Hey Poptropicans – as a special treat for visiting this blog and helping us reach the milestone of 15 million hits, I created a little something for everyone: a Poptropica non-SUI music video, matching songs from pop culture to islands in Poptropica that don’t have their own soundtracks (yet)! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. 😀
Each music segment lasts 15 seconds, for our 15M hits. Now, you might pair these islands with different songs (feel free to share in the comments!), but if you like these tunes or just want to know why I picked them, read on – you can also click on the song titles below to hear them on YouTube.
Early Poptropica Island: Lollipop by MIKA
Dark pits aside, Poptropica’s first island is a fun, bouncy adventure that gets the player a feel for the game – so why not a catchy tune? Plus, ‘lollipop’ has ‘pop’ in it, just like the island’s name.
Shark Tooth Island: Jaws Theme by John Williams
The great Booga shark is terrorizing the locals, and what better accompaniment than the soundtrack to a shark movie? It’s got suspense, but not without a little jaunty sub-tune thrown in.
Super Power Island: Discord by Eurobeat Brony
Despite being a fan-made My Little Pony mix, this is a fun song about villainy, which is rampant on Super Power – and it’s got deliciously evil laughter mixed in with cries of discord and anarchy.
Spy Island: Another One Bites the Dust by Queen
This classic gives the feel of the sly walk of a spy – perfect for the action and adventure of Spy Island, where you can feel like a boss for sneaking past guard dogs and avoiding lasers.
Nabooti Island: Circle of Life from The Lion King
Opening with cries in the Zulu language, this seems fitting for an island that takes place in Africa where we encounter jungles, animals, and other exciting life. (Even the Nabooti totem comes alive!)
Big Nate Island: Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph
In Big Nate’s world, we jump around in a cartoon realm chasing after comic strips, pulling pranks, and digging up a time capsule – and this goofy, recognizable melody embraces all sorts of shenanigans.
Astro-Knights Island: The Imperial March (Vader’s Theme) by John Williams
Ah, Star Wars. A galactic empire, a cyborg villain, a trapped princess – also elements of Astro-Knights! Darth Vader’s epic tune is a natural fit for our clashes with the robotic creatures of outer space.
Counterfeit Island: All the Rowboats by Regina Spektor
A beautiful ballad that sings of paintings forever trapped in their gold frames, this slightly-creepy sound clicks with the canvas caper. There’s even a verse about public mausoleums, like the tunnels we visit.
Reality TV Island: Best Day of My Life by American Authors
You’re competing in a reality TV show with a host of colorful characters – why wouldn’t this be the best day of your life? It’s all fun and games – until you get voted off, that is.
Skullduggery Island: The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything – cover by Relient K
Originally a silly song from VeggieTales, this pirate anthem might resonate with all the scallywags who feel like collecting enough doubloons for that Phoenix Warbird is just too much work. (It really is!)
Steamworks Island: Lone Star by Jim Guthrie
Traipsing through an abandoned steampunk world gets a little lonely, especially with only mechanical parts for company. This track from the indie game Sword & Sworcery kind of embodies that feeling.
Great Pumpkin Island: Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi Trio
This upbeat piano composition made for Peanuts animated TV specials, including one that inspired this island, captures the childhood misadventures that follow Charlie Brown and his gang.
Cryptids Island: Scotland the Brave – cover by the Pipes & Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment
Bold and patriotic, this unofficial Scot anthem inspires brave souls to take on the world – in this case, the hunt for legendary beasts, including the Loch Ness Monster of Scotland.
Wild West Island: Wild and Free by Rednex
Yeehaw! An adventure with bucking broncos and moustachioed men awaits on the desert plains of Wild West Island, and it wouldn’t be complete without cowboys whistling in the name of freedom.
Wimpy Wonderland Island: Winter Wonderland – cover by August Burns Red
It’s a winter wonderland in the black-and-white world of Wimpy Wonderland, but with all the teen troubles hounding Greg Heffley, this calls for a rockier version of the classic Christmas carol.
