History YMMV / ClubPenguin

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Started in 2013 and continued until both the original game's closure in 2017 and throughout the entire existence of ''Island'' until that game's end in 2018. Players have noticed the penguins were [[UnintentionalUncannyValley becoming uncomfortably too human]][[note]][[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal penguins dressed like humans]] and [[NonMammalianHair wearing human-like wigs]] to the point that they look more like human teenagers with avian appendeges; keeping Puffles that look like real animals, meant to mirror humans' pets[[/note]] and the game was trying to be mainstream[[note]]{{Product Placement}}s disguised as {{Crossover}} events, the island starting to look like a modern community from the real world, pop-style lyrical songs, ViralMarketing on Website/YouTube utilizing trends and memes[[/note]]. No wonder they complained.

** There's an [[Website/ClubPenguinFanon entire wiki]] ([[http://fanon.clubpenguinwiki.info link]]) dedicated to this.

* PeripheryDemographic: If Website/{{Tumblr}} is anything to go by, at least half of the users are teens and adults. Like ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}'', though, most serious players were children/teens when they first began, and the addiction spread to the teen/adulthood.

* TaintedByThePreview: ''Club Penguin Island''[='=]s trailers got a lot of dislikes on Website/YouTube. This caused all videos' ratings to be hidden, including the classic ''Club Penguin'' ones.

* BestLevelEver: Ask any fan what the best party was and they will pretty much always answer with Operation: Blackout. On top of it beginning with Herbert ''[[TheBadGuyWins actually winning]]'', the atmosphere is extremely foreboding, you really got to feel like a rebel spy trying to topple an overlord, the and the mini games were a fun challenge, with everything climaxing in learning the Director's true identity. Even up to the time the game shut down, many wore items that could be gotten from the event.

** At one point in the ''We Wish You a Merry Walrus'' special, Sydmull is playing a video game and Rockhopper tells him to [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} get the banana]].

* SeasonalRot: Started in 2013 and continued until both the original game's closure in 2017 and throughout the entire existence of ''Island'' until that game's end in 2018. Players have noticed the penguins were [[UnintentionalUncannyValley becoming uncomfortably too human]][[note]][[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal penguins dressed like humans]] and [[NonMammalianHair wearing human-like wigs]] to the point that they look like human teenagers with avian appendeges; keeping Puffles that look like real animals, meant to mirror humans' pets[[/note]] and the game was attempting at becoming mainstream[[note]]{{Product Placement}}s disguised as {{Crossover}} events, the island starting to look like a modern community from the real world, pop-style lyrical songs, ViralMarketing on Website/YouTube utilizing trends and memes[[/note]]. No wonder they complained.

** Club Penguin Rewritten, a fan continuation of the original, abruptly met a much more grizzly fate on April 13th, 2022, where it was very suddenly met with a [=DMCA=] by Disney and shut down and deleted, ''while the servers were still active''. More and more parts of the site broke down while players were still desperately trying to play and say goodbye until, eventually, the game simply stopped working, and the only thing left in its wake was a notice from the United Kingdom government.

** Was closing the original a good idea?[[note]]From an economical standpoint, yes. The game's playerbase had been in serious decline during its last couple years, as most kids these days play on their smartphones and tablets, and Adobe Flash, the engine that the original game ran on, is an aging and insecure platform. The game was costing Disney too much money to continue maintaining. Whether it was a good idea to take it all down, reboot it, and then take it all down ''again'' on the other hand...[[/note]]

** Let's say you get a burst of nostalgia and want to check out your 'Super Rare' account to see what's happened over the years. You check the website to find that your account was deleted with no warning. Yeah... You'll probably want to be in the broken base.
** Many Non-Members experience this, as a result of the game making its agenda to make players who don't pay Disney their money into the equivalent of {{Hobo}}s. Stripped of all their valuable items (if they were a member before) and being locked out of using them, having their home also stripped of all their items, not being able to fully access the games and things members can get does tend to frustrate them.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** ''Club Penguin Island'' was frequently bashed by many due to the amount of features that required a membership. Then in October 2017, they had an "all-access weekend" which temporarily unlocked the much-maligned paywall to everyone, meaning they could wear custom outfits, complete all the adventures, etc. This type of event was well received by players who hoped the game would have events like this more often.
** Then in early 2018, they added a "Daily Win Spin" minigame that gave prizes to all players. Though it still had a few items only members could get, most items from the minigame can be won without membership, including part supplies.
** And by the time of closure, all players could purchase party games, which only members could do previously!
* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Some of the post-2011 art and animation could qualify as this. The bold colors, intermediate cel shading, and eye-catching design...

** Tipping the Iceberg.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A popular rumor throughout the game's run was that the Iceberg could be tipped over if enough penguins used jackhammers on one side. Even after it was revealed to be false, many players still tried jackhammering the iceberg, whether they knew it was false or not. This rumor was so prevalent that [[AscendedMeme the game and its developers referenced it several times]], and it was eventually made possible to do during the Waddle On Party.[[/labelnote]]

** "[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/5/54/You-have-met-SpongeBob%21.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190926013406 You have met Spongebob! Would you like to give him a High-Five And rob him afterwards!]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A fake game message with WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants and the aforementioned text on it.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/club-penguin-dance The Club Penguin Dance]][[labelnote:Explanation]]It has become increasingly popular for people in real life and fictional characters to imitate the in-game dancing animation, which especially blew up in popularity after ''WebAnimation/JaidenAnimations'' uploaded a [[https://youtu.be/6F6qqfAXuPM video]] where her AuthorAvatar did the dance.[[/labelnote]]

* {{Moe}}: The Puffles are round balls of fluff who are always smiling (minus the [[GrumpyBear Black Puffles]]) and will even dance with you.

