Poptropica Was Weird (Jeff Kinney's Flash Game) | Billiam 

Some of my favorite memories from Poptropica include: -The unironically well executed jumpscare on Cryptid Island (YOU KNOW THE ONE) -Finally beating the Pirate Island (it was a real grind, but it felt rewarding to finally complete it) -Beating the supervillains on Superhero Island -Completing every island in the game and eagerly awaiting for the new one to be revealed. -Just plain exploring the first couple islands and solving their puzzles in what turned out to be a relaxing adventure that got me hooked near instantly. Poptropica was, and still is, a true gem of internet gaming. Even if the servers get taken down, I hope that some sort of fan-archive can be made like with other defunct MMOs. Or, even better, that some sort of Poptropica 2.0 can be made for a new generation. This game meant so much to a lot of people and it deserves to be preserved and remembered.

Throwback to when you had to randomise the ENTIRE character every time to get a username you liked

Remember how cool it was when in Counterfeit Island, someone said to meet them in Early Poptropica, so you actually had to go to another island to finish the story? That felt amazing to me.

Only real OGs remember the days when Poptropica had no sound or sound effects. Save that one Haunted Mansion island where there's a light jumpscare where the character says "Are you looking for someone?"

I remember always trying to steal the NPCs costumes cause I thought they were cute

Who remembers being stuck on a Island and looking up a walkthrough for it

Sad he never found out he could steal anyones clothes

My favorite Islands were, in no particular order: -The superhero one -The train mystery one -The art thief heist one -The villain mind one -The game show robot one

I used to love Poptropica. Super hero island and spy island were the shit.

*Smokes Cigarette* Poptropica... Thats a name I havent heard in a long time....

Does anyone remember that weird time where there was a weird partnership or something with a book publisher and there was a ‘Red Dragon’ island based off of that one Magic Tree House books where you trained to be a ninja?

one time, I was playing the ghost town island and I didn't know that I had my sound on... it was all the way up too... and out of NOWHERE while I was looking through I telescope some said "are you looking for something?" and that scared the shit out of me.

Remember when you couldn't change your name and got "Shoeless Plug" for the rest of your character's life?

Just to let everyone know they didn’t delete all of old islands, I checked in with customer service and turns out they are just making them play without flash so the games won’t be lost forever

I starred playing poptropica when I was about 5 and I remember being shocked when I learned there was an actual objective to each island

Remember when you couldn't name your character and just had to keep resetting till you got the name you wanted? Good times. Also red dragon island will always be my favorite. Because it has the cool ninja area where you had a bunch of different tools and stuff.

When no one could finish astro knights without thinknoodle 🥺 even if everyone else forgets poptropica i never will, i replay mythology island annually because that shit was fire

poptropica was my shit omg i remember doing the zeus boss battle at my local library after school, and changing my hair tons of colors in the carrot island diner ahh the nostalgia

EDIT: I looked it up, they were called “common rooms”, users could “chat” using pre-written questions and answers, “battle” by playing competitive mini games, and add eachother as friends. :0 Poptropica wasn’t strictly single player!!!! There was always one building per island that was online and you could chat with people. I can’t remember if you could type whatever you wanted or if it was a set list of phrases. I think you could also play mini games with other players in there?? It’s so foggy, I haven’t done that since like 2008z

Oh man I loved the cryptid island, I remember how when I saw the jersey devil through the window I always got jumpscared

Played this on your school computer gang wya?

“Nothing was that difficult” guess you didn’t play astro knights lmao

I beat all of poptropica when I was younger and recently I went back to it and cried about the major lack of islands (apparently the newer accounts have even less :_( ) but I found a website directory thing in which I can play every single old island and its incredible and such a fun nostalgia trip XD

Billiam: *Makes a Poptropica video* Literally everyone: oH mY gOd ThInKnOoDlEs

I remember watching Thinknoodles tutorials back then, way before he was popular

You could say I'm a veteran. My favourite island back in the day was either Steamworks, Spy, or Nabooti Island. I was there when only Early Poptropica, Shark Tooth, and Time Tangled Island were out. I was finishing all the islands as they came out and saw it grow and played a lot of the islands that are membership only for free. 12 years after I started, I still haven't found a game like it to fill the void in my 21 year old self's heart, now that they aren't releasing new islands anymore. Edit: Apparently, they are coming out with a new one. I KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO SOON!

