Editing Neopies

[[Image:275 host neopies.gif|frame|The Neopies have been presented by Ellsworth since 2009.]]

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The '''Neopies''' is an annual awards ceremony held in January to celebrate the best of the last year. The ceremony was first hosted in 2009. Every day while the ceremony is in progress, four nominees are selected for a Neopies award category (e.g. ''Best Villain'' or ''Best News Days''). Users (referred to as ''attendees'') can then vote on which of four nominees they would like to win the award, and are given prizes of their own for taking the time to vote.

Since 2009, the ceremony has been hosted by a [[Blue]] [[Elephante]] called [[Ellsworth]]. The Neopies themselves are gold statuettes in the form of a [[Faerie]]. The name ''Neopies'' is a play on real-life award shows such as the [[Wikipedia:Grammy Awards|Grammies]] or the [[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmies]]. 

==The First Annual Neopies==
[[Image:BestOf2008.png|left|frame|The logo for the first Neopies.]]

The first Neopies ceremony - called just ''The Neopies'' - was held in 2009. The categories and nominees are below, winners are highlighted. 

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!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;"|Category
!style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Winner
!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;" colspan="3"|Runners up
|-
|1
|Best [[Neopoint]] Item
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Bikiwan]] (51%)
|[[Mutant]] [[Chia]] Gnome
|[[Pink]] Coral in a Shell Pot
|[[Red]] Toadstool
|-
|2
|Best [[Neocash]] Item
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Gift Mystery Capsule (31%)
|Dark Princess Wings
|Floating [[Bree]] [[Faerie]] Doll
|Nutcracker Music Track
|-
|3
|Best News Day
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|5th February - [[Jhudora]] Day (36%)
|2nd April - [[Shoyru]] Day
|15th January - [[Dr. Frank Sloth|Sloth]] Day
|16th April - [[Krawk]] Day
|-
|4
|Best [[Game]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Super Hasee Bounce]] (51%)
|[[Let It Slide]]
|[[Smug Bug Smite]]
|[[Spacerocked!]]
|-
|5
|Best Site Event
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Games Master Challenge]] (36%)
|[[Altador Cup III]]
|[[Daily Dare]]
|[[The Return of Dr. Sloth]]
|-
|6
|Best [[Hero]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Cylara]] (38%)	
|[[Commander Valka]]
|[[Gorix]]
|[[Scout]]
|-
|7
|Best [[Villain]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Ylana Skyfire]] (39%)
|[[Commander Gormos]]
|[[Parlax]]
|[[Roothless]]
|-
|9
|Best [[Advent Calendar|Advent]] Animation
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|December 9, 2008 (38%)
|December 4, 2008
|December 21, 2008
|December 27, 2008
|-
|10
|Best Place to Live
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Faerieland]] (31%)
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|[[Neopia Central]]
|[[Shenkuu]]
|-
|11
|Best Smile
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Rufus]] (49%)
|Commander Gormos
|[[Dr Death|Dr. Death]]
|Dr. Sloth
|}

==The Second Annual Neopies==

The Second Annual Neopies ceremony was held in 2010. These were the first awards to be hosted by Ellsworth. The categories and nominees are below, winners are highlighted: 

