Poppies – 🏝 Poptropica Help Blog 🗺

Greetings, Poppie-tropicans! This weekend was the PHB’s 17th birthday, and we celebrated by announcing the winners of the Poppies, our Poptropica fan awards. We appreciate everyone for joining in on the fun this month, from nominating to voting, with almost 400 votes. Wow!

We kicked off the party with a chaotic pre-show skit right before the awards, and every author was featured in our Poppies presentation, which doesn’t happen very often! You can take a look at the video below or keep scrolling for the list of winners.

Thanks to Smart Icicle and Gentle Dolphin for the video, with pre-show skit scripted by Magic Kid and LJ.

And the Poppies go to…

🔵 Poptropica Awards 🔵

🌄 Best Character Arc: Mya Wong – Poptropica Graphic Novel Series (runner-up: Binary Bard aka Mordred – Astro-Knights Island)
🤖 Best Robot: Sprocket from Steamworks Island (runner-up: Merlin from Astro-Knights Island)
😋 Tastiest Food: Cake from Mocktropica Island (runner-up: Fried Dough from Monster Carnival Island)
🏠 Best Island to Reside In: Monster Carnival Island (runner-up: Counterfeit Island)
😡🔚 Worst Ending: Fairytale Island (runner-up: Monster Carnival Island)
😄🔚 Best Ending: Mystery Train Island (runner-up: PoptropiCon Island)

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

🟡 Community Awards 🟡

🎨 Best Fan Art of the Year: “The Bucky Stops Here” comic by cacaocheri (runner-up: “Behind the scenes of the end of Super Villain Island” by bashful-sword)
📹 Best Fan Video of the Year: “Gentle Dolphin VS Zeus (April Fools 2025)” by Gentle Dolphin (runner-up: “Poptropica was the peak of gaming and you can’t tell me otherwise (Poptropica cookie decorating video)” by Everyday Cookier)
✍️ Best Guest Post of the Year: “How To Draw a Poptropican: A Deep Dive” by HPuterpop/Andrew Wiles (runner-up: “Logging Back In: The Islands That Raised Us” by Cobalt/Koi)
😍 Cutest OC: Invisible Shadow by lookingforcuteartsss (runner-up: Super Wing by Gentle Dolphin)
😎 Coolest OC: Maroon Ring by happyclonetrooper (runner-up: Icy Fang by thebutterflyoficeandwisteria)
👕 Best Cosplay: Ringmaster Raven Cosplay by Toma/toma.ki (runner–up: Steamworks Island inspired outfit by clovermulo)

Kudos to all the winners and nominees of the 2025 Poppies, our 11th annual round! You’re all incredible. 🥳💚

It was a shame the Poptropica common rooms wouldn’t work, so we couldn’t see each other in them, but that didn’t stop us from having fun! During the party, a group of us lingered after the announcements and played a few rounds of Gartic Phone, which has always been a great time whenever we’ve played it on the Poptropica Help Chat (PHC). Check out a few of our masterpieces! 😏

*Shout-out to snoopypilots for archiving most of the drawings as GIFs.*

🎨 Best Fan Art Nominees Gallery 🎨

“The Bucky Stops Here” comic by cacaocheri — read the rest here!

Thank you for being with us on the blue carpet this year! It was wonderful celebrating Poptropica’s legacy once more, along with the PHB’s 17th birthday. Just one more year until adulthood! Until then, Poptropicans…

Pop on!

—🎆 the Poptropica Help Blog 🎆—

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Poppies 2025: Let the voting begin! 🗳️✨

July 10, 2025July 27, 2025 LJ

The voting poll is now closed. Stay tuned for our recap!

Greetings Poppie-tropicans! The nominations for the 2025 Poppies are in, and it’s time to *cast your votes*. The polls will remain open until Friday, July 18, so make sure to participate before then! 🗳️☑️

VOTE NOW!

** UPDATE: EVENT RESCHEDULED! **

Also, come join us for our Poppies party on the PHC Discord server on SATURDAY, July 26 @ 7PM EST/ 4PM PST where we’ll be announcing the results, chatting, and having fun. 🥳 We’ll also try hanging out in the Arcade on Poptropica, though it’s reportedly been glitchy lately, so we’ll see how that goes. If you’re in a different time zone, use a time zone converter to find out when the festivities will be happening where you live.

Plus, don’t forget to come in your most stylish attire to really get into the spirit of things. (After all, the PHB will be celebrating its 17th birthday this month on July 26!) We hope to see you there! 💙

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Poppies 2025: The Nominating 🏆✍️

July 2, 2025July 9, 2025 Gentle Dolphin

The nomination round is now over. Stay tuned for the voting round on Thursday, July 10th!

