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Hey Poptropicans! Remember Poptropica’s sudden pop-in to hype up Cyber Monday just a few days ago? In the last remaining hours of Monday, they followed up with another message on the PHC to announce up to 50% off on Pop merch on their Zazzle online store! ⚡️

(UPDATE – DEC 2023: The Discord appearance has been debunked as not representing the real Poptropica. The PHB apologizes for the error.)

Strange that they are only announcing this on our little Discord server, and not on any of their own channels with more followers… 🤔

In reality, most of the items are just 25% off, though there are some at half-price: the Dr. Hare Wrapping Paper, mugs of 8-bit Pixel Beev and Hare, Funny Bunny Farm, Fairy Tale and Monster Carnival, phone cases of Binary Bard, Dr. Beev the Beaver, and Dr. Hare, and throw pillows with the Fairy Tale Pattern and Dr. Hare. See more on Zazzle!

A selection of the official Poptropica merch you can buy online.

Poptropica mentions that the discounts are for a limited time only, so get on it quick if you want anything! Though they didn’t specify when the deals would end, and we’re now past Monday and into Tuesday, time is ticking on the deeper discounts.

Wondering what to get? Here on the PHB, we’ve reviewed a few of the many items on Pop’s Zazzle store, including stickers, the vintage bandana, Time Tangled wall clock, Funny Bunny hat, and Dr. Hare button. Maybe something will inspire you. Enjoy the sale! 🛍️✨

For more about all the Poptropica merch that exists, from Zazzle to beyond with toys and more, check out the PHB’s Merchandise Guide. ✨

Free Membership Giveaways

PHB Membership Giveaway: November 2023

November 27, 2023November 20, 2023 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! We’re approaching the end of the month, which means it’s time to announce another lucky Poptropican to win our monthly membership giveaway! 🎁

Congratulations, Cherrybear11 — your new membership status lets you play various exclusive quests, including Survival Island, Ep. 4: Cabin Fever. You’ll also get to enjoy member gifts and more.

The Poptropica Help Blog hosts a membership giveaway every month, and it’s easy to enter! Just comment on our Free Poptropica Membership page and leave at least two other comments around the PHB within the month to be entered into that month’s giveaway. 🩵

We’ll announce a winner sometime in the final week of each month. If you don’t win, you can always try again for the next month! Full details »

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Chronicles of Friendly Thunder 🌩️ Chapter 4

November 26, 2023November 25, 2023 Slanted Fish

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

Hi! Serious Heart here. It’s been a while, but let’s get back into The Chronicles of Friendly Thunder! Catch up on the last chapter here.

NARRATOR:
It’s been a while since we last saw Friendly Thunder, hasn’t it? Anyway, last time we saw him, he was sailing away from 24 Carrot on a blimp, heading off into an adventure. While most residents of Poptropica are still having lunch, the crew are trying to decide which island to go to next…

FRIENDLY THUNDER:
We should totally go to Astro-Knights!

ICY SNAKE:
No, we should go to Counterfeit!

PURPLE CLAW (speaking up for the first time):
Maybe we should go to Timmy Failure! It’s got a fun name, and it can’t be all that bad!

NARRATOR:
They head to Timmy Failure Island. It takes a while, considering the huge gap between 24 Carrot and Timmy Failure, but they get there.

FRIENDLY THUNDER:
Wait, why are we all covered in… smelly trash?

ICY SNAKE:
Beats me. Hey, look there’s a girl, and Timmy, and… a polar bear eating garbage? What the heck?

TIMMY FAILURE (pointing at the girl):
At last, I have proof of your misdeeds, you nefarious huckster!

CORRINA CORRINA:
What are you talking about? I was trying to help you!

TIMMY FAILURE:
Save it for the magistrate. You’ll be in shackles for the rest of your natural life!

CORRINA CORRINA:
I don’t have time for this. Good luck washing off the garbage stink.

