2024 – Page 10 – 🦄 Ponytropica 🦄

Bienvenue, Poptropi-lympians, to our 3rd quadrennial Tribal Tournament! (Throwbacks to our 2020 and 2016 tourneys.) While the Paris Olympics are wrapping up, the fun at the PHB is just beginning. 😄

It’s time for the 8 tribes of Poptropica to once again compete for tribal supremacy in a series of riveting challenges. If you don’t belong to a tribe yet, check out our Tribes page to see which one is just right for you.

The games will take place here on the PHB and our moderated Discord server, the PHC (Poptropica Help Chat). On the PHC, we’ll have special chat channels for each tribe. To join yours, visit the #rock-n-role channel on the PHC and select the emoji of your tribe of choice to join the tribe. (If you’re having trouble, message or tag a PHC staff member.)

Once you add your tribe role, you’ll be able to see your tribe’s exclusive chat channel. No one outside your tribe can see your tribe’s channel besides the staff. This space will act as a sort of headquarters where you and your teammates can hype each other up, discuss strategies, and help one another with any challenge you may be having trouble with. 🙌

Pick a Tribe role on the PHC’s role channel

Plus, each tribe will have a representative (a PHB staffer) who you can message with questions and concerns anytime. They are:

🧭 LJ for the Pathfinders
👼 Gentle Dolphin for the Seraphim
🦑 LJ for the Flying Squid
🐛 Purple Paw for the Nightcrawlers
🤖 LJ for the Nanobots
🔥 Smart Bubbles for the Wildfire
🐝 LJ for the Yellowjackets
🏴‍☠️ Smart Icicle for the Black Flags

Let’s kick things off with our premier round—the Gifted Gladiators event!

Round 1: Gifted Gladiators 🖍🎶

To compete in this round, you must showcase your creative prowess by creating Poptropica fan art and sharing it with us.

🎨 All forms of art are eligible, whether it be literary, visual, musical, or architectural — ideas include poems, drawings, in-game costumes, crafts, food creations, etc. We’ve seen a bit of it all before!
⬆️ Anything you can dream up, share it in your tribe’s chat channel on the PHC as soon as possible. If you can’t join the chat, you can contact us in other ways as well.
✴️ Each creation will be worth 20 points. The more you send in, the more points you’ll rake in for your team! 👌 We won’t be giving points based on technical skill or expertise, but rather the spirit and effort put into your work.
🗓️ This round will take place throughout the entire month until the conclusion of the tournament, so you have lots of time to produce as many creations as you’d like.

I hope you’re excited, because I sure am! We can’t wait to see all of the spectacular works of art that our talented community always has to offer. 😁 For inspiration, check out this Community Creations post!

“Seraphim for the Win” by happyclonetrooper – for the PHB Tribal Tournament 2020

The next round will be announced on Wednesday, August 14, so stay tuned for that! Now…

🎆 LET THE GAMES COMMENCE! 🎆

Blast from the Past, PHB Series, Poppies

10 Years of Poppies: Looking Back 👀🏆

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 Slanted Fish

Hello, Poppie-tropicans! 🌟

If you’ve been around for a while, you may know about this beloved tradition here on the Poptropica Help Blog: the Poppies, our annual Poptropica fan awards. Since 2015, we’ve been inviting the community to vote for their top Pop picks every July, marking the PHB’s birthday as well. Time flies, and we’ve now celebrated 10 Poppies! 🥳🔟✨

So we thought we’d take a look back at the past decade of Poppies shenanigans… starting with the Poptropica parties! 🎉🎈At the end of each awards season, we’d always go out with a bang by coming dressed to impress in multiplayer rooms on Poptropica and hanging out on our Discord server, the PHC. Check out the recap photos from over the years!

But there’s more to the picture-perfect memories! Every year, the PHB team would dress up for the Poppies, and one of our team members would create artwork that would serve as the event’s visual for that year. 🖌️🖼️ Enjoy our many designs from the decade! (Click to enlarge.)

Next, taking the Pop art to a whole new level are all the top pieces voted as winners of the annual Best Fan Art award category. 🎨🏆 Feast your eyes on the talent that lies within our fandom — they’re truly incredible!

