The following is a transcript for the episode "Tall Tail".
Script
(Guy Diamond is hosting a fondue party. There are food and many balloons.)
Guy Diamond: Our moment has come, food-dipping fanatics. Time to put the fun in this fondue party! Then without further ado, I present the Frazzlefruit Fondue. (He uncovers a bowl and discovers that it is empty. He and Cooper scream together.) It’s empty! Who was supposed to bring the fondue?
Poppy: It was supposed to be Creek. I guess he couldn’t make it?
DJ Suki: (gasps) No fondue?! (Bella and a yellow male Troll scream. Biggie drops the food he is holding.)
Poppy: Please, everyone! I’m sure Creek has a very good excuse for why he didn’t come through.
Branch: A good excuse?! Give me a break! Creek always bails on his responsibilities and he never has a good excuse. Any second now, he’ll show up and say, “I’m so sorry there’s no fondue. You won’t believe what happened!” (Creek appears from behind a bush.)
Creek: I’m so sorry there’s no fondue. You won’t believe what happened!
Branch: Ha! Called it.
Poppy: Um… Creek, are you OK?
Creek: No. I was on my way here when I was attacked by a horrific beast!
Branch: Oh, please! You think anyone’s gonna buy that?
Poppy, Guy Diamond, Biggie, Smidge, and DJ Suki: We all buy it, Creek. (They run to Creek.)
Biggie: Poor Creek!
Guy Diamond: Tell us more.
Creek: It had the body of a Troll-ephant, two blue wings, a snake-like head, huge tail, and a fearsome hunger for… fondue. (Poppy and her friends scream in horror.
Branch: This is absurd! (Poppy covers his mouth with her hair and pushes him away.)
Creek: I couldn’t get away. So, I’m sorry to say, I gave the beast the fondue. (He begins to cry.)
Poppy and Biggie: Aw!
Branch: Oh, come on! None of this happened! He was just too lazy to make the fondue, and now he’s created this ridiculous story to get sympathy. (Poppy still ignores him.)
Creek: (Covering his eyes) It was a nightmare.
Poppy, Guy Diamond, Biggie, Smidge, and DJ Suki: Aw! (They hug Creek and he smiles.)
Branch: (stammers) That’s it! Cree as a citizen of Troll Village, I herby accuse you… of a party foul. (Poppy and her friends gasp.)
Poppy: Wait. What’s a party foul? (At Troll Village Library, Branch explains what a party foul is from a book.)
Branch: “Failure to bring a promised item to a social event without a reasonable excuse is hereby known as a ‘party foul.’”
Poppy: OK. But how do we decide whether Creek’s excuse is reasonable?
Branch: Oh, that’s the best part. (He slams the book shut.)
Poppy, Guy Diamond, Biggie, Smidge, and DJ Suki: Hm? (Later, the Trolls are having a court. Poppy bangs a hammer on a desk.)
Smidge: Hear ye! Hear ye! Troll Court is now in session. The honorable Judge Poppy presiding. All raise the roof. (She moves her arms up and down.) Oi-oi-oi!
All: Ooh-ooh-ooh!
Guy Diamond and Creek: Ooh-ooh-ooh!
Poppy: You may be seated.
Branch: Your Honor, to prove Creek guilty of this party foul, I intend to-
Guy Diamond: Objection! (He is shown with a fancy hairstyle.)
Voice: Guy Diamond, attorney at party law
Guy Diamond: Judge Poppy, Guy Diamond, Esquire, local heartthrob for the defense. (Cooper screams and falls over laughing.) I’d like to make a motion.
Poppy: Go ahead. (Guy Diamond does a dance.)
Guy Diamond: Hwah!
Creek: Whoa!
All: Wow!
Poppy: Excellent motion. Branch, counter motion? (Guy Diamond sits back down and smiles at Branch.)
Branch: (groans) Do I have to?
Smidge: (Taking out a book) According to this, yes.
Branch: (Sighing while standing up) Fine. (He does a motion.)
Poppy: Uh-uh. Motion denied. (Branch grunts and does another motion.) Hm. I’ll allow it. Proceed. (She hits her hammer against her desk.)
Branch: About time. I call my first witness. (Milton is the first witness.) Milton, as an expert critternarian, tell me, have you ever seen an animal like the one Creek claims took his fondue?
Milton: Never.
Troll #1: Oh, that’s not good.
Troll #2: I don’t know.
Guy Diamond: But, Milton, how often do you see animals you’ve never seen before?
Milton: Oh, all the time. (Some critters appear next to him.) There’s one. And there’s one. Never seen that before. (One of the critters kisses him on the cheek and he laughs.)
Biggie: Oh, no, no. I think Creek is innocent. (Branch gulps nervously. Cooper is up next.)
Branch: Cooper, you’ve known Creek a long time. Would you say that he’s worthy of a trustworthy Troll? (He watches Creek do some hand movements.)
Cooper: No way. He’s shifty. I think he’s up to something. (All the Trolls gasp.)
Troll #3: Can we trust someone like that?
Cooper: I mean, what kind of Troll spends all his time in a underground bunker? Wait, which one is Creek again?
Branch: Uh… no further questions.
Cooper: And that leaf vest? Why does he need camouflage unless he’s hiding something? (Branch blocks him out with his hand and leg.)
Branch: No further questions! No further questions! (Creek is next.) Stay cool, Branch. You lost two, but you go this. (sighs) So, uh, Creek,
Creek: (Lying down on the desk) Yes?
Branch: I have some very condemning questions here that um… will turn the tide of this… this entire case. Like uh… ARE YOU LYING ABOUT THE FONDUE MONSTER?!
Creek: No.
