Petpetpet

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	More info in "Overview" (more species info than technical info)

Just a few of the Petpetpets available

A Petpetpet is a very tiny insect-like creature which acts as a parasite or pet (depending on the Petpetpet) to Petpets. 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, 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 Neopets 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 August 2010, 39 different Petpetpets have been released...

Aboogala - December 16, 2003 Blechy - December 6, 2005 Breebly - June 11, 2003 Bumbluz - January 5, 2006 Cooty - June 18, 2003 Ditrey - April 10, 2009 Dragonfly Nymph - October 6, 2007 Draphly - August 2, 2007 Flankin - October 12, 2004 Fleaf - November 2, 2004 Glack - October 12, 2004 Glyme - March 21, 2007 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 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 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

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 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 plots, 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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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 a picture of the Caption Competition.

Trivia

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Mootix avatar

• 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 items.
• 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, Mootix Warrior, Ravenous Monster, Monstrous Moach, Dug
• Games: Cooty Wars, Gwyl's Great Escape, Itchy Invasion, Mootix Drop, Web of Vernax

External links

• Game Link: Cooty Wars, Gwyl's Great Escape, Itchy Invasion, Mootix Drop, Web of Vernax
• Neopedia: Cooty Wars, Kauvaras Marvellous Kau Potion, The Web of Vernax
• Neopets TCG: Cooty, Mootix, Vernax, Clan Mootix, Petpetpet Swarm, Curse of the Mootix, Mootix (2nd Print)
• Caption Competition: #303, #324, #336, #338, #344, #349, #360, #397, #417, #464, #509, #517, #528, #540, #676, #707, #723, #743, #745, #788
• How To Draw: The Mootix
• Help File: Petpetpet FAQ
• Neopets FAQ: Pets, Petpets, Petpetpets - Petpetpets
• Editorial: 102, 112, 117, 118, 124, 135, 139, 145, 151, 156, 157, 190, 201, 203, 214
• NeoGreeting: Don't Worry, Full Of Surprises, Happy Birthday #1, Happy Birthday #2, Happy Birthday #3, I Like You, Missing You
• PetPage: Oh So Itchy Directory Guide, Petpet Introduction
• In-Depth Battlepedia: Profile of Mootix Warrior, Profile of Ravenous Monster, Profile of Monstrous Moach, Profile of Petpetpet Horde