King Peppy

General information
Alt. names	Rey Pepe (Spanish) ペピー (Japanese) 페피 왕 (Korean) 波爸王 (Traditional Chinese; Taiwanese) 柏柏国王 (Hong Kong Traditional Chinese; Cantonese) 沛比国王 (Simplified Chinese) 佩佩国王 (Mandarin)
Voice Actor	Jeffrey Tambor (Trolls) Walt Dohrn (Trolls World Tour and Trolls Band Together) David Kaye (2D animation)
First Appearance	Trolls
Profile
Gender	Male
Age	69+
Home	Troll Tree (former) Pop Village (current)
Species	Troll
Origin Tribe	Pop Troll
Sub-Tribe	Rainbow Troll
Occupation	King of the Pop Trolls (retired) H.U.G.G. lead vocalist (formerly) Extreme Sleepover Club member
Affiliation	Extreme Sleepover Club H.U.G.G. (formerly)
Relationships
Family	Queen Poppy (daughter) Viva (daughter) Pippi (mother) Pappy (grandfather) Loppy (great-grandfather)
Friends	King Thrash
Enemies	Chef Creek Queen Barb and the Rock Trolls (formerly)

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No Troll left behind!King Peppy in Trolls

Peppy, also referred to as King Peppy, is the retired king of the Pop Trolls, as well as the father of both Viva and Poppy, his most notable act being to save his people during the events of The Last Trollstice. He's a major character in the opening storyline of Trolls, and has a supporting role throughout the franchise.

Appearance

Normal

King Peppy is an orange-skinned Troll with grey-streaked pink frizzly hair, eyebrows, and a mustache, styled somewhat like Albert Einstein. He has a rounded yellow nose and brown eyes. He wears a green and blue waistcoat, and green pants. He often carries a blue walking stick that helps him walk, but also doubles as a microphone.

Adult

As a young adult, Peppy had straight hair without grey streaks and a slightly longer mustache. He has the same pants that he wears as an elder, but also a dark green shirt and a blue cape, as well as a crown made of green leaves.

Normal

His appearance is mostly the same as in Trolls. A notable difference is that he has less grey streaks on his hair (which in turn divide it into sections of different pink shades), with none on his eyebrows and mustache, both of which are longer and thicker.

In TBGO

Normal

He has the same design as in Trolls with a few improvements.

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He has the same appearance as in Trolls: The Beat Goes On!.

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TBA

Official Bios

Trolls

King Peppy, as the brave leader of the Pop Trolls, led his people on a torch-lit escape to freedom from Bergen Town. His heroism and valor were the stuff of Troll legend. Quick with inspirational words of wisdom, King Peppy ushered in a new era of happiness and security in Troll Village.

Now it’s 20 years later, and King Peppy has become a grandfatherly elder statesman to the Trolls. A tad dottier and forgetful than he was as a young man, King Peppy brings some unintentional humor to the Trolls, but is still beloved by everyone in Troll Village, and his legacy lives on in his daughter Poppy.

• He ​led the great Troll escape from the Bergens 20 years ago.
• He never leaves a Troll behind.
• King Peppy’s a bit absent-minded — but if he ever misplaces anything, it’s usually stuck in his hair.
• King Peppy won’t let anything stop him from protecting his trolls… not even his underwear.

Trolls World Tour

Now that he’s passed the crown to daughter Poppy, King Peppy feels he can relax a bit. But when Queen Barb forces him to confront a secret past, he must tell his tribe about the six strings.

Personality

Peppy is the former King of the Pop Trolls. He led by courage and example, taking risks under the motto of "no Troll left behind." In Trolls, he is shown as a young man to be strong, fearless, and determined to save his people. However, while leading the escape from Bergentown, he was forced to leave some to die due to the collapse of a tunnel. 20 years later, he is not the Troll had been in his prime. He battles guilt and grief after feeling helpless to protect his people. When his daughter is faced with similar threats, he speaks against his prior motto, and urges her to err on the side of caution, even if it means leaving Trolls behind. He could not bear to see his daughter Poppy put herself in danger to rescue her friends, but was ultimately glad that she saved everyone in the end, and granted her the role of Queen for her wisdom and leadership.

