Editing Petpet

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[[image:Petpetpets.PNG|frame|Just a few of the Petpetpets available]]

A '''Petpetpet''' is a very tiny [[Wikipedia:Insect|insect]]-like creature which acts as a [[Wikipedia:Parasitism|parasite]] or pet (depending on the Petpetpet) to [[Petpet]]s. The first Petpetpets were released on June 11, 2003.

==Overview==
Petpetpets take many different shapes, the majority of which bear strong resemblance to real insects. All of them use the body of their Petpet master as a home, and some even use it as a food source.

In [[Neopets (website)|Neopets]], Petpetpets are usually expensive, and are often viewed as a status symbol. Their high price is due to the fact that they will only appear from a rare [[Random Event]], in which a random Petpet attached to one of the user's [[Neopet]]s catches one and brings it back to their owner in its mouth. Because of how easy it is to lose the Petpetpet from the user's inventory (see explanation in "How to attach" below), keeping a Petpetpet from the Random Event is difficult. However, once a Petpetpet is attached to a Petpet, it is attached for good. The only way that a Petpetpet can be removed from a Petpet is if the user removes the Petpet from their Neopet, in which case the Petpetpet attached will simply vanish.

==List of Petpetpets==
As of October 2008, 36 different Petpetpets have been released...

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*[[Aboogala]]-''December 16, 2003''
*[[Blechy]]-''December 6, 2005''
*[[Breebly]]-''June 11, 2003''
*[[Bumbluz]]-''January 5, 2006''
*[[Cooty]]-''June 18, 2003''
*[[Flankin]]-''October 12, 2004''
*[[Fleaf]]-''November 2, 2004''
*[[Glack]]-''October 12, 2004''
*[[Glyme]]-''March 21, 2007''
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*[[Greevix]]-''26 January, 2006''
*[[Grumblebug]]-''26 January, 2006''
*[[Itchi]]-''December 16, 2003''
*[[Jermite]]-''26 January, 2006''
*[[Jiggybug]]-''26 January, 2006''
*[[Lady Blurg]]-''October 8, 2003''
*[[Larnikin]]-''October 8, 2003''
*[[Lightmite]]-''December 6, 2005''
*[[Moach]]-''July 22, 2003''
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*[[Moffit]]-''November 2, 2004''
*[[Mootix]]-''June 11, 2003''
*[[Moquot]]-''January 5, 2006''
*[[Mozito]]-''October 8, 2003''
*[[Pinchit]]-''January 5, 2006''
*[[Rainblug]]-''April 18, 2007''
*[[Scoach]]-''26 January, 2006''
*[[Scriblet]]-''December 6, 2005''
*[[Skritch]]-''October 12, 2004''
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*[[Skuffler]]-''October 24, 2008''
*[[Skidget]]-''October 12, 2004''
*[[Snailien]]-''December 6, 2007''
*[[Squippit]]-''November 2, 2004''
*[[Strale]]-''January 18, 2008''
*[[Veespa]]-''July 22, 2003''
*[[Vernax]]-''June 18, 2003''
*[[Wormoeba]]-''November 2, 2004''
*[[Zytch]]-''July 22, 2003''
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:''Petpetpets marked with an * are announced, searchable and featured in either a game or various items, but no one appears to have them, making it unclear whether they are obtainable or not.''

==How to attach==
Once obtained, a Petpetpet can attach itself to a Petpet by the following means:

*The Petpet which will become the host of the Petpetpet which is attached to the users active Neopet.
*The Petpetpet is in their inventory.
*Refresh the inventory until the Petpetpet disappears.

Assuming the disappearance was not the fault of the [[Pant Devil]] or a similar Random Event-thief, the Petpetpet should now be attached to the Petpet of the users active Neopet. If a user wants to remove the Petpetpet, all they need to do is unequip the Petpet, which is achieved by clicking on the Petpet on the user's [http://www.neopets.com/quickref.phtml Quick Ref] page and selecting "Stop Playing with ''(Petpet's name)''." The Petpetpet will then be gone, with no way of retrieving it.

==Plot appearances==
Due to being small, Petpetpets don't play very big roles in [[plot]]s, but they have been known to make appearances all the same. In [[The Tale of Woe]], a few Petpetpets could be found in dug up graves (only as art, not as prize/real item) during the gravedigging of plot completion. In [[Petpet Adventures: The Wand of Wishing]], Petpetpets were used to give bonuses to stats. In [[Journey to the Lost Isle]], Petpetpets played a much bigger role, being the giant, [[mutant]] monsters the explorers faced during their stay on the island. Some were hostile, having to be fought in order for the explorers to escape, and others where either herbivores or only attacked when felt threatened. 

