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{{Infobox television

| image = Trollstopia logo.png

| genre = {{Plainlist|

* [[Fantasy]]

* [[Comedy]]

}}

| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Trolls (film)|Trolls]]''|[[DreamWorks Animation]]}}

| developer = {{Plainlist|

* [[Kenan Thompson]]

* [[Ron Funches]]

* [[Kat Graham]]

* [[J. P. Karliak|John Paul Karliak]]

* [[Jeanine Mason]]

* [[Vladimir Caamaño]]

* [[Megan Hilty]]

* [[Eric Lopez (voice actor)|Eric Lopez]]

| runtime = 23 minutes

| company = [[DreamWorks Animation Television]]<br>[[Atomic Cartoons]]

* [[Hulu]]

* [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]

}}

| first_aired = {{Start date|2020|11|19}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2022|8|11}}

}}

'''''Trolls: TrollsTopia''''' is an animated television series produced by [[DreamWorks Animation]] based on the 3D computer-animated comedy musical films ''[[Trolls (film)|Trolls]]'' and ''[[Trolls World Tour]]'', and the sequel to ''[[Trolls: The Beat Goes On!]]'', taking place between ''World Tour'' and ''[[Trolls Band Together]]''. The series premiered on [[Hulu]] and [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] on November 19, 2020. A second season was released on March 18, 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|first=Janice |last=Williams |date=2021-02-23|title=What's coming to Hulu in March 2021? Full list of releases|url=https://www.newsweek.com/hulu-march-2021-releases-movies-1571366|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> a third season was released on June 10, 2021,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/AW-yNILee_A Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210519213351/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-yNILee_A Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-yNILee_A| title = TROLLSTOPIA {{!}} Season 3 Trailer | website=[[YouTube]]| date = May 19, 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://decider.com/2021/05/17/new-on-hulu-june-2021/|title=New on Hulu June 2021|date=May 17, 2021|access-date=May 29, 2021|work=[[Decider (website)|Decider]]|first=Greta|last=Bjornson}}</ref>

After the events of the [[Trolls World Tour|second film]], the series focuses on Poppy building TrollsTopia, a community where all the Troll tribes can live together and learn about each other's cultures.

 

On January 17, 2020, DreamWorks announced a new ''Trolls'' TV series, titled ''Trolls: TrollsTopia'', to be distributed exclusively on [[Hulu]] and [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]. The series was originally scheduled to be released on April 15, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|title=Hulu Orders Kids Series 'Madagascar: A Little Wild', 'TrollsTopia' & 'The Mighty Ones' – TCA|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/hulu-orders-kids-series-madagascar-a-little-wild-trollstopia-the-mighty-ones-tca-1202833552/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 17, 2020}}</ref> The announcement came alongside those for DreamWorks films ''[[The Croods: A New Age]]'' and ''[[The Boss Baby: Family Business]]'', other DreamWorks and Universal-related properties such as ''[[Cleopatra in Space (TV series)|Cleopatra in Space]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo? (2019 TV series)|Where's Waldo?]]'', ''[[The Mighty Ones]]'' and ''[[Madagascar: A Little Wild]]'', and new episodes of ''[[Curious George (TV series)|Curious George]]''.

 

Animator and director Jim Mortensen had also returned for the series, but as of February 2020,<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1332394456226557957|user=jimmortensen|title=@EndaMcnabola I can't recall the episode number, but I left in Feb 2020. It was weird, cause my last day at DW was…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> he left production of the show.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vidani|first=Peter|title=jim m.|url=https://jimmortensen.tumblr.com/post/616866756608278528/do-you-have-a-favorite-memory-from-working-on|access-date=2021-01-18|website=jim m.|language=en}}</ref>

 

===Main===

* [[Lauren Mayhew]] as Val Thundershock, the ambassador representing the Hard Rock Trolls who resides in Rock Hollow

* [[Megan Hilty]] as Holly Darlin’, the ambassador representing the Country Western Trolls who resides in Country Corral

* [[Michael-Leon Wooley]] as Lownote Jones, the ambassador representing the Funk Trolls who resides in Vibe Town

* [[Vladimir Caamaño]] as Synth, the ambassador representing the Techno Trolls who resides in Techno Lagoon

* [[Eric Lopez (voice actor)|Eric Lopez]] as Gust Tumbleweed, a Country Western Troll and the sheriff of Country Corral

* [[Jeanine Mason]] as Minuet Sonata, a Classical Troll who plays the violin and a friend of Dante

** Biggie, a large, friendly Pop Troll and the owner of Mr. Dinkles

** Mr. Dinkles, Biggie's pet worm

** DJ Suki, a Pop Troll who uses DJ equipment made of insects

** Satin and Chenille, twin Pop Trolls with a flair for fashion design and are conjoined by their hair

*** Fryda Wolff also portrayed Dr. Moonbloom, a medical Pop Troll who has a habit of saying things dramatically

* Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond, a glittery, naked Pop Troll with a highly [[auto-tuned]] voice

* [[Kenan Thompson]] as Tiny Diamond, a baby glittery Hip-Hop Troll and Guy Diamond's son

* [[Tru Valentino]] as Blaze Powerchord, a Rock Troll who is a talented "mouth guitar" player

* [[David Kaye (voice actor)|David Kaye]] as King Peppy, the former king of the Pop Trolls and Poppy's father

* Anthony Lee Medina as King Trollex, the king of the Techno Trolls

* [[Abby Ryder Fortson]] as Priscilla, a young Pop Troll

* Kyla Carter as CJ Suki, DJ Suki's young niece

* [[Gary Cole]] as Sky Toronto, the boss and owner of Sky Toronto's Party Shop

** Stripe Smiley, the owner of the candy bar, Fun Dungeon Prize Corner, Tunnel of Friendship & Theme Park

** Creek, a spiritual Pop Troll

* Corina Boettger as Marshtato Mary, a creature who is the enemy of Trolls

 

===Series overview===

{{Series overview

"Branch Out of Water": When the Techno Trolls take over Branch's favorite [[hot springs]] and disrupt his morning routine, he has to go down to Techno Lagoon to reach an understanding with Synth, a Troll with whom he has nothing in common.

