Poppy is the protagonist in the 2016 film Trolls and the deuteragonist. She is voiced by Anna Kendrick.
Background:
Personality:
Poppy is optimistic, enthusiastic mischievous, relentlessly upbeat if slightly naive — Troll whose father King Peppy saved his subjects from the Troll-hungry Bergens. Despite this, Poppy is incredibly noble and responsible as she risks her life to go on a perilous journey to save her friends.
As she and her group of nine friends, the Snack Pack, face their biggest challenge ever, Poppy is faced for the first time in her life with a problem that apparently can't be solved with a song, a dance and a hug. But after some hilarious attempts at saving the day, Poppy discovers that being true to anyone else is always the best answer.
Poppy has flamingo pink skin and sparkles on both cheeks that resemble cute freckles. She wears a blue dress and a green headband with blue flowers. Her hair is a darker pink, and she has pretty bangs that fall near her eyes. She wears her hair in a ponytail for most of the film with a light blue rubber band. Her eyes are a sparkly magenta. Her Hug Time bracelet, which she isn't wearing in her picture here, is purple and blue.
Role in the film:
In the beginning, Poppy is only a toddler. She was supposedly one to three at this time and later she is possibly 21 to 23 years old. where she is led out of Bergen Town safety by sitting in his hair underneath his crown, resembling he is the said king. Now energetic and happy adult Poppy throws a party to celebrate the escape from Bergen Town, but this party attracts the attention of Chef, the Bergen who was banished from Bergen Town by King Gristle Sr. for the Trolls escape. Chef captures all of Poppy's friends in the village though Poppy, Peppy and the majority are able to escape. With Peppy and the remaining Trolls reluctant to go to Bergen Town to save the others, Poppy recruits a Troll named Branch to help her.
Upon arriving in Bergen Town, Poppy convinces the scullery maid Bridget into freeing the captured Trolls. In return, she and her friends will get her a date with Prince Gristle, now known as King Gristle Jr. Bridget notices that every troll was singing except one: Branch. Poppy tries to convince Branch to sing, but he refuses. Poppy and the Trolls, make Bridget look like she has long colorful hair and whispers to her on what to say.
This succeeds in getting King Gristle becoming attracted to Bridget (who uses the name of Lady Glitter Sparkles). Later, Poppy sees Creek and the Trolls are captured by Chef and discover that Creek has turned against them to save himself from being eaten. Creek then takes Poppy's cowbell and uses it to trick Peppy and the other Trolls in the village to come out of hiding before they are captured by Chef and the other Bergen cooks. At the end of the film, Poppy is made Queen of the Trolls and shares a romantic hug with Branch.
Trivia:
- that she was a toddler when the Trolls escaped from Bergen town, Poppy is in her early twenties by the events of the film.
- She can also be slightly sly, sassy, and mischievous. But pretty much most of the time she's pretty sweet, positive, and perky.
- Poppy keeps pretty much everything she owns in her hair. Like her scrapbook, glue, scissors, cowbell, a picture of Creek and friends, glitter, etc...
- Although Branch has had a secret crush on her for years, Poppy has never actually cared for him in return until later in the film, they share a bond. Later, There, we can see, she must have started to have feelings for him, although she may not have realized it at first until later when they sing True Colors.
