Trolls (Classic Version)

This is my alternate reality of Trolls if it aired in 1997.

Full Plot
The Trolls are small creatures who live in an almost perpetual state of happiness, singing, dancing and hugging all day. However, they are discovered by the Ogres, large miserable creatures, who can feel happy only after eating a Troll. The Ogres imprison the Trolls and eat them every year on a special occasion, called Trollstice. The Trolls, led by their king, King Peppy, with his baby daughter Princess Poppy, escape through underground tunnels on the day of Trollstice, when young Prince Gristle Jr. was going to eat his first Troll and the Ogres find that all the Trolls have replaced themselves with wooden dolls with crazy hair. Enraged, Gristle's father King Gristle Sr. banishes his Chef who was in charge of the Trollstice preparation. She angrily vows to find the Trolls and have them eaten, while the King tells his son that nothing will ever make him happy.

Twenty years later, Poppy, along with her adoptive sister Judie (who unsuccesfully attempts to turn her into a proper princess), and her friends Biggie, a big Troll with a worm friend named Mr. Dinkles; Guy Diamond, who has an autotuned voice and can sneeze out glitter; Fuzzbert, a hair Troll with two legs; Cooper, a giraffe-like Troll; Satin and Chenille, the Fashion Twins; DJ Suki, a disc jockey; and Smidge, a tiny troll with superhuman strength, throws a big party to celebrate the Trolls' escape, despite the warnings of the gray troll, Branch, along with his adoptive siblings Woody, the most craziest of the siblings; Sleepy, a lazy Troll who likes sleeping and napping; Archer; a very shaggy Troll; Bella, a girly Troll who recognizes Branch's secret crush on Poppy as true love; and Henry, the talented inventor of the siblings, that loud parties will attract the Ogres. A Zen Troll who Poppy is in love with named Laker arrives, and tells Branch to start being happy instead of being grumpy, but Branch refuses.

At the party, Branch's warnings come true when the Chef and her rat henchmen Bench, Ringo and Fatso, having spent the last two decades searching for the Trolls, see the fireworks and kidnap Guy Diamond, Biggie with Mr. Dinkles, Fuzzbert, Smidge, Satin with Chenille, DJ Suki, Cooper, and Laker (which Poppy tried to rescue, but gets foiled by Bench). The Chef tries to kidnap King Peppy as well, but Poppy pushed him under the mushroom stage used for the party announcement, which let Poppy camouflage, and hide her and King Peppy from the Chef. The Chef and her rats, along with the kidnapped Trolls, went back to Ogre Town.

Alone inside the bunker, Branch looks at a bunch of homemade party invitations, indicating that he appreciates Poppy's offers of friendship and that he have a romantic unrequited love for Poppy and (being the only one knowing it, besides Judie and Bella) is jealous of her having feelings for Laker. Meanwhile, Poppy goes on a rescue mission alone, as no other Troll is willing to venture to Ogre Town, including Branch. But later on, when Poppy gets into trouble, she is saved by Branch and his siblings (who think she will not make it if she goes alone), and Judie (who manages to escape the Chef's pouch by unzipping from the inside, but promises the others to go find help). They are later joined by Branch's childhood friends named Penny (a tough and protective TrollBat) and Reynard (a short-tempered TrollRat), who reluctantly join the journey after Poppy wanting them to help them since they are the only ones who know the road to Ogre Town.

The group rests for the night. Poppy starts to sing and say goodnight to pictures of all her captured friends, which bugs the others (mainly Branch, Sleepy, Judie, Archer and Reynard). Poppy gets out her ukulele and starts singing "The Sound of Silence", with other forest creatures joining in. Reynard asks Poppy for the ukulele and he just tosses it into the fire, to the others' liking.