NARRATOR:
Corrina Corrina runs off to wash off the stink.

TIMMY FAILURE (turns to look at the trio):
Joke’s on her. Garbage stink is the ideal olfactory camouflage.

That’s it! I really wanted to end this particular chapter on a comedic note. And it’s been a while since I’ve said it, but…

अच्छे समय के लिए चीयर्स,
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!

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: Zombies, Zombies, ALWAYS ZOMBIES! 🧟 Ep. 13: Monkeying Around

November 20, 2023 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Magic Kid. Enjoy!

Hello! I’m alive! I hope you guys have had a good month. I’ve been ~~slacking and doing absolutely nothing productive~~ working tirelessly on this episode! (Catch the last episode here, or first episode here.)

I dunno if any of you guys are superstitious, but with this episode being the 13th, I can’t help but wonder what misfortune will befall Jazzy Hawk, Icy Stone, and Birdy on Monkey Wrench Island as they plan a way to save Witty Toothpick on a mysterious island far out to sea. With Poptropica in such an apocalyptic state, what could go wrong?

ZOMBIES, ZOMBIES, ALWAYS ZOMBIES!

A Zomberry Series

Episode Thirteen: Monkeying Around

Hawk, Stone, and Birdy were standing on a jungle island. The pirate ship that had saved them was flying away, leaving the three to an uncertain fate.

It was extremely late in the evening, so late in fact that the sky was lightening up as morning was coming upon them. They were exhausted after an exciting day, and a long night, who wouldn’t be?

But they couldn’t stop. It was like an invisible clock was ticking, and they had to save Toothpick before the time was up.

From the place where they had been dropped off, they already saw a bunch of rope, rusty gears, and other tools. What they had to do was to find the guy on the island, and see if he could help.

Hawk

Come on! Crusoe should just be over here!

Birdy

Okay.

Stone

Crusoe, isn’t that the guy who was marooned on this island and has monkey friends? Sounds like great help!

Hawk

He should be! Hopefully…

Continue reading →

Creators, Graphic Novels, Member Gifts, Store

New sheriffs sink Pop’s long story arc 📘🔫

November 4, 2023 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! Pop in for shiny sheriff gear, enjoy how aquatic is back, and hear about what happened to Poptropica’s book series. 👀

A new month brings a new set of member gifts, and this November we’ve got some sharp shooters with a New Sheriff Outfit, New Sheriff Defender (the space bar action is reloading the gun), and… a Chicken Follower? 🐔 Bawk-ward.

Over in Adventure Outfitters, there’s a new rotation of costumes, plus the shop floor is stocked with outfits and decor from under the sea! 🐡 The last couple times this happened, it foreshadowed the re-release of an episode from Mission Atlantis Island, which is awaiting its third and final episode. Could this be the case again? 🤔 We’ll have to sea.

In other news, here’s a juicy bit of noise from a former Pop Creator! Poptropica fan artist and Tumblr blogger Sleepy Biker recently reached out to former Poptropica CEO Jess Brallier about his comment in a 2015 interview with the PHB where he shared that Poptropica had planned 12-book story arc for their graphic novel series, of which only four have been published to date. So where’s the rest? 👀📘

“All of that work — i.e., the Poptropica story — was owned by FEN (Family Education Network). Then FEN was sold… The new owners chose to pursue a different growth strategy… We have no legal right to discuss what is owned by somebody else,” Jess answered. In other words, it’s in the hands of Sandbox now. Read his full response below:

Jess Brallier’s response to Sleepy Biker’s inquiry about the fate of the Poptropica books.

Welp, we’re certainly disappointed that the current leadership of Poptropica is sleeping on this gold mine. But thanks to Jess for shedding some light on the situation! To read more insights from Jess about his decade+ of experience creating Poptropica, check out our Jess Brallier mini-series from 2021 here, here, here, and here.

Keep on poppin’ on,
~🐠