Expressive Utterance On Trolls Movie
Expressive Utterance On Trolls Movie
Expressive Utterance On Trolls Movie
SKRIPSI
By
ROSA YUWANDA
NPM. 1402050104
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ABSTRACT
This study deals with the study of Expressive Utterance on Trolls Movie.
The objestives of this study were to find out types expressive utterances used in
Trolls movie. To reveal the use of expressive utterance in Trolls movie. To figure
out the reason of the use type of expressive utterance dominantly in Trolls movie.
Descriptive qualitative method was used in this study. Source of data was
obtained from the script of Trolls movie. In collecting the data, the researcher
Downloading the script of Trolls movie from internet, Watching Trolls movie,
Reading and observing the dialogue from the script of Trolls movie, Identifying
the sentences to find out types expressive utterances used in Trolls movie. The
data were analyzed in some steps, Classifying the sentences of expressive
utterances into its types, Finding out the use of expressive utterances that used by
the characters of Trolls movie, Finding out the reason type of expressive utterance
which dominantly used in Trolls movie.
The finding showed the occurrences seven from nine types of expressive
utterances on Trolls movie, they were 5 utterances of apologizing or 8.63%, 6
utterances of thanking or 10.34%, 26 utterances of deploring/censoring or
44.83%, 7 utterances of lamenting or 12.07%, 3 utterances of welcoming or
5.17%, 2 utterances of forgiving or 3.45%,9 utterances of boasting or 15.51%.
The researcher suggests the next researcher develop this research by using a
different object such as speech, and also from daily activity or daily conversation.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
by His affection the researcher can finish this minithesis entitled “Expressive
‘alaihi wassalam which we hope for His blessing in the judgement day.
The researcher would like to thank her dearest parents. Her beloved father
Riduan and her beloved mother Yusnita because of their prayers, material and more
supports, and their love during her academic years in completing her study so finally
the researcher can reach this stage. Her beloved young brothers, Aswandi,
Adriansyah, Mhd Farhan and Mhd Aviv Fahri, who always become motivation
There are also so many people which have a big impact for the researcher
Utara.
2. Dr. Elfrianto S.Pd, M.Pd, the Dean of Faculty of Teachers Training and
motivate his students including the researcher to finish the study as soon as
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possible, and also Pirman Ginting, S.Pd, M.Hum, the Secretary of English
Education Program for their suggestion and administrative help in the process
already set a valuable time to give comments and suggestions during finishing
this minithesis. And also, Dra. Diani Syahputri, M.Hum, as her reviewer.
5. All of English lecturers at FKIP UMSU who already transfer the knowledge
6. Muhammad Arifin, S.Pd, M.Pd as the Head of UMSU library for always
Siregar, Diah Julia, Anggi Syafira, Mitha Karnasih, Novira Anggraini, Juwita
Sari, Warlina Putri, for sharing the same insecurity, but luckily we finally did
it. And also, Friends in Senior High School till the end who always cheer her
up when the researcher feel down, Liza Purwita, Ana Str, and Nadia
Andarwiza, Liza Phili, Elli Devina Sari, Rahayu Dian Utami, Rafika Husna,
Finally, the researcher hopes this minithesis is useful for the readers.
However, the researcher realizes that the minithesis is still far from being perfect.
So, the researcher greatly appreciate any criticsm, ideas, and suggestion for the
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Fastabiqul Khairat
Rossa Yuwanda
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pages
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................ i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................................... ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................ v
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3.4.1. Apologizing .................................................................................. 13
3.4.7. Welcoming.................................................................................... 17
B. Data Analysis...................................................................................... 33
C. Data Findings...................................................................................... 59
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D. Discussions ......................................................................................... 60
CHAPTER V .......................................................................................... 62
A. Conclusions ........................................................................................ 62
B. Suggestion .......................................................................................... 63
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
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LIST OF TABLE
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Table 4.2. Types of Expressive Utterances in the Script of Trolls Movie .... 32
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LIST OF APPENDICES
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
among people. Interaction among people around the world must use the language
devices. Many alternatives can be used to understand the language very well.
There are many ways used by people to reveal their feeling, either in real action or
problem because the most important of that is their speech can be understood and
accepted by others. It is equally with the argument of Parker (1986:12) that what
rather than the way of language is structured internally. Like what Yule (1996:47)
said that in the effort to express and asserting himself, people not only produce
grammatical structure sentences but they also produce or show actions in that
language.
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. There are many ways
used by people to reveal their feeling, either in real action or utterance. People
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at least one person, the one who produces the utterance, but usually more than one
person.
need. In studying pragmatics, people are familiar with speech act. Speech act is
the action performed by a speaker with an utterance. We use the term speech act
Speech acts are divided into five classes: declarative, representative, expressive,
The speakers express their feeling by making their words fit with their
Actually from a movie, we can learn another subject when we watched it.
We can learn about the educational, moral or others value that implied there, or
about the acting of the actors or actress includes of the social relations or the
language and the dialogue or utterance they use, or learn about the literary
elements in the movie. Those studies are the branch of interdisciplinary sciences
interdisciplinary sciences can help us understand about the language inside the
containing with comedy, romance, drama, adventure, fantasy, thriller, and the
others of current interest. Movies can give description to people about life,
dialogues in every scene and enjoy watching the movies. Movie have great
because still many students in university did not understand about speech act
Muhammadiyah North Sumatera in fourth semester, the students did not study
semantics is one of linguistic branch which study about meaning, and pragmatics
not only study about meaning, it also study between context and meaning. And
the researcher have several reason in choose Trolls movie script as a source of the
data in this research. For the first, universally, in this age movie was assumed as
movie is an audio visual media which make the students easily to understand
about what the message was delivered by movie itself. And then, movie as one of
communication media which describe and show the voice of the movie characters
directly. The researcher also choose Trolls movie because it has many utterances
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especially expressive utterances and this movie is one of the famous animation
So, the researcher want to analyze the pragmatics on speech act especially
2. The audience or viewer still get difficulty to understand the meaning on Trolls
movie.
Trolls movie.
to the field study. The scope of this research was focused on speech act in
Trolls movie.
3. To figure out the reason of the use type of expressive utterance dominantly in
Trolls movie.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Theoretical Framework
The theory deals with the definitions of certain terms as used in this
order to get a clear understanding. The functions of the terms may give a limited
meaning, which specially meant in the particular function and can be used in
dealing with the topic references and resources of the study. The explanation will
readers.
In this case, the theoretical justification will give a clear concepts and it will be
applied in this research. The concepts will lead the research to be a better analysis.
Because, the concepts help the scope and the limitation of the problem and this
research.
1. Description of Linguistics
The word “Linguistic” has been derived from Latin Lingua (tongue) and
study of language. But the study not of one particular language, but the human
human behavior. It attempts to describe and analyze the language. The field of
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ways in which it is organized to fulfill the needs it serves, and the function it
performs. So, linguistics is the science which studies the origin, organization,
and explicitely, and formulates the general rules related to language (Shastri, 1985
Linguistic is the science of language and also the study of hoe language
is used, and can cover very broad range of subjects, since language enters almost
(morphology), sentence structure (syntax), speech sound and the rules and pattern
broadly three aspects to the study, which include language form, language
with the actual properties of speech sounds and non speech sound, how the
with how language employ logic and real world reference to convey, process and
2. Description of Pragmatics
between linguistics form and the users of those forms and it is the study of the
speaker’s meaning (Yule, 1996:4). The pragmatics include in analysis speech act.
A speech act analysis is an utterance which has both a literal meaning and a
meaning without any relation to context whereas pragmatics also means as the
languages but also learns about the external meaning of the sentence or utterance.
It was involved such an interpretation for what people mean in the right context
and how that context impact what is said. In this studies we also need to explore
their basic. Pragmatics has known as the area of investigation a number of aspects
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2000:5).
meaning or sentence that used in communication between the speaker and the
a speaker (or writer) and interpreted by a listener (or reader), this type of study
and how the context influences what is said. It explores how a great deal of what
Here, the researcher can conclude that pragmatics is the study of context
by linguistic form knowledge alone and takes into account the knowledge about
the physical and social world. The focus of pragmatics analysis is on the meaning
and hearers use language. And Yule (1996:47) defines that speech acts are simply
things people do through language or actions performed via utterances and there
are five classes of speech act: directive utterance, commisive utterance, expressive
Searle (1976:12) also said that “There are five basic categories speech
has message in itself, so the communication is not only about language but also
with action. Speech act is the utterance that occurs and act refers to an action. That
(1962:100). What is said, the utterance, can be called the locution. What the
that the addressee gets, his interpretation of what the speaker says, is the
pragmatics. According to Yule (1996:5), speech act is a study of how the speakers
and hearers use language. We always perform speech act in our daily life.
Sometimes we do not realize that the utterances we produce consist of speech act.
We often use utterances with indirect meaning. Speech act occurs on the process
of the meaning in how the communication occurs and how the listener perceives
the aim. In many times, people not only saying but also forcing the hearer to do
something. When the hearer is doing an act, it means that he or she is doing
illocutionary act. The researcher realizes that in our daily life, we also always use
the speech act function when we have communication with others. For example,
we say “the weather is hot today”; it means there is some implicit meaning to
request to do an action that is to switch on the fan or maybe open the window.
