Synopsis
Poptropica is under new management, and itโs falling apart at the seams! The newest Island isnโt finished, the staff is nowhere to be found, and you canโt take two steps without running into a game-breaking bug. Get ready to go behind the scenes for your most important adventure yet โ because this time, youโve got to save Poptropica itself!
For walkthroughs on Mocktropica Island, scroll down.
or January 16, 2014 (for all)
Common Room: The Bluelocust Restaurant
Preceded by: Virus Hunter Island
Succeeded by: Monster Carnival Island
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Video Walkthrough
For a written walkthrough with pictures, scroll down on this page!
Written Walkthrough
Walkthrough by Brave Tomato & Samwow5
Special thanks to: HPuterpop & Slanted Fish
Welcome to Mocktropica, an adventure of Poptropica’s management mishaps (that did not age well)! The woman outside Pop HQ will tell you that Poptropica is under new managementย and they fired almost all of the Creators and slashed the budget. That explains the glitching everywhere!
Next, head inside the headquarters talk to the guy with glasses. He’ll happily demonstrate what he does as a focus tester. Afterwards, you’ll get Cake.
Now explore the rest of HQ by taking the elevator on the right, and be sure talk to all the people there. On the second floor is the safety inspector; the third, the obnoxious ad sales lady; and the fourth, the frugal resource manager who comes up with ridiculously cheap island ideas.
After visiting all the floors, head back down and talk to the woman from earlier. She’ll tell you the developers are working in the basement and unlock the door for you. Go inside and ask the girl with frazzled blonde hair if you can help. She’ll send you on what’s totally a fetch quest, despite claiming otherwise.
She wants you to find three old employees and will give you their ID Badges. Click on the computer to her right and move the buildings around in the island editor (doesnโt matter where).ย
Leave the basement, and the focus tester will now tell you about this “achievements” feature he’s implementing.ย Also, if a pop-up ad randomly shows up, just click on it to get rid of it. Theyโll show up from time to time.
Now, leave the building and head right towards Ephraim University. You’ll probably earn some useless achievements along the way.
Enter the university and you’ll see one of the employees that you’re supposed to bring back to Poptropica HQ: Max McPatrick, writer turned professor.ย Talk to him and heโll show you a poemโฆ while an ad is bouncing around. Click on the ad multiple times and you’ll end up accidentallyย burning his copy.ย Oops.ย Well, he says that he’d return if you got him some soda (that will come later!).
Head back to the Poptropica HQ basement and click on the computer to the left. Open “Island Maker Home Edition,” and click to change the mood from “grumpy” to “happy.” Don’t forget to save!
Then leave the building and head right to the cheese factory.ย Because you changed the mood, the guard will let you into the building. Inside, hop up to the second floor. You’ll find another ex-employee: Lance Pitcher, the designer. He says he doesnโt want to leave, though, because his current job is stress-free. However, he’ll give you some Cheese Curds.
Leave Grunwald’s Cheese Factory and go back to Main Street. Click on the medallion-wearing boy and press spacebar while carying the cheese curds. The Narf pet will chase after him. Now go back to the cheese factory and you’ll find that the Narfs are multiplying!
The boy will run back to Main Street, so follow him, and he will run to the cliff (Mt. Funshine). Follow him there.ย Throw a cheese curd into the chasm and all the Narfs will run after it, filling up the chasm and allowing you to cross.
Continue going left and climb the mountain until you reach the hiker who’s disgruntled because the scene isn’t finished. He’ll throw out his Climbing Axe. Take it, and now, head back to the cheese factory. Hahaโฆ time to teach the cheese curd guy a lessonโ
BUT WAIT! You are pulled over by the focus tester, who has yet another bad idea: PopCoins! Now you have to pay to do things โ including leaving Main Street.
Go into the Pop HQ basement and click on the computer on the right. Set the time of day to night, and donโt forget to save! Go outside and youโll see a guy lingering around like a creeper. Turns out he was fired from Poptropica, and is now passing out Counterfeit Coins as revenge. Great, now you can use it to leave Main Street!
Go into the cheese factory and stand next to the speed control panel near the worker. Use the climbing axe to destroy the machine, transforming the factory into a vat of cheesy goodness. Distraught, Lance agrees to return to his job at Poptropica, finally finishing the mountain scene.
Oh, and your inventory will break. Also, while you’re in the basement, click the “Island Maker” settings on the computer back to “day” and “clear”ย (because Lance made it rain). Donโt forget to save!
Now, go back to Mount Funshine, and make your way up to the top. (No chairlift for you, sadly!) Sitting on a tree is Billy Jordan, ex-lead developer. He promises to go back to Poptropica if you can beat him at Mancala.ย
Basically, the goal is to get the most stones into your big tray (on the right). In each turn, you select a cup in your row (the bottom), and the stones inside of it will be dropped into the cups after it, one at a time.
- If the last stone lands in your tray, you get to go again.
- If the last stone lands on an empty cup, you get to capture all the stones across from that cup into your tray.
Also, the bugs don’t count at all. (Tip: Get rid of bigger clumps on your side so he can’t “capture” them!) The game ends when one player has cleared all stones from their cups.
Once you win, Billy will be back at Poptropica HQ. While you’re in there, open up the computer on the right and click “Random” on the island editor that moves objects around on Main Street until you get this (oh, and donโt forget to save!):
Now you can easily hop onto the top of Poptropica Worldwide Headquarters and grab the Soda Pop Bottle. Before you can hop off, the safety guy will appear and give you a Helmet. Put it on, thenย jump down to the right.
You’ll find a crate blocking the way. Go back into the basement and click on the island editor where you move the buildings. The crate is in the far right location โ click on it and it will break.ย Donโt forget to save!
Now, leave the basement and go to the university. Give the professor his soda. Instead of coming with you, though, he’ll tell you he itches to fix typos in Poptropica scripts. Time to get him one!
