The following is a transcript for the episode "Bring It In".
Script
(Poppy is making an announcement to the Tribes.)
Poppy: TrollsTopians, I have good news! At long last, our Hug Watches have synchronized to the local hug time zone. (Smidge takes out a chart.)
Smidge: Snuggle standard time.
All: Aw!
Country Troll #1: Now that’s just cute!
Poppy: Now, if you all just form an orderly line, you can pick up your watches and get ready for our first official hug time! (A leaf reveals Hug Watches for each Tribe.) Which is in 12 seconds.
Smidge: Forget the orderly line! Form a chaotic mob! (The Trolls from each Tribe run and get their Hug Watches.)
Country Troll #2: (Jumping with a Country Hug Watch to a female Country Troll) Whoo!
Country Hug Watch: It’s hug time, y’all!
Country Troll #2 and #3: Yee-haw! Woo-hoo-hoo! (They hug each other. A Funk Troll couple are playing with their bass guitars. Soon, their Hug Watches go off.)
Funk Troll Couple: Hug time, baby! (They hug and wrap their necks around each other while still playing their bass guitars. Poppy and Smidge are hugging each other with their eyes closed. Smidge opens one of her eyes and sees that the Classical Trolls are not hugging.)
Smidge: Uh… Poppy? Something’s wrong with the Classical Trolls. (Poppy sees the Classical Trolls staying still.)
Poppy: No hugs? Uh… We better go see what’s wrong.
Smidge: Can we keep hugging?
Poppy: Of course. (Still hugging each other, she and Smidge walk over to Dante. Cooper, Biggie, Guy Diamond, Satin and Chenille come over as well.) Uh… Hey, Dante. Why aren’t you hugging? Is everything OK?
Dante: Perfectly fine. Classical Trolls simply… (clears his throat) … don’t hug. (Poppy looks shocked as her friends let out a huge gasp.)
Poppy: Uh… Let’s go talk in private. (While she guides Dante away, Smidge, Satin, Chenille, Biggie, Cooper, and Guy Diamond faint.) Dante, if you don’t hug, how do Classical Trolls show love and affection?
Dante: We find dignified bows officiant. (He bows and his hair hangs over Poppy.)
Poppy: Oh, like at the end of a play. (laughs) A long, formal emotionally guarded play.
Dante: Precisely.
Poppy: But what about those special times when you’re bursting with emotion and you just have to… DAAAAH! (She hugs herself.)
Dante: Oh! (chuckles) We have those. (We go to the past where a female Classical Troll just gave birth.)
Classical Troll #1: Congratulations. It’s a baby girl. (The parents bow along with the baby. Then we go back to the present.)
Dante: But we certainly don’t want to be left out of a TrollsTopia in custom. Very well, Poppy. May I have a hug? (Poppy gives him a hug.) Oh! (Poppy lets him go.) I… I found that… uninspiring.
Poppy: What?! That can’t be your reaction to your first hug! Here, let me try again. (She hugs Dante again.) Huh?
Dante: Mondain.
Poppy: Wha-? (She hugs Dante again.) Huh?
Dante: Conundrum. (Poppy sighs and hugs him again.) Bland. (Poppy hugs him again.)
Poppy: Huh?
Dante: Lackluster! (Poppy screams and falls on her face.)
Poppy: (Getting up) OK, don’t worry. We’re gonna go up to Classical Crest and I’m not leaving until you understand the magic of hugs. (She hugs Dante for the last time.)
Dante: (gasps) Pedestrian! (Poppy screams with anger. At Classical Crest, she talks to the Classical Trolls.)
Poppy: To appreciate hugs, I think all you need is a little practice. Let’s start nice and slow… by hugging this. (She shows a statue of a Classical Troll.) Who wants to try? (A Classical Troll named Minuet Sonata raises her hand.)
Minuet: Oh, oh! Minuet Sonata. I’m a fast study. They say it takes 10,000 hours to master a cramp. I learned the violin in four.
Poppy: Wow. You’re a real go-getter, aren’t you?
