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Poptropica is a Fan-Favorite MMO? It’s Not Just a Theory! 💙🎮🏆

Gentle Dolphin

Hello, Poptropicans! Welcome to the Poptropica Help Blog, the blog where childhood game nostalgia is 24/7!

Back in June, we covered a post by Team Theorist that features Poptropica in a carousel of classic virtual worlds. Now, Team Theorist has referenced Poptropica again, this time on the YouTube channel that started it all: The Game Theorists! 🎮💚

This community poll which gained 100K+ votes asks viewers, “From these options, which of these childhood MMOs were your FAVORITE growing up?” Club Penguin is the obvious winner here on Massively Multiplayer Online games, but our beloved Poptropica firmly stands in second place, beating Webkinz and Neopets. Way to go, Pop!!! 💙🎉

Some people in the post’s comment section have shared their fond memories of Poptropica, and a couple of these comments were liked the The Game Theorists themselves! Here are some of our favorites:

It’s true that Poptropica is a classic in the kids virtual world scene, but does it deserve to be called a true MMO? On our Discord server, the PHC, BlueShade pointed out how Pop is grouped with other browser MMOs despite not primarily being an MMO. Sure, common rooms and friend pages are part of the game, but Pop is better known for its story-rich islands than its multiplayer features. 🤔

On that note, great stories inspire great theories! (You see where I’m going with this?)

Dear Team Theorist, we would love to see an official Game Theory episode about Poptropica! We believe that a Poptropica Game Theory episode would be a fun nostalgia trip for fans as well as a great way to revive discussion surrounding the game. Matpat already covered the Coolmath Games ARG, so please give Tom a chance to cover another game hosted on CMG. Plus, like FNAF and Hangman, Poptropica has its own Balloon Boy! 🎈👦

There are plenty of interesting topics to cover in an episode such as hidden lore, character motivations, islands disappearing and reappearing, and even Poptropican anatomy. We in the Pop community have made our fair share of conspiracy theories, and we’d love to have you throw your hat in the ring! Please consider making a Poptropica theory because it would be a fascinatingly pop-tastic trip down memory lane. But hey, that’s just a theory… a PHB theory!

Thank you for reading, and have a good day!

—Gentle Dolphin 🐬

Poptropica: Legends

Poptropica: Legends — Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by HPuterpop/Andrew Wiles. Enjoy!

Hey everyone! Alright, so I know there are a number of you who are wondering about Poptropica: Legends, and first let me just say — thank you so much for your interest and support. While we’re not quite ready to release the beta just yet, we’ve been hard at work and are excited to offer a little sneak preview of all the amazing stuff our art, voice acting, and sound departments have been cooking up! Check out our trailer:

Please keep in mind: this is not final gameplay footage! We still have quite a bit of polish to go, but it gives you an idea of the level of quality we’re hoping to achieve. Here’s another preview, showcasing the full Booga intro with sound design:

This project means so much to all of us and every day we grow more confident that we’re on the right creative path. The team has grown rapidly since we really ramped up production three months ago, and we’re working around the clock to make sure the finished game is, as the kids say, “peak”. We have 25 team members now, enough to make my head spin — as the project manager, the more people I bring on, the more we accomplish, the less time I have for art! This is, of course, a tale as old as time.

Our website got a major overhaul, as we’d like to put our best foot forward for newcomers and fans alike. This new face is more animated, interactive, and professional! Have fun exploring all the interactive elements scattered throughout. 😀 More additions to come in the following days. As always, check it out at: www.PopLegendsGame.com.

With that said, I know we promised you guys the Meridian’s Lighthouse Beta Demo for Patreon supporters by the end of this month, and sadly, it doesn’t seem to be in the cards. To be honest with you, this project truly is massive, and there’s so much work to be done. Many of us work full-time on top of contributing, which is already a lot — and as far as funding, that’s almost entirely coming out of my own pocket. Our Patreon brings in US$30 a month right now, which we’re extremely grateful for! That said, it’s definitely not enough to help off-set the time we must spend working our day jobs.

Specifically, I’d like to thank Poptropica Legends Lucky Joker and HoneyBee for their continued monetary support — you guys were here at the very beginning! This generosity will not be forgotten.

We also have undergone some restructuring with our programming team management, so things should be smoother going forward — there is a Unity build, don’t worry, but right now our art department is moving a lot faster. We felt it was best to wait until we have a slightly more polished product before releasing it into the world — by August 15th we hope to have a Version Alpha ready for you to check out!

