#Monster Carnival Island

[lookslikethatsallthetimewehave]

In your opinion, what's the darkest thing in Poptropica?

Oh... wow. You know, some people might be surprised at some of the dark stuff that's happened/implied throughout the franchise. And from such an innocent looking world too :)

I guess I'll make a list of some stuff that stands out to me:

24 Carrot Island 

The 4 children were kidnapped and brainwashed by Dr. Hare probably for months.

Astro-Knights Island 

Mordred almost died in a crash, and had to replace half of his body with robotics. 

Mordred kidnapped the princess because he wanted to marry her. And her parents most likely thought they were never going to see her again, since they had no way of going after her.

Counterfeit Island 

It's implied that Black Widow was gonna torture the player in order to get answers. 

Reality TV Island/Wild Safari Island 

Villains allowed to be on reality tv… and being treated as celebrities... WHAT.

Skullduggery Island 

Captain Crawfish probably killed a lot of people. Cause… pirate.

Steamworks Island 

The entire backstory of this island: the people were doing experiments on plants, when the plants mutated and tried to kill them. The only way they could survive is by freezing themselves.

Captain Ziggs sacrificed himself to hold off the Plant Monsters. Mayor Crumb must be feeling pretty depressed now that she's free and forced to live without him.

Red Dragon Island  

The Shogun being a pretty terrifying tyrant. 

Shrink Ray Island  

POV: you're an elementary school student and your teacher's star pupil. You trust him, because he's a nice teacher. And then he goes crazy and kidnaps you.

Mr. Silva threatens to shrink CJ and the player to the point where they can't be seen by anyone, which is kinda dark honestly. 

Blimp Adventure 

Dr. Cumulo Nimbus sets fire to the rain to all the islands. 

Game Show Island  

Robots take over and enslave humanity. 

Ghost Story Island  

A really depressing murder mystery/ weird love triangle story that involves several character's deaths.

S.O.S Island  

The ship sinks and everyone inside almost dies. Also a child.

Vampire's Curse Island  

Count Bram outlives his wife, and goes crazy. And he kidnaps a child due to insanity. 

Cactus von Garlic has killed many vampires. But not all vampires in Poptropica are evil (if Haunted House is any indication). 

Twisted Thicket Island  

The forest creatures turning into stone. I'm not 100% sure if they're still alive in there or not...

Poptropolis Games Island

The island sinks back into the ocean, with people still on it. Some of the ancient islanders are waterlogged (but still alive, for some reason).

Lunar Colony Island (Book)

The PASE workers are oddly sociopathic to Glen John's situation, only caring about Glen helping them. Glen is 13 btw.

Super Villain Island  

Zeus almost winning. He blew up the world for no reason. Also, there's something really scary about the way he blew up his own island.

Zomberry Island  

Zombie apocalypse. 

Virus Hunter Island  

A pandemic almost happened. 

Monster Carnival Island 

Ringmaster Raven's backstory: Pretty messed up. 

Edgar is an orphan who ran away and joined the carnival. He put a lot of trust in the Ringmaster and seemed pretty happy… and then the Ringmaster hypnotizes him and uses him for his scheme. Pretty messed up. 

Survival Island 

Myron Van Buren. Enough said.

Mission Atlantis Island 

The alien was trapped underwater for years and died.

PoptropiCon Island  

Omegon taking over the convention center, and turning the people into Hench-Bots.

Arabian Nights Island 

Scheherazade attempted to steal the player's soul… what the heck.

Graphic Novels

The kids almost died… several times. (A Saber tooth tiger and polar bear almost maul them, they almost fall to their deaths, they almost freeze to death, they are almost stabbed to death by Lieutenant Rogers, they almost got erased from history on the Ancient Egypt Island, they almost burned alive in a volcano eruption, etc)

The ancient Egyptians are erased from one timeline, and a bunch of people on earth died... and it's unknown if they were brought back, or what.

When Spencer Albright is murdered, Jonas is so overcome with grief that he completely loses it and becomes murderous like Octavian. Jonas is 18-20 btw.

The backstories for the main characters (Octavian is forced to let Paulla die, Mya's mom abruptly dies and she goes through depression, Oliver’s dad walks out on the family).

Octavian's fate at the end is this: he accidentally jumped through the portal before the universe he wanted to go to fully formed. Because of this, he jumped into the in-between point of universes, and was split into an infinite amount of versions of himself. Sounds complicated, but is incredibly messed up.

Mya was seriously considering leaving her own timeline, even though she would be leaving her family and friends behind. Whether or not she knew this is unknown, but if she did... kinda messed up.

And… that's it. No more dark things that stick out to me after that. Probably because after this, they fired the writer who was responsible for most of the dark undertones in the franchise. OOPS!!! >:(

I think the darkest stuff comes from Monster Carnival, Survival, and the graphic novels.

[lostcarnival]

i treasure the sunset lighting in monster carnival

[waddlesworth]

I wanna hug him so much. He probably has a lot of trauma after what Ringmaster Raven did to him and his friends. 🥺💕

[sundove88]

Countdown to Christmas- Day 22- Ringmaster Raven @lookslikethatsallthetimewehave and @gamegem92

Day 22 has Ringmaster Raven in causal clothing, wandering the streets of possibly Counterfeit Island in winter!

