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Fanfic: Stranded 🪵 Part 1

April 21, 2024 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Fearless Goose. Enjoy!

Log Files: Always be sure to keep a backup.

It was a cloudy day in Poptropica and Fearless Goose was feeling quite bored. He decided to hop into his blimp and explore the world to make friends and memories, although in the end, he got a bit more than he expected.

As he picked up speed and gained height, a storm was gaining strength. Instead of going toward the Pophamas, he ended up going towards an isolated forest, where civilisation was scarce, although he did not know.

BANG! The air balloon popped and Fearless Goose was plummeting to the ground. Luckily he had a parachute just in case. As he neared the ground, he slowly realised that there was no way he wasn’t going to get hit by the trees, so he decided to brace for impact.

After what seemed like a day, Fearless Goose woke up and looked down, only to see he was high above the ground. It was either he cut the rope and face the possibility of DOOM, or stay up there, to be pecked by birds all day. He was feeling hungry and thirsty.

But his daydreaming was cut short as one of the parachute straps broke off. Then he heard a shuffle in the bushes, getting closer and closer. Could it be a bear or a wolf, or could the Minotaur have finally tracked him down after ‘The Incident’?

It turned out to be an old man who was rummaging through the forest for berries. Lucky he stumbled upon him!

The old man invited Fearless Goose into the comforts of his home, where he offered him food and water. Fearless Goose gobbled up the food and drank the water faster than he had ever done before.

Fearless Goose felt sleepy though, and he fell asleep at the table. When he opened his eyes again after what seemed like an eternity, he saw a bed, but when he turned around, he saw a stone wall and a locked metal door. He was trapped!

To be continued…

Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Fearless Goose. If you did, you might also enjoy their ‘My Place in Poptropica’ story.

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!

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Chronicles of Friendly Thunder 🌩️ Chapter 5

April 20, 2024 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Serious Heart. Enjoy!

Hi there, everyone! It’s Serious Heart with the next chapter of The Chronicles of Friendly Thunder. You can catch up on the last chapter here, or start from the beginning here. Now, let’s get started!

TIMMY FAILURE (continuing to brag):
That kind of advanced detective technique is why I was able to solve this case in the first place, totally unassisted.

NARRATOR:
In the background, Icy Snake is making a disgusted face at the polar bear eating trash.

FRIENDLY THUNDER (automatically):
Wait just one minute. You didn’t solve this case by yourself.

DIZZY CLAW (confused):
He didn’t?

TIMMY FAILURE (arrogantly):
Of course I did! I’m the greatest detective alive. My case notes prove it.

FRIENDLY THUNDER (speaking so automatically, he’s confusing himself):
That’s not how I remember it. Not how I remember it at all…

NARRATOR:
Suddenly, the dream guardian from the prologue, so long ago, I almost forgot him, comes out of nowhere — but only the trio can see him!

DREAM GUARDIAN (apologetically):
Sorry. I have to do this.

NARRATOR:
Quickly, he transports the trio back to shortly before the events they are seeing now, happened!

ICY SNAKE (dazed):
Where are we…?

NARRATOR:
The trio stumble over to the left — to encounter Timmy Failure himself!

TIMMY FAILURE:
You three there! Newcomers! Step lightly. There are evil doings afoot!

DIZZY CLAW (remembering Dr. Hare and hilariously comparing it to him):
Such as?

TIMMY FAILURE:
Someone stole my pants!

ICY SNAKE:
We’ll… be careful, I guess.

TIMMY FAILURE:
You three’ll need to be more than that. Since you three are new around here, you’re the only people I can trust. Will you help me collar the criminal?

FRIENDLY THUNDER:
Far be it from us to stand idly by while a pants thief terrorizes this fair city.

DIZZY CLAW (chirping up):
Plus, we once stopped a villainous pink bunny that wanted to take over the world! You can trust us!

TIMMY FAILURE:
Great. We’ll have to split up, but I’ll leave pages from my detective log around to help you out… To start with, you may want to investigate my former business partner. (dramatically) His loyalty is in question.

FADE OUT.

And — let’s wrap this chapter up! Will Timmy Failure find his pants, with help from Friendly Thunder and company? Who is the mysterious Dream Guardian? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

अच्छे समयों के लिए चियर्स,
Serious Heart

Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Serious Heart. If you did, you might also enjoy other fanfictions we’ve shared.

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!

Ask Poptropica Siri

Ask Poptropica Siri #13: Friends, fanships, and funny flavors

April 16, 2024April 16, 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.

Hey everyone! It’s good to be back. Let’s get into some of your questions!

