Big Poppy

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Season 2, Episode 3a

**Big Poppy** is the first segment of the 3rd episode of the second season of *Trolls: The Beat Goes On!*, and the 17th overall episode in the series. It premiered in March 9, 2018.

## Synopsis

Poppy competes at a compliment rap battle in order to save DJ Suki's show.

## Plot

DJ Suki introduces a compliment rap battle between Smidge and reigning champion Master Controll. The two rap to see who can compliment each other the best. After Smidge finishes, DJ unenthusiastically introduces Master Controll, who has already won 49 battles straight. After he finishes flattering her, Smidge walks off having rage quit. DJ announces the winner as Master Controll, though he's not thrilled by his 50th victory streak.

With his victory comes disgruntled comments from DJ's audience, who don't see the point of turning up next week because Master Controll always wins and the other rapper always loses. DJ tries to ask Master Controll to step down and let someone else win, but he refuses to step down and claims himself to be the "Compliment King". He states that the only Troll who can rap him off the stage is too scared to try, which turns out to be Poppy.

When DJ confronts Poppy on the matter, she hyperventilates. To avoid stress and panic, she scrapbooks an "ok" pop-up. Poppy tells DJ that she and Master Controll used to be rivals; she called herself "Big Poppy", which Master Controll still refers to her as. Poppy got lost in her song and accidentally insulted Master Controll by commenting on his big ears. Embarrassed by what she had done, Poppy never returned to the stage.

This is good news to DJ, who tries to convince Poppy to return to the stage and beat Master Controll, but Poppy refuses, having vowed not to return. DJ begs her to come back as the rap battle was the first thing she ever DJ'ed. DJ also starts to play music to mess with Poppy's emotions. The trick fails, but Poppy vows to find someone to replace her.

Poppy holds auditions. The first audition is Guy Diamond, who finds it impossible to rap as he autotunes everything. Satin tries to rap but her sister Chenille refuses to cooperate. Creek also auditions, but his bongo drum music disappoints Poppy. Cooper mistakes what rap is and instead wraps a gift. The auditions fail and they don't find anyone throughout the week of auditions.

As the pair are giving up, Biggie comes by complimenting Mr. Dinkles in rhyme. He's playing a game where he and Mr. Dinkles make up poems about each other. As they set Biggie up for rap, he finds he enjoys the rap battle. Biggie makes a compliment on Master Controll's ears, which freaks out Poppy, saying that whatever he does Biggie cannot mention his ears as he's sensitive about them.

Biggie is freaked out by this, and doesn't show for the battle, leaving a message for Poppy that she has to do this herself. Poppy accepts the challenge. During the rap battle, Master Controll reveals his ears to taunt Poppy. She tosses him a mirror as she wins the battle, making Master Controll drop his rapper act and state her words are the nicest thing that has ever been said to him. The episode ends with the audience cheering for Poppy.

## Cast

Trolls
* Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
* Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin & Chenille
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge
* David Fynn as Biggie
* Utkarsh Ambudkar as Master Controll
* Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
* Ron Funches as Cooper
* Kari Wahlgren as Bella Brightly
* Matt Lowe as Creek

Other
* David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles

## Physical distribution

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

## Trivia

* The title is a reference to the song "Big Poppa" by The Notorious B.I.G..
* This is the first episode to have Poppy's name in the title.
* Despite Cooper failing the rap tryouts, he has been previously shown to rap excellently before in *Trolls*.
* Master Controll says "'Cause if I knock, knock you over You get up again" to Poppy. These lines are a reference to the lyrics of Get Back Up Again.
* The only members of The Snack Pack missing in this episode are Branch and Fuzzbert.
	+ This is also one of the few episodes in which most of the group appears individually.
* This episode was a subject of one of the Trolls Mad Libs stories.

## Videos

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