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believes to be the case or not, for example state, conclude, represent, deduce, etc.
By using this utterance, his or her expresses belief that the proportion all content
is true.
For example: “The world is flat” it means the speakers commits to the
hearer in her truth of speech about the flat of the world. Another example such as
“It’s raining out”. It means that the speaker was trying to get hearer to think that
In this type of speech acts, the speaker wants to ask someone else to do
For example: “Give me your pen” it means the speaker ask to the hearer to
borrow his pen to him. Anothe example such as “if raining comes in the weekend,
it will be traffic jam. We have to change our way of life to decrease traffic jam.
We have to find out solution together”. In this case, the speaker commits to
decrease traffic jam by using directive utterance. It is proved when he said “we
have to change, we have to find out solution together”. In this case, he told heares
to do something.
speaker to get the hearer to do something. The speaker express what their want
When the speaker uses commisive speech acts, it means that he or she
will commit some future action. Basically, it expresses what the speaker intends.
the hearer to come in a place. Another example such as the sentence : “We swears
to serve the master of the preciousss. We swears on...on the precious”. It means
that the speaker says he will do what hearer want. The words swears indicates that
“Say another word and I’ll break your arm. This is all a game for you, isn’t it”.
Utterance “I’ll break your arm” is commisive utterance. The speaker commits to
about themselves or the world (Searle :1976:12). It also Norrick (1978:279) said
that specifies that expressive speech acts express psychological conditions and
thanking, and who define expressives as expressing the state of mind, the
of performative expressions.
Expressive is a kind of speech acts that states what the speaker feels. The
sorrow. In this case, the speaker makes the words fit with the situation which his
or her feeling also includes in it. Acts of thanking, apologizing, congratulating are
3.4.1. Apologizing
shortcoming failing, defend, explain, clear away or make excuse for by reasoning.
For example :
Son : Dad, what are you doing? We're not supposed to touch
anything!
Mother : Iam very sorry to say this, my child, that I must give
In this case, Mother shows word sorry because her regret to her child for
3.4.2. Thanking
Where the speaker expresses positive feelings to the hearer, who has
For example :
example such as :
from that.
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utterance since there is a certain force that the speaker expressed by saying the
show that he or she is grateful for something that someone has been done. In this
case, Son as the speaker expressed his gratitude or thanks to Mother that they had
3.4.3. Congratulating
Where the speaker has observed that the addressee has either benefitted
from or carried out a positively valued event. Congratulating shows the speaker’s
For example :
toward what has been happening to the hearer including the feeling of pleasure
toward the hearer’s luck or the feeling honor toward the hearer’s ability.
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3.4.4 Condoling
hearer’s sadness.
For example :
Jean : You know how hard I try to give my best for him, but he
John : Jean, please forget him, I know you can. You’re a strong
girl i’ve ever seen. I’m hurt to see you like this, but I
to you.
Condoling could be marked by the sentences “I’m hurt to see you like
this but I can’t do anything, I’ll pray the happiness would come to you”.
Condoling also define when someone else is in times of adversity, either feeling
3.4.5. Deploring/Censoring
impact on the speaker or a third person. This kind of expressive about criticizing,
complaining and deprecating that express the feeling of disagree or dislike with
For example :
Son : I’m so regret, dad. I believe him more than you, then,
Dad : Aa.. aa... you’re my son, and I didn’t think to lost you
anymore.
The speaker says “i’m so regret, dad. i believe him more than you and
then he left me out, but you stay with me”, son explain what he feel and had
3.4.6. Lamenting
Where the speaker expresses his or her own misfortune, either at their
own or somebody else’s doing, the speaker is also the main observer.
For example :
The speaker says “I lost my father” which clearly express his misfortune
3.4.7. Welcoming
Where the speaker expresses positive feelings towards the arrival of the
addressee or event. It also the act of greeting by the speaker to the hearer.
For example :
3.4.8. Forgiving
for the fact that the speaker does not resent the addressee’s action.
For example :
Based on the sentence above, we know that his Dad forgiving him about his fault
that he did.
3.4.9. Boasting
Where the speaker expresses positive feelings about his or her own
For example :
Son tried to show off Shifu, the teacher, he has been admired. Boasting
Declarative is a kind of speech acts that change the situation via the
conveying message in communication can being form verbal and implied. When
For example; “When I smile I feel better” it means the speakers only
request to the hearer about smile. Another example is “When you comes to my
life, i feel my life was so great”. The speaker says to hearer that his life was
changed.
utterance that being uttered by speaker toward hearer in communication. The type
communication.
Speech act also can be understood by take a look from the utterance and
speech act. It means that we have to look at the context or pragmatic meaning
4. Description of Movie
cameras, and some by creating images by animation techniques and visual effect,
and also some music. For recent years, movie or film considered being an
important art form, as a root of en vogue entertainment but now movie also
became a source of education for citizens. Learned and got education from films
was possible because of many messages that implied and founded there.
Moreover, there are also insert values such as moral values, educational values
Movie or Films, and particularly video tapes, are like novels, which in
theory can be repeatedly read, or viewed (Klarer, 2005:57). Klarer also stated that
the visualization in movie has the action that not left merely to the imagination of
a reader, but rather comes to life in the performance, independent of the audience.
exclusively in the context of drama, since categorizing it under the performing art
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does not do justice to the entire genre, which also includes non-narrative
the Troll dolls created by Thomas Dam. The film was directed by Mike
Mitchell and co-directed by Walt Dohrn, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn
Berger and based on a story by Erica Rivinoja. The film features the voices
Corden andGwen Stefani. The film revolves around two trolls on a quest to save
their village from destruction by the Bergens, creatures who eat trolls.
the film premiered on October 8, 2016, at the BFI London Film Festival and was
Fox. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, grossed $344
million worldwide against its $125 million budget and received an Academy
Award nomination for Best Original Song for "Can't Stop the Feeling!".
early as 2010. This version was to be written by Adam Wilson and his wife
Melanie By 2012, Chloë Grace Moretz had already been cast in the female lead
role and Jason Schwartzman was reported to have been offered the male lead. In
September 2012, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation announced that
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the film with the working title Trolls would be released on June 5, 2015,
property for the Trolls franchise from the Dam Family and Dam Things. Having
"big plans for the franchise," DreamWorks Animation became the exclusive
worldwide licensor of the merchandise rights, except for Scandinavia, where Dam
Things remains the licensor. In May 2013, the film was pushed back for a year to
that Mike Mitchell and Erica Rivinoja has been hired as a director and screenplay
writer to "reimagine" the film as a musical comedy, which will present the origin
of the Trolls' colorful hair. On June 16, 2014, Anna Kendrickjoined the cast to
Pendragon in Shrek the Third in 2007. The full cast announced their respective
on DVD and Blu-ray on February 7, 2017. The film topped the home video sales
B. Relevant Studies
thesis analyzes the expressive speech acts appear in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal
Chiltern. This character is chosen because she represents the characters that lived
in English high-class society who express their feelings toward current topic or
other people they speak to through the utterances. This thesis uses pragmatics and
stated in the problem formulation, and they are: (1) How expressive is Lady
Chiltern as shown through her speech acts? (2) What reactions do those
expressive speech acts reveal toward the current topic or other characters? (3)
What messages do those expressive speech acts convey to other characters? There
are two methods used for doing the analysis. First, the researcher used data
collecting to get the list of all dialogues spoken by Lady Chiltern. Later, those
dialogues were analyzed to find out how many dialogues containing speech acts,
and which of them are considered as expressive speech acts. Next, the researcher
analyzed the data to find out the reactions and the messages within those
As the results, the researcher found out that Lady Chiltern is quite
that cover about fifty three expressive speech acts that can be identified among
one hundred and forty three dialogues uttered by Lady Chiltern, which means
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37.06% from all dialogues in act one until act four. Twenty nine of those
expressive speech acts reveal three kinds of reaction performed as the responses
from the other character’s utterances; positive responses, negative responses, and
neutral responses. Fifty expressive speech acts convey the messages and those
messages are classified into nine classes based on the contents; personal
utterances in action film and its translation, and to describe the equivalence of
politeness strategy of expressive utterances in action film and its translation. The
type of this research is descriptive qualitative. The data source of this research is
techniques of analyzing data of this research are describing the equivalence of the
intention by referring to the speech act theory and describing the equivalence of
the politeness pattern by referring politeness strategy. Based on the result of the
data analysis, the writer findsthe equivalence of the intentions and the equivalence
of politeness pattern of expressive utterance in action film and its translation. The
divided into three kinds, they are: bald on record (45,83%), positive politeness
And the third, Ulin Nafiah (2015), “Expressive Speech Act in The Harry
Potter and Chamber of Secret Movie Script”. Everyday people communicate with
each other. In daily communication, people perform action via utterance. The
actions performed via utterance called speech act. There are five kinds of speech
act. One of the classifications is expressive speech act. It is the kind of speech act
that state about speaker feeling. This study aim to find the expressive speech acts
speech acts are found in the Harry Potter and Chamber Secret movie script?. 2)
how are those expressive speech act syntactically realized ?. In this research, the
researcher used content analysis as the design of the research. The method to
collect the data used documentation to get the data from the Harry Potter and
Chamber of Secret Movie Script. The researcher used theory from George Yule to
classify the expressive speech acts that were found by researcher. From analyzed
the Harry Potter and Chamber of Secret movie script, the researcher find the
The first result of her research, there are five kinds of expressive speech
acts are like, dislike, sorrow, pleasure and pain. Like is feeling enjoy or approve
satisfaction, or something that gives this. The last kind of expressive speech act
that was found by the researcher in this movie script is joy. Joy is expression great
happiness. Form the five kind of expressive speech acts that were found by
researcher, dislike expressions were the most often appear in the movie script. The
syntactical realization of the expressive speech acts that were found by researcher
declarative. From the finding researcher found that the expressions that are stated
in the Harry Potter and Chamber of Secret express feeling indirectly. Finally the
writer suggest the reader, student, and the future researcher who are interested
with pragmatic, especially in the expressive speech act theories, to study more
related references and to conduct a study about speech act especially expressive
speech act form various point of view. So, the study about speech act especially
C. Conceptual Framework
by considering the intension of the utterance, the context and social word.
