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8	->''Celebrating who we are\
9	Yeah, we made it through the dark\
10	Harmony is everywhere\
11	Put your hair up in the air!''
12	-->-- '''The show's theme song'''
13
14	''Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} animated series produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, based on their 2016 film ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}''.
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16	The show takes place after the film (and ''WesternAnimation/TrollsHoliday'') and follows the DenserAndWackier, SliceOfLife adventures of Queen Poppy, her boyfriend Branch, the Snack Pack, Bridget, King Gristle, and their fellow trolls and Bergens as they keep the music going in brand-new adventures.
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18	The series premiered on Netflix on January 19, 2018, with six episodes making up the first season. Seven more episodes, comprising the second season, premiered on March 9. After 52 episodes, the show's final season aired November 22, 2019, in time for the movie sequel ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour''. There have been two web series of promotional shorts for the series titled ''ASK POPPY'' and ''Trolls: Pump Up the Party!''.
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20	A second ''Trolls'' series taking place after the events of the second film, [[ChannelHop exclusive to]] Creator/{{Hulu}} and Creator/{{Peacock}}, followed in November 19, 2020, titled ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia''.
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22	The series later showed up in Universal Kids, which celebrated its inclusion with a four-day marathon through the 2020 Thanksgiving weekend.
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25	!!''Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' provides examples of:
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29	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong:
30	** The Korean dub uses [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=3vKhnTAsLhE a different version]] of "Hair In The Air" that is sung at a lower octave and adds several rap verses.
31	** Both the Korean and Japanese dubs use "Best Day Ever" from "The Royal Review" as the ending theme.
32	* AmbiguousEnding: The show's final episode revolves around Branch deciding to move out of his bunker, then deciding that it's too big a step too soon...but then the self-destruct button goes off. This may have been to prevent continuity errors with ''Trolls World Tour''.
33	* AmbiguousSituation: The series dances around the exact nature of Poppy and Branch’s relationship. The movie more or less treats them as the OfficialCouple. The series overall treats them as close friends. However, they are [[ShipTease ship teased]] every now and then. Whether or not this is just troll courtship is unknown. [[spoiler:Then comes the sequel movie, approaching their relationship even more by addressing their feelings for each other.]]
34	* ApologyGift: Cooper gives the Bergen the pie he stole in episode 3.
35	* AprilFoolsPlot: "Prank Day", involving Poppy and Branch in a pranking competition to earn the title of "Prank Master".
36	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Occurs no matter how odd their world is with only one lampshade hanging. In ''Whimsy Wasps'' Smidge points out the biological impossibility of both a species that feeds on whimsy and one that feeds on boringness. Both times she's countered by Cooper pooping cupcakes on the spot, which she concedes to. Another episode has Branch point out the evolutionary nonsense of a plant on a remote island that swallows trolls whole to spit them out with a makeover, yet the plot of another episode was about them hunting for swag by tickling a species of deer until they puked it up. Not to mention all the apparently natural instances of FantasyCounterpartAppliance the trolls use like giant beetles that are turntable sound systems or the small bug-like critters they use as boomboxes.
37	* ArtShift: The scrapbook sequences, which are still in its choppy animation.
38	* ArtShiftedSequel
39	* AscendedExtra: The Snack Pack. Being a television series, each is given more screen time, and some of them have gotten [[ADayInTheLimelight a chance to shine]]. [[DemotedToExtra Well, not Fuzzbert]]...
40	** It looked like Fuzzbert was about to shine in "Freeze Tag", with Poppy preparing to tell the kids a story about him, until [[BaitAndSwitch Smidge cuts her off]] to focus on the actual plot.
41	* AskAStupidQuestion:
42	--> '''Bergen:''' Did your mama teach you to be lame, or were you born that way?
43	--> '''Biggie:''' Uh...is there a [[TakeAThirdOption third option]]?
44	* AudienceSurrogate: Due to being a grumpy shut-in most of his life, Poppy usually has to explain the current holiday or festivity to Branch and the audience.
45	** Lampshaded in "Funsgiving" with the Snack Pack explaining the holiday to Branch, even though he already knows about it. Then they start explaining [[ExaggeratedTrope food]] to him.
46	* BabysittingEpisode: Petsitting to be better said, but this is the plot of "Adventures in Dinkles-Sitting".
47	* BadHairDay:
48	** The ''ASK POPPY'' short "Bad Hair Day" has Guy Diamond losing control over his PrehensileHair, and is worried that he won't be able to go to Biggie's oncoming glowstick party like that. Poppy gets Biggie to allow hats in his party so that Guy's hair can be kept controlled.
49	** In "Trolly Tales 3", Poppy, Guy and DJ Suki have to fill in Gia Grooves' role at the Troll Village child daycare center due to her hair undergoing the same condition as Guy's in the previous case above, which is claimed that it will last her the entire day.
50	* BaitAndSwitchAccusation: Branch wasn't invited to play Glitterball with the Snack Pack.
51	* BalloonBurstingBird: Exaggerated in "CJ's Wooferbug", which features a flock of "Cactus Birds" [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who literally have cactus skin]].
