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| “ | Sam... after everything I've done for you? | ” |
—Ponk right before he lost his left arm | ||
Ponk is one of the eight original members of the Dream SMP, having joined on May 7, 2020, making him the seventh member. He is the mayor of Lemon City and serves as the doctor of Dream SMP. Previously, he served as a contracted doctor and architect for Manberg, as well as being a former member of the Eggpire.
Physiology[]
Ponk is a human with dark skin, black eyes, and blonde hair. He wears a red, yellow and black mask covering his whole face with the exception of his eyes. He also wears a black hoodie, white pants and black shoes. He sometimes wears a lab coat over his clothes, to match his doctor persona. After being trapped in an obsidian box over the crimson, Ponk briefly wore red contacts as a way to make the Eggpire think he had been corrupted. However after having his heart broken by Sam, he fully gave into the Egg, and his natural eyes turned red. They have since returned to normal after the Eggpire disbanded. For a while, his left arm was missing, having been cut off by Sam.[9] He eventually fully regained his arm by making a deal with the Egg.[10] He also has bionic legs after Technoblade's massacre at the Manberg Festival.[11]
Personality[]
Ponk is generally a friendly and kind individual, though he is also known for his occasional trickery. He is usually a neutral party in conflict, typically keeping to himself. However, after Schlatt became president, Ponk's city prospered, causing him to support Schlatt. He switched to Pogtopia’s side afterward, however, and aided Tommy. Many members of the SMP consider Ponk as an odd character, as he performs many questionable sacrifices and experiments within his city.
History[]
Early Dream SMP Arc[]
Pre-Disc Saga[]
Ponk was one of the eight original SMP members, along with Dream, George, Sapnap, Callahan, Alyssa, Awesamdude, and BadBoyHalo. During this period of time, Ponk built his lemon tree and first Lemon Tree base along the path south of the Community House. Ponk also pranked the Community House and George's secret base.
Burning of the lemon trees[]
On June 30, 2020, George burned both Ponk's lemon tree and lemon tree base in retaliation for Ponk griefing George's secret base. The tree was burned to the ground, forcing Ponk to rebuild completely. Ponk attempted to chase after George, but was overpowered and lost all of his items. Sapnap eventually stepped in to restore order for the time being. Although Dream mentioned trying George in the Courthouse for the burning of the tree, there was no trial held.[12]
The next day, Ponk got revenge on George, winning in a battle against George.[13] He rebuilt his small tree in its original place and constructed a second tree base farther down the path on a hill over the next few days. On July 4, George found Ponk's new tree base and decided to burn it. Ponk was prepared to defend it and covered the tree with water, preventing George from succeeding.[14]
Land dispute with Tommy[]
After Tommy joined the SMP on July 4, 2020, he built his base near the second tree and claimed various structures around the server including Ponk's tree base. Ponk responded the next day by trapping and griefing Tommy's house.[15] While Tommy stole from Ponk on July 6, Ponk responded by attacking Tommy. Dream eventually stepped in to stop the fighting, although the dispute continued.[16] To protect his land, Ponk built a tall fence separating his land from Tommy's. The two eventually agreed to a truce, with the two agreeing that the wooden path was neutral territory for free travel and the land outside the path that they each claimed belonged to them.[17]
Burning of the second tree[]
On July 8, 2020, Sapnap burned a portion of the crown of Ponk's second tree base after Ponk pranked his base with chickens.[18] Despite Sapnap and Punz attempting to contain the fire to only the crown, the two left the area with some flames still burning, allowing the fire to spread to the base of the tree. The next day, Tubbo discovered the fire and extinguished it. Although the fire didn't burn it to the ground, most of the tree's structure was gone. Tubbo repaired part of the tree with his resources, but Ponk was still saddened at the fact that his tree was targeted again.[19]
Start of The Disc Saga[]
- Main article: The Disc Saga § The first feud
Hours later, Ponk returned to try and kill Sapnap. However, he quickly found that Sapnap was prepared and ran. Sapnap chased after Ponk and demanded an apology, but Ponk refused and asked Alyssa and Tubbo for help while fleeing on Alyssa's horse. Sapnap eventually managed to kill Ponk and Alyssa's horse. As retaliation, Ponk and Alyssa decided to target Sapnap's house. While Sapnap was distracted, Alyssa set fire to Sapnap's house. In response, Sapnap threatened to burn down Alyssa's house if Tubbo did not repair the damages. Tubbo repaired the damages, sparing Alyssa's house.[20] However, this did not repair relations between the three.
After Tommy logged on, Sapnap formed an alliance with Tommy to counter Ponk and Alyssa. The two hunted Ponk and Alyssa, leading Dream to intervene. They quickly ambushed and overpowered Dream, leading to him taking Tommy's music discs as leverage and starting The Disc Saga.[21]
Relocating and rebuilding[]
After the conflict, Ponk began expanding by building a secret base below his the tree base. Sometime between July 13 and 14, Sapnap destroyed the entirety of Ponk's second tree base.[22] Ponk gave the land to Tommy,[23] left a small monument for the second lemon tree, and relocated to his secret base.
On July 17, 2020, Purpled rescued Ponk from the Nether, forming a positive relationship and alliance between them.[24]
Around July 23, Ponk and Punz both built tall towers that reached the build limit of the server. Ponk's tower resembled the fictional Barad-dûr (Sauron's tower from Lord of the Rings). After finishing the tower, Ponk began work on Project Snowzone.
L'Manberg Independence Arc[]
Tower conflict with Tommy[]
On July 24, Tommy discovered that Ponk had built a tower taller than his, leading him to killing Ponk and claiming the tower as his. In addition, Tommy collected and kept Ponk's items. Ponk returned with netherite armor, and pushed Tommy off, reclaiming the tower.[25] Purpled also noticed Ponk's death and vowed to kill Tommy.[26]
Camarvan Conflict[]
- Main article: Camarvan Conflict
A while later, Ponk and Purpled met up to get Ponk's pickaxe back from Tommy. The two found the Camarvan and called out to Tommy, who dropped a leather tunic and began fleeing in an underground tunnel. Shortly after, the two were contacted by Eret, Sapnap, and Tubbo, who were working to shut down the Camarvan operation. The five then executed a raid. Ponk, Sapnap, and Purpled detained Tommy and led him to the courthouse for a trial, while Eret and Tubbo chased after Fundy and Wilbur.[27]
Shortly after securing Tommy in the cell, Sapnap and Purpled left to search for the others, leaving Ponk left alone to guard Tommy. The two engaged in a friendly conversation, leading to the two bonding and making a deal where Ponk would secretly help Tommy escape. In return, Tommy let Ponk keep his tower as long as it had a sign indicating that it was property of TommyInnit.[28]
After returning to the courthouse with Eret and Fundy, Purpled, Sapnap, and Tubbo realized that they were being betrayed by the others.[29] They then began the trial with Purpled's account of the activities. Purpled stated that he didn't trust Ponk, leading to Tubbo ordering Ponk into the cell with Tommy. Ponk complied. Upon entering the cell, he dropped his leggings to Tommy. As the trial continued, Purpled learned that Wilbur was in his UFO and left to investigate, allowing the detained to escape their cells.[30] While Eret, Fundy, and Tommy fled to the Camarvan, Ponk escaped on his own to freedom.
Post-war[]
After L'Manberg gained its independence, Ponk approached Wilbur with a trade agreement he called the "PPA." Named after the three members of the group comprising of Ponk, Purpled, and Alyssa, the PPA would provide L'Manberg with mercenaries in exchange goods. Wilbur and Tommy agreed to the deal.[31] This agreement effectively allowed Ponk to take any items from L'Manberg for free.[32]
Ponk began construction on a third lemon tree base on a hill near Dream's base on August 16, 2020.[33] The same day, he pranked Skeppy by filling Skeppy's house with doors.[34]
Around this time, Ponk also decided to become a doctor. He took over The Socializing Club and turned it into a weapons shop and used The Therapy Office as his office for a while. He expanded The Socializing Club by building an addition and digging a secret underground base. Within the underground base, Ponk built a shrine for another lemon tree he dubbed the "Mother Citrus."[35]
Death of Bebbles[]
On August 30, 2020, Tubbo killed Ponk's pet chicken Bebbles while giving Tommy therapy in Ponk's office.[36] This upset Ponk, who got revenge by killing Tubbo's pet dog with Splash Potions of Harming the next day.[37] In response, Tubbo took on his "Big Crime" alter-ego and burned down Ponk's third lemon tree.[38][39] The day after the burning of his tree, Ponk retaliated by setting fire to Tubbo's jungle base.[40]
Lemon City[]
On September 4, 2020, Ponk began construction on a fourth tree base in a plot of land west of the Community House. This time, Ponk used nonflammable materials and built to the height limit.[41] After finishing the tree, Ponk established Lemon City, a Nether-themed base that cannot be burned down. He began to tame and sacrifice cats within the walls of the city.
