History YMMV / Poptropica

** To some fans, Ned Noodlehead is a funny, harmless character. To others, he is an absolute ire because [[spoiler:he gained ''all'' the credit for taking down the five supervillains of Super Power Island, although it was all the player character's work and he only dealt the final blow to Betty Jetty]]. It's PlayedForLaughs, but so many fans were left infuriated by this ending they heaped the blame onto Ned.

** To some fans, Ned Noodlehead is a funny, harmless character. To others, he is an absolute ire because [[spoiler:he gained ''all'' the credit for taking down the five supervillains of Super Power Island, although it was all the player character's work and he only was involved with defeating Betty Jetty]]. It's PlayedForLaughs, but so many fans were left infuriated by this ending they heaped the blame onto Ned.

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: As far as shipping the villains goes, Dr. Hare/Binary Bard is one of the most popular pairings in spite of their lack of interactions in actual island stories, as both are mad scientist villains and are frequently depicted together.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Super Villain Island was promoted promising the return of beloved villains, namely Black Widow, Binary Bard, Dr. Hare, and Captain Crawfish and hinted a collaboration between the four. They're actually all in a sleeping state and the player only fights two of the four villains (Black Widow and Binary Bard). And it turns out, [[spoiler:the ''real'' villain is Zeus of Mythology Island, and the final battle is more-or-less a simplified version of said island's own.]] Also, Captain Crawfish [[TheVoiceless didn't even speak at all]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking throughout this island.]] Super Villain is still a beloved island, however, the four villains feel heavily underutilized.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The fanbase is rife with this, jumping off from [[AllThereInTheManual the little supplementary material]] is given about the major characters. Each fan has their own different take on the characters.

* AngstWhatAngst: Happens a lot due to the fast-paced nature of the islands.

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: As far as shipping goes, Dr. Hare/Binary Bard is one of the most popular pairings in spite of their lack of interactions in actual island stories, as both are mad scientist villains and are frequently depicted together.

** To some, Mocktropica Island becomes this in the 2020s, in light of the death of Adobe Flash and ''Poptropica'' as a game struggling to simultaneously pump out new content and import back the old islands, all while reusing old characters as fanservice and adding new features not unlike the island’s main antagonists. The game may not be under new management, but it would be lying to say it’s still in the same shape it was before.

** [[AuthorsSavingThrow The creators attempt to rectify]] the ending by writing out [[spoiler:Ringmaster Raven’s hypnosis]] and having him sent to Super Villain Island instead.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The ending to Monster Carnival is ''infamous'' for this. [[spoiler:The player hypnotizes [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Ringmaster Raven]] into believing he's a chicken. The carnival leaves the town, presenting him as their new act: "The Chicken Man". While Ringmaster Raven ''did'' questionable things, the justification of this punishment is skewed, considering [[ThenLetMeBeEvil what made him go evil in the first place]] was him being bullied and ''chased out of town'' for his birdlike appearance. And the worst part? The setting of the island was ''[[KarmaHoudini the same town that frowned down upon him]]'', and ''nobody'' realized this and/or showed remorse.]]

* DryDocking: There are a handful of fans who dry-dock Katya and Christopher and oftentimes pair Katya off with someone else because they just ''[[TheScrappy don’t like Christopher]]''.

* TheScrappy: Christopher of Vampire's Curse Island isn't well-liked for [[{{Jerkass}} his apathetic attitude]] toward his girlfriend Katya's kidnapping... and then later [[spoiler:coming into the castle and proclaiming he has come to rescue her]]. Oh, [[SarcasmMode how heroic]].

** Counterfeit: [[spoiler:The inspector]] is the true thief the Black Widow, the strange man is her ex-partner.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: In Shrink Ray Island, C.J. still remains focused on [[spoiler:escaping from and defeating Mr. Silva]] although [[spoiler:she was kidnapped by him, ''her own science teacher''.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Vampire's Curse Island stuck to a medieval setting... except when it wanted to parody the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' craze. Modern (well, modern for 2012) day movie theaters, goth kids, and romance novels were shown.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The ending to Monster Carnival is ''infamous'' for this. [[spoiler:The player hypnotizes [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Ringmaster Raven]] into believing he's a chicken. The carnival leaves the town, presenting him as their new act: "The Chicken Man". While Ringmaster Raven ''did'' questionable things, the justification of this punishment is skewed considering [[ThenLetMeBeEvil what made him go evil in the first place]] was him being bullied, scapegoated, and then ''chased out of town'' for his birdlike appearance. And the worst part? The setting of the island was ''[[KarmaHoudini the same town that frowned down upon him]]'', and ''nobody'' realized this and/or showed remorse.]]