1983:9). Levinson (1983:9) states that the space acts, implicature discourse
expressive.
Movie script is the written form of movie that also includes instruction
on how the actor or actress to be acted and filmed in the movie itself. In this
research, the researcher expects that this research will give the contributions for
the teachers and the students because of this research in discuss about pragmatics.
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Pragmatics
Speech Act
METHOD OF RESEARCH
A. Research Design
qualitative term. Descriptive qualitative was used to describe and to analyze each
finding during the research. The detail information was presented in data analysis.
descriptive data in words and languages form (Moleong, 2009:3). The purpose of
for the cause and effect of something and to deepen comprehension about
All the facts related to the subject of the analysis were collected and
analyzed. The research was described about type of expressive utterances and the
The source of the data in this research was taken from Trolls movie. The
analysis was focused on utterances of four characters of Trolls movie. Those are
Branch, Poppy, King Gristle and Bridget. Based on the movie script, the analysis
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In collecting the data, the researcher was applied some steps, they are :
3. Reading and observing the dialogue from the script of Trolls movie.
movie.
In analyzing the data, the data were collected to find out the types of
expressive utterances and the most dominant type of expressive utterances used in
“Trolls”. The data were analyzed through some steps, they are :
2. Finding out the use of expressive utterances that used by the characters of
Trolls movie.
3. Finding out the reason type of expressive utterance which dominantly used in
Trolls movie.
CHAPTER IV
A. Data Collection
The researcher collected the data of this research by reading the script of
Trolls movie. Selecting sentences and then underlining which one expressive
utterances. The data were classified into the types of expressive utterances. And
No Data Collection
1 I’m sorry, I can’t!
I’m so sorry Branch, I had no idea. I just assumed you had a terrible
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voice.
3 I’m sorry, Poppy. We’re too late.
Face it poppy! Sometimes people go into other people’s mouth and they
4 don’t come out. If we go after creek now, we’re going to get eaten. I’m
sorry. But, it’s too late for him.
5 Sor ry, Chef.
6 Yes chef, thank you, chef.
7 Thank you for that demonstration.
8 Thank you. that wasn’t so hard, was it? Branch...
9 Thank you
10 No, thank you.
That was the greatest day of my life! Thanks Poppy, thanks to all of
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you! Even you, I guess.
12 That one's rotten!
Unbelievable, guys. Really, really great. Good job. I could hear you
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from a mile away!
14 Big? Loud? Crazy?! You're just gonna lead the Bergens right to us!
15 Branch, you can't say "no", they're your friends!
16 Yes, to last me 10 years. Me! It'll last them 2 weeks!
17 They're alive, Branch. I know it!
Hey, I know it's not all cupcakes and rainbows. But, I'd rather go
through life thinking that it mostly is instead of being like you. You
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don't sing, you don't dance...so gray all the time! What happened to
you?
19 Really? Seriously? More singing?
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From the table above , there were 58 utterances found in the script of
B. Data Analysis
After collecting the data, the data were analyzed based on formulation of
the problem that were to find out the types of expressive utterances used by four
characters and why the type dominantly used and how expressive utterance used
by four characters of Trolls movie. Utterances were analyzed based on the types
here, none!
You love Gristle too? You’d better √
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back off, girlfriend!
27 Wait ... why isn’t this one singing? √
28 I look like a child in this one. √
When are you gonna ask him √
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about Creek?
No! I mean say something nice √
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about him.
What’s going on? Are you making √
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fun of me?
No, no! You can’t leave. Lady √
32 Glittersparkles is gonna be the
king’s plus one at dinner.
The dinner where they’re serving √
33 the trolls? I think we’re gonna have
to skip that one.
That’s impossible! Only eating the √
Troll can make him happy.
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Everyone knows that! I wish I’d
never gone on this stupid date!
No! Bridget, if you go in there √
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do.
Bridget just ruined her life to save √
ours. It’s not right! She deserves to
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be happy as much as we do. They all
do!
No! Happiness isn’t something you √
put inside. It’s already there.
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Sometimes you just need someone to
help you find it.
Oh, Barnabus! You’re only my √
friend in this whole miserable world.
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Dad was right. I’ll never ever, never
ever, never be happy. Never!
I’m sorry, I should have to listened √
to you. You told me not to throw the
39 party. And I threw it, anyway. And
it's my fault they wear taken, and
now I don't know what to do.
No! He’s right. This idea is stupid. √
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King gristle will never love me.
41 I haven’t sung a note since. √
42 He’ll know that I’m just a scullery √
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maid.
I’m sorry. I don’t know why I √
thought I could save you. All I
43 wanted to do was keep everyone
safe, like you did, Dad. But I
couldn’t”.
44 I let everyone down. √
45 Hug time! √
Good morning, daddy! Daddy, √
wake up Daddy, wake up! Wake up!
46 Wake up, daddy! Wake up, daddy.
Daddy! Daddy!Daddy! Daddy!
Daddy, wake up!
47 It's... Trollstice! √
No, no, it was like an angel’s. At √
48 least, that’s what grandma used to
say.
49 It’s okay. It’s okay, Poppy √
20 years ago, King Peppy made us √
safe. And now, every troll is free to
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be happy and live in
perfect...(singing) Harmony.
I'd like to take a second to celebrate √
our king... My father. Who, 20
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years ago this night, saved all of us
from those dreaded.
Yeah, I really only have enough √
supplies down here to last me 10
years. 11, if I'm willing to store and
52 drink my own sweat. Which I am.
You all said I was crazy, huh? Well,
who's crazy now? Me. Crazy
perpared.
Yeah, I’m the king. But, I think I √
53 should share this moment with all the
kingdom.
It better be! Trollstice is tomorrow √
54 night. I mean, I look good, but I
have to look great.
55 Of, course. I’m passionate about it. √
I kinda do have a nice smile, don’t √
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I?
No, no, no... it’s all wrong. I’m the √
57 king who’s bringing back
Trollstice! I need a bib to match!
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Note :
A : Apologizing
B : Thanking
C : Deploring or Censoring
D : Lamenting
E : Welcoming
F : Forgiving
G : Boasting
The Table 4.2 above shows that there were seven types of expressive
utterances found in Trolls movie, they were apologizing (5), thanking (6),
deploring or censoring (26), lamenting (7), welcoming (3), forgiving (2), and
boasting(9).
1.1. Apologizing
something that make it fault so that could be have negative impact for the speaker
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or hearer itself. In this case, the researcher finds 3 data of apologizing type of
1. Data 1
This data was found when Branch with his strong feeling to say sorry
and refuse to sing with Poppy and friends to make Bridget sure, she could make a
dating with King Gristle. Branch always feel sing is something wrong and do not
need to do.
because the speaker shows the word “sorry” and can not do what the hearer want.
2. Data 2
“I’m so sorry Branch, I had no idea. I just assumed you had a terrible voice”.
Data 2 described about Poppy was wrong when make an assumption that
Branch is a miserable man and think why he do not sing, becasuse he had bad
voice. But actually, Branch is a good man and he had really good voice. Based on
3. Data 3
In this case, the data found when Poppy and friends try to rescue Creek
from Gristle room and steal his jewel because Creek were on the jewel. But when
they get the jewel and open it, Creek was gone. Branch express “sorry” because
he should make Poppy realize that Creek eaten by King Gristle. From the situation
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happens in this scene, Branch express apologizing to Poppy, because they’re late
the speaker express “sorry” because he can not save the hearer friends from the
Bergen.
4. Data 4
“Face it poppy! Sometimes people go into other people’s mouth and they
don’t come out. If we go after creek now, we’re going to get eaten. I’m sorry.
But, it’s too late for him”
Creek was gone and died. The word “I’m sorry” uttered by Branch to Poppy
because he forced to say that Creek was gone and died because eaten by Bergen.
because the speaker (Branch) feel sad about what was happened.
5. Data 5
“Sorry, Chef”
her, she is listening something in the pot which Trolls catched. She is afraid about
that, then she says apologize for chef. The researcher classifies this utterance into
expressive for apologizing. Where the speaker expresses the word “sorry” for the
hearer.
