For the main Trivia page for Trolls, click here.
Trolls World Tour:
- Ascended Fancast: The McElroy Brothers once made a one-off podcast stating they'd like to star in a hypothetical Trolls sequel film, which immediately became popular among people. They ended up playing some minor characters in World Tour, even getting a few posters dedicated just to those characters.
- Channel Hop: As with any DreamWorks Animation franchise that began in 2013-2017, Trolls World Tour switched distributors from Twentieth Century Fox to Universal.
- Delayed Release Tie-In: Various promotions (primarily food-based ones, like limited-edition Oreos) referred to the movie as being released "only in theaters". While this is a standard description for upcoming and newly-released films, it ended up being outdated when the film was moved to a video-on-demand premiere instead. (Notably, the McDonald's tie-in averted this by updating the accompanying website to reflect this change.)
- Development Gag: King Thrash is given the onset of senility that was originally conceived as part of Peppy's character, necessitating his retirement and Poppy's ascension to the throne.
- Direct to Video: The film wound up getting released on video on demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down theaters worldwide, making it DreamWorks Animation's first direct-to-video film since Joseph: King of Dreams.
- Directed by Cast Member: Walt Dohrn, voice of Smidge, Cloud Guy, Mr. Dinkles and others in both films (as well as King Peppy in the film and its sequel) takes over as director (he was a co-director on the first film) after Mike Mitchell moved on to The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.
- Dub Name Change: In the Russian dub, Hickory and Dickory become Eniki and Beniki, based on the Russian nursery rhyme "Eniki Beniki eli vareniki" (similar in practice to "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe").
- In the Spanish dub, Hickory is renamed Justino, and Tiny Diamond's name is changed to Mini Diamantino. The renamings from the first movie's dub return as well.
- Milestone Celebration: Just before the Dreamworks logo shows up, there's a commemoration logo of the studio's 25th anniversary (almost seven months after the official date, during the previous calendar year) featuring Guy Diamond in a background playing the first Trolls movie between many other ones produced by Dreamworks.
- Missing Trailer Scene: The scene between Poppy and Barb in the first trailer was clearly not in the movie. In fact, it was confirmed that it was merely intended as a test on how the two would interact.
- The Other Darrin:
- Director Walt Dohrn replaced Jeffrey Tambor as King Peppy.
- The Japanese dub is an odd case, since the voice actors of the two leads, Poppy and Branch, were replaced from Risa Shimizu and KENN respectively from the dubs of the first movie and TV series, to movie actors Mone Kamishiraishi (better known for Anime fans for voicing Mitsuha Miyamizu in Your Name) and Eiji Wentz (who played Kitaro in the live-action film based in the same manga), respectively.
- In the Swedish dub, Brance goes from being voiced by Måns Zelmerlöw to being voiced by Jonathan Jaarnek Norén.
- Release Date Change: The film was moved from April 17 to April 10, 2020. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic started shutting down theaters, Universal decided to release the film on video on demand at the same time as it was in theaters as many couldn't attend a theatrical showing, before removing a theatrical release altogether after all theaters (bar a few drive-ins) shut down. Happily for the film, it actually became a massive successnote , rather than being perceived as a de facto direct-to-video release.
- Short Run in Peru: The film did reach cinemas in a few Asian markets, but its run was cut short before it could open elsewhere due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the decision to release it via digital rental, it was available in the UK on April 6, four days before the US.
- So My Kids Can Watch:
- One of the main reasons the McElroy Brothers wanted roles in the movie.
- Rachel Bloom took the role of Queen Barb in the movie and Silver in The Angry Birds Movie 2 for her then about-to-be-born daughter.
- In a case of What Could Have Been, Chance the Rapper supposedly took the role of Prince D because his daughter is a fan of the Trolls franchise before being replaced by Anderson Paak.
- Spoiled by the Format: Many commercials and promotional materials prior to the film's release feature Barb and the Rock Trolls interacting with Poppy and the other characters, and showing them to be on good terms. While most of this footage is not featured in the film itself, and some degree of Animated Actors is implied to be at play (such as a commercial where Poppy gets them all tickets to see their own movie), these materials indirectly give away that Barb performs a Heel–Face Turn.
- Spoiled by the Merchandise: Merchandise of Poppy and Barb in their "Just Sing" outfits was released weeks before the movie premiered.
- What Could Have Been: Here.
- You Sound Familiar: Rachel Bloom voiced Cybil in Trolls: The Beat Goes On! before voicing Queen Barb here.
Tiny Diamond Goes Back To School:
- Cross-Dressing Voices: Actress Audyssie James voices the male Coral Blush.
- Refitted for Sequel: The unnamed teacher resembles Miss Guffin, a cut character from the first Trolls film who was going to serve as Poppy's nanny before betraying the pop tribe to the Bergens, a role which was ultimately played by Creek instead.
- Role Reprise: All returning characters in the short have the same voice actors from the movie.
Tourist Map:
- Role Reprise: As with Tiny Diamond Goes Back To School, all returning characters in the video have the same voice actors too.
