Troll-human tensions have ratcheted up slowly throughout Hilda’s two seasons, whether the conflicts are humming in the background, or taking center stage as the subject of an episode.Īs a human, Hilda pushed to ask questions about things the city residents took as givens - primarily, why Trolberg uses bells to “protect” their residents, when they obviously cause trolls so much pain. After moving to Trolberg, she increasingly advocates for trolls’ well-being, pushing back against the taskforce that “protects” the city. Hilda has always had an interest in trolls, starting with the series pilot, where she sketches one in her forest home. The movie focuses on a question that’s always underpinned the series: why trolls live around the city of Trolberg, in spite of humanity’s obvious antagonism against them. The film draws on the familiar rhythm of a Hilda episode - Hilda has gotten into trouble, and has to use her bravery and cunning to work out a solution. But troll-human conflict has always been at the heart of the show, so it’s good to see Mountain King finally addressing the mysteries around it.
It’s hard not to miss the familiar galavanting-around-Trolberg antics that a full season of the show would offer. The film is an excellent feature-length Hilda episode, but the 84-minute runtime also allows it to raise the stakes of the low-key series appropriately, tackling some of the enduring mysteries at the core of Trolberg. Baba wakes up in Hilda’s bed, a great shock to Hilda’s mother, who spends the rest of the episode desperately searching for her daughter. Hilda wakes up in the trolls’ cave dwelling, with a body made of stone. Baba’s mother used troll magic to swap the two, wanting to provide her daughter with the comfortable life of a human. Fans have been waiting for a year now to see that cliffhanger resolved.Īt the start of Hilda and the Mountain King, the film that caps the series’ second season, Hilda has become a troll, while Baba, the changeling troll-baby left in her place, has become a human toddler. That’s exactly what happens at the end of the second season of Netflix’s essential animated show Hilda.
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It’s hard to imagine a scenario more terrifying than rescuing your child from certain danger, then waking up the next morning to find a stranger’s child sleeping in her bed.
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