1.2. Thanking
past act carried out by a hearer which the speaker considers that has been
beneficial to him/her. In this case, the researcher was found 4 data about
1. Data 6
At that time, chef of Bergen accept her to work with the chef. In this case, the
utterance classified into expressive for thanking because the speaker (Bridget)
shows positive feeling for the hearer who has accept her to work.
2. Data 7
make a high five before he will give information how the way to the Bergen town.
The researcher classifies this utterence into expressive for thanking because the
speaker feels the hearer was do something good for him. But actually in this
scene, Branch say “thank you” to appreciate what Cloud Guy want that is help
3. Data 8
negatively about what will happen to their friends in Bergen town. She ask Branch
The researcher analyzes this data as expressive for thanking. The speaker
shows the word “thank you” when the hearer want to do what the speaker wants
4. Data 9
“Thank you.”
This data found when Branch and Poppy was finished in sing. Poppy
were happy and express thanks to Branch, because he makes Poppy was happy.
The researcher analyzed this data as expressive for thanking because the
speaker expresses her gratitude for the hearer because the hearer was made the
speaker so happy.
5. Data 10
realize that happiness is inside every people and she was taught Branch how to be
happy.
6. Data 11
“That was the greatest day of my life! Thanks Poppy, thanks to all of you! Even
you, I guess”
about what Poppy and friends do for her. She thought that her day was great
because of Poppy and friends. She can go to dating with King Gristle and helped
by Poppy and friends. The researcher classifies this utterance into expressive for
thanking because the speaker expresses positive feeling about what the hearer do
something which done by the hearer and have impact for the speaker or the hearer.
In this case, the researcher found 16 data for expressive for deploring. Those are:
1. Data 12
suddenly it could be turned into a wood. Gristle was really angry because he will
Here, the speakers shows sad and angry feelings because what was
happen will make him never taste the happiness. So the researcher classifies this
2. Data 13
“Unbelievable, guys. Really, really great. Good job. I could hear you from a
mile away!”
This data describe when Branch saw Poppy and friends singing so
loudly. Branch always remind all of the Trolls which held the event that makes
Bergens know where they live. Branch do not like anything that can noisy, he
thinks that it will make Bergen know the Trolls and They will catch and eat them.
This utterance as type deploring could be marked “I could hear you from a mile
away”.
3. Data 14
“Big? Loud? Crazy?! You're just gonna lead the Bergens right to us!”
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type. This data is continuation from data 1, where Poppy and Branch still debate
about Poppy will hold the biggest party. From the utterance “Big?Loud?Crazy?”
the researcher saw Branch is really disagree about the party that will be held.
4. Data 15
The data above occurs when Poppy comes to Branch and she want
Branch accompanies her to save their friend that catched by bergen. This
save their freinds because Branch felt they were not his friends.
5. Data 16
This data found when Branch is angry to Poppy because she let all of the
6. Data 17
This data performed by Poppy when they was debated about their friends
where their friends catched by Bergens. Poppy always have positive think about
her frien ds so that it can make Poppy was happy and enthusias to try to be saver
for her friends. So in this data, Poppy is really disagree with Branch which said
7. Data 18
“Hey, I know it's not all cupcakes and rainbows. But, I'd rather go through life
thinking that it mostly is instead of being like you. You don't sing, you don't
dance...so gray all the time! What happened to you...”
The expression “You don't sing, you don't dance, so gray all the time!
What happened to you” expressed by Poppy when she still debating with Branch
because he try to make Poppy realize and said Poppy just only know that the
world is only about cupcakes and rainbows. Then Poppy ask Branch what did
happen with him, because he never sing and dance as the other Trolls. This data
classified into deploring because what Branch do will have negative impact for
him, he does not sing or dance and will make him lonely without friends.
8. Data 19
about a scene when Poppy and Branch goes on a rescue mission, Poppy suddenly
sing when Branch want to sleep. Branch feel afraid if Poppy sing, Bergens will
hear it and then catched them. From the utterance above, the researcher classifies
this data into expressive for deploring which indicated by sentence “Really?
Seriously? More singing?” from this sentence, the researcher analyzes that the
9. Data 20
looking for where the tunnels into the Bergen town. Suddenly Cloud Guy comes
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and want to help them shows where the way is right one. But Branch look Cloud
Guy as someone is weird and stranger, he decide to refuse Cloud Guy that want to
help them. So, Poppy feels Branch have really wrong assumption, because Cloud
Guy just want to help and if they refuse Cloud Guy, they will never know where
seen by the utterance “He’s tryin’ to help us!” this utterance shows the speaker
10. Data 21
“Branch, it’s a high five. The others lead to certain death.Get perspective”
This data describe about a scene when Poppy criticise Branch and try to
make Branch realize that Cloud Guy just ask to make high five. Because after
they make a high five, Cloud Guy will lead them choose the right tunnels into
word “it’s a high five” Poppy stressed it just a little thing that Branch do, because
if Branch do not want to do it, they will never know the right way to Bergen town.
11. Data 22
“Could you try to be positive? Just once. You might like it”
This data tells about when Branch and Poppy were in Bergen Kingdom
secretly. Branch said that their friends is in a Bergen’s stomach and think that they
were died. Poppy is really unhappy about what Branch think. The utterance
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12. Data 23
This data occurs when Branch and Poppy see that Creek eaten by King
Gristle. Poppy is really afraid that Creek was gone and she want to save Creek.
But Branch know that they can not do anything except save their other friends.
And Creek can not save anymore. Poppy keep thinking that Creek still alive and
want to save him again. Branch is angry Poppy want to do that because Creek was
gone.
The researcher analyzes this utterance and classifies into expressive for
deploring. The speaker (Branch) utters this utterance to the hearer (Poppy) with
strong feeling to realize the hearer that what she do will have negative impact for
them.
13. Data 24
maid in Bergen Kingdom was so in love with King Gristle, she save all of the
King’s Photo and love letter for the King but she do not want someone know
about her love. Poppy was so sad to see that. But Branch criticise about what
Poppy said that Bridget were in love with the King because the Bergen do not
because based on the utterance above, the speaker express his feeling
14. Data 25
“How do you always look on the bright side? There is no bright side
here,mnnone!”
The utterance above expressed by Branch. He feels Poppy was always
looking for the bright side and always think postive. Meanwhile, they are facing
Bergens which can be catched them if Bergens know they were in Kingdom to
save their friends. The researcher classifies this utterance into expressive for
deploring.
15. Data 26
This utterance expressed by Bridget when they think that Poppy love
King Gristle too. She thought that she would have a foe to get the King’s heart. In
the uttera nce “you love Gristle too?” the researcher classifies into expressive for
deploring.
16. Data 27
In this case, the utterance produced by Bridget, when she saw Branch is
not singing like the others. She thought that Branch is not singing because what
because the speaker criticised about the hearer who do not want to sing.
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17. Data 28
This utterance expressed by King Gristle, when he try a new bib that he
will use in Trollstice. But the sales give him an ugly bib. The researcher classifies
this utterance into expressive for deploring because the speaker expresses unlike
feeling about the bib which given by the sales and it make him look like a child.
18. Data 29
This utterance produced by Branch. In this scene, Branch can not wait to
know about where Gristle hide Creek. So, he ask to Poppy about it. The
researcher classifies this utterance into expressive for deploring because the
speaker criticised about what Poppy and Bridget do, he can not wait to know
about Creek.
19. Data 30
compliment Gristle. But, actually Bridget do not know what should she says. So,
Poppy says this utterance. If Bridget did not compliment Gristle back, she will
deploring.
20. Data 31
Glittersparkle or Bridget because she talk about his body. Actually, Bridget just
So, the researcher analyzes this utterance into expressive for deploring.
Because the speaker criticised about what the hearer says before.
21. Data 32
“No, no! You can’t leave. Lady Glittersparkles is gonna be the king’s plus one
at dinner”
This utterance produced by Bridget when Poppy and friends are going to
save Creek. Bridget do not want they leave her alone. She want Poppy help her to
because the speaker criticise about what the hearer do. Because the hearer want to
leave the speaker alone and can not help the hearer anymore.
22. Data 33
“The dinner where they’re serving the trolls? I think we’re gonna have to
skip that one.”
This utterance produced by Branch when Bridget still ask them to help
her for pretend to be Lady Glitter Sparkle. At that time, they want to escape from
Bergen Kingdom and should leave Bridget alone. The utterance above uttered by
Branch because if they help Bridget there, it will make them catched by Bergens.
The researcher indicates the expressive for deploring from the sentence
“the dinner where they’re serving the trolls? I think we’re gonna have to skip that
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one”. In this sentence, the speaker shows feeling disagree to help Bridger because
23. Data 34
“That’s impossible! Only eating the Troll can make him happy. Everyone
knows that! I wish I’d never gone on this stupid date!”
Poppy and friends do not want to help her anymore. Bridget says that Gristle and
her can not make each other happy because only eat the trolls can make Gristle
happy. Here, the researcher classifies this utterance into expressive for deploring
because the speaker shows the negative feelings about what the hearer has done.