==Rejected Petpetpets==
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|[[Image:Petpetpet 5.gif|frame|petpetpet_5]]
|[[Image:Petpetpet 6.gif|frame|petpetpet_6]]
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Two images of unreleased Petpetpets can be found in Neopets' image database. It can be concluded from their image URL they have been created either at the same time as the [[Mootix]], [[Breebly]], [[Cooty]] and [[Vernax]], or shortly thereafter. Exactly what they are is unknown. They could be rejected designs from the early Petpetpet creation stages or "joke items" (much like the items from July 22, 2006) which [[The Neopets Team]] eventually decided not to release. Oddly though, the Petpetpet resembling a plucked bird was the first Petpetpet to ever appear in [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=303 a picture] of the [[Caption Competition]].

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==Trivia==
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|[[image:moach.gif|right|frame|Moach avatar]] || [[image:mootix.gif|right|frame|Mootix avatar]]
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*As of May 31, 2007, there are two [[Avatars]] dedicated to Petpetpets. The first is the ''Mootix'' avatar, obtained by attaching a Mootix to your Petpet. The second is the ''Moach'' avatar (May 23, 2005), obtained by viewing the pet lookup of a pet with a Moach attached to its Petpet.
*As of May 31, 2007, there are 82 Petpetpet related [[item]]s.
*November 12, 2003 was themed ''Mootix Day''. 
*April 18, 2007 was themed ''Creepy Crawly Day'' and was (mainly) dedicated to Petpetpets.

==See Also==
*'''Famous Petpetpets:''' [[Harry (Petpetpet)|Harry]], [[Mayor Thumburt]], [[Mootix Warrior]], [[Ravenous Monster]], [[Monstrous Moach]]
*'''Games:''' [[Cooty Wars]], [[Gwyl's Great Escape]], [[Itchy Invasion]], [[Mootix Drop]], [[Web of Vernax]]

==External links==
*'''Game Link:''' [http://neopets.com/games/cooty.phtml Cooty Wars], [http://www.neopets.com/games/greatescape.phtml Gwyl's Great Escape], [http://www.neopets.com/games/itchyinvasion.phtml Itchy Invasion], [http://www.neopets.com/games/mootixdrop.phtml Mootix Drop], [http://www.neopets.com/games/webofvernax.phtml Web of Vernax]
*'''Neopedia:''' [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=129 Cooty Wars], [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=243 Kauvaras Marvellous Kau Potion], [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=233 The Web of Vernax]
*'''Neopets TCG:''' [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=3&id=2 Cooty], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=3&id=56 Mootix], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=3&id=100 Vernax], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=68 Clan Mootix], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=7&id=40 Petpetpet Swarm], [http://neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=8&id=53 Curse of the Mootix], [http://neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=123 Mootix (2nd Print)]
*'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=303 #303], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=324 #324], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=336 #336], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=338 #338], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=344 #344], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=349 #349], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=360 #360], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=397 #397], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=417 #417], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=464 #464], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=509 #509], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=517 #517], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=528 #528], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=540 #540], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=676 #676], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=707 #707], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=723 #723], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=743 #743], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=745 #745], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=788 #788]
*'''How To Draw:''' [http://www.neopets.com/art/misc/mootix.phtml The Mootix]
*'''Help File:''' [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=29 Petpetpet FAQ]
*'''Neopets FAQ:''' [http://www.neopets.com/s/index.phtml?track_cat_id=21&item_id=108&track_start_point_id=108 Pets, Petpets, Petpetpets - ''Petpetpets'']
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=102 102], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=112 112], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=117 117], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=118 118], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=124 124], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=135 135], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=139 139], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=145 145], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=151 151], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=156 156], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=157 157], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=190 190], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=201 201], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=203 203], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=214 214]
*'''NeoGreeting:''' [http://www.neopets.com/sendgreeting.phtml?sponsearch=&greeting_id=1164 Don't Worry], [http://www.neopets.com/sendgreeting.phtml?sponsearch=&greeting_id=594 Full Of Surprises], [http://www.neopets.com/sendgreeting.phtml?sponsearch=&greeting_id=912 Happy Birthday #1], [http://www.neopets.com/sendgreeting.phtml?sponsearch=&greeting_id=913 Happy Birthday #2], [http://www.neopets.com/sendgreeting.phtml?sponsearch=&greeting_id=914 Happy Birthday #3], [http://www.neopets.com/sendgreeting.phtml?sponsearch=&greeting_id=1166 I Like You], [http://www.neopets.com/sendgreeting.phtml?sponsearch=&greeting_id=1052 Missing You]
*'''PetPage:''' [http://www.neopets.com/~Daizan Oh So Itchy Directory Guide], [http://www.neopets.com/~toowumba Petpet Introduction]
*'''[[In-Depth Battlepedia]]:''' [http://idb.finalhit.org/?searchtype=oneplayer&challenger=mootix Profile of ''Mootix Warrior''], [http://idb.finalhit.org/?searchtype=oneplayer&challenger=jliraven Profile of ''Ravenous Monster''], [http://idb.finalhit.org/?searchtype=oneplayer&challenger=jlimoach Profile of ''Monstrous Moach''], [http://idb.finalhit.org/?searchtype=oneplayer&challenger=jlihorde Profile of ''Petpetpet Horde'']

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