“Poptropica’s Sweet 16 Collage” by PHB readers, arranged by Gentle Dolphin (Poppies 2024 winner)

And now for some special highlights! ✨🏆 Below is a selection of some of our favorite award categories from over the years, and the winners. You can click on the years to check out the yearly recaps to find more award categories, watch the awards shows, and more! 👀

💩 2015 – Worst Poptropican Name: Big Belly
🏝️ 2016 – Okay-est Island: Mission Atlantis
🕹️ 2017 – Best Common Room Game: Sky Dive
👩🏽‍💻 2018 – Best PHB Series: Community Creations
🥕 2019 – Most Overrated Island: 24 Carrot Island
🚀 2020 – OG Island We’ll Miss Most: Astro-Knights Island
👨🏼‍🎤 2021 – Hottest Male Poptropican: Director D
😂 2022 – Funniest Tweet: “i wanna do a poptropica concert” by @LilNasX, now deleted
📱 2023 – Most Unhinged Social Media Post from the Pop Creators: Myron van Buren in your walls
🐹 2024 – Cutest Character: Sprocket from Steamworks Island and Bosko from Goofball Island (tied)

Just for fun, here are a few more iconic moments from the past decade of Poppies. Good times! Thank you, truly, for being part of the ride. 🎈

Poppies paper crafts given to winners (2015)

That’s a wrap for our recap on 10 Years of Poppies! How many of them did you join in on? What are some of your favorite Poppies memories? We’d love to hear from you in the comments. 🩵

Thanks for joining us on the blue carpet, and keep on poppin’ on! ✨

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Black Hare, Part 2

August 4, 2024 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Pink Star. Enjoy!

High on the Hog: Eat, drink, and be merry.

THE BLACK HARE, Part 2

(Continued from Part 1 here)

I combed my hair. (Which is a near impossible task, since I have Mom (Black Widow)’s hair.) I looked into the mirror and said, “I can do this… I can do this… I can do-”

I heard Dad (Dr. Hare) calling me. “COMING!!!”

I trudged to the kitchen. Mom and Dad started singing the birthday song. I thought about my wish for a while. ‘Mom and Dad will understand that I’m good, right?’ I thought. ‘Or should I not trust them…? After all, they ARE villains… Should I wish for them to understand? But I also wanna be more than good, I wanna be a hero! So should I wish to become a hero?’

“Hurry up, sweetie!”

‘Iwishtobecomeahero!’ I thought quickly. I blew out all 13 candles.

“Good job sweetie!” Mom said. “Now it’s time to eat the cake before the pizza! Just like you asked!” (I know. Only little kids eat cake before pizza. But it’s my birthday, and who doesn’t want cake before pizza?!)

Mom and Dad talked about what my first crime would be now that I was an official villain. I bit my tongue at first, but finally blurted, “I DON’T WANNA BE A VILLAIN!”

Continue reading →

Ask Poptropica Siri, PHB Series, Poppies

Ask Poptropica Siri #14: Poppies Edition

July 31, 2024 🌸Smart Icicle🌸

Ask Poptropica Siri is a Q&A segment here on the PHB where you, dear readers, are invited to send in your Poptropica questions to have them answered with all the wisdom you can expect from a Smart Icicle.

Hello, fellow Poptropicans! Welcome back to Ask Poptropica Siri, with a twist! In celebration of the recent Poppies Awards and the PHB’s Sweet 16, I’ve decided to make this round Poppies-themed. Let’s roll!

What’s your favorite Poppies category from your tenure as a PHB staff writer ~Magic Poptropican

This is a good question! Though I wasn’t active until 2021, I would have to say the Best Fan Art category is my favorite. I really like looking at the different art styles that the Poptropica community has, and it just blows my mind to see the masterpieces shown in the Poppies.

Other top categories I love are Best Fanfiction and, new this year, Best Animation/Animatic. I have always loved animatics, including fun ones like Gentle Dolphin’s “Who Broke the PHB’s Coffeepot?“). (Outside of Pop, EverenArt’s masterpieces comes to mind.)

This question gives me a nice nostalgia, as I reflect on joining the Pop community as a freshman coming into high school just a few years ago. I’m really grateful to have joined the PHB team because it really started my growth as a writer, and I’m happy to be part of this community.