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!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;"|Category
!style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Winner
!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;" colspan="3"|Runners up
|-
|1
|Best New Neopet Colour
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Royal|Royalboy]] [[Kacheek]] (38%)
|[[Maraquan]] [[Usul]] (20%)
|[[Snot]] [[Shoyru]] (11%)
|[[Zombie]] [[Draik]] (31%)
|-
|2
|Best New Game
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Spinacles]] (41%)
|[[Snot Splatter]] (20%)
|[[Top Chop]] (29%)
|[[Wheeler's Wild Ride]] (10%)
|-
|3
|Best Mystery Capsule
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Enchanted Valentines Mystery Capsule (49%)
|Creepy Halloween Skull Mystery Capsule (20%)
|Fall Pumpkin Patch Mystery Capsule (19%)
|[[NC Mall]] 2nd Birthday Mystery Capsule (9%)
|-
|4
|Best New Key Quest Token
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Baby]] [[Gelert]] (55%)
|[[Abigail]] (9%)
|Ferocious [[Negg]] (23%)
|[[Silver]] [[Lupe]] (12%)
|-
|5
|Best Advent Calendar Image
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Day 7 - [[Moltara]] Tree (45%)
|Day 13 - Dancing [[Rosie]](18%)
|Day 15 - [[Top Chop]] Comic (22%)
|Day 16 - [[Barf Boat]] (15%)
|-
|6 
|Best News Day
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|November 15th - Neopets turns 10! (47%)
|April 1st - April Fool's Day (9%)
|August 5th - Artists Take the Day Off (15%)
|November 13th - Moltara is revealed! (29%)
|-
|7
|Best New [[Petpet]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Hoggir]] (40%)
|[[Adagio]] (9%)
|[[Naleap]] (27%)
|[[Xampher]] (24%)
|-
|8
|Best New Character
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Clara Chatham|Clara]] (54%)
|[[Captain Arf]] (13%)
|[[Lulu]] (15%)
|[[Rosie]] (17%)
|-
|9
|Best Neopoint Wearable
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Charred Steam Wings (50%)
|10 Year Celebration Shield Background (15%)
|Beware of [[Meepit]]s Sign (20%)
|Novelty Blue [[Blumaroo]] Slippers (14%)
|-
|10
|Best NC Mall Wearable
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Stained Glass Wings (50%)
|[[Fyora]]s Collector Staff (18%)
|Spiffy Black Leather Jacket (21%)
|Woodland Archer Wig (11%)
|- 
|11
|Best Piece of User Generated Content
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|User Lookup - sassofrasso (38%)
|<small>Pet Spotlight - snowbloom48 (13%)</small>
|<small>Random Contest - Robot Weewoo by spongeboblover2456 (30%)</small>
|<small>User Gallery - Pumpkin Patch by mcabre_2nd_gallery (19%)</small>
|-
|12
|Best New [[Avatar]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Discarded Plushie (55%)
|10th Birthday (23%)
|Carnival of Terror (10%)
|Mutant Graveyard (12%)
|-
|13
|Best New [[Key Quest]] Mini-Game
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Petpet Pamper (42%)
|Berry Blast (17%)
|Fruit Picker (20%)
|Neogarden Grow (21%)
|-
|14
|Best NC Challenge Event
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Atlas of the Ancients]] NC Challenge (39%)
|Altador Cup NC Challenge (17%)
|Daily Dare NC Challenge (26%)
|Games Master Challenge NC Challenge (19%)
|-
|15
|Best Site Event
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|10th Birthday Celebration (48%)
|Atlas of the Ancients [[Plot]] (21%)
|Daily Dare (19%)
|Games Master Challenge (13%)
|}

==The Third Annual Neopies==
The Third Annual Neopies began at midnight on 11 January 2010. 

Once released, a category remained open for votes for three days, and each day the user could vote for one nominee in each of the open categories - e.g. on day 7, the user could vote for Best Species-Specific Wearable, Best NC Mall Event, and Best Site Event - even if they had voted in one of those categories the previous day.

If the user voted every day, then on the last day of voting they were given a bonus prize - a ''3rd Annual Neopies Golden Trophy'' [[wearable]] [[toy]] and 20,000 [[NP]]. 

