The Bizarre Lore of Club Penguin

[@AndresElPatronFH]

It should be added that the original Club Penguin Devs are creating something new! It's called Party Parrot World. It's basically Club Penguin but again without the Disney stuff. So I highly recommend you give the project some love if you want to see an official-ish successor to Club Penguin!

[@violetnocte]

Unless it gets confirmed otherwise, I'm going to headcanon that Club Penguin and Party Parrot World take place in the same universe

[@Politzk]

At one point they were making this game called Box Critters but of course they abandoned it only after 3 years. They are now working on this thing called moose and polo but it doesn't seem like they will stick to it. Honestly the creator Rocketsnail keeps abandoning projects and creating new ones so sad to say I don't think we will ever get a virtual world such as club penguin out of him ever again.

[@mcduckington]

Wait, okay, can you elaborate please? I have been waiting for Box Critters for a long while now, that's a game that was being created by rocketsnail. Is PPW a new project of his, or is this the project of the other Club Penguin members? Is Box Critters abandoned? It would make sense, they haven't posted in like 6 months so...

[@Politzk]

@@mcduckington box critters was abandoned

[@Widgie6]

yes! i was looking to comment this!! sorta related but i also forgot whatever happened to mech mice... it could have been another abandoned project like box critters...

[@camilalal]

this makes me happy in a way i cant even begin to explain. man i miss club penguin, it really was a great franchise

[@eko9554]

Do you know anything about club penguin private servers?

[@eko9554]

@AzureWolf I have to disagree. Flash MMOs aren't mainstream as it was back then. If the original Club Penguin was still around in 2018, it would be hard to compete with Fortnite. As that audience are mainly children but Club Penguin doesn't have a fanbase of kids anymore.

[@Kyubeyisbestboy]

I wanna go back to when club penguin was still around and had a lot of people playing and talking about it. Popularity of it died off since last year sadly. Thanks disney...

[@eko9554]

@@Kyubeyisbestboy Club Penguin Rewritten shut down for a good reason tho. The owners illegally profited off ads on the game and one of the mods used that money to buy a house. In 2017, Disney asked the CPR admins to remove ads in order the game to still be running. However, they refused and lied to the community that they were in trouble for "using their domain." Not to mention that we had 2 security breaches and no one criticized the admins for having a privacy concern.

[@eko9554]

@AzureWolf I didnt play Club Penguin at that time. I started play Rewritten in 2019 which is the first club penguin game Ive played. Your question I would respond is probably no. Around the mid 2010s when mmos were becoming less popular, kids were more into indie horror games because of KZbinrs. There hasnt been really a mainstream Club penguin KZbinr other than Thinknoodles but he's more recognized as a Minecraft KZbinr.

[@Jacox98]

I love how you took time to mention how the developers were def passionate about the game. they put a lot of love into a silly game about penguins and it's still kinda sad to see the club end like it did

[@medievalthebucket5248]

You missed captain rockhopper’s shenanigans. He has a diary in game which you can read and there are more interesting parties involving him. He also return to club penguin once every couple of weeks and you can see when he will come by looking through the telescope in the lighthouse, there’s a chance you’ll see his ship and over time the ship gets closer.

[@Rustyfork_25]

That was a indicator if my week was gonna be lit or not

[@zachanikwano]

I have the softest of soft spots for this silly penguin mmo. I have such fond memories of just replaying the spy missions again and again.

[@RustyNips]

I loved playing the spy missions just to get that nostalgic of seeing the old sections of the map before they got updated with things like the nightclub or before the popcorn killed the spy base Really wish I could re experience all the party's and evolution of the island

[@dovelove5427]

The missions were my favorite part of the game. Me and my sister enjoyed them so much, even the puzzles. It was all so engaging at the time. This game has a special place in my heart fr.

[@audreynorton2557]

​@@RustyNipsi remember when I got a membership card for my birthday that was the best gift I may have ever received

[@lulululili]

Omg same!! I got the best memories playing the spy missions! So nostalgic 🤍

[@atozy1478]

:D

[@awesomeocelot7475]

Man Club Penguin was such a MASSIVE part of my childhood/teenage years! I miss it so much….

