Poptropica

Poptropica is an online children's video game launched in 2007 by Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. The game often creates mini-games for advertisements which users can play and earn rewards from. 
==Promotions==
===Muppets Most Wanted===
As a promotion for Muppets Most Wanted in March 2014, players could watch a trailer for the film and earn a Kermit the Frog hoodie. The following week, players could watch the same ad and earn "Constantine Criminal Power," giving the player a mole and briefcasePoptropica Help Blog "To introduce the new ad, that’s what I’m here to do…", March 11, 2014 while simultaneously removing nearby characters' hair.Poptropica Help Blog "App updates, NPC advancements, and hair-raising ads", March 18, 2014
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===Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock===
To promote the first season of Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock in March 2022, players could play a mini-game in which they are sent by Gobo and Red Fraggle to retrieve Uncle Traveling Matt's backpack from the Crevice of Solitude (a loose adaptation of Back to the Rock's premiere episode).
If the player could retrieve the backpack in under two minutes while avoiding the Gorgs in their garden, the player earned a Red Fraggle costume and a Doozer companion that followed them around.Poptropica Help Blog "Fraggle Rock Returns with Free Prizes and Fraggle Fun!", March 25, 2022
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==Muppet Mentions==
* In the 2016 graphic novel The Lost Expedition, the three main characters travel to the Globe Theatre to see the world premiere of Hamlet. Jorge tells the group, "If I wanted to listen to some boring English guys in tights, I'd have stayed home and watched PBS." To which Mya responds, "Oh, does Sesame Street do Shakespeare?"
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