Cryptids Island, Pop Places IRL

Pop Places IRL: Cryptids

Spotted Dragon

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SD here with another “Pop Places IRL” post, everyone! Are you sick of me yet? This time around, I will be comparing scenes from Cryptids Island with the scenes it was inspired by in real life (IRL). Check out our official guide for the island here.

Even though Main Street seems pretty ordinary, you actually end up visiting many real places in Cryptids Island! In fact, I’m sure you’ve heard of many of these locations.

Let’s start off with what may be the star of the quest… Nessie! The Loch Ness Monster is from, well, Loch Ness. If you were unaware, it’s a large body of freshwater in Scotland. As one would expect, it’s famous for its aquatic monster sightings!

Whoa, Nessie!
photo: Loch Ness (viator.com)

Other than Nessie, we also search for the Yeti in the Himalayas, a huge mountain range in Asia. Like in game, there sure are monasteries in the IRL mountains! We also visit the Himalayan Mountains, particularly Mount Everest, in Time Tangled Island.

photo: Ki Monastery (thehikinglife.com)

After the mountains, our Poptropicans attempt to capture the infamous Chupacabra in Puerto Rico! Sorry goats, but I don’t think you could pay me enough money to go face that beast IRL…

photo: Puerto Rico Mountains (kevin on flickr)

Talking about beasts, up next is New Jersey! And that means the Jersey Devil. Am I bringing up bad memories for anyone? If you ever visit, maybe you should stay closer to the city, just to be safe…

On the outside looking in.
photo: New Jersey (businessinsider.com)

Finally, we visit the Pacific Northwest in pursuit of Big Foot. This location may be a bit broad, but roughly includes states like Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in the US. They are known for having the most frequent Big Foot sightings!

photo: Pacific Northwest (kenmoreair.com)

I think that’s it for the real-life Cryptids Island tour! Have you been to any of the places we listed? Or better yet, have you think you spotted any of these cryptids IRL?

Where would you like us to go next time for this series?

~SD

Back Lot Island, Pop Places IRL

Pop Places IRL: Back Lot

LJ

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Hey, how’s it going, Poptropicans? Welcome back to “Pop Places IRL”! Today we’ll be touring the super stellar streets of Back Lot Island. Let’s pop into it!

Sunset Boulevard (model for Sunrise Street in Poptropica) is a 22-mile street in Los Angeles, California that stretches all the way from downtown L.A. to Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It has many restaurants, parks, and attractions such as the Cinerama Dome and Will Rogers State Historic Park. I think Poptropica depicts the pizzazz of this famous street pretty well, although there may not be a rabble of crazed paparazzi following you around everywhere you go in real life.

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It’s safe to say that Queequeg’s Coffeehouse is based off of Starbucks. You can tell pretty much at first glance. Yes, I know—Starbucks isn’t exclusive to L.A. or anything but hey, there are a whopping 105 locations in the city, so it’s not hard to find one. I wonder if the creators took the number of locations in L.A. into account being that there are two different Queequeg’s on the same street. Seems feasible, don’t you think?

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The TCL Chinese Theatre, formerly known as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, is the world’s largest IMAX theatre and is a grail destination for tourists, located on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Poptropica portrayal looks very similar to the one IRL!

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The newly opened DreamWorks Theatre in the Universal City community of L.A. is already a popular attraction that plays the latest DreamWorks films in 4D! How cool is that? You can see that Poptropica mimicked the DreamWorks logo with the boy on the moon; however, instead of him holding a fishing pole, he’s on a laptop. Maybe playing Poptropica? I have to say I like Poptropica’s parody a little better, hehe.

dreamworks.wikia.com/wiki/DreamWorks_Wiki

Madame Tussauds is a very famous tourist attraction in Hollywood that contains over a hundred wax figures of various celebrities from different eras. Among them are Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley, and Marilyn Monroe. Monroe is one of several figures standing in the lobby, alluring onlooking pedestrians to enter the famous museum.

