Classical Rock/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "Classical Rock".
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(Poppy is sleeping peacefully in her bed. She has a stuffed porcupine next to her and has a yellow blanket with purple muffins over her. Just then, a blast of rock music wakes her up and knocks her off her bed. She goes over to the window.)
Poppy: VAL! IT’S TOO LOUD! (She gets out of her pod and comes over to Val.) VAAAAAAAL!!! (Val stops playing her guitar.)
Val: Oh, good, you’re here. I need your help with something.
Poppy: Wait. Were you making all that noise just so I come over here?
Val: Yeah. I wasn’t gonna walk all the way over to you, was I?
Poppy: (sighs) What can I do, Val?
Val: My manager, Demo, has been acting all weird lately. He’s been super tired, missing jam sessions, and yesterday, he wore a tie… without irony.
Poppy: Well, did you try talking to him?
Val: Meh, I’m not really good at all that mushy, talking ‘bout, stuff stuff, but you are. So I need you to, like, talk to him for me.
Poppy: Aw, Val! You’re really worried about your friend! (She smiles and shows cute eyes.)
Val: Dah! Stop! Will you talk to Demo or not?!
Poppy: Of course, Val! Don’t worry, I’ll get to the bottom of it. (At Rock Hollow, Demo enters and sneaks past the sleeping Rock Trolls. He accidentally steps on a rubber duck and a female Rock Troll wakes up. After a second, she goes back to sleep.)
Demo: Phew. (He puts down his guitar case sits on a couch. A pillow with Poppy’s face is seen next to him.) Ah. (Poppy appears and throws the pillow away.)
Poppy: Hey, Demo!
Demo: Aah! (Poppy covers the herself and Demo with her hair.) Hey, uh, Poppy. Uh… what’s shaking?
Poppy: Not much, Demo. Then again, I’m not the one sneaking into my own home trying not to be noticed. So the question is, what’s shaking with you?
Demo: Uh… n-nothing’s shaking. (chuckles)
Poppy: Ah, but see, I’m a very good listener. And the way your voice just cracked tells me that there is… indeed… something… shaking… (A drop of sweat appears on Demo’s head and he wipes it away.)
Demo: What? No, it doesn’t! (He laughs, pick up his guitar case, and runs away. Poppy soon catches up.)
Poppy: Ah-ha! You just glanced up, obviously at Classical Crest. This has something to do with the Classical Trolls!
Demo: (As he stops running) How are you even doing this, man?!
Poppy: That’s it! You’ve been sneaking off to play classical music with the Classical Trolls!
Demo: Shh. Fine, you’ve figured it out. Now you get out of your head, you and throw a pink lady wizard!
Poppy: Absolutely.  (She blows on her finger and some magic flies out. Soon, she and Demo are at the elevator to Classical Crest.)
Demo: Come with me. I’ll show you what I’ve been up to. (He and Poppy board the elevator and rise to Classical Crest. Later, he is on a stage about to perform for the Classical Trolls.) 1! 2! 1, 2, 3, 4! (He makes beautiful music with his guitar. Poppy is then seen at a table.)
Poppy: (gasps) It’s classical guitar.
Minuet: Indeed! You would never expect to hear such a delicate melody from a Hard Rock Troll. But everything he does exudes classical. (Demo stops playing his guitar.)
Demo: That was called “The Piercing Scream of the Flaming Skull.” (He shows the hand sign of the Rock Trolls and the audience claps.)
Poppy: Demo, that was so gentle. So sensitive. Why would you keep that a secret.
Demo: ‘Cause Hard Rock Trolls don’t do gentle and sensitive. Especially Val. If she catches you doing anything that she thinks doesn’t rock, you get… the face. (We go to the past where a female Rock Trolls is getting a chair ready for a male Rock Troll.)
Rock Troll #1: Here you go, dude.
Rock Troll #2: Oh, how righteous of you. (The female Rock Troll gasps because she sees Val. She gives her an angry face and smoke comes out of her nose. The female Rock Troll picks up the chair, making the male Rock Troll fall. Then they both laugh and we go back to the present.)
Poppy: I get it, Demo. It’s hard to be vulnerable when you think someone’s gonna judge you. But you can’t hide this. You clearly love Classical culture.
Demo: Whoa, whoa. I said, “I like classical guitar,” but there is not evidence I love Classical culture.
Dante: Breathtaking performance, Demo. (Demo changes his hair appearance.)
Demo: Many thanks, my Classical brother. (He and Dante do the hand sign of the Classical Trolls, do a toast, drink their tea, and laugh.)
Poppy: Uh…
Demo: OK, I love it! But you can’t tell Val!
Poppy: Ooh. I’m not very good at keeping secrets, even my own. Hopscotch is overrated! See?!
Demo: Please, Poppy! I’m practicing for a big concert here in the Crest this weekend, and I can’t let fear of the face distract me. Can you just keep it quiet till after the show?
Poppy: Uh…
Demo: Please?!
Poppy: Uh… (Soon, she is back in Rock Hollow with Val.) So, Val, uh… I talked to Demo and it turns out he’s fine. It’s all “welcome to Demo Town. Population, zero worries.” (She giggles and smiles.)
Val: What? 
Poppy: Nothing. Just… You can relax. (giggles)
Val: Wait. Your voice just cracked and you glanced up. Which means… (gasps) … something. I don’t know. Anyway, thanks. (She leaves.)