After a few misadventured events during the journey, the group comes across a series of tunnels, which just one is supposed to lead them to Ogre Town. They meet a talking cloud named Cloud Guy, who offers to show them which path leads to Ogre Town, and which one leads to Death. Everybody gets annoyed with Cloud Guy when he tries to do a high-five, so a furious Branch breaks a stick and chases him through the tunnel with Poppy, Sleepy, Archer, Bella and Henry running after them, while the annoyed Woody, Judie, Penny and Reynard decide to take an elevator. Poppy and the gang wind up in Ogre Town and see how gloomy all the Ogres are in their everyday lives.

Once inside the Ogre King's castle, Poppy and the gang witness Laker apparently get eaten by the now King Gristle Jr., but Poppy remains hopeful that Laker survived (which Reynard annoying says to her "You really haven't got any brains at all, have you?"). They find the rest of the captured Trolls, being guarded by a scullery maid named Bridget. Poppy discovers that Bridget is secretly in love with Gristle (with Bella recognizing it as true love as well) and offers to help her get a date with the king while trying to confirm if Laker is alive.

While setting Bridget up for the date with a musical number, Branch refuses to sing and triggers an argument with Poppy, revealing that, as a child, his grandmother was captured and eaten while trying to save him, because his singing compromised his location to the Chef. Branch's guilt and shame over his grandmother's death caused his color to turn from blue to gray.

After Poppy comforts him with a hug, Branch decides to help Bridget and the Trolls, while Sleepy, Archer, Bella and Henry decide to search something for dinner (while disguising as Ogres) and Woody, Judie, Penny and Reynard (with the former two falling in love with the latter two) take a break in Bridget's room. Bridget, disguised under the name of 'Lady Glittersparkles', gets a date with Gristle at a roller rink and arcade restaurant and Gristle asks her to be his "plus one" at Trollstice. Poppy notices Laker being held captive in the jewel adorning the king's mantle.

Having helped Bridget, Poppy, her friends, Branch, Woody, a reluctant Judie (who severely distrusts Laker, thinking he was one of the reasons which Poppy is not a proper princess, and suspects him since he being alive is very suspicious for her), Penny and Reynard attempt to rescue Laker from Gristle's room and steal his jewel, but when they open it, he's not inside. They are then recaptured by the Chef's rats who then recognize Poppy as the Trolls' princess. The Chef then reveals that she is being helped by Laker, who is betraying them to spare himself from being eaten, revealing himself to be a coward, a faker and a backstabbing traitor, that he was never a Zen, and that his "captive" in the jewel was actually a trap, much to Poppy's shock and dismay. This causes Poppy to break up with Laker, who was a bit heartbroken, but didn't care. Laker returns to Troll Village, where, using Poppy's cowbell, he lures the other Trolls out of hiding, letting them be captured by the Chef, her rats and the other Ogre chefs who lie in ambush. Meanwhile, Sleepy, Archer, Bella and Henry are discovered by Gristle's guards (due to accidentally removing their Ogre disguises) and thrown into the pot with the other Trolls.

With all the Trolls captured and being ready to be served by the Ogres, a heartbroken Poppy, who becomes sad and depressed after being betrayed by her boyfriend, falls into despair and loses hope as she and all the other Trolls (including Branch's siblings) turn gray when she starts to cry. After being encouraged by Archer and Penny, reading a note from Poppy, and heeding an advice Bella has given to him before, Branch (even though he is gray) tries to sing "True Colors" for Poppy to cheer her up, and also confesses his love for her. Poppy, after regaining her colors and realizing she has fallen in love with Branch, returns his feelings and they, joined by Woody, Judie, Penny and Reynard, end up restoring all the Trolls' colors including Branch's.

Just before being served, the Trolls are rescued by Bridget, who is thankful for their help and for showing her how to be happy, while being ready to accept the Ogres' punishment for her 'treason'. While escaping, Poppy can't bring herself to abandon Bridget after a sacrifice that is sure to doom her life, and rallies Branch and the gang to attempt a permanent solution to the conflict by showing the Ogres that they can be happy too.