L'Manberg Election[]
- Main article: SWAG2020 vs POG2020 Election
Ponk was present during the reveal of the election results. He helped chase Tommy and Wilbur out of L'Manberg.[42]
Manberg Rebellion Arc[]
- Main article: Manberg Rebellion Arc
Manberg partnership[]
After the election, Lemon City prospered due to a new trade deal made with Manberg. As a result, he became a strong supporter of Schlatt, and eventually the only loyal supporter. Ponk helped with building attractions for the Manberg Festival.[43] During the festival, Ponk attacked Nihachu on Schlatt's orders.[44] After the festival, Ponk became Schlatt's doctor and ended up being the only builder for Manberg, building the Manberg Hotel.[45][46]
Dissolving ties with Manberg[]
Some time later, Ponk began to recognize how weak Manberg had become. He decided to make a deal with Pogtopia to maintain his Doctor's license in the event of Manberg’s fall and ally with them through the sale of essential oils to its online members.[47] When Quackity tried to get Schlatt to sign his presidency away, Ponk gifted Wilbur an invisibility arrow and bow, which Wilbur used to save Quackity.[48]
Ponk’s experiment[]
- Main article: Ponk's experiment
On October 26, 2020, Ponk decided to play a prank on Sam where he had a fake Fran killed. Ponk changed his dog to be identical to Sam’s Fran, hid the real Fran, and waited for Sam. While waiting, Ponk began construction on a giant tree he dubbed the "Thiccatron" near Sam's secret base. After Sam arrived, Ponk unseat the decoy Fran and led "Fran" to a creeper that he allowed to explode and kill "Fran." This lead to Sam killing Ponk a few times, blowing up Thiccatron (and also killing Ponk’s cat that was inside), "killing" Bebbles, and threatening his lemon tree in Lemon City. HBomb also got involved in the situation. He, initially tried to get the two to stop fighting, but was egged on by Ponk to ignite the TNT and blow up the lemon tree. After the tree was blown up, Ponk revealed that the real Fran was alive. Sam revealed that Bebbles was alive, and Ponk blamed HBomb for the entire ordeal, causing the two to have a negative relationship.[49][50]
Manberg vs Pogtopia War[]
- Main article: Manberg vs Pogtopia War
After having gathered a surplus of gear and resources leading up to the Manberg vs Pogtopia War, Ponk was prepared for war.[51] During the war, Ponk fought on the side of Pogtopia against Manberg, eventually ending with victory for Pogtopia and the reestablishment of L’Manberg. When Technoblade and a group of anarchists set off the Chaos War shortly after the end of the Manberg cs Pogtopia war, Ponk stayed loyal to his L'Manberg allies, aiding them in fighting off the anarchists and taking down two withers. After the war, similarly to Purpled, Ponk remained neutral within the Dream SMP despite his brief alliance with L'Manberg. His idea of continuing the trade deal he had with Pogtopia, now with the reformed L'Manberg, also never happened for unknown reasons.
Other projects[]
Ponk also built a laboratory in Eret's stone pyramid to experiment on cats in this arc.[52][53] In addition, he left Niki a surprise gift for her birthday and built a war hut.[54][55] After playing the prank on Sam, he began rebuilding the Thiccatron over the course of many streams.
Retribution Arc[]
Ponk-a-sino[]
On December 5, 2020, Ponk approached Sam with a plan to build a casino at the location of his old base. The two negotiated deal where Ponk would stop sacrificing cats and give Sam 25% of the casino's profit for the land. After making the deal, Ponk immediately began work on the casino.[56]
Lil' Red and The Egg[]
- Main article: The Egg
The day after starting construction, Ponk found a red root planted in the casino. Ponk was awed by the plant, named it "Lil' Red," and later built a protective glass case around it, much to his lemons' dismay. While walking around the server, he noticed other roots and blood vine growths. He started becoming a little disturbed by the growths, but refused to break them. Ponk also paid respects to Schlatt at his grave, which was overtaken by blood vines. Nonetheless, he ignored the vines. A while later, Ponk was told by his lemons to visit Bad's statue room. Upon entering the room, he noticed the red smiley face in the wall and confused it for The Egg. Upon finding The Egg, he became shocked and stated that it looked evil. After hearing growling noises, Ponk fled the room.[57]
The following day, December 8, 2020, Ponk noticed that Lil' Red had grown blood vines and broke through the class case to experiment. He attempted to set the vines on fire (with no success due to the vines being fireproof) and tried soaking in Holy Land water. Ponk also visited The Egg again and found that it had grown, generating red flower and shroomlights, and turning the color of the red face on the wall to white.[Citation needed]
On December 9, Ponk showed Sam Lil' Red. Sam expressed concern and told Ponk to destroy it, but Ponk replied that Lil' Red gave him good vibes and said that it was different from the rest of the blood vines growing around the server. After discussing Lil' Red, the two traveled around the server to look at the other blood vine growths. Throughout their walk, Ponk agreed with Sam that the blood vine growths were bad while defending Lil' Red. Following the walk, the two traveled to the statue room to check on The Egg. Although the vines grew by a large amount, Ponk downplayed the growth. Ponk also denied that the red face in the wall turned white, stating that it was always white and telling Sam that it was his colorblindness.[58]
Due to Ponk's experiment with the Holy Land Water, Lil' Red turned green over time, resulting in Lil' Green.
Estate Conflict[]
- Main article: Estate Conflict
As part of an effort to gain power and money on the SMP, Purpled started a real estate business on December 15, 2020. Ponk joined Purpled while Purpled attempted to claim the land of Antfrost and Jack Manifold's gingerbread house. As Purpled's business partner, Ponk helped Purpled determine the value of the land and attempt to evict Ant. While waiting for Antfrost and Jack Manifold's response, the two discussed their next targets.[59]
After reconvening with Purpled and Ponk, Jack and Ant challenged the ruling. Ant and Jack then hinted at claiming Thiccatron under the same rules that Purpled and Ponk claimed the gingerbread house (which was that there was no sign on the property stating ownership), leading everyone to rush towards the community Nether portal. Purpled and Antfrost ended up getting to Thiccatron first. Both placed signs at the same time, leading to an argument over who had rights to the Thiccatron. Jack then arrived later, being outnumbered Purpled was then killed by the two, and his items were taken.[60]
A short time after Ponk arrived, Purpled felt more confident and challenged Ant to a 1v1 duel. Jack, however, convinced Ponk and Purpled to fight a 2v2 instead. Purpled agreed, and everyone was given an iron chestplate and wooden sword to make it fair. Purpled and Ponk won the first round. Antfrost used a potion, allowing him to win the second round. The third one ended in a draw due to Ponk cheating by using external armor. With the duels inconclusive, Purpled and Ponk demanded the two to settle the matter by paying damages with iron blocks. While Ant and Jack were preoccupied with finding iron, Purpled set fire to the Thiccatron not knowing that it was Ponk's. Ant and Jack went to stop the fire. Seeing his tree on fire, Ponk yelled that it was his tree. After Ant and Jack left, Purpled told Ponk that the damage to the tree was minimal and necessary to show their power. Ponk believed Purpled, and the two remained on good terms.[61]
Intercepting Technoblade[]
On December 20, 2020, Ponk, Jack Manifold, and Antfrost ambushed Technoblade while he was walking back to his base after sneaking into L'Manberg to feed his Hound Army. Techno took on the three, taking out Ponk and Jack Manifold and overpowering them. Eventually, the three fled to the Holy Land, where Ant and Ponk attempted to trap Techno in the Hell Pit with no success. Before Techno left, Ponk discussed a deal with Techno to kill the catboys on the server, Ant and Fundy. Techno was interested, but wanted a high payment that Ponk couldn't pay.[62]
Green Festival and Doomsday War[]
- Main articles: Green Festival and Doomsday War
Ponk was one of the attendees of the Green Festival. He saw the damage done to The Community House and witnessed the events that unfolded. Ponk was among the group who supported Tommy's plan of defending L'Manberg.[63]
Ponk was hopeful that the country would survive and told Eret, Fundy, and Niki that the power of friendship would lead them to win.[64] Ponk fought for L'Manberg during the war, also bringing his cat Sacrifice. Like others, he was overpowered by Dream, Techno, and Phil's forces. At the end of the war, Ponk optimistically called for the rebuilding of the country.[65]
Empowerment Arc[]
Ponk's dark backstory[]
On January 12, 2021, Ponk revealed that he was a descendant of Jack (although he varied on the exact relation). He had also found out about Helga from Jack, saying that she was very respected, rich and had many connections (although he again varied on how he found this information). He then built a grave for Helga.