24. Data 35
“No! Bridget, if you go in there without us, you know what they’ll do”
This data occurs when Bridget a scullery maid help the trolls to escape
from the Bergen. Then sentences above uttered by Poppy because she know what
Bridget do will make her in bad situation. The researcher classifies the data above
as one of expressive for deploring from the sentence “If you go in there without
25. Data 36
“Bridget just ruined her life to save ours. It’s not right! She deserves to be
happy as much as we do. They all do!”
Expressive for deploring above marked with the utterance “Bridget just
ruined her life to save ours. It’s not right!” that produced by Poppy, because she
thinks that Bridget do something which make her life will end.
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26. Data 37
No! Happiness isn’t something you put inside. It’s already there. Sometimes
you just need someone to help you find it.
This utterance produced by Poppy when all of the Bergen asks about why
King Gristle can be happy even though he never eat the Trolls. So, Poppy criticise
that statement about happiness is when they eat the Trolls. So, the researcher
1.4. Lamenting
In this case, the term of lamenting means the speaker feels guilty about
what the speaker was done. Lamenting is an expression where someone expresses
1. Data 38
This data produced by King Gristle, in this scene Gristle shows sad and
guilty feeling because he never ate the Trolls. The researcher identifies this
expresses how miserable his life because he never ate the trolls.
2. Data 39
“I’m sorry, I should have to listened to you. You told me not to throw the party.
And I threw it, anyway. And it's my fault they wear taken, and now I don't
know what to do”.
Expressive for lamenting marked in sentences “I should have listened to
you”. At that time, Poppy also said “it’s my fault they wear taken”. At the
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begining, there is word “sorry” but from the situation happens, Poppy express her
misfortune, and because what she do, they friends has catched by Chef of Bergen.
lamenting because the speaker (Poppy) feels what she do was so bad.
3. Data 40
“No! He’s right. This idea is stupid. King gristle will never love me”.
In this scene, Bridget expresses her misfortune because she thought that
what they plans will success and make the King love her. She was so sad about
that. So, the researcher classifies this utterance as expressive for lamenting.
4. Data 41
This data occurs when Branch explains why he do not sing and hate to
sing. He feels sing will remind him about his grandma which was died because
5. Data 42
Glittersparkle to get the King’s heart. She feels like be a Lady Glittersparkle will
because the speaker expresses her miserable expression and thought that it is her
6. Data 43
“I’m sorry. I don’t know why I thought I could save you. All I wanted to do was
keep everyone safe, like you did, Dad. But I couldn’t”.
The word “sorry” in this situation means to express what Poppy feels.
She really feels that everything happens because of her misfortune. She makes
everybody she love thrown in a pot. She was so sad. This data analyzed by the
researcher as expressive for lamenting because the speaker shows feeling sad and
7. Data 44
The data above shows what Poppy feels. She think that wha was
not know anything and can not save the trolls from the Bergen.
1.7. Welcoming
The term of welcoming means the speaker expresses feeling happy about
something or event which happen. Here, the researcher found 1 utterance, and can
seen below:
1. Data 45
“Hug time!”
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shows when Poppy is debating with Branch, suddenly the trolls’s clock is on and
it means that time to hug. Then all of the trolls hugging each other.
because, in this scene the speaker was so happy if hug time comes.
2. Data 46
“Good morning, daddy! Daddy, wake up Daddy, wake up! Wake up! Wake up,
daddy! Wake up, daddy. Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy, wake up!”
This utterance occurs in the begining of Trolls movie, at that time Gristle
try to wake his daddy to welcome Trollstice. The researcher classifies “Good
positive feeling.
3. Data 47
“It's... Trollstice!”
This utterance occurs when Gristle shows great feeling about Trollstice.
They will welcome and hold an event of Trollstice to make their days happy.
because the speaker (Gristle) shows to the hearer about arrival Trollstice.
1.8. Forgiving
Forgiving means the speaker expresses feeling humble and thinks that
there is no problem about what did happen. The researcher found 1 utterance in
1. Data 48
“No, no, it was like an angel’s. At least, that’s what grandma used to say”
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This data occurs when Branch says to Poppy that actually he has a good
voice. Before, Poppy says apologize because think that Branch has a bad voice
and can not sing. In the word “No, no.” It means Branch says it is not a problem
2. Data 49
The speaker (Bridget) expresses this utterance when Poppy try to prevent
Bridget to take out the Trolls from the pot. Poppy afraid Bridget will be killed by
Chef of Bergen if the Trolls can escape from the pot. But, Bridget says this
utterance. the researcher classifies this utterance into expressive for forgiving,
1.9. Boasting
In this case, the term boasting means the speaker expresses positive
feelings about something and to be proud about what the speaker or the hearer do.
1. Data 50
“20 years ago, King Peppy made us safe. And now, every troll is free to be
happy and live in perfect...(singing) Harmony”
This data tells about scene Poppy feels proud to her daddy because he
was safe and can help the Trolls escape through underground tunnels when almost
eaten by Bergens. The researcher indicates this data that the data is included to
inform type of expressive utterances. It can be seen from utterance “King Peppy
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utterance.
2. Data 51
“I'd like to take a second to celebrate our king... My father. Who, 20 years ago
this night...saved all of us from those dreaded..”
From this data, the researcher classifies the utterance “Who, 20 years ago
this night, saved all of us from those dreaded” marked as boasting type. It is
express by Poppy when she hold a big event to celebrate their freedom from the
3. Data 52
“Yeah, I really only have enough supplies down here to last me 10 years. 11,
if I'm willing to store and drink my own sweat. Which I am. You all said I
was crazy, huh? Well, who's crazy now? Me. Crazy perpared”
The researcher classifies this data into type of boasting that marked by the
utterance “Me. Crazy prepared”. It is shows when Branch shows to Poppy what
was he prepared to face one day if the bergens know where the trolls live.
From the word which marked as expressive for boasting above, the
4. Data 53
“Yeah, I’m the king. But, I think I should share this moment with all the
kingdom”
Here, the speaker (King Gristle) shows his positive feelings about his
action as the King of Bergen. He want to share all of the Trolls to all the kingdom.
In the utterance “I’m the king”, the researcher classifies as expressive for
boasting.
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5. Data 54
“It better be! Trollstice is tomorrow night. I mean, I look good, but I have to
look great”
looking for an amazing bib to used in Trollstice. He said that he look good as
usual. But in Trollstice he want to look great. This utterance is an expressive for
boasting.
6. Data 55
This data uttered by Branch in scene when Poppy doubt Branch whether
Branch knows about love or not. Then Branch answers it and utters the utterance
above. The researcher analyze this data as expressive for boasting because the
7. Data 56
King Gristle expresses this utterance, when Bridget compliment him. The
researcher classifies it into expressive for boasting because the speaker shows
8. Data 57
“No, no, no... it’s all wrong. I’m the king who’s bringing back Trollstice! I
need a bib to match!”
The utterance “I’m the king who’s bringing back Trollstice!” produced
by King Gristle. In the scene when they choose one bib to used in Trollstice. He
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thought that he is a king so, he should make a preparation and look dashing as a
King. Here, the researcher classifies this utterance into expressive for boasting.
9. Data 58
“Now that I’m queen, I decree that hug time is all the time”
This data occurs in end of the movie and uttered by Poppy when Trolls
and Bergens singing together. At that time, Branch want to hug Poppy but it is not
hug time, and Poppy realize that she is a queen and want decree that hug time is
The researcher classifies this data into expressive for boasting because
the speaker what she do is something which have positive feeling and will make
everybody happy.
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dominant occurence is deploring or censoring. It can be seen from the table 4.3
below :
No Types of Expressive
Total Percentage
Utterances
1 Apologizing 5 8.63%
2 Thanking 6 10.34%
3 Deploring or Censoring 26 44.83%
4 Lamenting 7 12.07%
5 Welcoming 3 5.17%
6 Forgiving 2 3.45%
7 Boasting 9 15.51%
Total 58 100%
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The table above shows that there were 58 utterances found in the script of
Trolls movie, they were expressive for aplogizing with the amount of 5 (8.63%),
expressive for thanking with the amount of 6 (10.34%), expressive for deploring
with the amount of 26 (44.83%), expressive for lamenting with the amount of 7
(12.07%), expressive for welcoming with the amount of 3 (5.17%), expressive for
forgiving with the amount 2 (3.45%), and expressive for boasting with the amount
of 9 (15.51%).
utterance because the characters in this movie mostly does not have same
and had negative impact for the speaker or hearer itself. They also expresses
C. Data Findings
The findings also showed the most dominant type of expressive utterance
was expressive for deploring, they were 26 utterances from 58 utterances and the
reason of the most dominant type of expressive utterance used by four characters
of Trolls movie because, the characters has different habit and psychological
the hearer itself. Poppy is girl which always happy and has a positive feelings and
she likes singing, dancing and hugging because it makes her relax. Branch
described as a boy which always loves silence and do not likes about singing,
dancing, and hugging. He was not same with the other trolls and he do not have
friends. King Gristle as King of Bergens is a Bergen who want to tasted the Trolls
to feels happy. And the last, Bridget is a scullery maid who loves King Gristle but
she afraid to shows their love, and she is only a Bergen who helped the Trolls to
expressive utterance types based on Norrick’s theory. However, this is still far
from completeness, but by this research, we know the expressive utterances used
in Trolls movie.