[@davidsobrito1398]

Same. I was obsessed as a kid

[@Notdog610]

Fun fact: the psa and epf actually had a secret code called the tic-tac-toe code which i wont explain, but it had a signature for the director after z, and if you round up the letters the alphabet goes to AA, which mean aunt arctic!

[@Klick404]

Please explain the code. I want to hear it

[@Notdog610]

@@Klick404 Pretty much you make a tic tac toe board and that letter a-i, then for letters k-r you put a cross in there, for every letter after you put a circle in it, and since there's one letter left after z, that's the directors signature

[@soupandwoop]

5:08 Penguin emerges 5:31 Penguin spots Choopo 11:25 Penguin is halfway there 13:39 Penguin is dangerously close 14:07 Penguin inches closer 16:24 Penguin is within striking distance 17:21

[@TG03]

thats a neat detail.

[@Kyumifun]

Lol

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

It would have been a lot funnier if the penguin actually used the gun

[@choeeeeeee]

i remember feeling so proud donating all my coins in the charity events, idk if they went anywhere but my 8-year-old self was telling everyone lmao

[@typa8909]

same

[@choeeeeeee]

@Azurethewolf168 i just hope it helped :) (imagine it was a money laundering scheme)

[@scholartheterminator94]

It was actual donations

[@CheesyLizzy]

I remember 10 year old me boycotting Club Penguin when the EPF was introduced because I really loved the PSA and I was really angy they took the PSA missions away and replaced them with hacking shenanigans But then I still logged on occasionally anyways because I really loved Club Penguin, I miss you Jeremy

[@mercury2157]

Did you not know you could still replay the old PSA missions in the EPF base?

[@frazercowan4030]

​@@CheesyLizzyNo it didn't, the PSA missions were available immediately after the old HQ was removed. The PSA missions did become unavailable for three-ish years once Operation Blackout started, but not when the PSA was destroyed.

[@CheesyLizzy]

@@frazercowan4030 The PSA missions were not immediately available when the new EPF headquarters were created I assure you I was there. I very much checked. I was mad They did get added to the EpF headquarters somewhere down the line, there was a gray elevator in the back that took you to them But when I checked that was not there day 1.

[@rennythespaceguy7285]

I miss it so much, I wish I could be a penguin again

[@eko9554]

Have you played any private server?

[@piranhalettuce]

I mean, there are private servers like New Club Penguin.

[@poopsmithjones1]

you can play it online all for free right now I'm pretty sure

[@eko9554]

@@poopsmithjones1 yup

[@tankfarter]

​@@eko9554 half of them are made by pedos

[@uhoh9381]

One of my favorite club penguin memories was waiting an hour to meet rockhopper on Pirate Joke day. (I wanted to see him so bad so I showed up really early) And when he arrived he walked around a little and said "Ahoy!", told a pirate joke I forgot, "Waddle on!" ,and then left.

[@lillybee2951]

Bro I’m sorry BUT THIS MADE ME CACKLE.

[@SenorDep]

exact same with me but for the merry walrus 💀

[@SomeoneOnlyWeKnow.]

The way I see it, in-universe the penguins on club penguin are still waddling around and having adventures. We've just lost our portal into the world.

[@Ritahstped]

that theory restores my hope that Club Penguin might return one day...

[@alyssataylor9130]

@@Ritahstpedthere's an rewritten version you can play

[@memethyst]

the "second generation" is the one i remember the most, 11 year old me was shaking at that aunt arctic reveal

[@helloimme2466]

I played this game for embarrassingly long. I even somehow managed to get my hands on a program that allowed me to be an admin essentially. I only ever accidentally turned into rockhopper once and gave myself free membership so my mom didn’t have to pay anymore. The game was so Fun and I miss it so much.

