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The '''Down for Maintenance Pteri''' is a [[Red]] [[Pteri]] and a [[1-Player Challengers|one-player challenger]] that users can fight in the [[Battledome]].  He is based off of an image of a Red Pteri that is shown when the [[Neopets|Neopets website]] is down for maintenance.
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The '''Down for Maintenance Pteri''' is a red [[Pteri]] who is seen on the "Down for Maintenance" page, which typically appears to a user when trying to access the website while [[The Neopets Team]] is updating [[Neopets (website)|Neopets]]. It may also appear as a result of too much server load.
 
==Overview==
[[Image:Dfm screen.png|left|The Down For Maintenance screen. <small>[http://pinkpt.com/neodex/images/1/14/Dfm_screen.png See bigger]</small>|thumb]]
The Down for Maintenance Pteri was originally an un-named Pteri, but became known as the Pteri seen when Neopets puts up the "Down for Maintenance". The Pteri is shown as upset that the site is down, but players often blamed the Pteri. Users began [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=146 asking for a way] to vent their frustration on the Pteri, and from 27 July 2004, a [[Random Event]] was introduced in which it would challenge users. The challenger has a new appearance as well, this one appearing menacing and evil, as if it were the cause of Neopets being down for maintenance.


Besides these appearances, it's also possible the Red Pteri shown in the "Neopets Hints" box of official Neopets [[shop]]s is the very same Pteri.
==History==
[[Image:Dfm screen.png|right|The "Down for Maintenance" screen features a Red Pteri.<small> [http://pinkpt.com/neodex/images/1/14/Dfm_screen.png See bigger]</small>|thumb]]
For many years, the screen that is displayed when the [[Neopets|Neopets website]] is unavailable has included generic, crying Red Pteri.  After awhile, users began to associate this Red Pteri with the frustration of not being able to access the website.  In [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=146 Editorial #146] of the [[Neopian Times]], Neopets user [http://www.neopets.com/userlookup.phtml?user=tonya1982 Tonya1982] asked [[TNT]] to make the "Neopets is Down For Maintenance Pteri" into a Battledome challenger so that Neopets users could "take their frustrations out on him".  [[TNT]] granted this request, and on July 27, 2004, the Down for Maintenance Pteri was released as an official Battledome challenger.<br style="clear:both"/>
==Random Event==
The Down for Maintenance Pteri is featured in one Random Event.  After receiving this Random Event, the user will unlock the Down for Maintenance Pteri as a challenger in the Battledome:
{{RandomEvent|[[Image:pteridown.gif]]|An ominous looking Red Pteri flies by. "I hope you didn't want to actually do anything on the site today." *BRAAWWKK*
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==Battledome==
==Battledome==
{{BattleInfo|Down for Maintenance Pteri|[[Image:pteridown.gif]]|July 27, 2004|75|75|10|Battledome|[[Random Event]]|''MUHAHAHAHA''|battle}}
{{BattleInfo|Down for Maintenance Pteri|[[Image:pteridown.gif]]|July 27, 2004|75|75|10|Battledome|[[Random Event]] anywhere on the site.|''MUHAHAHAHA''|battle}}




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==Trivia==
*Random Events with the Down for Maintenance Pteri...
**An ominous looking Red Pteri flies by. "I hope you didn't want to actually ''do'' anything on the site today." *BRAAWWKK*


==External Links==
==External Links==
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=146 146], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=147 147], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=152 152], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=165 165], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=210 210]
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=146 146], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=152 152]
*'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1161 #1161]


[[Category:Battledome Opponents]]
[[Category:Battledome Opponents]]
[[Category:Pteris]]
[[Category:Pteris]]
[[Category:Villains]]

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