Branch

Branch is the deuteragonist of the franchise. He is the deuteragonist of and , and the main protagonist of . 
He is the baby of the well famous boyband, BroZone, and the youngest brother of John Dory, Spruce, Clay and Floyd, as well as the boyfriend of Queen Poppy.
In the films, he is voiced by , who also voices Artie in and Boo-Boo Bear in the 2010 live-action/computer animated adaptation of Yogi Bear.
In Trolls: Remix Rescue, he is voiced by , who also voices Johnny Test, and Milo James Thatch in Atlantis: Milo's Return.
In the series, he is voiced by .
==Personality==
Branch is the overly cautious paranoid survivor in Troll Village, who lives in fear of the Bergen's invasion. The only Troll in the village who doesn't sing, dance or hug, Branch lives a disgruntled existence, constantly trying to prepare for the worst. Even though he has secret feelings for Poppy, he is constantly flummoxed by the over-the-top positivity of the other Trolls.
Over the course of the film, Branch is challenged to embrace his inner Troll, even if it includes a dreaded burst of singing and dancing. When he saw how sad Poppy was, Branch opened up on happiness as her positive attitude helped him find it.
Another half of his life why he was still bitter before he never sings, dance or hug again is because his brothers abandoned him after they had it for following John Dory's lead and never came back especially when branch escaped from Bergan town. Although, Branch reveals his true positive side was that he seems to trust and love Floyd as he was the only older brother who was there for him as he gave him a green leaf vest when Branch was a baby and promises that he would one day return. Later on, Branch went to rescue Floyd and was happy that he acknowledged him as an adult, due to their other brothers treating him like a baby. 
Despite being angry and hurt with his brothers for abandoning him, Branch deep down missed them and wished to be a family again. Also, when he reunited with his brothers during the rescue mission to save Floyd, Branch regained his love for performing with them and was happy that he was spending time with his family. In addition, Branch gained the courage to stand up to his older brothers as he told them how he feels about their treatment of him and his annoyances that they can't get along. However, little did he know, Branch's words and drawing of his bunker helped his brothers realize how badly they have treated him and each other as they felt guilty for not noticing how much he cared about them and for not being there for him when he needed them the most. Fortunately, Branch realized that he and his brothers need to accept each other for who they are not who they want them to be, which they agree. After rescuing Floyd, Branch reconciled with his brothers and is happy to have them back in his life.
===Physical Appearance===
He has short, black hair and has greyish skin. He has dark lavender colored cheeks, and his eyes are a sky blue. He also has a large lavender colored nose. His ears stick out but sort of droop. He wears a dull colored, dark green leafy vest and dark brown shorts with dark green patches and stitches.
His true colors consist of having cyan skin, long straight indigo hair, a bright green leaf vest, light brown shorts with light green stitches and patches, bright sky-blue eyes, a light purple nose, and sparkly bright rosy cheeks with slight glitter freckles. His colors turned grey after he lost his grandmother years ago, due to his singing. When all the Trolls lost their hope and turned grey, Branch regained his original colors by singing their hopes up, including his own, too.
==History==
===Background===
Years before the events of the film, Branch lived with brothers, and they became a boy band known as Brozone. But after their last concert, his brothers abandoned him, and the band split up. But before his brother Floyd left, he gave Branch his leaf vest. A young Branch then went to take care of his Grandma, and was a happy Troll who lived in the Troll Tree. When singing one day, he attracted the attention of a Bergen who tried to grab him to eat. However, his grandmother pushed him out of the way and was taken instead. A traumatized Branch blamed himself, refusing to sing after that, his color turning grey in the process. Sometime after that, he escaped with the rest of the Trolls from Bergen Town.
