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Balloon Boy is a minor character on Counterfeit Island. In addition to this, Balloon Boy appears on many other island quests as a running gag.

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Storyline[edit | edit source]

Role in Counterfeit Island[edit | edit source]

Oct 24, 2014  A quick glimpse of the process of creating a scene featuring Balloon Boy. Dec 22, 2009  This is all a joke that the Poptropica Creators made and it references the famous Balloon Boy Hoax from October 2009, which most of the USA was glued to their TV sets watching a weather balloon in Colorado. Everyone thought a young boy was trapped inside but it turned out to be a hoax and he was hiding in his attic the whole time.

After you give Balloon Boy a green balloon, he will float up and away, and will leave you and his sister in horror. After viewing a quick cutscene, a man on Main Street will approach you and ask if you have heard about Balloon Boy. You should then enter the Internet Cafe, and talk to the Orange-Bearded Tourist, who is no longer occupied by his video game.

Role in Reality TV Island[edit | edit source]

Balloon Boy has a cameo appearance on Reality TV Island, as is shown in the news on the TVs at TV World. Apparently, he is still floating around, and has not reached land yet.

Role in Cryptids Island[edit | edit source]

During the sneak peek game, you could spot Balloon Boy. In fact you can still occasionally see him next to the fortune hunter in the hot-air balloon.

Role in Ghost Story Island[edit | edit source]

While searching the newspaper's archives computer for information, you can spot box labeled 'Balloon Boy Articles', which is an obvious reference to Balloon Boy.

Role in Mocktropica[edit | edit source]

Balloon Boy is mentioned by the Story Generator 2000.

Role in PoptropiCon[edit | edit source]

A figurine of him makes a cameo in Part 2.

Role in Mystery Train[edit | edit source]

In Mademoiselle Moreau's suitcase, a small picture of Balloon Boy is in the top right corner - which makes sense, considering she is French.

Role in Balloons[edit | edit source]

Balloon Boy appears on the start screen of the Balloons multiplayer game on the Poptropica app, floating to the left of the screen. However, his balloon is golden instead of green.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

• Start screen of the Balloons game on the Poptropica App

Trivia[edit | edit source]

• Balloon Boy references an actual incident in Fort Collins, Colorado.
• On Counterfeit Island, there is a glitch in which if you pop the green balloon right before you give it to him, he floats up with a red balloon.
• In the picture you get after he floats away, his hair is black.