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. It involves three young
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s called Snapper, Tumbler and Willy Wee. The series has been dubbed into English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Russian and Dutch. It aired in Scandinavia on Cartoon Network,
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, in Germany on
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Plot

Join the adventures of the three young trolls Snapper, Tumbler, and willy Wee, as they explore the magical Troll forest and in their own unique way - make sure that the elves, nixes and other faerie folk will never forget (not forgive them). The Trolls are an anarchistic lot, always on the lookout for fun. They never realise what havoc they wreak, nor do they care. They are mischievous but harmless. Everyone in the magical forest knows our three heroes by the pranks they play and the adventures they share.


Episodes

# Soap Opera # The Hunt # The Lord of the Stones # The Princess # The Baby-Sitters # Farm Boys # The Mermaid # Say Cheese! # Pocket Storm # Huldra's Revenge # False Alarm # Where's the Wolf # One Cold Fish # The Bride of the Nix # Wrathrag's Request # The Changelings # The Wand # Huldra's Nightmare # The Bog Hag # Three Wishes # The Highway Man # The Trouble with Trolls # In a Dragon's Breath # The Professor # Sunsick # The Uninvited


Characters


Snapper

Voiced by
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. Snapper is a rather scrawny,
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, troll child from a forest filled of magic creatures. He is generally pretty disliked by just about everyone in the forest due to the constant pranks he plays on anyone he comes across. He is very cunning (although he might seem dumb, as he cannot even count to two!). He is also a master at every kind of music instrument he learns the basics off (He learned to play violin like a pro just like "Snap!"), but favours the flute. While he generally doesn't care about the consequences of his actions, he often resolves bad situations he played a part in instigating. He has a little troll named Willy Wee living in his hat. He has a really big ego. Unlike the other trolls, Snapper goes barefoot.


Tumbler

Voiced by
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. Tumbler is a fat little troll child. He is rather dull and mostly just tags along with Snapper, agrees with him, when he compliments himself, and takes part in his pranks. He is rather shy.


Willy Wee

Willy Wee is a naked nano-troll (a tiny troll). He doesn't like any of the creatures in the forest that much, except Snapper, Sun-Eye, Tim, and Huldra.


Sun Eye

A boy who thinks he's a troll.


Supporting characters


Gecko

Gecko is a big-eyed troll with tamed
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Huldra

Voiced by Lalainia Lindbjerg. Huldra is a (self-appointed, the other vittlings doesn't thinks she's ready yet, "The Hunt doesn't call her") huntress of the Vittling Folk (They seem to be some kind of
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creatures...). Huldra is the laughing stock of her tribe, being kinda clumsy (while still being just as agile as any other vittling), and short-thinking sometimes, as well as being one of Snappers main targets for pranks. She yearns to prove that she can be just as good a hunter as the adult Vittlings (though she is a kid). She seems to have some kind of liking for Snapper, as she enjoyed kissing him just to see his reaction, as well getting pretty jealous when a mermaid flirted with him.


Scuttlebutt

Huldra's pet
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. He is very gluttonous and has a sweet tooth. He is also rather dumb.


Trollmum

A troll woman who desperately wants children and will even steal human children.


Gnarlyconk

Voiced by Michael Dobson. Gnarlyconk is a short-tempered troll who is Snapper's nemesis.


Flobbergob

Voiced By
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. One of the trolls.


Rumbletum

Voiced by Michael Dobson. Rumbletum is a
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. He has a problem of passing
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Wrathrag

The resident troll witch. She makes and mixes potions in her hallow tree. She has a pet owl that acts as her eyes.


Strix

Wrathrag's giant
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companion.


Antagonists


The Wolf

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who seeks to devour the hero


The Nix

Voiced by Michael Dobson. An aquatic spirit feared by many of the forest's inhabitants. He dwells in a castle in the lake. He enchants people with false promises and wishes so that he can keep them there forever.


The Mara

A wicked
witch Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have u ...
that spreads nightmares.


The Mermaid

A beautiful
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from the sea. She gets lost in the troll river and falls in love with Snapper. After she successfully seduced Snapper, she transformed him into a sea troll. Danish children's animated television series German children's animated television series