[@pedsatime]

MAN I REMEMBER PEOPLE DOING THIS

[@tbbpro2433]

Moral of the story: even if a franchise is riding high for a while under Disney, they manage to run it into the ground every time

[@dolnae1109]

Marvel, Star Wars, Club Penguin… damn man disney is garbo

[@torterra1826]

Why haven't people raided it yet

[@weirdwalrus5757]

@@torterra1826 club penguin is dead all the penguins are dead you cant raid a corpse

[@rainbowlack]

​@@weirdwalrus5757exhume it

[@ZacThaBarber]

Idk why we got irl franchises I loved the club Penguin lore they had squidman

[@mackenzieperessini8610]

i could never afford a subscription as a kid, but i loved the old PSA missions so much that a few years ago i went looking for any club penguin revivals and joined one just to replay them 😂

[@fictthecreator7083]

Omg…the ds spy game unlocked some truly ancient memories…really good memories…looking back on it I do think it’s hard to overstate the charm Club Penguin had, and I’m glad you enjoyed it as much as I did :D

[@yeahsureray5747]

Literally loved that game so much it was so fun to play

[@SharkAbyss]

Choopo has blessed us once more.

[@AnvilGo]

True

[@CosmicalCar]

Yes

[@screenedat0m]

I remember playing the FUCK out of the DS Club Penguin games, getting basically a 100% for the entire thing. Was my entire childhood, glad it was mentioned (:

[@joelrobinson5457]

Same, I loved the puffle squad

[@BrandonsStuff0]

well the DS games are part of the clup benguin lore, sooo..

[@deathitself3448]

Spent my childhood on this site, thank you for the nostalgia overload

[@starz333]

this game was a bigger part of my childhood than i realise. i remember being 7 years old when club penguin had its first birthday event and was begging my mum for a membership. watching a video on this brought back so much nostalgia and made me a little emotional, feels like a piece of my childhood is dead ya know. awesome video man, first time seeing the channel and will be on the look out for future vids :)

[@-memoria-2136]

My favourite obscure Club Penguin fact is that both the DS EPF games are canon and even have fancy operation titles as referenced in the newspaper during Blackout. They are called Operation: Robotomy and Operation: Herbert's Revenge respectively. Also today I learnt Scorn came back in CPI lmao

[@YoshiiElAttar]

I forgot they made Herbet do gagnam Style until this video, thank you for unlocking that core memory

[@Helukfar]

Man, I'm so happy to see the lore video of my favorite game. club penguin is a tragically underrated game, sadly. Thanks for making a video for this legend game. Oh, and I would like to add something to the lore too. At Future Party we learn that Rookie is the new Director. And Herbert is captured and frozen while Rookie is the director. Because of that it was once theorized that the rookie was actually the main villain and leaked information from the EPF to Herbert, then overthrew Herbert and took over as director of the EPF. One way or another, Rookie is a true madlad genius lmao.

[@paulpaul006]

Thanks Choopo for the nostalgia trip. Waiting for the Toontown one as well.

[@Kyubeyisbestboy]

isnt most of its "lore" only in like, 3 places, 2 sources of lore got retconned and anything else is very vague with hints from npc toons we dont even care for in the first place?

[@arielleiman]

I’m also holding out hope that maybe there will be a Millsberry Mania video

[@alexinwonderland5782]

I remember that message after the iceberg tipped on the last day and I think it showed just how much the developers cared about the website they worked so hard on :(

[@galapregel191]

Man, this game made the childhoods of so many 2000s kids. I'm happy I got to experience it for so many years!

[@emmabowland2805]

I would sell my soul to go back and play og club penguin back in 2007. It was such a fun time and everything was so new and exciting

[@simonmann4922]

From coffin, to crime scene, and now to the fucking Arctic, Choopo knows no bonds in his travels in his own lore

[@wooper8996]

Operation Blackout is a core memory of my childhood. It was actually so fun to play

[@nica7049]

I personally really loved Operation Blackout. I think that and all the ninja stuff was my favorite part of Club Penguin. Though, I DID NOT REMEMBER the part about Aunt Arctic being the mysterious guy giving us missions. I don’t think I even knew about the event. Hacking mini game thing brings back so much nostalgia, but WHAT DID I MISS?!

[@GumCow]

I left the island in 2014 I believe, for better opportunities. I tried returning in 2017 when it was about to close, but they didn't have my passport (login information was lost). I do miss the simpler times there

[@sourdrop]

After the og Club Penguin shut down, I think there were two semi-illegal websites where you could play Club Penguin, and membership was free. I think it was Club Penguin Rewritten and some other website. I think they both eventually got taken down by Disney because of copyright and the websites removing the swear word ban (which caused them both to descend into a cuss and e-sex nightmare). I'm pretty sure they both came back after the Disney takedown, but I stopped playing on them in 2020, so my puffles are all probably dead.

