Trollkins

Trollkins
Genre
Directed by
Voices of
Composer(s) Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 13 (26 segments)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
Editor(s) Gil Iverson
Running time
  • 21 minutes (whole)
  • 11 minutes (separate)
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
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

Additional voices

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 ScottOctober 3, 1981 (1981-10-03)
5"Trollyapolis 500 / Trollin the Magician"TBAOctober 10, 1981 (1981-10-10)
6"The Great Troll Train Wreck / Trolltown Goes Ga-Ga"The Great Troll Train Wreck: Jeffrey ScottOctober 17, 1981 (1981-10-17)
7"Treasure of Troll Island / Mirror, Mirror on the Troll"TBAOctober 24, 1981 (1981-10-24)
8"The Empire Strikes Trolltown / Raiders of the Lost Troll"The Empire Strikes Trolltown: Jeffrey ScottOctober 31, 1981 (1981-10-31)
9"The Moth That Ate Trolltown / Fine Feathered Lumpkin"TBANovember 7, 1981 (1981-11-07)
10"Bermuda Trollangle / Supertroll"Bermuda Trollangle: Michael MaurerNovember 14, 1981 (1981-11-14)
11"Flooky and the Troll Burglar / Dr. Frankentroll, I Presume"Dr. Frankentroll, I Presume: Jeffrey ScottNovember 21, 1981 (1981-11-21)
12"The Abominable Trollman / The Trollcat in the Trollhat"TBANovember 28, 1981 (1981-11-28)
13"Agent Double-O-Troll / Pixlee and the Seven Trolls"TBADecember 5, 1981 (1981-12-05)

Broadcast history

Home media releases

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

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