*“Time to Fly Back Home” by Bunnies-N-Bowties (Poppies 2023 winner)*

Did you agree with the winners of the Poppies this year? ~Hamburger Hamburger

There were a few nominees that I wish came in 1st place, but otherwise I would say for the most part, yes! I was also happy co-hosting the Poppies this year with fellow PHB staffer, Smart Bubbles. In previous years, I was busy with other things IRL and couldn’t participate much. Though I missed the nomination round this year, I want to say congratulations to the winners of this year’s Poppies!

What other potential nominees would you have liked to see, but didn’t happen? ~Hamburger Hamburger

Most of the winners are ones I would’ve nominated, but one missed nominee I want to give a spotlight to is “The Bizarre Lore of Poptropica” by Choopo for Best Fan Video (mild language warning). As a fan of the Theorists channels (maybe a future Pop-over 😉), I am all in for game lore! I’m curious to hear from you, where would this video place in the Poppies if it made it to the voting round?

“Carnival” by XMzhier (Poppies 2022 winner)

How can you send in your questions to Ask Poptropica Siri?

That’s a great question! You can use the following methods:

📧 Send an email to askpoptropicasiri (at) gmail (dot) com. This way, you’ll get to keep your questions a surprise when they get answered on the blog.
💬 Comment on the latest Ask Poptropica Siri post. Your questions will be publicly visible before they appear in a Q&A post, but this allows others to interact with your question if they so choose. If you don’t have an email address, you can enter a fake one in the email field when you post your comment.
👩🏽‍💻 DM me on Discord via the PHC server. My username is SmartIcicle.

That’s a wrap for this Ask Poptropica Siri post. Happy sweet 16, PHB!

~🌸📚❄️🌸

PHB Parties, Poppies

Recap: Poppies 2024 Awards 🏆🩵🫶

July 28, 2024July 31, 2024 Agent Bubbles

And with that, the Poppies 2024 season comes to an end. Thank you all, PHB readers, for participating in our 10th annual Poptropica fan awards!

Like last year, we received well over 300 votes, and we appreciate all the enthusiasm. This year, the awards show was hosted by Smart Bubbles and Smart Icicle, presented for the first time with character sprites. Catch the video below, or scroll down for the list of winners!

(Also, small author’s note—thank you Fishy for your continued support!)

And the Poppies go to…

Poptropica Awards

⚔ Best Boss Fight: Omegon – PoptropiCon Island (runner-up: Mordred/Binary Bard – Astro-Knights Island)
🐹 Cutest Character: Sprocket from Steamworks Island and Bosko from Goofball Island (tied)
😭 Most Tearjerking Moment: Ghost Story Island ending (runner-up: Poptropica: End of Time (Graphic Novel #4) ending)
🎵 Classic Island Most Deserving of an Original Soundtrack: Astro-Knights Island (runner-up: Vampire’s Curse Island)

Check out our Old Islands Guide to find out how you can play all the classic Poptropica adventures.

Community Awards

🎨 Best Fan Art of the Year: “Poptropica’s Sweet 16 Collage” by PHB readers, arranged by Gentle Dolphin (runners-up, tied: “Beartraps” by snoopypliot and “Zeus – April Fools” by Pajama Moon)
📷 Best Fan Video of the Year: “Survival Edit” by lexly1234 (runner-up: “Poptropica: Nostalgia Rewind” by Nintendo Hero)
🖼 Best Animation/Animatic: “Nightmare Night” by Starswirl (runner-up: “Who Broke It?” by Gentle Dolphin)
👗 Best Costume Submission: “Bollenhut Creature” by Silver Lion (runner-up: “Space Wizards” by Sporty Boa)
🔎 Most Likely Popspiracy: “The Baron’s Backstory: Part 1 and Part 2” by HeartOfEnder (runner-up: “Octavian’s Secret” by HPuterpop)

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the 2024 Poppies. Each one makes the legacy of Poptropica shine brighter! 🥳🌟

“Best Fan Art” Nominee Gallery

Check out this year’s top-tier fan art, chosen by the people:

Thanks for joining us on the blue carpet of the Poppies awards! From nominations to voting to the party, it’s been sweet celebrating Poptropica, and the PHB’s Sweet 16 birthday, with all of you! 🩵✨

Keep on poppin’ on,

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