Trollkins

Trollkins
On-screen title card.
Network	CBS
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Original release	September 12–December 5, 1981
Starring	Michael Bell Bill Callaway Jennifer Darling Marshall Efron Alan Oppenheimer Hank Saroyan Steve Spears Frank Welker Paul Winchell
Producer(s)	Kay Wright Iwao Takamoto
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	George Gordon Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Ray Patterson (supervising)

Trollkins is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS's Saturday morning children's programming debuting. It ran in 1981, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season.

In the tiny fictional town of Trolltown, lives a tiny fictional species of human-like troll creatures who go on various adventures.

The premise of the show is based upon the success of The Dukes of Hazzard, with themes based on those used in the The Smurfs, such as tiny creatures living in a village/town. Some episode plots also borrowed aspects from the Scooby-Doo franchise, such as the plot for the episode, "Escape from Alcatrol."

The series was cancelled after only thirteen episodes due to low ratings.

There are currently no home video releases of the series.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Opening theme song lyrics

Are some, many little folks living in a place called Trolltown!
Funniest little ol' folks you ever will meet.
At the bottom of the tree is the tiny little house they live in.
Fencing up a storm in a tiny Trolltown Street.
They call em', Trollkins! The good ol', Trollkins!
Their bout as big as you and me, and if you look you just might see em'
Trollkins! The good ol', Trollkins!
Tootin' and a fussin' in a Trolltown jamborey.


They call em', Trollkins! The good ol', Trollkins!
Feudin' and a fussin in a Trolltown jamboree!
Reeeeeee!

Episodes

Episode	Original air date
1x01 "The Case of the Missing Trollosaurus" "Trolltown Meets Kling Kong"	September 12, 1981
1x02 "The Trollchoppers Meet Frogzilla" "Trolltown Goes Trollywood"	September 19, 1981
1x03 "The Trollerbear Scare" "Escape from Alcatrol"	September 26, 1981
1x04 "The Great Troll Train Wreck" "The Trollness Monster"	October 3, 1981
1x05 "The Trollyapolis 500" "Robotroll"	October 10, 1981
1x06 "Mirror, Mirror on the Troll" "Trollin the Magician"	October 17, 1981
1x07 "Trolltown Goes Ga-Ga" "Treasure of Troll Island"	October 24, 1981
1x08 "The Empire Strikes Trolltown" "Raiders of the Lost Troll"	October 31, 1981
1x09 "Bermuda Trollangle" "Fine, Feathered Lumpkin"	November 7, 1981
1x10 "Supertroll" "Flooky and the Troll Burglar"	November 14, 1981
1x11 "The Abominable Trollman" "The Moth That Ate Trolltown"	November 21, 1981
1x12 "Trolltown Trollympics" "The Trollcat in the Trollhat"	November 28, 1981
1x13 "Dr. Frankentroll, I Presume" "Agent Double-O-Troll"	December 5, 1981

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 12, 1981 at 8:30 am on CBS

Cast

• Michael Bell as Grubb Trollmaine
• Bill Callaway as Slug
• Jennifer Darling as Pixlee Trollsom and Dolly Durkle
• Marshall Efron as Flake Furgle
• Alan Oppenheimer as Sheriff Pudge Trollsom
• Hank Saroyan as Afid
• Steve Spears as Blitz Lumpkin
• Frank Welker as Bogg, Flooky and Top Troll
• Paul Winchell as Mayor Lumpkin

In other languages

Language	Name
Brazilian	Família Tro-Ló-Ló
French	Les Trolldings