Petpet

Just a few of the Petpetpets available

Petpetpets are very tiny insects (or other such creatures) who behave like parasites to and act as pets for Petpets. The first Petpetpets were released on June 11, 2003. As of May 31, 2007, there are 31 released Petpetpets in existence.

Petpetpets are usually expensive, and are often viewed as a status symbol. Their price can be explained by two things. The first is, quoted from the Petpetpet article of the Neopets Help section: "Petpetpets are usually found by your Petpet. Very rarely, Petpets are able to catch one of these elusive little bugs in their mouth, and happily bring them back to their owners." Ergo, they can only be obtained from a random event (apart from buying them from other users). The second cause for their high value is that once you've attached a Petpetpet to your Petpet, it can never be taken off. If one would remove the Petpet from the Neopet, the Petpetpet would simply vanish.

Petpetpet Manual

Once obtained, a Petpetpet can attach itself to a Petpet by following these guidelines:

1. The Petpet that will become the host of the Petpetpet to is attached to the users active Neopet.
2. The Petpetpet is in their inventory.
3. Refreshing 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 users Quick Ref page and selecting "Stop Playing with (Petpet's name)." The Petpetpet will then be gone, with no way of retrieving it.

Plot Summaries

The Tale of Woe

Petpetpets didn't play a role in the The Tale of Woe plot, but several Petpetpets could be found in the graves (only as art, not as prize/real item) during the gravedigging part.

Journey to the Lost Isle

In the Journey to the Lost Isle plot, the main characters travel to a mysterious, unexplored island. This island turned out to be the home of giant, mutant versions of the normally tiny Petpetpets. While not all hostile, quite a few had to be fought in order for the explorers to be able to escape.

Petpet Adventures: The Wand of Wishing

• to be added

Rejected Petpetpets

These two Petpetpets can be found in Neopets' image database. It can be concluded from their image URL that 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 either rejected leftovers from the early Petpetpet design 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.

List of Petpetpets

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 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 Skidget - October 12, 2004 Squippit - November 2, 2004 Veespa - July 22, 2003 Vernax - June 18, 2003 Wormoeba - November 2, 2004 Zytch - July 22, 2003

Currently, the * Petpetpets 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.

Trivia

Moach avatar

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, 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: 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
• 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
• In-Depth Battlepedia: Profile of Mootix Warrior, Profile of Ravenous Monster, Profile of Monstrous Moach, Profile of Petpetpet Horde