[@eko9554]

I still play these websites called private servers. Club Penguin Online was shut down in 2020 because the owner was a child predator. Club Penguin Rewritten shut down in 2022 because the owners were illegally profiting off ads on the game. However the club Penguin fandom still don’t know the truth and believe that CPR did nothing wrong. Not to mention that Rewritten had 2 security breaches and no one in the fanbase every talked about it.

[@eko9554]

But there are other servers like New Club Penguin and Club Penguin Legacy.

[@taylorduehring2510]

CPPR was another

[@obiwankenobi7306]

The two main Club Penguin copies were Club Penguin Online and Rewritten. Rewritten got taken down for basically a copyright issue. But Online got taken down because the owner or main dev or whatever got arrested cuz they had child p*rn on their computer.

[@nai8752]

@@obiwankenobi7306 I used to play these all the time, i even met irl friends from here hahhaa

[@pedsatime]

I remember playing it before the Disney aquisition, finding out special stuff you could do by talking to other people at school or in-game was special. I remember you actually had to go through a "secret" process just to be able to be an agent. I recall feeling robbed as a kind when they just took that discovery away lmao

[@MyNameIsPaulo54]

I spent most of my summers building my little igloo, playing the pizza and fishing mini games. I never really knew about anything past Gen 1 but just loved my time with it

[@tydusrain4476]

I once got banned from club penguin for saying santa isn't real

[@krabbssadmo.7092]

If you see it at a certain way….. Herbert won and the island remained in silence

[@HerbertEnterprises]

Legend has it he's still there. Never to know what happened to us. I'm guessing he's probably dying of starvation rn tho 😂

[@Dudebox64]

Disney bought Club Penguin for $700,000,000 only to shut it down not even a decade later. Remember this any time anyone tries to tell you about how CEOs and billionaires must be smart if they have so much money. Play Club Penguin Rewritten btw if you like Club Penguin, its pretty good.

[@Kyubeyisbestboy]

you mean NEw club penguin?

[@lucasmedeiros5383]

@@Kyubeyisbestboy new club penguin just lags so much its unplayable

[@cassegarcia]

I cant believe how many events I missed 2012-2013 crying

[@lurientheenjoyer6711]

Welp, I don't wanna be that guy, but actually Jeremy wouldn't be the stand-in for the North Pole, as penguins mostly live in the south, i.e. Antarctica & friends. Also it probably is supposed to be the south pole, cause there were only a couple of polar bears throughout Club Penguin's run, and considering those are native to the north, AND they are mentioned in-game to have come from a far away land, it would make sense for Jeremy to be the South Pole, and The Polar Bear's homeland to be the North. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk :P

[@gabechumley2279]

This was such a throwback. I hadn't realized how long it's been since I conquered the dojo and got all my belts and cool costumes. Even after all these years I couldn't help but smile about the PSA and EPF (I could've sworn that the EPF and PSA existed at the same time, but it's been a while since I last played), and I am absolutely outraged that after all this time and through all of these events I NEVER KNEW THAT THE GOSSIP LADY WAS THE DIRECTOR. I wish I could've been there on the last day to see the iceberg flip.

[@markwilliams3679]

I used to love club penguin, I played it from like 2010-15 and I’m glad they still have club penguin rewritten

[@monti8834]

As a nonmember, I could only ever donate my coins to Rockhoppers charity events around Christmas, but it felt good as a kid to know I helped :)

[@Lynsbeau]

So glad you made a Club Penguin video! I always love your videos and try to watch them when they come out. Keep up the great work! :)

[@andreworders7305]

4:05 that sounds like a manipulative way to log in more often and punish them with having to spend money to get your stuff back if you don’t.

[@waffletop1018]

I mean, caveguins make sense with dinosaurs, as there were hesperornis species, ancient penguin-like birds, during the dinosaur's reign

[@duckfraud]

Honestly, kinda wanna see a Bin Weevils deep dive now

[@maddypeterson56]

words can’t explain the soft spot i have for this game

[@xD-Hi]

Waited for a club penguin vid and here it is u never disappoint me

[@captainrobots1]

My dad bought me a membership because he accidentally made me miss my flight from where he lived to where my mom lived. I got excited too, so in the game, I made my house with all the coins I had and got some cool decorations. I also was really good at cardjitsu even when I first started it.

