Category: Poppies

The Poppies are an annual Poptropica awards event hosted by the PHB, wherein we invite the Poptropica community to nominate and vote in various categories, then celebrate the winners and the PHB’s birthday with a party.

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! ✨

Ask Poptropica Siri, PHB Series, Poppies

Ask Poptropica Siri #14: Poppies Edition

🌸Smart Icicle🌸

Ask Poptropica Siri is a Q&A segment here on the PHB where you, dear readers, are invited to send in your Poptropica questions to have them answered with all the wisdom you can expect from a Smart Icicle.

Hello, fellow Poptropicans! Welcome back to Ask Poptropica Siri, with a twist! In celebration of the recent Poppies Awards and the PHB’s Sweet 16, I’ve decided to make this round Poppies-themed. Let’s roll!

What’s your favorite Poppies category from your tenure as a PHB staff writer ~Magic Poptropican

This is a good question! Though I wasn’t active until 2021, I would have to say the Best Fan Art category is my favorite. I really like looking at the different art styles that the Poptropica community has, and it just blows my mind to see the masterpieces shown in the Poppies.

“Poptropica’s Sweet 16 Collage” by PHB readers, arranged by Gentle Dolphin (Poppies 2024 winner)

Other top categories I love are Best Fanfiction and, new this year, Best Animation/Animatic. I have always loved animatics, including fun ones like Gentle Dolphin’s “Who Broke the PHB’s Coffeepot?“). (Outside of Pop, EverenArt’s masterpieces comes to mind.)

This question gives me a nice nostalgia, as I reflect on joining the Pop community as a freshman coming into high school just a few years ago. I’m really grateful to have joined the PHB team because it really started my growth as a writer, and I’m happy to be part of this community.

“Time to Fly Back Home” by Bunnies-N-Bowties (Poppies 2023 winner)

Did you agree with the winners of the Poppies this year? ~Hamburger Hamburger

There were a few nominees that I wish came in 1st place, but otherwise I would say for the most part, yes! I was also happy co-hosting the Poppies this year with fellow PHB staffer, Smart Bubbles. In previous years, I was busy with other things IRL and couldn’t participate much. Though I missed the nomination round this year, I want to say congratulations to the winners of this year’s Poppies!

What other potential nominees would you have liked to see, but didn’t happen? ~Hamburger Hamburger

Most of the winners are ones I would’ve nominated, but one missed nominee I want to give a spotlight to is “The Bizarre Lore of Poptropica” by Choopo for Best Fan Video (mild language warning). As a fan of the Theorists channels (maybe a future Pop-over 😉), I am all in for game lore! I’m curious to hear from you, where would this video place in the Poppies if it made it to the voting round?

“Carnival” by XMzhier (Poppies 2022 winner)

How can you send in your questions to Ask Poptropica Siri?

That’s a great question! You can use the following methods:

  • 📧 Send an email to askpoptropicasiri (at) gmail (dot) com. This way, you’ll get to keep your questions a surprise when they get answered on the blog.
  • 💬 Comment on the latest Ask Poptropica Siri post. Your questions will be publicly visible before they appear in a Q&A post, but this allows others to interact with your question if they so choose. If you don’t have an email address, you can enter a fake one in the email field when you post your comment.
  • 👩🏽‍💻 DM me on Discord via the PHC server. My username is SmartIcicle. 

That’s a wrap for this Ask Poptropica Siri post. Happy sweet 16, PHB!

~🌸📚❄️🌸

PHB Parties, Poppies

Recap: Poppies 2024 Awards 🏆🩵🫶

Agent Bubbles

And with that, the Poppies 2024 season comes to an end. Thank you all, PHB readers, for participating in our 10th annual Poptropica fan awards!

Like last year, we received well over 300 votes, and we appreciate all the enthusiasm. This year, the awards show was hosted by Smart Bubbles and Smart Icicle, presented for the first time with character sprites. Catch the video below, or scroll down for the list of winners!

(Also, small author’s note—thank you Fishy for your continued support!)

And the Poppies go to…

Poptropica Awards

Check out our Old Islands Guide to find out how you can play all the classic Poptropica adventures.

Community Awards

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the 2024 Poppies. Each one makes the legacy of Poptropica shine brighter! 🥳🌟

“Best Fan Art” Nominee Gallery

Check out this year’s top-tier fan art, chosen by the people:

“Bard & Rumpel” by Comical Icicle
“Zeus – April Fools” by PajamaMoon
“Beartraps” by snoopypliot, Part 1
“Beartraps” by snoopypliot, Part 2
“How I Became the Ruler of My Specific Poptropica World (anime title)” by lxvepup, Part 1
“How I Became the Ruler of My Specific Poptropica World (anime title)” by lxvepup, Part 2
“Poptropica’s Sweet 16 Collage” by PHB readers
“The Show Must Go On” by Magic Kid
“EDGAR EDGAR EDGAR” by Magic Kid
“The Super Villains” by XMzhier
“Poptropica Tribes” by Invisible Ring
“Poptropica Tribes” by Invisible Ring

Thanks for joining us on the blue carpet of the Poppies awards! From nominations to voting to the party, it’s been sweet celebrating Poptropica, and the PHB’s Sweet 16 birthday, with all of you! 🩵✨

Keep on poppin’ on,

— 🌟 the Poptropica Help Blog 🌟 —

Poppies

🏆🗳️ Poppies 2024: Let the Voting Commence!

