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DreamWorks's animated children's film Trolls (Mike Mitchell & Walt Dohrn, 2016) is a singular fairy tale, inspired by the Good Luck Trolls designed in 1950s Denmark by Thomas Dam. Trolls not only invents a fairy-tale plot (with songs) for the popular dolls but also thoroughly re-conceptualizes their original appearance. The central character, Princess Poppy is, indeed, cuteness personified. She is also one of the most positive, resilient female characters in recent cinema of any type. Her double mission of helping her depressed friend Branch to regain his true colors and of teaching the monstrous Bergens to enjoy happiness-- and stop eating her fellow trolls--succeeds because Poppy is supremely confident that she can succeed. Her cheerfulness and optimism give Poppy a high value as a role model, especially because she aims at securing her community's welfare rather than her personal fulfilment, unlike most fairytale princesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]