52	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: in "Branch Bum", Poppy wishes for once that Branch would stop thinking about danger. [[GoneHorriblyRight This goes too well]], when they ended up on a relaxed Island free of danger, and Branch suddenly becomes a more relaxed version of himself called "Frond". But when a storm appears and the boat is cracking under pressure, Poopy eventually regrets her wish.
53	--> '''Poppy:''' Look, I'm sorry, Ok? Yes, the old Branch drives me crazy sometimes, But I've never should've wished him away. We need you, we need Branch.
54	* BelligerentSexualTension: A lot of Branch and Poppy's ship tease moments come from them becoming easily competitive with each other.
55	* BerserkButton: Smidge ''really'' doesn't like it when you prank her. What happens if you do so?
56	--> '''Smidge:''' If nobody's gonna fess up, I'm just gonna have to prank [[ExorcistHead twists head]] '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion all.]]''' '''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation Of.]]''' '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU.]]''''' ([[EvilLaugh laughs evilly]])
57	** Let's not even bring up Prank Day in front of her. ''At all''. [[spoiler: It's actually a ruse Poppy sets up to prank Branch once and for all; this can be noted in that Smidge is present for pranks and even called over for Poppy's big prank idea before the story about Smidge's Berserk Button is told.]]
58	* BigEater: Cooper eats an entire pie made for a Bergen in "Funishment".
59	** He also eats many pies set up by Smidge in "Prank Day".
60	* BigNo: At the end of "Two-Party System", this is Poppy's reaction to being told that she threw Branch's birthday party a day early.
61	* BirthdayEpisode: That same episode has Poppy knowing that Bridget and Branch share the same birthday, although in the end Branch's birthday is until tomorrow.
62	* BlatantLies:
63	--> '''Chenille:''' It was Satin. Happy Prank Day!
64	* BrokenAesop: Spoofed in "Mr. Glittercakes." After Branch meets several other trolls who, like him, enjoy alone time, they end up creating a system to serve as new friends they made up as an excuse to get out of events with their usual group of friends. When Branch has had enough he delivers the Aesop of "your friends will understand if you just want to be alone from time to time." And then it's revealed that Poppy arranged the entire thing for Branch to learn the lesson. Branch angrily points out that Poppy could have just ''talked to him'' instead of setting up an elaborate plot.
65	--> '''Poppy:''' Huh... Fair point, Branch!
66	--> ''(banner reading "Fair Point" drops down)''
67	* CallBack:
68	** There are plenty of call-backs to the movie, especially in earlier episodes.
69	*** Branch snapping a stick to Cloud Guy's face that causes him to "cry" in "Laugh-Out Cloud" is a reference to the movie's scene where he did the same out of frustration over Cloud Guy messing with him.
70	*** In "Bad News Bergens", Poppy says this line to Branch while training to play Bergenball as a suggestion of "[[TrashTalk trash talk]]", referencing the movie's major premise:
71	---->'''Poppy:''' "You're nothin', Branch! '''I eat trolls like you for breakfast.''' Blammo! Now you try."
72	*** Branch interrupting the musical number at the beginning of "Prank Day" is similar to how he sarcastically applauds to the Snack Pack when he was first introduced in the beginning of the film.
73	*** Gristle and Bridget recall how they were first in love in "Sorry Not Sorry".
74	*** In "Big Poppy", the song "Get Back Up Again" from the movie is referenced by Master Controll in his compliment rap battle against Poppy with the line:
75	---->"''Cause if I knock knock you over you get back up again''"
76	*** The anniversary party's description of "The Biggest, The Loudest, The Craziest Party Ever!" from the movie is referenced in "Rainbowmaggedon".
77	** Within the series itself, later episodes call back to earlier ones.
78	*** When Poppy correctly guesses what Branch will change his bunker's password to (after having already guessed his original password in one try), Poppy repeats the "I'm in your head, Branch!" line in the same way she does in "Prank Day".
79	*** The terrible joke Branch told in "Giggleyum" returns in "To Catch a Critter", which is used to lure out one of the missing creatures.
80	* {{Calvinball}}: Glitterball for the trolls, Bergenball for the Bergens.
81	* CanonDiscontinuity: The show isn't considered part of the films' canon by neither fans nor the show's staff, instead existing as mere "secondary canon" that is entirely optional to include in one's interpretation of the franchise's timeline. The show had ignored certain plot elements from the first movie at times, which is especially evident in Branch's childhood flashbacks.
82	** This is particularly true in regards to Branch's movie backstory. He is always depicted as a child featured with his adult colouration, as it is seen in the show. However, Branch was grey for over 20 years prior to both the movies storyline and the shows start; he should be grey in all of the appearences as most event take place within the 20 years since the Trolls broke out of Bergen Town. When his childhood is brought up, the show only talks about the last 10 years since he supposdly started his "Bunker Days".
83	** Speaking of which, life in the Troll Tree is never mentioned at all in the show and as a result the imprisonment of the Trolls in Troll town is never acknowledged. King Peppy is mentioned to have had a number of adventures in his youth - none of which were hindered by the presence of the Bergens at all.