Go back to the basement again. Youโll see that Slash the cost-cutter has decided to save money on chairs by making people sit on each other’s laps. Awkward.
Now click on the duffel bags to find a sleeping guy… in front of the trashย bin. Talk to him, and after he goes back to dreaming about sweets, use the Cake to wake him up. He’ll also move away from the garbage.
Dig through the trash and you’ll eventually find an old Script for Zomberry Island. Just for fun: You can read a page of the typo-ridden script by clicking “Examine” on the item in your inventory!
Head back to the university and give the script to the English professor. When you leave, the sales lady will be beaming about her most annoying ad yet. Go back to Pop HQ, up to the third floor to Ad Sales, and pay the lady with your Counterfeit Coins to get rid of the ads for you.
Now ride the elevator down and the budget lady show up to brag about eliminating most of Poptropica’s servers. Try to exit, and you’ll find that you’re stuck in a perpetual loading screen. This is not a glitch! Go to your inventory, put on your protection Helmet, then bust all of the letters with your fat head.
Afterwards, you will be in Poptropicaโs internal servers. You can find a map of the proper settings at the bottom. First, head over to the red cord and click on it until the red line points down. Then click the blue cord once (pointing left), the green cord twice (pointing left), and the server will be all fixed.
Youโll talk to the lady in green again, thinking that youโve saved Poptropica. Butโฆ she notes that we still need to experience the Poptropica-style villainous twist.ย As if on cue, all four of the meddling managers reveal themselves to be the owners of Poptropicaโs rival website, Mega Fighting Bots. And they plan toย destroy you for fixing all their sabotaging!
So they summon their respective Mega Fighting Bots and band together Power Rangers-style into one giant robot in one of Poptropicaโs coolest cutscenes.
And so the gratuitous action sequence begins!
Toย defeat this mega-bot, keep on shooting your fake PopCoins at it just by clicking on the target. Move your cursor out of the way when it throws rocks and its fists at you! Once the robot goes ka-put, throw the coins at the achievements to end their meddling once and for all!
Defeated, the four managers lament and then retreat into their airplane back to their game! Thanks to you, Poptropica is back in the right hands and you are awarded the Island Medallion! Congrats, you’ve completed Mocktropica Island!
Bonus Quest
The developer, Billy Jordan, will show up on Main Street to talk about winning back Mark Hertz, one of Poptropicaโs best ex-programmers, who has been lost to the rival game Mega Fighting Bots. Meet Billy in the basement of Pop HQ, and he’ll transport you to the MFB arena.
Talk to Bucket Bot. Then click on the Mega Console on the right to begin the Mega Fighting Bots tournament, playing as Bucket Bot!
The first bot you are to battle is Safety Bot.ย He is very cautious and avoid most attacks. Wait for him to come around the bend, then attack! Even more, you can lure him by standing in the corner, and then when he starts to come toward you, go down a square, as shown:
Repeat this again and again for all the bots โ it really works! You have to beat each bot in two (out of a maximum of three) rounds to defeat them.
Level 2 is Ad Bot. Be sure she is in your target zone before you attack โ she changes directions quickly.
Level 3 is Shredder Bot, who is easily ticked and has a bit of a temper.ย She hurtsโฆ a lot. Hard to defeat. She will come at you with different angles andย has a broader strategy.
Level 4 is Focus Bot.ย He is not hesitant like Safety Bot. When he comes at a different angle,ย he will follow through.
Finally, there’s the Mega Bot. He’s the lost programmer, Mark Hertz.ย Of course, he is the biggest, fastest, strongest, and smartest. Once you defeat Mega Bot, he will get thrown out of the ring, and you’ll have brought back the lost programmer!
After you’re both transported back home, you get a little present from the now famous Bucket Bot. Itโs a terrific Bucket Bot Costume! Congrats, you’ve finished the Mocktropica Bonus Quest!
Looking for more walkthroughs?ย Check out ourย Island Helpย page! ๐
Album Photos
These pictures appeared in a former feature known as the photo album.
Trivia
- Mocktropica Island is Poptropicaโs 36th island. It was released on December 19, 2013 for members and January 16, 2014 for non-members. The login screen had the Poptropica logo glitching into small white rectangles. The members-only bonus quest came out on January 9, 2014.
- Mocktropica Island was re-released for Steam on May 25, 2022.
- The island is a parody of Poptropica itself, hence the name [mock + (pop)tropica]. It is the first island to break the fourth wall, in that it acknowledges that Poptropica is a computer game.
- The desktop wallpaper contains a โto-do listโ which mentions โBalloon Boy Rescue Island.โ Balloon Boy is a running gag in Poptropica that started from Counterfeit Island โ could we be seeing his actual return this time?
- Common room: The Bluelocust Restaurant (labeled โest. 2007โ โ the year Poptropica was released!)
- Before the island was released, temporary Creator Gamer Guy advertised the robot-smashing game MegaFightingBots.com on the Creatorsโ Blog. MFB is referenced during the Mocktropica quest, and features heavily in the members-only bonus quest. However, non-members can play MFB by clicking on the computer screen in the university, as well as just visiting megafightingbots.com!
- The fraternity house at Ephraim University has the Greek letters Pi Omega Pi, which translates to POP โ for Poptropica!
- The outside of the Poptropica Worldwide Headquarters displays several references to other islands in the P-shaped glass windows. Among the items, you can see a statue of a Greek goddess fromMythology, a shark statue and palm trees from Shark Tooth, the Hair Club from Spy, cacti fromWild West, etc.
- Inside the basement of Poptropica HQ, there is a doll of Medicine Man from Shark Tooth Island on the ground, and dolls of Dr. Hare from 24 Carrot on the tables. On the wall, there is a poster referencing the Konami Code of video games.
- The development computer in the basement contains a desktop filled with icons, designed like an early Windows computer, including a System32 folder. Clicking on some of these icons will result in an unhelpful โPโ troubleshooter, a parody of Clippy, an old Microsoft Office gimmick.
