Grumpy Old Troll

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Grumpy Old Troll
Physical description
Species	Troll
Gender	Male
Biographical information
Nicknames	Mr. Troll, Señor Troll
Home	Troll Bridge
Family	Petunia (wife) Twin Troll (brother) Grandma Troll (grandmother)
Interests	Making riddles, coming up with challenges, purple petunia flowers, fireworks, flying horses, silly faces, parties
Dislikes	People who solved his riddles (previously)
Color	Yellow
Behind the scenes
Voiced by	Chris Gifford
First appearance	Beaches (closing credits and character find) Surprise! (officially)
Last appearance	Return to the Rainforest

The Grumpy Old Troll (sometimes known as Mr. Troll) is the secondary antagonist of Dora the Explorer, a troll who lives under the Troll Bridge that Dora and Boots sometimes come across. Whenever they tries to cross his bridge, he will jump out and sing a song telling them that they need to answer a riddle or else they will not be allowed across. But never cause trouble together.

Description

He is almost always grumpy. He enjoys making up riddles for visitors who try to cross his bridge. However, he is shown to be happy at times and does have a few hobbies.

Looks

The Grumpy Old Troll is mostly yellow. He has a long orange beard and an orange mustache. He has white eyes with black pupils. He does not wear any clothing at all.

Episode Appearances

Season 1

• Beaches (character find only)
• Surprise!
• Bouncing Ball
• Backpack
• Bugga Bugga (character find only)
• Little Star
• Call Me Mr. Riddles

Season 2

• The Happy Old Troll (first appearance away from his bridge)
• To the Monkey Bars
• León, the Circus Lion (character find only)

Season 3

• The Fix-it Machine
• Baseball Boots
• The Super Silly Fiesta
• Louder!

Season 4

• The Shy Rainbow
• We're a Team!
• The Mixed-Up Seasons (character find only)
• Dora's World Adventure (away from his bridge)
• Boots to the Rescue (character find only)

Season 5

• Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure
• Benny's Treasure
• Isa's Unicorn Flowers
• Dora's Big Birthday Adventure (away from his bridge)

Season 6

• The Grumpy Old Troll Gets Married (away from his bridge)
• Dora in Troll Land
• Halloween Parade

Season 7

• Perrito's Big Surprise

Trivia

• Grumpy Old Troll tends to be grumpy most of the time. In Season 1, whenever he sees Dora and Boots solve his riddles, he gets angry and lets out steam, or he would furiously stomp his feet. On later episodes (Season 2 onwards), he gets more impressed after Dora and Boots solve his riddles.
• Most of the time, anyone who tries to cross his bridge has to solve a riddle. Sometimes, he gives an instruction or a task to do.
• The Happy Old Troll is the first time the Grumpy Old Troll is seen away from his bridge, excluding any of his character find segments.
• The Grumpy Old Troll can be seen at his bridge during the intro from seasons 3-6 if one looks closely.
• When Dora and Swiper traveled through time in "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure", Grumpy Old Troll had no mustache and no beard when he was a baby.
• The Grumpy Old Troll and his wife Petunia appear in the Dora and Friends episode, "Return to the Rainforest".
• He is one of the main villains of the show.
• The Grumpy Old Troll did lots of character finds.
• In Dora's World Adventure!, there is a similar troll in Russia who looks identical to him, except he is purple and wears a brown Russian hat.

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