Poptropica fulfilled my dream of being on Survivor without actually having to play Survivor

i was obsessed with the wimpy boardwalk island so you can only imagine how mad i was when they made that island “ members only “

ah Poptropica, one of the few games that would get through the school firewalls

I used to play Poptropica, but quit playing in 2012, I logged on a few months ago and oh god had it changed

I love how stuff like the parkour was my favorite part as a kid but that's one of the main complaints

Y’all remember that Jail island in poptropica? 🤔

Bro the Easter Bunny island where you could change your hair color with slushie was my JAM

why am i only just now learning what Jeff Kinney looks like

I have one thing to say; Thinknoodles.

This game was childhood! Who else remembers socializing with everyone and getting new outfits along with looking up walkthroughs on how to complete an island?

His frustration with moving the character takes me back to my mental breakdowns in elementary school.

poptropica looked cooler back then i can't believe it looks like this now

Remember when there were the quiz questions you could answer on the “home” page and you could access everything from that page?

"From Disney to Disney" lmao underrated joke right there.

Let’s not forget to thank ThinkNoodles, the real Jesus of Poptropica

Y'ALL THE VAMPIRE POPTROPICA ISLAND HAD A BETTER STORY THEN TWILIGHT>:0

Dude I loved Vampire's Curse, Mystery Train, and Mythology! I'm excited for them to update all the old islands so I can replay my favorites

6:23 *sounds like someone hasn’t played Astro Knights*

This is making me sad, we don’t have games like OG poptropica anymore

I had no idea about Jeff Kinney’s involvement, except for the Diary of a Wimpy kid island, one of the few islands I beat

Skullduggery was my absolute favorite, what a nostalgic feeling

The controls aren't bad, you just aren't used to them. It was one of the first games I ever really started playing a lot so I got used to it

Its honestly gotta be super hero island. The adventure of getting all of those super powers and taking down the villains was great.

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Logged back in today to my old account which is somehow still undeleted and they made Early Poptropica members only!? Come on I just wanted to go on a trip down memory lane how could they

The real og’s remember when poptropica had an ending

I didn’t know Jeff was involved now I know why there was so much Wimpy Kid content

Who else remembers back before the blimp when there was just a hole in the ground that dropped you into early poptropica?

I remembered that one day I went to college and my best friend who had all her classes with me wasn't there. I remember calling her as soon as my classes were done but she didn't pick up so I went to her place straight after my last class, come to find out she skipped school in order to play poptropica.

Oh man. I remember Poptropica. I remember the name they gave my character was Maroon Rider. I assumed at the time that maroon was a shade of orange. Years later, when I started high school, I learned that maroon was, in fact, a dark shade of red. That was because maroon was the school color.

Mythology, Time Tangled and Reality TV were SOOOO much fun as a kid

I still play poptropica, my nostalgia from eight years ago runs too deep within my veins.

my favorite thing about poptropica was how you could wear the clothes of any NPC you met, it was a really cool mechanic

Nothing like getting drunk at 4:00 am and watching billiam review things that you're convinced were just a fever dream of your childhood

I’ve beaten Reality TV island so many times just so that I could keep playing the mini games

Is it just me or is Poptropica really easy to control? At the age of 9 I could play it without any trouble. This guy I said making a mountain out of a mole hill, honestly.

Man, I just looked into it for the first time in years. I figured after all this time, there'd be new islands I've never seen before. But instead, a lot of the best islands are gone. -Skulldiggery, the pirate island (also one of the longest and hardest islands to beat, and also super fun, where you can literally become in debt to bank loans) -Astro Knights, the other king of hard mode islands that mixed sci-fi with medieval fantasy. -Poptropolis, the Olympic Games island that sank and then CAME BACK -Counterfeit Island, the Art Heist island -Steamworks, the Steampunk Island -Cryptids Island where you hunt bigfoot -Mystery Train, the historical fiction whodunnit island -Ghost Story, the uh... the ghost story island -Superpower, the Comic Book Island -Red Dragon, the Magic Treehouse/Japan island -Reality TV, the Survivor Island There were just so many great ones, and now the only ones left that I really remember being amazing are Mythology, Prison Break, and to a lesser extent, 24 Carrot, and the Comicon Island.

man poptropica. what a game i loved a decade ago. so many islands to choose, so many ideas you reach the limit to.

charlie brown and the great pumpkin was a super fun island

I remember really liking cryptid island, counterfeit, spy, mythology, and that one on the train. Also the magic treehouse one because you got to be a ninja.

I haven't played poptropica in over a decade but I remember loving shark tooth island

Poptropica used to be my SHIT! I loved that game when I was in middle school. My favorite island was the super hero island. Literally the best one ever

I still have my account I’m 21 I haven’t seen my poptropician since 2013 He’s the age of a 12 year old now Damn.

