Trolls World Tour

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***Trolls World Tour*** is a 2020 American computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the Good Luck Trolls dolls created by Thomas Dam. The sequel to *Trolls* (2016) and the second installment in the *Trolls* franchise, the film was directed by Walt Dohrn and co-directed by David P. Smith (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay by Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, Elizabeth Tippet, and the writing team of Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, and a story by Aibel and Berger. The film features an ensemble cast that includes the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Bloom, James Corden, Ron Funches, Kelly Clarkson, Anderson .Paak, Sam Rockwell, George Clinton, and Mary J. Blige. The film follows Poppy and Branch as they discover several more troll tribes that represent music genres other than their own. Troubles arise when the Queen of the Rock tribe plans to overthrow the foreign music genres to unite the trolls under rock music.

A sequel to *Trolls* was announced in February 2017, with Kendrick and Timberlake returning to their roles. Pod-casters the McElroy brothers began campaigning for roles in the film in March 2017, with DreamWorks Animation confirming they would make cameo appearances in September 2018. Much of the new cast was signed from May 2018 to June 2019. The custom marking animation to promote the film was provided by Minimo VFX and Jellyfish Pictures.

*Trolls World Tour* was released in the United States in a limited number of theaters on April 10, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was simultaneously released on video on demand. AMC Theatres subsequently announced they would no longer distribute the studio's films, though this was later reversed after AMC and Universal agreed on a new contract. Like its predecessor, the film received generally positive reviews from critics.

A third film, *Trolls Band Together*, was released in theaters on November 17, 2023, whilst a fourth film, *Trolls Musical Revolution*, was released in theaters on February 19, 2027.

## Plot

In the techno kingdom, King Trollex's tribe of Techno Trolls are attending a rave, when Hard Rock Trolls led by Queen Barb arrive and use weaponized guitars to destroy everything. Queen Barb demands Trollex surrender and hand over his "string".

Queen Poppy later receives a letter from Barb, inviting her to bring her "string" to unite the trolls. Poppy’s father King Peppy explains there were once six magical lyre strings that represented major tribes of music - Techno, Funk, Classical, Country, Hard Rock, and Pop, but the six tribes took their strings and went their separate ways after their differences broke into arguments. Poppy, Branch, and the others do not trust Barb's invitation, but Poppy decides to sneak out with her string, to prove Barb is the same as any other troll. Branch, who is trying to confess his love, and Biggie, who stowed away, accompany her. At the same time, Cooper finds old illustrations of trolls his shape, and sets off to find them, eventually getting beamed up into a spaceship.

Meanwhile, Barb sends bounty hunters of smaller music genres to find Poppy, promising to spare the tribe of the successful one. Poppy's group soon discovers the ruins of the Classical tribe's town, Symphonyville. A sentient flute, Pennywhistle, tells them that Barb wants to forcefully unite all trolls under Rock. They then head to Lonesome Flats to warn the centaur-like Country Trolls. Poppy feels their music is too downbeat and decides to try to cheer them up first, despite Branch's reservations. The Pop Trolls wind up imprisoned, but are rescued by a smooth-talking Country Troll named Hickory, who builds them a raft to take them to Vibe City to warn the Funk Trolls. They encounter Chaz, a Smooth Jazz troll, who paralyzes them with his music, until Hickory, using gumdrop earplugs to remain immune, drives him off. Biggie deserts the group, angry that Poppy broke an earlier promise to keep him safe.

The group reaches Vibe City, which turns out to be the spaceship that took Cooper. They reunite with Cooper, who reveals that he is actually the long-lost son of Funk Trolls King Quincy and Queen Essence, and twin brother of their son Prince D. Poppy maintains all trolls are the same, but Prince D explains that Pop Trolls once tried to unite all trolls under Pop, causing the initial split. The Hard Rock Trolls attack the ship, and Poppy's group is ejected to safety. After arguing with Poppy over her refusal to listen, Branch walks off and is captured by Reggaeton and K-Pop trolls, who fight over him until he convinces them to work together with him against Barb.

A repentant Hickory reveals he is actually a Yodeling troll, who disguised himself and his brother Dickory as a centaur to steal Poppy's string. He tells Poppy to run, but Barb arrives and captures her. Biggie, meanwhile, returns home to find Pop Village destroyed, and realizes he should have never left Poppy, rallying the other Pop trolls to rescue her.

At Volcano Rock City, Barb forces her captives to attend a concert. She uses the six magic strings on her guitar to turn all her captives to Rock Zombies, including Branch when he and his new friends try to rescue Poppy. Poppy herself seems to have been turned, but then reveals that she used gumdrops to block out the music. She smashes Barb's guitar, restoring the zombies, but the strings are destroyed, ending music and turning all trolls gray.

Cooper hears his heartbeat and starts beatboxing with Prince D, convincing other trolls to make sounds to create a rhythm. Poppy leads everyone into singing together from their hearts, restoring their music, strings and color, including Barb, who accepts Poppy's offer of friendship, while Branch finally confesses his feelings for Poppy, and the trolls all return to Pop Village to celebrate.