According to Ponk, Jack and "Shrimpdick" were the only survivors of the village, implying that Bob's real name/nickname was Shrimpdick. Ponk also said that Helga had a very strong relationship with Shrimpdick, but didn't clarify further, stating that he never met Shrimpdick and only heard the story from his great-grandfather's diary.[66] Sam remarked that the picture of Helga looked like Quackity, and Ponk said that Quackity could have been related to her. Ponk also said that he read about a man named Cornelius in the diary, who was apparently very green.
On February 1, Ponk had a dream of Jimmy the mayor and Jack the farmer staring at each other and conversing. While dreaming, Ponk heard Jimmy telling Jack the following:
- Jack shouldn't be growing lemon trees since he was a potato farmer.
- Cornelius was a strange person, and the crops were doing well since they "burned that witch."
- Stay away from his (Jimmy's) wife, Helga.
- Don't stare at Cornelius so long.
- Ever since they burned Miles Memington for being a witch, that orphan boy (Robin) had never been the same.
- The town needed potatoes, so Jack should stop wasting his time and tend to the fields. He should also stop stealing *inaudible* from people. Jimmy added that he was sure Jack's father would disapprove of what Jack was doing.
After the last line, the Jimmy in the background turned to face the camera. The background then faded away.[67]
A few minutes after awakening, Ponk said that he just had the weirdest dream. He said that he might be related to Jack the potato farmer, seemingly having forgotten that he called Jack his ancestor multiple times. He also said that he learnt about the village from Helga's diary, contradicting his initial story that he read about it from Jack's diary. Ponk then spotted a house on the horizon and felt a connection to it, feeling that it was Jack's house. The house was in horrible condition, with many parts of the walls missing and the entire thing being covered in cobwebs. Ponk saw a sign next to the front door, which read, "JACK'S YE OLD FARM HOUSE." There was also a lemon tree with a sign reading "JACK'S LEMON TREE INSURED BY BANK OF COR*" and a grave with a sign reading "RIP JACK THE POTATO FARMER."[68]
After some pondering, Ponk entered the house and explored it while explaining that he felt that he was related to Jack. He managed to find a bookshelf that turned to be a fake painting. He went behind a painting and climbed down a secret set of ladders until he reached an underground room with many villagers kept in boats. There were also one skeleton and two cave spider farms, each with a spawner. Ponk also heard cats inside the walls and reasoned that Jack hated them because he heard them all the time. Ponk then said that he would be rich, but didn't touch the chests, fearing that there may have been someone else there recently.[69]
The next day, he checked the chests in the basement and found an assortment of items, including a "Cat" music disc and ender pearls. He also found a book and quill in the chest from Jack, which he started reading. Jack wrote of a strange man made of straw with eyes made of emerald (a description which matches Foolish Gamers' appearance and color scheme).[70] The book also included something about a new land that used sand as stone and had gold everywhere (a description matching Foolish's summer house perfectly).[71] It said that the strange man was fascinated by lemons and brought him a caravan of good and 21 "statues" in boats, which were possibly the villagers.[72] Two weeks after this encounter, Jack's writings seemed to become more and more incoherent. He wrote about cats in the walls and said that the cats murdered people. He also disliked Shrimpy's interest in his "statues." Then, one day, he wrote that he had a sudden urge to murder.[73] He said that Helga was tempting but her husband needed to die, highlighting the tense relationship between Jack, Helga and Jimmy. Jack stopped writing in the journal for the next 135 days, during which most of the events of "The Village That Went Mad" took place.[74] His last journal entry was after "The Village That Went Mad," babbling about how only him, Shrimpy, and the statues were left, and that life was good.
Ponk frequently returned in the following days to trade with the villagers.
Disc Confrontation[]
- Main article: Disc Confrontation
Ponk was present when Tommy and Tubbo gave their final farewells. The two recalled the events that started the Disc Saga, and Tommy thanked Ponk for being nice and helping him.[75] Despite not having many resources, Ponk joined Punz's rescue party.[76]
Trapping[]
- See also: Eggpire
On January 25, 2021, Ponk met up with Antfrost and BadBoyHalo to discuss the Eggpire's threats. During the conversation, CaptainPuffy was named as the biggest threat they had to take care of. Ponk suggested that they hire Purpled to exterminate Puffy and offered to set up a meeting between Purpled and the Eggpire.[77][78] Although Bad and Ant were satisfied with Ponk and his plan, they wanted to ensure that Ponk was on the side of The Egg, so they trapped him in an obsidian cage above The Egg.[79]
The next day, Ponk managed to sneak out with ender pearls in his inventory.[80] However, his freedom was cut short by Bad, who logged on to check on him. Ponk rushed back to the cage, and Bad arrived to talk to him shortly after. While talking, Ponk protested against The Eggpire and The Egg. He attempted to escape with his trident and stated that Lil' Green was cool, unlike The Egg.[81] He also told Bad that they wouldn't be able to kill him and made requests for food. The resistance led to Bad deciding to leave Ponk with The Egg for another day.[82] After Bad left, Ponk snuck out again.[83] He eventually returned to The Egg.
Hours later, while farming in the spider XP farm, Foolish heard Ponk using his trident from the cage. Foolish investigated and found Ponk, who asked for a bucket, a croissant, and cat. Foolish attempted to accommodate Ponk's wishes. While Foolish handed Ponk a croissant (a potato named "Crosciant"), Ant logged on to check on Ponk, forcing Foolish to flee to his summer home.[84]
Hours after Foolish's visit, Bad released Ponk from the cage during his visit to talk to The Egg. He showed no change and told Bad that he heard Bad dialoging to himself, showing that he was not brainwashed to the point that he could understand The Egg.[85]
Stealing Fran[]
On January 28, 2021, Sam Nook ordered Tommy, Jack Manifold, and Tubbo to destroy the remains of Ponk's third Lemon Tree as one of the tasks to build the Big Innit Hotel. Despite the protest and horror of Ponk, Sam Nook stated that it must be destroyed and lead Ponk away from the site, allowing the three to destroy it.[86] Angry that this happened, Ponk kidnapped Fran the next day and replaced her with a decoy.[87]
Working with the Eggpire[]
On February 1, 2021, Ponk followed through on his deal to connect the Eggpire with Purpled in order to take out Puffy. While wearing red contacts and pretending to have been changed by his time with the Egg,[88] Ponk led Ant, Bad, and Punz to Purpled's cave. There, the members of the Eggpire worked a deal with Purpled to capture or kill CaptainPuffy. After the deal was worked out, Ponk followed the Eggpire to their headquarters, where they rewarded Ponk by trapping him in the obsidian cage above The Egg again.[89] He escaped the cage with a water bucket the next day.[88]
Protecting the Egg[]
On February 2, 2021 Ponk was seen with red eyes. After Tommy mined a piece of The Egg, Ponk heard The Egg's cry and traveled to The Egg's room to chase Tommy out with his trident.[90]
Feud with Puffy[]
On February 8, Puffy decided to get back at Ponk for running away and not fighting her the day before. Puffy burned down parts of his shrine for Sacrifice and attempted to hide his pet parrot "Wash your rice."[91] As retaliation, Ponk destroyed Puffy's mushroom house the next day.[92] Although Puffy was angered by this, she decided not to strike back. Ponk also threatened to destroy her house in Snowchester.[93]
Woo Station[]
For Valentine's Day, Ponk planned to ask Awesamdude to be his valentine. To do this, Ponk spent several days building the "Woo Station," a minecart ride underground for Sam that was designed to be pleasant if he said "yes" and frightening if he said "no." To gather information on what Sam liked, Ponk hung out with him regularly. During one of these visits, Ponk requested a tour of Pandora's Vault. Sam reluctantly agreed, but would not take him to the main cell. Ponk tried to gather information on how the prison worked during this time, and Sam informed Ponk that he would kill him if Ponk ever took his prison access card.[94] Once the Woo Station was complete, Sam rode it and agreed to be Ponk's valentine.[95] The two then had a picnic date, with Ponk building the venue and Sam providing the food.[96]
Heartbreak and corruption[]
On February 26, 2021, Jack Manifold went on a date with Andrea Botez. During their date, Sam messed with Jack multiple times.[97] After hearing about Sam's involvement in Jack's date with Andrea days later on March 3, Ponk felt cheated on. He blew up their Valentine's day picnic area and cut ties with Sam.[98]
