Development
- Main article: Poppy (Development)
- Poppy comes from Old English popæg < Latin papaver, possibly from PIE root *Peh₂-(m)P- "to swell".[1]
- Poppy is voiced by Kate Higgins.[2]
Universe
- Main article: Poppy (Character)
- Orlon was also a weaponsmith, and had actually crafted [3] himself. He was also the one who crafted spear, .
- Poppy's true age is unknown, but since the in-universe present year is at least 997 AN and Poppy's earliest known event is her arrival on Runeterra during the Rune Wars (13 BN - 3 BN), it can be safely concluded that she is at least 1000 years old.
- The Hammer of Orlon is represented as the Hammer stone in Tellstones: King's Gambit.
- The author of the rulebook is aware that Poppy is the true hero and that she does not know it.
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Poppy (League of Legends)
- Poppy was the first champion released in 2010.
- Poppy is the first and so far only post-launch champion to be priced at 1350 on release (all other champions with the same price were already present when the game officially launched in October 2009).
- Poppy is one of two champions that went into the weekly champion rotation on the day of their release. The other one is .
- Of all champion updates in the game, Poppy has gone the longest without an update to her base splash art prior to her VGU in 2015.
- Poppy is the first champion with full facial animation.
- Poppy is the first champion to receive splash updates to all skins.
- Future champion reworks/updates have since followed this tradition.
- The splash art features the titular flower.
- Poppy's theme resembles Demacia Rising (instruments used include a low brass and a flute).
- Poppy's dance references the Grunka Lunka's dance from Futurama animated serie.[4]
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Poppy was initially going to wear a red scarf as a 'heroic thing', it competed heavily with her pigtails and was deemed way too busy on her model, the scarf was trimmed down to a muffler.
- Poppy's favorite food / candy is the lollipop.
- Poppy finds Yordles 'too fluffy' and disorganized, herself preferring the orderliness found in Demacia.
- Poppy is the first champion to have a form of crowd control in all of her abilities.
- Poppy is the first and only champion to have two skins released for the Snowdown Showdown event.
Quotes
- Main article: Poppy (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Not like this!" might be referencing the eponymous emote from Twitch.tv
- ▶️ " references not a hammer. is a hammer."Crocodile Dundee.
- ▶️ "Jokes? Yeah, I know jokes." references her pre-rework joke: ▶️ "Jokes? I don't know any jokes.".
- Poppy shares quotes with:
Skins
- Main article: Poppy (Collection)
- The flowers she shares names with can be seen in the foreground.
- A blue recolor of her old used to be the background image of the Defense branch of the now-retired summoner mastery trees in Season 2, Season 3, Season 4 and Season 5 (Season 5 retained Season 4's masteries).
- Recolors of and were used for the Offense and Utility branches respectively.
- Her was directly tweaked for the first splash art of her skin.
- This skin shares the Otherroads theme with:
- ...and others
- She might be referencing Kiss.
- This skin shares the Medieval theme with:
- This skin shares the Sugar Rush theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Harrowing 2010 along with:
- She references the Oompa-Loompas from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and/or Candy Land by Hasbro.
- A lollipop with her pre-rework can be seen in the background.
- She also makes this face when she dances.
- It can also be seen in the joined splash art of , and .
- This skin shares the Toy Box theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2010 along with:
- She references Raggedy Ann by Johnny Gruelle.
- She is standing up to , whose claw is in the foreground.
- The following can be seen in the background:
- Plush toys resembling:
- A balloon resembling a
- A plane model resembling ROFL Copter
- An inflatable version of
- Wallpaper featuring tattoos
- Pillows referencing Radiant Staff
- A bed sheet featuring and insignias
- Plush toys resembling:
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- ...and others
- She was inspired by 'White Knight Poppy' by 'ChiZ'.
- This skin shares the Dragon World theme with:
- ...and others
- She might be referencing Spiral Knights.
- This skin shares the Star Guardian Season 1 theme with:
- She references the magical girl genre of anime.
- Her outfit was loosely inspired by Umi Ryuuzaki from Magic Knight Rayearth and Sayaka Miki from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- Her strong sense of justice and taking the job way too serious was a reference to Sayaka Miki from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- Her Homeguard and animations were loosely inspired by The Powerpuff Girls.
- is flying in the background.
- This skin shares the Winter Wonder theme with:
- ...and others
- She was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2017 along with:
- She might be referencing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
- This skin shares the Hextech theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Astronauts theme with:
- ...and others
- She shares the splash art with .
- can be seen floating in the background, with chimes all over.
- doll can be seen in the background of her splash art.
- Her Summoner icon is a reference to the cover art of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty videogame.
- The skin description alludes to the lyrics of Space Oddity by David Bowie.
- This skin shares the Bewitching theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Cafe Cuties theme with: