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| “ | There's even a lemon tree wiki! That's how many times its been burned down. | ” |
—Ponk[Citation needed] | ||
Ponk's lemon trees are various man-made structures resembling trees built by Ponk. Due to the flammability of the trees, they have been targeted by many members of the server seeking to attack Ponk, leading Ponk to build many different versions.
History[]
Jack the farmer's tree[]
Hundreds of years before the current-day SMP, Jack the potato farmer (Ponk's ancestor) planted lemon trees, much to the disapproval of Jimmy the mayor.[1] While exploring Jack's house, Ponk found one of Jack's lemon trees, labelled with a sign saying "JACKS LEMON TREE INSURED BY BANK OF COR*."[2]
The first trees[]
Originally, the SMP had two trees that counted towards Ponk's first lemon tree. One tree, a basic oak tree that had a few gold blocks acting as lemons, was built near the Community House next to the Watch Tower. The other, a large structure used as a base complete with a glass floor looking down to a chicken pen and one branch growing out to the right, was built down the north path created by Dream. Ponk broke ground on the base on June 20, 2020,[3] and the construction lasted over the course of three streams. On June 30, 2020, both trees met their demise after GeorgeNotFound burnt it down as a response to Ponk griefing his underground base.[4]
Second tree[]
Days after the first trees were destroyed on July 3, 2020,[5] Ponk rebuilt the small tree in its original place and relocated the base farther down the north path, up a hill. This tree had two branches coming out from the middle of the tree, one to each side. Once again, gold blocks acted as lemons. There was a ladder to get to the top and a place to look out of. Behind Ponk's house were a chicken coop and two chickens guarding his gate put up after TommyInnit built his base next to it.
This tree was set on fire by Sapnap on July 8, after Ponk pranked Sapnap. Although he only intended to only burn the crown, he and Punz were unable to contain the fire, allowing it to spread to other parts of the tree.[6] Tubbo discovered the tree burning the next day, extinguished the fire, and attempted to repair the damaged parts with blocks he had.[7] Over a week later around July 13, Sapnap completely burned the tree down, leaving a sign saying "[finish]."[Citation needed]
After this, Ponk gave the land to Tommy and moved his base underground. In the underground base on August 31, Ponk built a small lemon tree out of birch logs, oak leaves, vines, and gold blocks he dubbed the "Mother Citrus."[8] According to Ponk, Mother Citrus is the birthplace of all lemons.[9]
Third tree[]
On August 16, 2020, Ponk began construction a third tree base near an abundance of bamboo behind Dream's base.[10] After three streams, Ponk completed it. The tree had a winding wooden staircase and a small parkour course.
Many days later, Tubbo killed Ponk's chicken Bebbles,[11] leading to Ponk killing Tubbo's dog that he had since his first days on the server in return.[12] As a result, Tubbo completely burned down Ponk's third lemon tree on September 1.[13][14] The remains were later completely destroyed by TommyInnit, Tubbo, and Jack Manifold on January 27, 2021, on request from Sam Nook.[15]
Fourth tree[]
On September 4, 2020, Ponk relocated to a plot of land beyond the Holy Land and began building a fortified city with a branchless tree made of crimson and warped Nether wood logs at its center.[16] The tree was fireproof, had a water elevator, and was one of the tallest structures on the server. The new Nether-themed base surrounding the tree was named Lemon City.
During the event known as Ponk's experiment where Ponk pranked Awesamdude by pretending to have let Fran die, Ponk pressured HBomb to ignite TNT Sam placed. The TNT destroyed the upper portion of the tree.[17] The tree was later transformed into a Bellsprout by HBomb on February 21, 2021.[18]
Fifth tree[]
Ponk constructed a fifth tree made of spruce with a circular leafy platform in Manberg as an attraction for the Manberg Festival on October 13, 2020.[19] Unlike before, this was the first lemon tree of his to have not been constructed as a replacement of a burned-down lemon tree. A couple of weeks after the events of the festival on November 4, Ponk took down the bottom half of the tree, stating that it had served its purpose and had no use in Manberg anymore.[20] The rest of the tree was slowly removed over time.
Thiccatron[]
Although this structure does not officially count as a "lemon tree,"[Citation needed] it was built by Ponk for the purpose of being a trunk base to the "thickest lemon tree" in the entire server. Ponk broke ground on the Thiccatron on October 26, 2020, near Sam's secret mountain base shortly before starting his experiment on Sam and worked on it while waiting for Sam. During the experiment, Sam destroyed the entirety of the structure Ponk started.[21]
The Thiccatron, while under construction
A couple of days later on October 28, Ponk rebuilt Thiccatron and decided to turn it into an aquarium to sacrifice dolphins.[22] Over the course of multiple months, Ponk made the tree taller, added leaves, constructed a spiral staircase, and added a pathway leading to the stairs. The progress was also aided by Sam and Purpled, who provided spruce wood and built purple "eyes" (windows) on the second floor, respectively.
On December 15, the Thiccatron became a target during the Estate Conflict. During the conflict, Purpled and Ponk attempted to scam Antfrost and Jack Manifold out of their gingerbread house under the pretense that all land without signs indicating ownership had no owner and were open for taking. After Ant and Jack came to the realization that the same rule could be applied to the Thiccatron, the two teams raced to the tree to claim ownership. Both Purpled and Ant arrived at the Thiccatron and placed signs at the same time, leading to a duel between the two sides. Due to loosely-defined rules, the duel failed to settle the battle, resulting in unproductive talks that led to Purpled (who was unaware that the Thiccatron was built by Ponk) setting fire to the staircase of Thiccatron. The fire was eventually extinguished by everyone in the conflict with minor damage to the staircase.[23]
Sixth tree[]
While helping Antfrost work on a small village in his animal sanctuary on November 4, 2020, Ponk built another lemon tree base within the fenced village area.[24] The tree was left unfinished with only the trunk. It was shortened by Ponk on March 4, 2021, for spruce logs.[25]
Seventh tree[]
The seventh lemon tree
On June 12, 2021, Ponk built another lemon tree by adding gold blocks to a basic oak tree. Unlike his other small lemon tree, this tree was built based off the large basic oak tree. The tree was located in Lemon Land, an area located near Kinoko Kingdom.[26]
Eighth tree[]
Ponk decided to build on one of the towers of Eret's fortress on June 30, 2021, using spruce logs from Thiccatron.[27] Although he got some help from Sam in building it, it was never finished.
Ninth tree[]
After demolishing the Ponk-a-sino on July 8, 2021, Ponk commissioned Foolish to build a giant lemon tree on the site.[28] Despite his initial hesitation due to the history around all of Ponk's lemon trees, Foolish agreed to the deal and started construction on July 13 next to a small lemon tree that Puffy built as a gift to Ponk.[29] Over the course of many streams, Foolish built a tree larger than the Thiccatron.
Due to the flammability and size, the tree was also a target of arson. On September 7, CaptainPuffy set fire to the leaves with permission from Foolish. The fire burned out on its own, only damaging some leaves. Before Puffy could set fire to more parts, Foolish stopped her by pushing her off the top.[30] During his dream of godhood, George targeted the tree.[31] On April 6, 2022, Puffy and Boomer set fire to the tree, destroying a large portion of it.[32] The damage was subsequently repaired by Aimsey, who felt bad for Ponk.[33] On May 1, it was set ablaze the final time by Boomer and Aimsey.[34]
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