Category: PHB Series

Here’s where you can browse through the many posts we’ve shared on the Poptropica Help Blog, sorted by series.

Viewer's Showcase

Viewer’s Showcase!

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

For some of you viewers, your ultimate goal is to get featured in a post for finding a glitch, or alerting us about something new… but some of you never get the chance — the once a month Viewer’s Showcase doesn’t require anything but some handy hands!

spotlight

I will be showcasing some of the most awesome art, stories, and blogs in the Poptropica universe on these posts — but I will be the one deciding!  I’ll scour the web to find the best, then let these geniuses have the spotlight!

Art

Silver Wolf, PHB viewer and PTFP owner has took off lately with her sensational new art.  It is quirky but cool, and you can marvel at it for hours.

Looks like I have some competition. 😉

Stories

Comics qualify as novels, and novels are stories.  Cool Berry the Unicorn Cat has been hard it work creating funny little gems that are awesome!

Blog of the Month

This month, We-Love-Poptropica deserves some credit.  It’s not a regular blog, it runs on DeviantArt, and can also be called a group.  Or, a cool and artsy community.  It’s really awesome and I suggest you check it out. 🙂

http://we-love-poptropica.deviantart.com/

Also, Spotted Dragon is having a Christmas and birthday party for her blog over on the PTFP chat; I hope you can come!

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That’s it, I hope you enjoyed some awesomely unique creativity.  I hope you got a fill of something fresh and new.  😀

-HP

Poptropican Portraits

Poptropican Portraits Round 2

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Everyone’s been waiting for em, here are the new Poptropican Portraits! –

Just a couple notes for you guys,

First, I just started using a new art program.  It’s free, and amazing, and you can find it here.  Can you tell the difference?

Remember to leave your requests on THIS POST, and then check back next week (Tuesday or Wednesday) to obtain them!  Any requests not on this post will not be accepted.

Also, a few of the Pop bloggers have been working on a blog Hats with Hearts, a charity site with St. Jude’s hospital. 🙂 Be sure to check that out.

Now, for all you sneak peek hunters —

I’m going to analyze Gamer Guy’s room from Zomberry Island; it’s got some MAJOR craziness!

Poptropica

Mega Fighting Bots is anime… what does this mean?  Here’s the strange part though…

waroftheislands

Translated to English, this poster says “War of the Islands”… what?!  What do you think?  Tell me in the comments. 🙂

-HP

PHB Sneak Peeks, PHB Specials

PHB Sunday Special: Hacks, Music, and Genius

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

A while ago, Strange Cat (or Christmas Clown) mused that I may become the new Codien…

I didn’t really take it seriously, but now, I sort of wonder.  I think I may have hit the jack pot, I can prove it to you with a link.  Maybe even a couple links.  Anyway, let’s break this down into parts.

static.poptropica.com-game-assets-scenes-poptropolis-mainStreet-interactive.swf

Gamer Guy

The talk of the town is that Gamer Guy got fired.  Well, I’m pretty sure he didn’t get fired.  I have my theories, but I also may know who he really is. I don’t know for sure, but Kyle Fox sure fits the description: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kyle-fox/14/190/587

I believe that Kyle did a one time job for Poptropica, and the posts were just part of that.  They took advantage of the situation, and made it into a sort of publicity stunt.  When the job was over, his fun was over. This seems to be slightly forced though, so what do you guys think?

The Music

If I haven’t told you before, here it is:  if all else fails, I will root for the new improved islands JUST because of the amazing soundtrack. Jeff Heim is a genius, his music is genius, and you can hear the actual original soundtracks from their original files. This is only the beginning.  More will be revealed later.

The Backgrounds

As well as music, you can view the backgrounds of scenes just like you can view items!  Sadly, you can’t save them to you computer, as they are shockwave files, and some of them are off of the screen.  Maybe in the future we can have a page dedicated to the backgrounds, as there are key words to reveal them.

The Body

You can also view parts of the Poptropican body!

The Sounds

You can also hear the sounds!