- The cost cutter on the top floor of Poptropica HQ says that if she had friends, theyโd call her โSlash.โ You can ask her if itโs because she plays the guitar (in reference to the guitarist Slash), but she tells you itโs because she slashes expenses.
- The poem that the writer/professor at Ephraim University was trying to teach his students was O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman.
- The โWe Can Moo It!โ moo-tivational poster at the cheese factory is a reference to the American wartime propaganda poster โWe Can Do It!โ
- The trash bin in the basement contains some interesting contents, such as pages referencing characters from other islands (Salerno from Lunar Colony as โSalamiโ, Zeus from Mythology as โSpruceโ, El Mustachio from Wild West as โEl Mustachitoโ, Dr. Hare from 24 Carrot as โDr. Beevโ, Binary Bard from Astro-Knights as โBinary Investment Bankerโ). There was also a page that said Monster Carnival, slashed out by a big โNOPEโ, plus blueprint pages for โthe return of Balloon Boyโ (a running gag since Counterfeit Island) and โBattle Arenaโ (a feature promised for Legendary Swords that was never fulfilled).
- Also in the trash are random artifacts referencing various tidbits from Poptropica, including: a toy figure of afro guy (the white-skinned, black-haired character that occasionally displays when loading gets glitchy), the bathroom door with the message (seen in New Jersey on Cryptids Island), tickets for the underground tunnel tour from Counterfeit Island, the bag of popcorn fromWimpy Boardwalk, the bottle of Valley Rain from Gamer Guyโs apartment in Zomberry (also, the name is a parody of Mountain Dew), and a mailed travel letter for Joe Stockman from Virus Hunter. After digging through the trash, youโll eventually find a script for Zomberry Island.
- If you examine the Zomberry Island script, youโll find that itโs ridden with typos and talks about what the player can find in Gamer Guyโs (or โVideogame Guyโsโ) apartment. At the bottom, the part where it talks about finding the empty Valley Rain bottle in the trash is crossed out in red with the note โCliched! No more dumpster diving on Poptropica โJeffโ โ ironic because youโd just been dumpster diving to find that script in the first place. Jeff may refer to Jeff Kinney, the guy who created Poptropica.
- At the edge of the cliff of Mt. Funshine, after youโve changed the mood, the safety guy says โYou shall not pass!โ โ a reference to Gandalfโs famous line from The Fellowship of the Ring.
- One of the chalkboards at the university says โThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,โ a sentence which contains every letter of the English alphabet at least once. The other board has a mind map about woodchucking, a reference to the tongue twister โhow much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?โ There is also a ridiculous essay prompt combining rodent-based deforestation, Moby Dick, and the advent of movable type.
- A large Poptropican-ized portrait of William Shakespeare hangs on the wall of the university, as well as smaller portraits of Jane Austen and Homer.
- The boy with the orange poofy hair sitting in the second row of the university classroom is a parody of the titular character from Napoleon Dynamite, and his โdo itโ shirt is stylized like the โvote for Pedroโ shirt Napoleon Dynamite wears in the film.
- A statuette of Rodinโs sculpture The Thinker is nested underneath the cubby hole in the back row of the university.
- The island editor in the basement is on a โGraycom Tablet 4000 series,โ perhaps a reference to Wacom drawing tablets. There is also a Zeus statue to the left of the editor.
- The cake given to you by the focus tester is a Black Forest cake.
- A horned version of the Skull Mask from Legendary Swords sits on top of some drawers on the second floor of Poptropica HQ. There is also a Dr. Hare doll on a desk.
- The third floor of Poptropica HQ has a sign advertising โSports Nectar, Poptropicaโs favorite sports drinkโ โ first seen on Cryptids Island.
- The fourth floor of Poptropica HQ contains large mounted icons of non-existing Poptropica islands, including Aqua Knights Island (the โknightsโ part of the logo looks like the one for Astro-Knights), Tax Cut Island, The Return of Crawfish (a reference to Skullduggery), and Giant Island (a reference to Cryptids).
- The trailer video contains a morphing cow, which may be a reference to the viral YouTube video โcows & cows & cowsโ.
- You are given the ID badges of Poptropica Creators Lance Pitcher (designer), Billy Jordan (developer), and Max McPatrick (writer). Perhaps these are real-life references to Creators Jon Pitcher, Jordan Leary, and Max Brallier.
- According to a tweet by professional artist Coralee Lazebnikova, the blond pony-tailed Poptropica worker from the basement is modeled after her.
- The developer with the sleep mask in the basement says, โAll work and no play makes me want to curl up into a ball and cry,โ a reference to the proverb โall work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.โ
- The name of the school, Ephraim University, is a reference to the fact that many of the real Poptropica staff were located in Logan, Utah, the home of Utah State University and a large Mormon population.
- The bonus quest, in particular the character of Mark Hertz and his cryptic final email, are a parody of the movie Apocalypse Now (not for kids!).
- Members get an additional Mocktropica gear pack, which includes Unfinished costume, Glitch power, and Narf follower. The Unfinished costume is ONLY available until the end of Early Access!
- Bonus quest: A rogue programmer has conquered a rival website and now rules it like a king. You must venture outside the safety of Poptropica to bring him back โ if you can last long enough to find him!
Quick Guide
For a full walkthrough with pictures and more detail, scroll up on this page.
- Talk to the lady outside of Poptropica HQ, then go inside HQ and talk to the focus tester who will give you Cake. Then ride the elevator to each floor and talk to all the people inside HQ.
- Leave Poptropica HQ and come back in. Talk to the girl from earlier, then go down to the basement and talk to everyone. Then talk to the girl with frazzled blonde hair who will give you 3 ID Badges.
- Move the buildings randomly in the island editor and save. Leave the basement, talk to the focus tester, then go to Ephraim University. Go inside and talk to the professor, who will show you a poem. Click on the moving ad until it burns the poem.
