(Pop troll village is seen in Poppy's scrapbook, which she finishes telling the story and closes the book)
Poppy: "Twenty years ago today, King Peppy made us safe, and now every Troll is free to be happy and live in perfect…Harmony…"
Young Troll: "Harmony"
Young Troll: "Harmony"
(Screen reveals that Poppy has been telling the history of the Pop Trolls to the next generation)
"Wow, Poppy looks a lot like you, Viva," Clay said, causing Viva to smile in joy.
Young Troll: "And that's why we hug every hour."
Poppy: "Yep."
Young Troll: "I wish it was every half hour."
Poppy: "So do I. But that wouldn't leave much time for singing and dancing, now would it?" (Puts the book safely away)
Young Troll: "Princess Poppy, do the Bergens still want to eat us?"
Poppy: "You bet!" (All the young trolls gasp in fear)
"Smooth, haha" John Dory said, roaring in laughter.
Poppy: "But just because it's the only way they'll ever be happy."
Young Troll: (Young troll licks his arm) "Oh, no. I do taste delicious!"
Young Troll: "Isn't there anything else to make them happy?"
Young Troll: "Ooh. What about having birthday parties?"
Young Troll: "Or slumber parties?"
Young Troll: "Or staring at your parents while they sleep." (All the other young trolls look at each other uncomfortably)
"That's weird, kid," Bruce said, him and Clay chuckling in amusement.
Young Troll: "But I don't want to be food."
Poppy: "Don't worry. No Troll ever will be. And that's why we're celebrating with the biggest party ever. Everybody's gonna be there!"
Young Troll: "Everybody?" (Young troll appears out of Poppy's hair, wearing her cow bell as a hat)
Poppy: "Everybody." (Takes her cow bell and starts playing it. The flower in which Poppy and the young trolls were opens up and they start dancing while Poppy sings) Everybody, move your hair and feel united! Ohh! Everybody, shake your hair and feel united. Oh! Yeah! Everybody's coming to the celebration, I'ma hook you up with the invitation, let your hair swing and party with me, no bad vibes, just love, you'll see!"
"I can already tell she's also got your energy Viva, haha" Clay told Viva, both of them laughing.
"She's got a nice voice too," John Dory noted, nodding his head in approval.
DJ Suki & Poppy: "Do the D-A-N-C-E, one-two-three-four fight! Stick to the B-E-A-T, get ready to ignite!"
Poppy: "You are such a P-Y-T, catching all the lights. Just easy as A-B-C, that's how you make it right!"
Cooper: "It ain't hard out here, when you're doing it right! Put a smile on blast, that's the Troll life!"
Poppy: "And I'm here to help you through it! Come on, Smidge, I know you can do it!" (Encourages Smidge to lift a heavy weight with his hair)
Smidge: "Your confidence gives me strength!" (The weight lifts in the air, Poppy sitting on one of the ends. As it reaches the top of the trees, Poppy throws invitations below to her fellow trolls, who excitedly pick up the invites)
Biggie: "Okay, Mr. Dinkles." (Sets Mr. Dinkles up to take a picture) "Say leaves!" (Mr. Dinkles squeaks as one of the props for the pictures falls over. Biggie takes the picture and hangs it up)
Biggie: "Mmm. Something's missing."
"Glitter!" Viva said, snapping her fingers.
(Poppy mentions for Guy Diamond, who sprays glitter over the picture of Mr. Dinkles)
Biggie, Poppy, DJ Suki, Cooper & Smidge: "That's it!"
"Oh yeah," Viva said, pleased to see that she and her sister thought alike.
Biggie, Poppy, DJ Suki, Guy Diamond, Cooper, & Satin/Chenille: "Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop the beat. I can't stop, can't stop, can't stop the beat. I won't stop, won't stop, won't stop the beat."
"Didn't Cloud Guy say that Branch and Poppy know each other?" Bruce asked.
"Yeah, how come?" John Dory asked his younger brother.
"Well, where is he? We've just seen most of the trolls and Poppy's friends, but I haven't seen Branch at all yet," Bruce said, looking at all the trolls on the screen, trying to find his brother.
"Well, it has been twenty years since we last saw him. We may have already seen him but not have recognized it was him," Floyd said, now looking for his brother on screen too.
Poppy: "Go! Everybody, shake your hair and feel united. Ohh! Sunshine day, everybody's singing, sunshine day! Everybody, move your hair and feel united. Ohh! Yeah, ohh!"
Everyone: "Yeah!"
All the trolls in the audience applauded.
"Your sister seems awesome, Viva!" John Dory exclaimed.
