The Rise and Fall Of Club Penguin

Today let's dive into the world of Club Penguin- from the history of the game to all of the warm, fuzzy nostalgia, to the site's dramatic fall from grace and all of the drama that ensued. The site has a rather dark history, so let's take a look at the rise and fall of our beloved ol' Club Penguin.

❤︎❤︎ SOCIAL MEDIA ❤︎❤︎

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❤︎❤︎ MUSIC ❤︎❤︎
Petz Catz 2 OST
LEMMiNO - Cipher
Cheel
LuKremBo

❤︎❤︎ TIMESTAMPS ❤︎❤︎
0:00 Introduction
3:07 The History of Club Penguin
9:57 Club Penguin Nostalgia
20:45 The Downfall of Club Penguin
27:12 The Flop of Club Penguin Island
32:58 The Rise of Private Servers
42:06 The Nightmare of Club Penguin Online
53:56 Club Penguin Sunset

❤︎❤︎ DISCLAIMER ❤︎❤︎
All credit goes to the musicians and composers! This video is not meant to target or harass any person. This video does not condone or encourage anyone to harass or contact any person or persons discussed in this video. This video is purely for entertainment and informational purposes.

[jessicalucas]

I remember one of the last times I was on Club Penguin and went to the pizza parlor, I witnessed two penguins on a “date” when the guy’s “wife” barged in and we witnessed a penguin divorce. Perfection.

[mpaant]

i remember desperately trying to date people in the pizzeria and being so utterly distraught with the fact that 4 people broke up with me within 3 minutes that i sobbed and wrote a rap about it

[longlivetheking]

club penguin is so nostalgic for me, i know this sounds very "and everyone clapped", but someone talked about club penguin shutting down in class and half the class was legitimately distraught.

[ket]

"Frosty how old are you"
"Old enough to disown you"
What an amazing interaction

[secondhandbirthdays]

I remember the “pookie” adoption thing always being super violent. When they first entered the pet shop, a lot of pookies would do something like *gets thrown into the shop from a moving car, rolls down the steps* and stuff like that. If you had a tragic backstory, like being kept in a cage and starved and everything, more people would be “sympathetic “ and adopt you, apparently

[imanrasheed]

Still scarred by my first experience of classism when my club penguin boyfriend left me for another penguin because she was member and was totally dripped out 😕

[reichr]

the fact the developers actually let the players tip the iceberg and reveal the secret in Club Penguin's last moments touches me.

[brunomenezes]

Back in like 2007 a lot of brazilian players would go to some place in Club Penguin, changing the penguin's color to one of the brazilian flag's colors (blue, green and yellow), sit down there and try to form the Brazilian flag with the penguins. Then we'd start saying "WE WANT A BRAZILIAN SERVER" (because back then the game was divided in region servers like Australia, Canada etc.) Good times. So sad that moments like these will be lost in time, like tears in the rain...

[shulu]

I used to adopt so many puffles you couldn't see the floor to my igloo and since afaik there was no way to just shuffle through each puffles (you had to individually click them, and they kept moving so I couldn't click them all) a lot of my puffles went neglected. I used to get legitimately upset I got the puffles running away notes and one time I was so distressed that I emailed club penguin support and asked if they were ok on my school email address. They replied saying something like yes they're fine but they always signed off the email with a question. I remember it was like "why do you think the sky is orange? (it was the lead up to some dojo event) and my stupid kid brain was like omg they wanna hear my opinions!! So I replied with my theory, and a different employee answered and signed off with another question (they were definitely required to do it) and I thought they wanted to be my friend and started just casually talking to them. Anyways shout out to the club penguin support employees who I traumadumped on about how I got bullied at school or something when I was 8.
Came for club penguin, stayed for the support<3

[gpyzyzx]

No matter how many times I hear it, "why not build our empire by conquering weaker cpps first" never ceases to make me laugh.

[perspicaciousspecula]

i used to rp as a pookie and then when i went to someones igloo, if they were mean to the other pookies, i'd put on my penguin csi outfit (whatever thats called) and "arrest" them for child neglect

[RankStankulon]

I remember I was "dating" everybody on my friends list and they'd frequently walk in on me in my igloo with my penguin side hoes. I would watch them fight and then they'd leave me and I'd go straight back to the pizza parlour to put some new penguins in the rotation 😭

[Nightfoxmoon]

I remember emailing a staff member as a kid saying I had a dream that puffles got clothing items and that they should implement that into the game. I wonder if that staff member thought it was cute/endearing or if they were concerned that a child had their own email.

[meganhash]

I went to an arts high school for creative writing. When Club Penguin shut down, a friend of mine wrote a eulogy for his puffle for that week's writing assignment. Just thought I'd share that :)

[SketchLove]

I remember my penguin used to "work" at the coffee shop. I was really disappointed when an update for some disney themed party turned the coffee shop into a smoothie shop and they never fixed it. Needless to say my penguin was out of a job.

[roshanefrazier]

Going this whole video without mentioning the secret agent missions feels like a shot to the heart

[KazRowe]

God I remember taking the club penguin 'secret agent' thing VERY seriously hahaha. I was so dedicated to solving all of the missions and yes the jet pack and mine cart games were supreme. I miss this game so much. Good times.

[asoupofprunes]

When I was little, my older sister went on my account and said “Let’s discuss our current economic crisis” and got kicked from the server. I was upset with her at the time, but the older I get, the more disappointed I am by Disney not stanning free speech smh

[daisyprayers]

My 7-year-old aspiring filmmaker self was absolutely the “really intense director barking orders”. I really didn’t understand why nobody followed my instructions, I was wearing the directors cap AND holding a megaphone!

[MallPunkxx]

Fun story, during the peak of covid 19 my girlfriend at the time and I couldn't get together to celebrate our one year anniversary (she was high risk) so our anniversary date was on club penguin rewritten at the pizza cafe, it ended with us both being banned for life and laughing our asses off together on the phone