- Go back to the basement and change the mood to โhappyโ in the Island Maker Home Edition (on the other computer). Save, leave, and head right until you get to the cheese factory. Enter and talk to the worker, who will give you Cheese Curds when you leave. Equip the box.
- Go back to Main Street and press the spacebar to throw a cheese curd near the Narf pet. Go back to the cheese factory to find the Narfs multiplying. Run left all the way to Mt. Funshine and throw a cheese curd over the cliff, then cross the Narf bridge. Go left, climb the mountain, and take the Climbing Axe.
- Go back to Main Street, talk to the focus tester, go back to the basement, and change the setting to โnight.โ Head back to Main Street and talk to the creeper who will give you Counterfeit Coins. Use this to leave Main Street and go back to the cheese factory. Enter and use your Climbing Axe to destroy the machinery, which will bring Lance Pitcher back to HQ.
- Change the settings to โdayโ and โclearโ and then climb the mountain again, this time all the way to the top. Talk to the bearded man (Billy Jordan) and beat him at Mancala, which will bring him back to Poptropica HQ.
- In the basement, move the buildings around in the island editor from shortest to tallest, then save. Go outside and get to the top of the HQ building to pick up the Soda. Take the Helmet from the safety guy, jump down, and talk to the focus tester about the crate blocking the right side. Go back to the basement and destroy the crate in the island editor, then save and leave.
- Enter the university and give the prof his soda. Return to the basement and click on the shuffling luggage bags to reveal a sleeping man. Use the Cake from your inventory to move him, then dig through the trash can and take the Script. Give it to the university prof.
- Leave the university, talk to the ad sales lady, then go to the 3rd floor of HQ and pay the ad lady with your coins to get rid of all ads. Go back down and talk to the budget lady. Attempt to leave and youโll find yourself stuck in a loading screen. Wear your Helmet and pop all the letters. Now youโll be in the internal servers.
- Redirect all the beams as shown in the map on the server floor. Simply go to the red cord and click on it until the red line points downwards, then click the blue cord once, and then the green cord twice. Then a cutscene follows, and all the new managers reveal their true intentions.
- In this final boss battle, just keep shooting your coins by clicking on the mega fighting bot over and over until it is destroyed. Move away if it throws rocks or its fists at you. When heโs gone, throw coins at the achievements until they disappear too. Congrats, youโre done!
๐ Poptropica Help Blog ๐บ 
Thanks to Brave Tomato and Samwow5 (Tough Icicle) for writing and providing pictures for the PHB’s Mocktropica Island Guide, and HPuterpop for helping with the bonus quest! We hope you find it helpful! ๐
um slanted fish when i did all the steps before the boss they didnt come out and talk to me i tyred everything i can think of what should i do
It’s a glitch. Unfortunately, it has not been patched (yet) and you will be unable to complete the island.
Using/trying a different web browser might fix the problem.
i did try it but it still didn’t work
well i guess i have to do the island again
it’s only for members!!! at the momment…yes
When I go to Ephram University at night, it takes a REALLY LONG time to load
I need help! When I go past the orange soda cage, and then I go back to the building mover thing like it says, the crate is not there! I ever tried like clicking around it and then I went and checked and it was still there!
Ich brauche Hilfe! Wenn ich gehe vorbei an den Kรคfig Orangenlimonade, und dann gehe ich zurรผck an der Gebรคude-Mover Ding wie es sagt, die Kiste ist nicht da! Ich jemals versucht, wie es herumklicken und dann ging ich und รผberprรผft und es war immer noch da!
fishy, I have trouble going to Ephraim university! I go to the right, but my poptropican says:
where is the rest of the island????
Slanted Fish: You need to rearrange the island using the island editor in the basement of HQ.
nevermind
Mocktropica is one of those islands with the different software. It’s sooo glitchy!
i paid for no ads and i can’t find the budget woman! where is she?
Cool Coyote: Where she usually is
violet, you need to click on the crate. It worked for me!
okay,i need some serious help. im at the part where you battle the final robot before you get your medallion.at first he hovers in front of me for a second then disapears.i cant battle him so i cant win the island. also, i cant move and my coins only appear in one spot, no matter where i click. now im stuck there at that screen and cant get out and cant get out. this really stinks i need some help
You need to just simply reload your page it will take you back to either the beginning of the battle in the sky or right before it happens one of the two!
the guy who is selling counterfeit popcoins is the guy from counterfeit island
Slanted Fish: They do look a bit similar but you can tell they’re different (Mocktropica pic vs Counterfeit pic).
yeah the guy in counterfiet island has a scar and he is wearing a brown coat
Maybe they are cousins
how do you pass the crate? i keep getting that crate that blocks my way to the university!
I went to the design computer but didn’t see the crate.
That happened to me. There is something in the instructions that you and I forgot to do, but I don’t remember what. I do know that the focus tester should be standing next to it after that. After you talk to him, you should see the crate.
I’m having the same issue. No matter what I do, I can’t get to the point where the design computer will show the crate. Hopefully they can get that fixed…. Maybe try restarting the island? A pain, I know, but it could help…. Maybe….
slantedfish: Contact Poptropica support so they can help!
i mocked it.
plz add me!!!! my username is hihihi594
haha very punny
I am stuck inside the crate of soda. I can’t do anything. I REALLY don’t want to restart the island.. I also didn’t get the hat I think I was supposed to. Please help!
I got out of the crate by leaving the island and coming back but now I need the helmet I never got.
Same as me I cant get the helmet
go to the design computer in the basement and switch the car with the crate. don’t forget to save. ๐
The guide was well detailed and all, but iam at the part you need to use the helmet to knock the “poptropica” letters out, however your guide never showed us where and how to get the helmet. iam really stuck!!!
when you get the soda on top of the hq the safety guy will stop you from jumping of the building and give you a helmet
I was stuck too! But I just went to the map and clicked on the island. I ended up at the main street and found the helmet guy on the roof. Hope this helps!
this is helpful hah ๐
this is cool ๐
Hi. I accidentally refreshed my page when it was Fake Loading (after talking to Slash).