You get to invite one Poptropica character to your birthday party! Who are you inviting? ~HeartOfEnder

This is one of the hardest questions. My birthday has already passed this year, but to be honest, I always wanted to have a pirate-themed birthday party. So I would probably invite Captain Crawfish. Not to throw any of the other Poptropica characters out the door — I would invite all of them, because then it would be a nice house party. 😎

What is your favorite Poptropica fanship? ~Magic Kid

I feel a little embarrassed now because I don’t know about most Poptropica fanships. I think of the characters more as friends than being romantically involved. I guess I’d pick Dr. Hare and Dr. Beev (I know I said that before, but that is really the only fanship I know of).

I’m curious about what your favorite fanships are — share them in the comments!

“Dr. Hare & Dr. Beev’s first date” by HfEvra

What is Zomberry juice made out of? ~Rough Clown

So we know that on Zomberry Island, it is made out of blueberries. But taking it a step further, I would like to think of the Zomberry juice as a Grimace Shake — that limited edition berry-flavored purple smoothie from McDonald’s last summer. Poptropica totally saw that one coming!

Finally, I want to answer a question of my own — what’s next for me and the PHB? I’m heading off for college soon, but I’ll still be around this community! The PHB is the first blog I’ve worked on, and I think it’s made me become a better writer. I may even pursue writing as a career.

Trust me, I’m not done yet with the PHB. I still have fun articles I’m working on, including a big Pop-over that I hope you will all enjoy. I just wanted to share this, so thank you and I hope to see you all soon!

~🌸📚❄️🌸

Mythology Island, Pranks

Descending Mount Olympus: April Fools! ⚡️

April 3, 2024 Slanted Fish

Fear not, folks: Zeus’s reign of terror with Mount Olympus is over, and the Poptropica Help Blog is back to steal his thunder. April Fools! 🗻🌩️😶‍🌫️

Zeus took over the PHB on April Fools’ Day.

For a while there, it looked like Zeus had managed to conquer both the PHB and PHC, demanding loyalty from Poptropicans everywhere in his freshly extended kingdom of Mount Olympus. But just like his previous domination attempts in Poptropica, we’ve once again thwarted Dr. Jupiter’s plans by regaining access to our site and kicking him off.

Even though Zeus is going to have to admit he can’t force his way to the top spot of the Favorite Poptropica Island Tournament, the Greek god of thunder sure enjoyed his moment of glory in the comments and chat! This Grandpa Thunderpants, as he came to be known, even received fan art from some of his followers (or haters?) on the PHC. Check them out:

A round of thunderous applause for all the Zeus Zealots! 👏👏

We had a lot of fun bringing you a taste of the second-best Poptropica island on this occasion, and hope you enjoyed the shenanigans celebrating Mythology Island (Classic). (Play it on Steam or Flashpoint!)

Fun fact: The Mount Olympus background was illustrated by Gentle Dolphin for a previous PHB prank. Smart Bubbles helped create this year’s Mount Olympus header.

May Poptropica be as immortal as the zap-happy Zeus!

~ ⚡️ the PHB ⚡️ ~

Mythology Island, PHB Specials, Pranks

A MESSAGE FROM ZEUS: WELCOME TO MOUNT OLYMPUS 🌩️

April 1, 2024April 3, 2024 Zeus

Foolish mortals, how dare you forsake Mythology Island?! How dare you choose that mismatched menace over me?!

The tournament must have been rigged from the beginning! Why else would the people favor that island? Mythology Island is home to Classical Greek architecture and powerful beings such as myself, while Astr*-Kn*ghts Isl*nd suffers from an identity crisis and is plagued by an equally confused villain. I will stand against this injustice!

From now on, the Poptropica Help Blog shall be known as Mount Olympus! I would have taken over sooner if I had known how to use “Word Press” and “Discord”. I had conquered technology during my time as Dr. Jupiter, but managing a website is on another level.

Oh, and don’t even think about calling your precious authors. I have locked them out of their accounts. It is only fair that they lose their domain as well.

Now that this wretched site is mine, I will give you Poptropican readers four simple rules to follow:

🛐 Show respect to your new leader. Write words of worship in the comment section or give yourself the “Zeus Zealot” role on the newly-conquered Mount Olympus Chat Discord server.
⚡️ Only discuss Mythology Island. Never mention other islands unless in a mocking manner, especially the false winner of the tournament.
🌄 Send photographic offerings. Like other gods, I favor certain offerings. You may send photographs of my favorite things: lightning bolts, eagles, bulls, and oak trees.
🏛️ Build temples. I encourage you lot to build temples and expand the Mythology Empire. You may construct them on gaming platforms like Poptropica Realms, Roblox, or Minecraft. If these are not available to you, you may draw schematics or sculpt them with supplies at hand.