The Ogres are gathered for the feast, but Gristle wants to wait for his date. The Chef makes them start without her, but she opens the pot and finds that the Trolls are gone. Believing Bridget ate them all, the Chef and her henchrats furiously order the guards to seize Bridget, until Poppy, Branch, and their friends crash in on Bridget's skate (Poppy, her friends and Branch) and a flying car-like machine build by Henry (Branch's siblings and friends), respectively, and reveal that Bridget was in fact Lady Glittersparkles, and that for being happy it is not necessary to eat Trolls, as the feeling that Bridget and Gristle had on their date was happiness.

The Trolls then invite the Ogres to sing and dance with them, making the grey creatures feel the happiness that was already inside them and that they just needed help to access. The vengeful Chef refuses to accept the peace and tries to kill Poppy and Branch, but before she can do so, Bridget throws a wooden spoon at her head and knocks her into the serving cart and together with her henchrats and the traitor Laker, who was still in her pouch, roll out of Ogre Town, winding up in the wilderness where they are all devoured by a giant monster.

In the end, the Trolls live in peace with the now happy Ogres, Poppy is then declared queen of the Trolls, and Poppy and Branch start a romantic relationship and share a hug along with Woody, Judie, Penny and Reynard.

Cast and Characters

 * Samantha Mathis as Poppy; the cheerful and optimistic princess-turned-queen of her Troll Village, and the leader of the Snack Pack.
 * Jason Marsden as Branch;
 * Kate Higgins as Bridget;
 * Martin Short as King Gristle Jr.:
 * Robin Williams as Woody; Branch's crazy woodpecker-like adoptive brother who has an appreciation for humor. His immaturity tends to annoy those around him at times. He later falls in love with Penny.
 * Bill Farmer as Sleepy; Branch's lazy and perpetually drowsy adoptive brother and one of Branch's friends who is at times less concerned about what's happening around him, and more so about taking a nap.
 * Julie Andrews as Judie; Poppy's aristocratic mouse-like adoptive sister who tries to make her friends behave in a proper manner and is completely annoyed by her sister's optimism. She tends to be narcissistic at times, but will still remain loyal to her friends no matter what. She later falls in love with Reynard.
 * Lucille Bliss as Penny; a tomboyish bat-like Troll who is very athletic, tough, protective and strong. She is Bella's closest friend, and loves everything boyish. She later falls in love with Woody.
 * Billy Connelly as Archer; Branch's adoptive brother who has a habit of being mean, selfish, jerk-ish, shaggy, arrogant and short-tempered, but also kinder, well-meaning and caring. Throughout the film, he thinks that optimists are idiots just for not seeing reality, calling Poppy and her friends "idiots".
 * Hayley Mills as Bella; Branch's extra girly adoptive sister who is very fashionable, positive, romantic and sweet. She is Penny's closest friend, and loves everything girly.
 * John Candy as Henry; Branch's adoptive brother who is very inventive and talented, and loves to make cool new inventions. He always does his best to be helpful around others.
 * Danny DeVito as Reynard; a water rat-like Troll with a grumpy attitude and a short temper. Despite usually being stubborn, he still has a good heart even if he doesn't show it often. He later falls in love with Judie.
 * Dom DeLuise as Biggie; a chubby and friendly Troll who is never seen without his pet worm Mr. Dinkles.
 * Tress MacNeille as;
 * DJ Suki; the Trolls' resident disc jockey who uses DJ equipment made of insects.
 * Smidge; a young female Troll with superhuman strength.
 * The Fashion Twins; twin Trolls who are conjoined by their hair and are the most fashion forward. Satin is the tomboyish and funny twin, and Chenille is the ladylike and elegant twin.
 * Gilbert Gottfried as;

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List of Changes/Trivia

 * Bergens are called Ogres, like in Shrek.
 * Guy Diamond is fully clothed unlike in canon. He only sneezes out glitter.
 * Smidge speaks with a more girlish, yet tomboyish voice unlike in canon.
 * Creek is replaced by a new character named Laker, who is just the same as the original Creek, except he wears
 * There will be hybrid animal-like anthropomorphic Trolls in the film.
 * New characters are added to the film.
 * There will be original songs in the film unlike in canon.