Troll Tales


Troll Tales is a Danish-German animated series from 1999 based on the books of Henning Kure. It involves three young trolls 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, Boomerang and DR1, in Germany on ZDF and KiKA, in Hungary on Duna TV and in Belgium on Ketnet. All music was composed, performed and produced by John Mitchell and Tom Keenlyside at Anitunes Music Inc..
All episodes were released on DVD in Russia with Russian and English audio tracks.

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. 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

  1. Soap Opera
  2. The Hunt
  3. The Lord of the Stones
  4. The Princess
  5. The Baby-Sitters
  6. Farm Boys
  7. The Mermaid
  8. Say Cheese!
  9. Pocket Storm
  10. Huldra's Revenge
  11. False Alarm
  12. Where's the Wolf
  13. One Cold Fish
  14. The Bride of the Nix
  15. Wrathrag's Request
  16. The Changelings
  17. The Wand
  18. Huldra's Nightmare
  19. The Bog Hag
  20. Three Wishes
  21. The Highway Man
  22. The Trouble with Trolls
  23. In a Dragon's Breath
  24. The Professor
  25. Sunsick
  26. The Uninvited

    Characters

Snapper

Voiced by Kathleen Barr. Snapper is a rather scrawny, barefoot, 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. He is also a master at every kind of music instrument he learns the basics off, 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 Cathy Weseluck. 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. 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 crows called, Jeremy, Pascal, and many more.

Huldra

Huldra is a huntress of the Vittling Folk. Huldra is the laughing stock of her tribe, being kinda clumsy, 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. 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 moose/elk. 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 Scott McNeil.
One of the trolls.

Rumbletum

Voiced by Michael Dobson. Rumbletum is a dim-witted troll. He has a problem of passing gas.

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 owl companion.

Antagonists

The Wolf

A creature 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 that spreads nightmares.

The Mermaid

A beautiful creature 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.