84	* TheChewToy: Branch takes a lot of comedic abuse in the series, especially in earlier episodes.
85	* {{Cliffhanger}}: For a mostly episodic show, a good number of seasons end on a cliffhanger of some sort:
86	** Season 2's "Pillow War": The gang stumble upon evidence that there is an imposter Troll in the village.
87	** Season 3's "Lost in the Woods": After making a HeelFaceTurn, Archer reveals he wasn't the only imposter Troll and that the Party Crashers are on their way.
88	** Season 4's "Branch Bum": With the Wormhole they had used at the beginning of the episode unstable, the gang jumps through without any assurance that it will take them back where they came from.
89	** Season 5's "Bringing Up Birdy": Branch and Poppy return to Troll Village after rescuing Branch's birds to find everyone in a state of petrification. [[spoiler: It was [[CliffhangerCopout just a game of freeze tag.]]]]
90	** Season 8's "Bye Bye Bunker": Thanks to Cloud Guy, Branch's bunker is about to explode in ten seconds. This was later confirmed to be a parodied example, since the staff didn't intend it to be an actual cliffhanger.
91	** Season 6 and 7 are notable for ''not'' ending on a cliffhanger.
92	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Any of the trolls sans Branch, mainly Cooper, who's also the PluckyComicRelief.
93	* CompanionCube / ICallItVera: Branch talks to a remote he calls "Gary". He even treats it like his son! In "Remote Out of Control", Cooper, Biggie, Guy and Smidge borrow the remote for a day, and they too treat it as one of their own.
94	* ContinuityCavalcade: One of the skits in "What Did I Miss?" involves Poppy finding out from a picture board at Biggie's pod that Mr. Dinkles continued to do photobombs despite having promised Biggie to stop doing so before. Said picture board is full of screenshots from previous episodes, most of which have Mr. Dinkles adding himself in one way or another.
95	* ContinuityNod:
96	** In "Dinkles Dinkles Little Star", after mocking Mr. Dinkles In front of Biggie, Groth comes back for a second to clarify that they are laughing at him, not with him. In "Bad News Bergens", Biggie did not initially understand that the bergens' team were laughing at the troll’s team to mock them, and started laughing along until Poppy pointed out that they were being laughed ''at''.
97	** In "The Party Games", when Guy Diamond is shocked that the new guy Archer Pastry is just as good as he is at the party games dispite never having participated before, Smidge sees his expression, and after trying to get his attention, says: "Uh-oh. That's the "I feel threatened by a young upstart" stare. I know it well". And she should know it well -- she had the same reaction to Guy opening his glitterade stand across from her stoutberry juice stand in "Unhealthy Competition".
98	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The "funishments", from the episode of the same name, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in which trolls have lots of fun when punished]], because actually punishing a troll is void in Troll Village.
99	* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: A large part of the plot of "Mr. Glittercakes" is based around this trope.
100	* CountingToPotato: Cloud Guy does a variant of this in "Laugh-Out Cloud" when coming up with a list of rules for best friends to do.
101	-->'''Cloud Guy:''' Best friends rule [[GratuitousSpanish número uno]]: Best buds ''always'' think alike.\
102	Rule B: Best buds always need a best buds photo album.\
103	Arbitrary rule number three: Best buds never miss their target.\
104	Rule number cuatro: Best buds boogie, baby.
105	* CourtroomEpisode: "Tall Tail", where Branch tries to prove Creek committed a "Party Foul" (forgetting to bring fondue, rather than having to give it to a strange creature like he claimed). He ends up winning the trial, but learns the hard way that Creek was right.
106	* CrazyPrepared:
107	** Early on, Branch still connects with this trope because he continues to assume that some of the Bergens will try to eat the Trolls even after becoming allies. His fear of birds comes up as a further reason for this.
108	** Smidge already set up traps for DJ and Cooper in a flash.
109	* CreepyChild: Keith.
110	* CutASliceTakeTheRest: When offered a troll-sized cup of punch in the first episode, Groth picks up and drinks the whole bowl instead.
111	* CuteIsEvil: While baby Cuddlepups are pretty much harmless, the adult ones are a threat to the Trolls.
112	* DancePartyEnding: Happened in Creek Week after Branch apologizes to Creek with a song.
113	* DatePeepers: Subverted. Branch sees Cloud Guy and Poppy together, and must prevent him from hugging her.
114	* DeadpanSnarker: Branch, still attached to this trope.
115	* DemotedToExtra: Fuzzbert. Compared to the other Snack Pack members, he has very little screen time and is the only member not to get a focus episode.
116	** This may happen to members of the Snack Pack at times, such as Biggie and Smidge appearing without being focused on in "Fun Branch".
117	* DenserAndWackier: More than ''Trolls'' did.
118	* DisappearedDad: Averted with King Peppy, who's still in Poppy's life as a recurring character.
119	* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Smidge on occasion - she inadvertently breaks every bone in Harper's body by giving her a celebratory high-five. [[spoiler: She does it twice more in the same episode.]]
120	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme was performed by Poppy and Branch.
121	* DontExplainTheJoke: [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]] Branch has this problem.
