to mention the jam-packed schedule!
Chenille: Yeah! Sometimes you plan so much excitement, it feels like your bending time and space!
Poppy: Bending time and space!
Lownote: Well, just a little. (chuckles)
Poppy: I see. I guess we’ve made a mistake here. Sorry, everyone. (The Trolls sigh and go back to sleep.) What a disaster.
Branch: It’s OK, Poppy. Some time for excitement is great, but we also need time to slow down and rest. Time for…
Poppy: … a little peace and quiet?
Branch: Exactly.
Poppy: Thanks, Branch. I guess you were right this whole time.
Branch: I appreciate that, Poppy. But it’s not like I’m keeping score. (Behind his back, he adds a vote. The next day, some Trolls are having fun. Poppy soon appears on the stage.)
Poppy: (Through the megaphone) OK, everyone! It’s time for our daily 30 minutes of quiet time! Starting now! (The Trolls do what she says. Demos sits down and reads a book with Gust. Biggie blows on a dandelion. Smidge lies down in the grass. Poppy sits on a blanket and Branch joins her.)
Branch: Poppy, this month’s surveys are in, and I think you’ll really like the new fun rating.
Poppy: Later, Branch. Later. For now, let’s enjoy the quiet. (The suspenseful music plays again.)
Lownote: (On the microphone, offscreen) In a world where peace and quiet is the norm-
Poppy and Branch: Guys. (We see that Lownote, Dante, and the Classical Trolls are behind a mushroom.)
Dante: Oh! Yes. Apologies.
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