Membership, New Islands, PoptropiCon Island

PopCon 3: Reign of Omegon now available for members!

pcon3 members

There comes a time in every Poptropican’s life that a special kind of challenge faces them. Tyranny may try to rule, but it is our sacred duty to protect the world no matter the cost.

Reign of Omegon, PoptropiCon’s epic final chapter is now available for members! The guide for this episode isn’t avaliable yet, but stay tuned for it coming soon! In the meantime, if you’re having trouble with the previous two episodes, check out our PopCon guide here! (Reign of Omegon’s guide will be there too when it’s complete!)ย 

Non-members, the prediction according to Poptropica is that Reign of Omegon will release for allย April 19th. Think of it as more time to prepare your battle gear. ๐Ÿ˜‰

As for members, go ahead and join the resistance! A hero is needed! And after your done, don’t forget to see your ranking on theย world champion map!

BT out, and have fun! ๐Ÿ™‚

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Hey, that’s me! (Poptropica ads on Funbrain)

Hi Gs,

Quick post to tell you that there is an ad campaign for Poptropica happening on FunBrain.com, and some of the most prominent figures in the community are featured – including widdle old me!

These ads can be found here, and feature people like Slanted Fish, Shaggy Tornado, and Spotted Dragon. I’m so honered to be a part of the campaign! (The ads alternate, you’ll have to refresh the page a couple times to see them all on the site.)

So here’s a challenge for you – Identify who all the people in the ads are! Leave your guesses in the comments, and I’ll follow up the winners in the next post I make! (shh totally not making you find them so that I don’t have to ๐Ÿ˜› )

TAFN.

-HPuterpop

Wiki

Poptropica Help Network: it’s back!

Hi Gs,

A couple weeks ago, I announced a big project – the Poptropica Help Wiki. A few days later, I got an email from the chairman of the Poptropica Wiki, AwesomeOrange89, suggesting a business and community opportunity. It’s safe to say that we are now officially in a network with the Poptropica Wiki, along with the PHC, and my video walkthroughs. The site for the network will be up soon.

poptropicahelpnetworkoverFor some of you oldies, you may remember the original Poptropica Help Network. We had a forum (which the wiki will now provide) the PHC, and the PHB.

So wait, we’re merging with the Poptropica Wiki? Yes, the first ever Poptropica fan site is now on our side, with hundreds of articles written about Poptropica and a great community of avid Poptropica lovers. I’m now the executive manager on the wiki; I’ve been cleaning it up since I got the privilege, and you may notice the tidy new theme and homepage. If you wanna know how to contribute please read this post I made on the blog over there.

We need your help! Let’sย get these two sites in sync; please head over to the wiki and contribute!

I hope you guys are excited as I am for this amazing opportunity in the Poptropica community – the PHN will be the ultimate Poptropica fan network!

TAFN.

-HPuterpop

Graphic Novels, Realms

Attack on Realms & MotM Recap Mayhem!

ย Guess who’s back (back, back)
Back again (back, back)
Blake is back (back, back)
Tell a friend

What’s popping, Poptropicans? Whew, haven’t said that in a while. And it’s good to be back, thank you for the background music, Blakettes! You guys aren’t getting paid for this, remember. Oh, stop by the kitchen on your way out of the office, there’s some leftover casserole from last week if you want it!

So anyway, what’s popping, Poptropicans? Blake here, but enough of my ramblings, let’s get on to the news! First up, for you Attack on Titan fans, there’s a new Realms video that… I guess KIND OF relates to the show? I dunno, I’ve never really seen it.ย Anyway, check it out:

Anyway, I know the Comics page on the PHB lets you read Poptropica’s graphicย novel in full, but for those of you who are just too lazy to click it, I’ll now be covering every last page that’s gone down on the Creators’ blog since we last covered it. It’s gonna be like the Nations song all over again… (And the award for most outdated reference goes to…. me!) Keep in mind, this will include pages 26 to 48, but you can always look on ourย Comics page for the entire novel!

Click “read more” to see the pages.

Continue reading “Attack on Realms & MotM Recap Mayhem!”

New Islands, PHB Sneak Peeks, PoptropiCon Island

BTS Overview & Theory: PoptropiCon Ep. 3

BTS - Poptropicon 3

Hey everyone, and welcome back to our BTS Overview &ย Theory series! This time, weโ€™ll be coveringย PoptropiCon Ep. 3:ย Reign of Omegon, written by the entire PHB staff (including myself of course). Special thanks to Brave Tomato for helping out a ton this time around. Be sure to check out the last BTS post, which was forย Galactic Hot Dogs Island.

WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW (but thatโ€™s what you want, isnโ€™t it?)

Overview of evidence

Before we dive into this complicated mess, we should go over the basics. Below is the official description of the episode.

Omegon has taken over PoptropiCon, and he wonโ€™t stop until heโ€™s transformed everyone into a hench-bot. Only you can acquire the powers of the Mighty Action Force to battle Omegon and free the convention goers. Join the resistance today!

There haven’t been a whole lot of Daily Pop images for the final episode of P-Con,ย but do check out our Daily Pop Sneak Peek Archive page to see what we do have!

