Trolls: The Beat Goes On! is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. Based on the 3D computer-animated comedy musical film Trolls, the series ran in the United States on Netflix from January 19, 2018, to November 22, 2019, and takes place between the events of the first film and the sequel, Trolls World Tour. Amanda Leighton, Skylar Astin, Kari Wahlgren, Sam Lerner, David Kaye, David Fynn, Sean T. Krishnan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Matt Lowe, and Fryda Wolff provide the new voices for Queen Poppy, Branch, Bridget, King Gristle, King Peppy, Biggie and Mr. Dinkles, Guy Diamond, Smidge, Creek, 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.
Hannah Friedman, Sam Friedman, and Matthew Beans developed the series, with music from Alex Geringas and original songs by Alana Da Fonseca. The series ran for 52 episodes, split into eight seasons.
A new Trolls series called Trolls: TrollsTopia was released on Hulu on November 19, 2020. Following the end of Netflix's deal with DreamWorks, the entire series was removed from the platform on November 17, 2025, moving to Peacock.
Contents
Plot
Following the events of the first film, Poppy and Branch go on daring misadventures with their friends while performing for all trollkind.
Cast and characters
Main characters
Amanda Leighton as Poppy, the queen of the Trolls
Skylar Astin as Branch, a survivalist-like sage of Trolls and best friend of Poppy
David Fynn as:
Biggie, a large Troll
Mr. Dinkles, Biggie's pet worm
Fryda Wolff as:
DJ Suki, a Troll who uses DJ equipment made of insects
Satin and Chenille, conjoined twin Trolls with a flair for fashion design
Ron Funches as Cooper, a giraffe-like Troll
Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond, a glittery Troll
Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge, a small and strong female Troll
Supporting characters
David Kaye as Peppy, the former king of the Trolls and Poppy's father
Sam Lerner as Gristle Jr., the king of the Bergens
Kari Wahlgren as:
Bridget, a Bergen who is a former scullery maid, Gristle Jr's girlfriend, and Poppy's best friend
Harper, a Troll who loves to paint
Matt Lowe as Creek, a Troll with zen-like wisdom
Gary Cole as Sky Toronto, the boss and owner of Sky Toronto's Party Shop
Abby Ryder Fortson as Priscilla, a young Troll
Walt Dohrn as:
Cloud Guy, an anthropomorphic cloud
Sainty Nelsen as Nova Swift, a trendsetter and fashionista Troll
Jonah Platt as Milton Moss, a veterinarian Troll
Utkarsh Ambudkar as Master Controll, a rapper
Fryda Wolff as:
Dr. Moonbloom, a medical Troll
Gia Grooves, a 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
Soundtrack
Broadcast
The series was released internationally on Netflix. It was also aired on linear television in the United States on Universal Kids, in the United Kingdom on Pop, Tiny Pop and Pop Max, in Australia on ABC Me, in Canada on Family, in South Africa on e.tv, in Southeast Asia on DreamWorks Channel Asia, in the Philippines on TV5 (dubbed in Filipino) and in Pakistan on Pop.
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.
Home media
Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Seasons 1 - 4, containing all of the episodes from seasons 1–4, was released on DVD on May 7, 2019, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.