King Peppy is shown as a wise teacher in Trolls: The Beat Goes On! and has sage advice on things, but he has his eccentric side as well. For example, in the episode "Royal Review", he gives his daughter a frowny face in the primary vote to teach her a lesson, though he isn't clear what the lesson was himself. He's accepting of his elder status and even laughs at his own expense. King Peppy had been a bit of an adventurer in his prime. He can be seen in "Queen of the Castle" giving up some of the numerous books he had gathered over time. In "Scrapbookmobile", it was shown that he had some of the greatest scrapbooks scissored, which other Trolls enjoyed reading, though due to poor memory could barely remember them enough to recreate those books.

His fear, trauma, and upbringing has caused him to be secretive, such hiding the existence of his missing daughter Viva from Poppy, or keeping the existence of the other Tribes secret from his people. He intended to reveal some things to Poppy over time. Queen Barb's conquest of the Tribes forced him to reveal the existence of the wider world to her. His perception of this history was also skewed due to the warped records of the Pop Tribe; King Peppy saw the Rock Trolls as a megalomaniacal empire, unaware that this was precisely how the historical Pop Tribe was perceived by the outside world due to their aggressive actions in ancient times. Due to this fearful outlook, he advises Poppy to take a policy of isolationism. However, when Poppy ultimately resolves the conflict by deradicalizing the Rock Tribe, he again expresses pride in his daughter for believing in a better world and trusting her own judgment.

Relationships

Family

Queen Poppy

Peppy praising Poppy in Trolls for finding a safe shelter for the Trolls in Branch's bunker.

Poppy is Peppy's younger daughter. Their relationship is generally one of great respect; Peppy is glad to have her as a daughter and Poppy looks to him for sage advice. Poppy admires her father and wants to be a good leader to the Trolls like he was, but sometimes just lacks the experience and Peppy is known to chip in advice from time to time.

In Trolls World Tour, he has a row with Poppy over what's best for their people with the incoming threat of Barb, and Poppy has to remind him that she is Queen now. He accuses of her of not listening to him, which was warranted given that his daughter would go on without listening to anyone throughout the movie. He shows sorrow when Poppy appears to have been converted to a Rock Zombie, but then takes pride in her for stopping Barb and wastes no time to take credit for raising her, calling himself a "genius" for doing so.

Viva

Viva is Peppy's older daughter.

Peppy finally reunited with his older daughter on Vacay Island.

Due to loving Viva greatly, he was devastated after being separated from her during the Bergen attack and had presumed the worst had befell her, and therefore had refrained from telling Poppy about her missing sister. By the end of Trolls Band Together, he is finally able to reconnect with her.

Friends

H.U.G.G.

In the Trolls: The Beat Goes On! episode "Hug Fest", Peppy joined with his former band H.U.G.G. for their reunion concert, which consists of Sky Toronto, Mags Gumdrop and Dr. Moonbloom.

Branch

King Peppy with Branch.

Branch is Queen Poppy's Boyfriend. Aware of Branch being his youngest daughter's boyfriend, Peppy approves their relationship after Poppy helped him re-discover his true colours and happiness after the tough years he had growing up.

Other Trolls

Peppy was well respected by his people and they looked up to him for literal decades for guidance and leadership. He was the king who freed his people from the Bergens, giving them back their liberty and freedom, as well as protecting them from the Bergens by founding a new home far away from Bergen Town.

In Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Peppy is portrayed as being acknowledged by all Trolls as old, even joking with him about it in "Funsgiving". In "Don't Worry Be Peppy", the entirety of Pop Village were prepared to help Poppy make him feel wanted and useful, just because Poppy was worried about him.

Skills & Abilities

He has most normal Troll abilities, as well as the abilities of his Tribe.

In the Trolls era, he was listed as a Rainbow Troll. His "True Colors" are unknown.

