Bellow Bug Day

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Season 1, Episode 6b

**"Bellow Bug Day"** is the second segment of the 6th and final episode of the first season of *Trolls: The Beat Goes On!*, and the 12th overall episode in the series. It premiered on January 19, 2018.

## Synopsis

When Poppy accidentally ruins a special holiday, she sets out on an adventure to make things right.

## Plot

Every five years, the Trolls celebrate a holiday called Bellow Bug Day, where they devotedly await the Bellow Bug to perform a song due to its majestic singing. As queen, Poppy has to make sure that she makes the outside of the Bellow Bug's home tunnel comfortable enough, since it is extremely apprehensive; if she fails the Trolls will be devastated. Poppy becomes anxious on her duty, but Branch tells her to calm down and that the Bellow Bug will emerge again naturally as it has for the past 400 years. However, when he points out a possibility that the Bellow Bug may be deceased, Poppy rushes to check on it. Thankfully, it's still alive and sleeping, but the mirror Poppy uses to check on the Bellow Bug reflects sunlight towards its eyes, making it startled by their presence. The Bellow Bug escapes its home and gets eaten.

With the Bellow Bug gone, Poppy has to come up with a new holiday that can replace Bellow Bug Day before the Trolls discover its absence. When Branch proves to be no help, she decides to find ideas at the Trolls' public library, which the only way in is to push a series of buttons that makes the ground open up dropping the Trolls into a roller coaster ride, right back to where they started, exciting Poppy and angering plus scaring Branch. They scour through the thousands of Scrapbooks, and she comes across a scrapbook where it tells that a triple rainbow-making device exists hidden in a cave across the forest. Poppy figures that, since Trolls love nothing more than the appearance of rainbows, using the device to make a triple rainbow will surely make them forget about the Bellow Bug. Branch tries to convince Poppy that the journey isn't worth it, but Poppy is eager to do so and happily drags Branch through the dangerous journey to the cave while singing "The Other Side of the Storm".

Once there, Poppy manages to grab the rainbow maker easily, but she loses her balance and drops the rainbow maker, smashing it into pieces. The Trolls have gathered near the Bellow Bug's home, eagerly awaiting its emergence, as well as Poppy. From a distance, Poppy still has time to fix the rainbow maker as they found instructions on the scrapbook on how to repair the device. She quickly manages to reassemble the device, but Branch doubts she did it completely, pointing out that a tiny gear is still out of place. As Poppy has no time to put it back in, she proceeds to activate the device. Consequently, the device produces a dangerous rainbow tornado, and the device gets destroyed as it gets sucked in. Branch proceeds to alert the Trolls by activating "Gary", and the Trolls head for the Fear Bunker for evacuation.

Meanwhile, Poppy tries to look for answers in the scrapbook on how to reverse the device's actions. Unfortunately, the only way is to reassemble it again and then shut it down. Poppy and Branch decide to jump inside the tornado and attempt to retrieve the parts while repairing the device again. With only moments away until the tornado hits Troll Village, the two managed to retrieve most of the parts except for the tiny gear. Poppy spots it on the other side of the tornado, and she jumps for it, successfully placing it back on the device. She finally turns off the rainbow maker, causing the tornado to fade away and dropping Poppy and Branch back to the ground.

When the Trolls find out that the village is safe now, they ask Poppy about what happened to the Bellow Bug. As Poppy begins to tell the truth, the Bellow Bug just so happens to land in her arms after the tornado forced the creature that ate it to let the Bellow Bug leave its mouth. The Trolls celebrate and enjoy the Bellow Bug's beautiful performance. With the holiday a success, Poppy realizes how this is every Troll's favorite holiday. Branch corrects her that his favorite holiday is next week, "Prank Day", and he hints that he intends to prank Poppy first on that day.

## Cast

Trolls
* Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
* Skylar Astin as Branch
* Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
* David Kaye as King Peppy
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
* Cooper (non-speaking)
* Biggie (non-speaking)
* DJ Suki (non-speaking)
* Satin & Chenille (non-speaking)
* Bella Brightly (non-speaking)

Other
* Mr. Dinkles (non-speaking)
* Gary

## Physical distribution

This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.

## Trivia

* "Everyone poops cupcakes" is a reference to a book titled "Everyone Poops".
* The song "The Other Side of the Storm" references Get Back Up Again from the *Trolls* movie, and is an example of what Poppy's journey to Bergen Town might have been like if Branch came with her from the start.
* The song the Bellow Bug sings is "Queen of the Night Aria".
* When Poppy initially drops the rainbow maker, the animation is out-of-sync; she starts to voice her trip before it happens.
* The title is likely a reference to Groundhog Day.
* This episode is the first time where Poppy has blundered and lost an item in the series. Such thing would later occur three more times in "Fluffleberry Quest", "Dark Side Of The Lagoon" and "Gem Day". Coincidentally, "Fluffleberry Quest" and "Gem Day" focus on the Poppy-Branch relationship in one way or another.
* This episode is referenced in the Trolls Mad Libs.

## Videos

The Other Side of the Storm Trolls The Beat Goes On! Netflix Jr