Trolls Band Together is a 2023 American computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the Good Luck Trolls dolls created by Thomas Dam. The sequel to Trolls World Tour (2020) and the third installment in the franchise, the film was directed by Walt Dohrn and features an ensemble cast that includes the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Eric Andre, Camila Cabello, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, Kenan Thompson, Daveed Diggs, Scott Mescudi, Troye Sivan, Zosia Mamet, and RuPaul Charles. In this film, Poppy and Branch comes to adventures with Branch's fourth brother John Dory to rescue Floyd from the duo pop star iconic villain to be reuniting after Branch's boyband "BroZone" was disbranded.
The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on November 17, 2023, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from film critics.
A sequel Trolls 4 is in development.
Plot[]
Years ago, Branch and his four older brothers John Dory, Spruce, Clay, and Floyd perform as a boyband called BroZone. When their hesitations and stress of maintaining their boyband images prevent them from performing the Perfect Family Harmony, a powerful ability that Trolls can achieve when they are in complete sync, during a concert, John Dory, Spruce, and Clay argue, break up the band and go their separate ways, breaking Floyd and Branch's hearts. Floyd, Branch's closest brother, also leaves, but not before saying goodbye to Branch and promises to come back one day. Branch is left alone to be raised by his grandmother Rosiepuff.
In the present, about a month after preventing the Rock Apocalypse, Branch and Poppy attend Bridget and Gristle's wedding in Bergen Town. They are interrupted by John Dory, who says that Floyd has been captured by Velvet and Veneer, two Mount Rageon teenagers who wish to be pop stars. The siblings have imprisoned Floyd in a diamond perfume bottle, which they use to extract his essence and improve their singing, but the process could eventually kill him. As the Perfect Family Harmony is the only thing that can shatter diamond, Branch reluctantly agrees to help John Dory find their brothers and rescue Floyd. Along with Poppy and Tiny Diamond, they set out in John Dory's armadillo-like portable van named Rhonda while Bridget and Gristle's honeymoon begins.
They find Spruce at the Vacay Island resort, where he has changed his name to Bruce and started a family. Bruce is reluctant to help, until his wife and 13 kids convince him to do so. The group later finds Clay, who quickly decided to help, at an abandoned Bergen miniature golf course, inhabited by a hidden colony of Pop Trolls who do not know that the Bergens are no longer their enemies, having been separated from the other Pop Trolls when they fled the final Trollstice. Viva, the colony's leader, reveals herself to be Poppy's long-lost sister. At first, Poppy is delighted, but the visit turns sour when Viva refuses to believe the Bergens have changed, and tries to stop Poppy's group from leaving the golf course. They manage to escape thanks to Clay, and Poppy and Viva separate with broken hearts.
Meanwhile, Velvet and Veneer continue to strip Floyd of his essence, and Velvet reveals that she forged a letter in order to bait Floyd's brothers to come and rescue him. Furthermore, the siblings' assistant Crimp invents shoulder-pad suits that enhance the extraction, which they plan to use when they capture all of BroZone.
The Trolls make it to Mount Rageous, but once again argue and fail to reach Perfect Family Harmony. When his brothers decide they will split up again after saving Floyd, Branch scolds them for abandoning their family and still treating him like a baby, revealing to them that he lived his whole life alone after their grandmother got eaten. Branch, Poppy, and Tiny went to rescue Floyd on their own, but Velvet and Veneer capture John Dory, Bruce, and Clay, making a rescue even more difficult. Meanwhile, Bridget and Gristle stumble onto the golf course and were attacked by the Putt-Putt trolls until Viva releases them after realizing her mistake.
Branch and Poppy confront Velvet and Veneer when they start mingling with a crowd of fans, prompting them to drive away in their limo. During the ensuing chase, Velvet and Veneer begin using the shoulder-pads to extract the essence from Branch's brothers in order to put on a show. Branch and Poppy are soon helped by Viva, who joined forces with Bridget and Gristle, and they save Branch's brothers, except Floyd.
Seeing that Floyd is just about out of essence, Branch tells his three brothers that they do not need to be perfect in order to be in harmony and they just have to be as they are as a family. Taking Branch's words to heart and accepted that he has grown up, John Dory, Bruce, and Clay decide to follow his lead. They, along with Poppy and Viva, perform the "Perfect Family Harmony" and break free of their prisons just as Floyd loses the last of his essence and dies, but he is quickly revived by his brothers' essences and love. Veneer, who had been second-guessing Velvet's machinations, publicly confesses their crimes, simultaneously enraging his sister and sending themselves to prison. Shortly after this happens, Poppy kisses Branch.
The Trolls return to Vacay Island and witness BroZone's comeback concert, joined by Kismet, another band Branch was once part of. Later, Poppy and Viva join BroZone, under Branch's proposal, as honorary members.
In the mid-credits scene, Tiny was having a therapy, recounting the events to Mr. Dinkles, and he wants to know if the session is going to be covered by insurance, and Mr. Dinkles makes it clear that he has no network.
Cast[]
- Justin Timberlake as Branch
- Iris Dohrn as Baby Branch
- Anna Kendrick as Poppy
- Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond
- Troye Sivan as Floyd
- Camila Cabello as Viva
- Eric Andre as John Dory
- Daveed Diggs as Spruce
- Scott Mescudi as Clay
- Amy Schumer as Velvet
- Brianna Mazzola as Velvet's singing voice
- Andrew Rannalls as Veneer
- Zooey Deschanel as Bridget
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Gristle
- Zosia Mamet as Crimp
- RuPaul Charles as Miss Maxine
- Aino Jawo as Satin
- Caroline Hjelt as Chenille
- Anderson .Paak as Prince D
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond
- David Fynn as Biggie
- Dillon Francis as Kid Ritz
- Patti Harrison as Brandy
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Dinkles
- GloZell L. Green as Grandma Rosiepuff
- Lance Bass as Boom
- Chris Kirkpatrick as Trickee
- Joey Fatone as Ablaze
- JC Chasez as Hype
- Walt Dohrn as Cloud Guy and King Peppy
- Titus Blake, Terri Douglas, Nicole Lynn Evans, Jakari Fraser, Arif S. Kinchen, Matthew Yang King, Nick Kishiyama, Kayla Melikian, Scott Menville, Liza Del Mundo, Zeno Robinson, Kaitlyn Robrock, Roger Craig Smith, Fred Tatasciore, Kari Wahlgren, and Secunda Wood as an additional voices
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