When they introduced the "Replay Island" feature, I completed Early Poptropica 100 times just to be able to say I did. I think my younger self wanted to get featured on the Poptropica blog. That didn't happen, but... It's weird. Reading through these comments makes me remember just how much time I poured into this game. Now I hardly ever think about it.

that medallion at leo's workshop was my first ever experience with ragequitting sitting in my 3rd grade computer lab. I felt it in my soul when he said "I'm sweating with frustration."

Anybody else love the Cryptid Island but was so terrified of the jersey devil as a kid that you never managed to complete it until years later

The Chad Poptropica vs The Virgin Club Penguin

i miss when you could click on characters n steal their outfits :( suddenly missing elementary school

Wizards 101, Toon Town, Poptropica My perfect childhood 👌🏾

We appreciate this - Sincerely kids born 1995 to 2010 :)

Poptropica was my jam as a kid! I remember back when they did a world on Big Nate for some reason, and its art style was really cool!

Remember when poptopica didn't have sound?

Ok bois time for the insider scoop on Poptropica right now. I have been a part of the speedrunning community for this game, so It was very important for me to get information on whats happening and why so here we go. First off, It is being remade by hand in new code, so It will survive past flash (Yay!) Secondly, the reason all the old islands got removed was because they were made using an older form of code which new developers did not know how to use, so they got rid of them for security sakes and are working on remaking them. Now for anybody that DOES want to play the older islands you can click this link server.idkonpop.com/pop/base.php?short=oldIslandMap which will allow you to play ANY of the old islands even seasonal ones. If y'all have any questions just comment for an answer, and like so other can see this

I played it once, and specifically this one where it had all diary of a wimpy kid themed stuff, a themed island. I played it a couple of times and then forgot about it and until this video I had this one fuzzy memory about it, and had no idea what it was for years. It tormented me for years, I asked people, they thought I was mental and now, I found it! Thank you :)

I loved Poptropica but I hated going in the rooms with other people because they always coped my hair and outfits

Bruh my mane never experienced the old poptropica. This 2019 shit hit too different, not the same at all 😤

I was that one kid before where I watch Thinknoodles' walkthroughs from each island. Uh I miss my childhood and this game 💖

I’m so angry they took the western island off. That was my jam

I remember having really fond memories of 24 Carrot Island, Big Nate Island, and a Spy island I forget the name of

you used to only be able to randomise your whole name - you couldn't choose each part, and you could go back. you also couldn't change it after. it's also really sad that the old islands are gone, there were some really good ones ): and there used to be tons of stuff gated behind membership, so I'm glad they undid that.

I remember playing this game with my friends, like sitting next to them, taking turns, and trying to figure out HOW TO BEAT ASTRO KNIGHTS WOW

this game is my childhood i played this all the time i would go to early poptropica in the game room and play skydive i have over 40 islands done

I remember calling my friends, asking my desk partner at school, and trying my best to follow walkthroughs on youtube just to find out how to escape the prison in the Escape from Pelican Rock Island. This game was so fun, along with Club Penguin and Wizards 101, it has a special place in my heart

i love how much he struggles with the controls because I have literally mastered the game so its just funny to see someone struggle so much when i've played the game for 9 years

Some of my favorite islands are Back Lot, Night Watch, Mystery Train, Reality TV, Red Dragon, and Game Show, but I honestly love all of them and can’t wait for the old islands to come back so I can replay them and introduce my little sis to Poptropica.

I remember liking the Spy island a lot, i think it had a hypnosis plot to it. And if memory serves it had a weird Bowtie-grappling hook as it's version of the "You beat most of the game here is the overpowered mobility tool" unlock, and I dug it.

so was anybody gonna tell me that Jeff Kinney ((Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Dude)) was also responsible for poptropica or was I supposed to find that out on a yt vid myself

Diary of a wimpy kid and the carrot one: because I liked the snowy book feel and the carrot farm's creepiness

who else remembers finishing the mythology map just for the crown?

why is no one talking about cryptids island??!? literally one of my favorite, if not my actual favorite islands

I remember raging at the Reality TV island for hours man... good times

i remember playing the shark island on a computer in kindergarten, damn 😢

Who remembers talking to that dude in the trash can on spy island

I literally played when there was only one island and as a kid I thought it was odd that you had to click on the island (back then you started in the air balloon and had to click on a island to go to it). There was no store and once you complete the island all you received was just a medallion. Now you can customize based on how someone else looks, there is a store, coins, a home island, and a bunch of island have been taken away. I still have items from islands that are not there anymore.