Hickory

Appearance

Normal Hickory is a lime-skinned Troll with flat reddish-orange hair and stubble, and a yellow nose. His normal outfit consists of black lederhosen, bavarian shorts with suspenders and a drop-front flap embroidered with a yellow and red sunflower, and a black alpine hat with a brush. His skin, hair color and outfit are all matched by his brother Dickory. Disguise In his Country Troll disguise shared with Dickory, he dons a large white hat, a brown vest, denim dungarees and hoof-like shoes. Part of his hair is also styled down into sideburns. His accent changes between both outfits.

Personality

As a Country Troll, he adopted a persona of a laid-back and relaxed Troll who deployed simple logic and observations, from pointing out to Branch the issues with his relationship with Queen Poppy to his belief that musical differences don't matter. When he finally drops the Country Troll bid with Dickory, he displays much regret, having grown fond of his new friends. This makes him torn between the decision of protecting his Yodelling music and loyalty to his brother, or betraying his new friends, as he's shown to be hesitant in taking the Pop string from Poppy. Regardless of his betrayal and pretense to be a Country Troll, Hickory is very sympathetic. He doesn't like Smooth Jazz, as seen when he sends Chaz flying after having blocking his ears with gumdrops.

Relationships

Queen Poppy Hickory told Poppy what she wanted to hear, an issue with being Queen that Barb highlights later on. From the idea that music didn't matter, to her Medley being rad, to even differences not mattering. Whether it was a manipulation part of his and Dickory's plan or by coincidence, he ends up contributing to the issue of Poppy not listening to anyone but herself. Since he seems supportive of her plans and points of view, Poppy trusted him, this in turn causes her to question Branch when he mistrusted Hickory as a sign Branch didn't trust her. This caused her to even trust him by pulling her Pop string out in front of him. Hickory grew fond of Poppy's friendship during their time together, and even tried to defend her by telling her to run when Dickory showed himself. When she didn't run, he showed himself to regret his actions. He was also impressed when Poppy used his gumdrop trick to keep her mind safe from Barb, who tried to turned her into a Rock zombie, but not completely.

Relationship

Branch Branch is mistrusting of Hickory, as he saw no reason for a single Country Troll to be different to all the others. Hickory doesn't respond with a returned hostility towards Branch, which is proven by his polite attempts at giving Branch advice regarding his relationship with Poppy.

Relationship

Dickory Although both of them are brothers, Hickory is regretful when he watches Dickory robbing the Pop string from Poppy, and is conflicted whether he should have aided his brother in the first place.

Skills & Abilities

He has most normal Troll abilities.

Music

Hickory can't stand Smooth Jazz, making him immune to the mellowing effects that Chaz's music has on other Trolls, thanks to stuffing gumdrops in his ears. Hickory considers his own niche music of Yodelling beautiful, though he's still capable of performing Country music. He sings with a smooth vocal.

Craftsmanship

Hickory was able to build a river boat quickly, showing to be handy enough to even offer the others coffee, which implied there were resources aboard to make coffee; though it's likely that this was only included for comedic effect.

Bounty Hunting

Hickory is a charismatic and patient bounty hunter. He and Dickory had staked out their target long before any other hunter got near Poppy, and not only stayed with her most of the journey without her ever suspecting their ambitions, even winning over the mistrusting Branch. Hickory's weakness is that he's much more empathetic than his brother. The pair are quoted in rumor by Riff as being more mysterious than Chaz, The K-Pop Gang, or Tresillo and his Reggaeton Trolls. Their reputation is the greatest of the Bounty Hunters, as Barb figured that they would be the ones to bring in Poppy.

Athletics

Hickory is an exceptional runner, able to keep his distance, pull a weight and outrun the Country Trolls' fast speed. Although, unlike them, he did show signs of fatigue.

Etymology

The names "Hickory" and "Dickory" come from the rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock". In Hickory's case, it's also a play on "hick", a slang referring to an unsociable person.