122	* DreamWorksFace: Branch, at some times.
123	* EasilyForgiven: When Creek returns in "Creek Week", he is immediately forgiven for betraying the Trolls by just about everyone except Branch. Poppy admits she doesn't fully forgive Creek either, but she is willing to give him a second chance. Near the end, Branch must apologize to Creek by singing a song.
124	* EndingTheme: Changes OnceAnEpisode.
125	* EscalatingWar:
126	** "Prank Day" has Poppy and Branch pranking each other. Gone too far with Smidge taking over when Branch accidentally pushes her BerserkButton, but the episode ends with everything being okay.
127	** "Pillow War," where was it supposed to be a pillow fight between Branch and Poppy turns into an all-out battle with shades of ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' involving most of the village, complete with [[spoiler: Gristle whacking everyone with a Bergen-sized pillow in a weird metaphor for the atomic bomb]].
128	* EveryoneHasASpecialMove: Branch, who can't be pranked in tribute of Prank Day. He especially follows Poppy's every move.
129	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title of the series suggests that the music keeps on going for the Trolls and the Bergens.
130	* ExactWords: As seen in "The Giver", when Cooper is told to tell someone everything, he will literally recount his entire life story up to the point where he was told to tell everything (and it's suggested he'll hit a recursive loop where he'll just repeat it all until interrupted).
131	* ExorcistHead: Done by Smidge and lampshaded by Branch in "Prank Day".
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135	* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables:
136	** Stoutberries, which grow as hoops on the vine. True to their name, they're so sturdy that [[PintsizedPowerhouse Smidge]] is the only troll that can juice them, until Guy Diamond figures out how to do so by slapping a zipper onto them.
137	** Marshtatos, the trolls most favorite dessert treat. They think they only sprout annually, under the auspices of a shy fairy, but really they grow all the time and are hoarded by a greedy fairy-like being except for the one day it's too foggy for her to find them.
138	** On Funsgiving a popular main treat is Diced Fruit. That is, a large fruit that grows in the shape of a die.
139	** One episode revolves around the gigglefruit, which can only be acquired by making their trees laugh.
140	* FantasticLightSource: The fact that trolls can make their hair glow is demonstrated a lot. At one point a concert crowd does a RaisedLighterTribute using their hair.
141	* FeatheredFiend: Branch is revealed to have a fear of birds, which at one point Cloud Guy scares him by [[VoluntaryShapeshifting morphing his head into a bird]].
142	* FeetFirstIntroduction: Groth in "Bad News Bergens," Cloud Guy in "Wormhole," and the fondue creature in "Tall Tail" get a camera pan up from their feet to their face, despite the first two already seen in their prior scenes.
143	* FeudEpisode: "Unhealthy Competition" and "Prank Day".
144	* FictionalHoliday: As already mentioned in ''Trolls Holiday'', the Trolls appear to have a holiday for almost every day!
145	** Bellow Bug Day in the episode of the same name. The titular Bellow Bug only comes out every five years, and as queen, Poppy must ensure that everything's in good shape. [[CrappyHolidays Unfortunately, it doesn't.]]
146	** Creek Week, also from a same-name episode. A week-long event involving yoga in tribute to Creek.
147	** Harvest Moon in "The Giver", where [[ThePresentsWereNeverFromSanta an unknown individual nicknamed "The Giver" leaves presents]] on that night every year. [[spoiler: That so-called "Giver" was revealed to be Branch.]]
148	** Hug Day in "Cloudy With A Changes Of Hugs", where Trolls can only hug together in singe pairs, as a way to show the importance of hugs.
149	** Prank Day in the same-name episode. This is Branch's favorite holiday, which he first mentioned in "Bellow Bug Day", which involves [[AprilFoolsDay a day full of pranks]]. Branch did mention that he will prank Poppy first, {{foreshadowing}} the episode.
150	** Royal Review Day from "Royal Review", where a poll about the current Queen/King's performance is hosted to all Trolls, who either mark a smiley face or a frowny face. Those who have marked frowny faces must have "room for improvement" ([[ThreateningShark eaten by sharks]], for one example).
151	* FictionalSport: Bergenball
152	* FireballEyeballs: Happened everytime someone recalls the incident in "Prank Day". Branch once {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d this trope.
153	* FiveStagesOfGrief: When Sky Toronto isolates himself after Branch "kills" his tie, Sky Jr., Branch tries to reconcile with him and Sky goes through all five stages within 15 seconds, something that he refers to as "power-grieving".
154	* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Creek. He’s been let back into Troll Village, but it is telling that any direct appearances he has are few and far between. In addition, in "Creek Week" Poppy and the Snack Pack admit that they now know he's a coward.
155	* FriendlyRivalry: Averted in "Unhealthy Competition", but in the end, Smidge and Guy Diamond decide to make juice together, only to find it ridiculous.
156	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Trolls live in harmony with nature and the series really shows how much critters are used in their daily lives. At one point when Peppy is warned of a swamp monster, but also told that it's lonely, he rallies a ''friendly'' mob with intent to befriend it.
