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    Neopets in General 

The native creatures of Neopia that a human owner can adopt and care for, currently available in 55 different species.

Tropes that apply to Neopets in general

  • Action Girl: If trained for long enough, a female Neopet can be just as strong a battler as a male one.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: One of the most striking and unique features of Neopets is the wide variety of colors they can be painted, from simple hues (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow) to elaborate makeovers (including Faerie, Halloween, Wraith, Relic, Woodland, Pastel, Jelly, and Mutant).
  • Anthropomorphic Food: There are "chocolate", "garlic", "biscuit", "candy", and "jelly" colours. Grundos (and only Grundos) can be turned Mallow by the Lab Ray, and Chias also have the unique quality of being able to be turned into fruit and vegetable colors, such as Tomato, Onion, Blueberry, Peach, and Pineapple.
  • Art Evolution: Many Neopets' designs were drastically altered and their art updated as the quality of the website's artwork improved. Some Neopets have even changed species entirely.
  • Book Worm: They seem very enthusiastic when you give them books.
  • Brainy Baby: Baby Neopets can talk just as well as adult Neopets and you can make them geniuses.
  • Bratty Half-Pint: Although usually well-behaved, Neopets could give their owners a headache when they refuse to read a book they think is boring or eat a food they don't like, and this used to apply to baby pets as much as the adults. Averted as of March 14, 2024, as any Neopet can nowadays read and eat anything, regardless if they like it or not.
  • Does Not Like Spam:
    • All Neopets dislike Gross Food, as it tastes absolutely horrible to the point of lowering their happiness level. Yet you can still force them to eat it. However, this can be averted by feeding a Pteri or a Kau any Gross Food with the word 'worm' or 'milk' in it respectively, as those two pets love these sorts of food.
    • Previously, A Neopet would refuse to eat any food whose name is the same number of letters as their name, spaces included. For example, a Neopet whose name is 9 letters long will refuse to drink Green Tea. As of March 14, 2024, a Neopet will gladly accept any food, regardless of name length.
  • Eating Machine: Robot Neopets still need to eat.
  • Extreme Omnivore: A gigantic variety of foods are available in Neopia, some of which don't seem like human food, and your Neopet will be happy to eat almost any of them.
  • Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Owners have the option of dressing them in clothes.
  • Furry Confusion: Some of the characters are anthropomorphized more than the standard Neopet, for instance Sophie has hands despite being an Ixi.
  • Furry Reminder: Even though they talk, read books, and wear clothes, we do get reminders from time to time that they are still animals.
    • Most toys look like ones that human children would play with, but some appear to be designed for domestic pets, such as the Neonip Critter or Jingly Bell.
  • Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Owners can dress them in only a shirt or only pants.
  • I Am a Humanitarian: Your Neopet will happily eat food that appears to be made out of other Neopet species or even their own species. Toasted Quiggle Legs, Stick-O-Mynci, Meerca Pie, Blumaroo Steak, Wing of Korbat...yikes.
  • Informed Attribute: The site descriptions assign characteristics to species (Unis are vain, Jetsams are mean, Meercas are mischievous, etc.), but very few affect the gameplay when you adopt one.
  • Nested Ownership: Neopets can own Petpets, and Petpets in turn can own Petpetpets.
  • Nice Guy: In general, Neopets are friendly, playful and loyal creatures.
  • No Hugging, No Kissing: Most mentions of romance are forbidden on the site, including romance between users' Neopets.
  • Not Allowed to Grow Up: Neopets painted Baby don't grow into adult Neopets unless painted with a different paintbrush.
  • Older Than They Look: Any Neopet can be painted Baby, no matter how old they actually are.
  • Ridiculously Alive Undead: A Neopet painted Ghost or Zombie can still eat, sleep, get sick and do everything a non-Zombie Neopet can do.
  • Ridiculously Human Robot: Any Neopet painted Robot isn't much different from a normal one outside of appearance.
  • Sleepyhead: They often ask, "Is it nap time yet?".
  • Snowlems: There is a paintbrush to turn them into snow Neopets.
  • Super Not-Drowning Skills: Maraquan Neopets can breathe both on land and underwater.
  • Tertiary Sexual Characteristics:
    • The differences between males and females of the same species are subtle, usually consisting of small eyelashes on the females.
    • Female Aishas and Xweetoks have slight curves to the corners of their eyes that look like eyeliner.
    • Female Buzzes, Lupes, and Lutaris have half-lidded eyes, while the males have fully open eyes.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Neopets will refuse to eat foods they don't like, even if they are starving to death. Then again, they can survive indefinitely without being fed, they just won't be very happy about it.
  • Took a Level in Badass: All pets start with weak stats, but a pet that continuously level-grinds at the training schools will soon become a powerful Battledome fighter.
  • Undying Loyalty: Your Neopet will love you for as long as it stays with you, no matter what. Even if it's been months or years since you last visited the site, it will always be happy to see you when you return.
  • Vague Age: Neopets basically act like children that have to be taken care of by human users, but in real time, they can be anywhere from 1 minute to 21 years old... and counting!
  • Virtual Paper Doll: Since the 2007 customization update, users have the option to dress their Neopets using all sorts of purchasable clothes.
  • Wholesome Crossdresser:
    • Owners can dress male pets in skirts and dresses, but of course, doing pervy things isn't allowed on Neopets.
    • Due to the presence of gender-altering items, this is possible with the Usuki, Quiguki, Royal, and Eldery colors, as a male pet being colored the male version of any of these colors does not stop them from also having the female version of the same colors, and vice versa. For instance, a Usukigirl-colored Usul can be male without converting the Usul to have the Usukiboy color. The same applies with the pet style versions of these colors (except Elderly), albeit without even needing the aforementioned items.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Every pet fears the Lab Ray and will respond with "Nooooooo!", "Please don't do this!", "I'm scared!", etc. when about to be zapped, even pets who have been zapped many times before.
  • Younger Than They Look: Any Neopet can be painted Elderly, even if they've just been created.