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In  all, I think that this is a major breakthrough, and it’s not just for the sound islands.  To file away everything together will be a huge undertaking, but I think that it can be done!

There is more than just what I showed you today; the possibilities are endless!  I will post more some time or another. 🙂

-HP

Ten things you DIDN'T know about Poptropica!

Ten Things You DIDN’T Know About Poptropica!

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

I’ve been poking around a bit, connecting some dots, and here’s what I’ve come up with:

1. Gamer Guy’s real name is Abe.

Don’t believe me?  Check inside the bakery on Ghost Story island.  It’s a nice trivia, I thought.

2. Joe Puddy has visited Super Power Island.

This one is only logical.  Zomberry Island has a lot of subways, right?  In the subway on Super Power Island, under the stairs you will find “Joe was here” written on the walls.

3. You have never been here, but have tried to get here before, maybe when you were younger:

what!
I’m not going to tell you where I am, but when you figure it out, you’re going to flip.  Guess in the comments!

4. Betty Jetty is Ned Noodlehead’s sister.

This may be known by some, but not to others.  It came from the Poptropica Nintendo game, which I will be posting a review about soon.

5. Dr. Hare was created by Shark Boy as an arch enemy to a carrot super hero.

Pretty kewl stuff.

6. Balloon Boy is actually based off of a real incident.

It’s true!  Craziness is the world we live in. xD

7. There is a site for the Mews Foundation (from Cryptids Island).

This may not be a surprise to everyone, but there is a site made by Poptropica, pretty silly stuff.

8. Poptropica Toys are not listed on the Poptropica Shop!

I’m serious! None on the main homepage, even when you click View All. Start buying these babies off of Ebay, peoples, before they disappear forever! They can, however, be found on the Poptropica Toys page.

9. Islands used to have a rating next to it on the map; it would say “hard”, “medium”, or “easy”.

It was a nice feature; I actually thought it was helpful… nothing else to say about it. 😛

10. Islands can be selected via the Tab and Enter key.

One instance of keyboard input that effects the game.  I wonder what else can be done with the keys… ❓

That’s my Poptropica trivia!  I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you’re interested in more, check out the PHB’s Trivia pages for every island under the Island Help page!

-HP

Poptropican Portraits

Poptropican Portraits Round 1

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Have you heard?  Samwow5 was on the ball when he updated you guys on the new and improved Time Tangled Island! I literally flipped out when I saw that update email in my inbox… I’m sorry, but NZMSFNCJFVWHINJA GERCBFOAYWBFQIJA3RNFJIOQFI!!!!!!!!!

Time Tangled Island is the third to be released, and if you have been playing Poptropica for a while, you know the feeling I felt.  I was about 5 when I first played Time Tangled, and even though the new player is awful, the soundtrack is totally worth it!  Every different time period has a different soundtrack, something I think they should have done with a recent island, except with events instead of periods.

I might be doing a review on this updated island soon, so stay tuned, but until then, everyone in the whole universe has been waiting for them, the requested Poptropican Portraits!

I don’t know how I’m going to be doing these now; I talked to Fishy about it, and I think the best idea is to make a post that acts like a page for the portraits.  I’ll make one soon, so bookmark it to your toolbar when I do! Without further ado, here they are (you can click to enlarge them!):

I’ll have everyone else’s soon, but I did all of these yesterday, so maybe next week?  Perhaps a once a week thing, where you request them on the post that I release the last ones on, and then I post them the next week – tell me what you think!

Now, my reply to Gamer Guy — first, I wanna say that I know his real name.  I mean the character name, not the actual creator’s name.  It may be Bob, it may be Abe, it may be Jonathon Mcloud, I’ll be revealing it in my next post, 10 Things you DIDN’T know about Poptropica!

I really think this is a great idea; to make Gamer Guy a creator.  His txt talk is funny, he has a cool costume… but who is he?  We may never know, but perhaps we should look toward the newer islands, and their genre to figure out who he is… hmmm…

-HP