Author: Slanted Fish

Hello! I'm Slanted Fish, the editor-in-chief and creator of the Poptropica Help Blog (PHB). I'm a writer, Hong Kong native, and Christ follower. My Poptropica username is slantedfish ๐Ÿ  Don't forget to be awesome!
Contests, PHB Sneak Peeks

Snapping peeks at 2007 BETA, a test room, & #PoptropicaFun winners

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans!

Post update: After a long silence, Poptropica has finally posted something on Snapchat! (Perhaps you don’t even remember they had one to begin with! You can add them via the usernameย PoptropicaSC.) It looks like Skinny Moon runs this account as well, as that’s her dog Toby and her Poptropican who’s “all cozy for fall!”

Here’s hoping we see some more behind-the-scenes of a Poptropica Creator’s life in future snaps! The PHB willย let you know if anything interesting pops up. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Remember what Poptropica looked like in September 2007 when it first launched? Don’t worry, neither do most of us. But thisย interesting old YouTube videoย (uploaded by Codien, an old friend/author of the PHB) shows us aย primitive version of the game way back in the day (recording software watermark aside). Here’s a screenshot from the video:

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Notice the ‘BETA’ beside the Poptropica logo at the top. Apparently, the game was still considered to be in a beta testing stage back then. Early Poptropica, which we see in the video, was the only island at the time. The Items and Map features are reduced to simple buttons with text – orange and purple respectively. Interesting.

On another interesting note, our friend idk has shared with us another behind-the-scenes look at a developer test room. You can see anย unreleased, “under construction” cityscape in the video below:

Cool views! You can check out more developer rooms here.

Also, over on Poptropica’s social media channels – and as weย saw earlier with the Snapchat story, Skinny Moon has updated her icon with some fall vibes, donning the colorful scarf from the new Fall Fashion 3 outfit and clutching a football. Nice.

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And winners have been contactedย on Twitter and Instagram for the #PoptropicaFun Halloween Photo Booth challenge! On Twitter, the winners are unhurted083, mrmontana64, and MWare55, and on Instagram, it’sย happyclonetrooper. Congratulations and enjoy your 1-month memberships!

Speaking of contests, I’m doing a little giveaway in my previousย post, so be sure to enter! You have until next next Tuesday, November 15th.

Stay popping, Poptropicans!

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Contests, Merchandise

A Poptropica Package!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! Check out what recently cameย through the mail!

Somewhat recently, I won third place in the official #PoptropicaArt contest, with the prize being a 1-month membership and “a bunch of Poptropica swag.” Well, my membership is running out soon, but the swag has arrived – and I thought perhaps you might be interested in seeing what’s inside!

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As you can see, the small cardboard box that arrived contained: a Dr. Hare plush toy (see below for a little giveaway of the redeemable code!),ย copies of the two Poptropica graphic novels currently in print (#1: Mystery of the Map and #2: The Lost Expedition), plus Zomberry DJ decals!

The decals of Zomberry-fied DJ Saturday Nite munching away are stickers made for laptopsย (one made for Apple, one for other types) – as seen in this pic from Jen MacLean, a Poptropica Creator. They were nested in a page spread inside the Mystery of the Map book. Very cool.

There was another surprise waiting inside the second book,ย The Lost Expedition โ€“ย one of the opening pages was signed! I’m assuming the signature is that of the author, Pop Creator Mitch Krpata (unless that K is for Kory Merritt, the illustrator?) (update: Poptropica clarified in a comment on this post that it’s Mitch’s signature!). Either way, pretty awesome!

And as I mentioned earlier, I’ll be giving away the redeemable codeย that comes with the Dr. Hare toy!ย Redeeming the code will give you two exclusive in-game items: the Hare Club power and Dr. Hare Plush handheld. (Learn how to redeem promo codes here.)

To enter this little giveaway, simply comment below on this post with your favorite Poptropica store item and why you like it. I’ll pick one random Poptropican from the comments to give this one-time code to! Entries will be taken up until next next Tuesday, November 15 (my birthday!).

