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!
Bonus Items, Web Development

A Light in the Darkness

Slanted Fish

Thanks, O Peg, for the “new shirt” update.

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It’s a light in the darkness for Poptropica’s April weekly T-shirt, ComicKidImage:

As promised, Poptropica will be releasing a new T-shirt at their online Zazzle store every week’s Friday during the month of April 2009. In this one we see Poptropica’s logo in gold, and Comic Kid’s shadow standing into the brilliance of a bright light, yet he is also on the black background of a shirt. The words below his shadow says, “Comic Kid” in gold. The font being used happens to be Anime Ace 2.0 BB, which like the Poptropica speech bubble font (Creative Block BB), is a Blambot font. You can download Anime Ace for free here: http://blambot.com/font_animeace.shtml.

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About ten days ago, Poptropica Help Blog turned into Club Penguin Help Blog, which you can read about here. A poll came up about April Fools’ Day on our site a few days later: Did you get fooled on April Fools day? This poll is now closed; here are the results:

Vote Option | Number of Voters | Percentage
I got fooled by Poptropica Help Blog! | 281 | 41%
I got fooled by someone else.  | 106 | 15%
I can’t remember if I got fooled. | 36 | 5%
Why would I get fooled? | 71 | 10%
I have never been fooled, and I never will! | 191 | 28%

Our poll on advertisements is back up: Advertisements in Poptropica: What’s your favorite section? Make sure you submit your vote! 😛

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Other Recent Posts
Secret Stickers (Poptropica’s stickers updated; now with secret agents!)
Holy Cow, It’s Tiny Crown! (A Snapshot Saga and Astro-Knights sneak peek in one post!)
Unicorns Save the Day (Will we be riding unicorns someday? Learn more in this Astro-Knights sneak peek!)

Bonus Items

Secret Stickers

Slanted Fish

😀 Happy Easter! BUNNIES RULE! 😀
(A huge thanks to Codien for the awesome header!)
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The best secret agents of Poptropica work secretly yet efficiently. Admire the Popularity Contest winner with Poptropica’s latest merchandise… Secret Agent Wall Prints!

Shark Boy says:
For those of you who haven’t noticed, we’ve added 2 new wall prints to our store. Get a Secret Agent sticker for your laptop, locker, or room and show off the Poptropica awesomeness!

There’s also a new poll on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog: Which would you like to see more of? The options are (with their vote popularity):

  • Single-player games (4th place)
  • Multi-player games (3rd place)
  • Special abilities (1st place)
  • Unique outfits with items (2nd place)

Maybe we’ll get more of these features in the future! 😀

Remember to visit the post below, too! 😉

Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks

Unicorns Save the Day

Slanted Fish

🙂 Poptropica Help Blog has reached the 750,000+ hits milestone – that’s 3/4 of a million! 🙂
Thanks to Popfan for creating such a unique name for the unicorn in this sneak peek: Sparkles!
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Not long after a meteor crashed through the prison of Super Power Island, another disaster struck in Poptropica. The skies darkened into a grayish color. Onlookers were very much afraid and immediately ran home as soon as they heard the warnings from Hazmat Hermit. “Aaaahh! The sky is falling!” somebody screamed into Hazmat H’s ear. Uh oh, thought the hermit. It’s time for… Super Sparkles Unicorn, come to save the day! In a flash, Hazmat Hermit had climbed onto his unicorn, Sparkles, and the two were now soaring high in the air. “I brought my green laser gun, Sparkles, just in case,” HH reassured the unicorn. Suddenly, they both saw it. A menacing red bird, who happened to look a bit stiff, was chasing them at top speed! “YIKES!” yelled Hermit. “Watch… out… ” He squeezed in his last two words, just as the bird came crashing through them.

Can unicorns rescue us in times of trouble? Maybe they can… on Astro-Knights Island!