D. Discussions
Based on the data collection and data findings above, there are several
For the first, the findings showed the types of expressive utterances which
characters of Trolls movie, they are Branch, Poppy, Bridget and King Gristle.
For the second, the use of expressive utterance by the characters of Trolls
movie based on the situations and what the character feels, and the statements
which uttered by the characters can be statements of pleasure, like, dislike, agree,
disagree or sorrow. The character makes the utterance fit with the situation happen
For the third, the type which dominantly used by the characters of Trolls
movie was deploring or censoring. It can be the dominant type because the
or criticises something which happen and have negative impact for the character
A. Conclusions
This research is concerned with pragmatics analysis with the main focus
is expressive utterance used by four characters of Trolls movie. Those are Branch,
Poppy, King Gristle, and Bridget. In line with the objectives of the research which
were to find out the types of expressive utterance performed by four characters
and to reveal the use of expressive utterance used by four characters and to figure
out the reason of the use type of expressive utterance dominantly on Trolls movie.
From the analysis about expressive utterances on Trolls movie, the researcher
1. There are seven from nine types of expressive utterances used by four
Branch, Poppy, King Gristle and Bridget. The characters in this movie mostly
does not have same psychological conditions, they have different habit, and
something which happen and had negative impact for the speaker or hearer
itself. They also expresses feeling of diagree or dislike about the other
character’s attitude.
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3. Expressive for deploring was dominantly used by four characters of the Trolls
because in this story all of the characters expressed what they feel based on
what they want to express, they criticised something if it have negative impact
for themselves or the others. The character of Poppy described as a girl who
always happy, has positive thinking, she also likes singing, dancing and
hugging. Meanwhile, Branch is a boy who always grey, he does not likes
singing, dancing and hugging, he likes silence and alone. And when they do a
rescue mission to save their friends from Bergens, it makes them always
debate each other. And King Gristle described as King of Bergens who never
be happy because he never eat the trolls. The last, Bridget is a scullery maid
who really loves King Gristle but she do not want King Gristle know about
her feelings and also Bridget is a Bergen who helped the Trolls to escape from
Bergen town.
B. Suggestions
From the conclusion above, the researcher propose to explain speech acts
Trolls movie.
For the readers, the researcher hopes the readers would not be confused
about what people means when they make conversation with the others. It is
For the other researcher, this research could be one of the references in
and the researcher hopes that there will be other researcher who will conduct the
For learning process, the researcher hopes, studying speech acts may help
in learning process in the class and the other researcher that this study will be
Bach, K. & Harnish, R.M. 1979. Linguistic Communication and Speech Acts.
Cambridge, MA & London, England: The MIT Press.
Griffiths, Patrick. 2006. An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Parker, Frank. 1986. Linguistics for Non-Linguistics. London: Taylor & Francis.
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Taavitsainen, Irma and Andreas H. Jucker. 2010 Expressive Speech Acts and
Politeness in Eighteenth Century English. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Yule, George. 2010. The Study of Language (4th Edition). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
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APPENDIX I
The Trolls are small creatures who live in an almost perpetual state of
happiness, singing, dancing and hugging all day. However, they are discovered by
the Bergens, large miserable creatures, who can feel happy only after eating a
Troll. The Bergens imprison the trolls and eat them every year on a special
occasion, called Trollstice. The Trolls, led by their King Peppy, with his baby
Trollstice, when young Prince Gristle was going to eat his first Troll. Enraged,
Gristle's father King Gristle Sr. banishes his Chef who was in charge of the
Trollstice preparation.
20 years later, Poppy, throws a big party to celebrate the Trolls' escape,
despite the fears and warnings of the grey troll, Branch, that loud parties will
attract the Bergens. A Zen troll Creek arrives, and tells Branch to start being
happy, instead of being grumpy, but Branch refuses. At the party, Branch's fears
come true, when Chef sees the fireworks and captures some Trolls.
party invitations, indicating that he does want to go parties, and that Branch had
other troll is willing to venture to Bergen Town, including Branch. But later when
Poppy gets into trouble, She is saved by Branch, who thinks she will not make it if
Once inside the Bergen prince's castle, Poppy and Branch witness Creek,
one of the Troll hostages, apparently get eaten by the now King Gristle, but Poppy
remains hopeful that Creek survived. Poppy and Branch find the rest of the
discovers that Bridget is in love, with King Gristle and offers to help her get a
While setting her up for the date, Branch refuses to sing and triggers a
big argument with Poppy, revealing that, as a child, his beloved grandmother was
killed trying to save him, because his singing compromised his location to Chef.
His guilt caused his color, to turn from blue to grey. After Poppy comforts him
with a hug, Branch decides to help Bridget and the trolls. Bridget, disguised as
Lady Glitter Sparkles gets her date with Gristle at a roller rink and arcade
restaurant and Gristle asks her to be his "plus one" at Trollstice. Poppy notices
Creek being held captive in the jewel adorning the king's mantle.
Having helped Bridget, the Trolls attempt to rescue Creek from Gristle's
room and steal his jewel, but discover that it is empty. The Trolls are then
captured by Chef, and are shocked to discover, that Creek sold them out to the
Bergens, to spare himself from being eaten, and that Creek already knew that
Poppy had a love on him. Creek then lures out every troll from Troll village, and
they are captured by Chef and the other Bergens. With all the Trolls captured and
soon to be eaten, Poppy loses hope as she and all the other Trolls turn grey.
Branch sings for Poppy to cheer her up, and finally confesses his love for
princess. Poppy, after regaining her colors, reciprocates his romantic feelings, and
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they end up restoring all the trolls' colors including Branch's. Bridget liberates the
trolls, willing to sacrifice herself for them. Poppy wishes to return the favor and
with Branch and her friends, shows the Bergens that Bridget was Lady Glitter
Sparkles and explains that they can find happiness within themselves instead of
Chef however, refuses to accept the peace, tries to kill Poppy and Branch,
but is knocked into a serving cart that is sent rolling out of Bergen Town, on fire
with Creek in her pouch and (in the mid credits) are consumed by a giant monster.
With a peace agreement the Trolls and Bergens, Poppy is crowned Queen of the
Trolls. And at the new troll tree, Poppy and her boyfriend Branch share a romantic
hug.
1. Anna Kendrick as Princess Poppy, the princess and later queen of the Trolls
preparation.
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wisdom later revealed to be a coward and traitor willing to sell out all the
12. Ron Funches as Cooper, a giraffe-like Troll that walks on all fours.
13. Icona Pop as Satin and Chenille, twin trolls who are joined by their hair and
love fashion.
14. Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond, a glittery silver Troll with a highly Auto-
16. Dohrn also voices Smidge, Fuzzbert, Cloud Guy, Tunnel Troll and Wedgie
Bergen.
17. John Cleese as King Gristle Sr., Gristle's father and the ruler of the Bergens at
18. GloZell as Grandma Rosiepuff, an elderly Troll and Branch's late grandmother
newsreader Susanna Reid voices the character and in the Australian version,
21. Kandee Johnson as Mandy Sparkledust, a Troll who designs and repairs all the
22. Quvenzhané Wallis as Harper, a Troll artist who paints with her hair.
23. Mike Mitchell as Darius, Vinny the Phone, Captain Starfunkle, Spider,
24. Grace Helbig as Cookie Sugarloaf, one of the trolls. Carrie Hope Fletcher
25. Curtis Stone as Todd, a royal guard that works for the Bergen Royal Family.
APPENDIX II
Poppy : Once upon a time, in the happiest tree, lived the happiest
hug...dance, and hug, and sing, and dance, and sing and
hug, and dance, and hug, and dance, and sing, and hug,
and dance, and hug. But then, one day, the trolls discovered
land. And once they saw how happy the trolls were...they
Troll : Oh my god!
called...Trollstice.
Prince Gristle : Good morning, daddy! Daddy, wake up Daddy, wake up!
King Gristle Sr. : It's okay, son. I remember being nervous my first time.
Bergens : Fake?!
Purple Troll : King Peppy, some of the others can't keep up.
King Gristle Sr. : Don't just stand there, make my son happy!
King Peppy : When I say "No troll left behind"...I mean "No troll left
behind!”
Trolls : Aww!
King Peppy : But, we'll be a lot safer the further we get from Bergen
King Gristle Sr. : That's right! Take her away! Get her out of my sight! Sh
Chef : We can all be happy again! I'll find the trolls! And shove
Prince Gristl : But, daddy...I never got to eat a troll. What's gonna make
me happy now?
King Gristle Sr. : Come here, son. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. You will
Poppy : 20 years ago, King Peppy made us safe. And now, every
perfect...(singing) Harmony.
Poppy : You bet! But, just because it's the only way they'll never
be happy.
Poppy : Don't worry. No troll will ever be. And that's why we're
there.
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Keith : Everybody?
Poppy : Everybody.
(She starts ringing her cowbell and the pod peels off as she starts to sing "Move
Your Feet/D.A.N.C.E/It's a Sunshine Day". She expands her hair on the tree and
flips up in the air and poses on her four coloring profiles. At the next shot of her,
she is dressed as a basket full of envelopes. Poppy brings out envelopes to the
trolls and the boy and girl troll began to kiss and she brings envelopes in their
lips. The scene cuts to the blue creature that is walking and we see a troll that has
red skin, orange hair with a purple hair bobble and has DJ headphones and
wears striped trousers and has a belly button. This is DJ Suki with Poppy on the
DJ station. The DJ Station Bug starts to explode. Poppy lands on the other trolls
that are dancing. The chubby troll has blue skin, light blue hair, and wears purple
jacket and pants. This is Biggie. The other troll has glittery skin and he is nude.