"Yeah, she is awesome," Viva agreed, smiling at her sister on screen, glad to see how happy she and the other trolls were.
(All the trolls catch their breaths as a slow, steady clap turns their attention to a gray troll, leading against the bottom of a mushroom, holding a pile of sticks in his arms)
"Is that…a gray troll?" Bruce asked.
"Woah! You're right, that is! I've never seen one before…I thought gray trolls were only a myth…" John Dory said, staring at the gray troll with wide eyes.
"Huh? What does it mean to be a gray troll?" Viva asked, confused.
"You know how trolls usually have vibrant colors?" Floyd asked Viva, who nodded her head. "That's because they're happy. When a troll is depressed or completely broken down on the inside, they lose their color," Floyd sadly explained.
"So…they live a life of sadness and hopelessness?" Viva said, looking sadly at the gray troll. Floyd nodded his head in answer to her question. "That's awful."
"Yeah, it is. I wonder what happened to him?" Floyd wondered aloud.
Branch: (Speaking sarcastically and kinda rude) "Unbelievable, guys. Really, really great. Good job. I could hear you from a mile away!"
Vive widened her eyes at the troll's tone of voice. She's never heard a troll sound so angry and sarcastic before.
Poppy: "Good. I was worried we weren't projecting enough."
Branch: "Poppy, if I can hear you, (whispers) so can the Bergens."
"Wait a minute…Floyd, didn't you use to have a vest like that?" John Dory asked, pointing at the green vest the gray troll was wearing.
"Yeah, I did use to have one…" Floyd said, looking at the vest then to the gray troll, recognition crossing his face. "Wait, is that…"
Guy Diamond: "Oh, boy."
Cooper: "Here we go again."
Biggie: "Oh, Branch…"
"BRANCH!" All the brothers shouted.
"No. No way is that Branch!" John Dory said, pointing at the screen with a shaking finger.
Floyd and Bruce looked at each other with wide eyes and gaping mouths.
"Maybe it's a different Branch?" Viva suggested.
"No, that's Branch. That vest he's wearing, I gave it to him the day we left," Floyd said, feeling more ashamed of himself than ever for leaving.
"But-but how!? He was probably the happiest one out of all of us when we were together!" Clay said, trying to process what he was seeing and hearing.
"Maybe that's why. Maybe…it's because we left him…" Bruce said, looking at each of his brothers in turn, all of them letting his words sink in and feeling guilt wash over them.
"We did this to him…" John Dory said, and everyone knew it wasn't a question, but the truth.
Satin: "You always ruin everything."
Chenille: "Warning us about the Bergens."
Branch: "No, I don't."
(Screen shows past encounters of Branch ruining events to warn the trolls about the Bergens)
Branch: (At a birthday party; tips over the cake) "The Bergens are coming! Ahhh!" (At a wedding; tips over the cake) "The Bergens are coming! Ahhh!" (At a funeral; tips over the coffin) "The Bergens are coming! Ahhh!"
The brothers looked at each other, questioningly.
"Why is he so scared of the Bergen's? He's never encountered one before. And as Cloud Guy said, Branch moved in with the trolls after they escaped from Bergen Town and we didn't even know about them until, well, watching this," John Dory said, gesturing to the screen.
"For all we know, he could have encountered a Bergen," Floyd told his oldest brother, concern showing on all their faces. What exactly did their youngest brother go through these past twenty years?
(Screen goes back to the present)
Poppy: "Come on! We haven't seen a Bergen in 20 years. They're not gonna find us."
Branch: "No, they're not going to find me, because I'll be in my highly camouflaged, heavily fortified, Bergen-proof survival bunker."
"Highly camouflaged, heavily fortified, Bergen-proof survival bunker…" John Dory repeated slowly. "Huh. He's taking this seriously."
Poppy: "You mean you're not coming to the party tonight?"
Satin & Chenille: "But it's going to be the biggest…"
DJ Suki: "The loudest…"
Cooper: "The craziest party ever!"
(Group of trolls cheer for excitement, all except Branch)
"Sounds fun!" Viva exclaimed, wishing she were there.
Branch: "Big? Loud? Crazy? You're just gonna lead the Bergens right to us!"
"I actually have to agree with Branch on this one, Viva," Clay said. "It sounds risky."
Cooper: "Are you sure you wanna invite this party pooper to poop on your party?"
The brothers narrowed their eyes at Cooper's words. Despite the fact that their brother had turned gray, they hoped that he wouldn't be judged and still invited to join the other trolls in their events.
Poppy: "Yes. I think everyone deserves to be happy."
Branch: "I don't do happy."
At these words, the brothers flinched, blaming themselves for the troll their brother had become.