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Of all the Poptropica toys out there, the Dr. Hare plush is honestly the one I’d have wanted the most – so it’s a great coincidence to have received oneย as part of this awesome Poptropica package! The other items are fantastic too, of course.

Thanks to the Poptropica Creators for the prize package, for hosting the art contest, and many other fun events besides! ๐Ÿ˜€ โค Be sure to enter the mini giveaway too (you never know if you’ll win!).

Stay popping, Poptropicans!

โ€“ slantedfishย ๐Ÿ 

Contests, Stolen Snapshots

Announcing the 8th Annual Autumnal-Halloween Winners!

Slanted Fish

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Happy Halloween, Poptropicans! ๐ŸŽƒ

The day has come for us to announce the winners of the PHB’s 8th Annual Autumnal & Halloween Contest, soย here it comes. We’ve gone through your spooky and stylin’ costumes and, what with your stupendous fashion senses, it was quite the task to narrow it all down! In fact, we’ve decided to have 6 per category instead of 5 as originally announced. Here they are…

๐Ÿ‚ย The TOPย 6 Fall Costumes! ๐Ÿ‚

We were totally falling for these amazing fall/autumn attires.ย But hold on, there’s more…

๐ŸŽƒย The TOPย 6 Halloween Costumes! ๐ŸŽƒ

As we announced in our contest post, each of these ten twelve winners will receive a one-month Poptropica membership, courtesy of the Poptropica Creators! (Winners, keep an eye on your email.) In addition, their spiffy suit-ups will also be immortalized on the PHB’s Costumes page.

But there were so many awesome entries that we couldn’t stop here – so we’ve selected several Honorable Mention winners as well. The prize for our HMs is simply the honor of being featuredย here:

๐Ÿ‘ป Honorable Mentions ๐Ÿ‘ป

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There’s one last Spooktober Special to get to today… theย Stolen Snapshots!

Here are the anticipated answers for where each spooky snippet is to be found:

  1. Back Lot Island (the set in Studio 1)
  2. Mission Atlantis, Episode 3 (the hole made by the Leviathan)
  3. Astro-Knights Island (the candles in the secret Mordred club)
  4. Monster Carnival Island (one of the horses on the carousel)
  5. Super Power Island (the comet)
  6. Vampire’s Curse Island (the clock on top of the cinema)
  7. Zomberry Island (this is on top of the Smoothie shop)
  8. Haunted House (bathroom)
  9. Spy Island (cat in front of the spyglass shop)
  10. Ghost Story Island (cemetery)

Although nobody got all of them right, two Poptropicans did each get three right: Tall Cactus and Muddy Kid. As for those who got two or less,ย they are Zany Panda, 3milyCx, Shaky Skunk, and Spooky Cereal. Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone who participated in any segment of our Autumnal/Halloween competitions! We hope you enjoyed dressing up and guessing at inverted snapshots in this sp00py month of October. Congratulations to all the winners, and to every Poptropican in the neighborhood:ย happy Halloween!

๐Ÿ‘ปย trick or treat, trick or treat ๐Ÿฌ
๐Ÿญย give me something good to eat! ๐ŸŽƒ

My Place in Poptropica

My Place in Poptropica: Marci (Queen of Libraries)

Slanted Fish

This is theย Myย Place in Poptropica story of Marci (Queen of Libraries), who discovered Poptropica while on a computer in the school library.ย See the bottom of this post for details on sending in your own MPIP!

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Howdy, itโ€™s Marci. Or as I like to also refer to myself, Queen of Libraries – like the Queen of Hearts character fromย Alice in Wonderland, but with libraries. Anyway, that is beside the point. Letโ€™s get on with the MPIP, eh?

The School Library

It all started in school. The school library, to be more specific. During recess time, instead of playing with the other kids, I normally went over there to read some books, hoping for the time to go by quickly. (Hey, well,ย Iโ€™ve never been much of a people person.) Sometimes ifย I felt like it, I would hop on one of the computers to play on FunBrain.

Anyway, I decided to play on FunBrain one day, and thatโ€™s how I found Poptropica. While playing one of the minigames, I spotted one of the ads. Of course, I clicked on it. And thatโ€™s how it began. I made an account (one of which I canโ€™t remember now), and played until I beat every island (though I canโ€™t remember how many there were at the time).

