Unhealthy Competition

"Unhealthy Competition" is the second segment of the 4th episode of the first season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 8th overall episode in the series. It premiered on January 19, 2018.
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Smidge's Stoutberry juice gets a competitor from Guy Diamond's Glitterade.
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As dawn breaks, hundreds of Stoutberries become ripe for picking, and Smidge instinctively begins to harvest them in preparation for her seasonal selling of Stoutberry juice. Meanwhile, Poppy is giving the daily announcements to the Trolls, advising them of caution of strange growls in the forest, but the Trolls are more eager at her announcement that Smidge is open for selling Stoutberry juice. Crowds of Trolls rush toward Smidge, since she's the only one capable of squeezing the juice out of the rigid Stoutberries. But shortly after, DJ Suki announces that Guy Diamond has entered the Stoutberry industry as he introduces his own product: Glitterade, Stoutberry juice with glitter. This draws away a huge number of Smidge's patrons, angering her as she believes Guy will shut her business down.
She decides to confront Guy, asking him how he's able to juice Stoutberries on his own. Guy demonstrates his own method by simply applying a zipper on each berry, then opening it to allow the juice to easily go out. She decides to have a private discussion with Guy, where she threateningly demands him to shut down his business. Guy refuses, starting a rivalry between their Stoutberry businesses.
The next day, Smidge and Guy try different marketing techniques in order to win over a majority of the Trolls to their stoutberry products. Guy has the upper hand and is able to win over the Trolls with his Glitterade. Having enough, Smidge tries a scheme in which she disguises herself as an unknown Troll, ordering eight barrels of Glitterade that is to be delivered in Misty Meadows for her supposed party. Guy Diamond is reluctant to make the one-day delivery, but Smidge convinces him to close the shop and deliver when she mentions that he'll be a VIP to the party. With Guy gone, Smidge integrates her Stoutberry products back to the many desperate Trolls. Suddenly, Poppy makes an urgent announcement that the strange growls heard earlier were discovered to be coming from dangerous Growl Beasts headed toward Misty Meadows. Realizing that Guy Diamond is in danger, Smidge quickly goes into rescue.
At Misty Meadows, Smidge is able to catch up to Guy Diamond and warns him of the incoming situation they're in, but this makes Guy realize that Smidge lied to him about being a VIP to a party and angrily decides to face his death rather than talk to Smidge. When the Growl Beasts spot them, Guy changes his mind, grabs Smidge, and tries to escape the Growl Beasts in pursuit. However, their cart breaks down, and the two hide behind it in a last attempt to escape the Growl Beasts. Smidge comes up with a plan, and manages to get Guy involved as they use their stoutberry marketing skills by creating a live commercial of their products that convinces the Growl Beasts to consume stoutberry juice instead of them.
Their commercial works, and once the Growl Beasts become busy consuming the leftover barrels of Glitterade, Smidge and Guy escape the scene. Once safe from a distance, the two appear to mend their relationship as they wonder if they should create Stoutberry juice together. However, both decide it to be ridiculous, and the Stoutberry competition lives on.
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;Trolls
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
*Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
*Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
*Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin & Chenille
*Ron Funches as Cooper
*David Fynn as Biggie (non-speaking)
*David Kaye as King Peppy (non-speaking)
*Fuzzbert (non-speaking)
;Other
*David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles
*Cloud Guy (non-speaking)
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*"Party On"
*"Glitterade Jingle"
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This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
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*This is the first episode of the series in which Branch does not appear in. 
*The title is a reference to the term "healthy competition", wherein a business benefits from rivals competing with each to get the upper hand. The result is improvements to win over their new rival, which in turn competes to steal from the original business.
**Basically the title itself and the episode are the direct opposite of what a healthy competition means.
*The episode references how desperation to maintain a business can lead corporations to employ dirty tactics in order to maintain a strong business. Some of the practices displayed in the episode have happened in real life. Sometimes the rivalry starts small, but becomes bad later on as the businesses go neck and neck to "win".
**Guy's "Glitterade" is an example of a business selling on flare, since Trolls are attracted to glitter and a good show.
**Smidge holding a sign is a nod to how some businesses use mobile arrows and signs often held by individuals paid to do so. Since the sign is not fixed in place, it doesn't need to follow locale rules on sign placement.
**Meanwhile, Guy's hair mimicks a Tube Man.
**Smidge's "giant cup", and in reaction to her Guy's hose promotion, is a nod to how some businesses begin to put out special offers and deals to try and cox consumers to flock to them.
**Smidge then tries to sell her products by going mobile, taking business where the people are rather than waiting for them to come to her.
**When Guy lands his balloon, he destroys Smidge's business stall. This is a note to how business when all else fails results to industrial sabotage against Smidge, which makes her try a even bigger tactic out of revenge. 
*This episode was a subject of one of the Trolls Mad Libs stories.
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