    Acara 
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Acaras are cat-like Neopets with flexible horns and double-sized, shell-like ears. While they look like land creatures, and mostly are, they love to swim, and are very much at home underwater.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Aisha 
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Aishas are another cat-like Neopet. Their defining feature is their extra ears and their iconic "Aisha collar". They have a love for starlight and the night sky, and will often look up at the stars when in need of guidance.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: They usually wear only their collars, but you can take them off or put more clothes on them.
  • Alien Animals: They are currently the only Neopet to have the Alien coloring.
  • Brought to You by the Letter "S": Aishas wear a collar that has an "A" on it. Some differently-painted Aishas have other things in place of the A on their collar: the Snot Aisha has an S, the Darigan Aisha has a D, the Strawberry Aisha has a strawberry, and the Baby Aisha has a pacifier.
  • Cat Folk: Their resemblance to cats is obvious.
  • Cats Are Magic: They resemble cats and have an aptitude for magic.
  • Eyes Always Shut: An Aisha's eyes are always closed, although some Aisha characters have been drawn with open eyes.
  • Iconic Item: The Aisha collar, a simple strip of ribbon with an A-shaped charm attached around their necks. In some species, the A is changed into a D (Darigan), a seashell (Maraquan), a skull (pirate), an A twisted into an M (Mutant), an S (Snot), or a strawberry (Strawberry).
  • Little Green Men: Alien Aishas are green.
  • Spare Body Parts: Aishas have two sets of ears, one pair being the short ones in most feline creatures, and the other being the defining lone ones. Alien Aishas double those ear stalks. These ears also help in reaction time.
  • Training the Gift of Magic: All neopets are capable of using magic, but (lore-wise) this species has a natural aptitude for it.