Branch: (chuckles sheepishly) Thought I’d catch you off guard there, but maybe I’ll just return to my seat and- MAKE YOU CRACK UNDER THE PRESSURE AND CONFESS!
Creek: Uh… No. (Branch grunts and starts to return to his seat.) Poor Branch. Sorry to disappoint you, mate, but I’m telling the truth. The Fondue was eaten by a snake-headed beast with a Troll-ephant body, red wings, and a huge tail. Case closed.
Branch: Wait. Red wings? But at the party, you said it had blue wings!
Creek: Uh… What? (The crowd starts murmuring.)
Biggie: Blue wings?
Creek: I mean, yes. Uh… It did have blue wings in the back, and uh… red wings in the front.
Branch: Oh, so now the beast suddenly has four wings?
Creek: Yes! (All the Trolls gasp again.) Uh… No, not “suddenly.” It always did.
Branch: Oh, come on! Creek, which story are we supposed to believe?! The story from the party or the story you’re telling now?!
Creek: THE STORY I’M TELLING NOW! (He covers his mouth and the Trolls gasp once more.)
Branch: Gotcha.
Poppy: Order! Order! Order! Given this new development in the case, I am granting a five-minute recess. (She hits her hammer on her desk.)
All: Recess! Yaaaaaaaay! (They bring in a playground and play would laughing and cheering. DJ Suki and a light blue male Troll are on the swing set. Another light blue male Troll is on the see-saw with a blue female Troll. A light purple male Troll is climbing to the top of the slide and Cooper slides down it. Five minutes later, the court continues.)
Biggie: We, the jury, find Creek guilty of a party foul… and sentence him… (gulps) … to do better next time. (Cooper screams and falls over.)
Branch: Whoooooo! Yes! All right!
Poppy: (Banging her hammer on her desk) We’re adjourned. The fondue party will recommence at 3:00 p.m. today.
Branch: And don’t worry; I’ll bring the fondue. Wahoo! The system works, people! (Guy Diamond pats Creek’s shoulder to comfort him. Poppy gets down from her desk.)
Poppy: Uh… Branch, do you really think you should be delighting in Creek’s misfortune?
Branch: Oh. Gee, well, when you put it that way… yes! Delighting-in-misfortune song montage! (He starts singing Swagnificent. As he does, he gets a fondue ready.)
(Branch)
Swagnificent
We’re gonna party
Like our life has just begun
I feel swagnificent
Ha! I feel swagnificent! Ha!
We’re gonna party
Until the whole world feels magnificent
Ha, ha
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Swagnificent (He comes out of the bunker with the fondue and Gary.)
Branch: Gary, old buddy, really wish you could have been there. It was so satisfying to nail Creek and finally show everyone he was- (A creature appears and he screams.) … lying?! (He looks up and sees the creature Creek was talking about. The camera pans up from its feet to its face, revealing the whole body.) F-four wings?! C-Creek was telling the truth?! (The creature sniffs at the fondue and roars.) Aah! Here, it’s yours! (He gives the fondue to the creature and runs away. Then it chases him.) Aah! Why are you chasing me?! I don’t have any more fondue! What do I do, Gary?! I can’t run to the Trolls for help ‘cause everyone will know that Creek told the truth! WHOOOOOAAAA! What’s that Gary? Go to Creek for help? No way! We can handle this on our own. We just need… (He gasps and stops running.) One of our nets! (We show an X on the ground. The creature lands and roars. Then it gets closer to Branch.) That’s it. Closer. A little closer and… (The monster steps on the X.) Now! (He presses a button on Gary. Unexpectedly, a letter floats to the ground and he catches it.) “Dear Branch, I owe you one net.” (We go to Cooper relaxing on a hammock.)
Cooper: “Love, your friend, Cooper.” (He laughs and we go back to Branch. The beast snarls at him and he runs away.)
Branch: OK, we’ll ask Creek for help! (Meanwhile, Creek is sitting by a rock near a waterfall. He is also holding a stick. He sighs and throws it away.) Creek!
Creek: Branch?
Branch; Creek, please help! The fondue beast is on my tail! You have to tell me how you got rid of him.
Creek: (chuckles) What’s this? Running from a figment of my imagination, are you?
Branch: OK, yes, I admit I was wrong; you were right.
Creek: Sorry, couldn’t quite hear you, Branch. Could you speak up?
Branch: You were right. You were right! Now, could you please be smug when I’m not in mortal danger?! (The beast is heard roaring. It flies toward Branch and Creek and they gasp. Just as they back away, they see that there are sharp rocks below.)
Creek: It doesn’t want you; it wants the fondue!
Branch: Well, duh, Creek! I gave it to him right away!
Creek: I did, too! But I later discovered I had spilled some on my… (He gasps and sees a stain on Branch’s vest.) … clothes! (He removes Branch’s vest and throws it away. They duck as the beast goes after the vest and flies away.)
Branch: Wow. It really likes fondue. (He and Creek head back to Troll Village.) Sorry I didn’t believe you, Creek. It’s just… there are many reasons I don’t like you.
Creek: What? Name one.
Branch: Uh… you tried to feed everyone we know to the Bergens.
Creek: Oh, fair. Yeah, that’s fair.
Branch: But just because I feel this way about you doesn’t mean you’re always that way. (sighs) I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.
Creek: Thank you, Branch. But… you’re goona have to do better than that to make up for it.
Branch: Huh?
Creek: Like telling everyone I was right. (He reveals a party with some Trolls. Branch gulps nervously.)
Poppy: Uh, Branch, what’s going on? Where’s the fondue? And your shirt?
Creek: (chuckles) Tell her, Branch.
Branch: Uh…
Biggie: Tell us, Branch.
Branch: Uh… (sighs) Well, this is hard for me to admit, but… the truth is… I ate the fondue.
Creek: WHAT?!