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!
Back Lot Island, Daily Pop, Daily Pop Sneak Peeks, LEGO Poptropica, New Islands, Sneak Peeks, Virus Hunter Island

You’ve got a lot of nerve to step inside a busy body

Slanted Fish

Hey there Poptropicans! In case you haven’t been frequenting the Daily Pop in the past few weeks, this post will catch you up on some of the sneak peeks. Currently we’re seeing a biology-related adventure in the works and it looks like this time, we’re exploring the anatomy! Check ’em out:

(Click on an image to enlarge it.) Viruses, red blood cells, molecular structures, and more await in this island! Science geeks should be pleased. In other news…

Night Watch Island released to everyone last week. If you need a walkthrough, be sure to check out our Night Watch Island Guide, complete with words and pictures!

The next island will be Back Lot Island, as we know from a post that leaked onto the Creators’ Blog, which has now been reposted now that they’ve officially announced it!

The Poptropica LEGO CUUSOO project for Dr. Hare’s Lair currently has 3,200+ supporters. Dr. Hare is promising everyone a brand-new Bunny Balloon costume for if/when the project reaches 5,000 supporters, so I encourage you all to vote for it if you haven’t already.

How do you climb a body?

With a step bladder!

Web Development

Say cheese! Poptropica album photos now on the PHB

Slanted Fish

Album Photos

As you play through one of Poptropica’s many island adventures, the game will snap a photo of your character at certain checkpoints and you can go back and view your photos via the Photo Album on your Poptropica Friends profile. You can also browse through your friends’ photo collections and customize from what your (or your friend’s) character is wearing with the shirt button at the top.

Less is Mordred.

Most islands have 4 photos, though Early Poptropica and Super Power have 5, and Skullduggery has just 3. Only members are able to view all the photos they’ve collected, but non-members, hold on for the good news! Now on each of the PHB’s island info/trivia pages, you can take a look at every photo, witty captions included.

The Poptropica Creators’ Blog recently posted that there are currently 133 photos to amass, showing off the photo album of PHB reader Elphangor (Lone Heart), who has done just that. (That was also the post that tried to cover up the naming of Back Lot Island, but fortunately, the PHB post below will catch you up on that big scoop!)

Congrats and thanks to Elphangor (username omitted) for his achievement, which has made it possible for the PHB to take pictures of all these pictures, now available on this blog for your perusal.

Say cheeeeeese! 😀

Night Watch Island, Sneak Peeks

From behemoth to infant, this coffee shop delights

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What keeps you going? Perhaps a gargantuan mug of fragrant cappuccino? Captain Crawfish posted this new sneak peek of a coffee shop, with windows showing a backdrop of palm trees (perhaps part of the movie/theater island). There’s even free wifi! Such a cozy place.

Coffee shop

If you’re still struggling to relax yourself, maybe this motivational poster will help.

Motivational poster

Because there’s nothing more inspiring than a soaring eagle with the caption “motivational poster”… well, at least it isn’t discouraging! 😛 But, y’know, if you’re still looking for something to make yourself feel better, there’s a booth on Night Watch Island that will feature your stunning (and not at all derpy) Poptropican’s face on a magazine of your choice – like the gaming mag Final Boss Weekly.

Final Boss Weekly

So, what makes you happy? It may sound cheesy, but in spite of everything, don’t forget to enjoy the gift of life and smile. 😀

And while we wait for the Creators to tell us what’s going on with the new sneak peeks, check out the PHB’s 8 million hits special – the Ongoing Story Creation, in which everyone is encouraged to continue the tale of Jumpy Jumper (JJ) and the mysterious Island X as it’s written in the comments section. Keep on keepin’ on!

PHB Specials

A PHB Special: the Ongoing Story Creation

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8mil ongoing story creation
In celebration of this Poptropica Help Blog recently reaching 8 million hits (thanks everyone!), we’re going to do something fun! In the comments section, ANYONE is welcome to join in as we weave an ongoing story, a Poptropica fan-fiction of sorts, told in second-person narrative. It begins here…

“Um, hello. I’m here to register for something called, uh, ‘Poptropica’?” Amidst the realm of blue vines in front of you, a crate, small and wooden, bounces out, shaking blue dust and spitting out a question of your gender. You stare incredulously before you finally manage to respond. “I’m a boy,” you tell the little box, and then it erupts a circle of numbers in individual bubbles as it asks you the next question. This is a very strange sign-up process, you think to yourself, as you decide to tell the box etched with a curious question mark that you are 9 years old.

“Your name is Jumpy Jumper. When you are ready, hop into the blimp and travel to any island.” You ponder the map for a while, but decide none of the islands suit you. “There’s got to be something better…” you mutter to yourself. Just then, you see it. Out of the corner of your eye, there’s another island, shrouded in mystery by layers of smog and unidentifiable smells. Island X.

“But no one’s ever been there before,” the voice warns, the voice of the box that had guided your creation earlier. “Jumpy Jumper, JJ, you can’t… how did that even get on the map anyway? It’s not safe… please no… JJ!!” But it’s too late. You’re gone.

What happens next? Will JJ survive the unknown dangers of the mysterious Island X? What is the island’s secret, its true name, the people, the villain(s), the setting? You and your fellow PHB readers get to decide what items he collects and uses, other places he visits, and the adventures that await…

RULES: Make sure it follows what others have written before you, makes sense, and if you wish to add a comment that is not part of the story itself, use parentheses, for example: (I think we should…) Your comment can be as long or short as you like and you are definitely welcome to contribute as many times as you like. Be creative!

Where will these words take us? Continue the story in the comments!

Night Watch Island

Suit up, wear hats, and let’s go to the mall… today

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Night Watch Island is so full of free stuff, it’s hard to decide what you want! Check out the Carnival Costumes and In The Now stores for lots of great new costumes and some handheld items from the mannequins! Plus, you can even get a moustache – how awesome is that? 🙂

Carnival Costumes

That’s not all! At the Hat-o-Matic, you can design and wear your very own custom hat and even support your Tribe with it. Pick up a new scent at the Eau de Toilette and have it follow you around as you go. Get your face on the cover of a magazine at the We’ve Got You Covered booth. At the Sizzling Tanning Salon, you can even give yourself a tan. But don’t leave the mall without taking at least one ride in the elevator, ’cause there’s some cool music playing in there.

Keep exploring Twin Palms Mall to see what other sorts of things you can discover, and make the most of what it has to offer! There are plenty of strange things in store (and in tanning bed)…

Tanning salon

If being a mall cop proves to be a challenge for you, check out our Night Watch Island Guide (with pictures) for the complete written walkthrough and cheats to help you finish the island. Night Watch releases to everyone on March 14, just two weeks away! Let’s go to the mall! 😀