    Blumaroo 
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Blumaroos are kangaroo-like Neopets. Their main home is Roo island, a land almost completely inhabited by Blumaroos. Most Blumaroos are huge fans of dice-related games.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Bori 
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Bori are armadillo-like Neopets that originate from the Ice Caves. They are great at sports like skiing, skating and dancing.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Human Popsicle: They started out as this before Hannah found and awoke a colony of them in the Ice Caves.
  • Shrinking Violet: Bori prefer to spend time in familiar places or underground.
  • Temporary Online Content: The limited-edition Ice Bori. They were available at first to celebrate the addition of the neopet. Afterwards, it is effectively impossible to make a Bori ice. And the number will only ever decrease, as when they are moved from an account, they turn blue.
  • Tunnel King: Quite possibly Neopia's best diggers.

    Bruce 
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Bruces are penguin-like Neopets that dominate the population of Terror Mountain. They are highly competitive, and love to play competitive ice-related games.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Bruces who haven't been customised wear only bow ties.
  • Acrophobic Bird: Fittingly for a penguin-like pet, they're flightless.
  • Art Evolution: They used to resemble a human celebrity. However, thanks to copyright notices, they were changed into the penguin pets we all know and love today.
  • Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Before the customization update in 2007, Ice Bruces resembled popsicles, but were redesigned to look more like Bruces made out of ice cream, and share the same default customization pose as every other Bruce color on the site. However, the original popsicle-like Ice Bruce can still be accessed as one of the styles exclusive to the species.note 
  • Iconic Item: The large bows that all Bruces wear around their necks.
  • Shout-Out: Their old design is one to Bruce Forsyth. When they were first introduced to the site, they were simply tinted photographs of Forsyth and then a caricature of him. They were changed into their current form to avoid legal trouble.

    Buzz 
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Buzzes are bug-like Neopets, similar ones to wasps, hornets and dragonflies. They love tropical fruit, and sometimes resort to stealing if it means they can have some.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Art Evolution: They used to be giant eyeballs with wings. They were changed into their new form later on, possibly because they were deemed too creepy.
  • Big Creepy-Crawlies: Thankfully, unlike most examples of this trope, they are generally friendly. While small Neopets, they're large as far as bugs go.
  • Faceless Eye: The pet's old design is one with wings.
  • Sticky Fingers: Are known to steal from farmers.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Tropical fruit. Their love of it is a species trait.

    Chia 
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Chias are one of the first Neopets to exist on the website. They are cheerful, friendly creatures who love exploring the world of Neopia.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Anthropomorphic Food: As well as the other food-related paint brushes, Magical Chia Pops can turn them into different foods.
  • Arch-Enemy: To Lupes, their natural predator. Baked treats specifically for Chias are shaped like Lupes. However, this has died down a bit.
  • Armless Biped: Onion Chias don't have arms.
  • Cartoon Creature: They don't look like any animal in particular.
  • Planimal: Feeding them a Magical Chia Pop or having a lucky zap in the lab ray can turn them into fruits and vegetables.

    Chomby 
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Chombies are stegosaurus based Neopets found mostly in Tyrannia. They are shy plant eaters.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Cybunny 
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Cybunnies are bunny-based Neopets that originate from colder regions of Neopia. They love vegetables, especially carrots.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Bunnies for Cuteness: They are cutely designed bunny Neopets. Their default pet page lampshades this.
    "So why are Cybunnies so great? Well for one we are unique. I mean what other species can be turned into a MUTANT and still look cute? Have you even SEEN the Mutant Aisha... now they are just plain HIDEOUS!!!!"
  • Hair-Raising Hare: If it's a Battledome fighter or a villain in a plot, it'll be a scary bunny.
  • Endangered Species: One of the "Limited Edition" Neopets.
  • Meaningful Name: Their name is a portmanteau of "cyber" and "bunny". Because it's a virtual rabbit.
  • Retractable Appendages: In at least one fun image, Cybunnies can apparently retract their heads into their body.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Carrots are something they all can enjoy, fitting a rabbit-like Neopet.
  • White Bunny: Cybunnies by default have white fur with colored collars.