After breaking ties with Sam, Ponk became fully corrupted by The Egg. On March 4, 2021, Foolish found Ponk while visiting The Egg after finding blood vines at his summer home. With red eyes, Ponk stared at Foolish and led him to The Egg, which began speaking to him. After Foolish talked back at The Egg, Ponk began ushering him out by attacking him.[99] The following day, Ponk traveled to The Egg's room on his own accord to cry about Sam. He hesitantly began considering the idea of sacrificing Fran to The Egg. The Egg began incoherently speaking to Ponk, who became confused by the noise and left the room.[100]
Exerting power[]
Days later on March 8, Ponk shared with his lemons that he thought that the actions The Egg instructed him to do was right. He stated that he had lost lots of things and needed to remind others that he was the best. Ponk then revealed a secret chest with two stacks of TNT that his friend left him as a present, also sharing that he had given Foolish multiple days to consider joining the Eggpire.[101]
The next day, Ponk placed TNT in Foolish's two-headed snake and stole diamonds from Foolish under The Egg's bidding as a warning. After placing the TNT, he told returned to work on his Master Oogway Shrine and made contact with Foolish. Ponk allowed The Egg to speak with Foolish, which warned Foolish of "blood, fire, and explosions" if he didn't join the Eggpire. Ponk also lied that he already blown up the summer home and attempted to convince Foolish to join. Foolish rejected the offer, stating that The Egg would lead to heartbreak, misery, and death.[102] Foolish later found and removed the TNT. The following day, Ponk returned to Foolish's summer home to place more TNT around the summer home. He placed TNT on the Sphinx statue in addition to replacing the TNT in the two-headed snake.[103]
Hours after Ponk placed more TNT, Foolish met with Sam to discuss The Egg's threats and plan their resistance movement. While sweeping the summer home, Foolish and Sam discovered and removed all of the TNT Ponk placed earlier Following the removal of the TNT, Ponk appeared alongside Bad and Ant. Foolish taunted the three, stating that Ponk should've tried harder to hide the TNT. Ponk responded by saying that Foolish didn't understand their plan and daring Foolish to walk them around the summer home. Following more conversation, Foolish dared the Eggpire to destroy the Statue of Ra. After Ponk sacrificed Foolish's cat Nefferkitty to The Egg, he triggered the TNT he secretly set underneath the statue, destroying the entire statue. Eventually, through anger, Foolish conjured his Totem of Death powers to strike The Eggpire with lightning. Ponk and the others left immediately.[104]
Keycard incident[]
On March 23, 2021, Ponk discovered twelve key cards in a chest outside Sam's base and stole one.[105] He later met with Niki, HBomb, and Jack Manifold to try to convince them to break into the prison with him. Ponk initially didn't disclose many details, only giving Jack the role of a lookout and saying that he was looking out for a scary person. HBomb quickly realized that Ponk was describing Sam, and the three began refusing the offer, stating that they had a lot to lose. Ponk then showed Niki and HBomb the keycard. The three then began reconsidering their decision. As Ponk tried to convince them, Sam logged on and chased Ponk down for the key card, which he quickly regained possession of by killing Ponk and taking one of his canon lives. Upon returning, Ponk attempted to make a run for Sam's base to steal the remaining eleven keycards, but failed and was chased off by Sam. Eventually, Ponk devised a plan to distract Sam by having Niki and Foolish trigger the prison doorbell, which teleported the warden to the prison via an ender stasis chamber upon being activated. With the distraction, Ponk managed to steal the eleven keycards and place them in his ender chest. He then traveled to Pandora's Vault to taunt Sam and Ant before ender pearling away. Sam eventually tracked down and captured Ponk.[106]
The next day, Ponk woke up in a small room and was told by Sam to give him back the access books, who was utilizing torture to try and convince Ponk. Ponk only gave him back ten of the eleven known cards, telling Sam that he was being corrupted by running the prison. Ponk then told Sam that he would prefer losing all of his canon lives rather than see Sam acting how he did. Sam simply told him that he could take something worse than his canon lives. He then cut off Ponk's left arm, making him drop the last access key before leaving.[107]
After being released, Ponk rented out a room in Niki's underground city, where she looked after him and healed his arm.[108] The two became quite close over this time, with Niki baking for him and the two providing each other with company.
Red Banquet[]
- Main article: Red Banquet
Ponk was one of the organizers of the Banquet, being in charge of the food. He helped the rest of the Eggpire while they trapped the guests and revealed that it was a ploy to gain deaths for The Egg.[109]
The day after the event, Ponk met up with Foolish to apologize for the events. Ponk told Foolish that he didn't know about the sacrifice plot and thought the event would be peaceful. He explained that Bad gave armor to him from a chest while stating that it was for defense. Despite Foolish still holding distrust toward Ponk due to Ponk's red eyes and belief in The Egg, Ponk continued by sharing that he was going to start the apology process building a Supreme Fridge for Foolish. As the two parted ways, Ponk explained that everything revolving The Egg would be explained in time.[110]
Desert days and Supreme Fridge[]
Ponk moved out of Niki's underground city days after the events of the Red Banquet and apology to Foolish. He built a temporary shack near Foolish's summer home to commence his apology process. In an effort to win back Foolish's friendship and as a show of good-faith, Ponk built Foolish a giant "Supreme Fridge" out of red concrete near the summer home's Nether portal. Foolish was pleased with the gift, and the two grew close again.
During this time, Ponk showed his appreciation for Foolish in unconventional ways that typically involved explosions. First, he repurposed a grass mound trap he had originally made for Sam into a TNT trap for Foolish. Then, he built Foolish a "training course" that included mazes, parkour over lava, and a TNT trap.
When L'Sandberg encroached on Foolish's summer home, Foolish asked Ponk to join L'Sandberg as a spy, to which Ponk agreed.[111] Ponk also kidnapped BadBoyHalo's turtle Shelly to an island off-shore and made an elaborate machine to kill/torture the turtle in an effort to punish his chat for leaking his actions to other streamers.[112]
After Captain Puffy built L'Llamaberg too close to Ponk's Supreme Fridge, Ponk destroyed a portion of the castle to make the Fridge more visible.[113] Puffy responded by taking down the Supreme Fridge with Bad's reluctant help.[114] After Ponk found out his gift to Foolish was destroyed, he proclaimed that he would sue Bad and Puffy. Shortly after, he wrote a book called "LORE SUIT 07.06" that challenged them to a legal battle of wits.[115] He received a response a day later with the book "U IS SERVED!," accepting the challenge.[116]
A new home[]
After serving Puffy with the Lore Suit, Ponk decided to move out of Foolish's summer home and create a place of his own in a flower forest near Niki's secret city. While working, Ponk approached Awesamdude for advice on how to build a good-looking bridge, as well as legal advice for his upcoming law suit. Sam recommended that Drista be the judge and Big Law be Ponk's lawyer. During this time, Ponk confronted Sam about taking his life and cutting off his arm during the Keycard Incident. Sam revealed that he held no regret for it and felt that Ponk brought it on himself by refusing to surrender the keycards. Ponk responded by stating that karma would catch up to Sam eventually and that he would offer his support to Sam after it does.[117]
Stealing the Warden's Will[]
Some time later, Ponk and Foolish began bonding by roleplaying as Robin and Batman. They began messing with Sam by accusing him of committing an unknown crime. Although Sam evaded the two by using Sam Nook,[118] Ponk found Sam standing AFK by his bank the next day and pushed Sam down to the server's spider spawner. There, he released the spiders to kill him (non-canonically) for both revenge and future leverage. Once the spiders killed Sam, Ponk sorted through his dropped items. He kept Sam's sword named "Warden's Will" as well as Sam's armor and trident.[119]
On the one-year anniversary of Ponk's lemon tree being burnt down, Ponk brought Foolish to the original site of the lemon tree and told him the history. Then, he confided in Foolish a plan to use Sam's stolen gear as well as their newfound hobby of dressing up as alter-egos to become Sherlock and Watson to "take back" Ponk's missing arm from Sam using "social engineering." Ponk requested Foolish's help to break Sam's will, and Foolish agreed to help once it was confirmed that the plan did not involve killing Sam.[120]