PopCon3Let’s start off with the items we found behind-the-scenes that will be used during the quest! These items include comic178, comic367, a bow, gauntlets, an old shield, a shield, and soda.

They don’t tell us much, but it’s something! Maybe the comics give us insight on how to defeat Omegon and the bow, shields, gauntlets, etc. are weapons that we end up using? Maybe…

Below, you can see the layout of the theater. However, the name of this scene has been changed to the throne room, which makes what we have to say next all the more likely.

Judging by what can be seen above, the theater/throne room seems to have turned intoย Omegon’s base after he crashed into the convention from where we left off in Episode 2. Sadly, we don’t have a lot of dialog to go along with this scene.

Poptropicon theater bts text 1

Again, this doesn’t give us much to work with, so we will just move on. Below is the layout of the HQ.

In the third image above, there seems to be a portal of some-sort. As we dig deeper into the island’s secrets, this portal might start to make sense. Anyway, you might be wondering who’s HQ this is. Well, since we have already assigned Omegon’s “HQ” to the theater/throne room, this scene must be a hideout for the survivors of Omegon’s arrival. The dialog below seems to back up this theory.

What our character is going to do in the island is definitely becoming clear. Rescue the Mighty Action Force, collect their weapons, etc.

Next up is the Processing Room layout.

Based on the images above, this scene appears to be where the MAF is trapped. Of course, this means we will probably have to sneak past guards.

Poptropicon processing bts text 1

As we suspected, prisoners seem to be in this room.

Finally, we have the Menagerie layout. If you don’t already know, a menagerie is a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition. Similar to a zoo.

As well as the processing room, the menagerie looks like it will contain a prisoner or two, since there is a cell shown above. While there were multiple cells in the processing room, there is only one that can be seen in the menagerie. This could just be a coincidence, but it could also imply that this cell is special. We might get captured or it might just be the final prisoner we have to save.

Poptropicon menagerie bts text 1

Judging by the dialog, it looks like the Elf Archer will be trapped in this room. ๐Ÿ˜›

That’s all for the behind the scenes files, but we can’t forget the special sneak peeks that have been released on Twitter!ย The following images are some of the cool sneak peeks.

They aren’t much, but they hint at a lot. The first two images seem to be the different comic books, mentioned with the other items at the beginning of this post. The comics seem to clarify that we use the MAF weapons to defeat Omegon once and for all.

Omegon’s presence in PoptropiCon brings up a lot of questions that can revolve around a story: Why is Omegon real? If Omegon had always been real, why have people not noticed until now? As a matter of fact, if he was always real, why does he look almost exactly like his newest version? If he wasn’t, what caused him to be real? Would the heroes be real too? What did bring him to a comic convention of all places? Some of these questions we’d have to delve deeper into the script to figure out, but we believe we (well, mostly BT ๐Ÿ˜› ) have an answer to the last of those questions.

Remember at the end of Spoiler Alert (which was Ep. 2), when Omegon’s saidย “I have come to destroy the Mighty Action Force”? Hmm… When Spoiler Alert begins, of course, you see everyone excitedly go inside the convention center, but then the camera pans over to a spotlight featuring the silhouettes of the Mighty Action Force, pictured below.

spotlighted heroes

There might be more to this than theย Creators simplyย playing around with the camera. It may explain howย Omegon was brought here through a very drastic misunderstanding. The Mighty Action Force spotlight may have made Omegon think that the real Mighty Action Force heroes are inside the building. As a result, Omegon decided to target that place to terrorize the people inside for praisingย his nemeses so much. ย And continue his evil plans there, because why the heck not?

Similar to PoptropiCon’s plot, did you know that a comic-book/movie villain actually hijacked a convention back in 2013? It may not be as literal as Omegon’s hijacking of his own cosplay contest, but something close to it did happen. In the San Diego Comic Con (or SDCC), over at Hall H, Marvel was promoting the movie Thor: The Dark World, which was to come later that year. Suddenly the power comes out and back on to reveal fan-favorite villain, Loki’s, actor, Tom Hiddleson, dressed and acting in character. Unlike Omegon’s serious appearance, this appearance is more so to excite the fans and have a little bit of fun. Below isย a clip from the appearance.

Of course this brings up another question for PoptropiCon. Could Omegon’s appearance all be an act? This is unlikely, but we should still consider the possibility.

Final Theory

In PoptropiCon Islandย โ€“ย Episode 3: Reign of Omegon, we’ll pick up where we left off, when the real Omegon has crashed into the convention. His goal is to transform everyone into a hench-bot andย to destroy the Mighty Action Force. Your Poptropican has to save the MAF from their prison cells and retrieve each MAF member’s main weapon. By gaining knowledge about Omegon through comic books that you have gathered, you are able to combine the power of each weapon to defeat him (presumebly by breaking his Omega Crystal). Combining the weapons gives you the power to create Alphaon (however, we aren’t exactly sure what role he will play).

Remember, the final episode of PoptropiConย Island is coming out Thursday, March 19ย for members (tomorrow) Thursday, March 26th!ย It’ll probably thenย release to everyone three weeks later, on April 16th (keep in mind that these dates may change). Be sure to get your island extras from PoptropiCon’s tour page as well. Con on! ๐Ÿ˜€

~The PHB Staff