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Bergens
King Gristle Jr.
- Voiced by: Christopher Mintz-Plasse (movies and Trolls Holiday), Sam Lerner (series), James Arnold Taylor (DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing)
The young king of the Bergens. He has never eaten a Pop Troll since they escaped on the day that was supposed to be his first Trollstice.
- Amazon Chaser: When he first meets Lady Glittersparkles/Bridget he appreciates her total honesty. And his response for her smacking his hand away from a slice of pizza so she can have it?Gristle Jr.: (to Bridget) You are fantastic.
- Anti-Villain: He really isn't a bad guy, and only wants to eat trolls because it's bred into him early that it's the only way he will ever truly be happy.
- Cheerful Child: Was a pretty happy kid before the Trolls escaped and his father convinced him he'd never be happy now. Which is a sign that the Bergens can be happy on their own, they've just spent so long thinking Trolls are the only thing that make them happy that they can't even recognize when this isn't the case until Poppy points it out to them in the end.
- Green and Mean: A downplayed example; he's a green Anti-Villain.
- The Good King: Despite his age and being of a race of grumpy jerks, he does care about his people and wants them to be happy. The problem is, Chef has him convinced the only way to be happy is to eat Trolls until the end when Poppy's words and his feelings for Bridget change his mind.
- Love at First Sight: For "Lady Glittersparkles", who is actually the castle maid Bridget in disguise.
- The Power of Love: Poppy pointing out to him that he can feel happiness without eating Trolls through his love for Bridget is what convinces him to make a Heel–Face Turn.
- Uptown Guy: The king of the Bergens falls for Bridget, a scullery maid.
Bridget
- Voiced by: Zooey Deschanel (movies and Trolls Holiday), Kari Wahlgren (series), Eliza Schneider (Trolls Remix Rescue and 'DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing'')
A former Bergen Castle maid whom Chef enlists as her hapless assistant in the first movie. She has a crush on the young Gristle Jr., and ends up befriending Poppy and her Snack Pack when they help her win his heart. At some point between the events of the first movie and Holiday, she became Gristle's wife, and thus the current queen of the Bergens.
- Angry Dance: When Gristle was being particularly insensitive in an episode of The Beat Goes On, she locked herself in the bathroom to dance angrily, mostly emulating Flashdance.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Poppy was probably the first person to ever treat Bridget with kindness by helping her get close to Gristle Jr. Which made Bridget pulling a Heroic Sacrifice to save Poppy and the other Trolls more understandable.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She is usually a friendly, if insecure, Bergen. But when Chef went to kill Poppy and Branch, she threw a spoon directly at Chef's head. Hard.
- Big Beautiful Woman: A cutie with an apple-shaped figure. Given it is somewhat natural to all the members of her species, she's not an exception.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: When she mistakenly thinks that Poppy is interested in Gristle Jr., Bridget tells her to stay away from him... even making hissing noises.
- Foreshadowing: In the prologue, right after Gristle asks his father what will make him happy now, before Gristle Sr. replies "Nothing!", we get a brief close-up of Bridget.
- Girlish Pigtails
- Glass Slipper: The roller skate she leaves behind as Lady Glitter Sparkle is very reminiscent of Cinderella.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Was willing to help the Trolls escape and walk into the banquet hall Troll-less knowing she'd suffer a horrible fate for it. Luckily Poppy and the gang come back and save her.
- Insecure Love Interest: A big part of her never approaching Gristle Jr. about her feelings for him is because she thought he would never want a "loser scullery maid".
- Nice Girl: Bridget is probably the friendliest Bergen of her home.
- Rags to Royalty: Goes from a plain scullery maid to Gristle's wife. She even let's go of her tattered apron in exchange for a royal jacket, a crown, and rainbow weaves in her hair.
- Scullery Maid: Chef makes her one, forcing her to clean all the pots and dishes in preparation for the Trollstice feast.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: The Trolls help her get the king's attention by giving her a makeover, which gives her the confidence to approach him. She also had this in Trolls Holiday when she is given a royal jacket in place of her tattered apron and a crown and rainbow weaves in her pigtails.
- Shrinking Violet: She starts out as the shy, insecure, yet hopeful object of King Gristle Jr.'s affections, and with help from the Trolls, eventually finds true love in King Gristle, Jr.
- Token Heroic Orc: The only Bergen who is on the heroes' side from the very beginning.
- Tranquil Fury: Has this in Trolls Holiday when Poppy pushes her too far and annoys her to the point where she politely yet firmly tells her to leave. Branch even calls this the "nicest fight ever".
Chef
- Voiced by: Christine Baranski
The former Royal Chef of the Bergens, Chef was banished from Bergen Town after the Pop Trolls escaped on Chef's watch.