Ending his friendship with Foolish[]
On Sam's insistence, Foolish and Sam went on a secret date, unknown to Ponk on August 8, 2021.[121] Ponk heard about this down the "great vine" (his chat) and confronted Foolish about it the following day. Foolish tried to act as if this wasn't true, before saying that it wasn't a big deal. Ponk was furious at Foolish and blew up a bridge between them to symbolize the death of their friendship. They then parted ways, with Ponk hoping that he would never have to cross paths with Foolish again. This incident led to Ponk cutting off all ties to the world and retreating to a cave to live as a hermit.[122]
A cave of isolation[]
While living in isolation, Ponk made contact with HBomb and instructed him to meet at the cave. After HBomb arrived and Ponk showed him around the cave, Ponk tasked HBomb with a mission to grab a sea pickle. He explained that the sea pickle was valuable to him since he obtained it the day Sacrifice and offered a payment of nineteen blocks of netherite since the sea pickle was located "where no man had stood before." HBomb agreed to the deal after Ponk added pistons to the payment, restoring Ponk's respect of HBomb. After Ponk equipped HBomb with redstone torches and a turtle shell helmet, the two parted ways, with Ponk staying in his cave.[123]
Rebuilding his friendship with Foolish[]
After living in a cave as a hermit for a while, Ponk began to miss Foolish and decided to rebuild their friendship together. In doing so, they destroyed the bridge that Foolish repaired on his own and then rebuilt it together, symbolizing their friendship being back together. Ponk then took Foolish on a walk through the SMP, telling Foolish about what he did after their breakup and asking Foolish for help with resurrecting Sacrifice.[124]
Legacy Arc[]
Confronting Sam[]
- See also: Pandora's Vault jailbreak
Two days after jailbreak at Pandora's Vault, Ponk angrily confronted Sam about his failure to keep Dream locked up. Ponk blamed Sam for the jailbreak, stating that Sam confidently promised everyone that Dream could not escape. Sam refused to take responsibility, telling Ponk that it wasn't his fault for not considering the possibility of a third party breaking the prisoner out. In response, Ponk told Sam that he was self-centered and didn't consider the consequences he created for others in his actions. Ponk explained that Sam took the role of being warden too seriously for no reason and that the prison corrupted him, citing the cutting off of Ponk's arm as an example. Nonetheless, Sam remained confident that he had done the correct thing and stated that he would repeat his past actions again. Despite his feelings towards Sam, Ponk refused to kill Sam because he felt that the old Sam would return. Ponk explained that his old self would return, realize his actions, and give him much guilt. Ponk then angrily said goodbye.[125]
Griefing and destruction of McPuffy's[]
After Puffy and Boomer burned Ponk's ninth lemon tree on April 6, 2022,[126] Ponk vowed to take revenge. The day after the burning of the tree, Ponk began scheming with Seapeekay, creating a plan to trap McPuffy's with explosives called "Project Lodestone." He also attempted to convince Aimsey, whose café was griefed with rats by Puffy, to join them in the plan so that he and Seapeekay could secretly put all the blame on Aimsey. Aimsey refused to grief Puffy's property and hoped to resolve their conflict peacefully, but Ponk and Seapeekay managed to take a screen shot they could use to frame Aimsey.[127] The following day, Ponk and Seapeekay executed their plan, placing TNT under the building and a charged respawn anchor in the kitchen disguised as a cooker. The two left images of cockroaches, the image of Aimsey taken the previous day, and threatening message written as if Aimsey was the author.[128]
Days later on April 12, Ponk accidentally triggered the trap while showing Antfrost, destroying McPuffy's and his and Ant's items.[129] On April 15, Ponk met up with Puffy to discuss the matter. Ponk attempted to blame Puffy and sue her, stating that she left McPuffy's unlocked and open for anyone to enter. However, Puffy knew the truth; she stated that Ponk had broken in and placed the TNT himself. While inspecting the damage, Ponk told Puffy that nothing lasts forever and that it was time for McPuffy's to go. After Puffy pushed back by saying that it sounded intentional, Ponk mentioned that his lemon tree disappeared. Puffy responded by reminding Ponk that he had rebuilt his lemon tree multiple times, also calling them ugly. Ponk defended his trees and told Puffy that he was insulting everyone who helped build it. Eventually, Ponk admitted to the destruction and offered to rebuild it. Puffy turned the offer down and stated that she wanted to move on.[130]
A Helping Hand[]
On October 22, 2022, after a long time living in his cave of isolation, Ponk decided that it was time time to leave the cave and look for a helping hand. After visiting Ponk Point to reflect on his losses, Ponk decided to look over his list of friends to see if he could get help from them. After failing to get in contact with Seapeekay, Ponk got in contact with Bad through in-game chat and asked to meet. Before meeting up, however, Ponk found Sam at the bank and called out to him, who glanced at Ponk before returning to his work. Bad met up with Ponk at the bank shortly after, and Ponk asked about Sam and for a helping hand. Bad asked what Ponk needed a helping hand for, and Ponk hinted at finding someone with a spare hand. However, Bad didn't pick up on Ponk's clue, so Ponk gave up and instead asked Bad to help him talk to Sam, who he believed could offer a helping hand. While attempting to assure Ponk that Sam would want to speak to him, Bad remembered that Ponk and Sam had a argument the last time they spoke to each other, making the situation awkward. Eventually, Ponk gained the confidence to speak with Sam. Bad wished Ponk luck before leaving.[131]
After Bad left, Ponk approached Sam, who was organizing chests, and called out to him. Noticing Ponk, Sam dropped Ponk a diamond and showed Ponk the progress on the bank. Ponk then asked why Sam was acting so nice and stated that he was still mad at Sam. Sam was bewildered and denied that he was ignoring their problem. Ponk then asked for his hand back, stating that everyone that he thought were his friends set him aside and didn't notice the missing hand. However, Sam ignored Ponk and instead mentioned Ponk's smell, dousing Ponk in water and asking if he showered recently. In response, Ponk told Sam about living alone in sorrow in his cave. Ponk then returned the conversation to the hand, asking if Sam wanted to help him or not. Sam told Ponk that he couldn't fabricate a new hand, leading to Ponk asking why he took the hand in the first place. Sam responded that he did what he had to do and told Ponk that the hand could not be replaced, angering Ponk to the point that he said he was done with the conversation. Sam continued taunting Ponk, asking him if he was going to move back to the smelly cave or ugly trees. As Ponk made his way back to his cave, Sam blamed Ponk for ruining their relationship.[132]
Alone in the cave, Ponk went to bed. After reflecting on his and Sam's broken relationship, Ponk got out of bed and made his way to The Egg's room.[133]
Egg conflict[]
- Main article: Egg conflict
Puffy's birthday party[]
On October 23, 2022, Ponk attended Puffy's birthday party. Before the party, Ponk ran into Puffy while escaping from bees after attempting to get honey. After Puffy killed the bees, the two chatted about missing her actual birthday. Puffy also noticed that Ponk's arm had returned and asked about it, but Ponk explained that it was a long story that she didn't need to hear on her day. Puffy was weirded out, but dismissed it.[134]
Ponk arrived at the party in the museum on time with cookies. After all of the guests arrived and chatted for a while, they noticed that Puffy was taking an abnormally long time to arrive. Bad volunteered to check on Puffy, and Ponk followed along. Much to their horror, Ponk and Bad found that blood vines had returned and overtaken Puffy's base. Puffy was nowhere to be found, and the two quickly returned to the museum to share the news. The rest of the attendees were hesitant to believe it and followed the two to Puffy's base to see for themselves.[135]
After everyone saw the vines for themselves, the partygoers decided to split into two groups to search for Puffy and investigate the growth. Ponk joined Bad, Eryn, and Seapeekay in investigating Puffy's base, while Sam, Hannah, and Antfrost went to investigate The Egg's former room and Sam Bucket's tunnels. While searching, Ponk and his group found weednip, poppies, and a tunnel dug leading to The Egg's final room with a pickaxe dropped on the ground, leading to them suspecting that Ant and Hannah were working with The Egg. With the evidence, the four decided to head to The Egg through the spider XP farm to investigate further and interrogate Ant, Hannah, and Sam. The two groups ran into each other in the spider XP farm.[136]
