Shapoklyakville

Shapoklyakville is a town that appears in “The Whimsical World of Leopold”; it’s only appearance is in “The Town of the Damned”. It happens to appear for a day every 100 years.

Past
It was a regular town until one fateful day in June 1720 where the witch named Valeriya Volkova witnessed Mayor Ulysses Shapoklyak mistreating the townspeople under his reign; fed up with his cruel treatment of his people, she appeared with her wolf friend named Olaf in tow and put a curse on the whole town, which made all of the townspeople mindlessly happy forever and the mayor more miserable. However, the only ones that were unaffected were wolves, which were Valeriya Volkova’s favorite animals.

Appearance
Shapoklyakville is a beautiful town that happens to be under the curse whose inhabitants are happy and blissful forever. It consists of several shops, restaurants, cafes, parks, a clinic, a town hall and Aya’s mansion. However, thanks to Valeriya Volkova’s curse that befell the town, it only appears for a day every 100 years and will disappear the next day afterwards; also, should a person leave the town during the night, that person will immediately forget that they had ever visited the town.

Even though the curse also affects the visitors, the only ones who remain immune are Shapoklyak, Lariska, Wolf, Hare, Skipper and Kaito, respectively; however, while Shapoklyak, Lariska and Wolf are unaffected by default, Hare, Skipper and Kaito had Selena brew them a special potion in three vials (with one person drinking from each vial) and were able to drink the whole potion, which instantly grants them protection from the same curse that befell Leopold, Suzanna, Ludmilla, Mitya and Motya earlier.

Points of Interest
Aya’s Mansion

Cheese Shop

Floral Shop

Lira Toshi Boutique

Town Hall

Promenade

Ye Olde Lovin Cafe

Tavern

Sugar n Spice Bakery

In the fanfic
Its only appearance is in “The Town of the Damned”, where Leopold invites Suzanna over to Shapoklyakville for a romantic picnic without knowing that Mitya, Motya and Ludmilla are about to follow them around. However, when they enter the town, as the suddenly hypnotized cats proceed to go on to have a picnic, the mice end up going their separate ways. First, Motya gets hypnotized upon his visit at the Cheese Shop, where the shopkeeper invites him to try out different cheeses; second, Ludmilla explores the town and falls under the same spell upon visiting the Lira Toshi Boutique, where she tries on different beautiful dresses prior to buying the pink Strawberry Dress as well as the Daisy Dress (the latter of which she promptly dons after the saleswoman encourages her to wear it after the purchase); third, Mitya falls into the same trance in his process of getting closer to Aya. Later, Wolf finds Motya and Ludmilla, who were cuddling each other lovingly yet subconsciously at the park and, with the help of Hare (whom he makes a phone call with), manages to free them from their trance by kissing them on the lips; afterwards, they reunite with Hare, Skipper and Kaito, respectively, and are able to infiltrate Aya’s mansion, where Wolf also frees Mitya as well as Aya and her parents from the similar trance. After they leave the mansion, they manage to find Leopold and Suzanna, during which Wolf manages to trick Leopold and Suzanna to into kissing Motya and Mitya, respectively, freeing the cats from the same spell instantly. Afterwards, they manage to talk Shapoklyak and Lariska (who remain immune) into leaving the already disappearing town; however, Aya and her parents refuse to leave, since they still need to protect the town from Mayor Ulysses Shapoklyak; despite being saddened by Aya’s decision, Mitya offers her his pink scrunchie as a token of their love for each other, which she gladly accepts; afterwards, Mitya and Aya kiss passionately prior to bidding farewell to each other. After leaving the already disappearing town, the heroes (plus Shapoklyak and Lariska) immediately have no memory of ever having visited the town and went off their separate ways overnight.

Trivia
Shapoklyakville may be based on Brigadoon, since both towns tend to only appear for a day every 100 years.