The categories and nominees are below, winners are highlighted:

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!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;"|Category
!style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Winner
!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;" colspan="3"|Runners up
|-
|1
|Best New Paint Brush
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Maractite]] (48%)
|[[Relic]] (11%)
|[[Transparent]] (19%)
|[[Woodland]] (22%)
|-
|2
|Best New Game
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Jumpin' Gem Heist]] (36%)
|[[Hannah and the Kreludor Caves]] (20%)
|[[Kookia]] (24%)
|[[Neopian Battlefield Legends]] (20%)
|-
|3
|Best Neocash Wearable Item
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Stormy Night Background (35%)
|Icy Blue Eyes (18%)
|Lavender [[Faerie]]tale Dress (26%)
|Valentine Tree of Lights (21%)
|-
|4
|Best Caption Image
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Caption Contest [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1107 1107] (39%)
|[[Caption Contest]] [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1076 1076] (19%)
|Caption Contest [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1138 1138] (23%)
|Caption Contest [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1161 1161] (19%)
|-
|5
|Best Site Event
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Festival of [[Neggs]] (40%)
|[[Altador Cup]] (26%)
|[[Daily Dare]] (27%)
|[[Save the Wheels]] (7%)
|-
|6
|Best NC Mall Event
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Neggstravaganza Surprise (45%)
|[[Castle Nox]] - Corridor of Chance Access (16%)
|The Mystery Capsule Quest for Knowledge (13%)
|Stocking Stufftacular (26%)
|-
|7
|Best Species-Specific Wearables
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Kacheek]] (38%)
|[[Bori]] (11%)
|[[Hissi]] (34%)
|[[Jetsam]] (17%)
|-
|8
|Best Avatar
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Wishing Well]] (50%)
|Dark Lurker (24%)
|Festival of Neggs Y12 - Quester (17%)
|[[Stamp]] Collector - The [[Battledome]] (9%)
|-
|9
|Best Cameo Appearance in a Plot
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[King Altador]] (54%)
|[[Captain Rourke]] (5%)
|[[Kanrik]] (19%)
|[[Jazan|King Jazan]] (22%)
|-
|10
|Best Neopoint Item
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Zombie]] Petpet Paint Brush (57%)
|[[Apple Bobbing|Imposter Apple]] (15%)
|[[Nightsteed]] Mace (12%)
|Shrubbery (16%)
|-
|11
|Best Neocash Item
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Princess Amira]] Collectors Arm Cuffs (44%)
|[[Faerie Cloud Racers|Faerie Cloud Racer]] Collectors Background (18%)
|[[Jeran]] Collectors Sword (24%)
|[[Princess Lunara]] Collectors Parasol (14%)
|-
|12
|Best New Petpet Species
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Mauket]] (57%)
|[[Farnswap]] (5%)
|[[Ombat]] (18%)
|[[Razumi]] (20%)
|-
|13
|Best New Neopet [[Colour]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Chocolate]] [[Draik]] (42%)
|[[Faerie]] [[Lutari]] (35%)
|[[Mutant]] [[Ogrin]] (10%)
|[[Royal]] [[Techo]] (13%)
|-
|14
|Best Neopoint Background
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Beautiful [[Lost Desert|Desert]] Oasis Background (38%)
|[[Krawk Island]] Silhouette Background (19%)
|Malicious [[Dark Faerie]]s Background (21%)
|Rocky Ocean Background (22%)
|-
|15
|Best [[Mystery Capsule]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Spooky Moon Halloween Mystery Capsule (48%)
|Bountiful Bow Mystery Capsule (20%)
|Holiday Gift Box Mystery Capsule (17%)
|NC Mall 3rd Birthday Mystery Capsule (15%)
|-
|16
|Let Us Never Speak Of This Again
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Key Quest]] Quitters (50%)
|NC Mall 13 Days of Trick or Treat Event (11%)
|[[Tarla]]'s [[Tour of Mystery]] (22%)
|[[Unis Clothing|Uni Clothing]] Shopkeeper Redraw (17%)
|-
|17
|Best [[Plot]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[The Faeries' Ruin]]
|colspan="3"|''n/a''
|}

==Trivia==
*The nominees are selected by "a super secret committee known only as The Nomination Team" - a play on [[The Neopets Team]], who in reality choose the nominees.

==External links==
*'''Neopedia:''' [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=275 Neopies]
*[http://www.neopets.com/neopies/1st/ Best of 2008]
*[http://www.neopets.com/neopies/2nd/ Best of 2009]
*[http://www.neopets.com/neopies/3rd/ Best of 2010]

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