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{{Character 
| name = Popolopoï
| image = [[File:Popolopoiorigin.png|center|200px|''Popolopoiorigin'']]
| alignment = Neutral
| appears in = ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'', ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]'', ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', ''[[Rayman M]]'', ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]'',''[[Rayman Origins]]''
| sex = Unknown
| status = Background character
}}
 
'''Popolopoï''' are a species of butterfly found commonly in [[the Glade of Dreams]]. Most popolopoï are bright blue; yellow popolopoï are rarer. For the majority of the ''Rayman'' series, popolopoï act merely as background elements and are not mentioned or named; however, they are given much more prominence in ''[[Rayman M]]''.

Another species of butterfly found in the ''Rayman'' series are the [[tribelle]]s. It is unknown if there is any connection between the tribelles and the popolopoï, or if either species of butterfly have any connection to the shadowy [[caterpillar]]s or [[slobberpillar]]s encountered throughout the series.

[[Image:Foret1PC.png|left|thumb|316px|Popolopoï, as seen in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]]]]

In [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]], blue popolopoï can be seen fluttering amidst the scenery of [[the Dream Forest]]. In the Sega Saturn and Atari Jaguar versions, several other colours are included; these colours reappear in ''[[Rayman Junior]]'' and ''[[Rayman Designer]]'', which also introduces a flashing, multicoloured variety.

In ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]'' and its remakes, blue and yellow popolopoï can be seen in the background in [[the Woods of Light]]. ''Rayman 2'''s credits give a special thanks to someone called ‘Popolopoy’, providing a likely inspiration for the name given to them in ''[[Rayman M]]''. Incidentally, the credits also give special thanks to the ‘[[Tonic Trouble|T-Trouble]] Team’.

In ''[[Rayman M]]'', there is an entire racing mode which revolves around them. In Popolopoï Mode, the player must run through the race course while [[magic fist|shooting]] as many popolopoï as he can; each popolopoï struck grants the player extra time, which he will need in order to finish the race. The yellow popolopoï are rarer and grant more time than the blue ones.

[[Image:PapillonR2.jpg|left|thumb|320px|A detailed view of a popolopoï in ''[[Rayman 2]]'']]

[[Image:Butterflies-in-Rayman-3.png‎|320px|thumb|right|Popolopoï in [[the Fairy Council]] in ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]'']]

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In ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]'', sparkling blue popolopoï are visible in [[the Fairy Council]]. Appearing randomly, they twirl around [[Rayman]] while making slight twinkling noises. Both the blue and yellow types appear in [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version]].

Popolopoï make a return ''[[Rayman Origins]]''. They can be seen fluttering around in several levels of the [[Jibberish Jungle]] and the [[Ticklish Temples]]; a group of Popolopoï can be seen hiding on the loading screen on the same levels, and if players run into them, they temporaly fly around.  During the first trailer, some of them can be seen flying away from the stone circle right before [[Rayman]] is created.

<table>
<tr>
<td valign="top">[[Image:PopolopoiClose.jpg|left|thumb|320px|A standard blue popolopoï, as seen in ''[[Rayman M]]'']]</td>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Popolopoi_R3_GBA.PNG‎|frame|Blue and yellow popolopoï both appear in [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']]]]</td>
<td valign="top">[[Image:Exit sign Forest world RRR1 GBA.PNG|frame|A popolopoï atop an [[exit sign]] in [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|the handheld ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'']]]]</td>
<td valign="top">[[Image:R1_site_popolopoi.jpg|thumb|200px|A yellow popolopoï, as seen in an illustration from an official ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' site]]</td>
</tr>
</table>

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