Poppy: No problem. (The next morning, she goes to the window with a teapot.) Good morning, TrollsTopia. (She takes a sip of tea and sees Val and Demo. She screams and drops her tea and tea pot.) And good morning, Demo and Val. (Demo has a nervous smile.)
Demo: Get this, Poppy. Val saw me leaving the Hollow this morning and asked where I was going. (chuckles)
Poppy: Oh, did she? And what did you say?
Demo: That I was coming to see you. ‘Cause you needed to pick out new speakers. Remember the new speakers?
Poppy: Yep. I asked Demo to pick out speakers. That is the thing that I asked for.
Val: Really? (A drop of sweat comes down Poppy’s head and she wipes it.)
Poppy: Mm-hm.
Val: Cool. I love speakers. I’ll join.
Poppy and Demo: Oh. Great. (Outside, they show some big speakers to Val.)
Val: Let’s crank this bad boy to loud and see what it can do! (She gets ready to play her guitar loudly while Poppy whimpers nervously. Val starts playing her guitar loudly, sending Poppy flying. She grabs onto a rock while Demo watches. The next morning, Poppy is by her pod window again.)
Poppy: (sighs) Good mor- Aaah! (She sees Val and Demo and drops her tea in shock.) Demo and Val… here… again.
Val: So, Demo says you have planned to spend the day detonating pyrotechnics?
Poppy: Uh… (She looks at a nervous Demo.) No! No way! No explosives because my eyebrows are way too cute to get blown off! Demo, we have to tell her what’s really going on.
Demo: No! Poppy, wait!
Poppy: Val, the truth is… Demo and I have been planning a surprise birthday party for you! (Demo sighs in relief.)
Val: What? But my birthday’s 10 months away. (Poppy picks up a cup.)
Poppy: To Val’s birthday! (Demo takes out a cup.) In 10 months! (She and Demo do a toast and drink their tea.)
Poppy and Demo: Ah.
Demo: Welp, I’d better get going. Lots of birthday stuff to plan. (He chuckles and leaves.)
Poppy: See you later! (She takes another sip of her tea.)
Val: Demo has been spending time with the Classical Trolls! (Poppy spits out her tea.)
Poppy: W-wha-? (She wipes her face.) Where did you get an idea like that?
Val: I just figured it out. The moment he took that sip. (We go to the past where Demo does the hand sign of the Classical Trolls while sipping his tea and we go back to the present.) He’s clearly hiding something.
Poppy: But… uh… hm…
Val: I’m going to Classical Crest to get to the bottom of this. (She starts to leave.) But I still want that surprise party!
Poppy: Ah! I gotta intercept her before she gets to Demo! (She runs to the Dune Huggy and starts driving it. As she chases Val, she sings Race Against Time (Coming For You).)
(Poppy)
Nothing’s gonna slow me down today
No way!
Yeah, you know
Your secret’s safe with me!
Yeah!
In a race against time
Not falling behind
I’ll never get stuck on my way-oh!
I’m making it right
I’ll make it OK!
Can you hear me when I tell you? I’m coming for you!
Rest assured that we’re OK
In a race against time
Not falling behind
I’ll never get stuck on my way-oh!
I’m making it right
I’ll make it OK!
I’m coming for you, yeah! (She reaches Classical Crest as the elevator arrives. She opens the door.)
Poppy: Hey, Val. I think- Uh…
Val: Uh, Poppy.
Poppy: Val?! How did you beat me up here?!
Val: I don’t know. (Demo appears with his guitar behind his back.) Demo!
Demo: Aah!
Val: What are you doing here? And what’s up with that not rocking guitar?
Demo: Uh… I… (Val gets ready to give him her angry face.) Uh… well… (He backs away from Val.)
Val: Well what, Demo? Well what?
Poppy: Uh, he wasn’t gonna play that guitar. He was gonna… smash it. Right, Demo?
Demo: Uh… Yeah. (He looks at his guitar.) Well, here I go. (He gets ready to smash his guitar. Just before it hits the ground, he stops.) No! I can’t! I won’t!
Val: What?
Demo: Look, Val. The reason I’ve acted so weird lately is because I’ve secretly been playing classical guitar. But I’m not gonna hide it anymore because I love it. (He plays his guitar.) So go ahead. Give me… the face.
Val: The… face?
Demo: The face you make when someone does something you think doesn’t rock.
Val: Do you mean the face I make when I don’t know how to talk about… mushy stuff?
Poppy and Demo: Huh?
Poppy: Uh, are you saying this has all been a misunderstanding?
Val: Yeah. Honestly, Demo, your classical guitar is really good. When I hear it, the scream of my soul echoes endlessly in the flaming recess of my rock heart.
Poppy: Aw. (Demo sheds a tear.)
Val: And I know a few other Trolls are gonna feel that way, too. (Later that night, Demo gets ready for his concert.)
Demo: Hello, Classical Crest! (The audience claps. Demo changes to rock attire.) Are you ready to rock?! (The audience cheers and Demo changes to a formal concert outfit.) Classicaly? (He starts playing his guitar. Val moves her head to the music.)
Poppy: Wow, Val. I think Classical culture is really rubbing off on you.
Val: Pfft. Wrong. I’m just here to support a friend. There is zero evidence that- (She picks up a cup and sees that her hand is doing the hand sign of the Classical Trolls. She stops it from doing that.) You tell no-one about this! (Poppy blinks with a smile.)
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