This is Guy Diamond. The tiny troll has yellow skin, blue hair, pink bow and
wears a pink dress with a blue button. This is Smidge. She has a shockingly deep
voice. The giraffe troll has pink and dark pink stripey skin and has light blue feet,
blue hair and wearing a green hat. This is Cooper. The fuzzy troll has green hair
and has orange feet. This is Fuzzbert. Poppy bounced on three bugs and flies
away. Cooper appears on the camera. Poppy comes by bouncing on creatures and
goes to the workout station where Smidge is holding the dumbbell by her hair.
Smidge lifts Poppy and Poppy gives the envelopes to the trolls. Then, the worm
named Mr. Dinkles wears a business suit when taking his photo)
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(Mr. Dinkles squeaks. He takes the photo shoot and puts the
picture perfect.
Trolls : Yeah!
(They started to pant softly after their celebration. Luckily, a clapping sound is
heard and we see a troll under the tree that has grey skin, light purple nose while
it wears a green jacket filled with leaves and wears a brown pants with patches on
it, and has black hair. This is Branch with his sticks.
again.
bunker.
Branch : Big? Loud? Crazy?! You're just gonna lead the Bergens
right to us!
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Cooper : Are you sure you wanna invite this party pooper to poop
on your party?
Poppy : Branch, I know you have happiness inside you. You just
(Branch takes her card and throws it in the ground and smashes it with his feet.
Smidge : Oh my god!
Creek : Namaste. Okay. First of all, mate, thanks for sharing your
Branch : Okay, fine. I'm positive you all are gonna get eaten.
(Branch squeezes out while Poppy and The Snack Pack are hugging)
Branch : Someday, when the Bergens find us, and the survival of
do.
Poppy : I guess.
DJ Suki : Yeah!
(The trolls cheer. Then we see Poppy and Cooper on the mushroom. Poppy is now
wearing a bean-sprouted ponytail with a light blue rubber band. Then we see
Branch on the top seeing the trolls are having a party. He scoffs and walks away.
(We see Chef in her house who is banished on Bergen Town. She goes to the
Chef : Trolls.
Biggie : (from o.s) Poppy! (Cut back to the Snack Pack) She's my
dreaded..
(Cooper comes up front. The trolls see that Chef has arrived in their village)
Biggie : Mr. Dinkles! Has anyone seen Mr. Dinkles? (Mr. Dinkles
Poppy : (from o.s) Biggie! (Chef then takes Fuzzbert) Blend in!
(The trolls blend in hiding in the grass, using their hair to hide up and forming
their hair. We see Smidge running away from Chef. Chef puts her hand in Smidge)
Smidge : Oh my gah!
(We see Satin and Chenille getting out of the way of Chef's feet. Chef then takes
them)
Creek : Poppy!
Creek : POPPY! (He and Poppy un-pull their hair and he is now
Poppy : No! Creek! (After Chef takes Poppy's friends, we see King
Poppy : Dad!
(As Chef was about to take Poppy and King Peppy, they hide under the bush as
Poppy forms her hair into a sheild to protect. Chef stands up)
(Chef goes back to her town. Then, Poppy un-forms her hair and changes back.
King Peppy : No, Poppy, we have to run. Now, let's go, everyone.
Come on!
King Peppy : I'm sorry, Poppy. That was a longtime ago. And I'm not
impossible.
(At the bunker, Branch is sitting at the table with Poppy's card)
(Branch hears a knock on the door. He closes the window and the cards fall
down)
(He brings Poppy down in his trap room. He locks up the doors and puts the
Branch : Shh.
Branch : Shh!
Branch : You don't know that. It could still be out there. Watching.
Waiting. Listening.
Poppy : No, it left. It took Cooper, and Smidge, and Fuzzbert, and
Creek!
Poppy : Oh, that's great. You're the one guy who knows more
Branch : Forever? (He scoffs) No. (He pulls the lever which makes
Poppy : Whoa! (While she and Branch go down, we see the stuff in
the bunker)
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Branch : Yeah, I really only have enough supplies down here to last
sweat. Which I am. You all said I was crazy, huh? Well,
Poppy : I'm sorry. I should have listened to you. You told me not
fault they wear taken, and now I don't know what to do.
Poppy : (She pulls the lever and makes the elevato go up. Then,
she pulls the lever and makes it go down) Hey, Branch. Just
Branch : What?
Branch : What?
Branch : No! No! No! Whoa, wait! Poppy, what are you doing?
Poppy : You said you have enough provisions for last 10 years,
right?
Branch : Wait, wait, wait. You won't last a day out there.
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Poppy : And 3, 2, 1.
Branch : No.
(Fade to black. Then, we see Poppy in a scrapbook version while rescuing her
friends)
(Poppy bumps into Chef's foot. Chef then takes Poppy's head and Poppy's body
bleeds rainbows)
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own. (Chef puts salt on Poppy and eats her. Then, we see
to Bergentown...
Bergen Town.
(She sighs. She walks off to find her friends. She hears a cawing sound of a bird in
the forest as she starts to sing "Get Back Up Again". The next shot, we see Poppy
standing on a flower. The petal falls off. She starts screaming as she falls. She
expands her hair and her hair lands on the ground. Her hair transforms into
stairs. She flips and walks down. Her hair changes back and walks. A butterfly
appears on her. As she stops singing, the butterfly gets caught by a tongue. Then,
we see a bubbles monster and a brown monster on the spot of the forest. The
brown monster eats the butterfly. The bubbled monster eats the brown monster
and a group of orange flying monster pass by eat the bubbled monster, leaving the
skeleton of the monster. Then, a purple-furred monster chimes in and lets out fire
in his mouth, which makes the skeleton monster into a pile of dust. He sucks up
Poppy : It's gonna be a fantastic day. What if it's more than I can
take? No! I can't think that way! 'Cause I know, that I'm
again!
Bleh.
(Fade to black. The four eyes open and it looks at thecocooned Poppy. It is
revealed to be a four-eyed spider. The other spiders climb down to Poppy and
begin to eat her. Then, Branch's hair expands to grab Poppy away from the
spiders. He glares at the spiders as the spiders look at him. Branchtakes a pan out
of his camping bag. He throws the pan at the spiders, but it didn't work. He gasps
nervously as the spider ran toward him. He takes off his camping bag and
expands his hair to fight the spiders. After he fights the spiders with his hair, the
spiders get eaten by a monster. The monster looks down at Branch. Branch gasps
and the monster falls back asleep. Branch sighs and looks at the cocooned Poppy)
Branch : Oh, right. Like you knew I was coming. (He puts the bugs
Poppy : Yes. Figured out the third Hug Time, getting eaten by
Branch : (He clears his throat) First... We get to the edge of Bergen
scrapbooking my plan?
(The scrapbook opens with a Poppy and Branch scrapbook version, along with
the Snack Pack. The words open up and it says "We Did It!". The glitter splats on
Branch's face)
sing?
Poppy : Why wouldn't I be? By this time tomorrow, I'll be with all
Branch : You don't know anything, Poppy. I can't wait to see the
look on your face when you realize the world isn't all
and there's nothing you can do about it. (He walks off)
Poppy : Hey, I know it's not all cupcakes and rainbows. But, I'd
being like you. You don't sing, you don't dance...so gray all
Poppy : A Bergen?
Branch : Maybe. (He walks off. Poppy looks around, but there isn't
a Bergen)
talking!
Branch : Maybe.
(He walks off. At night, Poppy and Branch are at the forest. Poppy is in her leaf
sack, and Branch has a blanket and a matress. Poppy looks at the picture of
Creek. She sighs, and puts the picture on the side. She expands the pictures of
Satin and Chenille, Fuzzbert and Smidge. She expands the pictures of Guy
Diamond, Biggie and DJ Suki on top. Then, expands the tall picture of Cooper)
Poppy : So special. (She puts her hand on her cheek) Good night,
(He turns back. Poppy turns looks at the sky with stars. Her hug time bracelet
chimes. She gets up and looks at her bracelet. She looks at Branch) Don't even
think about it.(Poppy's bracelet shut off. She mumbles and looks at the sky as she
starts to sing)
to try it.
Branch : I don't sing, and I don't relax. This is the way I am, and I
(He glares at Poppy and turns back around. Poppy then feels like Branch hurt her
and the flowers bloom and start singing with her) I've come
Spider : Hello.
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Branch : May I?
(Poppy gives her ukelele to him. He puts the ukelele in the fireplace. He goes back
to bed).
(The next day, we see the edge of Bergen Town where the trolls tree is. Zoom
Poppy : (from o.s) So, one of these tunnels leads to the trolls tree.
one.
(Poppy and Branch looked around to see where the voice is coming from)
Voice : It was...
