Trollkins

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Trollkins
Genre	Animation Comedy
Voices of	Paul Winchell Alan Oppenheimer Frank Welker Jennifer Darling Steve J. Spears
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 12, 1981 (1981-09-12) – September 4, 1982 (1982-09-04)

Trollkins is a 1981 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired for one season on CBS. The show was inspired from The Dukes of Hazard and the Troll Dolls.

Essentially a cross between The Smurfs (which incidentally premiered the same day, September 12, 1981, in the same time slot (8:30 ET)) and The Dukes of Hazard, it followed the adventures (and misadventures) 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.

Episodes

Trolltown Goes Trollywood/Trolltown Meets Kling Kong – September 12, 1981 (1981-09-12)
The Case of the Missing Trollosaurus/The Trollerbear Scare – September 19, 1981 (1981-09-19)
Escape From Alcatroll/The Trollness Monster – September 26, 1981 (1981-09-26)
The Troll Choppers Meet Frogzilla/Robotroll – October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03)
Trollyapolis 500/Trollin The Magician – October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10)
The Great Troll Train Wreck/Trolltown Goes Ga-Ga – October 17, 1981 (1981-10-17)
Treasure of Troll Island/Mirror, Mirror on the Troll – October 24, 1981 (1981-10-24)
The Empire Strikes Trolltown/Raiders of the Lost Troll – October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31)
The Moth That Ate Trolltown/Fine Feathered Lumpkin – November 7, 1981 (1981-11-07)
Bermuda Trollangle/Supertroll – November 14, 1981 (1981-11-14)
Flooky and the Troll Burglar/Dr. Frankentroll, I Presume – November 21, 1981 (1981-11-21)
The Abominable Trollman/The Trollcat in the Trollhat – November 28, 1981 (1981-11-28)
Agent Double-O-Troll/Pixlee And The Seven Trolls – December 5, 1981 (1981-12-05)

Cast

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

Additional voices

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

Crew

Gordon Hunt - Recording Director
Ginny McSwain - Animation Casting Director

Broadcast history

September 12, 1981-September 4, 1982 - CBS
1985-1991 - USA Cartoon Express
1992-2001 - Cartoon Network
2000-present - Boomerang (On occasions)

DVD Release

No complete series DVD is yet planned by Warner Home Video.

External links

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

v t e Children's programming on CBS in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–1981) The All-New Popeye Hour (1978–1983) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1984) Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–1980) The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982) Drak Pack (1980) The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–1982) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) Trollkins (1981–1982) Blackstar (1981–1982) Gilligan's Planet (1982–1983) Pandamonium (1982–1983) Meatballs & Spaghetti (1982–1983) The Dukes (February 5, 1983 – October 29, 1983) The Biskitts (1983–1984) Saturday Supercade (1983–1986) Dungeons & Dragons (1983–1985) The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983–1986) The Get Along Gang (1984–1985) Jim Henson's Muppet Babies (1984–1991) Pole Position (1984) Inspector Gadget (1985–1986) The Berenstain Bears (1985–1987) The Wuzzles (1985) Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–1987) Wildfire (1986) Galaxy High (1986–1987) Teen Wolf (1986–1987) Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987–1988) Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988) Popeye and Son (1987–1988) Dennis the Menace (1986–1988) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–1990) Superman (1988) Garfield and Friends (September 17, 1988 – October 1995) Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–1991) The California Raisin Show (1989–1990) Rude Dog & the Dweebs (1989–1990)

First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) In the News (1971–1986) 30 Minutes (1978–1982) CBS Saturday Film Festival (1971–1978; 1982–1984) Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) Pryor's Place (1984–1985) Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters (1985) CBS Storybreak (1985–1987) Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–1991) Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988–1989)

Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1968–1971; 1975–1978; 1978–1985) 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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