10 August 2021
TrollsTopia S1
If your kids are hooked on the troll-ific Trolls World Tour movie from Dreamworks, we have great news: Trollstopia – the series – catches up with Poppy and the other enchanting characters for more hair-raising adventures.
TrollsTopia takes place immediately following the events in Trolls World Tour, when Poppy discovered that there are at least six different Trolls tribes, each identified by a different musical style – Country Music or Western Trolls, Techno Trolls, Hard Rock Trolls, Classical Trolls, Funk Trolls… Now that Poppy knows there are other musical trolls, she bottles up her endless positivity and invites delegates from every troll tribe in the forest to live together in harmony in a grand experiment she calls TrollsTopia!
Trollstopia has a 4/5 star rating and is recommended for ages 6+ on Common Sense Media, where they say, “Kids will love the fun characters from the new tribes and how they perform catchy music in different styles. There’s lots of random silliness that will tickle this age group’s funny bones. Trollstopia is visually beautiful with its candy-coloured world and copious amounts of glitter. Lead troll Poppy has a very high emotional intelligence, and sets a great example for how to be a good friend and how to openly communicate your feelings.”
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