Popspiracy Theories

Weird Theory of the Day: Early Villains!

Cheerful Singer

Yo ‘tropicans. Are you in the mood for a totally weird and pointless Poptropica theory that nobody asked for? Well I’ve got one! Please note: This post contains a major spoiler for Spy Island & minor spoilers for Early Poptropica.

If you follow me on Twitter (which I know for a fact most of you don’t because I have like three followers), you’ll see that recently I’ve basically been live-tweeting a replay of Early Poptropica. And as I was playing, something occurred to me.

WHAT IF EARLY POPTROPICA CONTAINS EARLY (YOUNGER) VERSIONS OF SOME OF THE VILLAINS YOU ENCOUNTER ON LATER ISLANDS???

Look at this logic:

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Actually though… it kinda works

Sure, it was something Twitter-worthy I’d noticed, but I wouldn’t have gone as far as to call it a “theory” at that point. But then I spotted a young Black Widow.

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I got a little emotional at this discovery

If someone told you “I saw a female NPC in Poptropica with short black hair, pale skin, and a dark outfit, and she hung out in a creepy place with a lot of spiders” you’d be like “yeah, that’s Black Widow” WOULDN’T YOU? I mean, yeah, she’s a little different. But Early Poptropica was released a while before Black Widow’s first appearance (as Black Widow) and people change. Even when those people happen to be Poptropica villains.

ALSO, the official Poptropica account retweeted my Director D post! That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re confirming it (they didn’t make any comment on it) but it means they at least acknowledge the possibility… or they just acknowledge how silly it sounds. I’ll keep playing and keep an eye out for new possibilities. In the meantime, let me know in the comments if you have anything to add!

~ Cheerful Singer ~

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Ads: Lego Mixels & Cinderella

Spotted Dragon

Two new ads have been popping up around Poptropica lately, one for boys and one for girls. Thanks to Prickly Monster for the tip!

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Let’s start with the ad for the boys. This advertisement is for Lego Mixels, and all you have to do is click on the ad to receive the Boogly Dash, which gives you a handheld green-and-blue Lego object and makes a creature across the screen when you press space bar.

boogly dashNext up is the ad for girls. This one is for the upcoming movie, Cinderella. Again, all you have to do is watch a short video and you will earn a Cinderella costume: an Enchanted Royal Gown!

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~SD

Hellos & Goodbyes

Who’s this!? (Cheerful Singer!)

Cheerful Singer

Oh hello.

If you’ve been reading the PHB since August, you may remember Slanted Fish put out a survey to gauge what sort of people you all are. Well, there’s more where that came from…

I’m Cheerful Singer, your newest PHB staff member! I’m joining the blog in a new role that hasn’t existed before: a PHB statistician of sorts. I’ll be posting weekly polls about various Poptropica-related things. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to vote in these. I really love collecting and organizing data, but it won’t mean much if not many people vote. And I’m not just doing it for my own entertainment, of course! Every week I’ll post a short analysis of last week’s results, so everyone can have a better understanding of the PHB community. I also hope people will use the comment section to discuss the weekly topic!

A A A A H    T H I S    I S    S O    E X C I T I N G !

You see, I started off as just a humble PHB reader. I didn’t even have a WordPress account until, like, yesterday.

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I started off as just a humble PHB reader…

But look at me now! I get to learn all your deepest, darkest secrets stuff about you as a community through my own polls! I guess this just goes to show… chase your dreams, ladies and gentlemen, and you’ll go far.

But enough of that. You can expect to see your first regular PHB poll sometime this weekend! GET EXCITED BECAUSE I’M SUPER EXCITED AND IT WOULD BE KINDA AWKWARD IF NO ONE ELSE WAS.

In the meantime, ask me any questions in the comments here or tweet them to me @cheerfulsinger9, and I’ll be happy to answer them (unless it’s questions like “what’s your address?” I’m not gonna answer that, obviously).

You can also add me on Poptropica (my username is cheerfulsinger9). Sometimes I wear cool hats.

~ Cheerful Singer ~

Arabian Nights Island, Graphic Novels, PoptropiCon Island, Realms

MotM p. 22-25, wolf club Realms, & more

Slippery Raptor

Hey Poptropicans! Slippery here.

First up, here are the latest Mystery of the Map pages (p. 22-25)! Check them out below, or read from the start on the graphic novel page!

The gang has discovered a Viking ship – what could happen next? It looks like Octavian has lost the map. Maybe it’s with Mya and the gang!

On another note, the first episode of PoptropiCon (Line Forms Here) is now free on the Poptropica iOS app! Need any help in entering the con? Check out the PHB’s PoptropiCon Island Guide!

con1 carouselSpeaking of the app, I noticed something about the description of the update. Here’s what it says:

New mini-game! Escape from Monkey Island featuring the characters Jorge and Oliver from the beloved Poptropica Comic Strip.

However, when I updated the app, there was no Monkey Island mini-game, just the GHD Jack Chase mini-game (which isn’t new). Maybe they’re related to the comic-island sneak peeks in the Daily Pop?

Moving along, there are a couple of new Poptropica Realms videos in the Creators’ Inside Poptropica playlist. Here, a well-dressed wolf shows us how to build wolf-inspired home bases. It’s really cool and pretty amazing. Check it out!

Also, Poptropica tweeted another rejected concept art for the princess in the third episode of Arabian Nights. Curious about why the princess is so sad? Check out BT’s theory about that here!

arab3princessLast but not least, you may notice something new when you visit Poptropica.com: at the bottom of the homepage, there’s a KidSafe seal from COPPA certifying Poptropica as a kid-friendly program! I think many players knew that already, but it’s great to see Poptropica getting recognized. 🙂

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That’s all of the recent updates over at Poptropica for now. Tell us what you think in the comments!

-Slippery

Popspiracy Theories

Five Nights At Freddy’s Island, new Wimpy Kid Island, and a SpongeBob Island?!

HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Yes, I know. The Five Nights at Freddy’s craze is way over done. Everyone and their brother has played and uploaded gameplay from the horror game (even I got in on the scary fun!). It’s been quite a while now, and I’m pretty sure with the recent release of FNAF 3 that it’s time to give it a rest.

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Oh. Really? Wow.

If you’re wondering, this comment is from the Balloon Boy video made a while back – Balloon Boy, or BB, in the FNAF game is a creepy animatronic who laughs and meddles with your gameplay. If you read more of the comments, the Creators continue to hint that there may be a Balloon Boy Island in the future.

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Wimpy Kid Island has had quite a run – two islands of good sizes and pretty popular. Surely there won’t be anymore Wimpy islands…

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Oh. Really? Wow. I have no objection to that!

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Spongebob Squarepants is such a big franchise, and for Poptropica to even think about making a Spongebob Island would be ridiculous!

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Oh. Really? Wow.

Thanks to the Poptropica Fun Blog for getting me started on this YouTube comments rampage – what do you guys think about these possible new islands? Tell me in the comments – I’m excited especially for the 3rd Wimpy Kid Island. 😛

TAFN.

-HPuterpop