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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3|THREE: Happy birthday, PHB! *inflates balloons*

Slanted Fish

Three years. We have come this far.

Three Spree!

Three years ago on July 26th, 2008, the Poptropica Help Blog was created by an 11-year-old girl and the support of her younger brother, collectively known, as some old-timers may recall, ‘Scary Tomato’ (the Poptropican’s name), then later as ‘Hijuyo.’ It turned out the girl was mostly the one running the blog, so she started going under the name ‘Hijuyo’ independently and writing posts with other hired blog authors.

Three years later it’s July 26th, 2011, Hijuyo is now 14, the blog has over 5 million views, a great community, and awesome contributors everywhere. We have invited everyone who wanted to come celebrate, and come they did. The PHB just celebrated their big 3|Three party on our chatroom, the PHC, and met in Multiverse with tons of supporters coming to inflate their “3” balloons (of varying sizes!) from Poptropica’s own 3rd birthday. It was also our third Author Night, and people were able to meet and talk with some of our great PHB authors. Hicoga made a video of the party you can watch here.

These three years were also Hijuyo’s three middle school years, and though I would probably never delete the PHB, high school would mean I may have less time here. Which is why, for everyone’s enjoyment, the PHB comments are now set so that a comment made can immediately go through instead of me having to manually approve them. Hopefully this will bring more discussion in each post as people can read and respond to each other quickly – however, authors will still need to monitor the comments to make sure they don’t get out of hand and everyone has to be responsible in following commenting rules. I will still be around, although I do hope everyone in the community does their part in helping the PHB continue to prosper.

Long live the PHB and the rest of the network!

~Hijuyo, Poptropica Help Network Founder&Owner


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Fly away, Blu bird

Slanted Fish

There’s a new ad game building for the movie “Rio,” and your task is to help Blu the blue macaw (fitting name!) learn to fly! Guide him through the rings, and beware of obstacles, especially Nigel the white bird!

Thanks to TheLoudShark for the above walkthrough video.

By the way, don’t forget that Shrink Ray Island comes out on July 28th for all Poptropicans!

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The Ride of Life

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Remember when you sent Dr. Hare flying through space in a giant Rabbot?

Ever wondered what was beyond that universe and where he ended up?

It looks like he’s become a globetrotter and has been adventuring at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. He’s even shared some snapshots from the trip!

Where would you like to see him go next? Where do you think the winds will take him? And where in the world would you want to visit? 🙂

Shrink Ray Island

July 28: The Day You Get Your “Shrink Spurt”

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Hahaha, kids getting their growth spurt, and now a shrink spurt, get it? Got it? Good.

Moving on… the day your Poptropican turns miniature (if it hasn’t already) will be the day Shrink Ray Island releases to the public! And that day is…

July 28th!

That’s about two weeks away from now. Not to worry, the PHB already has our Shrink Ray island resources up and ready on our Island Help page, which links to our written walkthrough guide with Shrink Ray Island cheats, a labeled map, video playlist tutorial, and if you’re still stuck, an ever-helpful discussion page!

In other news, thanks to PHB reader Angry Wing we have learned the names of some more Poptropica Creators – Cara Campanelli, who handles customer support, and Kevin McGrath, who used to work as Poptropica’s customer support. And thanks to Crazy Thunder, who gave us the identity of Jon Pitcher, alias Master Mime, and John “J.T.” Gallant, an intern at Poptropica. You can check out all this and more on our Poptropica Creators’ Database.

Until next time!
~Hijuyo
Store

You’re a Firework

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Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

Make ’em go “oh, oh, oh” with the new Poptropica Store item… FIREWORKS!

From now until Labor Day (September 5th this year for the US), use this Gold Card item from the Store and let the colors burst as you ignite the night with a firecracker flash!

While you’re making the sky explode with this fun item, don’t forget to come party on the PHC with the rest of the Poptropica Help community on July 26th, where we’ll be celebrating this blog’s 3rd anniversary and hosting the 3rd author night at the same time! Check out the post below to get all the details (or just click here).