"Hair-Jitsu" is the first segment of the 2nd episode of the third season of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and the 29th overall episode in the series. It premiered in August 24, 2018.
Synopsis[]
Branch must learn about the importance of patience while Poppy teaches him "hair-jitsu".
Plot[]
Poppy is teaching Branch how to Critter-board. Branch tries to show off by doing a 360-degree turn and turns away to brag to Poppy. He narrowly avoids a tree branch and goes off course into a spider's web. He turns his head to find a Tarantacapuffacus and he struggles to get free.
Poppy saves Branch using hair-jitsu and fends off the spider. Poppy says Branch shouldn't be suprised, as she has used it around him lots of times. The episode flashbacks to past episodes like "Eye'll Be Watching You", "Critter Comfort" and "Royal Review", where various scenes are added of Poppy using the skill. She comments that it doesn't always work. Branch asks Poppy to teach him, but she refuses as she believes he isn't ready. She explains he can't learn it because it requires patience, and Branch has none. He claims that he is the most patient in the village, but changes that statement to second-most after seeing Biggie trying to get Mr. Dinkles to toss a ball back.
Poppy agrees to take Branch on as a pupil, but he has to start with the basics. As she begins various routines, Branch doesn't see the point of any of it and loses his temper with Poppy's methods. Poppy shows that she has a black hairband, and Branch has to earn his to learn more advanced skills. Branch gets told where to find black hairbands, and uses a map he's given to find the Hair-Jitsu Tree.
When he arrives, the band is hanging from a branch in the open on the tree. When he pulls the band, Tae-Kwon Joe the Jitsu Tree wakes up. Poppy saves Branch from the tree's attack, and Branch comments that it is in a really bad mood. Poppy explains that is why she told him to wait. A second attack leaves Poppy captured and instead of listening, Branch rushes in. After Branch is easily defeated by the tree, he gives up.
After the humiliating defeat, Branch admits he isn't ready. He listens to Poppy's earlier comments and discovers the reason for Tae-Kwon Joe's anger; he plucks a thorn from the tree's root and it calms down. Branch gets the headband and Poppy comments that she would never have thought to do that. She got hers from Tae-Kwon Kevin, another tree that readily gives out the black headbands without trouble. Branch faints after learning how easy it was to get a band in reality.
Cast[]
- Amanda Leighton as Queen Poppy
- Skylar Astin as Branch
- David Fynn as Biggie
- Ron Funches as Cooper
- Sean T. Krishnan as Guy Diamond
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Smidge (non-speaking)
- DJ Suki (non-speaking)
- Fuzzbert (non-speaking)
- Satin & Chenille (non-speaking)
- Other
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Tae-Kwon Joe
- Sean T. Krishnan as Tae-Kwon Kevin
- David Fynn as Mr. Dinkles
Songs[]
- "Fight All Night" (end credits)
Physical distribution[]
This episode is available on the "Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - Complete Seasons 1-4" DVD.
Trivia[]
- This episode is a reference to The Karate Kid.
- The title is a reference to the martial arts Jujutsu.
- The thorn being in Tae-Kwon Joe's root is a reference to Androcles and the Lion.
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