    Draik 
Draiks are dragon-based Neopets. They have a special way of obtaining. You must find a very rare Draik egg, and hatch them at a nest found in a hidden link.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Elephante 
Elephantes are elephant-based Neopets. They have tiny wings, but are still able to hover over the ground. They can launch things at great velocity with their trunk.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Their default garb is only a hat.
  • Animals Not to Scale: They're elephant-like, but are medium-sized as far as Neopets go.
  • Flight: They can fly, though not very well.
  • Mix-and-Match Critters: Instead of a usual elephant tail, they have a fluff ball rather like a rabbit's tail.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: They love peanuts. The "Elephante Surprise" avatar is obtained by feeding a Bag of Peanuts to your Elephante.
  • War Elephants: Sort of, if they're a Battledome fighter. The "Elephante - To War!" avatar is obtained by viewing the lookup of an Elephante that has participated in at least one Battledome fight.

    Eyrie 
Eyries are gryphon-based Neopets. While they look dangerous, they're actually quite playful and friendly. Originally, they were dragon-like and were called "Cerpulls".

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Flotsam 
A Neopet that looks like a dolphin with a horn.

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    Gelert 
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Neopets that look like dogs with ribbonlike ears and tails. Specifically, it appears they are based on greyhounds, which makes sense as their namesake is said to have been one.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Art Evolution: In its original design, it was quite stocky, wore a collar, and featured a thicker pair of ears and pointy tail. In later updates, it became slimmer with a more whip-like tail and ears, and its collar was removed.
  • Heroic Dog: Not dogs, but they do resemble dogs, and a lot of them are heroic.
  • I Am Not Weasel: They are sometimes mistaken for Lupes, which annoys them.
  • Iconic Item: Their original design, the Polypup, included a collar, which has since been removed.
  • Meaningful Name: They are named after Gelert, a dog in Welsh mythology who protected his owner's baby from a wolf. When the man came home and found the cradle empty and Gelert with blood on his mouth, he drew his sword and slew the dog. Only then did he find his unharmed child and the corpse of the wolf. It had been killed by Gelert who had been defending the baby. Overcome with remorse, the man buried Gelert with honour.
  • Undying Loyalty: According to the site, the name Gelert is after a famous hero who died for his owner, and all Gelerts attempt to live up to it.

    Gnorbu 
A woolly Neopet that was originally created as a prank as the Llamameeah. They are shorn once a year.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Ascended Extra: It was initally created as part of an April Fools joke, but after it won a sitewide poll, it became an actual Neopet that anyone can adopt, though unlike fellow Ascended Extras (Krawk and Lutari), they can be created at anytime.
  • Butt-Monkey: They tend to have bad luck. In fact a Neopian idiom is that when a Gnorbu goes hunting, they only catch the Sneezles (a Neopian disease).
  • Fake–Real Turn: Its prototype design was one of fifty fake pet species created by the Neopets Team as an April Fool's Day joke, and subsequently won a sitewide poll to turn one of the designs into a real Neopet.
  • The Klutz: They are a bit clumsy.
  • The Pollyanna: They're generally optimists despite their bad luck.

    Grarrl 
Large Neopets named after their loud roars, resembling T-Rexes.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Art Evolution: The first design of the Grarrl didn't have visible teeth. Later, it was given a set of jagged chompers.
  • Dinosaurs Are Dragons: Many of the colors you can paint a Grarrl can result in it looking like a dragon.
  • Extreme Omnivore: Alongside the Skeiths, Grarrls are able to eat any non-food item on the site, including petpets.
  • Gentle Giant: Players can make them this if they don't fight with them or make them eat petpets, and give them friendly traits. Plenty of Grarrl NPCs found around the site are Nice Guys (and girls), such as Hovri Sweet, an Altador Cup commentator, and Rosie, a generous and fun-loving soul who gives out rare items every Easter.
  • T. Rexpy: They're modelled after a Tyrannosaurus rex.
  • Verbal Tic Name: Grarrls are named after their fearsome growls.