Audrey Hepburn: philanthropicpeople.com, Elvis Presley: contactmusic.net, Marilyn Monroe: flickr.com/photos/22179009@N05/

Well, that about wraps up today’s tour! I hope you’ve enjoyed looking at the comparisons of these marvelous Poptropica scenes as well as their equally marvelous IRL counterparts while learning some things about them.

So, have you visited any of these places? Share your experience in the comments section below. Also, be sure to check out our previous Pop Places IRL posts if you haven’t already! Thanks for reading as always and I’ll talk to you in the next one… pop on!

– Lucky Joker 🍀

Pop Fan Artist Spotlights

Pop Fan Artist Spotlight: CrazyPaintbrush

LJ

Hello, Poptropicans! It’s Lucky Joker here with another Pop Fan Artist Spotlight! Sorry I wasn’t able to post this on the usual Saturday, but better late than never, right? 😉 The artist in the spotlight this time around is the very talented and super nice CrazyPaintbrush!

CrazyPaintbrush is a very active member of our DeviantArt group gallery, We-Love-Poptropica, sharing her insanely cute comics and other drawings. She draws traditionally, which is pretty uncommon among Poptropica fan artists, and I think something worth noting. 🙂 Check out this collection of her work below (click to enlarge the images):

“Something Never Change”
“Emotions”
“Still Can’t See comic”
“Thats absurd!”
“Redraw Nameless Team”
“Ex Super Villains Doing Not So Super Things”
“The New Official Sheriff”
“1970 Hippie Friendly Bee”
“SirDragon”
“Fan Art for DRTI 1”

I really love the bold lining and posing of the characters. What do you think? If you want to see more cute Poptropica art, head on over to her Deviant Art gallery—you’ll find lots of it there!

Well, it’s time for this spotlight to come to a close. I hope you enjoyed this look into a Poptropica fan’s artwork! If you’ve made any of your own, we’d love for you to share it to our DeviantArt group gallery. Don’t forget to check out the other artists I’ve featured here as well, and I’ll talk to you all soon. Pop on!

– Lucky Joker 🍀

Pop-over

PHB Pop-over Special: Night in the Woods

Slanted Fish

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Hey Poptropicans! We’re back with another PHB Pop-over Special!

In case you’re not familiar with the term, a “Pop-over” is basically a Poptropica crossover, in which we take characters from another universe and make them into Poptropica characters. This Pop-over features the gang from Night in the Woods!

You can add these Poptropican-ized characters with the usernames below and Costumize parts of their outfits. For the rest, use the ASG, MAP, or iPop.

  • Angus: Add him on Poptropica at NITWAngus. Get the glasses from the Rockstar costume (use ASG: Snowball9_ASG4), and bear ears from realms#6ASG.
  • Mae: Add her at NITWMae. Get the Werewolf costume parts from the ASG Holidays:Halloween:Werewolf, and Jack/Jill O’Lantern shirt from idk_JillOLantern_ASG. The bass guitar is from the Photo Booth.
  • Gregg: Add him at NITWGregg. Get the animal head parts from realms#2ASG.
  • Bea: Add her at NITWBea. Get the animal head from realms#2ASG, facial feature from realms#6ASG, and mouth from Rosemoji6.

Night in the Woods (or NITW) is a T-rated (for ages 13+) adventure game with a gameplay style much like Poptropica, in which you explore an interactive world full of vibrant characters and stories. (Learn more and get the game—or its two free supplemental games, Longest Night and Lost Constellation—on the NITW website!)

Poptropica fans who enjoyed the mystery of Ghost Story Island or the atmosphere of Monster Carnival Island might like this game—at least I did. 😁

For more game recommendations, check out our Off-Topica page. And for more fashion ideas, look no further than our Costumes and Avatar Studio Gift databases.

Hope you enjoyed this Night in the Woods x Poptropica crossover! Have you played NITW? How does it compare with Pop? Sound off in the comments below!

🐻 😼 🦊 🐊

<・)))><<

Pop Places IRL, Time Tangled Island

Pop Places IRL: Time Tangled

Spotted Dragon

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Welcome back to “Pop Places IRL” everyone! SD here with a Time Tangled Island edition, where I’ll be taking you through some scenes from the island and matching them up with scenes in real life (IRL). Since you literally travel through time in the quest, we actually visit a lot of famous places! Of which many have changed over, well, time.