157	* FreudianSlip: In "Meet the Peppy", Branch ''can't'' stop calling Peppy as "King Poopy".
158	* FunWithAcronyms: A variant in that rather than being abbreviated names for a group, an event or physical entity, the acronyms are more often used as terms in conversations. For instance, "FOMO-OPUP" has two examples:
159	** The titular FOMO-OPUP term stands for "'''f'''ear '''o'''f '''m'''issing '''o'''ut '''o'''n '''P'''op-'''U'''p '''P'''arties."
160	** Near the end of the episode, Guy tells Poppy that he's going to "FLITM", or "'''f'''ully '''l'''ive '''i'''n '''t'''he '''m'''oment."
161	* GlowingGem: As seen in the episode "Gem Day", the first strand of hair a Troll gets is cut and then planted. Over the course of their life, as the Troll gains happiness, the hair will develop into a flower with a gemstone, known as a "Troll Gem", in its bloom. This gemstone glows in response to the sound of its Troll's singing.
162	* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Occurs a little over a dozen times throughout the series. One example of this occurs after Smidge's "hair balloon" deflates and she and Branch rise up to the sky. They stop and float in midair with Smidge commenting on Branch's eyes before gravity takes over.
163	* GrowsOnTrees:
164	** In "Pillow War" it's shown that the trolls use pillows that grow on trees from a grove that they harvest annually.
165	** "Hair-Jitsu" has trees that grow black headbands...that move and [[WhenTreesAttack are capable of fighting]].
166	* GumInHair: Near the end of "Doc Doc, Who's There?", Gia Grooves gets gum stuck in her hair from unknown circumstances. Due to the nature of the Trolls' hair, she needs an emergency medical treatment for it, though she doesn't get a proper one until Dr. Moonbloom comes for her (following a couple unsuccessful attempts from Poppy while she was taking Moonbloom's place).
167	* HairyHammerspace: Trolls regularly store things in their hair.
168	* HappyBirthdayToYou: Sung in "Two-Party System" when the trolls celebrate Bridget and Branch’s birthday. Done mainly in SloMo.
169	* HardTruthAesop:
170	** Branch learns several times that even if someone has wronged you or made you justifiably angry, if your response is seen as disproportionate then you become the bad guy in the eyes of everyone else.
171	** "Creek Week" teaches that one can forgive their friends for things other people might find unforgivable, and dwelling on the fact that someone was EasilyForgiven when you don't think they deserved it makes them see you in a poor light.
172	* IKnowKungFaux: The eponymous "Hair-Jitsu" is a martial art for trolls that naturally focuses on using their hair, which Poppy is [[HiddenDepths revealed to be a master in]]. Its most advanced technique is the [[KameHameHadoken Hairball-doken]].
173	* IAmNotWeasel: Cooper mistakens Poppy for a cake. Poppy is not amused.
174	* ImpactSilhouette: In "Fun Branch", Cooper makes these in several troll houses, requiring their occupants to bunk with Branch while they're repaired.
175	* IsItSomethingYouEat: In "Sorry Not Sorry," when Gristle is told that Bridget wants an apology, he replies, "Sounds familiar. That's a cake, right?"
176	* JarPotty: "Laugh Out Cloud" reveals that Branch keeps his urine in jars, grossing out Poppy.
177	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Creek, as opposed to his JerkWithAHeartOfJerk side of things.
178	* JokeOfTheButt: Although Guy was subject to a few light butt jokes in the movie, he's more commonly prone to them here.
179	* LampshadeHanging: Commonly, some of the more cartoony aspects of the show will be commented on by the other characters, like Branch wondering how everyone else could do FireballEyeballs in "Prank Day," or Smidge wondering just how Branch could build half of a boat in seconds ''under their feet'' in "Branch Bum."
180	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Comes up several times in "Wormhole," when Smidge, DJ Suki, and Guy Diamond emerge from different wormholes all CoveredInGunge, and all three want to forget [[NoodleIncident whatever just happened]].
181	* LittleMissBadass: Smidge. It's shown repeatedly that she’s the strongest of the Snack Pack despite her size, and is often the first to resort to violence. She ended up breaking every bone in Harper's body just by high-fiving her. Because of this Smidge believes her crush, the kind, gentle Milton Moss wouldn’t be interested in her. She's wrong.
182	* LostFoodGrievance: Cooper steals Groth's pie [[BigEater by eating it]] in "Funishment".
183	* LoveAtFirstPunch: Fistbump, actually. When Smidge drops the charade and gives Milton Moss a fistbump so hard it knocks him off his feet, he’s clearly smitten.
184	* MeetTheInLaws: Despite the AmbiguousSituation noted above about the exact nature of their relationship in the show, "Meet The Peppy" plays out like one of these, with Branch desperately trying to earn Peppy's approval. [[spoiler: To Poppy's consternation, the two end up bonding over noting her flaws.]]
185	* MementoMacGuffin: A bullseye given to Branch in "Fun Branch".
186	* MiniGolfEpisode: "Peril Patch", where the trolls come across a mini-golf course [[spoiler: which is actually a trap designed to lure them in.]]
187	* MiningForCookies: A throwaway detail in an episode shows that trolls mine for sprinkles.