But when my page reloaded, I was in HQ and Slash wasn’t there anymore. I know I’m meant to smash the Poptropica sign with my helmet when it was loading but when I went to basement, it loaded normally so I couldn’t access the Fake Loading Page. I tried to find Slash but all she said was ‘My bank account is Suh-Weet!’. So I went back a couple of steps and found the ad lady but she wouldn’t accept my Counterfiet Coins and I couldn’t find the writer guy at the University so I assumed he already went.
PLEASE HELP ME
Unfortunately, you may have to restart the island. Sorry ๐ฆ
every time I go to mocktropica (I’ve already beat it) it just has the circle loading thing but the characters eyes follow it why (I’m actually not sure if I’ve finished because I forgot because of how long its been doing this)
my game glitches so much on this island ive had to restart 3 times now its so annoying
Ikr, like after all the work i’ve done i’d rather not have to keep restarting
When I turn the island to night mode and I pay a pop-coin to the focus tester guy, I click left to go to the cheese factory, but it just keeps on saying poptropica….
Change it back to daytime and you should be able to get to the Cheese Factory just fine. ๐
i had the same problem but when i reloaded it it was daytime i had the same stuff and i went through just fine
test :3
Please Add Me sushisushi07
i am stuck with getting on top of poptropica hq. i cant seem to get on top of the tower
never mind
i am stuck on the editor for moving the building i dont see the crate
because your supposed to give the professor the soda
ik thx
I never got that helmet. I jumped to quickly off the HQ building and now the guy wont give it to me. I’m stuck on the fake loading screen…what do I do?
that is what happened to me!
I don’t know how to get the protective helmet from the safety guy because I jumped off to quickly, what do I do know?
While l was jumping of the water tower after l got the soda bottle l accidentally closed the computer and when l opened it again l was on the ground but the safety guy didn’t give me the safety helmet like he was supposed to.I looked in my items bag but the helmet wasn’t there.I soon realized that l needed the helmet and was already up to the fake poptropica loading glitch.What do l do?
1. “…too quickly.”
2. “…do now?”
Learn proper grammar.
So many glitches in this one! I did the steps correctly, but I never received the hard hat, and therefore cannot finish the island. Had to restart island several times due to bugs. Was stuck on the wrong side of the box, making me unable to get to HQ, and several other problems!
Help! I can’t go to the right, it just says ‘where is the rest of the island’! Going to the left leads me to the chasm… SOS ๐ฆ
slantedfish: You need to first talk to the lady in front of HQ.
I glitched so I do not have a safety helmet. Do I have to restart the island all over again?
slantedfish: Unfortunately yes, or you can contact Poptropica support for help.
hey um i accidently reloaded and now that lady that says my bank account is suh-weet is not by the door do i have to restart
Ummm is the Walrus Den supposed to be like Club Penguin? XD
Who is that guy that always falls down the stairs when you open the door in the basement?
Full walkthrough http://samspoptropicacheatblog.wordpress.com/island-walkthroughs/mocktropica-island/
Slanted Fish: Thanks, Sam! Are you adding a bonus quest guide too?
The bonus quest isn’t out yet. BTW can u give a special thanks the HP too, he helped me through a part on the chat.
Slanted Fish: Again, huh? (It happened with Virus Hunter too.) Also, sure.
I write guides pretty quickly too…… I mean, I’d be finished with Mocktropica if Mancala would UN-FREEZE….
Slanted Fish: Well, if you have one up within a day or so of the island’s release, I’d be glad to use it.
Lol
IKR? It won’t let the rocks move :c Did you have this problem? I can’t get past it, and I’m AWESOME at mancala….
**sigh**
Nope, xD
yea hah ๐
Also, I’m sorry, I’m not doing the next island’s guide. I want to give others a chance to0 contribute….and if I didn’t write the guide, I would of been in the top 5. Also, u know Graser10? He was on the chat yesterday asking help for tips on poptropica nad he proved it was him. He finished in the top 5….
Tell him I said congrats! I finished second.
2nd?
Oh… you do write the guides quite quickly, though, which is pretty important, especially if other written walkthroughs aren’t up yet and people need help. It would be nice if others contributed too, but I do want to get guides up as soon as possible so people won’t have to be kept waiting. Anyway, congrats to you and Graser both (and Silver Wolf, who was 2nd!) for finishing so quickly!
Yeah, you are the best for guides. Thanks, Fishy! Congrats to all of you!
samwow5 is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!
I can’t find the soda!!!!!!! Its not showing up on the water tower! HELP ME!!
Actually achievements r good ideas!
you think!?
I think achievements might be good.
I got to the mancala part, but it keeps glitching up!
Me too, every time I play it, it freezes on the first turn before all of the rocks drop… Anyone know how to fix this?
Using a different browser might help.
I can’t use a different browser… I can only use Chrome, and it works for me any other time… :c
I also use Chrome, and it rarely works. ๐ฆ
I would almost rather have an island with a smaller screen and no music if it would mean a smooth time walking through it. (Plus, islands without the new features don’t take as long to make)
1. It always works for me, unless I’m in the new format of course :c My iE doesn’t work for Pop at all, it puts the screen to the lower right or something…
2. Me too :C
me to
i try to hit the spacebar to throw a cheese ball, and it wont throw!
Hmm… Maybe you should try and open your items, then UNEQUIP the Cheese Curds, then RE-EQUIP them… I didn’t have this problem, so this is just a suggestion c;
did it scrool down the screen when you pressed the spacebar? because that always happens to me when i press the spacebar to activate the special action for an outfit or a handheld item. sometimes it doesnt do that.