===Trolls===
Twenty years later, a paranoid Branch is invited to a party held by Princess Poppy and her friends The Snack Pack. He refuses, telling them that their party will attract the Bergens. His warnings are ignored, and he remains in his survival bunker throughout the party. His fears are realized when a banished Chef finds the village and snatches a number of Trolls. Poppy asks for his help to save her friends, but he refuses and chooses to stay in his bunker. However, he soon chooses to travel to Bergen Town with her after the other Trolls came to his bunker to hide (which became unbearable for him after the third Hug Time).
Upon arriving in Bergen Town, Branch agrees to help the other Trolls with getting scullery maid Bridget a date with King Gristle Jr.. At this point, he reveals to Poppy why he doesn't sing, to which Poppy comforts him. During the date, Branch feeds romantic lines to Bridget, presumably talking about Poppy at the same time. When the Trolls discover that one Troll named Creek (who was presumed to have been eaten by King Gristle) is alive, they steal the jewel that he is held in. However, they discover that it is empty, and are captured by Chef, where they discover that Creek has betrayed them to save himself. Creek returns to the village to lure the other Trolls out of hiding, where they are soon captured by Chef and her Bergen Cooks.
With all the Trolls captured and ready to be cooked, Branch watches as Poppy loses hope and turns grey along with the other Trolls. For the first time in twenty years, Branch sings, revealing to Poppy through song that he loves her, which she reciprocates. The song helps restore not only the color of Poppy and the other Trolls, but also Branch himself. The Trolls are then rescued by Bridget and reveal to King Gristle that Bridget was Lady Glitter Sparkles and say that Bergens doesn't have to eat Trolls to be happy. The King agrees to this and now the trolls and the Bergens are no longer enemies. Branch, Poppy and the other Trolls lead them with a song. Bergen Town turns colorful, and the Troll Tree blooms once more.
At the end of the film, Branch shares a romantic hug with Poppy, who is crowned as the Trolls' new queen.
===Trolls: The Beat Goes On===
After the first film Branch is still learning to reform his positivity while he seems to go on rivalry towards Creek because he does not like him when he's self-center while going near Poppy. Branch reveals he has a remote name Gary who treats it like a son.
===Trolls: World Tour===
In Trolls World Tour, Branch has become a close friend of Poppy and is now a former recluse, happily taking part in their singing and dancing and having fun together. However, Branch is harboring strong romantic feelings for Poppy from Trolls, and he credits her for being the one who changed his life for the better. He still has issues with emotions at times and struggles to tell Poppy how he feels due to shyness. But though he's no longer a recluse, it doesn't mean he has forgotten his former life. Branch makes sacrifices, even when he has opposing opinions because of his good nature and loyalty to Poppy and his friends. His emotional feelings for Poppy result in him trying to back her up throughout the film, as this is tested by their opposing personalities, and after listening to the other Trolls they meet on their journey. He even admits liking the Country Trolls because he knows life is sad sometimes.
===Trolls: Band Together===
Its starts when Branch was a baby in a boy-band with his brothers known as BroZone. but later his perfectionist elder brother John Dory tries to deliver the final stand until they messed up their performance which lead his brothers, including Spruce and Clay to break up the band. After they left, Branch stated that he “ruined everything”, and blamed himself. While Floyd tries to stop them from leaving but ends up leaving himself but not after he gave Branch his leafy vest as a symbol of passion and loyalty, while promising Branch he will return. 
Later in the present Branch still secretly feels homesick without his brothers while yet he's preparing for the wedding for King Gristle and Bridget (yet Branch wishes this wedding should be his and Poppy). Later John Dory has returned to him during the wedding, at first Branch doesn't want to acknowledge John because he still feels betrayed but change his mind when he realizes Floyd is held prisoner by Velvet and Veneer who are using his essence to gain their own ability, which can also kill Floyd if they drain him too long. Later Branch, John, Poppy, and Tiny Diamond went on a family reunion rescue mission. They managed to recruit Spruce who's now married, and Clay who now lives in a abandon golf course with Poppy's lost sister Viva, who didn't want her sister to leave ever since they got separated back in Bergen Town when they escape, which cause Poppy to realize that not all siblings can share beliefs. Later during an argument when John Dory tries to regain his own attention while revealing after they save Floyd they go their separate ways, a hurt Branch puts his foot down and calls his brothers out for being hypocritical by saying that they're mad at John Dory when they do the same thing to him and how they still treat him like the baby of the family. Branch also points out how he stop being a baby the day they walked out on him and that no one was there to take care of him ever since their grandmother got eaten. He crumbles up the paper and says that he's walking out on them this time and leaves, along with Poppy and Tiny joining him to rescue Floyd themselves. 
