Trollection

"Trollection" is the first segment of the 2nd episode of the fourth season of Trolls: TrollsTopia, and the 54th overall episode in the series. It premiered in September 2, 2021.
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The Trolls have their first election between Holly Darlin' and Biggie to decide who should be Secretary of Skate.
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The episode begins with Lownote Jones volunteering to be the Confetti Inspector. With this, all the roles are filled up and Dante announces that the first-ever TrollsTopia Volunteer sign-up is a success. Poppy congratulates everyone and quotes Holly Darlin' as their new Secretary of Skate. As the crowd cheers and Holly notes this is her lifelong dream, Poppy tells everyone to hang on, as an accident has occurred. She doesn't know how it happened, but Biggie also signed up for the role.
At Poppy's pod, Dante reveals how this happened; the job was accidentally added twice to the list. Poppy notes that one of them will get the job and the other will have the role left off the list of "telling kids they're too short to ride the rollercoaster". Holly realizes that such a job would upset Biggie, but he also wants Holly to have the job. Poppy reveals Dante has proposed something called "an election", where the people decide who gets the job and the queen doesn't have to disappoint anyone. Dante corrects her misinterpretations as "adorable"; he instead notes it is a Classical Troll custom wherein the Troll the people think is most suited is elected, using formal debates put forward by each candidate.
Minuet Sonata has been chosen as Holly's campaign manager, and the two talk before the debate; Minuet ensures Holly that she has her full support. Guy Diamond is likewise Biggie's, and also ensures him he has his full support, noting that he doesn't know what a "debate" is, but he will make Biggie look good while doing it; both he and Tiny Diamond glitter fart on Biggie, making him glittery purple. Holly is asked to note what is her best trait, to which she replies "honesty". She then talks about Biggie and instead of making herself look good ends up being so honest she makes Biggie look good, which confuses him. Holly explains to Biggie that she can't bare the thought of him disappointing those kids, so is playing "dirty" or rather "clean" to make him win. Biggie is asked the same question, and answers that his best qualities are his southern charm and hospitality, which are actually Holly's and Biggie notes that they are right. Soon, the pair turn the debate into an argument over which opponent is better than the other, instead of focusing on themselves until Smidge notes of their "glitterslinging".
The two just sing about each other, claiming that the other is better suited for the job than themselves. Back in her home, Holly asks Minuet how she's doing; Holly is 10 points ahead of Biggie, as Biggie got them with the statistics of how many boo-boos Holly has kissed. The election is in the morning, and Holly envisions Biggie having to tell children that they can't ride the rollercoaster.
At that moment, Holly gets a snail mail from someone who believes they can help Holly lose the election; they must meet at the Black Rock and come alone or bring a buddy, the more the merrier. At the Black Rock, they meet a stranger lurking in the shadows, who passes an envelope on how to lose Biggie. It turns out the envelope contains photos of Biggie giving puppies to babies for years. As they leave, it is revealed that the figure was Mr. Dinkles. Outside the Black Rock, Biggie and Guy confront Holly and Minuet, as they know they're up to something, since Mr. Dinkles never leaves their hairpod without leaving a note. While Biggie is admiring the worms unexplained betrayal, Holly runs off.
The two jump on the Metroll Train and confront each other, but are temporarily distracted by the light as they go through a tunnel and do a dance party. When this ends, Holly pulls the breaks and jumps off the train to show the voters' evidence of Biggie's kindness. With 5 minutes until the polls open, Poppy notes she wins by which she loses. Holly presumes that Biggie is letting her win to be nice to her, but Biggie says he is not, confusing her. Biggie says that the reason he has been trying to stop her is because she is better-suited for the job compared to himself, and this was the point of the election. Holly gives the photographs to Biggie, as he convinces her to not sabotage the election.
Holly is seen handing out skates and is saddened that Biggie ended up with the worst job. Poppy points to Biggie who is actually enjoying his job instead of fearing it. Biggie tells the younger Trolls they have something to look forward to as they grow bigger and he hands the kids ice cream to cheer them up. As the two girls admire him, Mr. Dinkles lurks in the shadows and speaks "Yes, who knew indeed".
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;Pop Trolls
*Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
*David Fynn as Biggie
*Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond 
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
;Country Trolls
*Megan Hilty as Holly Darlin'
;Funk Trolls
*Michael-Leon Wooley as Lownote Jones
*Rhythm (non-speaking)
;Classical Trolls
*JP Karliak as Dante Crescendo
*Jeanine Mason as Minuet Sonata
;Techno Trolls
*Synth (non-speaking)
;Other Trolls
*Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond
;Non-Trolls
*David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles
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*"Cast Your Votes (Holly Vs. Biggie)"
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*The title is a Troll-based pun on "election".
*"Secretary of Skate" is a play on "secretary of state", a common title for governmental positions.
*It's been established in the Trolls: The Beat Goes On! episode "Blank Day" that Poppy's role as queen means that she sometimes has to make choices that make one Troll happy but disappoint another; in fact, this was the entire plot of the episode.
*Biggie and Holly's notes about each other are a nod to the act of "mudslinging". This is normally a tactic done by politicians wherein they throw remarks at each other to tarnish the other's good name, thus "throw dirt" at each other in an attempt to make them look bad in the voting public eye. Holly and Biggie get this in the opposite way, instead complimenting each other. The Trolls' version is known "glitterslinging".
*The Black Rock was last seen in "Freeze Tag".
*The storyboard animatic version of the song sequence can be watched here.
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The Great TrollsTopia Skate Debate - TROLLSTOPIA
Category:Episodes
Category:Trolls: TrollsTopia episodes
Category:Pop Trolls Story Arc Episodes
Category:TT Season 4 episodes
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