Whoopsies, Forgot About It

However, even though I thoroughly enjoyed the game, that quickly came to an end. After I beat every island, I found that I had nothing to do on Poptropica anymore. I quit and forgot about it and found other fun things to do, like draw and write (which Poptropica previously distracted me from). I also found other games like Free Realms (which is now shut down), Wizard101, Woozworld, et cetera, and played those instead.

But letโ€™s talk about how I re-found my love for Poptropica.

My First Sleepover

A couple years later, when I was in 5th grade, I re-discoveredย my love for Poptropica. At the time, I had made a friend in the same grade as me. After a month or two of being friends, she asked me if Iโ€™d like to sleep over during the weekend. So we both asked our parents if I could come over during the weekend, and they said yes.

When I got there, I saw that my friend was on the home computer. I wasย curious, and she must have noticed, because she gave me a funny lookย and said, โ€œIโ€™m playing Poptropica.โ€ I couldnโ€™t help but watch. I saw her playing islands I havenโ€™t seen before, which wasnโ€™t surprising sinceย I hadn’tย play the game in about two years.

Finding the PHB and Finally Getting Involved

Anyway, after sleeping over, I quickly decided to play Poptropica on my laptop. Itโ€™s no surprise I instantly fell in love with the game again, like I did before. However, I did get stuck on some islands, and looked up guides on Google. Can you guess where that brought me? The PHB, of course!

Ever since I found the PHB, I havenโ€™t quit the game. But I havenโ€™t been actively a partย of this community, either.ย To change that, I decided to write this MPIP.

Once the New Poptropica comes out (I still have no clue when that might be), I look forward to creating a blog myself after years of reading the opinions, theories, and news from various Poptropicans in the community.

For now, Iโ€™ll just be hanging out on the PHB Discord server from time to time, under the name โ€œMarci//QueenOfLibrariesโ€. I canโ€™t promise Iโ€™ll be on much, though. I might also try to find some time to blog, if anyoneย would care enough to invite me toย write on one.

Anyway, this is Marci signing out. Thanks for taking the time to read this post!

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Hope you enjoyed this โ€œMy Place in Poptropicaโ€ story! Feel free to send in your ownย (please include a minimum of 550 words, type with good spelling and grammar, divide it into labeled sections, and include your username). Look out for more community MPIPs in the future!

~the Poptropica Help Blog

PHB Specials

PHB Special: PHB Team Fanart over the years!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans – go team!

Over the years, theย team here at the Poptropica Help Blog has changed in appearances and members, but one thing stays the same: we’re all Poptropicans. And, sometimes, we receive awesome fan art from fans of this blog! (Plus, some of us also like to make that art.)

This PHB Special is here to showcase the great team pics in our collection, and they’re just poppin‘ย – check out all the different illustrative styles below!

by Silver Wolf (2014)
by Brave Tomato (2014)
by (Dr.) Ashley Lange, Poptropica Creator (2014)
by Slanted Fish (2015)
by magicseagull30 (2015)
by themightywolftiger (2015)
by Striped Lizard (2016)
by Spotted Dragon (2016)
by Slanted Fish (2016)
by criaha (2016)
by Slanted Fish (2016)
by themightywolftiger (2016)
by Yumi-Chan-Chu (2016)
by 1BraveHero (2016)
by Lucky Joker (2016)
by Brave Tomato (2016)
by Shaky Skunk (2016)
by Lucky Wing (2016)

Pretty cool stuff, eh? If you like looking at Poptropica art, be sure to check out (and do join!) our community on DeviantArt, called We-Love-Poptropica. It’s full of Poptropica fan artists, including the PHB team, and new stuff is being submitted to the gallery daily!

If you’d like to send us something, there are many ways to reach us, including Discord, DeviantArt, email, Twitter, and of course, commenting on the PHB.

Thank you to all the artists (including one Poptropica Creator!) who have sent us fan art over the years, whether it’s one of the group drawings above or individual portraits. We really appreciate the love! โค

Stay popping, Poptropicans! ๐Ÿ˜€

โ€“ the PHB team โ€“