Freeze Tag/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "Freeze Tag".
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(Poppy is telling a story of Fuzzbert to Keith and Priscilla.)
Poppy: In Troll Village, we celebrate Trolls of all shapes and sizes.
Biggie, Cooper, and Smidge: We find strength in diversity! Yay!
Poppy: But there’s one Troll that’s a bit more different than everyone else. His name is Fuzzbert. This is his story. And as you’re about to see, it’s the most fun, thrilling and truly moving tale any Troll has ever told. You see, Fuzzbert came from- (Smidge pops up through the book’s pages.)
Smidge: Poppy!
Poppy: Oh. Uh… Smidge, I was right in the middle of a scrapbook.
Smidge: It will have to wait. Come quick. It’s Cooper. (She runs off.) OH, MY GUH! (At the Fun Dungeon, a lot of Trolls are behind a streamered off area. Smidge goes under the streamers.)
Poppy: Smidge, what happened here? Why is this area streamered off?
Smidge: (Taking out a flashlight) Because when I was here earlier, I found something. (She shines the flashlight on a chalk drawing of Cooper. The crowd gasps in horror.) It was Biggie doing chalk drawings. (The camera moves to Biggie.)
Biggie: Hello, Poppy!
Poppy: Oh.
Smidge: But then I found this. (She shines on a frozen Cooper and Poppy screams. She waves and tries to touch him.) Is it what we think it is, Poppy?
Poppy: Looks like it. See the surprise on his face. The way his feet are turned as if to run? Textbook. Someone’s started a new game of Freeze Tag! (She and the crowd cheers at first, but she stops and breathes.) OK, OK, OK. (She exhales and she cheers with the crowd again.) I am calm. So who’s It? (The crowd murmurs.) Guys? Wait, nobody knows who It is?
Branch: Nope! (We see that he is sitting in the darkness eating a lollipop. He then gets up.) And you’re never gonna know. That’s the point.
Poppy: Branch, what are you talking about?
Branch: Just look at the evidence. (He takes out a flashlight bug.) Cooper’s been wiped clean. No fingerprints, no stray hairs, no glitter fart residue. Whoever It is wants to remain… anonymous. (The Trolls whimper in fear.)
Poppy: Wait, wait. Hold on. How do you know all of this?
Branch: Because… Cooper is not the only Troll who got tagged. (The Trolls gasp in terror. At the Troll Marketplace, Poppy gasps to see more Trolls frozen.)
Poppy: I-I can’t believe it. It-It’s gotten so many so fast.
Branch: Yep. And see how they’re all running in random directions? They couldn’t tell where It was coming from. Tagged with a finger up his nose. Of all the ways to freeze.
Poppy: I-I don’t believe it. This is so… brilliant! This It is a joy genius, a fun phenom a pleasure… uh, a pleasure uh…
Branch: Prodigy?
Poppy: (groans) Right at the tip of my tongue. Anyway, the point is, if we don’t know who’s It then we don’t know who to avoid. Don’t you see? “It” could be… anyone! (Her bracelet chimes.) Hug time!
Biggie, Smidge, and DJ Suki: Hug time! Aw! (Just before they hug each other, Smidge stops them.)
Smidge: Wait! It could be anyone! (She, DJ Suki, and Biggie grunt.)
All: You’ll never get me! (They run off.)
Smidge: I love this game!
Branch: We’d better get moving, too, preferably in erratic patterns. Hard to get tagged if you don’t stand still. Side step! (He skips while panting.)
Poppy: No, Branch, conventional tag tactics won’t help this time. It has too much of an advantage. Our only chance at winning this game is to figure out who It is, before they get us.
Branch: Eh, I don’t know, Poppy. Zig-zag! (He does some zig-zags.) I mean, where would we even start looking? Donut! (He eats a donut while walking in circles.)
Poppy: Well, I do have one idea… but it’s a long shot. (She walks away.)
