Chia

Chia
Description:	Chia
Info Page:	Chia
Special Day:	18 February
Amount Created:	3,377,078 (30th - 1.21%)
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The Chia is a short but joyful Neopet that was one of the original species available when the website launched on 15 November 1999. A Chia, Thyassa, was the very first Neopet created on the site, by Donna the day before launch day.

A variety of fruit and vegetable Chias.

They will often by chased by Lupes looking for a snack - perhaps because of this, Chias come in a wide range of exclusive fruit and vegetable colours. They have more paint colours than any other Neopet, including Carrot, Blueberry, Apple, and Pea. Many of these fruit and vegetable colours can be obtained by feeding a Chia a Magical Chia Pop. Orange Chias used to be created with an Orange Paint Brush, they now must be made with a Magical Chia Pop. Every time a Chia eats a chocolate food, they have a chance of changing colour to Chocolate.

While Strawberry Chias have been featured in past Caption Competitions (#943 and #984) circa 2006, they could not be painted that colour until 22 November 2013.

The only Chia featured in the Neopets Trading Card Game is Hubrid Nox, who is associated with the elements of Dark and Fire.

Colours

Presently, the Chia is available in 68 different colours:

8-Bit - February 18, 2012 Agueena - February 16, 2013 Apple - May 24, 2001 Asparagus - March 25, 2003 Aubergine - April 18, 2001 Avocado - May 7, 2001 Baby - May 16, 2002 Blue - Default Blueberry - June 25, 2004 Brown - March 1, 2014 Camouflage - February 18, 2011 Carrot - September 1, 2004 Checkered - November 15, 2013 Chocolate - February 18, 2005 Chokato - August 24, 2001 Christmas - December 8, 2000 Cloud - February 18, 2005 Custard - February 17, 2006 Darigan - February 18 , 2010 Desert - June 27, 2001 Durian - July 15, 2004 Electric - February 18, 2009 Faerie - January 18, 2001 Fire - November 7, 2002

Ghost - October 24, 2004 Glowing - February 19, 2014 Gold - February 20, 2008 Gooseberry - January 30, 2002 Grape - January 4, 2005 Green - Default Halloween - Unknown Ice - February 17, 2007 Island - February 18, 2003 Lemon - August 20, 2001 Lime - June 12, 2002 Magma - December 15, 2009 Mutant - February 5, 2001 Onion - February 18, 2009 Orange - September 23, 2003 Pea - May 19, 2004 Peach - August 3, 2001 Pear - April 17, 2001 Pepper - February 17, 2006 Pineapple - April 20, 2001 Pink - February 17, 2007 Pirate - September 4, 2002 Plum - May 5, 2001

Plushie - February 18, 2004 Purple - Unknown Rainbow - February 20, 2008 Red - Default Relic - February 19, 2014 Robot - October 19, 2001 Shadow - February 18, 2012 Sketch - February 16, 2013 Snot - March 24, 2004 Snow - December 4, 2003 Speckled - February 18 , 2010 Split - Unknown Sponge - February 18, 2011 Spotted - Unknown Starry - February 8, 2003 Strawberry - 22 November 2013 Striped - Unknown Thornberry - February 17, 2004 Tomato - August 2, 2001 Tyrannian - April 12, 2002 White - Unknown Yellow - Default

Trivia

• The Flosset, a Faerie Petpet, looks like a Chia.
• In 2002, Joseph Enterprises Inc., the manufacturer of Chia Pets, a brand of plant containers marketed as toys, took legal action against Neopets, seeking to get them to surrender the domains chia.info and chia.biz and pay damages for use of the Chia name, which Neopets had trademarked. Chia Pets are not sold or marketed in the UK, where Neopets was founded and the Chia designed.

See also

• Famous Chias: Cave Chia, Chelo Binay, Chia Clown, Chiazilla, Florg, Geoffrey, Highland Chia, Hubrid Nox, Jelly Chia, Kasuki Lu, MechaChiazilla, Mika and Carassa, Minae Mitora, Nigel, Peter, Thyassa, Trrygdorr, Yellow Knight
• Games: Caption Competition, NeoQuest I, NeoQuest II, Carnival of Terror, Chia Bomber 2, Ice Cream Machine, Hubrid's Hero Heist, MAGAX: Destroyer, Igloo Garage Sale - The Game, Gormball, Snow Roller

External links

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