Clay (2024)

Clay is a character in Trolls Band Together. He is the fun member of BroZone, and Branch's third older brother. He and Viva are the co-leaders of the Putt Putt Trolls.

Appearance

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Clay as a younger teenager had the same hairstyle as his brothers, and similar to them, he had yellow hair.

As an adult, he has messy lime green hair, and a green one-suit sweater romper with a diamond. He also wears the yellow and white wristbands he wore during his BroZone days but with the colors inverted. He has a normal Putt Putt Troll appearance overall, as most of them resemble his appearance with exceptions like Viva. His attire is a reference to the golfing attire of golfers. He differs a little from a standard Pop Troll, Clay is the tallest and slender of his brothers.

Official Bios

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Official Website[]

Personality

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Clay was the prankster of the band, being the one who loved to have fun the most. Despite his reputation, he actually wanted to be taken serious and grew tired of being viewed as "the fun one". He even joined a book club before BroZone split. Even in the past, Clay was much more serious than his image portrayed him as and was forward and cynical of John Dory's leadership. Why he may have been considered "the fun one", he was not the fun one by the end of BroZone.

Once away from the band, he finally is allowed to be the Troll he wanted, and has become much more serious. He spends his days help Viva run the Hole N' Fun, adhering to being a responsible manager of the other Putt Putt Trolls. However, when not being forced, he is still able to pull off jokes without himself realizing. Also, despite some of the selfish choices he has made, Clay has a big heart who cares very much about those around him, especially his friends and family.

Relationships

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BroZone[]

Clay has a complicated relationship with both his older and younger brothers. While he has a good relationship with Spruce and his younger brothers Floyd and Branch, he had issues with John Dory. His voice of disapproval of his eldest brother's obsessions and bossiness was a sentiment shared by Spruce and when the two voiced their disapproval to him, it caused BroZone to break up as the 3 quit the band. In the process, their selfishness left their youngest brothers exposed to danger.

As an adult, Clay is glad to see Bruce again, but failed to truly acknowledge that Branch has grown up. Although willing to help them rescue Floyd, Clay still refuses to tolerate with John Dory and accuses him of still being the same as before. This time, however, when the 3 eldest brothers argue they make the mistake of trying to silence Branch, forgetting his now a young adult and Branch points out how all three are as bad as each other. Branch puts his foot down and voices his feelings about their bickering and how they (Clay and Spruce) may have been mad at John Dory but Branch gets the same treatment from them that they complain about from John Dory. Branch speaking up shocks all 3 into a silence. Although, seeing how much their youngest brother cared about them, Clay and his two older brothers felt guilty for hurting Branch. However, the three brothers decided to wait on fixing things between them as they agreed that saving Floyd and apologizing to Branch was more important. Unfortunately, the three waiting on amending things between them would come back to bite them as they were still arguing with each other, especially as it caused them to get captured by Velvet and Veneer.

All 5 brothers make up after nearly losing Floyd forever, and are seen on friendly terms at the end of the movie. Clay, also on behalf of their brothers, apologizes to Branch for not having been around to see him grow up. In addition, Clay invites Branch to his book club in an attempt to make amends and reconnect with him.

Viva[]

Clay and Viva are close friends and possibly a couple, due to having escaped together during the Bergen attack. He is also her right-hand man, always being grateful for her allowing him to be true to himself. He additionally knows her repressed trauma, and was also upset that he had to leave her behind temporarily. He would be grateful when she arrived to rescue him from being trapped by Velvet.

Velvet[]

Velvet is the one who held Clay hostage during her performance. He therefore has a justifiable hatred towards her due to her cruelty towards him and Floyd.

Veneer[]

Initially, Clay considered Veneer to be his enemy for Floyd being captured. Despite repossessing the siblings' yacht afterwards and is still a bit wary of the teen, Clay does gained some degree of respect for Veneer, who willingly confessed and letting him repossess the yacht, indicating that he is glad that Floyd is right about this Rageon not being a bad person. This also means Clay is willing to accept Veneer in the near future.

Skills & Abilities

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He has most normal Troll abilities, those of his tribe and those of a Putt Putt Troll.

Music[]

Clay was a member of BroZone, once the most popular of the Pop Trolls boyband. Poppy was familiar with them as their music was played long after their split.

Dancing[]

It is implied in his line "this isn't my choreo" that he did the choreographies for BroZone, indicating that he is a good dancer.

Comedy[]

Clay was labeled as the funny one in the BroZone. Clay can do popping, mimicking a robot; he remains static, without expression. Despite denying being funny, he still manages to be.

Literature[]

Clay is an avid reader and is part of the sad book club. He took to reading towards the end of his days in BroZone, and continued to read over the next 20+ years.

Economic and Financial Knowledge[]

During his period away from his brothers, Clay had trained and certified himself as a licensed CPA. This is demonstrated when he tells Velvet and Veneer about their tax evasion and he needs to repossess their yacht to pay off their taxes.

Medical Status and Issues

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Age and Birth Details[]

Like many Trolls characters, his age is vague. However, a rough estimation can be placed. Branch in Trolls Band Together estimated to be 24+ based upon the BroZone website and Floyd's blog update. Branch was a baby at the time and Floyd is quite a few years older then Branch. Clay is likely at least two years younger then John Dory, at least a year younger then Spruce and at least a year older then Floyd. John Dory being the oldest brother is likely in his 30s by Trolls Band Together.

Songs

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Trolls Band Together[]

• "Perfect"
• "It Takes Two"
• "Better Place"
• "Family"

Etymology

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"Clay" is a type of mud which has grains of sand and rock in it, it is known for its ability to be shaped into various forms and is used in pottery to create art, containers or masonry materials used for building work. Like his brothers, he has a name connected to nature.

Trivia

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General

• He shares his name with a Troll named "Clay" from Trolls: Crazy Party Forest!.
• Clay was the last brother to have his adult-design revealed, only the tip of his hair could be seen on the Trolls Band Together poster. His head design was seen first in the Cakebites promotions and is currently his most complete image thus far. His design was finally revealed around the 20th of July, 2023 including on merchandise such as the Trolls Band Together: The Junior Novelization.
• Although he is the middle child of his brothers, Clay's voice actor, Kid Cudi, is actually a few years younger than Justin Timberlake, Branch's actor, Daveed Diggs, Spruce's actor and Eric André, John Dory's actor.
• Clay and Viva have been hint as being a canon couple. The Trolls' official Twitter account confirmed their ship name on the aforementioned platform, which is Cliva.^[3]

Specific To...

Trolls Band Together

• Clay was originally the one who orchestrated the plan of trapping his brothers and Poppy, with Viva and the other Putt Putt Trolls being his minions instead.

Other Media

• In Trolls Band Together: The Junior Novelization, Spruce and Clay were originally going to have a more in-depth interaction when they reunited, which was Spruce playfully teasing Clay's romper, and Clay in response gladly admitted so in a "you got me" gesture.
  • With the novelization being considered to be beta manuscript, this alternative scene is therefore only considered as filler or alternative canon.

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