Trolls: The Beat Goes On! facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
Genre	Fantasy Musical Comedy
Developed by	Matthew Beans Hannah Friedman Sam Friedman
Voices of	Skylar Astin Amanda Leighton Ron Funches Kari Wahlgren David Fynn Sam Lerner David Koechner Sean T. Krishnan Kevin Michael Richardson Fryda Wolff Walt Dohrn
Theme music composer	Jeannie Lurie, Mia Minichiello, and Matias Mora
Ending theme	various ending themes
Composer(s)	Alex Geringas Alana Da Fonseca (original songs)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	52 (103 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Matthew Beans
Producer(s)	Frank Molieri (supervising)
Running time	22 minutes (half-hours) 11 minutes (segments) 22 minutes (Party Crashed only)
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution (United States) Netflix (worldwide)
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19) – November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)
Chronology
Followed by	Trolls: TrollsTopia

Trolls: The Beat Goes On! is an American animated streaming television series produced by DreamWorks Animation that is based on the 3D computer-animated comedy musical film Trolls. The series was released on Netflix on January 19, 2018 exclusively in the United States, Canada, Latin America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Nordics, Benelux, and France. Amanda Leighton, Skylar Astin, Kari Wahlgren, Sam Lerner, David Kaye, David Fynn, Sean T. Krishnan, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Fryda Wolff 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 Ron Funches and Walt Dohrn reprise their roles as Cooper and Cloud Guy, also respectively. Matt Lowe also voices Creek in the series, who returns in "Creek Week".

Hannah Friedman, Sam Friedman, and Matthew Beans developed the series, with music from Alex Geringas 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 Trolls: TrollsTopia was released on Hulu in November 19, 2020. It was also released on Peacock on the same day.

Cast and characters

Main characters

• Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy, the sweet and optimistic Queen of the Trolls.
• Skylar Astin as Branch, an over-cautious, but good-hearted survivalist Troll and one of Poppy's best friends.
• David Fynn as:
  • Biggie, a large, friendly Troll and one of Poppy's friends.
  • Mr. Dinkles, Bigge’s pet worm.
• Fryda Wolff as:
  • DJ Suki, a Troll who uses DJ equipment made of insects and one of Poppy's friends.
  • Satin and Chenille, twin Trolls who are conjoined by their hair and love fashion and two of Poppy’s friends.
• Ron Funches as Cooper, a giraffe-like Troll and one of Poppy's friends.
• Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond, a glittery, naked Troll with a highly auto-tuned voice and one of Poppy's friends.
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge, a small female Troll with a masculine voice and one of Poppy's friends.

Supporting characters

• David Kaye as King Peppy, the former King of the Trolls and Poppy's father.
• Sam Lerner as King Gristle Jr., the King of the Bergens.
• Kari Wahlgren as:
  • Bridget, a Bergen who is a former scullery maid, Gristle Jr's girlfriend, and one of Poppy's best friends.
  • Harper, a very artistic Troll
• Matt Lowe as Creek, a Troll with zen-like wisdom and Branch's treacherous rival.
• Gary Cole as Sky Toronto, the boss and owner of Sky Toronto's Party Shop.
• Declan Churchil Carter as Keith, a young Troll.
• Abby Ryder Fortson as Priscilla, a young Troll.
• Kyla Carter as CJ Suki, DJ Suki's young niece.
• Walt Dohrn as:
  • Fuzzbert, a Troll completely covered with green hair with only his legs visible.
  • Cloud Guy, an anthropomorphic cloud 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.
• Kevin Michael Richardson 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.
• Pat Pinney Nangus, a Bergen who is in charge of the dungeon.
• Arnie Pantoja as Archer Pastery, a creature who was once part of a group called "The Party Crashers" and a new friend to Poppy and the Trolls.

Episodes

List of Trolls: The Beat Goes On! episodes

Soundtrack

Songs

All songs written and composed by Da Fonseca and Yaeger except written. 

Broadcast

The series was released internationally on Netflix. It was also released in the United States on Universal Kids, United Kingdom on Pop and Pop Max, in Australia on ABC Me, in Canada on Family, and in South Africa on e.tv.

The series was also released for broadcast in South Korea on Tooniverse. The main theme of the program, "Hair in the Air", is sung in its Korean version featuring vocals from Red Velvet's Yeri and NCT's Jeno, Jaemin, and Renjun.

See also

In Spanish: Trolls: The Beat Goes On! para niños