That happens because, how to express it, the keyboard and the game aren’t “syncronised”, so to speak. If that happens, click the game screen and press spacebar again.
if that happens again just double-click on the poptropica screen and then try again
The Final Boss Battle isn’t coming on, even though I did the server thing. Can you help?
Yeah, me too. The robot disappeared at the beginning of the battle.
That’s okay, I already finished the island, BTW. Clean Shark, if the Final Boss Battle isn’t coming on, try using another web browser.
Happened to me too.
It happened to me too, and so I decided to restart, but then I got a new glitch.
how do u restart?
Slanted Fish: Go to settings from the menu button and click restart.
Finally, an island with some good (more like mediocre) battle music.
Ugh. Screwed up twice…. Where the heck do I get the protection hat at anyways?
After some time, you go on top of the Poptropica HQ and receive a hat.
Thanks. I ended up getting it after restarting for a 3rd time. The safety dude is on top of the building after you break the crate.
anyone know how to restart these updated islands
You go to the settings button (a gear) and there should be a button that says “Restart Island” at the bottom.
The Mega Fighting Bots and the four villains kinda remind me of Power Rangers (with the anime art shift and the music (ps, I loved that music) and the shout with the robot coming together).
Also, with the infamous cake glitch, the Creators accidentally made another Portal reference. It’s even a Black Forest cake. The cake is a lie?
Well, yeah… I liked this island, I hate mancala. Good day. ๐
well i like mancola but it seemed to be a new way on poptropica and i hated it too
i didnt even know mancala was a game i didnt even know it existed until i played this island
Anyone else recognize the dude who gives us the popcoins? If not, i’ll tell ya who it is….
It’s the Black Widow’s henchman from Counterfeit Island! They look very similar.
I did recognize that! It’s nice to see it when they mix stuff from different islands. Do you by chance happen to see the shark tooth doll on the ground in the basement of the Poptropica building?
Have you also noticed that outside of the HQ, when you jump on the window washer thingy,
there was a guy from Early Poptropica?
Ugh, these new reborn and created islands are full of glitches that halt progress. Also, the mancala game on this island is much harder than on Nabooti
Yeah, My glitch is that I finished the battle, but flash needed to be reloaded so I did and when I got back to my game only the focus tester was an the ground and so after he said his line nothing happened and now I am stuck in the same position. please someone help me!!
Islands shown on the screen of the far computer in the basement:
Early Poptropica Island
24 Carrot Island
Nabooti: Choose Your Own Adventure Island
Red Dragon Island
Shrink Ray Island
Zomberry Island
Bleh. Got stuck in a glitch trying to get to the second person. Had to restart again.
Ugh. Mocktropica may take a while for me to complete if I keep having to restart.
Never mind. I finally completed it.
When I got stuck on MT Funshine Adds kept on going on the page if the thing did not load soon I would not see my character any more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I keep retrying to get to the top of the mountain to play Mancala with the developer, but when the two people come out of the air ride thing they fall to down instead of talking to me. And it just keeps showing the waiting cursor thing for them to talk to me but they are trying to get up and jump back up. It’s not working. Anyone else have the same problem?
Yeahโฆ I tried a different browser and everything but it still doesn’t work. I don’t know how to fix it since you automatically run up the mountain instead of being able to move forward so they jump properly.
I loggd out and went back to that part a couple of times, then they finally started to get off of the ride and talk to me… But my game still freezes when I play Mancala.
yes try refreshing the page f5 ๐
I can’t help you with glitches to the game, sorry ๐ฆ
What browser are you using Sam? It seems you have the least amount of glitches out of anyone ;P
I use Internet Explorer, I have the fastest Internet from my Cable company so that might help.
Oh… Well the “New” Poptropica doesn’t work on my Ineternet Explorer, but I can’t upgrade to the next version (Because I have Windows Vista)… I used Chrome, but the bugs mess with me a lot less on Opera… FireFox doesn’t work at all ;P My dad made me try them all and download them all, so trust me xD
i use chrome and dont have any problems so either your whole browser is glitched or the people who see you playing see the glitches that are part of the game and try to fix it and have failed.
ugh the stupid thing keeps glitching (for real) and wont let me climb to the top of mt fun-shine. when the kids are supposed to come up to you they fall beneath me and are too stupid to get back up. meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool Berry the Unicorn Cat
I had that problem the first 7 times I was on that part… Then when I’d log out and in, it would be raining… When it does that, log back into Poptropica, click on a Mocktropica Ad while at your Poptropican Home, and then go back to the basement to change the weather.
If this doesn’t work, and I can’t believe I’m saying this because I got tired of everyone else telling me (Whether it’s true or not ;P ), but you might need to try another Browser… It actually DOES change ;P Don’t use Chrome for Mocktropica… Opera might take second to load, but it works.
Anbody notice that if you click the “Chasm Ahead” sign it turns into either “Chair Ahead” or “Chalk Ahead” for a second?
help!!! cant get onto the place to destroy the letters!!
What do you mean? Is the screen not loading, is it freezing, etc?
No, I go into the basement. The fake loading screen doesn’t pop up
Hmm. I’m not sure what to do. Sorry.
make sure the girl tells you about the slow internet though
I Might love the game but i hate those annoying Ads
Yeah they go on the screen when I leave it alone for a while.
“Center for Gifted and Talented Yougnsters?” It sounds like that school Scott goes to in Scott Pilgrim in book one.
I’m sure no one knows what I’m talking about but a couple people might.
Also the kid with buckteeth looks like the guy in Napolean Dynamite
LOL, he does xD
ikr!! i noticed that too and took a pic of him an put napoleon dynomite on it. haha!
i just finished it
Load,Mancala,load!
Hey, I also made a Mocktropica Island walkthrough: http://itsapoptropicablog.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/mocktropica-island-walkthrough/
Awesome! I mixed it in with Samwow5’s to give the PHB guide the best of both walkthroughs. ๐ Thanks Brave Tomato! ๐
BTW the end of the demo is when you try to go to Ephraim University
*sigh* I wish I was a member.