188	* MutualEnvy: In "Unhealthy Competition".
189	* MyBelovedSmother: Cloud Guy's parents are incredibly overbearing, which Branch discovers after inviting them over in an attempt to drive him away. They only leave when left with nothing to do because they want to dote on someone so much.
190	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
191	** Branch's reaction in "Fun Branch" when he bothers the Snack Pack too much.
192	** Also Branch's reaction when he pulls out the equivalent of a nuclear option during the pillow war: [[spoiler: King Gristle, laying waste on the trolls with a Bergen-sized pillow.]]
193	* NeverMyFault: Twice, Poppy has blamed Branch for something that was her fault (throwing the disastrous party in the first episode), and made Branch take part of the blame for giving Gristle the wrong idea by saying "we've messed up".
194	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
195	** In "Royal Review", Poppy and Smidge lead a mother Cuddlepup to the village by bringing in her puppies.
196	** In "Creek Week" Branch tricks Creek into thinking he's brave. The Snack Pack are not amused at his jealousy.
197	** In "Prank Day", Branch accidentally pranks Smidge via a water balloon, causing her to go on a "revenge streak".
198	* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Smidge's concern about her crush, Milton Moss in "Crushin' It". [[spoiler:Turns out he might actually be an AmazonChaser.]]
199	* NoObjectPermanence: Did Poppy mention that Hug Time is ''all the time'' at the end of the movie? Heck, the Hug Time bracelets. They weren't abandoned. They were still on the trolls' wrists, and can only be seen when they're lit up, to imply that it's hug time. Completely averted for Creek's.
200	* NoPrisonSegregation: The Fun Dungeon, a building originally established in "Funishment", was meant to be used to punish both male and female Trolls, and it overloads with them in the episode's climax before finally being left unused. In "Party Crashed", the Party Crashers also kept Poppy (female) and Branch (male) together in the dungeon upon capturing them.
201	* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: Branch is the only one that holds it against Creek for selling out their entire village to the Bergens to save himself, and is baffled that he's EasilyForgiven by everyone else. After proving again that he's a DirtyCoward that would sell out anyone around him to save himself, Poppy admonishes him for it because EverybodyKnewAlready, and for some reason, [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong Branch is in the wrong for not making peace with it.]]
202	* NotADate: At the end of "Cloudy with a Chance of Hugs". Turns out that Cloud Guy set up a fake date with Poppy to fool Branch. He was ComicallyMissingThePoint over the fact that trolls can only hug one ''troll''.
203	-->'''Cloud Guy:''' Hello? I'm a ''Cloud'' Guy.
204	* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Happens several times in "Prank Day":
205	** Poppy (and at the very end, Branch) is splattered in frosting.
206	** Branch spits bubblegum on Poppy.
207	** Smidge (though accidental) is covered in water by Branch.
208	** Satin, Chenille, and Guy are caught by Smidge.
209	** DJ Suki is caught in a comfortable bed.
210	** Cooper eats [[BigEater too many pies]].
211	* NutritionalNightmare: The "Snuggler" in "Hug Fest"; a hot dog in a cupcake, which is then covered in three types of cheese, put into a brownie, and the whole thing surrounded in a ball of deep-fried batter. Branch orders it to stall for time but loses his appetite upon receiving it.
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215	* OncePerEpisode: There's at least one song in each episode and not always sung by the trolls and even weaponized as WeNeedADistraction a few times. "Adventures in Dinkles-sitting" downplays this, it lacks the glitz and glam and Branch is barely singing. Justified as it's a song from his childhood and he's clearly embarrassed to be singing it in front of Poppy.
216	* OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam:
217	** In the episode "Fluffleberry Quest", the Snack Pack go on a mission to restore the lost Fluffleberry cake recipe made by Branch's grandmother. Once the recipe is restored, the Snack Pack decide to try a Fluffleberry cake for themselves, but they think that it has a missing ingredient once they find it to have a bad taste. They go on another trip in order to find the supposed missing ingredient, only to be told by Branch that it was used to make the dish and the cake's recipe was actually correct. He takes a slice of the cake for himself, which gets the rest of the Snack Pack disgusted.
218	** Most Trolls are shown to generally dislike Fluffleberry. Aside from Branch, the only other Troll who's known to like it is Nova Swift, who was seen drinking a Fluffleberry latte.
219	* OverlyLongGag: Cooper telling his life story to Poppy and Smidge in "The Giver". Only a few excerpts are mentioned on screen, though.
220	* ParentalAbandonment: Branch's parents in "Fun Branch", who are somewhat eaten by the Bergens just like Branch's grandma back in the movie. Averted with Poppy, as Peppy was seen in a few episodes, most notably "Royal Review".
221	* PennyPinchingCrab: There are crab critters that live in the lake who love to snatch whatever a poor troll has that catches their interest. There's an entire swarm of them and they can join up together into a giant crab which makes fending them off impossible once they set their sights on something.
222	* PowerDyesYourHair: The power of [[JumpScare Jump Scares]], that is, for the trolls, in "The Poppy Horror Picture Show". [[MysticalWhiteHair The story frightened the trolls so much that their hair turned white and ran away.]] Branch and Poppy weren't that scared.