## Voice cast

* Anna Kendrick as Queen Poppy, the happy-go-lucky and optimistic queen of the Pop Trolls and Branch's love interest (later girlfriend).
* Justin Timberlake as Branch, an over-cautious, but good-hearted survivalist Pop Troll who is Poppy's love interest (later boyfriend).
* Rachel Bloom as Queen Barb, the feisty and misguided queen of the Hard Rock Trolls.
* James Corden as Biggie, a large, friendly Pop Troll and the owner of Mr. Dinkles.
* Ron Funches as Cooper, a giraffe-like Pop Troll who discovers he is really a long-lost prince of the Funk Trolls.
* Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn, the mayor of the centaur-like Country Trolls.
* Anderson .Paak as Prince D, one of the princes of the Funk Trolls and Cooper's twin brother.
* Sam Rockwell as Hickory, one of the Yodelling Trolls who disguises himself as a Country Troll.
* George Clinton as King Quincy, the king of the Funk Trolls and Cooper and Prince D’s father.
* Mary J. Blige as Queen Essence, the queen of the Funk Trolls and Cooper and Prince D’s mother.
* Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond, a baby glittery Hip-Hop Troll and Guy Diamond's rapping newborn son.
* Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond, a naked, glittery Pop Troll with a highly auto-tuned voice and Tiny Diamond's single father.
* Icona Pop as Satin and Chenille, twin Pop Trolls with a flair for fashion design and are conjoined by their hair.
* J Balvin as Tresillo, the leader of the Reggaeton Trolls.
* Flula Borg as Dickory, one of the Yodelling Trolls and Hickory's brother who helped with his Country Troll disguise.
* Ester Dean as Legsly, a Pop Troll who can make her legs grow really long at will.
* Jamie Dornan as Chaz, the Smooth Jazz Troll.
* Gustavo Dudamel as Trollzart, the ruler and conductor of the butterfly-winged Classical Trolls.
* Ozzy Osbourne as Thrash, the retired king of the Hard Rock Trolls and Barb's semi-senile father who moves around in a wheelchair.
* Anthony Ramos as King Trollex, the kind, upbeat and protective king of the half-fish Techno Trolls.
* Karan Soni as Riff, a Hard Rock Troll and Barb's laid-back drummer.
* Charlyne Yi as Pennywhistle, a small flute who resides with the Classical Trolls.
* Red Velvet as the K-Pop Gang, a group of K-pop Trolls:
	+ Wendy as Wani, the blue member of the gang.
	+ Irene as Baby Bun, the pink member of the gang.
	+ Seulgi as Gomdori, the yellow member of the gang.
	+ Joy as Ari, the green member of the gang.
	+ Yeri as Kim-Petit, the purple member of the gang.
* Kevin Michael Richardson as:
	+ Mr. Dinkles, Biggie's pet worm.
	+ Growley Pete, a grumbly-voiced Country Troll and Delta Dawn's deputy.
	+ Sid Fret, a rather dim-witted Hard Rock Troll
	+ Mr. Dinkles God.
* Walt Dohrn as:
	+ Smidge, a small, inordinately strong female Pop Troll with a masculine voice.
	+ Cloud Guy, an eccentric anthropomorphic cloud that serves as the narrator of the opening prologue.
	+ King Peppy, the former King of the Pop Trolls and Poppy's father. He was previously voiced by Jeffrey Tambor in the previous film.
	+ Fuzzbert, a Pop Troll whose legs are the only thing visible besides his hair
	+ Death Metal Dinkles
	+ Announcer
	+ Country Troll Baby
	+ Country Troll Farmer.
* David P. Smith as:
	+ Country Music Rooster
	+ Desert Sun
	+ Eighth Goats
	+ Licky Bug
	+ Scrapbook Troll
* Da'Vine Joy Randolph as:
	+ Bliss Marina, a magenta-colored Techno Troll.
	+ Sheila B, a flower-faced balloon.
* Betsy Sodaro as Clampers, a young Country Troll who lives in Delta Dawn's hair and has huge teeth.
* Marcella Lentz-Pope as Carol, a seasoned Hard Rock Troll who is often seen eating cheese from a spray can.
* Berenice Amador and Jamila Hache as Marimba and Tambora, two of the Reggaeton Trolls.
* Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Griffin McElroy as Skyscraper Troll, a four-headed Pop Troll where three of his heads are sticking out of his hair alongside the heads' associated arms.
	+ Justin McElroy also voices a Techno Beat-Drop button that is loyal to King Trollex and a tumbleweed in Country Troll territory.
	+ Travis McElroy also voices Rocker Tear.
	+ Griffin McElroy also voices Country Music Tear.
* Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Gristle Jr., the King of the Bergens.
* Zooey Deschanel as Bridget, the Queen of the Bergens and Gristle's fiancé.

## Music

*Main article: Trolls World Tour (soundtrack)*

Along with Timberlake, Clarkson, .Paak, Blige and Clinton, songs are provided by Chris Stapleton and SZA.

The first single from the movie's soundtrack, "The Other Side", by Timberlake and SZA, was released on February 26, 2020. The *Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* was released on March 13, 2020.
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