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.
POPTROPICANS! ✨🎉 Set down your sandwich, get your nostalgia caps on, and lock in! It is that time of year again… time for…
✨ The Poppies2026! 🦸
(2026 Banner by Magic Kid)
If you’re new here, welcome to our yearly super cool event called: The Poppies! This is our annual community awards event. During the month of July, the Poptropica fandom (that includes YOU!) nominates, votes, and finally, celebrates the winners of our awards categories! It truly is a fun time for all members of this community to get together and celebrate this game we know and love, and the fandom built around it.
This year, we have 10 categories! You can make up to 3 nominations in each category of whomever or whatever you think deserves the crown for that title. 👑 Nominations are open now until July 8, so tell yourself and your friends to get your suggestions in soon!
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.
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!“Behind the scenes of the end of Super Villain Island” by bashful-sword“9th Year Instagram Anniversary Drawing” by happyclonetrooper“yuri but a no romance one” by lookingforcuteartsss“Pop Villains in the Arcane style” by maryanntheconqueror“Holmes” by Snoopypilots“Super Power Island Villains” by thecaterpainter
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…
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! 🗳️☑️
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! 💙
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 Poptropicacommunity 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
Club Strength: Robots own the night.
🌄 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.
Purple PawGentle DolphinSlanted FishLJMagic KidSporty BoaSmart Bubbles2025 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! 🎉👀
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! ✨
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