Trollkins

*Trollkins*
Trollkins
Genre	Fantasy; Comedy;
Directed by	George Gordon; Carl Urbano; Rudy Zamora;
Voices of	Michael Bell; Bill Callaway; Jennifer Darling; Marshall Efron; Alan Oppenheimer; Hank Saroyan; Steve Spears; Frank Welker; Paul Winchell;
Composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	13 (26 segments)
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera;
Producers	Kay Wright; Iwao Takamoto (creative producer);
Editor	Gil Iverson
Running time	21 minutes (whole); 11 minutes (separate);
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 12 –; December 5, 1981

Trollkins is a 1981 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired for one season on CBS. Essentially a cross between The Smurfs (which incidentally premiered the same day, September 12, 1981, in the same time slot at 8:30 ET) and The Dukes of Hazzard, it followed the misadventures of trolls Blitz, Pixlee, and Flooky.^[1]

Plot

The Trollkins are a race of small trolls with green, blue, and purple faces who live in a tree community called Trolltown. The episodes follow the adventures of Blitz (voiced by Steve J. Spears), Pixlee (voiced by Jennifer Darling), and their pet companion Flooky (voiced by Frank Welker). Blitz's father Mayor Lumpkin (voiced by Paul Winchell) was somewhat of a short, incompetent, hot-headed, fumble-mouth of a mayor who spoke in spoonerisms.^[2]

Pixlee's father Sheriff Trollsom (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer), more mild-mannered than Mayor Lumpkin, and his two deputies Dotty and Flake (voiced by Jennifer Darling and Marshall Efron) were just as incompetent and fumble-minded in maintaining order in Trolltown. Nevertheless, there was no complete love lost amongst the citizens of Trolltown despite the continuous escapades, including those involving a renegade motorcycle gang known as the Troll Choppers (much like the Chopper Bunch from Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch) who terrorized the citizens of Trolltown from time to time, but were merely a nuisance rather than a threat to everyone.

Cast

Michael Bell as Grubb Trollmaine
Bill Callaway as Slug
Jennifer Darling as Pixlee Trollsom, Deputroll Dotty
Marshall Efron as Deputroll Flake
Alan Oppenheimer as Sheriff Pudge Trollsom
Hank Saroyan as Afid
Steve Spears as Blitz
Frank Welker as Bogg, Flooky, Top Troll
Paul Winchell as Mayor Lumpkin

Additional voices

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Original air date
1	"Trolltown Goes Trollywood" "Trolltown Meets Kling Kong"	Bob Ogle Dick Robbins	September 12, 1981 (1981-09-12)
2	"The Case of the Missing Trollosaurus" "The Trollerbear Scare"	Jim Ryan Mark Evanier	September 19, 1981 (1981-09-19)
3	"Escape from Alcatroll" "The Trollness Monster"	Jeffrey Scott J.R. Young	September 26, 1981 (1981-09-26)
4	"The Trollchoppers Meet Frogzilla" "Robotroll"	Jeffrey Scott	October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03)
5	"Trollyapolis 500" "Trollin the Magician"	Unknown	October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10)
6	"The Great Troll Train Wreck" "Trolltown Goes Ga-Ga"	Jeffrey Scott	October 17, 1981 (1981-10-17)
7	"Treasure of Troll Island" "Mirror, Mirror on the Troll"	Unknown	October 24, 1981 (1981-10-24)
8	"The Empire Strikes Trolltown" "Raiders of the Lost Troll"	Jeffrey Scott	October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31)
9	"The Moth That Ate Trolltown" "Fine Feathered Lumpkin"	Unknown	November 7, 1981 (1981-11-07)
10	"Bermuda Trollangle" "Supertroll"	Michael Maurer	November 14, 1981 (1981-11-14)
11	"Flooky and the Troll Burglar" "Dr. Frankentroll, I Presume"	Jeffrey Scott	November 21, 1981 (1981-11-21)
12	"The Abominable Trollman" "The Trollcat in the Trollhat"	Unknown	November 28, 1981 (1981-11-28)
13	"Agent Double-O-Troll" "Pixlee and the Seven Trolls"	Unknown	December 5, 1981 (1981-12-05)

Broadcast history

September 12, 1981 – September 4, 1982 – CBS
1985–91 – USA Cartoon Express
1992–2001 – Cartoon Network
April 1, 2000–10 – Boomerang (on occasions)

References

^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 874–875. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 237. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

External links

Trollkins at Internet Movie Database

[1] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 874–875. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[2] Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 237. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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