Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Magic Kid. Enjoy!

Hello guys, I have the next Zombies, Zombies, ALWAYS ZOMBIES episode ready for y’all! (Start from the beginning here, or reach the previous episode here.) The zombie apocalypse is a lot bigger than people would have thought at a glance. And I’m gonna have A LOT of fun diving into that. I apologize in advance.

ZOMBIES, ZOMBIES, ALWAYS ZOMBIES!

A Zomberry Series

Episode Eleven: AHHHH!

They were back. Back at Time Tangled Island. Their attempt to fix the past was in vain. The zombies were still there, hanging around, wandering around aimlessly.

Birdy, Hawk, Stone, and Pick didn’t appear inside the lab. They didn’t appear outside by the door either. They appeared on the roof of the half-destroyed Party Time Tower with no way to get down. How convenient.

Stone looked out at the vast field of zombies stumbling around the rubble, disappointed.

Stone

It didn’t work. We didn’t fix this from happening.

Clumsy Bird

Oh. Well, that’s okay! We may not be able to fix the past, but we can try to fix the future, right?!

Toothpick

I guess we could. But how do we solve this—this zombie apocalypse?

They all thought for a moment. Hawk paced the small area on the roof. Witty Toothpick fidgeted with his Rubik’s cube, determinedly not looking at the ground far, far, below. Birdy bounced on her heels. And Icy Stone looked out at the horizon.

The silence was broken by Hawk, who seemed to have realized something.

Hawk

What if the zombie apocalypse wasn’t an accident?

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Pop Petition: Trading Cards for Iconic Poptropica Characters 🃏

September 18, 2023 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Rough Clown. Enjoy!

Hey guys! I’m Rough Clown, and I wanted to talk about trading cards in this post. When I first saw the Mighty Action Force cards in PoptropiCon Island, I thought they were really cool.

I feel like it would be so cool if Poptropica made their own trading cards — except, instead of the fictional characters from PoptropiCon island, it would be all of the well-known characters in all of Poptropica. For example, we could have trading cards on Dr. Hare, Director D, Black Widow, Captain Crawfish, Rumpelstiltskin, Tessa Turncoat, Binary Bard, Red, Ned Noodlehead, C.J., El Mustachio Grande, and Amelia!

I imagine these cards to be more complex than the ones in PoptropiCon, more inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokémon cards. Some of the characters could have the cool superpowers that they have in-game (e.g. Ned Noodlehead’s comic book prowess on Super Power Island) and some could have fun moves like a “Pizza Attack” for Red from Fairytale Island, that could do damage to other players.

I would invest a lot of money into these cards if Poptropica made them. Poptropica, if you see this, please consider making a card series! 😊

A trading card concept for Amelia from Home Island.

Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Rough Clown. If you did, you might also enjoy another Pop Petition on Making Mighty Action Force multiplayer.

The Poptropica Help Blog welcomes interesting Poptropica insights from anyone in the Poptropica community with thoughts to share. Interested in writing for the PHB? We’d love to hear from you!

Member Gifts

Rolling up with sweet treats 🛵🍭

September 17, 2023 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! We’ve gotten birthday blasters for Poptropica’s Sweet 16 this month, but per monthly tradition, members get extra goodies.

September’s member gifts are the Peppermint Kid’s scooter, phone, and outfit. If you’ve been blessed with these perks, enjoy. And if not, try our PHB monthly membership giveaways — you might get lucky!

Bonus bounty aside, everyone is welcome to join in on our celebration of Poptropica’s 16th birthday this month via our Pop Sweet 16 Art Collab! We’re calling everyone to share a drawing of their Popsona or a Pop character partying, which we’ll then combine into an epic collage. Come make your mark with us by Thursday, September 28! 🥳

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Advertisements, Poptropica Junior, Store

Shop and pups, even for little ones 🐶

September 10, 2023 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans — pop in for a shop and some pups! 🐾

For the fall season, Adventure Outfitters brings a slew of sweaters and hoodies to its latest store rotation. Plus, September is Poptropica’s birthday month, so be sure to log in for birthday freebies and join in the PHB’s art collab to celebrate! 🎉

There’s a new mission on the map: an ad “island” for the upcoming “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie“! Head inside the building and you can play two mini-games for a few prizes.

Talk to Liberty the pup to help find the six pups hiding around the headquarters. Simply click on their shadowed images peeking out from various equipment, and they’ll pop out. You’ll win a Super Suit and Skye Power (with floating action by pressing space bar) for your efforts.

You can also talk to Ryder, the boy, to help him and Chase through a city race. Move your cursor to control your vehicle, avoid crashing into cars and puddles, and grab the purple orbs to power-up and zoom through the streets. Make it to the end, and you’ll gain a Patroller Follower!

The PAW Patrol ad games are also available on Poptropica Junior, Poptropica’s website for Pre-K kids launched last year. You don’t need a Pop account to play on Pop Jr. Plus, the “Activities” section of the site has also added PAW Patrol-themed coloring pages, a recipe for shortbread cookies, plus guides for mask-making and handprint art.

A year after its launch, Poptropica Junior hasn’t seen much fanfare, adding just a handful of activities, but barely updating its own social media page. It’s interesting to see it get a bit of attention from the parent brand’s latest sponsor, but will the site keep growing and possibly nurture a new generation of Pop players? We’ll have to see.

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Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: Zombies, Zombies, ALWAYS ZOMBIES! 🧟 Ep. 10: Tangled in Time, Part 2

August 30, 2023August 29, 2023 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Magic Kid. Enjoy!

Good day to you all! I am happily presenting you with the TENTH episode in Zombies, Zombies, ALWAYS ZOMBIES! Woah! TEN EPISODES! I’m pretty stoked about that. Thank you everyone for your support! (Read the previous episode here or start from the beginning here.)

This is when things will start to get InTResTiNG. Disclaimer: Since, at the moment, we don’t know a whole ton of Zomberry lore, I’m gonna make some stuff up. Just enjoy! 🙂

Super Fly: We’re leaving on a jet plane.

ZOMBIES, ZOMBIES, ALWAYS ZOMBIES!

A Zomberry Series

Episode Ten: Tangled in Time, Part Two

The swirling through the light and color was somehow a lot less magical. They passed timeframes, saw glimpses of history, even glimpses of their own past, but it flashed by so fast they could hardly process it. And in— it could have been a moment, a second, several years— they were standing outside the 24 Carrot theater.

At once, Toothpick, who still had terrible memories of this place burned into his mind, jumped back and stumbled several steps backwards before tripping into a gutter at the other side of the street. He sputtered.

Toothpick

Ack! Sorry, I got a little startled!

Birdy helped him up and Pick dusted himself off from all the dry leaves and dirt.

Clumsy Bird

I wonder if we can talk past us… wait— CAN I PLEASE PRANK THE DIRECTOR AGAIN?

Hawk

No! Come on guys! We have to at least get rid of the blueberry machine!

Birdy smacks her forehead.

Clumsy Bird

Oh! Right! Save the world first, prank later. Gotcha!

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