** S.O.S. Island is a WholePlotReference to ''Moby Dick''.

** Spy: [[spoiler:Director D is behind the kidnappings, he was part of B.A.D. the entire time.]]
** Astro-Knights: [[spoiler:Mordred is alive and kidnapped the princess, he is the Binary Bard.]]
** Counterfeit: [[spoiler:The inspector is the true thief the Black Widow, the strange man is her ex-partner.]]
** Mythology: [[spoiler:Zeus was using the player to take over Poptropica.]]
*** Also, [[spoiler:Dr. Jupiter ''is'' Zeus, the real antagonist of Super Villain Island.]]
** Monster Carnival: [[spoiler:Ringmaster Raven is behind all the mysterious events.]]

** Dr. Hare is not fond of dreaming of [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext ants taking him into their anthill and holding him hostage deep down]]. [[{{Fanon}} Everyone ran with him]] [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes being afraid of ants]] because of this.

* SelfFanservice: The reason why you'd be hardpressed to find a Poptropica fan who ''doesn't'' have a crush on one of the villains, despite their simple stick-figure designs, is the fault of the fanart.

** Dr. Hare alternates DependingOnTheArtist. Sometimes he’s a bishōnen like the others, other times he’s a BigBeautifulMan, and on rare occasion he’s a scientist {{Hunk}}. Some artists have him tower over some characters (excluding added height by his rabbit suit ears), other artists depict him on the shorter side. But although he’s described to be “cute” only when [[EvilTakesANap he’s in deep sleep]], every fan unanimously agrees he’s the “cute one” of the villains.

** The models of television and reality TV game shows being treated as the most popular thing to watch in Reality TV Island makes it clear it was produced in late 2000s.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Vampire's Curse Island stuck to a medieval setting... except when it wanted to parody the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' craze. Modern (well, modern for 2012) day movie theaters, goth kids, and romance novels were shown.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In August 2012, Lunar Colony Island was released to Poptropica members. Later that same month, Neil Armstrong passed away.

* HarsherInHindsight: Super Villain Island was released in Fall 2012, and its final battle saw [[spoiler:the player character fighting against Zeus, who had caused a disastrous thunderstorm throughout Poptropica, in New York City.]] The season would later see Hurricane Sandy devastating the North American East Coast.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the backlash on Monster Carnival's ending, an update in 2022 changed it. [[spoiler: Instead of being hypnotized into thinking he's a chicken, Raven is hypnotized into being the player's friend and taken to Super Villain Island to be imprisoned. The locals also now feel bad about what happened and promise to change their ways.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: The ending to Monster Carnival is ''infamous'' for this. [[spoiler:The player hypnotizes [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Ringmaster Raven]] into believing he's a chicken. The carnival leaves the town, presenting him as their new act: "The Chicken Man". While Ringmaster Raven ''did'' questionable things, the justification of this punishment is skewed considering [[ThenLetMeBeEvil what made him go evil in the first place]] was him being bullied, scapegoated, and then ''chased out of town'' for his birdlike appearance. And the worst part? The setting of the island was ''[[KarmaHoudini the same town that frowned down upon him]]'', and ''nobody'' realized this and/or showed remorse.]] Thankfully, the ending was revised in 2022.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The ending to Monster Carnival is ''infamous'' for this. [[spoiler:The player hypnotizes [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Ringmaster Raven]] into believing he's a chicken. The carnival leaves the town, presenting him as their new act: "The Chicken Man". While Ringmaster Raven ''did'' questionable things, the justification of this punishment is skewed considering [[ThenLetMeBeEvil what made him go evil in the first place]] was him being bullied, scapegoated, and then ''chased out of town'' for his birdlike appearance. And the worst part? The setting of the island was ''[[KarmaHoudini the same town that frowned down upon him]]'', and ''nobody'' realized this and/or showed remorse.]]

** To some fans, Ned Noodlehead is a funny, harmless character. To others, he is an absolute ire because [[spoiler:he gained ''all'' the credit for taking down the five supervillains of Super Power Island, although it was all the player character's work and he only was involved with defeating Betty Jetty.]] It's PlayedForLaughs, but so many fans were left infuriated by this ending they heaped the blame onto Ned.
** Dr. Hare, although an enduring popular villain, is also derided ''because'' of [[ItsPopularSoItSucks his over-soaring popularity]]. He has been promoted to a SeriesMascot to replace Shark Boy to dodge lawsuit (see ScrewedByTheLawyers), and either fans love his recurring appearances or they roll their eyes at it, thinking [[SpotlightStealingSquad the other villains beside Dr. Hare deserve more limelight.]]