Slanted Fish

IT’S A WRAP! Find out the winners in our recap here.

Heyyo, Poptropicans! The Poppies nominations are in, and now it’s time to vote. 🗳️ The polls will be open until Tuesday, July 23, so don’t delay!

Plus, mark your calendars for the PHB’s birthday on Friday, July 26, when we’ll announce the winners on our Discord server, the PHC. 🥳 The show for our Poptropica fan awards will start at 7pm EST / 6pm CST / 5pm MST / 4pm PST. If you live in a different time zone, you can use a time zone converter to see what time it’ll be for you. 🗓️

Don’t miss out on the afterparty right after the show! Come dressed in your best and meet us at the Arcade on Poptropica (accessible via the menu in the corner of the game on computers, not mobile). We can’t wait to celebrate the PHB’s Sweet 16 with you! 🎂🩵 Until then…

🗳️ vote now! ☑️

Poppies

🏆 Poppies 2024: Nominate Now!

Agent Bubbles

Another year, another summer… another Poppies! 🥳🌞🏆

The Poppies are our fan-hosted award event for Poptropica fans. During the weeks leading up to the PHB’s birthday on July 26, readers can nominate and vote for their favorites in various categories. We’ll conclude with a party and livestream announcing the results!

After going over your feedback for how to approach the 9th annual Poppies, the votes ended in favor of keeping the event as it was, with a mix of categories about the game itself and the fandom beyond. 🎈

We’re now kicking off with a nomination round, where you are invited to suggest the contestants for each category! This round starts now and ends next Sunday, July 14. Nine awards for 9 years of Poppies — let’s go!

Poptropica Awards

Wax Eloquent: The stars never fade away, they may only melt.

⚔ Best Boss Fight: From the massive robot in Legendary Swords, to Mordred’s epic mecha in Astro-Knights, Poptropica is full of its own unique and challenging battles! Which was the most memorable?

🐹 Cutest Character: We’re not asking for the coolest or most villainous — for this award, we want you to tell us which character is the most adorable! (This applies only to NPCs, not user avatars.)

😭 Most Tearjerking Moment: Between Poptropica’s many adventures, you may find some bittersweet moments. From the story of the deceased in Ghost Story, to Annabelle and Count Bram’s end in Vampire’s Curse, what moments gave you pause? (This applies to all canon material, including the graphic novels.)

🎵 Classic Island Most Deserving of an Original Soundtrack: Islands released before 2013 (known as AS2) had no music, except for a few that were later updated. Which of the silent classic islands would you wish to get their own soundtrack?

Community Awards

Supersonic: You will know our velocity.

🎨 Best Fan Art of the Year: And here come the artists! As always, there are still plenty of works to choose from within the past year, showcasing the fandom’s passion and talent. Browse across social media, the pop-art channel in our Discord server, and our DeviantArt group for potential candidates! (Anything published on/after July 2023 is eligible.)

📷 Best Fan Video of the Year: While the hype hasn’t been as big this year, some Poptropicans have continued to upload their video creations, ranging from in-game movies to discussions of the game’s history. Which clips were the most impressive? (Anything published on/after July 2023 is eligible.)

🖼 Best Animation/Animatic: A new arts category suggested by some PHB readers! This showcases a more specific type of fan video than the category above. (Works of any publication date are eligible.)

👗 Best Costume Submission: We’ve voted for the Best Costume Contest Winner before, but what about all those left in the slush pile? Which of the monthly costume contest entries do you wish had made it into the game but didn’t? Let’s give them another chance to shine! (Works of any publication date are eligible.)

🔎 Most Likely Popspiracy: Our Popspiracy series has hosted a range of wild conspiracy theories, ranging from the plausible to the downright preposterous! From all these interesting ideas, which do you think is the most likely to be true? (Works of any publication date are eligible.)

💃 POPPIES PARADE! 🕺

Can you recognize the PHB team’s blue carpet glamour in the illustration above? More in our Look Book!

(I’m stuck using my old outfit because I still can’t access my account.)

Poppies 2024 Banner and Illustration by Gentle Dolphin

Thanks also to Gentle Dolphin for this year’s banner and Poppies art!

Now, it’s your turn! You may nominate up to three for each category — and it’s fine if you don’t have ideas for all of them! Feel free to peruse the PHB archives, our DeviantArt group, and other fandom spaces for your faves. Remember to put your suggestions in by Sunday, July 14.

Thanks for attending our blue carpet event once again, and be sure to check in later this month for more updates, polls, and party details!

🎉 Nominate in the comments below! 🎉

Castori honorem ~ Smart Bubbles