Let’s kick things off with Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world (above sea level) and odd location of the Statue of Liberty model in game! We also get to meet Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in Poptropica, the first confirmed climbers of Everest in 1953. Sadly, our Poptropicans probably wouldn’t have been able to climb it as easily IRL. Would you want to visit the Himalayas someday?

screenshot: Poptropica Mount Everest (poptropicasecrets.com)
photo: Mount Everest (financialtribune.com)

Next up, let’s take a look at the Statue of Liberty! It was built in France, but today resides in the New York Harbor on Ellis Island (which is technically also a part of New Jersey!). In Poptropica, we get to return the statue to 1882’s France. The model is, well, a bit smaller to say the least.

photo: Statue of Liberty (messynessychic.com)
photo: Statue of Liberty, NY (commons.wikimedia.org)

After returning the statue, your Poptropican ventures to the Graff House in 1776. Also known as the Declaration House, this was the home of Jacob Graff and the place in Philadelphia where Thomas Jefferson wrote America’s Declaration of Independence. The resemblance is uncanny, huh?

screenshot: The Graff House (wikihow.com)
photo: Declaration House (ushistory.org)

If you’ve played though Time Tangled Island, you know we’re just getting started! In 1387, our Poptropicans visit Timbuktu during the Mali Empire, which occurred in West Africa from c. 1230 to 1670. You may recall returning some salt rocks, visiting the Timbuktu Inn, and repairing a puzzle of King Mansa Musa while here! Doesn’t the architecture look familiar?

photo: Mali Empire (edu.glogster.com)

After visiting the Mali Empire, Edison’s Workshop in 1877’s New Jersey is next. We primarily get to help Edison out with his phonograph in game, but he’s famous for inventing many other items as well! Today, a Memorial Tower and Museum is up in Menlo Park to honor the inventor. What do you think is his best invention?

screenshot: Edison’s Workshop (wikihow.com)
photo: Edison’s Workshop (theatlantic.com)

Following the workshop, we have the Aztec Empire of 1519’s Mexico. Like the Mali Empire, the Aztec culture had great influence on its area. The Poptropica Creators seem to have implemented their architecture pretty well into the game!

screenshot: Time Tangled Island (sea25ful on youtube)
illustration: The Aztec Capital (uncyclopedia.wikia.com)

Next, let’s visit Leonardo da Vinci in 1516’s Italy! As an artist and inventor, one of da Vinci’s most famous paintings was the Mona Lisa, which we got to see in Poptropican form! Which of his works do you admire?

model: Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop (Krisztian Palmai on youtube)

Later, we get to peek at Lewis and Clark’s 1805 Expedition. Like some other time periods our Poptropicans visit, it’s not like we have a whole lot of photos to compare with the actual event. Still, the expedition had a big impact on how today’s United States of America came to be!

illustration: The Lewis and Clark Expedition (myinterestingfacts.com)

Afterwards, we stop be a tourist destination that I’m sure we’re all aware of: the Great Wall of China. Our Poptropicans get to check it out in 1593, but it’s still up today! Have you ever walked along the Great Wall?

photo: The Great Wall of China (travelandleisure.com)

One of the last stops we have is the Vikings in 831. Other than in Time Tangled Island, we also get a glimpse into the world of Vikings in Mystery of the Map Island!

illustration: Viking Ship (snopes.com)

Finally, we have Ancient Greece in 328 BC. You’ve probably learned about this time period in school, but that doesn’t make it uninteresting! What are your favorite tales from Greek or Roman mythology?

photo: Facts About Ancient Greece (natgeokids.com)

Well, I think that’s it for our real-life tour through time! Did you stick around this long? Maybe one day, we can add the dystopian future to this post! 😉

What did you think? Have you been to any places that show monuments related to these time periods? Where would you like to go next on “Pop Places IRL”?

Until next time!

~SD