- A Dog Named "Dog": A chef named... wait for it. "Chef"!
- Big Bad: Not only is Chef the Bergen who snatches the Trolls personally, but she turns out to be worse than all the other Bergens, as she's planning to use the Trolls in order to overthrow King Gristle Jr. and keep the Bergen population depressed, so that they would be forced to rely on her to supply them with Trolls, thus keeping her in power.
- Everyone Calls Her "Barkeep": She's only referred to as "Chef".
- Evil Chef: Ditto.
- The Exile: She was exiled from Bergen Town because King Gristle Sr. blamed her for the Trolls' escape, although this is arguably unjust due to their escape being out of her power. It’s no wonder she wants to overthrow Gristle Jr.
- Freudian Excuse: Sorta. She's obsessed with capturing the Trolls for eating and she's planning to overthrow the king because when the Trolls first escaped, the Bergens blamed Chef for it and banished her from the kingdom.
- Jerkass: She treats Bridget very badly, constantly dumping cooking materials onto her from a chute, and she has a very unpleasant personality, even for a Bergen. She's also planning to overthrow King Gristle Jr., and she's the only Bergen who keeps trying to get the Trolls eaten, even after the rest of the Bergen race has given up doing that.
- Karmic Death: After Chef spent the whole movie trying to have the Trolls eaten and straight-up rejecting Poppy's moral, in The Stinger, she and Creek - who betrayed his own race to save himself - are eaten by a giant monster.
- Kick the Dog: After dumping more pots and pans on Bridget, Chef feels the need to tell her that she won't be invited to Trollstice.
- Malicious Misnaming: She doesn't bother to learn Bridget's full name, only calling her "Idget".
- Manipulative Bitch: Towards King Gristle Jr.
- Mean Boss: To Bridget who she sees her as nothing but a scullery maid.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Chef killed Branch's grandmother right in front of him when he was a child, causing him to lose his color. Later when the other Trolls lose their color after being thrown into the Trollstice pot set by Chef and the other Bergen cooks, only Branch can help get them back on their feet because he's been gray long enough to be able to work around the hopelessness.
- Pimped-Out Cape: She briefly wears one during the prologue and when she returns to Bergen Castle, combined with a High Collar of Doom.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: She has red eyes, and is the villain of the movie.
- Slasher Smile: She does this several times throughout the movie, including when she first captures the trolls and upon manipulating her way back into becoming the Royal Chef.
- Token Evil Teammate: Unlike the other Bergens, she outright refuses to accept Poppy's advice that you don't need to eat a troll to be happy and it's has been with her all along.
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: She's bound and determined to have all the trolls eaten and killed, has very few comedic aspects, and has no redeeming features whatsoever.
- Villainous Breakdown: She falls into one after Poppy proves that Bergens can be happy without having to eat a Troll. Since her whole plan to overthrow King Gristle Jr. revolved around using the Trolls to earn her people's favor, she desperately tries to prove her way of being happy is the only way that works by trying to force Gristle to eat Branch. When that fails, she simply tries to kill Branch and Poppy for ruining her scheme.
King Gristle Sr.
- Voiced by: John Cleese
The king of the Bergens at the opening sequence of the first movie. He's King Gristle Jr.'s father, who was responsible for banishing Chef from Bergen Town. He was never seen again after that moment, but it's known that he went to exile shortly after due to dissatisfaction and pressure from the Bergen public to get the Pop Trolls again.
- Actor Allusion: Just like John Cleese's previous role at DreamWorks as King Harold in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third, Gristle Sr. is a king with a British accent. Gristle Sr. and Harold's respective children (Gristle Jr. and Princess Fiona) also speak in an American accent.
- The Exile: He exiled Chef due to the Bergens being angry at her over the Pop Trolls' escape.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Though he doesn't have influence on any story in the franchise outside the first movie, he's arguably responsible for causing the events in the movie's main storyline, as he's basically the reason why Chef is planning to overthrow his son from the throne.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He appears only in the prologue but he's responsible for igniting the whole plot if he didn't exile Chef she wouldn't have turned evil and we wouldn't have a plot.
- Uncertain Doom: It's unknown what happened to him after he exiled Chef. Although some presume that he died by the movie's main events, there's no confirmation for that.
Chad and Todd
A pair of guards in Bergen Castle.
- The Dividual: Of the Twindividual type.
- Identical Stranger: They're not mentioned to be related, but they look completely identical asides from minor color differences (e.g., Chad has a black hair color and Todd has a light green one). The reason for this is that they use an edited version of a single model used for the generic Bergen guards and cooks who accompany Chef.
- This was lampshaded in Holiday, where Gristle fails to distinguish them to the point that he mixes up their names for a moment.