Red Dragon Island: Tokyo by Owl City
This Magic Tree House tale takes place in Edo of ancient Japan, which in our modern day is Tokyo – and all the synthpop sounds seem to bring home the fact that we’re far from home.
Mystery Train Island: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
This recognizable tune that starts out slow, then quickens its pace is perhaps the perfect accompaniment for a mystery case – or for pressuring people to work faster. Either way, it works.
Game Show Island: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – cover by They Might Be Giants
It’s a swinging song about a changing world, a little like the robot revolution that has taken over this island – plus, we even visit Istanbul (not Constantinople) for one of the game shows!
Ghost Story Island: Always With Me (Itsumo Nando Demo) from Spirited Away
Bittersweet but comforting, this melody from the Japanese animated film Spirited Away could represent the complicated union between Fiona and Valiant, even in life after death.
S.O.S Island: Let It Go (from Frozen) – cover by Pentatonix
Surely everyone has tired of hearing the original by now, so we’ll go Pentatonix’s impeccable cover. On S.O.S., we dive into frigid waters in a ship, so it’s safe to say “the cold never bothered me anyway”.
Vampire’s Curse Island: Finger Back by Vampire Weekend
Come on, the band has ‘vampire’ in its name. In any case, this fast-paced number intones tribulations that could be compared to roughing it up in the spooky spaces of Bram’s castle.
Twisted Thicket Island: The Fox by Ylvis
What does the fox say? This twisted thicket is just teeming with mystical wildlife, so it seems the strange proposed animal sounds in this viral song would not be amiss here.
Wimpy Boardwalk Island: A Little Vacation by Tiny Little Planets (from Dog Days)
From the soundtrack of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie Dog Days, which inspired this island, A Little Vacation brings us to the summer boardwalk with games, beaches, and of course, Greg’s problems.
Lunar Colony Island: The Adventure by Angels & Airwaves
Life’s waiting to begin in an alien realm, and tracking that down was an astronomical adventure in itself. Space-rock sounds and out-of-this-world lyrics suit this cosmic experience well.
Super Villain Island: Monster by Skillet
Here we infiltrate the dreams of four of Poptropica’s worst villains to see what evil powers make them tick – the monsters inside that have ruled their ugly rage.
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Island: Oompa Loompa – cover by Primus & the Fungi Ensemble
Oompa Loompas always have a wise word to put in, don’t they? Listen to them and you may just avoid the pitfalls of all that could possibly go wrong when you’re in a room made of candy.
Zomberry Island: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
This is it, the zombie apocalypse is upon us – and as always, it’s up to us to save the day (well, night). Going through dark tunnels and seeing the city in ruins may leave our systems feeling ready to blow.
Night Watch Island: Let’s Go to the Mall by Robin Sparkles (from How I Met Your Mother)
Let’s go to the mall… today! Working the night shift comes with its own benefits: we get to play around in the mall when no one else is looking, and best of all, we get our own Segway. Time to jam.
Back Lot Island: Larger Than Life by Backstreet Boys
Lights, camera, action! Movie characters are always larger than life because they’re fixed up for the big silver screen – but the truth is, there’s a lot more that goes into production than meets the eye.
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Anyway, that is all 29 classic islands without their own soundtrack, that now have music from pop(tropica) culture to back them up! What song choices would you give these islands? What about the SUIs (sound-updated islands)? Leave a comment and let us know!
Thank you for 15 million hits on the Poptropica Help Blog! ❤
Awesome music choices and what a milestone!
Owl City and Pentatonix? I didn’t see that coming! Congratulations once again! Best one yet. 😄
Skillet and Poptropica COLLIDE (super pun for Panheads)… Best day of my life. And August Burns Red and Relient K? Alright that’s it, my rock music friends are gonna start playing Poptropica!
~~ I am Batgirl.
Skillet. Freaking Skillet. I never realized that about “Monster”, the title just threw me off. Excuse me while I fan-scream. It really fits, especially the first third. However, I like pairing SVI’s later parts especially with “Imaginary” by Evanescence. It’s a song about escaping the troubles of the real world and going into your own fantasy-in other words, a dream, and wanting to stay there. The instrumentals sound epically final battle-y and if you look at the lyrics, there’s such verses that are kinda subtle, referring to “candy clouds” and at one point closer the song’s end, “goddess”. There’s even a deleted line from version of the song in the demo album that really fits well with it.