Yeah, birds are supposed to migrate to warmer climates when the temperature drops, but ravens are super happy in the snow!

And yes, Black Widow made that scarf for him.

Three days left!!

[emerald194]

[kittieshauntedourfantasy]

Poptropica fandom, what do you think of this

[comical-icicle]

Edgar and CJ meet through the player

Chaos ensues

Wasn’t sure what kind of chaos to have them cause, so I decided on this.

Also, it is a crime that this is the first time I’ve drawn CJ.

Anyway anon, here is your request done!

[thehyperrequiem]

Talinn Circus, but he is a carnie from Monster Carnival Island, and therefore, this is his monster form. Pretty scary with the stretchy bits for body parts huh?

[pawptropica]

Ringmaster Raven is a black smoke Oriental Longhair!

[nova-opteryx]

Lol here's some old poptropica fan art I was thinking about recently

[jjdogasaur]

Snail lady but she’s chocolate :3

[lookslikethatsallthetimewehave]

They can't all squeeze out and beat Raven up?

[lostcarnival]

i wish i could nap here

[mystic-sunni]

Behold I have finally succeeded on making all the Monster Carnival Workers!

[exist101]

Animatics that I would make if I had any artistic skill! A list

I'm going to put a Read More here because this is going to be long. If you want to use one of these, please tag me. I want to see what you come up with. I'll edit in more when I have more thoughts.

Say My Name (Beetlejuice) Poptropica animatic

Between Rumplestiltskin and The Baron. It has their vibes, and I just can't help but think that would be really neat.

Worlds Smallest Violin Addispam animatic.

It also has the vibes. It would show Spamton before becoming a big shot, with him talking to the other addisons, and walking through Cyber City. Possibly ending with him getting his first customer, and the sped up bit at the end being quick smash cuts through his big shot era to him during the game.

The Moss Deltarune animatic.

Got this idea from eating moss. Could be some smash cuts of what you think happened. The tear soup line could be Dess. Honestly, I just think it would be neat.

Ready as I'll Ever Be Poptropica Astro Knights Animatic.

With the Binary Bard as Varian. The song's lyrics are just so close to actual character interactions, and it would be neat.

Edit #1

Hell's Coming With Me Poptropica animatic

Featuring Ringmaster Raven! The song is about a stranger getting kicked out of town and coming back to destroy it. Which is also what Monster Carnival Island is about. I'm just saying.

Feed the Machine Poptropica animatic.

The song gives me either Game Show Island or Steamworks Island vibes.

Edit #2

Puppet Boy Deltarune animatic

With the secret bosses and Gaster/Dess/Chara/Whoever you think.

Two Birds on a Wire Undertale animatic

Between Napstablook and Mettaton. The ending could be with Mettaton looking at themself in the mirror and thinking about their cousin. Good angst potential.

Fairytale Deltarune animatic

I feel like it could be about Jevil's inprisonment.

The Court Jester Deltarune animatic

A song about a jester who goes insane and tries to kill the king. Just saying, it has Jevil vibes.

Ship in a Bottle Poptropica animatic

Could be about Skullduggery Island. Also Captain Crawfishes totem is a ship in a bottle, so that would be a fun callback.

Nowhere King Hollow Knight animatic

The lyrics are somehow very similar to the main storyline of the game

Nothing Left to Lose Deltarune animatic

Could be between the heros and the Knight.

The Other Side Deltarune animatic

Between Spamton and whoever was on the phone (gaster/dess/mike/tenna) and ending with Spam taking the deal and in the mansion.

Disney Villain Medley Poptropica animatic

Just a bunch of poptropica villains. Not sure who would be who but the idea has potential. (Raven would be Friends on the Other Side change my mind.)

Edit #3

The Last Goodbye (Markiplier) Deltarune animatic

The scene in my head is like, The Roaring finally happens and this is about the characters thoughts of each other.

Necromancin Dancin Poptropica animatic

Featuring Daphne Dreadnaught! I just think it would be really fun. And Daphne needs some love either way.

The Dissection Song Villainous animatic

With Dr. Flug, because he deserves to go just, absolutely feral.

Constellation (Loving Caliber) Undertale/Deltarune animatic

I don't know why, but the song gives me Gaster vibes.

[emerald194]

Ringmaster Raven Dialogue Analysis #1

I think I find Raven so compelling because, unlike with many other villains, we get a solid look into his mindset. Like, a lot of the villains have a straightforward motive of getting money or power, & it's left at that. You often need to do more speculation to figure out why they do what they do. But Raven gives so much of his motivation away in his dialogue, & that provides a lot to analyze.

Let's look at this line:

"The boy nobody wanted... I'll never be alone again!"

This part kills me bc he's not just doing this elaborate monster plan for revenge... he’s doing it so he can have "friends." He has felt nothing but disconnected & alone for most of his life. No one knew he was Bird Boy for 20 years, which means he kept himself disguised & (probably) reasonably isolated. But with his plan, he’d have friends to keep him company, friends who he doesn’t have to hide behind a mask for. Essentially, his plan is about revenge & closure & creating the friends he never had.