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!
Blast from the Past, PHB Series, Poppies

10 Years of Poppies: Looking Back 👀🏆

Slanted Fish

Hello, Poppie-tropicans! 🌟

If you’ve been around for a while, you may know about this beloved tradition here on the Poptropica Help Blog: the Poppies, our annual Poptropica fan awards. Since 2015, we’ve been inviting the community to vote for their top Pop picks every July, marking the PHB’s birthday as well. Time flies, and we’ve now celebrated 10 Poppies! 🥳🔟✨

So we thought we’d take a look back at the past decade of Poppies shenanigans… starting with the Poptropica parties! 🎉🎈At the end of each awards season, we’d always go out with a bang by coming dressed to impress in multiplayer rooms on Poptropica and hanging out on our Discord server, the PHC. Check out the recap photos from over the years!

But there’s more to the picture-perfect memories! Every year, the PHB team would dress up for the Poppies, and one of our team members would create artwork that would serve as the event’s visual for that year. 🖌️🖼️ Enjoy our many designs from the decade! (Click to enlarge.)

Next, taking the Pop art to a whole new level are all the top pieces voted as winners of the annual Best Fan Art award category. 🎨🏆 Feast your eyes on the talent that lies within our fandom — they’re truly incredible!

“Poptropica’s Sweet 16 Collage” by PHB readers, arranged by Gentle Dolphin (Poppies 2024 winner)
“Time to Fly Back Home” by Bunnies-N-Bowties (Poppies 2023 winner)
“Carnival” by XMzhier (Poppies 2022 winner)
“He is a villain” comic by AdventuresNHunters (Poppies 2021 winner)
“Poptropica Endgame” by Magniventris (Poppies 2020 winner)
“His Universe” by pinklasgne (Poppies 2019 winner)
“Alice and Fierce Fox” by POP-whitewolf (Poppies 2018 winner)
“Crisis Caverns” by jesta7 (Poppies 2017 winner)
“Explore, Collect, Compete” by MissEligon (Poppies 2016 winner)
“Poptropica: villains” by MasterPinpey (Poppies 2015 winner)

And now for some special highlights! ✨🏆 Below is a selection of some of our favorite award categories from over the years, and the winners. You can click on the years to check out the yearly recaps to find more award categories, watch the awards shows, and more! 👀

Just for fun, here are a few more iconic moments from the past decade of Poppies. Good times! Thank you, truly, for being part of the ride. 🎈

Poppies paper crafts given to winners (2015)
YouTubers Dimension Bros reacting to the Poppies in a video (2021)
Pop music composer Jeff Heim comments on the PHB (2015)
“The Award-winning Captain Crawfish” on Creators’ Blog
“I Voted” digital stickers (2016)
PHB highlights outfits (2017)

That’s a wrap for our recap on 10 Years of Poppies! How many of them did you join in on? What are some of your favorite Poppies memories? We’d love to hear from you in the comments. 🩵

Thanks for joining us on the blue carpet, and keep on poppin’ on! ✨

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Black Hare, Part 2

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Pink Star. Enjoy!

High on the Hog: Eat, drink, and be merry.

THE BLACK HARE, Part 2

(Continued from Part 1 here)

I combed my hair. (Which is a near impossible task, since I have Mom (Black Widow)’s hair.) I looked into the mirror and said, “I can do this… I can do this… I can do-”

I heard Dad (Dr. Hare) calling me. “COMING!!!”

I trudged to the kitchen. Mom and Dad started singing the birthday song. I thought about my wish for a while. ‘Mom and Dad will understand that I’m good, right?’ I thought. ‘Or should I not trust them…? After all, they ARE villains… Should I wish for them to understand? But I also wanna be more than good, I wanna be a hero! So should I wish to become a hero?’

“Hurry up, sweetie!”

‘Iwishtobecomeahero!’ I thought quickly. I blew out all 13 candles.

“Good job sweetie!” Mom said. “Now it’s time to eat the cake before the pizza! Just like you asked!” (I know. Only little kids eat cake before pizza. But it’s my birthday, and who doesn’t want cake before pizza?!) 

Mom and Dad talked about what my first crime would be now that I was an official villain. I bit my tongue at first, but finally blurted, “I DON’T WANNA BE A VILLAIN!”

Continue reading “Fanfic: The Black Hare, Part 2” →
Astro-Knights Island, Guest Posts

Bringing Mighty Action Force cards to life: 4-Player Edition 💥🃏

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Invisible Ring. Enjoy!

It’s a bird? It’s a plane?  No, it’s me! Invisible Ring, creator of the REAL-LIFE Mighty Action Force card game, has RETURNED!

