''Trollkins'' is a 1981 animated series produced by

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that aired for one season on CBS. Essentially a cross between ''

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'' (which incidentally premiered the same day, September 12, 1981, in the same

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at 8:30 ET) and ''

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'', it followed the misadventures of trolls Blitz, Pixlee, and Flooky.

Plot

The ''Trollkins'' are a race of small

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s with green, blue, and purple faces who live in a tree community called Trolltown. The episodes follow the adventures of Blitz (voiced by Steve J. Spears), Pixlee (voiced by

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), and their pet companion Flooky (voiced by

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). Blitz's father

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Lumpkin (voiced by Paul Winchell) was somewhat of a short, incompetent, hot-headed, fumble-mouth of a mayor who spoke in spoonerisms. Pixlee's father

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Trollsom (voiced by

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), more mild-mannered than Mayor Lumpkin, and his two deputies Dotty and Flake (voiced by

and

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) 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 continuous escapades, including those involving a renegade

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known as the Troll Choppers (much like the Chopper Bunch from ''Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch'') who terrorized the citizens of Trolltown from time to time, but were merely a nuisance rather than a threat to everyone.

Cast

* Michael Bell as Grubb Trollmaine * Bill Callaway as Slug *

as Pixlee Trollsom, Deputroll Dotty *

as Deputroll Flake *

as Sheriff Pudge Trollsom * Hank Saroyan as Afid *

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as Blitz *

as Bogg, Flooky, Top Troll * Paul Winchell as Mayor Lumpkin

Additional voices

* Jared Barclay *

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* Billie Hayes * Ken Mars *

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* Robert Allen Ogle *

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* Marilyn Schreffler *

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* Hal Smith * John Stephenson *

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Episodes

Broadcast history

* September 12, 1981 – September 4, 1982 – CBS * 1985–91 – USA Cartoon Express * 1992–2001 –

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* April 1, 2000–10 –

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(on occasions)

References

External links

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