Minuet: And what language do you want me to answer that? I speak 17,000. Actually, no. I got carried away there. It’s 17. (She gets up and goes to the statue.)
Poppy: All right, we might have ourselves a winner here, Trolls! Now arms out.
Minuet: (Putting her arms in the air) Like this?
Poppy: No, that’s too high.
Minuet: But is this right? (She puts her arms down.)
Poppy: ‘Kay, now they’re too low.
Minuet: Oh, OK. Hang on. (She puts one arm up and the other down.)
Poppy: Raise your right arm. Raise your right arm. Raise your right arm. Your right arm, not your leg. (She sighs annoyingly.)
Minuet: Is it right? (We can see that her arms and legs are wrapped around each other.)
Poppy: No. No, it’s not. (She and the Classical Trolls go back to the Pop Village market.) Maybe it would help you guys to see a few more examples of the real thing. (She jumps out of the bush they are hiding.) SURPRISE HUG PARTY! (The Trolls gasp and hug each other. Three Troll children in three Trolls’ hair hug each other. Two Glitter Trolls hug each other while in the air and doing a glitter fart.) Now you try. Just do what naturally comes to you.
Dante: What comes naturally. Well, I suppose we could keep our backs straight, like so? (He straightens his legs because they are crossed.)
Poppy: That’s it!
Minuet: Yes, yes! And… and maybe if we extend our arms like this. (She spreads her arms out like she is about to hug and Poppy gasps.)
Dante: That does seem promising! Then one arm in. (He and Minuet put one of their arms in.)
Poppy: Wait.
Minuet: And perhaps if we lean into the hug.
Poppy: Uh, guys? (Dante and Minuet bow to each other.)
Dante and Minuet: We’re doing it! We’re hugging! Thank you! (Poppy does a face palm. Back at Classical Crest, she draws on a chart.)
Poppy: OK, let’s try again. (She sees the Classical Trolls sulking.) Guys, what’s wrong?
Dante: Oh, let’s face it, Poppy. We’ll never hug successfully! We’re inadequate.
Minuet: It seems hug time is just going to be an aspect of TrollsTopia that we won’t be a part of.
Poppy: No! Don’t quit now! Trust me. When you finally get it, a hug will make you feel better than you’ve felt before like… like… Can you give me a high C, Dante?
Dante: That I can do! (He takes a piano out of his hair and starts playing it. As Poppy sings Bring It In, the Classical Trolls get better at hugging.)
(Poppy)
Bring it in
I know that hugging’s kind of new to you
Listen, when you’re feelin’ something good
Want to share it, with the neighborhood
Yeah you wanna, spread the love
Just do it with a hug, do it with a hug
If you’re low, feelin’ down
I can bring you around
With some love and energy
So bring it in
I know that hugging’s new to you
Just bring it in
I’m feelin’ the love I know you feel it too
So bring it in! (She lets go of Dante.)
Dante: That was… marvelous! (Poppy and the Snack Pack smile.)
Minuet: Thank you, Poppy! Thank you for opening our arms to hugs.
Dante: Let us not delay, Classical Trolls! Perhaps we could sneak in a few more hugs before hug time’s over. (He chuckles and flies off with his friends.)
Smidge: Are they gone?
Poppy: They’re gone. (She and her friends scream.)
Guy Diamond: What in the hair was that?!
Smidge: I think they were hugs. But they felt so wrong!
Satin: So lifeless!
Chenille: So limp!
Biggie: Limp?! Mine was so tight I’ve lost all the feeling in my arms! (Mr. Dinkles falls out of his arms.)
Poppy: I know. But thank you for not telling them that their hugs-
Cooper: Were painful?! Uncomfortable?! Third adjective?!
Poppy: I was gonna say need improvement, but don’t worry. The Classical Trolls will get better with practice. They have too, right? (Later, Guy Diamond is brushing his hair. His watch soon rings and Minuet appears.)
Minuet: Hug time!
