Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School is a 2020 American animated short film based on the Trolls franchise created by DreamWorks Animation. It was directed and written by Sean Charmatz and produced by Walt Dohrn. It features the voice of Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond, a glittery troll who tries to fit in at school by changing his appearance and style. The short film was released as a bonus feature on the "Dance Party Edition" of Trolls World Tour on Blu-ray and DVD on July 7, 2020.
Plot[]
The short film opens with Tiny Diamond checking out his wardrobe to figure out what to wear for school. His father Guy Diamond (voiced by Kunal Nayyar) wants to give him some school advice, only to be surprised by Tiny's outlandish fashion. Arriving at the school, Guy wonders what is the deal with Tiny's outfit, which Tiny simply answers that he just wants to look good in it for his day on going back to school, and leaves for school. Tiny then greets two other troll kids he sees, oblivious to the fact that his hair has caused several other troll children to trip and fall over. The two kids consider Tiny tripping others over with his hair as uncool and leave him, but he misinterprets that they regard his appearance is not good enough, and accidentally trips the other children again. He rushes home to change his style into a hippie ninja, much to Guy's confusion, but once again runs back home to change his look after one of the kids says that he cannot understand what he is saying due to his mouth being muffled. Nonetheless, he isn't satisfied with what he appears to be, and continues to keep swapping out different outfits, so Guy eventually decides to stop him. Tiny at first appears to understand him, only to turn out that he thinks that his dad is telling him that his belt buckle should be bigger and runs off again. Tiny arrives back to school in a western outfit when everyone is lining up for class, and compliments Biggie for guessing his style right. However, this time he accidentally has his shades blind everyone and sets Biggie's hair ablaze. As Biggie panics, Tiny decides to extinguish the fire with his outfit, but it gets burned as a result and exposes his shiny body, causing him to be ashamed of himself. But the other kids honestly tell him that they prefer him being himself like he did last year, and Guy tells him that he doesn't need to try so hard to please others. Tiny then breaks into a song with the other kids about how life isn't about solely impressing others with looks, only to crash the car he's driving. Guy says that this is the fourth car his son has crashed in a week, closing the short.
Cast[]
Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond
Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond
James Corden as Biggie
Various voice actors as other troll kids
Reception[]
The short film received mixed reviews from critics and fans of the Trolls franchise. Some praised it for its humor, animation, and message of self-acceptance, while others criticized it for its lack of originality, plot development, and connection to the main story of Trolls World Tour. The short film has a rating of 5.8/10 on IMDb 3 and 3/5 on MUBI 4.
Trolls World Tour:The Other Side • One More Time • Rock You Like a Hurricane • Trolls Wanna Have Good Times • Crazy Train • Born to Die • Trolls 2 Many Hits Mashup • Leaving Lonesome Flats • I Fall to Pieces • Atomic Dog World Tour Remix • It's All Love • Perfect For Me • Russian Roulette • Mi Gente • Yodel Beat • Rainbows, Unicorns, Everything Nice • Barracuda • Just Sing • Don't Slack • Rock N' Roll Rules Trolls Band Together:Perfect • Let's Get Married • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) • Watch Me Work • Vacay Island • BroZone's Back • 9 to 5 • Lonely People • Hustle Dimension • It Takes Two • Mount Rageous • Better Place • Family Others:Angel of the Morning • Love Train • Lookin' For A Holiday • The Holla-Day For You • Double-Down Speed Round • Friend Medley • Holiday • Trolls Holiday Score Suite • Cloud 9 • Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) • Tiny's Journey • Together Now • Holiday in Harmony Score Suite
Locations
Troll Forest • Pop Village • Bergen Town • Volcano Rock City • Techno Reef • Symphonyville • Lonesome Flats • Vibe City • TrollsTopia • Mount Rageous • Vacay Island • Hole N' Fun