Branch: Hey, wait up! Pencil roll! (He lies down and rolls like a pencil. Later, he and Poppy are at the Black Rock.) What is this place?
Poppy: Shh! An underground Troll club. I’ve got a hunch our anonymous It might hang out here. (She knocks on the wall.)
Voice: What’s the password?
Poppy: “May we please come in?”
Voice: That’s it. Welcome. (He unlocks the door, revealing that it is just a red Troll.)
Troll #1: Sorry. You can’t be too careful. There’s a Freeze Tagger on the loose.
Poppy: Totally understand. (She follows the red Troll down the stairs.)
Branch: Cartwheel! (He cartwheels down the stairs and poses with his hands in the air.) Whoa. What is this place?
Poppy: (As the camera zooms out to reveal many Trolls) The Game Changer’s Club. It’s for Troll who find traditional game structures too mild. Down here, they play by their own rules. You ever have a staring contest? These guys flipped the script. (The camera cuts to two male Trolls staring at each other.) A reverse staring contest. (The purple Troll opens one of his eyes.)
Troll #2: You looked first! I win! (The purple Troll kneels down and sobs.)
Poppy: And over here, Surrealist Guess and Draw. (Harper draws a picture of a red dot.)
Mags: It’s uh… transcendence? Um… Timelessness! Uh… Ambiguity!
Harper: Yes!
Poppy: And, of course, Tic-Tac-Total Nonsense.
Peppy: Ha! 3 O’s, 5 ducks, 8 pork chops, and a snorkel. I win! (The yellow Troll throws his chalk down and folds his arms.)
Poppy: Dad! (She laughs and runs toward her father.)
Peppy: (gasps) Poppy!
Poppy: Dad!
Peppy: (laughs) Poppy! (He and Poppy stop running.)
Both: Wait!
Peppy: How do I know you’re not It?!
Poppy: Same time! Same time! (She and Peppy reach out and hug.)
Both: Aw! Look, Dad, we’re trying to uncover who the mystery It might be. Any chance some of the members of this club specialize in Tag?
Peppy: Hm. (He, Poppy, and Branch sit at a table.) There is one group. But rumor is that they’ve been working on some pretty crazy ideas. (He takes out a book.) They’re here in the club members scrapbook. Let’s see. (He looks through the book.) There’s the Crazy Eights Kids. The Four Square Foursome (gasps) Here they are. The Tag Team. If any Troll had the imagination to start a game like this, I can promise you it’s one of them. (He closes the book.)
Poppy: Hm. Any idea where they might be?
Peppy: Come to think of it, they ran out of here just before you showed up. Said they were headed to Meadow’s pod for an emergency meeting.
Poppy: (Banging her fist on the book) Bingo!
Rufus: All right, Poppy got Bingo! (A pink female Troll and yellow male Troll cheer for Poppy.)
Troll #3: Go, Poppy!
Poppy: Oh, no. Sorry, guys. False bingo. (She chuckles and the Trolls frown and rip a circle hole with their dabbers. She then chuckles again and slumps off her seat. Later that night, she and Branch have arrived at Meadow’s pod.) All right, one of the Trolls in there is It, and to catch them off guard, I called in the best surprise partiers around. The Surprise Wonder and Awe Tactical Team.
Branch: (On his knees with his arms folded) The SWAT Team? They’re not that good.
Poppy: Oh, aren’t they?
Branch: Huh?
The SWAT Team: Surprise! (Branch screams in shock and kicks one of them.)
SWAT Team Member #1: Surprise! (Branch screams and kicks him again.)
Poppy: Prepare to move in. (The SWAT Team splits up while Poppy and Branch wait at the door. She uses her fingers to count backwards from 3.) Go, go, go!
SWAT Team Member #2: (Going through the door in a flash of purple glitter) Get down, get down!
SWAT Team Member #3: (Disguising as a ball of hair) Tagging hands in the air!
SWAT Team Member #1: I’m a plant!
