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Island Smackdown Round Two – Great Pumpkin vs. Counterfeit

Round Two of the Poptropica Island Smackdown comes to its final battle. After this, we’re on to the Final Four. In this last confrontation for the round we have Great Pumpkin Island squaring off against Counterfeit Island. Great Pumpkin is of course very new, released this past Halloween. It is set inside the world of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts …

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Island Smackdown – Haunted House vs. Great Pumpkin

The next competition in the Poptropica Island Smackdown brings together two of the special Halloween-themed quests. The first is the special mini-quest, Haunted House, which was released for Halloween in 2009. The second is Great Pumpkin Island, a full island adventure released for Halloween in 2010. Both were fun and exciting with plenty of adventure and Halloween spookiness. But which …

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Great Pumpkin TV Special in October

With all the excitement around the launch of Great Pumpkin Island I thought I’d pass along the news that the TV special it’s based on, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, will air here in the USA on ABC-TV on Thursday, October 28 at 8 pm. The original 1966 TV special will air first and will then be followed by …

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Woodstock Follower

I mentioned this in the Great Pumpkin Island Walkthrough, but it’s so cool it deserves a post of its own. Paid members in Poptropica who log in during the Great Pumpkin Island early access period will get a special limited edition Woodstock follower as a prize. This is the best thing ever in Poptropica. Woodstock rules! The early access period …

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Snoopy Arrives in Great Pumpkin Island

Snoopy has now made an appearance in the sneak preview version of Great Pumpkin Island. If you haven’t visited it yet, travel to Great Pumpkin Island on your Poptropica map and you’ll see Snoopy there along with Charlie Brown, Linus and Lucy. Unfortunately, Snoopy doesn’t talk but you can learn more about the island by talking with the others. The …

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Charlie Brown Shows Up in Great Pumpkin Island

Looks like Linus isn’t alone anymore in the sneak preview of Great Pumpkin Island. If you go to visit, you’ll find Charlie Brown there standing next to him. You can talk to him and learn a little more about why Linus is waiting there for the Great Pumpkin to arrive. There’s still no word on when this new Halloween-themed island …

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