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 🐠 Don't forget to be awesome!
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Cloudy with 2 chances of ads

Slanted Fish

The forecast today calls for a double serving of ads for the animated movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2! On islands such as Poptropolis Games, you might find an ad building where you can go inside and talk to the boy (Flint Lockwood) to begin a game.

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You’ll be in a boat and must make your way across the river safely. The red bar shows how much health you have and the green bar shows how much progress you’ve made. All you have to do is click the yellow button every time you see one of the “foodimals” in your way! When you reach the end, you’ll receive two prizes: Steve (monkey worn on your back) & Bacon Cheespider (worn on your head).

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On other islands (such as Mocktropica), you might find just a video ad instead. Watching the trailer will award you with a straw-Barry Costume at the end of the video.

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In other news, be sure to send in your Poptropica stories, island ideas, fan art, and more to [email protected] so we can start compiling them for the next issue of our magazine coming out in the second week of March! Take a look at our Magazines page for more info. We would love to publish your creative Poptropica fan work for other Poptropicans to enjoy, so don’t be afraid to submit an entry or two! 🙂

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Behind the Scenes & Forgotten Islands winter update

Slanted Fish

You may remember a recent post on the PHB where some Poptropica files were dug up, giving a taste of the stuff this game world is made of. But wait, there’s more! HPuterpop and I have been working on a new page for the blog called Behind the Scenes of Poptropica, which is under the Cool Stuff tab.

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We’ve put together a list of music, backgrounds, foregrounds, interactive overlays, and the like, so check it out! Due to sheer volume, we can’t possibly list every single file in Poptropica’s database, but we’ve included some of the more interesting ones, including many of Jeff Heim’s music tracks found on the updated islands, so you can listen to them without having to log in! 😀

For those of you who have an iOS device (or got one over the holidays, perhaps), the Poptropica: Forgotten Islands game has a new winter-themed costume pack available! If you don’t have the game yet, you can get it on the App Store for a one-time price of $4.99, and if you want to see what the game is like, check out our Forgotten Islands walkthrough, which has pictures!

The cold never bothered me anyway!

There’s also the Poptropica Tips & Tricks app which is free on both iOS and Android, but hey – why use that when you have access to walkthroughs for every island right here on the PHB without any downloads, right? 😉

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The Christmas Story

Slanted Fish

Ah, yes… the Christmas story. You may have heard it before: the nativity, the birth of Christ, the “reason for the season.”

Well, with all due respect no matter what your beliefs may be, perhaps you’ll enjoy this retelling of a traditional Christmas tale portrayed alongside some Poptropica imagery…

The Christmas Story: Poptropica Style

So there’s this young couple, Mary and Joseph, and they’re traveling to Bethlehem*, where they’re going to register for the census ordered by the government. *totally not Vampire’s Curse Island, by the way. Despite being a virgin, Mary’s expecting a child at any moment (the son of God, no less!), but there’s no room for them anywhere, and poor Joseph is trying his best to pull himself together… yeah, life hasn’t been easy for them.

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Finally, they find a spot, and Mary gives birth to her son, Jesus. She wraps him in cloths and places him in a manger – quite a humble beginning for the king of kings!

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Out in the fields nearby, there are shepherds watching over their flocks by night. An angel of the Lord appears to them and brings them the good news of the Savior’s birth.

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The fluffy-haired shepherd boys decide to go check this out for themselves, and they are duly amazed, so they go out and praise God for all that they’ve heard and seen.

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It’s said that some wise men (or “Magi”) followed a star and visited Jesus too, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh (fancy rich things!). This would’ve been some time after his birth, but we can’t forget them, now can we? So there we have it.

Merry Christmas, everyone. 🙂

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Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

Luke 2:11

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Very merry, very merry

Slanted Fish

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Merry Christmas & happy holidays from the crew here at the PHB! We hope you’re enjoying a wonderful break, or at least, enjoying Christmas Day off! Now’s a great time to catch up on any islands you may not have completed yet with our full walkthroughs for every island, all with pictures. Or perhaps you feel like flexing your joints with some head-to-head battles, which we have game guides for too.

Whatever your reason for coming here, thank you for visiting the PHB and we hope to continue bringing you quality Poptropica greatness. ‘Tis the season for spreading the joy!

-Poptropica’s little help bloggers

PHB Parties

PHB Christmas Party 2013: Recap

Slanted Fish

This weekend, the PHB hosted a Poptropica Christmas party for all Poptropicans, where much fun was had as holiday cheer spread across various Multiverse rooms (there were just too many people for one!) as well as our chatroom, the PHC! Maybe we should let the recap picture speak for itself:

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There were candy cane gun snowball fights and fortunes told in cookies, confetti was thrown and “worst island” ideas discussed, favorite carols were shared and doodles were made. Those who came had a chance to talk to some of the PHB’s authors: Tough Icicle (Samwow5), HPuterpop, Blake, and yours truly (Fishy). We even raffled a rare costume account (courtesy of Cool Octopus), which Brave Sky won. The party itself went on for about four hours!

Thanks to everyone for coming & hope you all had a great time. Merry Christmas to all! 🙂