Branch's Plan

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(All Trolls from their tribes were getting their gifts ready for the Holiday Gift Swap)

Riff: [he is seen wondering which sweater should he put in the box]

Queen Poppy: Definitely go with that one.

Riff: Oh yeah! [throws the first sweater away] Duh, you're a lifesaver, Poppy.

King Trollex: [grunts, he struggles to put a large hair comb inside the box] It won't fit.

Queen Poppy: Oh. [she turns the box around, and the hair comb was a perfect fit]

King Trollex: It's a holiday miracle!

Queen Poppy: [she offers a young Rock troll and Cloud Guy with Peppermint Trollicicino] Peppermint Trollicicino?

Cloud Guy: Ha! You just read my mind. [he drinks his Peppermint Trollicicino]

(Poppy puts up some gems to decorate her big box for Branch)

Queen Barb: Wow, Poppy! That is one massive gift.

Val Thundershock: Yeah! Who's the lucky Troll?

Queen Poppy: Whoa, whoa, whoa! It's a secret gift swap. This vault is locked.

Val Thundershock: Oh, yeah, that's cool. Whatevs.

Queen Barb: Okay, I respect that.

Queen Poppy: It's Branch! I got Branch! Isn't that so exciting?! [exclaims]

Queen Barb: Wait, you got your boyfriend? That's a lot of pressure.

Queen Poppy: Pressure? Pfft! Come on. It's me we're talking about! The Gift Master! The Gift-inator! I've got it covered. Who did you get?

Queen Barb: [pulls out Mr. Dinkles' name] Mr. Dinkles, whoever that is.

Queen Poppy: Oh, that's Biggie's pet! He's a worm.

Queen Barb: A worm? That's awesome! But what do I get a worm?

Queen Poppy: Get him a hat. He lost his old one.

Contemplating his exsistence, Monsieur Dinkles clings to the solace of his trusty hat.

(His hat gets blown away)

Mr. Dinkles: Zutaloa! [Tranlation = "Dang!"]

Queen Poppy: See? I'm full of giftspiration and there's plenty to go around.

***

(We see Branch in his bunker along with Cooper and Prince D)

Branch: Alright, guys. Not gonna lie, I've been kinda freaking out over what to get the ultimate gift-giver, but I think I figured it out.

(Zooms out with all of Branch's plans)

Prince D: Whoa! Nice vision board, Branch.

Cooper: And not all insane-looking.

Branch: Thank you. [holds up a stick and shows them what he was talking about] Okay. As everybody knows, giving the wrong gift is a real relationship death sentence. If I go too small, I might disappoint her and if I go too big, I might freak her out. I can't let that happen. So, I came up with an equation that led me to the perfect gift for Poppy. A represents Queen Poppy, B is all of her queenly responsibilities, C is the amount of time spent doing her hair every morning. Therefore, A plus B squared minus the cosine of square root of C... Well, you all see where I'm going with this?

Funk Twins: Yeah...

Branch: Poppy never stops multitasking! So I'm gonna build her something that will save her time. I give you... the world's first Troll hair-doer! I just need to go to Poppy's place and get the exact measurements of her head without her noticing and I'm good to go!

Cooper: Well, that doesn't sound creepy at all.

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