    Grundo 
Pudgy Neopets with antennae that come from the planet Doran.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Anthropomorphic Food: The Mallow color is exclusive to Grundos.
  • Armless Biped: Mallow Grundos have no arms or legs, making one wonder how they move around at all.
  • Art Evolution: The Grundo's first design had three fingers on each hand, large eyes, and small, thin antennae. After its artwork was updated, it now has four fingers, larger antennae, and smaller eyes.
  • Amusing Alien: They're aliens, and sometimes do goofy things like write backwards.
  • Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: The Faerie Grundo has a dark blue body and wings speckled like a starry night sky, which is pretty fitting for a Neopet that came from space.
  • The Ditz: All Grundos that come from the Grundo Adoption Center start with an intelligence of "dim witted". Their intelligence can be raised by reading them books, potentially subverting this trope.
  • Hulk Speak: A Random Event can happen where a Mutant Grundo walks up to you and says, "GRUNDO MUST NOT EAT NEOPETS!!! GRUNDO FETCH NEOPETS FOR MASTER!"
  • Monochromatic Eyes: Grundos have solid-colored eyes, adding to their alien appearance.
  • In Name Only: One of the "Limited Edition" neopets - even though they have plenty of numbers and can be adopted at any time, all year round. This is more of a case of them needing refuge after being enslaved by Big Bad Dr. Sloth and taken from their homeworld of Doran.
  • Little Green Men: Their general characterization. The Toy Grundo somewhat resembles the Pizza Planet aliens from Toy Story.
  • Slave Race: They started as Dr. Sloth's Brainwashed and Crazy Mooks. You adopting one is actually taking one in as a refugee.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: The employee at the Space Adoption Agency says that they cry at night, implying that they are afraid of the dark.

    Hissi 
Neopets resembling snakes with wings.

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    Ixi 
Neopets that resemble stocky deer with short horns rather than antlers.

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    Jetsam 
Shark-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Arch-Enemy: Jetsams have been known to hunt Flotsams.
  • Endangered Species: One of the "Limited Edition" neopets.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Jetsam have hunted Flotsam to their almost extinction - by March 2001, Flotsam numbers were so low that they became Limited Edition. This overhunting meant the Jetsams began to run out of food. By May of the same year, Jetsams had replaced Flotsams as Limited Edition.
  • Piranha Problem: The Jetsam's initial design resembled a piranha, before it was redesigned to look more like a shark.
  • Threatening Shark: Not real sharks, but they used to eat Flotsams and they resemble sharks.

    JubJub 
Neopets that look like balls of fur with feet.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Anthropomorphic Food: They are one of two pets who can be turned Coconut (the other being the Chia), and one of two pets who can be turned Garlic (the other being the Kiko). They can also be painted Biscuit, Candy, Chocolate, and Strawberry.
  • Armless Biped: They have feet but no arms or hands, and thus have to learn to handle objects with their feet.
  • Art Evolution:
    • The Jubjub initially had spiky fur that was redrawn to look smoother. Its eyebrows also became thinner.
    • The first design of the Cloud Jubjub looked more like other Cloud-colored Neopets, and was a bluish-purple color with a cloud pattern across its body. When the Jubjub's art was revamped in 2006, the Cloud Jubjub was given a unique design, with its entire body now resembling a puff of white cloud.
    • The first design of the Robot Jubjub was silver and looked like a spiky sphere. It was later redesigned, looking somewhat like a walking yellow construction helmet.
  • Cartoon Creature: They're balls of fluff with feet.
  • Cute, but Cacophonic: According to the old site description, they can release a painfully loud screech to defend themselves.
  • Expy: They were designed to look like Weepuls.
  • Handy Feet: They have no hands, but can do anything with their feet that other Neopets can do with their hands. There are even Jubjub athletes like Yoris Obbles and Selwick Phoss who play Yooyuball with just their feet!
  • Pumpkin Person: The Halloween Jubjub resembles a walking jack-o'-lantern.
  • Shrinking Violet: Known to be shy.