Other Species
Cloud Guy
- Voiced by: Walt Dohrn
Little slappy? Make daddy happy?
An anthropomorphic cloud who's always heckling Branch.
- Ascended Extra: In the first movie, he only appears in two scenes to warn Branch and Poppy about the location of the Bergens. The series turns him into a reccuring character.
- Big Shadow, Little Creature: Parodied. His first appearance has him speak with a deep voice but he reveals himself to be a small cloud hiding in his surroundings.
- Deadpan Snarker: Shows some of this in the special "Travel Through Troll Village".
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Branch especially hates him. Even Poppy at the end of the movie started to think he was annoying, even though it changes in Trolls Holiday.
- Great Gazoo: In the movie he's just a mischievous, self-proclaimed agent of chaos that particularly liked to mess with Branch. In The Beat Goes On his feats progress from the logical - like being Made of Air and controlling the weather - to the outright supernatural like Self-Duplication, object creation and teleportation.
- Moment Killer: He interrupts Branch and Poppy's hug time at the end of the first movie.
- Prank Gone Too Far: This is the way he aims his pranks to be like. He'll search for any character who gets annoyed by him, and will constantly hit their Berserk Button.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's even more of a red oni to Branch's blue oni than Poppy is.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Next to Creek in the TV series, Branch considers him his arch nemesis. It seems one-sided as Cloud Guy just likes to mess with him for kicks.
- Too Dumb to Live: Joined in on the Trolls' dance and musical number on the very same bus he was driving.
- Visual Pun: He's a guy who like to mess with Branch for fun, i.e: trolling a literal troll.
Velvet and Veneer
Velvet voiced by: Amy Schumer (speaking), Brianna Mazzola (singing)
Veneer voiced by: Andrew Rannells
Veneer voiced by: Andrew Rannells
Tropes that apply to both:
- Alliterative Family: Velvet and Veneer.
- Ambitious, but Lazy: Velvet openly admits to a captured Floyd that she and her brother can't be bothered putting in effort to improve their skills and actually earn the fame and riches that they desire, and find that stealing talent from trolls is a much more appealing shortcut to success.
- Attention Whore: Their whole thing is that they are influencers who try to make themselves look like the center of it all for fame, money, and power.
- Bad Boss: They treat their assistant Crimp horribly.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: They are the main antagonists of Band Together.
- Corrupted Character Copy: Velvet, and by extension Veneer, are visually reminiscent of Betty Spaghetty dolls, being super thin and super bendy with a rubbery-plastic appearance.
- Didn't Think This Through: The duo plot to capture BroZone in order to use their talent for themselves, but it proves to be an extremely short-sighted scheme in hindsight. As shown with Floyd, a troll's talent is not easily replenishable and they'll eventually die from having it constantly drained. Meaning that, even if they'd only used one at a time, all the BroZone siblings would have eventually perished under their use, and Velvet and Veneer would be back to square one.
- Entitled Bastard: Dialogue from Veneer suggests that they both think they deserve to be famous purely because they want it.
- High Hopes, Zero Talent: Zig-zagged. They both want to be a pair of celebrities in a pop-star singing duo, especially Velvet, and actually are talented performers who can dance and work a stage, but they have absolutely zero talent for singing themselves, leading to their evil plan to kidnap trolls and steal their own talented abilities.
- Mana Drain: They steal the talent from trolls and don't really care if they die or at least Velvet doesn't. Veneer makes a Heel–Face Turn and confesses their crimes to the populace of Mount Rageous.
- Never Gets Fat: If the real flashback to their childhood is any indication, they ate a lot of sugary sweets when they were kids judging by the sugary cereal with a plate full of donuts on the side. Despite this, they remain really thin in both the flashback and the present day.
- Non-Standard Character Design: Unlike the trolls and the non-troll characters such as the Bergens, Velvet and Veneer are more humanoid and have the appearances of characters from a 1930's cartoon. As a matter of fact, the rest of their kind has the same thing.
- Noodle People: Velvet, Veneer, and other members of their kind have really skinny bodies with flexible noodle-like limbs.
- Powered by a Forsaken Child: They built their entire career on torturing a troll with plans to kidnap more to torture.
- Spoiled Brat: A brief flashback to their childhood shows the pair pigging out on sweets, and a younger Velvet throwing a tantrum over feeling "attacked" when their father simply asked how their day at school was. It's clear from this that Velvet and Veneer grew up coddled and pampered by their parents, explaining why they feel so entitled to fame and riches in the present.
- Succubi and Incubi: They are explicitly stated to be succubi, but they are kid-friendly versions of such. Instead of feeding on sex and lust, they steal talent.
- Surprisingly Normal Backstory: Velvet implies during a Motive Rant that their desire for fame comes from her and Veneer growing up in poverty, but Veneer then clarifies that they actually grew up in the suburbs and their parents were dentists.