223	** They return to normal by the next day, but this gives Biggie no effect.
224	* PrankGoneTooFar: Continuing from the movie, Branch remains the target of Cloud Guy for his pranks and jokes, since they annoy him a lot. In the show's later seasons, though, Branch eventually gets used to the pranks, which gives Cloud Guy a problem addressed in "Apple of My Ire".
225	** Branch falls victim of this when Smidge accidentally falls subject to his pranks in "Prank Day", making her begin a "revenge streak" on everyone else in the Snack Pack.
226	* PrankingMontage: "Prank Day" has several short pranking montages between the main plot scenes.
227	* ThePrankster: Mainly Branch; in "Prank Day", Poppy and Branch prank each other in order for either one to earn the title of "Prank Master".
228	* {{Pun}}:
229	--> '''Branch:''' Hey, does anyone hear a kitten? Because Poppy just got purr-anked.
230	** Later...
231	--> '''Poppy:''' (after putting whipped cream on Fake!Branch) You must be a pirate, Branch, 'cause you just walked the ''prank''!
232	* QuirkyDoctor: Dr. Moonbloom is a competent doctor, but she has a tendency to shock her patients by telling overdramatic jokes for mild or inexistent problems (such as telling Smidge that her medical test results are terrible before clarifying her that they're actually great). This is deconstructed in "Doc Doc, Who's There?" (the episode from where the aforementioned instance comes from), wherein she loses a good chunk of her patients because of her sense of humor, although she promises to joke in a way that would make her patients laugh after the episode's events.
233	* RapidHairGrowth: In one episode, it’s revealed that the trolls’ hair quickly grows back when cut. [[MagicHair Because]] [[JustifiedTrope it's]] [[DontExplainTheJoke magic.]]
234	* ReferenceOverdosed: While the ''Trolls'' movies have made a few references, ''Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' takes it further by including a bunch of them per each season, a decent part of which come from episode titles. See the show's [[ShoutOut/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn Shout-Out]] page for a list.
235	* ReformedButRejected: Inverted in "Creek Week". Creek returns, genuinely remorseful, and the Snack Pack forgives him immediately, with the exception of Branch, who spends the episode trying to expose him, and Poppy, who is understandably skeptical, but as queen has to give him the benefit of the doubt.
236	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Guy Diamond’s initial dislike of Archer was just Guy being jealous of Archer’s skill during the Party Games. [[spoiler: Turns out Archer’s an imposter and scout for the Party Crashers.]]
237	* RoleSwapAU: Several of the dimensions seen in "Wormhole" are alternate universe versions of the dimension the Trolls live in. One of such alternate universes swap the places of the Trolls and Bergens in terms of homes, sizes and roles within the [[WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}} original movie]].
238	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The series did not forget that Poppy was crowned queen at the end of the movie. A fair amount of Poppy's decisions throughout the show are with people and her position as queen in mind, whether it be keeping the people calm in a crisis or commemorating a new tree sapling.
239	* RunningGag:
240	** Branch being hit by a sheep in "Fun Branch".
241	** Branch dropping frosting on Poppy in "Prank Day".
242	* RuleOfFunny: "Fun Branch" has Branch inviting the Snack Pack into his bunker, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in a chance to prove he's fun]].
243	* ScheherezadeGambit: Keith ends up using this in "Trolly Tales 2" to help [[spoiler:Archer befriend the Trolls]].
244	* SeasonalBaggage: Happens in part of the scrapbook montage of "Wormhole", though it's only limited to hot and winter seasons.
245	* SecretDiary: Branch has one in "Cloudy with a Chance of Hugs". To give it back to him, Cloud Guy helps Branch set some rules. He didn't read it, however.
246	* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest: Cloud Guy to Poppy in "Cloudy with a Chance of Hugs".
247	* SequelEpisode: Some season finale episodes with a cliffhanger have the premiere episode of the next season as their sequel. Examples include "Wormhole" to "Branch Bum" and "Blank Day" to "Bringing Up Birdy" (the latter's case, however, opens with a HalfwayPlotSwitch instead of continuing with the previous episode's storyline).
248	** The longest series of episodes with adjacent plots are the ones dealing with the Party Crashers, consisting of Season 2's "The Party Games" and "Pillow War"; Season 3's "The Imposter", "The Frenemy", "Trolly Tales 2" and "Lost in the Woods"; and Season 4's "Party Crashed".
249	* SliceOfLife: Compared to the first movie, this series orients more towards storylines involving the day-to-day lifes of the main cast, though there are still some episodes of a similar nature to the movie.
250	* SlowNo: When the Snack Pack warn Smidge about the water balloon in "Prank Day".
251	* SpoofAesop: According to Cloud Guy, the moral of "Rainbowmagedon" is that "truth can be whatever you want if you're selective." Poppy [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that it's probably not the best lesson to take away from it.
