Trollkins

Trollkins
Genre	Fantasy Comedy
Directed by	George Gordon Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Ray Patterson (supervising director)
Voices of	Michael Bell Bill Callaway Jennifer Darling Marshall Efron Alan Oppenheimer Hank Saroyan Steve Spears Frank Welker Paul Winchell
Composer(s)	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13 (26 segments)
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Kay Wright
Editor(s)	Gil Iverson
Running time	21 minutes (whole) 11 minutes (separate)
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 12, 1981 (1981-09-12) – September 4, 1982 (1982-09-04)

Trollkins is a 1981 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired for one season on CBS. The show was inspired from The Dukes of Hazzard and The Smurfs. 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 (mis)adventures of Blitz, Pixlee, and Flooky.

Plot

The Trollkins are a race of trolls that had green, blue, and purple faces and lived in an underground, or rather in a tree, community called Trolltown. The episode plots 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, whose talk was similar to Revs from Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch. Pixlee's father Sheriff Trollsom (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer), who was 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 escapades, including a renegade motorcycle gang known as the Troll Choppers (much like that of the Chopper Bunch from Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch) who terrorized the citizens of Trolltown from time to time, but was merely a nuisance, rather than a threat to everyone.

Cast

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

Additional voices

Jared Barclay –
Mel Blanc –
Scatman Crothers –
Peter Cullen –
Billie Hayes –
Ken Mars –
Don Messick –
Robert Allen Ogle –
Bob Sarlatte –
Marilyn Schreffler –
Rick Segall –
Hal Smith –
John Stephenson –
Lennie Weinrib –
Alan Young –

Episodes

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

Broadcast history

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

Home media releases

No complete series DVD of the show is yet planned by Warner Archive.

External links

Trollkins at Internet Movie Database
Trollkins at TV.com
Trollkins at TV Party
Trollkins at Toonarific

Children's programming on CBS in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–81) The All New Popeye Hour (1978–83) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–84) Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–80) The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–82) Drak Pack (1980) The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–82) Blackstar (1981) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) Trollkins (1981–82) Gilligan's Planet (1982–83) Pandamonium (1982–83) Meatballs & Spaghetti (1982–83) The Dukes (1983) The Biskitts (1983–84) Saturday Supercade (1983–86) Dungeons & Dragons (1983–85) The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983–86) The Get Along Gang (1984–85) Muppet Babies (1984–91) Pole Position (1984) Inspector Gadget (1985–86) The Berenstain Bears (1985–87) The Wuzzles (1985) Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–87) Wildfire (1986) Galaxy High (1986–87) Teen Wolf (1986–87) Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987–88) Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–88) Popeye and Son (1987–88) Dennis the Menace (1986–88) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–90) Superman (1988) Garfield and Friends (1988–95) Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) The California Raisin Show (1989–90) Rude Dog & the Dweebs (1989–90)

First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) In the News (1971–86) 30 Minutes (1978–82) CBS Saturday Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84) Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) Pryor's Place (1984–85) Little Muppet Monsters (1985) CBS Storybreak (1985–87) Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988–89)

Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1968–71; 1975–78; 1978–85) Shazam! Speed Buggy He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Shirt Tales Land of the Lost The Transformers Kidd Video

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related topics	Garbage Pail Kids The Young Astronauts Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

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