** Dr. Hare is not fond of dreaming of [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext ants taking him into their anthill and holding him hostage deep down.]] [[{{Fanon}} Everyone ran with him]] [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes being afraid of ants]] because of this.

* TheScrappy: Christopher of Vampire's Curse Island isn't well-liked for [[{{Jerkass}} his apathetic attitude]] toward his girlfriend Katya's kidnapping... and then later [[spoiler:coming into the castle and proclaiming he has come to rescue her.]] Oh, [[SarcasmMode how heroic.]]
* SadlyMythtaken : In Greek Sea Oddysey Athena calls Zeus her "brother", even though it's well-known she is his daughter.

* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: In 2016, Poptropica added Monkey Wrench Island, which was designed to teach new players how to play the game. On paper that sounds fine, but there were two major problems; one, playing the island was ''mandatory'' when creating a new account, and two, this island was released long after the height of Poptropica's popularity had passed. So, in other words, a large portion of people signing in were people who grew up playing Poptropica, and therefore already knew how the game works. Yeah, it's kind of annoying having it be mandated that, before you play any of the islands you want to play, you have to complete an island that teaches you how to jump when you already ''know'' how to jump because you've been playing this game since you were five...

* NamesTheSame: Ratman, one of the villains from Super Power Island, has a name similar to [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Doug Rattmann.]]

** Dr. Hare alternates DependingOnTheArtist. Sometimes he’s a bishōnen like the others, other times he’s a BigBeautifulMan, and on rare occasion he’s a HotScientist {{Hunk}}. Some artists have him tower over some characters (excluding added height by his rabbit suit ears), other artists depict him on the shorter side. But although he’s described to be “cute” only when [[EvilTakesANap he’s in deep sleep]], every fan unanimously agrees he’s the “cute one” of the villains.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Super Villain Island was released in Fall 2012, and its final battle saw [[spoiler:the player character fighting against Zeus, who had caused a disastrous thunderstorm throughout Poptropica, in New York City.]] The season would later see Hurricane Sandy devastating the North American East Coast.
** Post-2020, some find Virus Hunter Island less fun to play now that the topic of a recently-discovered virus that is seemingly benign, but in reality is deadly and easily contagious, [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic hits too close to home.]]

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Monster Carnival Island. It was originally meant to be the fourth island, but got removed because it wasn't finished in time. It took six years for the developers to actually make it a reality.

* AngstWhatAngst: In Shrink Ray Island, C.J. still remains focused on [[spoiler:escaping from and defeating Mr. Silva]] although [[spoiler:she was kidnapped by him, ''[[AdultFear her own science teacher]]''.]]

* AudienceAlienatingEra: February 2016 onwards, after the release of Monkey Wrench Island. ''Poptropica'' went dormant for three years in favor of focusing on the ''Worlds'' follow-up. ''Worlds'' ended up being ignored by both devs and fans due to its underwhelming gameplay and strange physics that made it not as good as ''Poptropica''. Next, ''Poptropica'' began adding pointless cosmetic features and minigames -- the art style is noticeably different and doesn't mesh well with the game's established style. Starting in 2021, they started publishing new islands, and they're very short and generic.

** Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island. Is it a creative, engaging, relatively nonlinear retelling of the classic story, or is it too short with needless {{Difficulty Spike}}s?

* GrowingTheBeard: Astro-Knights Island demonstrated what ''Poptropica'' was truly capable of, being the longest island yet by a large amount, having many distinct locations, four boss fights, and memorable characters.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Greek Sea Odyssey was created to close out the trilogy of islands where Zeus is the main villain. The sequel that came before, Super Villain, was met with mostly positive response, but Odyssey was not received as warmly. Although there is a saving grace in the portrayal of various mythological heroes and the concept of a DeathOfTheOldGods story, the island was ruined by its very lackluster finale (see: AntiClimaxBoss) and knowledgable players were put off by the inaccuracy of Athena calling Zeus her brother rather than her father. All these factors led to Odyssey [[{{Sequelitis}} not being viewed as fondly as its predecessors.]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: In Greek Sea Oddysey Athena calls Zeus her "brother", even though it's well-known she is his daughter.