Guy Diamond: Oh, no! (Minuet hugs him very tightly.) It… feels… nice! (His hug is so tight that he does a glitter fart. Biggie’s watch rings next and Dante appears.)
Dante: Hug time! (He hugs Biggie.)
Biggie: Oh. This is one of those long ones, huh? (Smidge’s watch rings next and she sweats in fear. She is hiding behind a bush and sighs in relief. Three Classical Trolls appear.)
All: Hug time! (Smidge screams in terror. At sunset, she and the Snack Pack tell Poppy what happened.)
Smidge: They are not getting better!
Biggie: It’s true! Look what their hugs did to Mr. Dinkles! (He shows Mr. Dinkles with his neck crushed.)
Mr. Dinkles: Mew.
Poppy: It’ll be OK, guys. It’s only one operate hug in an hour. (She hears a sound.) What was that? (A bush shakes and Dante and a Classical Troll pop out.)
Dante: SURPRISE HUG PARTY!
Poppy: (gasps) Surprise hug party?
Minuet: (Appearing behind Poppy) Now that we’ve mastered the art of the hug, we thought we’d make up for lost time.
Poppy: (laughs nervously) Great. (The Classical Trolls get ready to hug the Snack Pack.)
All: (Getting closer to the Snack Pack) Hug! Hug! Hug!
Smidge: It’s been an honor serving with you. (A Classical Troll grabs her with his hair.) Oh, my Guh! (Four Classical Trolls hold Guy Diamond.)
Guy Diamond: (Sinking into the Classical Trolls’ hair) Tell my story! (Biggie tries to run, but a female Classical Troll pops up.)
Classical Troll #2: Hug! (A male Classical Troll blocks Biggie’s way.)
Classical Troll #3: Hug!
Biggie: Aaaaaahhhh! To the high ground, Mr. Dinkles! (He throws his pet worm into the air and another female Classical Troll catches him.)
Classical Troll #4: Hug time!
Mr. Dinkles: MEEEEEEEEEW!!!
Poppy: (gasps) It’s the hug-pocalypse! STOOOOOP!!!
Minuet: (Holding Cooper) Stop?
Poppy: We haven’t been a prompt with you Trolls. The thing is… your hugs… are…
Cooper: Painful?! Uncomfortable?! Third adjective?!
Dante: (Still hugging Biggie) Wait. Are you saying our hugs are inadequate?
Biggie: Well… I mean…
Dante: (Letting go of Biggie) Poppy? (Poppy sighs.) I see. Well, now that I know the truth… (takes a deep breath) I feel so relieved. (One of the Classical Trolls lets go of Smidge.)
Poppy: ‘Kay, now I’m the one that’s confused.
Minuet: Poppy, we weren’t enjoying the hugs either. We were just doing it because it meant so much to you.
Poppy: But why? Guys, we should be free to be honest with each other, even if it’s hard. Which I realize now I haven’t been either, so I should probably check myself into saying sorry. Sorry. (The Classical Trolls smile.) I just wanted you to know what it’s like to share Troll genuine love and affection.
Minuet: Well, we do, Poppy. We experience it whenever we do this. (She and Dante bow to each other. Poppy gets an idea. The next day, she makes an announcement to the residents.)
Poppy: So from now on, for anyone who wants to, we still have hug time. (The Trolls’ watches ring and they hug.) But for anyone who would like to try something a little different… (Her Classical watch chimes.) … there’s also bow time. (She and Dante bow along with a Pop Troll couple.)
Pop Troll #1: Whoa-ho-ho-ho! (The Trolls from the other Tribes bow to each other.)
Biggie: This is fantastic!
Smidge: A whole new way to show our love!
Dante: Thank you, Poppy. Sharing our tradition with all of you has made bowing even more sublime.
Poppy: Thanks, Dante. Now I’m gonna sneak in a few more before bow time is over. (She jumps off the mushroom. Minuet floats down beside Dante.)
Dante: Should we tell the other Trolls their bows are just… awful? (He and Minuet watch the other Trolls bowing funny and nervously shiver.)