Trollz (TV series)

Trollz
The main characters (left to right): Sapphire, Topaz, Amethyst, Ruby, and Onyx
Genre	Fantasy, comedy, action, adventure, Magical Girl
Created by	Andy Heyward
Based on	Troll dolls by Thomas Dam
Developed by	Eric Lewald John Loy
Directed by	Karen Hyden
Starring	Britt McKillip Chiara Zanni Alexandra Carter Leah Juel Anna Van Hooft Samuel Vincent Reece Thompson Jesse Moss Matt Hill
Opening theme	"It's a Hair Thing" by Valli Girls
Ending theme	"It's a Hair Thing" (Reprise)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	27
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Michael Maliani
Running time	21–22 minutes
Production companies	Studio DAM DIC Entertainment Corporation Melusine Productions
Distributor	DIC Entertainment
Release
Original network	Syndication (DIC Kids Network)
Original release	October 3 (2005-10-03) – November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)
External links
Website

Trollz is an American animated television series produced by the now-defunct DIC Entertainment Corporation and features the adventures of five teenage female trolls, who call themselves the Best Friends for Life, who use magic every day to help them with their everyday life as well as battling whatever magical creatures and issues they may find themselves up against. These trolls were based on the troll doll created in the 1960s.^[1]

A single season was produced with a total of 27 episodes. A second season was planned, but was later cancelled.^[2]

Characters[]

Main[]

The main characters in the series are collectively known as the "Best Friends For Life".

• Amethyst van der Troll (voiced by Britt McKillip): Amethyst is the leader of the BFFL. She is a young and pretty girl who loves her friends and would do anything for them. Amethyst is also considerate and gives good advice to her friends. Her gem is a pinkish-purple heart. She wears a purple top with a matching skirt and a fuchsia sash. She also wears fuchsia flats with white straps. Her hair is pink and wavy with a purple heart-shaped hairclip. She also wears pink heart-shaped earrings and a purple heart-shaped anklet. Her eyes are purplish-pink and she has pink spell beads. Her favorite color is pink. Her boyfriend is Coal and her Ancient is her grandmother.

• Ruby Trollman (voiced by Chiara Zanni): She is the bossy girl and second-in-command of the BFFL, and, as such, is really pushy and cares about her looks a bit too much. She is the lancer of the group. If she really wants something, she will do anything to get it. Her hair is red which is done with a star-shaped style and her eyes are red and her natural hair color is brown. She has a red star gem. She wears an off-shoulder white tank top with a green star design, and yellow and blue sneakers. She also wears a black necklace with a red jewel, and a gold charm bracelet with a gold star. Her favorite color is red. Her spell beads are red. Her boyfriend is Rock and her Ancient is Obsidian.

• Sapphire Trollzawa (voiced by Alexandra Carter): She is the smartest girl in the BFFL. When the friends have slumber parties, Sapphire just wants to study. Her gem is a blue flower. She wears a long-sleeved blue sweater with a white shirt, a pink skirt, ankle socks, and pink loafers with a blue flower on top of it. Her hair is blue and tied in a high ponytail by a pink hair bow. She has glasses on top of her head, her eyes are baby blue, her favorite color is blue. She has blue spell beads. Her boyfriend is Alabaster and her Ancient is Mr. Trollheimer.

• Topaz Trollhopper (voiced by ): She is a troll who is nervous and clumsy, loves shopping, is a fashion expert, and is the big guy of the group. Her gem is a yellow diamond. She wears a white shirt with a pink vest over it, a green miniskirt with a pink and white scarf as a belt, cream-colored socks, and multicolored platform sneakers. Her hair is yellow and messy; sometimes it's blonde, worn with a green scrunchie. She has hazel eyes, her favorite color is yellow. She has yellow spell beads. Her boyfriend is Jasper and her Ancient is Zirconia.

• Onyx Von Trollenberg (voiced by Anna Van Hooft): She is a goth girl and has a liking for poetry. She is kind but a bit defensive. Her gem is a purplish-black moon. She wears a black long-sleeved shirt with a white tank top with pink polka dots, a black skirt, purplish-pink tights, and black boots. Her hair is purple styled in twin Afro puffs which are tied in buckle scrunchies, her eyes are dark purple and she wears multiple ear piercings on both ears and a silver choker, her favorite color is purple. Her spell beads are purple. Her boyfriend is Flint and her Ancient is Spinell.

Villains[]

• Simon (voiced by Reece Thompson): Simon the Gremlin is the main villain of the series and appears in numerous episodes throughout the show trying to take over the world of Trollzopolis and get revenge against the Best Friends For Life.
• Snarf (voiced by Janyse Jaud): A half-dog, half-ogre creature and Simon's loyal henchman who sticks by his side despite enduring endless abuse. Able to change from a cute-looking puppy to a hulking beast-like form at will.