Leadership

In his youth, King Peppy was the heroic King who vowed to save his people by running away from the Bergens. He tends to fall back onto this tactic later in the movies. In the main storyline of Trolls, when Chef attacks during his daughter Poppy's party, he tells her that the surviving Trolls need to run. In Trolls World Tour, he suggests the same when Queen Barb announces her Rock World Tour. As a leader, one of Peppy's duties is to protect his people no matter what, but he often relies on the "run and hide" tactic, running away from danger rather than facing it.

As a leader, Peppy was known for his strength of body and mind, matched by his determination and will to carry on. While how long his reign lasted is unknown as that information is unavailable, he was the King who successfully saved his people from Trollstice under the oath of "No Troll left behind!" on the day his daughter Princess Poppy was set to be devoured by King Gristle Jr.. It was also his duty to make new holidays, with "Funsgiving" being one of those holidays he declared.

Despite all things, Peppy kept many secrets even before The Last Trollstice events, to the point Viva noted it to Poppy as something she experienced growing up. This also hindered his skills as a leader and a father, as he hid many tragic events from Poppy.

Music

Peppy was a member of H.U.G.G., as seen in the Season 6 episode "Hug Fest". He was the band's lead singer.

When he was King of the Pop Trolls, it was his sworn duty to protect his music, including the pink string of Pop.

Comedy

In "It's Dad-urday", Peppy was shown to tell dad jokes with Queen Poppy and ended up laughing at their lameness.

Adventurer

It has been mentioned in Trolls: The Beat Goes On! that in his youth Peppy was highly adventurous and went on many great adventures, though only few details of these adventures are known.

Teaching

When he was leader, it would have been his duty to teach young Trolls about being a Troll. Now retired, he extends his knowledge to try and help his daughter with sage old advice. However, he hasn't necessarily revealed everything he knows to her, as evidenced by his neglecting of telling her about the other Tribes until Queen Barb became a threat.

Medical Status and Issues

Physicality

When he was younger, he was shown to be able to carry many Trolls during the escape in Trolls. However, this is no longer possible due to his age. He now has physical restrictions. King Peppy usually requires a walking stick though at times is seen without it.

In Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, he is shown to still have some fitness to do things in "Don't Worry Be Peppy", though he accepts he is happily retired and all the rushing around was exhausting. In "Hug Fest", he threw his back out doing a split-jump.

Age and Birth Details

Peppy was one of the few living elder Trolls seen in the movies, the other being King Thrash.

In the Trolls: The Beat Goes On! episode "Don't Worry Be Peppy", Branch mentions that Peppy is three times his age.

As of Trolls Band Together, Branch is confirmed 24+ years old making Peppy currently 68-70+ years old, though this has yet to be comfirmed in any media related to the movie. This is that would mean that for "Don't Worry Be Peppy" to be a correct estimation, Peppy would be somewhere between 67-70 in Trolls and Trolls World Tour, since both movies happened in the storylines first year. This also means his daughter Poppy was born when he was 46-49 years old according to the Trolls storyline.

Songs

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

Season 3

• "Tickled It On The Thigh"

Season 5

• "Back In The Game"

Season 6

• "H.U.G.G.ed (H.U.G.G. Reunion Song)"

Trolls: TrollsTopia

Season 2

• "We Are You & Me"

Etymology

"Peppy" means "lively and high-spirited".

Trivia

General

• He's one of the few characters to have had 3 voice actors in the franchise.
• Peppy played a major role in Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and was reduced to a minor character in Trolls: TrollsTopia, becoming a background character in later seasons.

Specific To...

Trolls

• In a deleted scene, he was about to crown Poppy early.

Trolls World Tour

• According to a deleted scene from the film, Peppy was originally objective on Poppy's role in trying to stop Barb. In the scene, he advises Guy Diamond to not let Tiny Diamond be so independent and free-thought, casting Poppy's current departure and outlook on his failure as a parent. This would contrast his final scene where he praises her for these values, and himself for instilling them.

Trolls Band Together

• Unlike in Trolls World Tour, Peppy was actually able to keep his secret about Viva while he failed to keep the secret of the other Troll Tribes.