The Bizarre Lore of Club Penguin

Club Penguin is a fun online flash game played by millions! However, there's a ton of crazy storyline throughout, and kind of for no real reason! Join me as I go through literal millions of years in the timeline about the funny penguin lore!
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⭐️Music Used (In Order)
~Ice Fishing (Club Penguin)
~Menu (Club Penguin Game Day)
~Ooga Booga (Club Penguin)
~To Battle (Club Penguin)
~Mountain Dojo (Club Penguin)
~Town (Club Penguin)
~Welcome Home (Club Penguin Island)
~PSA Mission Intro (Club Penguin)
~Pizza Parlor (Club Penguin)
~O'Berry Jazz (Club Penguin)
~Fire Ninja (Club Penguin)
~Training Cave (Herbert's Revenge)
~Elite Penguin Force (Club Penguin)
~Herbert's Theme (Herbert's Revenge)
~Operation Blackout (Club Penguin)
~All The Fun of The Fair (Club Penguin Game Day)
~Through Mountain Passes (Club Penguin)
~Ski Lodge (Elite Penguin Force)
~Campfire Song (Club Penguin)
~Another Day in The Sun (Club Penguin Island)
~Pizzatron 3000 (Club Penguin)
~Crab Catch (Club Penguin)
~(Outro) Battle Against a Mobile Opponent
Intro 0:00
General Stuff 0:31
Pre-Club Penguin 1:42
2005-2007 2:56
2007-2012 5:43
2013-2017 11:51
Club Penguin Island 14:36
The Wacky Year of 4014 15:59
Closing Thoughts 16:49
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...

[@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

[@Azurethewolf168]

@@RustyNipsIt would’ve been cool if they made new missions for the EPF, rather than just never have missions again. It would’ve been cool seeing the island in the AS3 style, along with the bigger team they have allowing them to make better animations. I don’t get why they never did that and instead focused on endless puffle variants and horrible takeover parties.

[@lulululili]

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

[@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

[@Azurethewolf168]

Agree, it could’ve lasted a few years more. It’s crazy how it only lasted 10 years let managed to leave an impact on so many people.

[@eko9554]

Do you know anything about club penguin private servers?

[@eko9554]

@@Azurethewolf168 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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@Azurethewolf168]

Honestly it likely didn’t account for much since the game had thousands of players

[@choeeeeeee]

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

[@Azurethewolf168]

@@choeeeeeee pretty sure it must’ve helped somewhat, but there’s likely players who had like 10x more

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@CheesyLizzy]

@@mercury2157 It took them about 2 or 3 years to actually add the old PSA missions back but yes I did know they eventually did that and I was very happy I could at least replay them even if they weren't making anymore And then they took them away again like 2 years before Club Penguin closed down and I was angry again! That was one of the final straws for me and I stopped playing until the CP closure was announced

[@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.

[@SharkAbyss]

Choopo has blessed us once more.

[@AnvilGo]

True

[@GaitanBraian]

Yes

[@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.

[@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

[@memethyst]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@deathitself3448]

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

[@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 😂

[@YoshiiElAttar]

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

[@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?

[@authenticallyarielleiman]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@simonmann4922]

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

[@galapregel191]

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

[@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 😂

[@wooper8996]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@tydusrain4476]

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

[@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 :(

[@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?!

[@xD-Hi]

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

[@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! :)

[@cassegarcia]

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

[@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

[@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 :)

[@duckfraud]

Honestly, kinda wanna see a Bin Weevils deep dive now

[@astroalex420]

Your videos are getting so good keep up the great work man and always strive to improve and refine

[@Dolcesucre]

Really enjoyed this video!! Worth the wait 🙌🙌

[@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

[@emmab4587]

this was such an entertaining and well edited video lol this was great

[@Buddhamelodi]

One of the best animated movies. Thank you for creating these funny videos, I will continue to follow and support your channel😍😍

[@ryt4801]

🎉Yay Let the child hood memories come through.

[@redplasticspoon]

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

[@TheReZisTLust]

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

[@bargnmartt]

I love your channel so much, your content is soooo interesting and fun. :)

[@princesswadda]

Just letting you know Choopo your one of my favourite youtubers and your videos make me really happy :>!!! Waking up to your videos is a highlight!

[@sploshjnr]

Always nice to see another Club Penguin video! And, hey, that's my image at 11:17!

[@philbert4398]

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

[@markwilliams3679]

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

[@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

[@kit5050]

Only recently discovered your channel after watching your moshi monsters video, had to watch this one too as it was a massive part of my childhood!! I really enjoy your style of context and will be watching more! ps 17:40 was really sweet

[@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.

[@maddypeterson56]

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

[@esbeezs]

omg i was just rewatching your papas videos and now you’ve posted this .. another win for choopo nation

[@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 😂

[@gabriellealessandra8181]

my brothers and i LOVED Club Penguin back in the day, especially during Halloween and Christmas. I desperately wanted to decorate my igloo and enter it into the Halloween competition, but we weren't allowed memberships. My brothers and I at one point found someone had shared a membership penguin on some online forum, so we used that until someone eventually changed the password lmao

[@sebastiangalvez1444]

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

[@JLFB4316]

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

[@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

[@CoolistBeans]

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

[@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

[@BMoney8600]

This brings back so many memories. Man I wish I could go back to those good days.

[@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

[@caseymclaughlin3743]

I am still recovering from the PSA-EPF transition

[@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

[@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 😭

[@waifowo]

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

[@brendanblair64]

I love that you put the Brawl Ice Climber stage in the background

[@Sprizys]

Club Penguin ending was such a sad time. So many people grew up playing it and hearing it was being shut down was heartbreaking.

[@softcloth69]

You have just got yourself a new sub

[@jorgfe7060]

"He would destroy the EPF" *Herbert vigorous Gangnam style*

[@reptilerach]

The “hi everybody-“ intros always find a way to make me snort at their strangely dark and ironic humor 😂

[@lunaoak6741]

This video took me on such a flashback journey

[@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

[@adrianalejandrotovarescami2551]

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

[@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.

[@BilboBallins101]

You should do a moshi monsters video

[@cleokara5717]

Early for my favorite KZbinr! Another banger ❤

[@jnort95]

Great video!

[@pleasecouldyoubetender]

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

[@ghettodorf]

Love the ice climbers stage in the background

[@Lewsyther]

This video was really interesting and very well researched! My compliments to the chef.

[@waffletop1018]

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

[@lukewilsontv]

always a good day when choopo posts

[@hygyuj246]

I love how you making a animation of you talkin and the backgrounders just a penguin just getting closer

[@CasuallyShadow]

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

[@SuperUmizoomi]

2:07 i did not expect to see a Divergent reference in the year of our lord 2023 and certainly not in a club penguin video

[@user-vk6qj3nh8h]

When he said I probably have a big day tomorrow and I actually do spooked me out

[@witchhazelbetrayal]

the iceberg flipping sent chills down my spine

[@maccamachine]

I spent countless hours on this game as a kid i was obsessed those were some good times. I loved any virtual world/mmo games as a kid and there were no shortages of them back then. I still have some of the books and trading cards and the first DS game they’re pretty cool

[@echonomy.]

Wake up babe new choopo upload

[@sas.tronaut5055]

1:03 BIBBLE LETS GOOOOO 👏👏👏👏👏

[@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