Supporting[]

Boyfriends[]

• Coal Trollwell (voiced by Jesse Moss): He is a very clumsy Troll often getting into trouble. Boyfriend to Amethyst.
• Rock Trollhammer (voiced by Matt Hill): Rock is a muscular troll with tall blue hair. He is very dimwitted and forgetful. Boyfriend to Ruby.
• Alabaster Trollington III (voiced by Samuel Vincent): Alabaster is a mild-mannered troll with blond hair and rectangular glasses. He is a multi-millionaire, whose father owns a lot of the companies in Trollzopolis. Boyfriend to Sapphire.
• Jasper Trollhound (voiced by Armen Weitzman): During the first episode, Amethyst cast a spell which cost Jasper his hair. However, Jasper has grown used to his new bald appearance and Jasper himself doesn't mind. Boyfriend to Topaz.
• Flint Trollentino (voiced by Mike Antonakos): He is in a rock band, and loves writing poetry. Boyfriend to Onyx.

Ancients[]

• Grandma Van Der Troll: Amethyst's Ancient/Grandmother.
• Obsidian: Ruby's Ancient and owner of Obsidian's Spell Shop.
• Mr. Trollheimer (voiced by Jason Connery): Sapphire's Ancient and the girls' teacher.
• Zirconia: Topaz's Ancient and Spinell's wife.
• Spinell: Onyx's Ancient and Zirconia's husband.

Rivals[]

• Coral Trollarwise: Coral is the senior captain of the cheerleaders. She is in constant rivalry with Ruby, usually for a cute boy's attention. Her gem is maroon. Her gem is shaped like an ace of spades.
• Opal Trollangel: Opal is Coral's main friend. She has tan skin and light-pink hair with a sky blue hair tie. Her gem is in the shape of an oval.
• Jade Trollcroft: Jade is Coral's secondary friend. She has spiky lime green hair. Her gem is in the shape of a thin diamond.

Other[]

• Kaboom: A dim-witted but friendly volunteer at Obsidian's shop who tends to be the subject of spell bead experiments during the "Spell Moments" at the end of episodes. Originally, he was meant to be a major character, but was reduced in this role instead.

Additional voices[]

Spell phones[]

Spell Phones are devices based on a real life cellphones, but are adapted to provide functions for magic and spellbeads as well as provide the standard functions of a normal cellphone. "Spell Calls" are used to cast spells on other trollz across long distances. To initiate a Spell Call, the caller places a spell bead in the spell bead slot after inciting the incantation and then dialing the phone number of the intended recipient and hitting the cast button. The Spell Phone then transfers the spell through the phone line and when the recipient picks up the phone the spell is released through the receiver of the phone. It is a useful function that allows trollz to cast spells across long distances, but a lot of teenagers misuse the function and instead use it to play pranks.

Spell Moments[]

At the end of episodes, short 30-second segments called "Spell Moments" are featured. These feature one of the BBFL summoning a random or weird spell at a male Troll called Kaboom, which usually leads to unusual situations.

In the DVDs, these aren't featured, rather one segment would be featured on each one as a Bonus Feature.

Episodes[]

Home Media releases[]

Warner Home Video and NCircle Entertainment[]

In 2004, DIC signed a deal with Warner Home Video to release Trollz DVDs in most regions. These DVDs would each feature the 3 episodes that would form up a respective story arc, with extra footage not featured on the TV versions. The first two DVDs were known as Best Friends for Life - The Movie and Magic of the Five - The Movie, which were released in September 2005 and contained episodes 1-3 and 4-6 respectively. Warner Home Video planned to release Hair Over Heels and You Glow Girls in Spring 2006, which would have contained Episodes 7-9 and 10-12 respectively, but no such release occurred.

In August 2007, NCircle Entertainment re-issued both Best Friends for Life and The Magic of the Five^[3] and would then release the then-scrapped Hair Over Heels - The Movie in December 2007. You Glow Girls! - The Movie was planned to finally get a DVD release in June 2008 alongside A Hair A-Fair - The Movie, which would have contained Episodes 13-15, but were both cancelled.

These story-arc versions of the Trollz episodes would later see a release on Netflix, including the rest of the scrapped ones.

Other[]

BBC DVD released Best Friends for Life in the United Kingdom in 2006, while in France TF1 Video released "La Magie des Cinq" in October 2009 through their TFOU Video label.

Broadcast history[]

The "Best Friends for Life" movie originally premiered on Disney Channel on August 27, 2005 (later reairing on Toon Disney in September)^[4] and then began its regular series run on the syndicated DIC Kids Network E/I block in 2005.^[5] The series would later re-air on the Cookie Jar TV block on CBS, and later Cookie Jar Toons on This TV.

In the Republic of Ireland, the series aired on RTÉ Two from 28 September 2005 to 2006.^[6]

In the United Kingdom and France, the series aired on CBBC and TF1 respectively.^[7] In the UK, the series would re-air on Pop Girl.

In many international regions including Australia, Spain, Scandinavia and Asia, the series aired on Nickelodeon.^[8]

References[]

External links[]

• Trollz at IMDb