'''Song:''' "Best Of Friends"

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Aux1_2 = "The Snug-a-lug Situation"

| DirectedBy_1 = Amy Mai

| DirectedBy_2 = Yaron Farkash

| WrittenBy_2 = {{StoryTeleplay|ex1label=Written by|ex1=Marie Cheng |ex2label=Storyboard by|ex2=Andrew Bendik, Aaron Fryer, Joshua Angeles, Lake Fama}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|19}}

| Aux1_2 = "Cloud Control"

| DirectedBy_1 = Yaron Farkash

| WrittenBy_1 = {{StoryTeleplay|ex1label=Written by|ex1=Teresa Kale |ex2label=Storyboard by|ex2=David Cheng, Lake Fama}}

| WrittenBy_2 = {{StoryTeleplay|ex1label=Written by|ex1=Marie Cheng |ex2label=Storyboard by|ex2=Pat Pakula, Lake Fama}}

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Aux1_2 = "Laguna Tidepool & the Lost Game Room"

| DirectedBy_1 = Yaron Farkash

| WrittenBy_2 = {{StoryTeleplay|ex1label=Written by|ex1=Keith Wagner |ex2label=Storyboard by|ex2= Andrew Bendik, Michelle Thompkins-Lima}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|3|18}}

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"My Dinner with Dante": Dante Crescendo opens up a fancy new [[restaurant]], in order to introduce the rest of TrollsTopia to fine Classical dining, but Holly does not respond with her usual "Woo-Hoo" of enthusiasm, so Dante attempts to change his restaurant in the hopes of gaining her approval.

| WrittenBy_2 = {{StoryTeleplay|ex1label=Written by|ex1=Keith Wagner|ex2label=Storyboard by|ex2=Aaron Fryer, David Cheng, Michelle Thompkins-Lima}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|9|2}}

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"Flyer's Ed": Lownote Jones teaches a [[class (education)|class]] on how to fly the Funk spaceship.

| ShortSummary = "Don't Make Me Laugh!": Cooper enters The Great TrollsTopia [[Laugh]] Out Bout where Trolls try to make each other laugh without laughing back.

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| NumParts = 2

| WrittenBy_2 = Keith Wagner

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|9}}

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"Art Breaker": Poppy must recreate one of Synth's [[painting]]s after accidentally destroying the original.

| WrittenBy_2 = John D'Arco

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|9}}

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"The Tunnel of Friendship": Synth and Minuet decide to commemorate their friendship with a [[water ride|ride]] down the Tunnel of Friendship, but Synth is [[Nyctophobia|afraid of the dark]], so Holly and Poppy try to help him cure his fear.

| WrittenBy_2 = Benjamin Siemon

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|9}}

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| NumParts = 2

| ShortSummary = "The Not So Good Sport": A [[K-Pop]] girl group comes into town, searching for a Troll labeled a "Not-So-Good Sport", who turns out to be none other than Gust Tumbleweed!

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| NumParts = 2

| ShortSummary = "Stop the Presses": TrollsTopia starts its own [[newspaper]], the Fabloid, and Branch and Poppy must keep Laguna, TrollsTopia's best [[reporter]], from finding out one of their biggest secrets.

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| NumParts = 2

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"Journey to the Center of TrollsTopia": When an underground river of [[lava]] threatens all of Rock Hollow, Poppy leads the Hard Rock Trolls deep under the [[land|earth]] to save the day.

| NumParts = 2

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| ShortSummary = "A Life Less Score-dinary": After finding out via the monthly "Life in TrollsTopia" survey results that the trolls find everything to be "Super Fun", instead of last month's "Super Duper Fun", Poppy decides to make TrollsTopia more exciting than usual by adding intense [[soundtrack]] and [[narration]], courtesy of Dante Crescendo and Lownote Jones.

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| NumParts = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Aux1_1 = "Funder Construction"

| DirectedBy_1 = Dan Riba

| DirectedBy_2 = Yaron Farkash

| ShortSummary = "Gal Pal Getawaycation": Val has gone out of her way to plan a [[vacation]] with Poppy and Holly, but the quaint little [[cottage|cabin]] in the woods turns out to be a neglected disaster. Not wanting all that planning to be in vain, Poppy and Holly try to convince Val that her vacation isn't anything less than perfect.

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In the United States, the series premiered on [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] and [[Hulu]] on November 19, 2020. Outside the United States, it aired on [[YTV (Canadian TV network)|YTV]] in Canada on December 14, 2020. The series airs on [[DreamWorks Channel|DreamWorks Channel Asia]], [[Sky Kids (TV channel)|Sky Kids]] in the UK, [[Boomerang (French TV channel)|Boomerang]] in France and [[Cartoon Network (Latin American TV channel)|Cartoon Network]] in Latin America, and [[GMA Network]] in the Philippines on February 3, 2024 under the network's ''Astig Authority'' Saturday and Sunday morning block. This marks also the 2nd Season of the Filipino Dub after [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|TV5]]'s The Beat Goes On.

 

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* {{Official website|https://press.hulu.com/shows/trolls-trollstopia/}} at [[Hulu]]

* {{Official website|https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/trolls-trollstopia/}} at [[Peacock TV]]