Chia

Chia
Description:	Chia
Info Page:	Chia
Special Day:	18 February
Amount Created:	3,377,078 (30th - 1.21%)
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The Chia is short but joyful Neopet that was one of the original species available when the website launched on 15 November 1999. A Chia, Thyassa, was the very first Neopet created on the site, by Donna the day before launch day.

A variety of fruit and vegetable Chias.

They will often by chased by Lupes looking for a snack - perhaps because of this, Chias come in a wide range of exclusive fruit and vegetable colours. They have more paint colours than any other Neopet, including Carrot, Blueberry, Apple, and Pea. Many of these fruit and vegetable colours can be obtained by feeding a Chia a Magical Chia Pop. Orange Chias used to be created with an Orange Paint Brush, they now must be made with a Magical Chia Pop. Every time a Chia eats a chocolate food, they have a chance of changing colour to Chocolate.

While Strawberry Chias have been featured in past Caption Competitions (#943 and #984), they cannot currently be painted that colour.

The only Chia featured in the Neopets Trading Card Game is Hubrid Nox, who is associated with the elements of Dark and Fire.

Battledome

In the Battledome, Chias have no natural resistances, however they do have six species abilities:

Chia Abilities
Chia Charge	No effect	Available from Level 1
Chia Smile	Attack: 2×Light	Available from Level 2
Chia Giggle	Attack: 2×Light   2×Air	Available from Level 20
Chia Shield of Light	Defence: 1 - 4×Darkness Defence	Available on Chia Day only
Chia Bite	Attack: 2×Fire   2×Earth	Available on Chia Day only
Chia Restore	No effect	Available from Level 15 on Chia Day only

There are also twenty-one pieces of equipment that can only be used by a Chia.

Colours

As of February 2012, the Chia is available in 62 different colours:

8-Bit - February 18, 2012 Apple - May 24, 2001 Asparagus - March 25, 2003 Aubergine - April 18, 2001 Avocado - May 7, 2001 Baby - May 16, 2002 Blue - Natural Blueberry - June 25, 2004 Camouflage - February 18, 2011 Carrot - September 1, 2004 Chocolate - February 18, 2005 Chokato - August 24, 2001 Christmas - December 8, 2000 Cloud - February 18, 2005 Custard - February 17, 2006 Darigan - February 18 , 2010 Desert - June 27, 2001 Durian - July 15, 2004 Electric - February 18, 2009 Faerie - January 18, 2001 Fire - November 7, 2002

Ghost - October 24, 2004 Gold - February 20, 2008 Gooseberry - January 30, 2002 Grape - January 4, 2005 Green - Natural Halloween - ? Ice - February 17, 2007 Island - February 18, 2003 Lemon - August 20, 2001 Lime - June 12, 2002 Magma - December 15, 2009 Mutant - February 5, 2001 Onion - February 18, 2009 Orange - September 23, 2003 Pea - May 19, 2004 Peach - August 3, 2001 Pear - April 17, 2001 Pepper - February 17, 2006 Pineapple - April 20, 2001 Pink - February 17, 2007 Pirate - September 4, 2002

Plum - May 5, 2001 Plushie - February 18, 2004 Purple - ? Rainbow - February 20, 2008 Red - Natural Robot - October 19, 2001 Shadow - February 18, 2012 Snot - March 24, 2004 Snow - December 4, 2003 Speckled - February 18 , 2010 Split - ? Sponge - February 18, 2011 Spotted - ? Starry - February 8, 2003 Striped - ? Thornberry - February 17, 2004 Tomato - August 2, 2001 Tyrannian - April 12, 2002 White - ? Yellow - Natural

Trivia

• As of October 2009, the Chia is ranked 31th out of 54 species, with over 3.2 million created. As of December 2010, they are featured in 300 items.
• The Flosset, a Faerie Petpet, looks like a Chia.
• In 2002, Joseph Enterprises Inc., the manufacturer of Chia Pets, a brand of plant containers marketed as toys, took legal action against Neopets, seeking to get them to surrender the domains chia.info and chia.biz and pay damages for use of the Chia name, which Neopets had trademarked. Chia Pets are not sold or marketed in the UK, where Neopets was founded and the Chia designed.

See also

• Famous Chias: Cave Chia, Chelo Binay, Chia Clown, Chiazilla, Florg, Geoffrey, Highland Chia, Hubrid Nox, Jelly Chia, Kasuki Lu, MechaChiazilla, Mika and Carassa, Minae Mitora, Nigel, Peter, Thyassa, Trrygdorr, Yellow Knight
• Games: Caption Competition, NeoQuest I, NeoQuest II, Carnival of Terror, Chia Bomber 2, Ice Cream Machine, Hubrid's Hero Heist, MAGAX: Destroyer, Igloo Garage Sale - The Game, Gormball, Snow Roller

External links

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