I want to apologize for the let-down of this beta release — but do keep in mind, only Patreon supporters would’ve been able to access it anyway! The more funding we’re given, the more time we can devote to this as opposed to our day jobs — and the faster you guys will be able to experience this new game. Support us on Patreon here!

We’d love your feedback on the new website! Also, if you’re a Patreon supporter and want to see more behind the scenes, let us know which department you want to tour next. Stay up to date on our socials:

That’s all for now,

Hope you enjoyed this guest post by HPuterpop. If you did, you might also enjoy reading his ‘My Place in Poptropica’ story — the first one ever!

The Poptropica Help Blog welcomes interesting Poptropica insights from anyone in the Poptropica community with thoughts to share. Interested in writing for the PHB? We’d love to hear from you!

Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons, PHB Series

Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons: Round 9! 😜✨

Magic Kid

Hey Poptropicans! I hope that you all had a BLAST at the Poppies a few days ago. (Happy Birthday, PHB! 🥳) But since I now have your attention, here’s the next batch of Poptropicans drawn as some emoticons. 🤩

Since I didn’t get enough OC requests, a lot of these guys are actual in-game characters, which was lots of fun to draw either way. 😁

Credits for this challenge: @abisalli on Tumblr

(The crossed-out ones have already been drawn, but the ones in the highlighted circles are free to choose from, if you would like to suggest a character for next round 😉 )

And now~

ROUND 9!

G9— Daphne Dreadnaught
E4— Shoeless Turtle
G5— The Red Baroness
G6—Speeding Spike
D4—Dangerous Dragon
C3—LJ
C5— Jonas

Really cool OCs, as always. 😎 (I mean, the actual game characters are okay too, I guess– 😝)

Now, you know the drill…

How to get your Poptropican drawn next? Here’s what you need to do:

 COMMENT BELOW (on the most recent DYPAE post) a reference screenshot for your Poptropican (using a public image sharing site like Imgur), their name, AND which facial expression you would like them to have from the chart near the top of the post (for example, E2).

  • 🙅 When asking for an expression, please don’t ask for one that has already been claimed (either by someone in the comments before you, or one that has been crossed out or circled blue in the chart). First come, first served!
  •  ❗Please only comment ONE Poptropica character per person. BUT if you’ve already gotten one of yours drawn, you CAN comment ONE MORE character! 

⌛ After you comment, WAIT PATIENTLY. Everyone who comments and wants to have their Poptropican drawn will get added to a list, so no one gets missed. Each round I’ll only post a handful of them, so hang tight, yours will get drawn at some point. 😁

The next post will be the last round in this series!! If you ever have thought about submitting your Poptropican, this is going to be your last chance. Let’s make this last batch unforgettable! 😄

Over n’ out!

~Magic Kid

Poppies

Recap: Poppies 2025 Awards 🏆1️⃣7️⃣🎉

LJ

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 🔵

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

🟡 Community Awards 🟡

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…

Pop on!

—🎆 the Poptropica Help Blog 🎆—

Wallpapers

A Poptropica Canvas 🖌️🖼️ Fan favorite characters on an illustrated poster

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans — here’s a little treat for you!

Poptropica fan artist RainbowBrush (Tough Spinner) has been drawing iconic characters from the game based on community requests, and the result is this amazing poster-worthy art below. So cool, right? ✨

To download this poster, right-click on it and choose ‘Save Image’. Maybe even print it out and stick it on your wall if you like!

Each day over the past three weeks, RainbowBrush invited the Poptropica community on Reddit and the PHC to nominate characters for the poster. She then drew the day’s most popular choice, sharing the progress of the canvas day by day with the latest addition, until at last it was complete with 21 characters. Here’s a look at each one!

Dr. Hare
Sprocket
El Mustachio Grande
Ringmaster Raven
Black Widow
Shark Guy (Shark Boy)
Gretchen Grimlock
Binary Bard
CJ
Fiona
Balloon Boy
Betty Jetty
8-bit Pilgrim and Pig
Director D
Myron Van Buren
Zeus
Omegon
Patches
Scheherazade
Captain Crawfish
Bucky Lucas

How many of these characters did you recognize? 💥

And just for fun, here’s a glimpse at how the canvas grew bit by bit over the course of the project, a gradual yet glorious expansion of color, playfulness, and nostalgia. Great work, RainbowBrush! 🤩

Love Poptropica art as much as we do? Consider joining our Discord server, the Poptropica Help Chat (PHC), for frequent doses of fan art and lots more fun with the community. We’d love to have you! 🩵

Keep on poppin’ on,
~🐠