252	* StillBelievesInSanta: {{Exaggerated\|Trope}}. In the episode "Marshtato Fairy", it's shown that, as a standard for Troll society, every Troll believes in their entire life about the existence of a titular Marshtato Fairy character, who is responsible for the supposed annual Marshtato harvest. The only Troll to have known the truth behind the myth thus far was Branch, but he decided to not tell it in order to avoid ruining the Trolls' life.
253	* StockYuck: In "Chummy Sparklestone", the Trolls are disgusted when Cooper deduces that the secret ingredient of Peppy's upside-down cake is black jelly beans.
254	* SugarApocalypse: "Rainbowmageddon" is about the crumbling of a rainbow and a meteoric rain of its pieces potentially causing a [[ApocalypseHow Class 0]] on Troll Village.
255	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rather than perform a HappyEndingOverride, the series looks into the consequences of the movie's ending.
256	** While the Bergens are no longer out to eat trolls, and it's clear that they do understand happiness can be found outside of eating one, there are still plenty of tensions between the two groups, along with plenty of cultural misunderstandings that the parties have to actively work to resolve.
257	** Yes, Branch did get his colors back and is capable of being happy again. That said, it doesn't erase who he was, and he still has a paranoid and pessimistic streak that he can carry too far. He even does a LampshadeHanging a few times that his current attitude is still pretty new, and still has issues to work through.
258	** Several episodes have Poppy dealing with her newfound responsibilities as queen. Naturally, her happy-go-lucky attitude isn't enough to solve certain problems the village has.
259	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Cooper is seen attending Creek Week, before Creek himself came in.
260	* TakingYouWithMe: Branch explicitly invokes this with a self-destruct mechanism built into his bunker.
261	* TemporaryBlindness: Happens to Biggie in "Adventures in Dinkles-Sitting".
262	* TemporalParadox: In "Scrap to the Future" Poppy finds a scrapbook that can tell the future. After realizing it's only lead to a series of [[SelfFulfillingProphecy Self-Fulfilling Prophecies]] she tosses the book, that lands in a wormhole that spits it out just moments before Poppy first found it at the start of the episode.
263	* ThanksgivingEpisode: The titular holiday of the episode "Funsgiving" is based on Thanksgiving.
264	* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Cloud Guy becomes this for Branch in "Two's A Cloud." Branch tries to convince Cloud Guy to leave by inviting the latter's parents to come visit, only for them to move in as well.
265	* TorchesAndPitchforks: Except trolls are too nice to use pitchforks, the torches are the glowing tips of their hair, and they organize into a ''friendly'' mob to befriend any targets.
266	%%* {{Troll}}: If Cloud Guy's in an episode, odds are he's this for Branch.
267	* TwoShorts: Most of the episodes are divided into two segments that are usually unrelated to each other. The only episode that doesn't follow this format is "Party Crashed", which has a single storyline for its entire length.
268	* TwoTimerDate: In "Two-Party System", Poppy runs herself ragged trying to run two birthdays for Branch and Bridget. She's keeping their parties a secret between them because she doesn't want them to feel anything less than totally special and important. When they find out Branch and Bridget are both rightfully upset, [[AngerBornOfWorry because Poppy was putting a lot of pressure on herself]].
269	* UnexplainedRecovery: Creek, who was eaten alongside Chef at the end of ''Trolls'', survived his fate, and returned in "Creek Week". How he escaped is unknown, but he ''did'' survive.
270	* {{Unishment}}: The episode "Funishment" is all about this trope: Cooper eats up a Bergen's pie and the Bergen demands he be punished for this. Poppy decides the most merciful way to do so is put him in jail, which is also the most conventional and common way, but she thinks Cooper will get bored with nothing to do in there so [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she installs a playground inside for Cooper to enjoy]]. Things go downhill from there on.
271	* UvulaEscapeRoute: In "Finn Cascade", Branch is swallowed by the episode's titular fish after trying to impress him several times so that he would befriend him. With Baha, he eventually finds the way to escape from Finn's mouth by blocking his blowhole and hanging onto his uvula.
272	* WaxOnWaxOff: In the episode "Hairjitsu", Branch wants to learn the titular martial art and Poppy teaches him this way.
273	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After their story arc ended with "Party Crashed", all of the Party Crashers, including Archer, never appear again for the rest of the series. Guy lampshades this in "Tour Guide of Duty" when he mentions the arc's events without saying the group's name.
274	* WhatTheHellHero: PlayedForLaughs in the Season 3 premiere, "The Imposter". Branch goes on a conspiratorial rant about how the hidden box of disguises belongs to a non-troll infiltrator that needs to be rooted out. Poppy not only dismisses Branch's concerns (comically revealing that ''every other'' troll has one), but she has an entire musical number that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech encourages everyone in the village to ignore Branch]]. After all the others leave, though, she quickly admits Branch is right and that he needs to help her find the infiltrator. Branch immediately calls Poppy out for the previous song (she justifies it by noting how easily trolls panic, and she "had to really sell it").
275	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Branch is given a fear of birds in this series. The origin of which [[NoodleIncident remained unexplained]] until Season 5.
276	* {{Zipperiffic}}: At one point, Guy Diamond uses a zipper to zip out all the stoutberry juice to make his glitterade.
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