Branch

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Branch
Alias(es)	No information
Origin	Trolls
Occupation	Resident of Troll Village
Powers / Skills	Survival Skills Physical Strength Hair Manipulation Mechanic Skills Singing Skills
Hobby	Preparing for the attack of the Bergens singing and dancing and hugging, being with Poppy
Goals	To be prepared for Bergens attacking Troll Village (formerly) To help Poppy rescue the other Trolls (succeeded)
Family	Grandma Rosiepuff (grandmother, deceased)
Friends / Allies	Poppy (girlfriend) The Snack Pack King Peppy Bridget King Gristle Jr. Other Trolls Other Bergens Creek
Enemies	Chef Creek (formerly) Other Bergens (formerly)
Type of Hero	Pessimist turned Optimist

“	You don’t know anything, Poppy, and I can’t wait to see the look on your face when you realize the world isn’t all cupcakes and rainbows, because it isn’t. Bad things happen, and there’s nothing you can do about it.	„
	~ Branch to Poppy

Branch is the male protagonist of the 2016 animated comedy film Trolls and it's sequel Trolls: World Tour, as well as the later series Trolls: The Beat Goes On! .

He was played by singer and actor Justin Timberlake, who also played Artie, Boo-Boo Bear and Will Salas, and in the series was played by Skylar Astin.

Personality

Branch is the overly cautious paranoid survivor in Troll Village, who lives in fear of the bergens invasion. The only troll in the village who doesn't sing, dance or hug, Branch lives a disgruntled existence, constantly trying to prepare for the worst. Even though he has secret feelings for Poppy, he is constantly flummoxed by the over-the-top positivity of the other Trolls.

Over the course of the film, Branch is challenged to embrace his inner Troll, even if it includes a dreaded burst of singing and dancing.

Physical Appearance

He has short, black hair and has greyish skin. He has dark lavender colored cheeks, and his eyes are a sky blue. He also has a large lavender colored nose. His ears stick out but sort of droop. He wears a dull colored, dark green leafy vest and dark brown shorts with dark green patches and stitches.

His true colors consist of having cyan skin, long straight dark royal blue hair, a bright green leaf vest, light brown shorts with light green stitches and patches, bright sky blue eyes, a light purple nose, and sparkly bright rosy cheeks with slight glitter freckles. His colors turned grey after he lost his grandmother years ago, due to his singing. When all the Trolls lost their hope and turned grey, Branch regained his original colors by singing their hopes up, including his own, too.

History

Background

Years before the events of the film, Branch was a happy Troll who lived with his grandmother in the Troll Tree. When singing one day, he attracted the attention of a Bergen who tried to grab him to eat. However, his grandmother pushed him out of the way and was taken instead. A traumatized Branch blamed himself, refusing to sing after that, his color turning grey in the process. Sometime after that, he escaped with the rest of the Trolls from Bergen Town.

Trolls

Twenty years later, a paranoid Branch is invited to a party held by Princess Poppy and her friends The Snack Pack. He refuses, telling them that their party will attract the Bergens. His warnings are ignored, and he remains in his survival bunker throughout the party. His fears are realized when a banished Chef finds the village and snatches a number of Trolls. Poppy asks for his help to save her friends, but he refuses and chooses to stay in his bunker. However, he soon chooses to travel to Bergen Town with her after the other Trolls came to his bunker to hide (which became unbearable for him after the third Hug Time).

Upon arriving in Bergen Town, Branch agrees to help the other Trolls with getting scullery maid Bridget a date with King Gristle Jr.. At this point, he reveals to Poppy why he doesn't sing, to which Poppy comforts him. During the date, Branch feeds romantic lines to Bridget, presumably talking about Poppy at the same time. When the Trolls discover that one Troll named Creek (who was presumed to have been eaten by King Gristle) is alive, they steal the jewel that he is held in. However, they discover that it is empty, and are captured by Chef, where they discover that Creek has betrayed them to save himself. Creek returns to the village to lure the other Trolls out of hiding, where they are soon captured by Chef and her Bergen Cooks.

With all the Trolls captured and ready to be cooked, Branch watches as Poppy loses hope and turns grey along with the other Trolls. For the first time in twenty years, Branch sings, revealing to Poppy through song that he loves her, which she reciprocates. The song helps restore not only the color of Poppy and the other Trolls, but also Branch himself. The Trolls are then rescued by Bridget and reveal to King Gristle that Bridget was Lady Glitter Sparkles and say that Bergens doesn't have to eat Trolls to be happy. The King agrees to this and now the trolls and the Bergens are no longer enemies. Branch, Poppy and the other Trolls lead them with a song. Bergen Town turns colorful and the Troll Tree blooms once more.

At the end of the film, Branch shares a romantic hug with Poppy, who is crowned as the Trolls' new queen. There is evidence that shows they are officially now boyfriend and girlfriend.

Gallery

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Branch as a child

Branch with a paralized Poppy

Branch in his secret bunker

Branch vs Antagonistic giant Spiders

Branch's grin

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Branch, to Poppy, after Poppy's cover of "Hello Darkness my old Friend"

100% Redemption of Branch

Poppy❤Branch

Branch, Gristle and Chef

Branch with his colors restored

Trivia

• Unlike most Trolls, in the beginning, Branch dislikes hugs and always tries to avoid Hug Time.
• Branch doesn't wear a Hug Time bracelet at any time in the film. But we can see that in the flashback of him as a kid he used to wear one. He must have gotten rid of it after he became grey to avoid Hug Time for himself.
• It is unknown what happened to Branch's parents, though it is theorized that they sacrificed themselves to save Branch and possibly Grandma Rosiepuff from being eaten.
• Branch was a child when the Trolls escaped from Bergen town, which makes him in his early to mid-twenties by the events of the film, meaning that he is a few years older than Poppy.
• It can be implied at various moments in the film before he regained his true colors, that he longed to be happy again and was quite lonely. For example, when he looked sadly at invitations he was given by Poppy that he keeps behind a curtain in his bunker, and when he became sad when Poppy was leaving his bunker.
• Branch may suffer from manic depression.
• Considering that he became gray when he was a child, (around five or six) Branch has been without his true colors for most of his life.
• Branch's hair was shorter than the other Trolls' for the majority of the film. When his true colors are restored, his hair grows longer and brighter.
• Branch has always had secret feelings towards Poppy. This can be concluded by the fact he has been keeping Poppy's cards for years. He saved her from spiders and multiple times calms her down and comforts her when she gets scared or fussy. Also, when Branch was feeding Bridget romantic poetry to say on her date with King Gristle Jr., he was actually talking about Poppy, with the bright smile and beautiful, deep eyes, and smiled at her for a second before looking away. He later confirms this when he confesses his love/feelings for her by singing True Colors. She admits through song that she fell in love with him and now loves him back and then they sing True Colors together.
• The possible reason for Branch refusing all of Poppy's invitations and acts of kindness towards him is because he's worried that if he shows his true colors again, he'll end up getting someone else killed and he did not want to make a list. In a better sense, Branch was being a jerk the whole time because he was trying to protect her.
• Branch hates Creek. Probably because of Poppy's former crush on him. Since Branch liked her, he was possibly jealous of Poppy's crush on him. You can see evidence of this:
• When he immediately chokes Creek using his hair, knowing that he is selling them out after Chef told them that he will be the one to help her find the other trolls; Branch looks very pleased and proud of Poppy for strangling Creek.

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