As Ponk's group accused Ant and Hannah side of working with The Egg and presented their evidence, Sam's side presented their evidence incriminating Bad and Ponk. Sam presented an apple juice container and blood-stained bandages, also asking Sam about Ponk's new arm. Ponk denied that the bandages belonged to him, brushed the arm questioned aside, and presented Fran's collar, a piece of evidence that Ponk didn't mention to others when he found it. Ponk stated that he found it by the tunnel while the rest of his group was staring at The Egg. Worried, Sam then rushed to his base to check on Fran. The two groups continued blaming each other, with Bad and his group insisting that they break the seal to check on The Egg, and with Hannah and Ant threatening to stop them. Reaching a stalemate, Hannah and Ant kicked everyone else out of the spider XP farm.[137]
Outside, Ponk, Bad, Eryn, and Seapeekay discussed the situation. Ponk, Bad, and Eryn agreed that Ant, Hannah, and Sam were not trustworthy. The three also agreed that they had to break the seal to check on The Egg and see if Puffy was there no matter what.[138]
Confrontation[]
On October 29, 2022, Ponk, Bad, and Eryn executed their plan to break into The Egg's room to search for Puffy. Due to Sam Bucket's tunnel leading to The Egg near Bad's base being blocked off by Ant, Hannah, Sam, and Seapeekay, Ponk and his team were forced to enter through the spider XP farm. Upon arriving at the entry to the farm, however, they were stopped by Ant's group. The two sides accused each other of working with The Egg, causing a stalemate. Eventually, Ponk volunteered to be a distraction, stepping forward and pretending to be on Ant's group's side. With their guards lowered, Ponk struck at them, allowing Bad and Eryn to enter the farm. Ant, Hannah, and Seapeekay followed the two in.[139]
While Sam attempted to enter the spider XP farm, Ponk struck at him and hit him away from the entrance. As Sam attempted to make his way in again, Ponk mentioned that he had Fran and demanded that Sam drop his armor and weapons. Sam complied and demanded to see Fran, but Ponk rejected the demand.[140] With all the leverage over Sam, Ponk began taking revenge by cornering him to the bank with netherite axes while scolding him for his actions. Sam apologized for the actions and pleaded for Fran's freedom, but Ponk didn't accept the apology, stating that Sam was only apologizing since he was on the end of the axe. Ponk explained that Sam only hurt the ones closest to him since he locked them up. Sam denied the sentiment and stated that Fran was safe. Nonetheless, Ponk threatened to kill Fran slowly after killing Sam. To Ponk's surprise, Sam triggered a TNT trap that blew up Ponk and the bank while teleporting him to safety. Ponk died from the explosion, and although Sam was teleported back to his base before the explosion, Sam died shortly after due to the repeated blows that Ponk dealt.[141]
Items[]
| Personal items | |
|---|---|
| Name | Notes |
 Bebbles Spirit
|
|
 Bebbles Might
|
|
 CHAT (two of them)
|
Efficiency V, Mending, Silk Touch & Unbreaking III
Ponk's main weapons. |
 george pick v2
|
Ponk's pickaxe. |
| Warden's Will
|
Sharpness V, Knockback II, Looting III, Unbreaking III, Mending
As the name suggests, the sword was for the warden of Pandora's Vault. During Ponk's confrontation with Sam after the prison break, Sam handed it to Ponk and told Ponk to kill him. Ponk refused to kill Sam and kept the sword.[142] It was blown up while Ponk attempted to show Ant his trap in McPuffy's.[129] |
 Get Forked
|
Loyalty III, Mending, Unbreaking III
Blown up while Ponk attempted to show Ant his trap in McPuffy's.[129] |
 Netherite Shovel
|
Efficiency V, Mending, Unbreaking III
Blown up while Ponk attempted to show Ant his trap in McPuffy's.[129] |
| Get Spooned
|
Mending, Riptide III, Unbreaking III
Blown up while Ponk attempted to show Ant his trap in McPuffy's.[129] |
 gump
|
Blown up while Ponk attempted to show Ant his trap in McPuffy's.[129] |
 Netherite Chestplate
|
Mending, Protection IV, Thorns II, Unbreaking III
Blown up while Ponk attempted to show Ant his trap in McPuffy's.[129] |
 Diamond Leggings
|
Mending, Protection III, Thorns III, Unbreaking III
Blown up while Ponk attempted to show Ant his trap in McPuffy's.[143] |
Pets[]
| Pets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Status | Residence | Notes |
 Dog
|
Dead | Killed by Eret. | |
 Kanye
|
Dead | Near Ponk's tree base monument | Kanye was orphaned after Sapnap killed his parents. He eventually found and sheltered in the remains of one of the lemon trees until being attacked by a pack of wolves. After escaping, Kanye was approached by Ponk, who befriended him. Kanye had a black belt in jiu-jitsu.[144] Kanye was killed by a magma block on July 18, 2020 after George and Punz played with it.[145] Ponk blamed George for killing it, saying that there were no such things as accidents.[146][147] |
| Cat
|
Unknown | Ponk's tower | |
 Bebbles
|
Dead, Replaced | The original Bebbles was kept in Ponk's therapy office located under Punz's base. It was killed by Tubbo on August 30, 2020, setting off a chain of events that led to the death of Tubbo's dog, the burning of the third lemon tree base, and the burning of Tubbo's jungle base.
| |
| Bebbles the 2nd
|
Unknown | Lemon City | |
| Kanye
|
Dead, Replaced | Lemon City | Kanye the chicken was accidentally killed by Tommy after he punched him "out of habit." Since then, Ponk has gotten a few other chickens and named them after Kanye. |
 Sacrifice
|
Dead | Killed by Jschlatt following the Manberg Festival on Ponk's offer. Witnesses of the killing (other than Ponk) expressed dismay at the killing.[148] Ponk gained a sea pickle following Sacrifice's death. Although Ponk seemed unbothered by the killing at the time, he later mourned Sacrifice's death while living in isolation. He tasked HBomb with the job of retrieving the sea pickle for him.[123] After rebuilding his relationship with Foolish, Ponk asked Foolish for help with resurrecting Sacrifice.[124] | |
 b0nk
|
Dead | Manberg Hotel | Ponk renamed b0nk to Fran and had b0nk blown up by a creeper to prank Sam.[149] |
| Frank Ocean
|
Dead | Zombie XP farm | Killed by Ponk when HBomb refused to give him mending books. |
 Kanye
|
Dead | Rose Residence | Killed by Fundy on October 9, 2021.[150] |
 Wash your rice
|
Dead | Rose Residence | Wash your rice was moved from its former location to Ponk's Cave of Sadness. It eventually ended up in the Rose Residence, where it was blown up by Boomer on Hannah's one-year anniversary.[151]
Wash your rice loved bamboo.[152] |
| Fat B1tch
|
Dead | Ponk's Cave of Sadness | Tamed on April 5, 2021.[153] It was killed by Eryn on December 21, 2021, when a user from their stream chat subscribed with Twitch Prime and asked Eryn to kill the dog.[154] |
 Speed Wagon
|
Unknown | Niki's underground city | Adopted April 8, 2021, after Ponk moved into Niki's underground city. |
 Catye
|
Alive | Ponk's Cave of Sadness | |
 MILFMAN
|
Unknown | ||
 Shoe
|
Dead | Rose Residence | Shoe was moved from its former location to Ponk's Cave of Sadness. It eventually ended up in the Rose Residence, where it was blown up by Boomer on Hannah's one-year anniversary.[151] |
Relationships[]
| Relationships with members | |
|---|---|
| Name | Notes |
 Positive |
Ponk and Alyssa are very close friends and are always seen interacting. They fought alongside each other at the start of The Disc Saga against Sapnap and Tommy.[20][21] The two also formed a group with Purpled called the "PPA" to get access to L'Manberg resources.[31] |
 Neutral/positive |
Ponk and Antfrost didn't have much history at all up until when Antfrost tried interacting with Ponk. Ponk responded with disgust, saying that he despises cats due to him being allergic to them, leading Antfrost to repeatedly attack him.
After their initial interaction, Ponk and Antfrost encountered a fenced-in panda and blue sheep, and Ponk threatened to kill it if Antfrost didn't answer correctly between yes or no. Ponk didn't kill either animal despite Antfrost saying "no" which was wrong, pleasing Antfrost. However, they were on opposite sides of the Estate Conflict, souring their relationship a bit further.[155] Although Ponk wasn't completely aligned with The Egg early on, he wanted to stay on good terms with Ant and Bad, so he helped the two hire Purpled as a mercenary to capture Puffy. Ant and Bad were very pleased about the result, but they wanted Ponk to be completely supportive of The Egg, so they trapped him in an obsidian case above the Egg twice, slowly succumbing him to the corruption.[79][89] Eventually, Ponk fell to The Egg's influence and was allowed to join the Eggpire. As a member of the Eggpire, Ponk worked alongside Ant in spreading the vines throughout the server and hosting the Red Banquet. The two have not interacted since the events of the Red Banquet when the Eggpire disbanded, leaving the status of their relationship uncertain. |
 Very negative |
Sam considered Ponk his friend, and Ponk thought the same. Although Ponk messed with Sam multiple times and upset him with pranks such as faking Fran's death and stealing a trident made for Sam Nook and removing an enchantment,[49][156] the two were still close friends.