* SeasonalRot: Started in 2013 and continued until both the original game's closure in 2017 and throughout the entire existence of ''Island'' until that game's end in 2018. Players have noticed the penguins were [[UnintentionalUncannyValley becoming uncomfortably too human]][[note]][[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal penguins dressed like humans]] and [[NonMammalianHair wearing human-like wigs]] to the point that they look like human teenagers with avian appendeges; keeping Puffles that look like real animals, meant to mirror humans' pets[[/note]] and [[WereStillRelevantDammit the game was attempting at becoming mainstream]][[note]]{{Product Placement}}s disguised as {{Crossover}} events, the island starting to look like a modern community from the real world, pop-style lyrical songs, ViralMarketing on Website/YouTube utilizing trends and memes[[/note]]. No wonder they complained.

** Klutzy and Hebert are bad guys, but it's hard not to love them, and they're front-and-center in most fanworks.

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/club-penguin-dance The Club Penguin Dance]][[labelnote:Explanation]]It has become increasingly popular for people in real life and fictional characters to imitate a certain dance from the nightclub map, which especially blew up in popularity after ''WebAnimation/JaidenAnimations'' uploaded a [[https://youtu.be/6F6qqfAXuPM video]] where her AuthorAvatar did the dance.[[/labelnote]]

** "Speak to JPG by the flagpole." [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Waddle On Party on ''Club Penguin Island'', Aunt Arctic would occasionally tell the player to talk to the different mascots to complete the party if they took too long to do it. The problem was, the messages would pop up even if the party was completed, resulting in a majority of players seeing this message several times even though they had already finished the party.[[/labelnote]]
** "Welcome to the lair of Scorn, the Dragon King!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]There was a behind the scenes video of Scorn's voice actor. This line was played numerous times and it quickly became a bit of a meme[[/labelnote]]
** "club penguin is kil. no." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Originating from a variation of the "[[Music/JohnLennon John]] is kill" copypasta that reflects on what people were doing when Club Penguin shut down. This version became a meme of itself and spawned more variations.[[/labelnote]]
** Drill Grill [[labelnote:Explanation]] A more obscure meme about various penguins riding jackhammers and spamming something along the lines of "Drill Grill", "r u grill?" and "X is closed" in the chat box.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/club-penguin-dance The Club Penguin Dance]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]It has become increasingly popular for people in real life and fictional characters to imitate a certain dance from the nightclub map, which especially blew up in popularity after ''WebAnimation/JaidenAnimations'' uploaded a [[https://youtu.be/6F6qqfAXuPM video]] where her AuthorAvatar did the dance.[[/labelnote]]
** "[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/5/54/You-have-met-SpongeBob%21.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190926013406 You have met Spongebob! Would you like to give him a High-Five And rob him afterwards!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A fake game message with WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants and the aforementioned text on it.[[/labelnote]]

--> '''Chris Hendricks:''' It was absolutely a reference to Coconut Mall, and it was too close of a reference. I try not to directly copy, and that time I completely broke that rule. That's [[OldShame my least favorite Club Penguin song]] because of that.

--> The connection has been lost. Thank you for playing Club Penguin. Waddle on!

** And now all players can purchase party games, which only members could do previously!

* FanNickname: The Party Hat is known as the "Beta Hat" by fans, alluding to its only availability during the 2005 Beta Test Party. The 10 Year Edition Yearbook even calls it "the legendary Beta Hat".

** A number of people have also pointed out similarities between the Puffle Party theme and the Coconut Mall theme from ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii''. Composer Chris Hendricks has acknowledged the song was an inspiration.

** The announcement that the original game shutting down to make way for ''Club Penguin Island'' went over about as well as expected.

** Catchin' Waves falls victim to GuideDangIt as the game never tells you the best way to get ahead of the waves. And Survival cranks this UpToEleven.

** There's an [[Wiki/ClubPenguinFanon entire wiki]] ([[http://fanon.clubpenguinwiki.info link]]) dedicated to this.

** Was closing the original a good idea?[[note]]From an economical standpoint, yes. The game's playerbase had been in serious decline during its last couple years, as most kids these days play on their smartphones and tablets, and Adobe Flash, the engine that the original game ran on, is an aging and insecure platform. The game was costing Disney too much money to continue maintaining. Whether it was a good idea to take it all down and basically reboot it on the other hand...[[/note]]

* SeasonalRot: Started in 2013 and continued until both the original game's closure in 2017 and throughout the entire existence of ''Island'' until that game's end in 2018. Players have noticed the penguins were [[UncannyValley becoming uncomfortably]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman too human]][[note]][[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal penguins dressed like humans]] and [[NonMammalianHair wearing human-like wigs]] to the point that they look like human teenagers with avian appendeges; keeping Puffles that look like real animals, meant to mirror humans' pets[[/note]] and [[WereStillRelevantDammit the game was attempting at becoming mainstream]][[note]]{{Product Placement}}s disguised as {{Crossover}} events, the island starting to look like a modern community from the real world, pop-style lyrical songs, ViralMarketing on Website/YouTube utilizing trends and memes[[/note]]. No wonder they complained.

** Was closing the original a good idea?[[note]]From an economical standpoint, yes. The game's playerbase had been in serious decline during its last couple years, as most kids these days play on their smartphones and tablets, and Adobe Flash is an aging and insecure platform. The game was costing Disney too much money to continue maintaining. Whether it was a good idea to take it all down and basically reboot it on the other hand...[[/note]]

** The announcement of the original game getting shut down resulted in players, both old from way back in 2005 to new, expressing how much they'll miss the game and how much it was a major part of their childhoods. More than a few people who had long since left the game or 'grew out of it' admitted to signing in one final time for a walk down memory lane.