Trollkins is a 1981 American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired for one season on CBS. 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 misadventures of trolls Blitz, Pixlee, and Flooky.
Plot The Trollkins are a race of small trolls 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 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 who spoke in spoonerisms.
Pixlee's father Sheriff Trollsom (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer), 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 continuous escapades, including those involving a renegade motorcycle gang 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 Jennifer Darling as Pixlee Trollsom, Deputroll Dotty Marshall Efron as Deputroll Flake Alan Oppenheimer as Sheriff Pudge Trollsom Hank Saroyan as Afid Steve Spears as Blitz Frank Welker as Bogg, Flooky, Top Troll Paul Winchell as Mayor Lumpkin
Additional voices
Jared Barclay Mel Blanc Scatman Crothers Peter Cullen Billie Hayes Ken Mars Don Messick Robert Allen Ogle Bob Sarlatte Marilyn Schreffler Rick Segall Hal Smith John Stephenson Lennie Weinrib Alan Young
Episodes
Broadcast history September 12, 1981 – September 4, 1982 – CBS 1985–91 – USA Cartoon Express 1992–2001 – Cartoon Network April 1, 2000–10 – Boomerang (on occasions)
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