Poptropica Mysteries Part 2

A long time ago, in a Poptropica far, far away, there was once a plan to launch an island called Monster Carnival Island. It even appeared on the map as coming soon in 2008. But before it launched, it disappeared completely and was replaced with 24 Carrot Island. Since then, Poptropica players have often wondered what became of Monster Carnival Island.



The Poptropica Creators made one quick reference to it in the Sneak Peeks section of Daily Pop. In February of 2011, a sketch called, The Wayback Machine appeared and referenced a long-rumored, never completed island. It featured a carnival setting inside a tent with a ringleader and a crowd. The caption for the sketch gave us our first real clue of why Monster Carnival Island never appeared: it simply wasn’t finished.



There have been lots of monster themed items and events in the game since the island mysteriously came and went, but there have not been any attempts to revive it, even despite a petition to bring it back. There was briefly hopes that it would return when strange monster screenshots turned up in Daily Pop and on the Creators blog, but those turned out to be for Cryptids Island. Will we ever see Monster Carvival Island? Only time will tell. Until then, it remains a Poptropica Mystery.

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Poptropica Mysteries Part 1

Mysteries of the Construction Guy and Balloon Boy at Counterfeit Island.





OK, thank you to everyone in the comments who points out that Construction Guy does appear in Counterfeit Island. He’s blocks the way to certain parts of the island when night comes. I must have missed him. And there’s one new update to Balloon Boy. You can see him in the background when you’re on the Scooter chase sequence (see the screenshot below). Go, Balloon Boy, go!


A lot of people are writing comments asking what happened to the Construction Guy in Counterfeit Island. If you remember back in November, the creators posted some sneak peek screenshots of characters we would meet in Counterfeit Island. The first turned out to be the security guard up in the museum security office. The third is the woman who leads the tour of the underground tunnels. But the guy in the middle, who is wearing coveralls and a construction helmet, doesn’t seem to appear anywhere on the island. Did we miss him or did he get dropped from the island before it was released? Have you seen him on Counterfeit Island? If so, post in the comments!


Many people are also asking what happens to Balloon Boy. When you give him a green balloon, he takes off in the air. If you don’t have access to Counterfeit Island yet, you can see him at about one minute into Part 1 of my Counterfeit Island Walkthrough video. This is a joke by the Poptropica Creators that references the big Balloon Boy hoax from October when everyone thought a young boy from Colorado was trapped inside a giant weather balloon that had taken off from his parent’s backyard. In Counterfeit Island’s joke version, we see little Balloon Boy fly off into the air but never return. You can watch the TV in the Web Cafe and see scenes of him flying away. But what will happen to poor little Balloon Boy in Poptropica? Will we ever see him again? We need answers!





Hey Poptropicans!There is Balloon Boy!

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A True Mystery For The Upcoming Island

What's the next Island after Twisted Thicket? It’s definitely a Greek-inspired Olympic themed island. My guess at the name is…ready for it? Poptropolis Island and I think it’s actually a modern-day island where they re-create the ancient Greek version of the Olympic Games. Here are a few clues from the sneak peeks:






In the above image, the name of the city is clearly Poptropolis, which is of course a play on words for Poptropica and the ancient Greek suffix of “opolis”, meaning city. You know how a big city is called a Metropolis–yeah, that’s ancient Greek. So could the new island be called Poptropolis? We’ll have to wait and see, but it’s a good name.


The creators even snuck in a Balloon Boy reference into the sneak peeks, with this picture of some hot air balloons. The title was Balloon Boy but the caption seems to indicate we won’t see our intrepid traveller on the island, which is too bad. I miss Balloon Boy!
Speaking of Balloon Boy Watch the next post Which is about mysteries in Poptropica.

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Bonus Quest On Twisted Thicket Island

By Slippery Crush

Bonus points!
For the past few Islands, we've been including a bonus quest that tells the story after the story. They've all been fun, but they've never been quite like the one on Twisted Thicket.

When you play the Twisted Thicket bonus quest, you'll have access to a trio of special powers: troll strength, dryad wings, and goblin speed. You'll need all of them in order to complete this special, extra, extra-special adventure!

Twisted Thicket will be available to everyone on Wednesday, May 2. But only Members will be able to play the bonus quest -- and only Members can play Twisted Thicket right now!

These special powers were really cool when I played this Island!!

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