That’s right, readers! This Poptropican was but a fellow Mighty Action Force fan, who emerged from PoptropiCon Island and forged her OWN Mighty Action Force card game that she could play in real life, anytime and anywhere she wanted… then shared it with the PHB online, so that EVERYONE can print out and play their own Mighty Action Force game, too. (There’s also an Astro-Knights edition!)

But she had not yet shared ALL of her Mighty Action Force games, which brings us to the here and now. If you’re already acquainted with these games, then you may be looking for a bigger challenge. Heck, you may even be itching to play this game with more than one player at a time. And that is where the 4-PLAYER Mighty Action Force game comes in! Download below:

Ultimate Mighty Action Force 4-Player KitDownload

Packed with new cards, new rules, and new game variations, this third and final edition of my real-live MAF series not only provides a new mighty challenge but brings all other Mighty Action Force games together — perfect for parties and family fun!

Some assembly required. This offer is invalid where prohibited, some restrictions may apply, batteries not included.

Check out the demo of the multiplayer game in action:

If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comment section below. Otherwise, enjoy the Mighty Action Force games!

Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Invisible Ring. If you did, you might also enjoy the previous posts for the games in this series: Bringing Mighty Action Force to life and the Astro-Knights edition.

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!

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Black Hare, Part 1

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Pink Star. Enjoy!

High on the Hog: Eat, drink, and be merry.

THE BLACK HARE
A Poptropica Fanfiction Story

Hello fellow Poptropican, my name is the Black Hare. But most people call me Harrie. You probably know my parents, Dr. Hare and the Black Widow. Yeah. The villains. But don’t worry, I’m not gonna kidnap you and mind control you. I’m not gonna steal your art either. Much to my parents’ disgust, I’m all about doing good. That’s where my story starts. But before I get to that, let me give you a brief backstory.

Fifteen years ago, you and Amelia made a potion then you gave it to the villains as a drink. They drank it, but little did they know, if they ever had children, the potion would make them good. Fortunately, all the villains kids were born after the potion was made so they were all good!

Unfortunately, the villains found out about the potion, and made a new one to turn their kids evil. None of the kids knew about the potion, so everyone drank it. Everyone… except… me. I heard Mom and Dad talking about it. (Villains talk VERY loud.)

I loved being nice. I held the door for others at school, fed the birds, and did my chores. So I didn’t drink anything unless I was sure I knew what it was for the whole month. I acted all nasty in front of Mom and Dad, and my ‘friends’ (that turned evil overnight, so I wasn’t quite friends with them. But with other people and when by myself, I was nice. It was hard living like that.

That was when I was seven. Now that I’ve turned 13, I’m an official villain, and it has been 15 years since my parents drank that potion.

For six years, I never had the courage to tell them I was good. But now that I’m a teenager, I feel ready. After all, I am their daughter… what’s the worst they can say?  

TO BE CONTINUED

Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Pink Star. If you did, you might also enjoy more fanfictions on our site.

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!

Pop Protips

Pop Protip: Listen to Poptropica Music without logging in 🎵

Slanted Fish

Have you ever, while playing Poptropica, found yourself pausing to appreciate the music in the background? We’ve got a way to let you jam to your favorite tunes from the game without having to log in! 🎧

Over on our Poptropica Music page, we’ve gathered a huge collection of Poptropica soundtracks, sorted by islands, for you to enjoy. They’re embedded right on the page, so simply hit the play button under each title to listen! ▶️ Here are a few of my personal favorites:

🌀 Carnival Ride – Poptropica Theme (download)

🧞 Genie Dance — from Arabian Nights Island (download)

👾 Mega Fighting Bots – Battle – Orchestral Variation (download)

🏅 Poptropolis Games Main Theme (download)

😜 Washington DC Lengthened — from Goofball Island (download)

Listen to more poptropica music

Not only can you listen and even download tracks right on our Poptropica Music page, you can also save them to your personal devices!

⬇️ Download all the music files below and more, as a selection or all at once, via our folder of Poptropica OST (Original Soundtrack) mp3 files.

download poptropica music

If you save them to your computer, you can then import them into your music player app of choice. From there, you may also sync your imported files to your other devices, such as a phone or tablet, to listen to the tracks whenever and wherever you like. 📲

Bunk: Perhaps you, too, will love the 90s.

We hope this music collection helps you relive the magic of Poptropica! A huge shout-out goes to Jeff Heim, Poptropica’s main music composer who created so many of these melodies. Enjoy the tunes! 🩵🎵

~🐠