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!
Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Princess and the Raven, part 5 👸🐦

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Shy Scorpion. Enjoy!

Hello Poptropicans, and welcome to the next part of my fanfiction! It’s Shy Scorpion and I know it’s been a while, but welcome to part 5. (Catch up on part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4 if you missed any of them.)

  • “The Princess and the Raven”

Scene 4: Snow White is sitting in Red’s Pizza Basket with some very familiar faces: Red, Cinder, and Amelia. They are all eating pizza while Red bakes some more at the counter.

SNOW WHITE:

Wow! It was lucky to meet you here, Amelia. I’ve seen you once, after Rumpelstiltskin was defeated, but we never really got to talk.

CINDER:

Yeah, you’re a great storyteller too, I loved hearing about your race against the Baron!

AMELIA:

Thanks, but I am so glad to meet all of you! You’ve all really caused a buzz among people on home island. Speaking of which, how’s it going with these boyfriends of yours? 

CINDER:

Great! The huntsman and I are actually really alike, and that helps a lot. We’ve had some great conversations over cups of coffee. 

AMELIA:

Nice! I prefer tea myself, but never mind, how about your boyfriend, Snow White? 

SNOW WHITE:

(silent for a second) It’s good, actually, it’s great! I guess I always thought villains were all horrible people. But I’m seeing now that actually some of them had good inside of them, they just needed the right person to bring it out.   

AMELIA:

(smiles) I’m starting to see that. Speaking of villains, have you guys heard the news about Rumpelstiltskin?

SNOW WHITE, CINDER, and RED:

No! 

AMELIA:

He recently sent my friend, the adventurer one, on a quest to find and free the king of Fairytale Island. 

RED:

Why would he do that? I thought he was obsessed with taking away everyone’s happy endings? Won’t this make the prince happy?  

AMELIA:

I’m just as confused as you are! Once they found the king, he started crying about a… queen or something? But I’m not sure why this is a big deal. 

SNOW WHITE:

(going pale) If the king comes back, do you think everything on Fairytale Island will go back to normal?  

AMELIA:

(happily) Of course! (sees her face) What’s wrong?   

SNOW WHITE:

I think I know why Rumpelstiltskin did what he did. To ruin my happy ending!

AMELIA:

What? Why? 

SNOW WHITE:

If the king comes back, then my postponed wedding to the prince is back on again! 

A bell dings, and another familiar face walks in. 

RUMPELSTILTSKIN:

(with a grin) Why, that’s precisely the point!

I hope you liked this next part of my fanfiction! I was basing a lot of this around the new Fairytale Island side-quest, so if you’re not a member (like me) and want to find out what happened, the PHB has a walkthrough for Rumpel’s Challenge.

Did you find any of my easter eggs? Tell me your thoughts on this next part and where it could go in the comments. Next time, Poptropicans! 

Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Shy Scorpion. If you did, you might also enjoy The Villain Saga, which inspired this fanfic!

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! 📰✨

Advertisements, Fan Art Features

Surprise scavenger hunt and stories 🎎

Slanted Fish

Surprise, Poptropicans! There’s a new ad game in town and its commercialization might just be a tad outrageous.

You’ll find LOL Surprise and the Outrageous Millennial Girls (OMG) on the map’s third page or on Time Tangled Island. Talk to Royal Bee and you’ll be invited to join a mini scavenger hunt for 10 glittering surprises all over the beach house. You’ve got just a few minutes!

  • Baby Driver reference?

Once you find all 10 items, you win! You’ll get to enjoy the Royal Bee and Lady Diva costumes as well as a Party Cruiser accessory.

As with all ads, this game is only here for a limited time, so play while you can and get dolled up with the dolls’ prizes!

In other news, over the weekend, Poptropica shared a few fan posts on their Instagram stories. We’ve got doodles and danger:

That wraps up this update! Are you surprised by the scavenger hunt? Delighted by the doodles? Joining in the art fun for Poptober? We’d love to know. Keep on popping on, Poptropicans! ✌️

~🐠

Clubhouse Crawl, Social Media

Eyes popped for Pop playthroughs 🎥👀

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! We’ve got a clubhouse to visit and videos to see. A Poptropican’s eyeballs always stay popped open! 👀

First up, the official blog’s Clubhouse Crawl series continues with this jungle home from Orange Tiger! You can take the tour on the Pop Creators’ Blog or here in this Instagram video. Look out for the big troll, hex-a-decker couch, and Amelia-approved unicorns! 😈🛋

Speaking of Amelia, remember when she invited us over for tea and made us do her dirty work? The Creators recently dropped a new video playing through Amelia’s “eye-popping” mini quest along with a written guide, but just saying, the PHB’s got one too. 😉☕️🦄

Amelia’s mini quest also hints at lore not yet revealed, particularly through a photograph of a baking session with some mysterious girls and a cat. Some Poptropicans have their theories, and Poptropica promised in a recent tweet that there’s more to come!