Poppy: Ha! BUSTED! Nobody move! (As Branch comes in, she gasps.)
Branch: Actually, I don’t think that’s gonna be a problem. (They can see that the members Meadow, Ripley, Guy Diamond, and Creek have been frozen.)
Both: They’ve all been tagged.
Branch: Crab walk! (He moves like a crab. Soon, he and Poppy are back outside.)
Poppy: This makes no sense, Branch. The entire Tag Team can’t be frozen. “It” has to be one of the five Trolls in this picture.
Branch: Wait. What’s that? (He sees something in the picture.)
Poppy: I… I can’t make it out.
Branch: Enhance. (Poppy uses glue, a pair of scissors, and glitter.) Enhance. (Poppy does it again.) Enhance! (After Poppy does it once more, she sees a picture of DJ Suki.) DJ Suki…
Poppy: Is the 6th member of the Tag Team!
Branch: She has to be our It. We’ve got to tell the village.
Poppy: Wait! There might be a better move here. Tell everyone who’s still unfrozen to meet me in the Fun Dungeon. (At the Fun Dungeon, the unfrozen Trolls arrive.) OK, everyone, gather around. Is this really everyone?
Branch: Afraid so. Our tagger’s been busy.
Smidge: What’s the story, Poppy? Branch said you found a way to win?
Poppy: You bet I did. See, while the tagger, DJ Suki, is locket out there, we’re in here with enough food and fun to last as long as we need to. DJ’s got no choice but to call “olly olly oxen free!” I.e. We win! Ayo! (DJ Suki appears at the window.)
DJ Suki: (grunts) Guys.
Poppy: Well, well. Look who showed up.
DJ Suki: Troll my goodness. There you are. I was worried I was the only unfrozen one left. Let me in!
Poppy: Nice try, DJ, but we know you’re It. And while I’m very impressed with your tagsmanship, I’m afraid you’ve met your match.
DJ Suki: No! It’s not me. For one, the tagger worked really hard on their strategy. I’d never make that much effort!
Poppy: Pfft. Please!
DJ Suki: And also, if I’m the tagger, why is Smidge frozen? (Poppy turns around to see Smidge frozen.)
Poppy: (gasps) Oh, no! The tagger is in here with us! (The crowd screams and move around, knocking some frozen Trolls over. Soon they start to have fun. Poppy backs up and sees DJ Suki frozen.) DJ’s frozen, too?! (Just then, the dungeon goes quiet.) W-why is it so quiet in here? (She sees the crowd frozen.) I-I played right into It’s hands!
Branch: Poppy! Come with me! I found a way out! (He holds out his hand.)
Poppy: You! YOU’RE It!
Branch: What?!
Poppy: Oh-ho-ho! You sly Troll! It all makes sense now!
Branch: No, Poppy I swear it’s not me. Look, I can see where you’re headed, but we do not have time to scrapbook summarize-
Poppy: (Holding up scissors) First…
Branch: OK.
Poppy: You were the one who examined Cooper, claiming no evidence was found.
Branch: He’s been wiped clean. Trust me and don’t think too hard about it.
Poppy: Ah, a clever misdirect. And second, I bet you went into Meadow’s pod ahead of me to ensure you froze the Tag Team before I could question them. Wait, we were together the whole time. That doesn’t quite add up.) This theory is shaky at best! Yay! (She closes the book.) Uh… Hold on. I can…  I can iron this out. Just give me a second, Branch. (Branch does not answer. She sees him frozen. She gasps and drops the book.) Tagged during a scrap recap?! B-but how, and-and who? Every possible Troll is frozen.
Cooper: Or… pretending to be frozen!
Poppy: (gasps) Cooper? (chuckles) Oh, you’re good.
Cooper: I know. Freeze!
Poppy: Oh, no! You got me! (Cooper freezes her.)
Cooper: Only one Troll left. (He goes to freeze himself.)
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