    Kacheek 
Timid Neopets that resemble a fox or squirrel.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Ambiguously Related: It is suggested that they may be related to Poogles, as both species have similar curved ears with pointy tips.
  • Art Evolution: They used to be called "Badeeks", which were quadrupedal, looked gloomy, and wore sunglasses.
  • Cartoon Creature: They have fox-like tails and mammalian fur, but no other recognizable animal traits.
  • Expy: They're meant to resemble Pikachu, right down to the name.
  • My Brain Is Big: Mutant Kacheeks all have a large and exposed brain piercing through their head, but it doesn't seem to serve any purpose whatsoever.
  • Shrinking Violet: Kacheeks are a friendly and quiet species who like to live in flowery meadows.

    Kau 
Neopets that look like cows.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Art Evolution: Used to be, of all things, a cartoon of the R&B singer Macy Gray holding a laser gun. Fearing legal action, Neopets quickly changed the pet into its current version.
  • Hyperactive Metabolism: When fed milk, it cures them of any sickness.
  • Meaningful Name: Their name is a homophone of "cow", the species they're designed to resemble.

    Kiko 
Amphibious Neopets with sticking plasters on their foreheads. Round, with arms but no legs.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Koi 
Fish-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Art Evolution: Koi used to start out as fish with hands, but were redesigned to be simple-designed fish with large fins. Eventually, they went through a drastic redesign that made the large fins resemble hands and appear more graceful.
  • The Artifact: There are still a sparse amount of images that feature the second design of the Koi, despite having their design finalized circa 2004. Karpoh and the Koi warrior even use the second design, which make both look out of place when compared to the modern Koi.
  • Endangered Species: Ever since their original homeland of Maraqua was destroyed by a curse-induced whirlpool, Kois have been considered one of the "Limited Edition" neopets.
  • Meaningful Name: Koi look like fish. In the real world, Koi is a breed of fish.
  • Super Not-Drowning Skills: Breathe on both land and water.

    Korbat 
Bat-like Neopets with pointy tails.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Bat Out of Hell: Averted. Even though they are bats and have pointy, "demon" tails, they're generally nice.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: Heavily associated with the Haunted Woods and the Dark element (in the TCG), but are no meaner than any other species, and are in fact quite cute.
  • Diurnal Nocturnal Animal: They are usually nocturnal but can choose to be diurnal.
  • Ridiculously Cute Critter: Like real life bats, they're adorable.

    Kougra 
Tiger-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Cat Folk: Of the Big Cat ilk.
  • Ear Notch: Every pet Kougra has one, supposedly from play fights.
  • King of Beasts: Male Kougras that have been painted Royal gain a lion mane, invoking this trope.
  • Meaningful Name: "Kougra" sounds like "cougar", another type of big cat.
  • Panthera Awesome: Kougras are essentially tigers.

