History Headscratchers / Trolls

*** How old does that make Branch, then? According to the 3rd movie, Trolls Band Together,, Branch is about 24+. According to resources from the first film, his in his 20s. "The Art of DreamWorks Trolls" notes he is a "young adult" placing him under 25.
*** Poppy was confirmed 20+ in the first film, he is a few years older then her as a result. She is a baby when the Trolls escape, Branch is a young child by then.

** In fact the first two movies and specials take place in the first year of the storyline. This means Trolls, Trolls: Holiday, Trolls World Tour and Trolls Holiday in Harmony all happen in the first year and Branch is meant to be 23+ himself.

*** How old does that make Branch, then? According to the 3rd movie, Branch is about 24+, according to resources from the first film, his in his 20s. "The Art of Trolls" notes he is a "young adult" placing him under 25.

** That flashback probably took place before 20 years ago, before the events of the movie, before bergens couldn't find trolls anymore, and before Chef was exiled. Back then, they probably did have Trollstis annually, so they didn't have to gather so many trolls. Gristle Jr. wasn't born yet, so Chef never had to gather a ton of them for him.
*** How old does that make Branch, then? It's implied that he and Poppy are around the same age, but this means he's at least several years older...unless Trolls age differently...
*** Branch does have crows' feet and distinct wrinkles around his mouth, which could mean he's probably closer to thirty than twenty. Given that Poppy seemed close to two years old in the beginning of the movie given that she could talk and Branch looked like he was around five or six in his flashback, the timeline would fit for Grandpa Rosiepuff to be eaten at the Trollstice prior to the movie opening (or perhaps the occasional single troll was harvested outside Trollstice for special occasions).
*** Given Branches personality, it is very possible that he looks older than he is. Constant stress and worrying over the span of years (like how Branch is said to do) can lead to wrinkles appearing as early as your mid-twenties.
*** Branch is very likely a few years older than Poppy. If you look carefully at the background during his flashback, you can make out the bars around the Troll Tree, which would imply that Grandma Rosiepuff's demise occurred before King Peppy led them to escape. Branch falls to the ground, but is still within the boundary of the gate.
** Maybe she ''did'' try to use Branch's grandmother to try and get back in, but was told that one troll isn't enough. Or, maybe she was still [[FiveStagesOfGrief depressed]] from her recent banishment and, without thinking, just ate the grandmother herself to (literally) make herself feel better.
** Chef's main flaws are her greed and her gigantic ego. Why go back after only finding one troll (or technically two) when she can find them ''all'' and get a hero's welcome for it?
** Plenty of other bergens are selfish creeps too. Possibly Chef got cheated by the palace guards, who detained her at the front gates so they could "show the troll to the king", only to eat her captive themselves and turf her out of town without ever mentioning it to the ruler at all.

* Who is the protagonist of this story -- Branch or Poppy? The trailers made it seem like it was Branch (which [[Disney/{{Tangled}} would certainly be nothing new]]), but the story seems to be more Poppy's journey. They both get more-or-less equal CharacterDevelopment ''and'' a climactic moment where they more-or-less save the day (Branch in the "True Colors" scene, Poppy by going back to the dining hall). I think I might be biased, though, because Poppy reminds me so strongly of protagonoists [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Joy]] and [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} Judy Hopps]]. Is there a WordOfGod or general fan consensus?

** No she didn't. She knows she only captured 6 trolls but she was too impatient to hunt for more cause she wanted to get rid of Prince Gristle first. Her plan was to just eliminate Prince. Chef never planned on feeding trolls to all of Bergen Town and she deduced she only needed Gristle out of the way so she can overthrow him and take over his throne.

** No she didn't. She knows she only captured 6 trolls but she was too impatient to hunt for more cause she wanted to get rid of Prince Gristle first. Her plan was to just eliminate Prince and worry about feeding the rest of Bergen Town later.