Blog Post Title: It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s…!
Description: Strange things have appeared in the air above Poptropica. This picture was taken a moment before the mysterious rider vanished into the clouds. A large explosion followed soon after. I advise caution as we continue to monitor the situation.
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fyUhortwA8M/SdorivqRM0I/AAAAAAAAAAU/fTZJ-HrQtCg/s1600-h/watchout.png
Image Name: watchout.png

The bird might be one from this earlier sneak peek – the Firebird! (Called “Rising from the Ashes…” in case you’re interested.) In that sneak peek, it looks like there are many little birds, which act as missiles, under the gigantic wings of the huge firebird. This new sneak peek seems to show one of them!

Remember to visit the post below for updates on Poptropica’s merchandise!

Bonus Items, Merchandise, NPC Popularity Contests, Web Development

Wear Me!

Slanted Fish

Or should I say, wear us!

Thanks to Cheerful Claw for the update: yesterday’s T-shirt design poll is over and the winning shirts are now available for purchase at Poptropica’s online store. That’s right, not just one shirt, but two!

Here’s Shark Boy’s explanation.

We have a winner! Since both the 1st and 2nd place designs were close we decided to make T-shirts out of both. So check out our store to get your own Secret Agent shirt. Thanks to all who voted!

Bring it on…

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Poptropica Life Size Wall Prints

The T-shirts weren’t the only merchandise section to update! The Poptropica Creators’ Blog‘s “Poptropica Life Size Wall Prints” widget also experienced a change. (See the picture on the right to know what it looks like now!)

The new widget image reads, “7 feet of pure Poptropica awesomeness <Ned Noodlehead’s picture> Poptropica™ Life Size Wall Prints Click Here available through LTLprints.com”. As usual, clicking on the picture brings you to another one of Poptropica’s online stores, and this one is located at LTLprints.com. The title of the online store now reads,”Poptropica Official Partner – Buy Your Favorite Poptropica as a Life-Sized – Removable and Reusab[le]”.

On the Poptropica LTL (Larger Than Life) webpage, there are new advertisements showing how the wall decorations are, “Self-Adhesive, Removable, Reusable, Durable, Easy to Install. Peel-it! Stick-it! Repeat!” They also offer free shipping with laptop prints!

On the LTLprints blog, there is a post about working with Poptropica’s merchandise, and it includes a video. You can check it out here: http://www.ltlprints.com/blog/poptropica-teams-up-with-larger-than-life-prints/. Click the link below to watch the video:

[http://www.viddler.com/explore/LTLprints/videos/18/73.433/]

Blog Post Title: Poptropica teams up with Larger Than Life prints
Description: We are pleased to announce our partnership with Poptropica.com.  Poptropica is a virtual online world in which kids can travel, play games, customize their character, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely with each other.  Larger Than Life prints is now offering over-sized wall graphics made from popular Poptropica characters.  Please checkout our Poptropica catalog page and watch this short video for more information.

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Other Recent Posts
Bigheaded Agents
Poptropica Fools!
Berries, our source of survival.

Bonus Items, Merchandise, Uncategorized

Bigheaded Agents

Slanted Fish

The title is not quite what you might think it means! Agents should not be ‘bigheaded’, but on April Fools’ Day, everyone was!

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Celebrating April Fools’ Day: On Poptropica!
If the PHB didn’t fool you, maybe Poptropica will, with the help of VladtheViking’s latest YouTube video!

…And that’s a visual summary of what happened on Poptropica for April Fools! Everyone’s head got bigger (players and non-player characters!), the Poptropica logo on the homepage was backwards, and when you loaded the Poptropica page, a bunch of Poptropicans in goofy glasses would come out. The Creators also included a special picture of Dr. Hare with their blog post (aprilfools.png):

Even the evil bunnies have fun! 😆

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T-Shirt Design Voting: Secret Agent
Remember the Poptropica Popularity Contests a couple weeks ago? We all know the secret agent from Spy Island Headquarters won, and he’s going to get a T-shirt made just for him! Bet he feels really special waving his gun-thing around, as shown below. These are the 4 options:

To vote, visit the Poptropica Creators’ Blog and look for the poll widget to the right. Choose the number you are voting for and click the white button just below option #4 to submit your vote! Currently, design #2 is winning, but I do like #1 more. Oh well… bring it on! 😀