[@marz367]

Bro you gave me the chills with all the nostalgia I had with this video

[@TheReZisTLust]

Club Penguin mini games are the equivalent as signing up for random experiments as a guinea pig for money 😮

[@box420]

I miss club penguin. I remember trying to tip over the iceberg and that jet pack game and the coffee game. I grinded so hard to get that black belt

[@redplasticspoon]

I haven't watched the video yet but i'm certain it will be at least a solid 7/10

[@caseymclaughlin3743]

I am still recovering from the PSA-EPF transition

[@saulbatts8481]

I love all the subtle references of club penguin island being hated like at 3:09 where the 4th generation is scribbled out on the side of the screen 😂

[@thestaruhn]

thanks for the red circle at 5:06 btw. I was having a hard time seeing the fur. Glad to have someone who actually cares to help a homie out

[@clayhardie8862]

Bro I was in Gen 1 of Club Penguin and had soooo much fun. I was about 10 at the time and it was like the first social media, I'd spend hours playing minigames, talking to other penguins, visiting igloos. I used to try to coordinate with friends to get on the same servers.

[@elysiahunt2412]

loved club penguin as a kid but TOONTOWN was also such an important part of my childhood! Really hope to see a video on it!

[@alessa9041]

me too!!!! I still play toontown rewritten!!!

[@WowUrSmart]

Club penguin and Toontown, after that we got discovered Roblox before it was what it is now

[@levi5436]

I loved Club Penguin so much as a kid. I wish I could go back and experience it again

[@vice-cent6639]

you can play new club penguin

[@BurgerDan]

Never played Club Pengiun, but I did recocnize the impact and fame this game had. This was an entertaining video on something I missed as a kid! 😁

[@bluebally6]

Fact: Some stock music was used in Club Penguin, and one of the stock music composers with their music used was named "Jeremy Sherman", This might be why the Island looks like a Jeremy

[@waifowo]

words cannot describe how operation blackout influenced my formative years. that was my SHIT.

[@ryt4801]

🎉Yay Let the child hood memories come through.

[@melt_brain]

man, i really wish i played club penguin when i had the chance. now that it’s gone, i don’t think i’ll ever be able to witness the game in its prime. really sad.

[@philbert4398]

This video brought back a lot of memories. Honestly had me a bit emotional :’(

[@Mr110074]

God I loved Club Penguin as a kid. It was originally my older sister’s account and when she stopped playing it I took over her account. Eventually I got older and left the game too. Then when the game closed in 2017 I was in college and didn’t have a laptop so I had to go to the computer lab where there were so many other people so I was kind of embarrassed playing Club Penguin even though nobody cared. So many great memories and I owned both DS games.

[@JLFB4316]

Worse thing about Herbert is he's apparently always doing Gangnam Style.

[@Couriday]

I feel that a vital piece of Club Penguin lore is that Gary invented the Cheese 3000, which is a piece of cheese with 3000 written on it in marker

[@Bedogg25]

The most annoying thing about club penguins “paying to get more rights” was after you got the items and wore them, once the membership expires, you can’t even use the items you bought cuz there locked

[@BovineDesigns]

0:53 blasphemy

[@Brinrose]

Since you mentioned toontown, I’d love it if you covered the game in your future videos! That one had a thriving community

[@abby.bonneau]

halloween 2008 is actually one of the most iconic parties but i do appreciate this video very much

[@LGdogg]

club penguins special events back in the day were like nothing else ive ever experienced & I miss them so much lol, there was so much effort put into it it was so much fun. I remember getting the last message at the waddle on party and remember flipping the ice berg 😭

[@CoolistBeans]

You've been warned, Choopo: Poptropica lore video or I'll orchestrate a flash mob of interpretive dancers dressed as inanimate objects.