Tropes that apply to Velvet:
- Big Bad: Of Trolls: Band Together. While she and her brother Veneer are a duo, Velvet is clearly the driving force, having devised the plan to capture BroZone and take their talent. Veneer contributes far less, and mainly goes along with this scheme out of loyalty to his sister, and for the various riches and awards that he gets out of it.
- Big Sister Bully: An emotional example. Though she's rarely physically violent with Veneer, Velvet frequently manipulates and belittles her brother into going along with her plans, and Veneer is clearly too scared of his sister to contradict or stand up to her.
- Drama Queen: In a flashback, when a teenage Velvet is asked by her dad how her day was, she slams her hands down, yells, "STOP ATTACKING ME!" and flips the table.
- Evil Counterpart: She is this to John Dory. They both bossed and pressured their younger siblings to change themselves for their career. But while John Dory only resorted to harsh, but well-meaning constructive criticism to be perfect, Velvet flat-out mocks any of Veneer's concerns and suggestions while emotionally blackmailing him to go along with her plans.
- Greed: Velvet examples this as she suggests an encore during the climax, which Veneer had second thoughts of as it would deplete Floyd’s magic and kill him. He tries to change her mind and stop her, but Velvet venomously refuses to do so and demands him to sing, instead wanting to use all the power to herself.Velvet: You guys want a encore?
Veneer: An encore? Sis, come on! This one won’t even last you half a song, let’s just quit while we’re on top!
Velvet: (angered) JUST sing, you beautiful idiot! - Pragmatic Villainy: When Branch and Poppy crash their award concert to rescue the BroZone members, Velvet and Veneer quickly get back in their car and drive away. Rather than risk raising suspicion from the public, Velvet announces that she and Veneer are literally taking the show on the road, turning the resulting car chase into a musical number. Until Veneer's confession and the pair's subsequent arrest, the rest of the city watching are none the wiser that this incident wasn't planned for the performance.
- Self-Serving Memory: When Veneer expresses doubt in continuing their scheme, Velvet tries to remind him of how they grew up in "a dark place where [they] had nothing", even showing an Imagine Spot of their younger selves reenacting Oliver Twist. One of the few times Veneer talks back to his sister is to remind her that this wasn't the case at all and they actually grew up rich.
Tropes that apply to Veneer:
- Ambiguously Gay: Similar to Floyd, he wears an earring on his right ear, which typically indicates homosexuality. On top of that, he's incredibly flamboyant, even wearing makeup. Both Andrew Rannells and Fher Soberanes, his voice actor in the LatAm dub, are gay in real life. He doesn't show attraction to anyone in the movie, though.
- Anime Hair: His hair is styled into a pompadour.
- Anti-Villain: Unlike Velvet, Veneer's not really a bad guy, only really going along with the scheme out of misguided love for his sister. He's greatly hesitant to drain Floyd of his talent, knowing it will eventually kill him, and ultimately pulls a Heel–Face Turn by the end of the movie by confessing to his and Velvet's crimes.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Veneer was very reluctant to drain Floyd completely of his talent knowing it would kill him and he panicked when Floyd was faking being dead. At the end, he confesses Velvet and his crimes to Mount Rageous' population
- Graceful Loser: Though he's initially confused when he still gets arrested, once it's pointed out to him that his Heel Realization doesn't undo the various crimes he committed, Veneer concedes it as a fair point and is taken away with a smile on his face.
- Heel Realization: Throughout the film, Floyd frequently tries to appeal to Veneer's better nature, telling him that he doesn't have to be submissive to Velvet and go along with her scheme. During the climax, Veneer finally has a change of heart and publicly confesses to his and Velvet's crimes.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: Wears makeup, jewelry, is somewhat sensitive, and has quite a bit of girlish body language.
- Meaningful Name:
- Veneer is a type of fine wood, and normally is used for decoration, which hints at his weak personality and how Velvet always bosses him around.
- "Veneer" also refers to something that hides something unpleasant or unwanted; just like how he and Velvet have zero talent without stealing it from trolls.
- Veneer is also a type of cosmetic dental treatment, where the front surface of damaged teeth is covered with porcelain caps to hide the decay underneath. This not only ties to the duo's aforementioned facade, but Veneer himself also mentions at one point that their parents were dentists.
- Reformed, but Rejected: He's still arrested for his crimes despite repenting and being forgiven by Floyd. He did willingly go with Velvet's plan and engage in trollnapping, troll torture, fraud and tax evasion as Crimp and Clay point out. Nonetheless, he is okay with going to prison and getting his boat repossessed.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: He learns that just confessing to his crimes and regretting them doesn't mean he's immune to criminal punishment.