If your eyes need to be popped and ears peeled for any video, though, we can’t help but mention our recent hit, “Backspace.” Watch the clip below and get the behind-the-scenes of this “Blank Space” Taylor Swift parody music video created as a lament for Pop’s ex-islands! 🏝🪦

Hear “Backspace” on Poptropica Help Videos (PHV)!

Even the Pop Creators seemed to enjoy the callout. 😂

And while you’re on our YouTube channel, check out our new playlists:

That wraps up this update. Keep on popping on, Poptropicans! ✌️

~🐠

Fan Art Features, Goofball Island, Sneak Peeks

Grins and grooves for Goofball Island 😁🌳

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! We’re not goofing around with this announcement — we’ve got sneak peeks for the next Poptropica island!

Poptropica’s been busy lately with side quests and other specials, but they haven’t forgotten about making islands. The latest one in the works is Goofball Island, which was announced as a winner of the 2020 Dream Island contest. Take a look at their wavy wonders!

As we see in this first ever sneak peek, the “land of Goof” is lined with curving everything, from trees to lampposts — and even slanted fish on the Crazy Club? We’re not sure what this grinning building is all about, but we get another look at it through this sketch (sans “Toof”-paste):

Are the dancing creatures and poofy trees giving anyone else Dr. Seuss storybook vibes? In any case, that silly energy fits in here, as the plot is all about an unusually cheery town that’s about to have all its color wiped out by mad scientist Dr. Blandston.

Back to that first picture, we find some curious things of note, like the fact that our boy Ned Noodlehead from Super Power Island is hanging out by the Crazy Club, likely just as a stand-in for scale. We also see a building for Boskos Car Fixing and Embroidery, which seems a strange combo. And wacky faces are everywhere, from the clouds to the gate gnomes and birds (real and inflatable). 🤓🤪

Besides the announcement of this winning island idea back in January, this is the first time we’re hearing about Goofball Island, and it seems to be shaping up to be quite the adventure! Stay tuned for the latest news on this upcoming island, and let’s hope they (don’t) goof it up!

Poptropica’s Instagram story has been busy too, with last calls to enjoy Hoptropica birthday goodies and a slew of fan art, including a couple of drawing process videos. Hippity hop before they drop!

That’s it for this update! How hyped are you for Goofball Island? Have you made the most of Hoptropica’s birthday visit? Share with us in the comments, and keep on popping on, Poptropicans! ✌️

~🐠

YouTubers

PHB’s Picks: Poptropica Month 2021 🎥⭐️

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! This September has been a birthday blast with cake costumes, Hoptropica and its 8-bit followers, TikToks, fan art, and of course, fan videos for the fan-run Poptropica Month on YouTube.

As we wrap up the month, we’re taking a dive into some of our favorite clips from the 2021 playlist. Sit back, pop the corn, and enjoy! 🍿🎬

Our first feature comes from our Pop Month hosts, the Dimension Bros. As an analogy for the state of Poptropica in 2021, this 3-minute skit tells the story of a hungry diner customer waiting for his Old Island order, only to be fed excuses instead of dinner. 🍽 The whole act is performed solo by Isaac, and the tale is highly resonant. Props! 👏

The next feature comes from the other half of the Dimension Bros — in this one, Theo sits down with his mother and has her guess the names of various Poptropica characters. She’s pretty inventive — doesn’t “Teresa Moonbeam” sound just like a classic Poptropica moniker? 😜🌙

Invisible Ring appears to be the biggest participant of the Pop Month playlist, with many of her videos being ones we’ve shared for her dream island, Megatropolis. But among her other videos is a mini movie filmed in-game in the style of Perfect Sky, a Pop pirate adventure just in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day. So many islands to explore! 🏴‍☠️

A different take on Poptropica explorers, this epic cinematic trailer from LostLucas dramatizes his Popsona, Lone Clown, by juxtaposing shots of gameplay with sensational narration about this never-smiling character. Critics are wary — but we’re intrigued. 🤔

Speaking of cinematic, have you ever imagined adapting Poptropica islands into movies? CatfishFour does just that in this vlog, conjuring up ideas for potential audio, lighting, plot, genre, character development, and other considerations for the big screen. Picture Escape From Pelican Rock as a comedic, artistic Wes Anderson film — what a concept! 👮🎬

That wraps up the PHB’s picks for Poptropica Month 2021! You can find more in the Pop Month playlist, but keep in mind that some of its content is for ages 13+. For more kid-friendly choices, the Pop Creators’ Blog also featured a few fan vids this month.

We hope you enjoyed the clips above and all the other festivities for Poptropica’s 14th birthday this month! It’s amazing how creative the Pop community can be. Keep on popping on! 🥳

~the PHB 💙