Eventually, the friendship turned into a partnership after Ponk built a "Woo Station" to ask Sam to be his valentine and Sam accepted Ponk's request.[96] However, this partnership quickly turned sour. After Jack and Andrea's date where Sam interfered multiple times, Foolish explained to Ponk that Sam was trying to get Andrea's heart, ultimately breaking Ponk's heart.[98] Their relation took a downturn when Ponk fully became corrupt by the Egg and blamed Sam for breaking his heart. To make matters worse, Sam took one of Ponk's canon lives after Ponk was caught stealing an access card to the prison before torturing him to get the other eleven cards that he stole back, ultimately ending up cutting off Ponk's left arm.[107] Following this, Ponk seemed to be conflicted between seeking revenge on Sam, letting karma run its course, and hoping that Sam still loved him. At the Red Banquet, Sam and Ponk remained civil with each other, though Ponk expressed his distain for Sam several times. Months after the torture and Banquet, Ponk attempted to confront Sam about the torture and arm. In response, Sam told Ponk that he held no regrets, upsetting Ponk.[117] While roleplaying with Foolish, Ponk stole Sam's sword, armor, and trident,[119] and attempted to get his arm back.[120] On August 8, 2021, Sam asked Foolish out on a secret date. While mining in the Nether the following day, Ponk got tipped off the date, breaking Ponk's heart. This led to him breaking off his and Foolish's friendship and moving to live in isolation.[122] Following Dream's escape from Pandora's vault, Ponk blamed Sam for the jailbreak and told him that he took the warden role too seriously. Ponk told Sam that the extreme measures he took to protect the prison such as the torture were effectively useless, but Sam refused to concede that he was at fault and stated that he would repeat the torture if he had to. Ponk was infuriated, but refused to kill Sam since he wanted Sam to come to realization and feel guilt.[125] After months of living in isolation, Ponk calmed down and decided to leave his cave of isolation to look for someone who could help him replace his hand. Ponk nervously approached Sam, knowing that he was the only one who could help and remembering the fight they had. Sam attempted to dodge Ponk and his request to replace the arm, but Ponk was adamant and kept probing. Eventually, Sam replied that the arm was irreplaceable and that he did his job as a warden, infuriating Ponk. The conversation ended with Ponk angrily storming back to his cave and the two throwing insults at each other. Following the conversation, Ponk made a deal with The Egg to replace the arm.[157] Months after their fallout, Ponk took advantage of Puffy's disappearance and the divide between the birthday party guests to get revenge on Sam. To gain leverage over Sam, Ponk kidnapped Fran before the events. While the two sides blamed each other of conspiring with The Egg, Ponk used a piece of Fran's collar to frame Sam of working with The Egg.[137] Taking advantage of the confrontation at the spider XP farm entrance, Ponk singled out Sam and used Fran as leverage to gain power over Sam. Sam complied with Ponk and pleaded for her safety, also apologizing for everything he did.[140] However, Ponk wasn't pleased and stated that he would kill Fran slowly after killing Sam. Sam eventually escaped with a TNT trap that killed Ponk and teleported him out, but died shortly after due to Ponk's attacks.[141] |
 Neutral |
Ponk, as a questionable doctor, sacrificed many cats on the server for no reason. BadBoyHalo was angered by this, so he developed a negative relationship with Ponk.
Although Ponk wasn't completely aligned with The Egg early on, he wanted to stay on good terms with Bad and Ant, so he helped the two hire Purpled as a mercenary to capture Puffy. Bad and Ant were very pleased about the result, but they wanted Ponk to be completely supportive of The Egg, so they trapped him in an obsidian case above the Egg twice, slowly succumbing him to the corruption.[79][89] Eventually, Ponk fell to The Egg's influence and was allowed to join the Eggpire. As a member of the Eggpire, Ponk worked alongside Bad in spreading the vines throughout the server and hosting the Red Banquet. After the Eggpire disbanded, Ponk helped Foolish with keeping L'Sandberg contained, diminishing relations with Bad. Ponk kidnapped and killed Bad's turtle Shelly.[112] In turn, Bad reluctantly helped Puffy tear down the Supreme Fridge Ponk built for Foolish.[114] Over time, their relationship settled. When Ponk decided to leave his cave of isolation to search for help with replacing his hand, Ponk approached Bad for help. Although Bad couldn't help, the two were left on friendly terms.[131] Ponk and Bad were also on the same side during the Egg conflict. |
 Neutral/negative |
Dream was one of Ponk's close friends, and Dream stepped in to help Ponk during the start of the The Disc Saga. However, Ponk betrayed Dream by helping Punz, Tommy, and Tubbo take Dream down and imprison him.[76] Ponk has stated that he doesn't have many strong feelings about Dream either way. He said he hates Dream for the harm he's caused, but not to the extent that someone like Tommy would, because Ponk has not been directly negatively affected by Dream himself.[158] |
 Negative |
Ponk and Eret were on the same side during the Camarvan Conflict. Although they were on opposite sides of The Manberg Rebellion, Ponk supported Pogtopia and believed that L'Manberg would be able to survive the Doomsday War, putting them on the same side.
This relationship has since soured in the Red Banquet, where Eret called Ponk and the other Eggpire members monsters, and Ponk told Eret he had nothing to say about trust, referencing Eret's betrayal in the Final Control Room.[109] |
| Positive |
Ponk led the Eggpire attack on Foolish's summer home and threatened him.[99][101][102] He and the Eggpire destroyed the Ra statue, drawing Foolish's ire and leading to him summoning lightning to scare Ponk and the others off.[104]
Following the events of the Red Banquet, Ponk claimed that he was sorry for what he did and wanted to make it up to him by building him a Supreme Fridge. Although Foolish was initially hesitant and stated that would only believe Ponk after the Egg and Eggpire were gone,[110] Ponk managed to win him over with the the Supreme Fridge. During the L'Sandberg Conflict, Ponk and Foolish had a very positive relationship, with Ponk agreeing to help Foolish as a spy in L'Sandberg as well as helping him take Shelly hostage.[111][112] After Puffy destroyed the Supreme Fridge, Foolish vowed to take revenge.[159] Ponk also commissioned Foolish to build the ninth lemon tree.[160] After finding out about Foolish and Sam's date, Ponk confronted Foolish and told him that their friendship was over. The incident led to Ponk moving into a cave to isolate himself from society.[122] After living in he cave for a while Ponk, began missing Foolish and decided to rebuild their friendship by re-blowing up the bridge that they blew up when they destroyed their friendship to rebuild together it to symbolize the repairing of their friendship.[124] |
| Neutral/negative |
Hannah and Ponk were always respectful to each other when interacting, leading to Ponk offering her a deal to never be mugged by him.[161] However, she was unable to complete the deal in time, causing them to have a prank war with each other where they would constantly prank each other until Ponk blew up her only way back from the Nether, causing Hannah to die.[162] The two also were on the same side during the Red Banquet.
The two were on opposite sides during the Egg conflict, where Hannah was against breaking the seal to The Egg while Ponk supported the idea of doing so. |
| Neutral |
Ponk and HBomb formed a negative relationship after the events of Ponk's experiment, where Ponk pressured HBomb to blow up Lemon City.[49]
However, this changed over time. After gaining possession of the keycards, Ponk approached HBomb, Jack, and Niki to convince them to break into the prison with them and trusted them enough to show the keycards.[106] While living in isolation, Ponk contacted HBomb and tasked him with the mission of grabbing a valuable sea pickle from Lemon City.[123] |
| Neutral |
Ponk and Jack haven’t really interacted much, but developed a negative relationship due to the Estate Conflict.[155] Despite this, Ponk trusted Jack enough that he asked him, HBomb, and Niki if they wanted to help him break into Pandora's Vault.[106] |
| Neutral |
Initially, Ponk supported Schlatt because Lemon City prospered under a trade deal with Manberg.[43] However, due to the dynamic of the Manberg vs Pogtopia War and Schlatt declining Ponk's medical treatment, Ponk decided that the best thing to do would be to abandon Schlatt and join Pogtopia.[47] |
| Negative |
Ponk and Lazar developed a negative relationship after an encounter in which LazarBeam stole some wheat from a farm. Ponk tried to get gold from him as repayment and acted powerful by using a glitch to make him appear as if he was flying, but Lazar killed him saying "I believe in no god." After being killed, Ponk left, vowing that he would get his revenge.[163] |
| Neutral/positive |
Ponk and Niki were always kind whenever they met with each other. Although they slowly fell out of contact after Niki abandoned L'Manberg and put herself out of contact with everyone, the two remained on good relations.
