''Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' is an American animated

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series produced by

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. The show, based on the 3D computer-animated comedy musical film ''

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.'' It was released on

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on January 19, 2018, in the United States and New Zealand. This takes place between the events of the first film and the sequel, ''

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''.

Amanda Leighton Amanda Leighton is an American actress. She is known for her voice acting as Blossom in the 2016 Cartoon Network animated series ''The Powerpuff Girls'', Poppy in the 2018 Netflix animated series '' Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'', and Polly Planta ...

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, Sean T. Krishnan,

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, and

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provide the new voices for Princess Poppy, Branch, Bridget, King Gristle, King Peppy, Biggie and Mr. Dinkles, Guy Diamond, Smidge, DJ Suki and Satin & Chenille for this series respectively; only

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reprise their roles as Cooper and Cloud Guy, also respectively. Matt Lowe also voices Creek in the series, who returns in "Creek Week".

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, Sam Friedman, and Matthew Beans developed the series, with music from

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and original songs by Alana Da Fonseca. James Zahn of ''The Rock Father'' confirmed that there would be a second season, which was released on March 9 and consists of seven episodes. The third season was released on August 24, 2018, the fourth season on November 2, 2018, the fifth season on January 18, 2019, the sixth season on April 9, 2019, the seventh season on August 27, 2019, and the eighth and final season was released on November 22, 2019. A new ''Trolls'' series called '' Trolls: TrollsTopia'' was released on

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on November 19, 2020. It was also released on

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Cast and characters

Main characters

as Queen Poppy, the excitable and optimistic queen of the Trolls *

as Branch, an over-cautious, but good-hearted survivalist Troll and Poppy's best friend *

as: ** Biggie, a large, friendly Troll ** Mr. Dinkles, Biggie's pet worm *

as: ** DJ Suki, a cheerful and positive Troll who uses DJ equipment made of insects ** Satin and Chenille, twin Trolls with a flair for fashion design and conjoined by their hair. Satin is very cheerful and talkative while Chenille is calm and sassy. *

as Cooper, a giraffe-like Troll * Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond, a glittery, naked Troll with a highly

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voice *

as Smidge, a small, inordinately strong female Troll with a masculine voice

Supporting characters

as King Peppy, the former king of the Trolls and Poppy's father *

as King Gristle Jr., the king of the Bergens *

as: ** Bridget, a Bergen who is a former scullery maid, Gristle Jr's girlfriend, and Poppy's best friend ** Harper, a very artistic, creative, sassy, jocund, competitive and optimistic Troll who loves to paint * Matt Lowe as Creek, a Troll with zen-like wisdom and Branch's treacherous

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as Sky Toronto, the boss and owner of Sky Toronto's Party Shop * Declan Churchil Carter as Keith, a young Troll *

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

as: ** Fuzzbert, a Troll whose legs are the only thing visible besides his hair ** Cloud Guy, an

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who often makes fun of Branch * Sainty Nelsen as Nova Swift, a trendsetter and fashionista Troll * Jonah Platt as Milton Moss, a gentle critter keeper and veterinarian Troll and Smidge's love interest * Fryda Wolff as: ** Dr. Moonbloom, a medical Troll who has a habit of saying things dramatically ** Gia Grooves, a kind, glittery Troll who run the daycare center * Alexa Kahn as Tug Duluth, a tour guide Troll *

as: ** Klaus Von Frousting, a Troll who applies frosting ** Groth, an upper class Bergen with high standards ** Chad and Todd, the guards of the Royal Bergen family *

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as Nangus, a Bergen who is in charge of the dungeon *

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as Archer Pastry, a creature who was once part of a group called "The Party Crashers" and a new friend to Poppy and the Trolls *

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as Cybil, a fortune teller Troll

Episodes

Soundtrack

Songs

Broadcast

The series was released internationally on

. It was also aired on linear television in the United States on

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, in the United Kingdom on Pop,

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and

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, in Australia on

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, in Canada on

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, in South Africa on

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, in Southeast Asia on DreamWorks Channel Asia, in the Philippines on TV5 ( dubbed in

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) and in Pakistan on Pop. The series was also released for broadcast in South Korea on

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. The main theme of the program, "Hair in the Air", is sung in its Korean version featuring vocals from Red Velvet's

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and NCT's Jeno, Jaemin, and Renjun.

Home media

''Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Seasons 1 - 4'', containing all of the episodes from seasons 1–4, was released on DVD on May 7, 2019, by

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References

External links

* at DreamWorks TV * at

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