[@VeeFerns]

some innacurscies puffles in CPI being the biggest one, the image you used and some concept art was released but the game shut down before the puffles were released, the sleep reminder at the end was good though

[@ShadowWulfGaming]

Thank you for making this video, I loved this game growing up, and was wondering about what happened while I was gone till its final days It was really sad to see so much of this just gone now

[@doorbox788]

Yeah this game was cool, but does anyone else remember UB funkeys? Also I love the summit stage in the background 😂

[@screenedat0m]

UB Funkeys was so ahead of its time, i wish it was still around! They were so fun, and i still have a few of my Funkeys somewhere

[@freeyourmind1529]

I know I’m a year late but 1:05 this was actually a good movie tbh for it being a Vietnam veteran’s post war story but club penguin-asized. It’s called penguin memories

[@sebastiangalvez1444]

Thank you for unlocking this beautiful memory of my childhood, the best times of my life

[@daniellemcnamara6173]

rookie "a stupid idiot" - him being my favourite as a kid 😭

[@RipplyAnemone67]

2:24 Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the first Spinjitzu master by using the four weapons of Spinjitzu, The Scythe Of Quakes, The Nun-Chucks Of Lightning, The Shurikens Of Ice, The Sword Of Fire. Weapons so strong, noone could handle all of their power at once, When he passed away his sons swore to protect them bit the oldest was consumed by darkness and wanted to posses them. A Battle between brothers broke out but the oldest was struck down and banished to the underworld, peace returned and the younger brother hid the weapons but knowing his older brother's ambition for power, he placed a guardian to rotect them, and for fear from his own demise a map for an honest man to hide, that honest man was your father and the older brother is lord Garmadon and i need to find those weapons before he does

[@Nachisoubu]

I really liked the CYOA books. And the Plasma Gal & Shadow Guy comic was rad too.

[@ZacThaBarber]

Bro operation blackout was the greatest event in club Penguin history the reveal of the director which explained everything. Good god that event was incredible

[@genfelix8750]

New Club Penguin is alive and kicking! Not Disney affiliated but looks almost the same as the og.

[@resessmann217]

Club Penguin was my drug

[@fasmir5688]

There is an almost 30 minute video that covers only operation blackout. This game was a really fun time that i am really happy i was able to be a part of for the time it was here

[@CasuallyShadow]

I know for a fact there's gonna be a part two to this i don't know why I just feel it

[@emmacook5658]

To add salt to the wound, Club Penguin Rewritten came out which practically gave EVERYTHING the website had to offer but for free, but it was shut down due to copyright or whatever

[@vert5807]

You can still play it, there’s a version called New Club Penguin

[@elsa4860]

i miss it hope they bring it back

[@catttyun]

and silly penguin shenanigans still live on, y'all need to get on new club penguin, like now!

[@andyghkfilm2287]

8:29 imagine being like “no! I don’t wanna leave here, if I do I might end up some place COLDER!” while literally living in an ice cave on an iceberg named Jeremy

[@NAVNLOSESHORT]

Can't talk abt Club Penguin without mentoning this: where were u wen club penguin die i was at house eating dorito when phone ring "Club penguin is kil" "no"

[@robertalan5560]

One of my favourite (and I guess craziest memories) was someone making an item adder that allowed you to add stupidly rare items to your account years and years after the fact of it being no longer assessable. I, for example, added the original beta hat from when there were beta testers, or the background of rockhopper that was given out, in person, by someone at Disneyland dressed up as him to random park visitors and could never be gotten in any other way! Sadly my original penguin got the chop for reasons I still don’t understand, deleting the account because their server needed “a clean up” of players who “hadn’t played” in a while, right…. But, as a kid someone making something like that just made me unexplainably happy. I never managed to meet Gary during Gen 1, just Gen 2, as kept missing him, though managed everybody else, but that item adder finally got me the original background way into Gen 3 or 4. I suppose, overall, Club Penguin shares such a special place in my heart as it and I share a birthday!

[@pleasecouldyoubetender]

for me it was the missions. Just absolutely adored them and i still play them to this day. Best thing ever

[@aFloridaRealtor]

I still remember jailbreaking my iPad to get whatever item on the Club Penguin iPad app :)))) so much fun

[@nekipeh7373]

When you could be penguin ninja tour secret agent working for cafe and having blue puffle and bus home... I miss CP. Thanks for video dude!

[@Prilla7]

Big Fat Awesome House Party is where it’s at. I’d give up my first born to play it again

[@adrianalejandrotovarescami2551]

The smash stage in the background and the what I think it is the ships from link wind wake are nice details