#club penguin operation blackout

[nightgeist]

HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO OPERATION BLACKOUT LOL

Club penguin was a huge part of my childhood in general but Operation Blackout was such a massive event to my 10 year old self lol, I’d come home from school and rush to the computer in a frenzy to see what Herbert did next. The game went from a chill goofy social site to “the whole island is being taken over and your friends are being frozen so only you can stop it” and it was so fucking fun. You had to be there to get it. I remember the teaser with Gary’s glasses was a huge deal to me and those who I knew that played.

Good times. 

[jetdotnet]

Hello to all 5 club penguin fans 🐧

i haven’t posted in a while so hello again friends ^^ hope you’ve all been well

thanks as always to @realjonahofficial for the help with the alt text, please go check out their art it’s awesome!!! they know so much about accessibility and i always appreciate the help!!!!

[abearthatwrites]

Happy Director Reveal Day!

[forgottenclubpenguinfacts]

Fact #459

Source: Club Penguin's Mascot Messages JSON files

[duicepanque]

"Hidden in the light" page 2/??

First page

This is the last page for now

Original Twitter thread

[cosmos-dot-semicolon]

obsessed with herbert’s main run as a villain just being the rudest man ever

[dee-guin]

Operation: Blackout charms (real)

(I can hardly contain my excitement they are so COOL)

[weegee32235]

operation blackout anyone

[club-penguin-artistry]

Club Penguin Times, Issue 372, 2012

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[acinomthecat]

Some of my angsty hcs about what happened during and after Operation Blackout

(cw: trauma mention)

Gary still has physical scars from Herbert’s attack, specifically claw scars.

Gary mentioned how he felt more nervous and unstable after being frozen, and assumed it was because the freezing affected his brain, but it wasnt just that, he also developed post-trauma after the attack, and avoided hugs and not letting anyone touch his arms for a while (due to how Herbert grabbed and manhandled him in the trailer)

For some evidence to why i headcanon Gary developed ptsd after Operation Blackout, was because his comments about feeling more nervous and strange happened whenever he speaks as a mascot during his in-game appearance, because a lot of people must have been hugging, crowding, and grabbing his arm to get his attention, accidentally triggering him

Jet Pack Guy became more and more irrational and snappish as more of his friends were captured, but Rookie getting captured was the tipping point and made him try to attack Herbert by himself without a plan, leading to his capture (I pictured Jet Pack as more collected and composed, and would always have a plan)

JPG gave away his jet pack fuel to light more generators and stoves for the civillians, to explain why he wasnt able to escape the crabs

Dot designed the Klutzy and Herbert costume, and even designed the catalog requested by Herbert in hopes of him sparing the rest of the penguins

Dot in the Herbert/Klutzy disguise nearly shut down the sun laser by herself before getting captured, to explain how the EPF was able to obtain the map and layout of Herbert’s hideout

Rookie tried to give as much emotional support to epf agents and keep their spirits up after operation blackout since their base got destroyed

Partially the reason to why Rookie was kidnapped before JPG, because not only did Herbert knew that Rookie was easier to capture, but he planned to also lure out JPG, since Rookie and JPG are really close (yes I ship Jetkie)

[professorlaytondestroyedmyfeels]

Hey isn't it crazy that operation Blackout happened 12 years ago?

[kogglyuffs]

angel 92

[theagentace]

my hyper fixation on operation blackout needs to be studied

[abearthatwrites]

[forgottenclubpenguinfacts]

Fact #444

[duicepanque]

"Hidden in the light" page 1/??

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An ongoing comic I started for the 10th anniversary of Operation: Blackout!

I'd always wanted to make a comic about some part of the event so I took that as an excuse to start this back in 2022. But I'm putting out pages at a very slow pace…

Gonna post page 2 separately since they are Long. Meaning to pick it back again in a few months hopefully

Original Twitter thread