(The scene pans to the clouds of the sky. The cloud grows eyes, mouth and legs
with socks. It comes down and grows arms. This is Cloud Guy)
Cloud Guy : Me. Hey guys, how’s it going? Welcome to the root
leads to the troll tree, and the others to certain death, death,
death, death...
Poppy : Do you think you can tell us which is the right one?
Poppy : Great!
Branch : I don’t like the looks of him. I mean, who wears socks
with no shoes?
Cloud Guy : First, you have to give me high five. Then, I’ll tell you.
Branch : What?
Cloud Guy : Oh, I know you’ll do it. But, will he? All right, dumpy
diapers, up high!
Branch : Nope.
Poppy : Branch, it’s a high five. The others lead to certain death.
Get perspective.
Branch : One high five and then you’ll tell us which tunnel to take,
right?
Poppy : Classic.
Cloud Guy : No, no. all right. I’m gonna let you slide with a fist bump.
Monkey in a zoo.
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Branch : What?
Cloud Guy : Gear shift. Hahaha. Okay, okay, okay, now i’m thinking
we hug.
Branch : I’m gonna tear your little cloud arms. Off your cloud body
Cloud Guy : Tadaaaa, We’re here! You guys are a lot of fun. You
know, I gotta go. Got some cloud stuff to take care of.
Bergens sing : I aint happy. I’m feeling glad. I got sunshine in a bag i’m useles.
But not for long, the future is coming on. I ain’t happy. I’m feeling glad. I got
sunshine in a bag i’m useless. But not for long, the future is coming on. Is coming
haven’t eaten a troll yet. Now, come on. Let’s go save our
friends.
miserable world. Dad was right. I’ll never ever, never ever,
Chadd. Thodd.
Prince Gristle : Chef, where did you come from? My father banished you
20 years ago. Have you been standing behind that plant this
whole time?
Chef : If only, sire. No, I’ve been out in the wilderness thinking
of nothing but how i let you down. If only there was some
Prince Gristle : Well, fat chance! The only way i’ll ever be happy is by
Prince Gristle : You found the trolls. So, this means i might actually get to
be happy!
Chef : And I, your loyal chef, will be right behind you. holding a
knife.
Chef : Holding a knife, a spoon, a ladle. I’m your chef, after all!
Bridget : Bridget.
Chef : Congratulating Idget. You work for me now. So, you take
Biggie : Don’t cry mr. dinkles. Shhhh.... guys, mr. dinkles is really
freaking out!
Comb!
Chef : That’s right, a calm troll is a tasty troll. And you are a key
“he!”
HAHAHAHA....
Poppy : Could you try to be positive? Just once. You might like it.
Branch : Okay, I’m sure they’re not only alive... but about to be
Prince Gristle : This gonna be the best trollstice ever! Such a great idea I
had.
perfect!
Cooper : HAHAAHAH...
Prince Gristle : You think that’s funny? We’ll see who’s laughing when i
bite your yummy head off. When i bite all y’all yummy
Chef : No, no, no, sire. Everything will be fine. If I were truly
Poppy : Creek!
Prince Gristle : Yeah, I guess. But my dad said the first time should be
special.
Prince Gristle : Yeah, I’m the king. But, I think I should share this
Smidge : Oh my god!
Poppy : No!
Chef : Yes! Idget, lock these trolls in your room, and guard them
we’re going to get eaten. I’m sorry. But, it’s too late for
him.
Branch : Poppy!
Chef : Scullery maid! Wash these pots and pans for the trollstice!
in your smile, you’re all i’ve ever wanted and my arms are
Bridget : And you know just what to do, and i want to tell you so
Prince Gristle : I have to get out of bed, I’m supposed to put my own
Branch : What are you talking about? Bergens don’t have feelings.
Branch : Sshhhh...
Branch : No, there is not a party going on right here. The sooner we
Branch : What?
Branch : Poppy, how could you possibly think Creek’s still alive?
Poppy : I don’t think he’s alive, I hope he’s alive, and that’s
enough.
Trolls : Aaaaaaaaaaa.........
Bridget : Ah, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Excuse me!
That’s not mine! Ahhh.... what does it matter? It’s not like
Poppy : Bridget, I can help you! what if there was a way we could
Bridget : You love gristle too? You’d better back off, girlfriend!
Poppy : No, bridget, no! That troll king gristle put in his mouth,
without him eating us. But, you can. You can walk right up
Bridget : As if... I can’t just walk right up to the king. His royal
Satin and chenille : What if we made you a new outfit? I’m thinking...
jumpsuit!
Bridget : What’s the point of a jumping suit, if I still have this hair?
Bridget : What’s the point of a new outfit and new hair ... if I don’t
Bridget : Really?
Poppy : What do you say bridget? You get us Creek, and we’ll get
Branch : Ohh, no, no, no... it’s not that. I just don’t sing.
Poppy : Branch!!
Bridget : No! He’s right. This idea is stupid. King gristle will never
love me.
Branch : No!
Poppy : Yes!
Branch : No!!
alone.
Poppy : How did singing kill your grandma? What song was she
singing?
Branch : I was the one singing. (and i need you now tonight and i
Trolls : (once upon a time there was light in his life, but now
Poppy : I’m so sorry branch, I had no idea. I just assumed you had
a terrible voice.
Branch : Okay, okay, I’ll help. But I’m still not singing.
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Trolls : You....
Prince Gristle : No, no, no... it’s all wrong. I’m the king who’s bringing
man’s bib.
Prince Gristle : Hot lunch! Total honesty from a total babe! And who
Biggie : Lady...
Troll : Sparkle...
Branch : Seriously?
arcade?
Poppy : Really?
Prince Gristle : And I’ll take one of everything, bibbly. Things are gonna
get messy.
Biggie : Nose!
Satin : Skin!
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Cooper : Neck!
Bridget : Teeth...
Prince Gristle : What’s going on? Are you making fun of me?
Bridget : Your eyes... they’re like... two pools, so deep. I fear I dive
in.
Branch : And your smile... the sun itself turn jealous... and refuses
Bridget : But, being here with you today, makes me realize that true
happiness is possible.
Poppy : Whoaaaa...
Prince Gristle : It is! True happiness is a lot closer than you think. It’s
right here.
Branch : Creek?
Trolls : Haaaaaaaa?
Prince Gristle : Tell me, my Lady, will I be seeing you at the trollstice
feast?
Poppy : It!
Prince Gristle : Yeaah, you’re not kidding, you will because you’re gonna
Bridget : Really?
Bridget : Yes!
Trolls : Yes!
Prince Gristle : Meantimes, maybe we should find some other way to,
work up an appetite.
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Chef : Oh, I see. For a moment there I was concerned you were
Glittersparkles.
Prince Gristle : Put her place setting next to mine. I want her right by my
something like that could happen to me. And it just did! I’m
Trolls : Yeaaayyy!!!
Branch : Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy!!
rainbows again.
Branch : The dinner where they’re serving the trolls? I think we’re
need you.
forever!
Poppy : Bridget you don’t need us anymore. You and the king can
Bridget : That’s impossible! Only eating the Troll can make you
stupid date!
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Poppy : Bridget...
Chef : Bridget!
Poppy : Bridget!
Poppy : Ruuuuun!
Branch : Hey guys, over here! Everyone get in! Let’s go!
Poppy : Go!
you are all invited. And when I say all, I mean every troll in
troll village.
Chef : Oh, you’re all right. I couldn’t find them. But, I could with
this guy.
Cooper : Yes!
I don’t wanna die! Don’t eat me! Eat someone else. Anyone
anything.
eaten way.
Creek : And now I have to live with this for the rest of my life. At
King Peppy : Shhh... listen. It’s Poppy’s cowbell! Maybe did it!
Creek?
Uh oh....
The trolls!
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Poppy : Yes!!
Poppy : I’m sorry. I don’t know why I thought I could save you.
Poppy : You were right, Branch. The world isn’t all cupcakes and
rainbows.
Chef : What are you doing? The king is waiting. Get those trolls
out there!
Bridget : Poppy.
Poppy : But...
Poppy : No! Bridget, if you go in there without us, you know what
they’ll do.
Bridget : I know.
Bridget : It’s okay. It’s okay, Poppy. You showed me what it feels
Chef : Bridget!!!
Poppy : Bridget!
Chef : Unless...
Chef : Well, unless she doesn’t come at all. But, that’s crazy talk.
Cooper : Yeah!
Poppy?
Poppy : Bridget just ruined her life to save ours. It’s not right!
King Gristle... there’s only one thing that will ever make
you happy and only one Bergen who can provide it.
Bon appetite!
They’re gone!
Trolls : Gone?
Chef : What?
Poppy : Because she didn’t think you would want someone like
her.
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so.
Poppy : Wait! King Gristle, when you were with Bridget, you
Prince Gristle : Yeah, I was. I just thought it was too much pizza.
Bergens : What?
Poppy : But King Gristle’s never been eaten a Troll in his life,
right?
Prince Gristle : No, I haven’t. Yet, here I am. My belly empty. And my
heart full.
way!
Bridget : No!
Poppy : No! Happiness isn’t something you put inside. It’s already
there. Sometimes you just need someone to help you find it.
Poppy : Of course! It’s inside you! it’s inside of all of us! And I
Trolls singing....
Poppy : Now that I’m queen, I decree that hug time is all the time.