…okay, now Im just gushing and I need to shut up.
I saw this yesterday! 😀 It’s so awesome! I don’t think the Nabooti one fit that great, but I love the song so I shouldn’t even be complaining. You did a great job on the graphics as well! c:
Best video you have made Fishy 😀 I loved all the songs, I especially love that Skillet song :p
Me too I love Skillet. ;0
Loved it! The songs matched the islands perfectly! I especially think “Monster,” “Tokyo,” “Scotland the Brave,” and “Let’s Go To The Mall” were matched up well. Loved everything! 😀
Awesome, they’re all perfect for their islands!! “Monster” by Skillet was one of my favorite songs before I even read this post, and I did not expect that to be up there. But I’m so glad it did, since there aren’t as many people who like Rock music as Pop. ^-^ I think this was an awesome commemoration for the 15 million hits! ❤
So much popularity for “Monster”! I’m glad you guys enjoyed it! ❤
Good Choice but you should put the instrumental due the soundtracks are only music
Wow! I love the one by Skillet
I love the one by Skillet
Really great music choices, Fishy! Fantasic video btw. 🙂
My favorites were Monster by Skillet and Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. ❤
The music you have chosen rocks! And happy new year!
so Cool! Nice fishy! Ps fishy is there any way i can talk to you privately without using xat or email?
Slanted Fish: You can contact me through the PHB’s YouTube channel, I guess. 😛
I will just do it through xat! Tell me what time your available in central time slanted fish! thx
Awesome video, I loved the music. 😛
I couldn’t think of any that to would change! Great job and congrats!
Love it! Great job. Even though the song chosen is a very “silly song” 😉 (heh get it), RELIENT K IS MY FAVORITE BAND EVER!!!!! YES!!!!
ANYBODY who lives in NC north carolina: have you heard of the EASTLAND MALL IN CHARLOTTE I want to go to it but I can not find a website for it
OMG, the watch night one was perf! I loved the whole video! And i was wondering ho do you record your screen? (what program)
I loved Larger than Life than Backstreet Boys, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, Monster by Skillet, and Tokyo by Owl City. Nice work, Fishy! 😉
Put Love never felt so good or fancy or super bass
I love the music choices! I am surprised you used EurobeatBrony’s original “Discord” song instead or TheLivingTombstone’s cover/remix, but it’s still awesome! Good job!:)
Great choices. Linus and Lucy is the perfect theme for Great Pumpkin Island 🙂
For some reason I laughed throughout the whole video…
All the songs were PERFECT! Especially The Best Day Of My Life, Monster, Let It Go, Circle Of Life, and In The Hall Of The Mountain King!!!!
In my opinion, for S.O.S island, y’all should have put “Message in a Bottle” by The Police (they are a band, not the actual police). The song fits perfectly but I also like the Pentatonix cover of “Let it Go”, the Pentatonix cover also fits perfectly.
You did a fantabulous job of putting the music to the islands Slanted Fish!!! 🙂
Thank you! Glad it’s still being played after all this time. 🙂
I know right? I am so excited for Poptropica Worlds! Thank you for Slanted Fish for replying to my comment!
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Wow! I really enjoyed this! My mom hates the song Lets Go To The Mall😜Catchy tunes! (I think the song for Legendary Swords should be something from Star Wars like the soundtrack from a light saber duel!LGTTM and Lollipop are both on Just Dance 3! That’s how I knew them.-RT🍅
I HAD A DREAM SO BIG AND LOUD I JUMPED SO I I TOUCHED THE CLOUDS WOAH OH OH OH OH OH
SUCKING TOO HARD ON LOLLIPOP OR LOVE GONNA GET YA DOWN SAY LOVE SAY LOVE OR LOVE GONNA GET YA DOWN
sry I’ll stop
I think discord would fit nearly any island. I love that song