However, little did Branch know, his words got through to his brothers, who had help from Poppy, as they felt guilty for how they treated him and realize how much he cared about them, even feeling sad that their grandmother is gone, as they went to catch up with his group in order to continue the mission to save Floyd and apologize to him for their actions and behavior. Later, they tried to free Floyd, but find out through him that it was a trap. Branch and his friends managed to get away when Velvet and Veneer returned, but found out that they have now captured the rest of BroZone. Wanting to save his remaining family, Branch confronted Velvet and Veneer as he demanded that they give him back his brothers. Also, they exposed them which led them to a performance chase battle. Yet with the help with Gristle and Bridget and a now reformed Viva they join in to help Branch rescue his brothers.
They managed to save John Dory, Spruce, and Clay in the diamonds from Velvet and Veneer's vests. However, Branch and the group was unable to free Floyd from Velvet. Branch tells his brothers of what Poppy said to Viva before and she was right as he tells them that they don't need to be perfect in order to be in harmony and have to be as we they are together as a family. Branch was given the words from his older brothers, who have come to terms that he was all grown up, that they'll follow his lead, which was also their way of making things right with their youngest brother for their past actions and behavior. Through Crimp's help, Branch lead his older brothers in a song as they with Poppy and Viva were able to do the family harmony to break the diamonds and freed them including Floyd. However, Branch and his brothers realize that Floyd used his remaining life to save them, but their love for him and each other revived him. Seeing Floyd waking up, Branch and his brothers embraced him with Poppy and Viva joining in. Soon, Velvet and Veneer got arrested, and he and Poppy finally shared their first kiss at each other, much to his brothers happinesses.
Later on, BroZone was finally together again while Branch becomes a true leader of the band for a comeback concert. 
==Trivia==
*Unlike most trolls, in the beginning, he dislikes hugs and always tries to avoid Hug Time.
* He doesn't wear a Hug Time bracelet at any time in the film. But we can see that in the flashback of him as a kid he used to wear one. He must have gotten rid of it after he became grey to avoid Hug Time for himself.
*It is unknown what happened to his parents, though it is theorized that they sacrificed themselves to save him and possibly Grandma Rosiepuff from being eaten.
*He was a child when the Trolls escaped from Bergen town, which makes him in his early to mid-twenties by the events of the film, meaning that he is a few years older than Poppy.
*It can be implied at various moments in the film before he regained his true colors, that he longed to be happy again and was quite lonely. For example, when he looked sadly at invitations, he was given by Poppy that he keeps behind a curtain in his bunker, and when he became sad when Poppy was leaving his bunker.
*He may suffer from manic depression.
* Considering that he became gray when he was a child (around five or six), he has been without his true colors for most of his life.
* His hair was shorter than the other Trolls' for the majority of the film. When his true colors are restored, his hair grows longer and brighter.
*The possible reason for him refusing all of Poppy's invitations and acts of kindness towards him is because he's worried that if he shows his true colors again, he'll end up getting someone else killed and he did not want to make a list. In a better sense, he was being a jerk the whole time because he was trying to protect her.
*Branch is similar to Grouchy Smurf.
* Although Branch was the youngest brother, his actor who voiced him was actually the oldest actor of the brothers.
*Despite the false advertisements where it's just Poppy and Viva, the third movie reveals that Branch is the true protagonist alongside his brothers who have more screen times.
== External Links==
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*Branch on the Universal Studios Wiki 
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