But, there’s always Christmas, right?
Haha, only two more days until you get through that Ephraim University C;
that happens to me too. ugh. so annoying. ๐ก
Cool Berry the Unicorn Cat
Lol I would of never figured this island out! Thanks a million!
-Nervous Onion (AKA: ThaWildFox)
HELP!!! I found a REAL glitch on Mocktropica!
Slanted Fish: Try contacting Poptropica about it so they can fix it!
Thanks!
I contacted the creators about the mancala glitch,and they responded:
Hello,
I am sorry that you had run into trouble. We have recently released a number of fixes including the mancala bug. I would suggest resetting your browser and trying this scene again. Please let me know if you have further questions.
Regards,
David W
Family Education Network
And I didn’t even copy/paste it!
Also,how do you reset your browser?
Okay..
Ugh,so much for mancala. I can’t open the rubbish bin now.
Never mind
ok, so i beat the fighting bots, but the screen went dark and the little poptropica loading logo came, and then the blond lady was like “i dont beleive it you fixed bla bla” and the whole sequence with the “it is i” and stuff went again. i beat them again, it is doing it a third time.
Same thing happened to me!
I am so bad at mancala!!!!!!!!! This is so frustrating!!! Did anyone notice that the numbers on the rocks are wrong. On mine, on of them said 31.
Has anyone noticed that when you go down to the basement, you like push a guy down the stairs? It’s funny!!!!! Lol lol lol
Did you read the zomberry script? xD
I finished it,both I’m not too happy with my rank.
I mean,rank #1774?
Also,I think I started the bonus quest,both it glitched. Will try later.
Well, I didn’t know where to post this so I’ll put it here. Are there any requirements to be a writer on this blog??? Do you have to be a member?
Slanted Fish: Take a look at the first Q&A on our FAQ page.
I went to the college, and talked to the proffesser guy, but he didn’t say he wanted a soda, he just showed me the poem, “Oh Captain, My Captain” (which, by the way, I can’t get out of without logging out of my account and logging back on again) so I ignored him and continued the island, but now I’m stuck at the part where you retrieve the soda from the water tower, because the soda isn’t there!!! Anyway, I’m desperate for advice. Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(
I restarted the island. Thanks for nothing.
I figured it out. They really should’ve put that poem in the walkthrough.
To get the soda, you’ll need to talk to the professor and have him say that he wants the soda, which should happen after you keep clicking on the ad that pops up when he shows you the poem. It’s in the walkthrough now. ๐
i did the poem and i still dont see the soda when i go to tower on top of the hq building
When is it gonna release for non-members?
Slanted Fish: Everyone can play the full island starting January 16, 2014.
The demo is so short! *plays demo* Ends nearly straight away! *Gets Anoyed*
Hello everyone, i am red singer. Pls add me as a friend of all of you. my username is helenb1029 i am on the part of fighting the megabot. but the megabot never moves and i dont really what to do with the coins. they dont really attack that much so im just asking for help.
Just click the megabot! just keep clicking him. If he is going to throw his fists or a rock at you, quickly dodge
thanks for the walkthrough!
No prob! BT also help me, Thanks BT!
How do I use the island editor??? in the basen=ment because I don’t know how it looks like
It’s one of the computers, just click on it
OMG thank you soo much now I finally beat the island!
i did a glitch at the demo version in the chasm it was funneh
Fishy, if Sam hasn’t written it for you yet (Or someone else), could I write the bonus quest guide? I am almost finished writing it.
Finished, http://poptropicanawesomeness.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/mocktropica-bonus-quest-guide/ Mocktropica Bonus Quest Guide c;
Let me know if you like it?
Slanted Fish: Cool! I do appreciate you writing one, but HP has already been working on a post about MFB so I’ve included some of that into the PHB guide.
Oh, okay… Didn’t know, I had just finished mine so ๐
The bots from MFB are the executives, right?
(Safety Bot: Safety Inspector
Ad Bot: Ad Lady
Shredder Bot: Slash
Focus Bot: Focus Tester)
Slanted Fish: Yup, and the final Mega Bot is Mark Hertz himself. ๐
When I try to start the bonus quest and try to click the dev computer,it puts me next to Billy Jordan! I tried to leave the room,but then it wouldn’t load!
I had this same bug the second time I went to play the Bonus Quest… Just refresh the page, which will lead you back to the Poptropica Home Page, and log in again. Then, when you’re on the Home of your Poptropican, click on the bottom left of the screen and click on the Mocktropica Ad, it will transport you there.
This should work, please let me know if it doesn’t…
It’s the 16th and I’m a non member of poptropica, but it won’t let me play the FULL version.. I don’t understand..
I was standing right next to the spot where you go to mount funshine and threw a curd which floated all the way to main street… I don’t think this was supposed to happen!
Idk why but I jsut laughed really hard…lolzzzz
When I got to the part about the crate, I tried everything, but every time I went in the basement to destroy it, it wasnt there! Please help!
That’s happening to me, too! Help!
You have to talk to the stupid developer guy whose freaking out before you can do it. It’s tricky because he’s standing so close to the crate, but once you talk to him, you can go to the basement and break it.
I can’t find the university!!
I don’t understand… wheres the climbing axe?
go to mount funshine and there will be a guy that will leave his climbing axe on the mountains because the mountains have not been completely made so he will give up leaving his climbing axe for you to take
Who knows its is easy to play i defeted the final boss soooooooo easy i finnaly get a chance to get rid of those ads and i finnaly get to be on the rank ๐
there is no soda bottle on that water tank
there is a glitch that does not let me complete the island. when we exit the poptropica headquarters the focus tester says the same thing about pop coins instead of saying
about the soda bottles
Nameless Undefined, I’ve been reading your comments and I have the SAME glitch. Mancala is sooo annoying… it just freezes up randomly.Also, I have google chrome as well.The few times I actually finished it ,I lost… Does anyone know how to fix this? Please help!