After taking the keys to Pandora's Vault, Ponk approached Niki and other members online to recruit them to go on a mission to break into Pandora's Vault. Niki was initially hesitant, but was enticed by the keys. When Sam logged on to hunt Ponk, Niki helped distract Sam by triggering the call button at the entrance to the prison.[106] After Sam tortured Ponk for the keys and cut his arm off, Ponk rented a room in her underground city to recover. Niki gave him food and company in addition to tending to his arm.[108] However, Ponk and the rest of the Eggpire trapped and intended to sacrifice Niki during the Red Banquet. As part of his apology to Foolish, Ponk also moved out of Niki's city. |
| Neutral/negative |
Ponk has had an alliance with Purpled ever since he was saved by him in the nether.[24] The two of them used to share a beacon together and often helped each other out. Ponk considered Purpled to be one of his closest friends on the SMP.
During The Egg's initial rise, Ponk led Ant, Bad, and Punz to Purpled to work out a deal to assassinate Puffy. Purpled showed resentment towards The Egg's supporters, but was cordial to Ponk.[89] However, Purpled's arrival at the Red Banquet led to the Eggpire having to retreat in the Red Banquet. |
| Negative |
In the very early days of the server, Sapnap wanted peace, so he helped Ponk kill George to restore order for burning the first lemon tree.[12]
However, Sapnap's neutrality towards Ponk was short-lived, as Ponk pranked Sapnap's base with chickens. In retaliation, Sapnap burned down Ponk's second lemon tree,[18] leading them to fight, starting The Disc Saga.[20][21] |
| Neutral/negative |
Ponk was first fond of "Lil' Red," a spore of The Egg that had appeared in his base. Despite his love for Lil' Red, Ponk disliked The Egg and considered it evil early on.[57][58] To escape persecution from The Egg's supporters, Ponk wore eye contacts and pretended to support The Egg.[88]
However, his negative thoughts towards The Egg were short-lived. Bad and Ant became suspicious of Ponk, so they trapped Ponk in a box above The Egg twice.[79][89] The day after being released from his second entrapment, Ponk was seen with red eyes throwing his trident at Tommy and trying to get Tommy away from the Egg.[90] Following Jack's date with Andrea Botez where Sam messed with the two, Ponk cut ties with Sam and fell to The Egg's control. As a follower of The Egg, Ponk declared war on Foolish due to his apathy against the Egg. Ponk exerted The Egg's power by placing explosives around Foolish's summer home and even blowing up the Statue of Ra.[104] Ponk helped organize the Red Banquet by providing food. Ponk, however, was not aware of the rest of the Eggpire's plan to sacrifice people to the Egg. Afterwards, Ponk told Foolish he was no longer under the influence of the Egg, and his eyes returned to normal. He admitted to Foolish that the reason he fully gave in to the Eggpire was because he needed a sense of stability after Sam, and he thought the Eggpire could offer that.[110] After his fallout with Sam, Ponk approached The Egg to ask for a replacement arm.[133] The arm was replaced, although the terms of the replacement are unknown, as Ponk didn't want to share any details when asked.[134] In addition, Ponk sided with Bad, who wanted to break the iron block seal around The Egg to look for Puffy, and took advantage of the Egg conflict to single out Sam to take revenge. |
| Neutral |
Although Ponk and Tommy were on opposite sides in multiple conflicts and had territorial disputes, they remained friendly towards each other after each conflict.
When Tommy first joined, he claimed land next to Ponk's lemon tree, leading to the two fighting and building a fence between them that inhibited free travel. The two worked out a truce.[17] At the beginning of The Disc Saga, Tommy sided with Sapnap against Ponk and Alyssa. Dream eventually stepped in to stop the fighting.[21] After Ponk built his Barad-dûr tower, Tommy attacked Ponk and claimed the tower as his, also taking some of Ponk's items.[25] Ponk and Purpled retaliated by joining Eret, Sapnap, and Tubbo in detaining those involved with the Camarvan.[164] However, while Ponk and Tommy were left alone, the two engaged in friendly conversation and worked out a deal where Ponk would keep his tower in return for Tommy's freedom.[28] Although Ponk was a supporter of Schlatt and followed every order including chasing Tommy and Wilbur out of L'Manberg,[42] Tommy agreed to let Ponk sign a contract that allowed him to sell his "essential oils" in Pogtopia, motivating him to abandon Schlatt.[47] During Tommy's exile, Ponk spoke with Tommy during a secret trip to L'Manberg, vowing to keep his visit a secret. Ponk was also present during Tommy and Tubbo's goodbye before the Disc Confrontation, where Tommy thanked Ponk.[75] Ponk also appeared among the rescue group led by Punz.[76] After being corrupted by The Egg, Ponk chased out Tommy after he mined a piece of The Egg.[90] |
| Positive |
Early on, Tubbo helped Ponk while trying to maintain peace and order. After Sapnap set fire to Ponk's second tree, Tubbo discovered Ponk's burning tree and attempted to extinguish and repair it.[19] After Alyssa set fire to Sapnap's house while helping Ponk escape from Sapnap, Tubbo repaired the base to prevent Sapnap from burning Alyssa's house.[20]
The two fell out after Tubbo killed Bebbles. Ponk responded by killing Tubbo's pet dog, and Tubbo in turn responded by burning the third lemon tree. In return, Ponk set fire to Tubbo's jungle base. Over time, their relationship repaired. Ponk and Tubbo seemed to be at ease with each other due to Ponk supporting them during the Manberg vs Pogtopia War and during the Disc Confrontation. |
Quotes[]
- "I CHOSE VIOLENCE TODAY! YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT!"
- "despicable..."
- "What is this, huh? Cat got your tongue?" [165]
- "Sam... after everything I've done for you? After everything... Sam, please..."
- "Can I have some food?" - Ponk, before the explosion of L’Manberg during the Manberg vs Pogtopia War.
- "GET OUT" - Ponk to Tommy, after Tommy mined a piece of The Egg.[166]
- "Ah, you think I only have two plans, Foolish? Really? You think you can fool me? You think you can fool me? You think you can fool my brothers? No. Foolish, the Egg wants blood. The Egg will get blood. Let's go for a walk. What do you want destroyed, Foolish?" - Ponk, in response to Foolish taunting the Eggpire after finding and removing the TNT placed around his summer home.[167]
- "We don't talk about the hand, Foolish, alright? For once, we ain't talking to the hand, alright? We ain't, alright? That's something I have to deal with. That I have to solve myself. Yes, it took an effect. Yes, it put me in some place, but no, Foolish, I am telling you I am sorry." - Ponk, explaining the effect of his hand on his actions leading up to the Red Banquet during his apology to Foolish.[168]
- "A year ago today... L'Manberg did not know it's fate. Did not know... What side of history it'd be on. But now, as we sit and reminisce, We realize, It wasn't meant to be. It never was. From the day Eret uttered those words, L'Manberg was doomed to fall. Burnt down to ashes, Nothing more but rubble, cobblestone and dirt. This one place, This one place... Used to be great. But now, as faded into time, Faded away... Into extinction." - Ponk, while touring the ruins of L'Manberg on the one year anniversary of it's destruction.[169]
- "You're not even worth the durability of my sword, you know? You're not even worth that, Sam. […] Sam, I don't want you to die. […] Sam, I have a feeling that some one great - someone that used be is still in there, is fighting to come out. And one day that person will come out, and you will see the shit that you've done to other people in this world, alright? It'll be much worse than death, Sam, alright? The shit that you put other people in? You'll see one day. You'll see one day. Goodbye Sam." - Ponk, during his confrontation with Sam after the jailbreak at Pandora's Vault.[170]
- "You know what I want? I want my hand back. I... I've gone to most people in this server that I thought were friends, and they've just set me aside. They don't even know what's wrong. They see me, they don't even see my hand missing nowadays. Sam, I see it. I see it everyday" - Ponk, asking Sam to replace his hand.[171]
Trivia[]
- Ponk has the most abandoned/griefed bases on the server by far.
- Despite the irony of killing a multitude of animals, Ponk has stated his character is allergic to cats.
- Ponk's chat are canonically little lemons with arms and legs.[4]
- Ponk was the first to die with the three lives system.
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