Trolly Makes Friends is a children's picture book written by Derek Savage and illustrated by Denny Bustamante. The book is notably the first children's book to be ever written by Derek. Trolly Makes Friends is the first book in the Trolly the Trout series.
The book is referenced in the 2015 feature film Cool Cat Saves the Kids (and its director's cuts Cool Cat Kids Superhero in 2018 and the aptly titled Cool Cat Saves the Kids: Director's Cut in 2022) where Cool Cat submits a story with the exact same premise and characters to a children's writing contest which he wins.
The book would later be followed up with Trolly Finds a Gun and Trolly and the Necklace, the former of which would serve as a basis for the 2013 short film Cool Cat Finds a Gun which would be later compiled into Cool Cat Saves the Kids and the aforementioned director's cuts.
Synopsis[]
"In "Trolly Makes Friends", Trolly the Trout meets several fish that are different than him and they all become best friends and have fun! Story is based on tolerance and not judging others by appearance, and making new friends is cool!" ― Derek Savage's website
Characters[]
Cartoon[]
In 2004 the book would be adapted into a short three-minute cartoon episode much like the Cool Cat Cartoon. Unlike that cartoon however, this one is fully voice-acted and follows the plot of the Trolly Makes Friends book 1:1.
The short is marked as "episode 1", however no other Trolly the Trout shorts are known to have ever been produced.
Cast[]
- Derek Savage as Trolly
- Tommy McGullam as Mikey (credited as "Mikie")
- Jason Gullifer as Yo-yo
- Susan Greenwood as Lisa
- Denny Bustamante as Skipper