Stand up and cheer because Poppies season is here! 👏🏆

The Poppies is our annual Poptropica community awards event held in honor of the PHB’s birthday on July 26th. Throughout the month of July, readers get to nominate and vote for their favorites to win all sorts of fun fan awards. This is our eleventh Poppies, so let’s waste no time getting ready for the celebration!

Let’s kick things off with the nomination round, which starts now and ends on Tuesday, July 8th! Please give us your suggestions for who and what should be nominated for the following twelve categories:

Poptropica Awards

🌄 Best Character Arc: Several characters throughout Poptropica’s history have changed over the course of their stories. Which character do you think had the greatest transformation, for better or worse?

🤖 Best Robot: Many robots have graced Poptropica over the years. Such examples include Mordred’s mechanical animals, the Steamworks Island automatons, the Mega Fighting Bots, and most of Game Show Island‘s cast. So many to choose, but which bot is the best?

😋 Tastiest Food: Poptropica has featured foods ranging from a simple slice of cake to a feast fit for a Viking. Which of these digital delectables looks the most delicious?

🏠 Best Island to Reside In: If you were a citizen of Poptropica, which island would you call home? Would you pick the tropical Shark Tooth Island, the fantastical Fairy Tale Island, or the aptly-named Home Island?

😡🔚 Worst Ending: Unresolved plot threads, anti-climatic bosses, and unearned achievements are a few ways an ending can fail miserably. Which ending is the most egregious in your eyes?

😄🔚 Best Ending: Let’s end this section on a positive note. A good ending doesn’t necessarily have to be happy; it just needs to be satisfying to the player (or reader, if you’re a fan of the books). Which ending was wrapped with the neatest little bow?

Community Awards

🎨 Best Fan Art of the Year: Fans contribute so much amazing art to the Pop community, but which piece should be declared this year’s finest? You can find potential candidates on social media, the PHC Discord server‘s pop-art channel , and our DeviantArt group. (Anything published on/after July 2024 is eligible.)

🎥 Best Fan Video of the Year: There are many types of Poptropica fan videos like Let’s Plays, funny memes, nostalgic retrospectives, and more. Which video is the most deserving of this award? (Anything published on/after July 2024 is eligible.)

✍️ Best Guest Post of the Year: The PHB has featured hundreds of guests posts from fans all over the internet, and everyone is welcome to share their ideas! Which guest post from this past year did you enjoy the most? (Anything published on/after July 2024 is eligible.)

😍 Cutest OC: This year, we decided to highlight some of the community’s Original Characters! This particular category will focus on our little cutie patooties. Which Poptropica OC do you think is the most adorable face in the fandom?

😎 Coolest OC: Continuing on the OC train, this category will focus on all things awesome. Many of our original characters tell epic tales of adventure or just look pretty rad. There are so many cool Poptropica OCs, but which one is 20% cooler than the rest?

👕 Best Cosplay: IRL Poptropica cosplays may not be common, but they are a nice treat when they appear. These can be full-on character costumes or normal outfits inspired by Pop (aka “bounding”). Who’s the best-dressed fan in this regard? You can find cosplays on social media, and we’ve featured a few on Community Creations a few years ago!

💃 Poppies Parade 🕺

Check out these awesome fits from the PHB team! Plus, check out our previous Poppies attire in our Look Book for more inspo.

2025 Poppies banner and illustration by Magic Kid

Special thanks to Magic Kid for drawing this year’s Poppies art! 🪄🥽

Now it’s up to you, the readers, to determine this year’s nominees! You may nominate up to three picks per category in the comments below. You don’t have to nominate for every category, but it’s highly encouraged. The nomination round ends on Tuesday, July 8th.

The most popular suggestions will move on to the voting round! Stay tuned for that, along with info for the Poppies party! 🎉👀

⬇️ Nominate in the comments! ⬇️

Thank you for reading, and have a good day!

—Gentle Dolphin 🐬

Blast from the Past, PHB Series, Poppies

10 Years of Poppies: Looking Back 👀🏆

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 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)

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! 👀

💩 2015 – Worst Poptropican Name: Big Belly
🏝️ 2016 – Okay-est Island: Mission Atlantis
🕹️ 2017 – Best Common Room Game: Sky Dive
👩🏽‍💻 2018 – Best PHB Series: Community Creations
🥕 2019 – Most Overrated Island: 24 Carrot Island
🚀 2020 – OG Island We’ll Miss Most: Astro-Knights Island
👨🏼‍🎤 2021 – Hottest Male Poptropican: Director D
😂 2022 – Funniest Tweet: “i wanna do a poptropica concert” by @LilNasX, now deleted
📱 2023 – Most Unhinged Social Media Post from the Pop Creators: Myron van Buren in your walls
🐹 2024 – Cutest Character: Sprocket from Steamworks Island and Bosko from Goofball Island (tied)

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)

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! ✨

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Ask Poptropica Siri #14: Poppies Edition

July 31, 2024 🌸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.

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!

~🌸📚❄️🌸

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