Poppy: "Branch, I know you have happiness inside you. You just need our help to find it! (Pulls out a special invitation she personally made for him which starts singing: Celebrate freedom from the Bergens! Branch looks unimpressed while glitter sprays out of the invitation onto his face)
"I don't think he's going to like that…" Bruce said.
Poppy: "What do you say, Branch?"
(Branch takes the invitation, throws it to the ground, and steps on it, causing the group of trolls to gasp)
Viva and the brothers gasp as they watch Branch stomp on Poppy's invitation.
"What'd he do that for!? Poppy was inviting him!" Viva said, upset that Branch would do that.
"That's a good question Viva," John Dory said quietly. Branch was never violent back home, but now, Branch seemed like a whole new troll. Unrecognizable to the brothers.
"It's like we don't even know him…" Clay sadly said, echoing John's thoughts.
Smidge: "Oh my gosh."
Branch: "I wouldn't be caught dead at your party, but you will be. Caught and dead." (Wipes the glitter off his face and draws his finger across his throat to emphasis the dead part)
"Dang…he just tells them straight up what he's thinking doesn't he," John Dory said.
Bruce, Clay and Floyd exchanged sad and guilty looks.
Creek: "Whoa, whoa. Easy, Branch, easy." (Creek appears by the group, being carried by a beetle) "Thank you for providing safe passage, brother. Namaste." (After thanking the beetle for the safe travel, he turns to Branch who backs away from him, disgusted) "Okay, first of all, mate, thanks for sharing your unique perspective on things. Again."
"Something tells me Branch really does not like that guy," Bruce observed, noting Branch's face as he glared at Creek.
(Biggie and Cooper snicker in amusement)
"Does no one take Branch seriously?" Clay asked, exasperated by the way the trolls were treating Branch. He knew from personal experience what it was like to not be taken seriously. Though, now that he thought about it, Branch also wasn't really acting in a way that made other trolls want to befriend him…
Creek: "But, just for now, why don't you try on some positivity, eh? A little positivity might go with that vest." (Branch looks disgusted by Creek and moves away from him)
Branch: "Okay, fine. I'm positive you all are going to get eaten."
The brothers look at each other, unsure whether they were to find that humorous or downright concerning.
(Hug time bracelets go off)
Poppy: "Hug time!"
Creek: "It is hug time."
All (except for Branch): "Hug time!" (The group of trolls get in for a group hug, pulling Branch in with them which he strongly dislikes and tries to escape. He ends up being next to Creek and Guy Diamond, both of which are hugging him)
Biggie: "Oh, that feels good."
Creek: "Our hearts are synchronizing!"
Guy Diamond: "I can squeeze you forever."
"Oh man, he's really not enjoying that," John Dory commented.
"He used to love hugs though! He'd give them to us all the time!" Bruce said, missing his youngest brother and wishing he were with them right now. Though, preferably the happy Branch he knew and remembered, not the stranger he was watching on screen.
"I miss hug time," Viva said, sighing as she watches the trolls hug.
(Branch finally manages to escape. Once he does, he picks up his collection of sticks and begins to walk away. Poppy notices him leaving and approaches him)
"I wonder what the sticks are for?" Floyd wondered aloud.
Branch: (To Poppy) "Someday, when the Bergens find us and the survival of every Troll is in your hands, I sure hope the answer is singing, dancing, and hugging because that's all you know how to do!"
"Ouch, that was pretty harsh, Branch," John Dory said, while Viva narrowed her eyes at Branch.
Biggie: "That is not true! Poppy can also scrapbook."
Branch: "I can't believe you're gonna be queen one day." (Turns around and walks off. At this point, all the other trolls have ended the hug)
"Guys, your brother is really rude!" Viva said, crossing her arms and looking unhappily at Branch on screen.
"Okay, Viva, I promise he was not like this as a kid," John Dory said, trying to cover up for his brother.
"That doesn't change the fact that the way he's treating my sister isn't okay!" Viva shot back at John, silencing him.
"You know, when Cloud Guy said we were going to watch Branch's past, I was not expecting this," Bruce said sadly.
"I know. I still can't believe he lost his colors," Clay said, agreeing with his older brother.
Creek: "Tune out his negative vibrations, Poppy. They're toxic. Some folks (throws a sour look toward the leaving figure of Branch) just don't want to be happy."
Poppy: "I guess."
Creek: "You guessed right. Boop." (Creek boops Poppy on the nose, which she smiles at)
"Hold up, do they like each other!" Viva asked, sitting up straight and narrowing her eyes at Creek, her protective side for her sister once again kicking in.