I think I’m going to restart this island .Mocktropica= real glitches!
Never mind.I got it,after I watched the walkthrough and copied the same moves,it unfroze!*this took a couple tries,though..
i cant get past the guy at the rocks and i put happy
did you save it?
I can’t get to the university. How do I move the buildings so it lets me get around?
Slanted Fish: Randomly move them using the island editor computer in the basement.
Has anyone had this glitch where you move the mouse and its the hand arrow and not the jump arrow/?
yes me too
Yep,I think that happens when the video ad comes up.
me too but its not a threat to the game so I just kept playing
Is anyone now actually a bit addicted to MFB?
Um,what is MFB? I’m not so smart about certain things…And your username makes me unhappy,too. : l
omglitches!:( MFB stands forMega Fighting Bots
Thank you!! I finally figured it out..
Um question where do you get the protection hat? because the guide doesn’t say.
When I come back from the Cheese Curd factory, the medallion guy isn’t there and everything is covered in bushes. Also, when I’m on the street in front of Ephraim University, I’m invisible. Is it just my computer?
I found a cool glitch.
1. Equip Cheese Curds
2. Jump
3. Quickly Press Space ( throw cheese curd)
You should be able to freeze in the air to throw the cheese curds
when I get to the boss battle I’ll throw the coins for a bit then the screen gose black and I have to start the battle over and over again and again! What do i do help!!!!
Yeah,that happened to me once too.I think you need to avoid the mega bot or else you lose and it starts you over.Just keep on shooting at him and avoid the things he throws at you and he should break down.
thanks
I never did like that floaty Poptropica logo…
I dont understand, when you said the budget lady makes it go slow… ive been waiting for it to load for 7 minutes now…help!
you have to use equip the safety helmet thing to break the word poptropica while its loading
i always hated that stupid nabooti island game…
and here it is again!
i guess i have to waste another day trying to win”
by the way im:queeeeeeen
when i go out and back in i don’t get to go the basement
Congrats to everyone who is in top 10! I am 26th
Three glitches:
1 I talked to the focus tester and he disappears.
2 My poptropican jumped in the lift when it is moving and nearly got crushed.
3 When i complete the island and the developers try to escape by a plane they jumped for a minute and 3 of them got on and left, leaving one behind still jumping.
No.3 happened to me too!
Me too! I think maybe it’s supposed to do that. That Slash girl didn’t even make it in there, she just disappeared.
how do i burn the paper on mocktropica
You have to click on the ad that is flying around.Then it will burn up!
i don’t understand. why is everyone saying there are many glitches! i played the island 2 times and never got one. and if there ARE, maybe they’re there on purpose! it IS mocktropica (island of the glitches) island!
found a nice glitch
equip cheese curds
jump
press space bar twice you should double jump
um im not getting the pet to follow the medallion boy i don’t know what’s happening, a glitch?
Slanted Fish: Throw a cheese curd at the pet(s).
Helppppp!i am stuck at the part where u have to deafeat the megabot.i als cannot restart.:(
after I defeated the robot it started over.
same with me!!!!!!
omg whats is this my poptropican jumps not when i click but like when ever i move my mouse
yeah me too just click once more and it should go away
Funny. It actually froze when it ‘froze’ lol. Overall a very easy game. I’m happy I didn’t pull my hair out…but those adds…and then the mountain thing reminded me of that other one, and then the construction reminded me of another island, and then the corny advertising for ‘Megabots’ infuriated me.
I need help!!! when the guy is showing me the poem, there is no ad, and i cant close the poem, what do i do?
Okay, So, I never got the Helmet. Ever. I didn’t even get a loading arrow at the supposed-to-get-it-part. I came here seeing what I should do at the loading screen. someone help. .n.
Slanted Fish: If you’re at the loading screen part, you’ll need the Helmet, so it may be a glitch. Contact Poptropica so they can help you.
I have the same thing and I don’t know what to do ๐ฆ
Ha Ha! I beat the island!
I can’t climb up the mountain after I cross the chasm!
OK…So, I got the soda and the guy appeared. I talked to him and he never gave me the helmet. So, now, I can’t break the poptropica letters! Every time I go back, he is not there. Why!?
I need help. When ever i got the pop bottle, the construction guy popped up, but he never gave me the hard hat after i talked to him (because my computer glitched and i had to refresh it). But every time i go back, he never appears..HELP!!! ๐
OK…SO the safety dude appeared and I got the helmet. But, now, the writer guy at the college is gone! ANd I have to soda to give him! What???? Is it a glitch?
Should I restart the mission??
When I collected the soda bottle from the top of the poptropica building, my computer froze and I was unable to collect the helmet. The game kept going after a while, and I saved the bottle but not the helmet and now I can’t get the helmet.
im having this same problem right now and i dont know what to do?
I can’t find the crate!
what should i do to make the focus tester talk about the soda
Give him some pop coins when he’s talking about choosing the name for pop coins.
how do you get to the part where there sitting on each others laps? I have tried everything! help me plz!
i do not know how i did not even know you can sit on each other laps!
I am stuck between giving soda to script writer part and the sever slow down it wont let me get to the slow down server i have the helmet and everything
the soda isn’t popping up on the tower and I checked my inventory and its not there. I don’t know why.
When I go on top of the headquarters to get the soda bottle, it’s not there!
Slanted fish whenever I try to go to ephram university the focus tester guy comes for the pop coins but for some wierd reason he just stands there and the arrow keeps loading and i wait for him to ask me for the pop coins but he just stands there and it just keeps loading! Slanted fish is there any way to solve this or is it just a glitch?
I’m pretty sure you have to go to your inventory and use the pop coins. That’s what I did, and it worked.
It brought me to 24 Carrot…
LET THEM EAT CAKE!!! ~Marie Antoinette