    Krawk 
Neopets that resemble bipedal crocodiles.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Ascended Extra: Krawks were first released as your average Petpets, but a few months after Krawk Island was discovered, they eventually became ones with a unique gimmick; they can transform into full-fledged Neopets you can take care of.
  • Endangered Species: One of the "Limited Edition" neopets. Krawks have to be bought as rare, expensive petpets before they can become full-fledged pets. Also, because the Neopets Popularity page does not take pets that were transformed into krawks into account, and the fact that the krawk petpet is highly sought after, there are only around 2000 natural krawks on the site, hence being placed dead last on that page.
  • Gameplay and Story Integration: The default Krawk petpage says they love Peppermint Pizza, and true to this, will gladly accept it like any other food. However, before it was patched on March 14, 2024, Neopets were coded to reject any item whose name is the same number of characters as their name, meaning that a Krawk whose name is 16 letters long would refuse Peppermint Pizza when offered and say, "Yuck! I'm not eating one of those!"
  • Gameplay and Story Segregation: It is written from the perspective of a Krawk that was previously a Krawk Petpet and grew into an adult Krawk by eating the fungus from the Fungus Cave. In gameplay, Krawks transformed from other Neopets using Morphing Potions are much more common than Krawks that were previously Petpets, due to the Krawk Petpet being absurdly expensive and in the price range of tens of millions of Neopoints.note  This is also how Krawks as a species are given the wooden spoon award every year, as the Neopets Popularity page never take transformed pets into account.
  • Meaningful Name: 'Krawk' sounds like 'croc'... which is the species they are designed to resemble.
  • Metamorphosis: There are two 'Krawks' in Neopets, the adoptable Neopet and the Petpet. The latter transforms into the former when it eats a magical fungus from a cave in Krawk Island.
  • Never Smile at a Crocodile: Averted. Krawks resemble crocodiles, but they can be good guys too.
  • Not Allowed to Grow Up: Baby Krawks (the Petpets) can't grow up unless they eat the magical fungus from the Fungus Cave.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: According to the default Krawk petpage, they love Peppermint Pizza. "Don't knock it till you've tried it."
  • Uplifted Animal: They evolve from Krawk Petpets after eating magical fungus.

    Kyrii 
Bipedal Neopets with pointy ears and a mane.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Art Evolution: They started out as the "Fuzio", a fluff ball with floating hands and sneakers. In fact, they looked more like Jub Jubs than the weasel-like creatures they are now.
  • The Artifact: Despite the Fuzio being retired in favor of the Kyrii, one still appears in the Haunted Mansion, specifically in the bad ending where the kacheek and quiggle vanish after deciding to stay inside the car.
  • Kryptonite Factor: Eating any item with the word "Apple" in the name makes them instantly come down with a case of the "Itchy Scratchies". However, there is an apple they can take into the Battledome that allows them to heal.
  • Nobody Touches the Hair: They hate getting their manes dirty or damaged.
  • Plot Allergy: Their developing Itchy Scratchies when they eat apples is said to be an allergic reaction.
  • Proud Beauty: Kyriis are said to be vain.
  • Weasel Mascot: Based on the species they resemble.

    Lenny 
A bird-like creature with long legs and two bunches of feathers atop its head.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Acrophobic Bird: Downplayed, but they're said to be poor flyers. Perhaps Justified in that their wings are quite small.
  • The Artifact: Prior to the customization update, the Baby Lenny still wore a "cap" despite Lennies having been redesigned with the "cap" merged with their heads at one point between November 2002 and February 2003.
  • Flight: They can fly, though not very well.
  • Scavengers Are Scum: Mutant Lennies look like vultures.
  • Squishy Wizard: To some degree. They're good with magic, but they're not very durable.

    Lupe 
Wolves in Neopet form.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Arch-Enemy: In the past, they were this to Chias, their natural prey. A Lupe that plays with a Chia toy will break it, and baked treats specifically for Lupes are shaped like Chias.
  • Carnivore Confusion: They are explicitly stated to eat Chias, another (sentient) Neopet species, however, it's said to be a very rare occurrence these days. Eating Chias is said to be what they did in old times.
  • Meaningful Name: The name "Lupe" is reminiscent of "lupus", the Latin for "wolf", the species they're designed to resemble.
  • Noble Wolf: They're loving pets and loyal companions. Aside from all that business about eating Chias, of course. And Balthazar, a Lupe bounty hunter who kidnaps Faeries to sell and eats Petpets in his spare time.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: More like Trademark Former Favorite Food. They are famous for having liked to eat Chias in the past.

    Lutari 
An otter-like Neopet.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Ascended Extra: Initially, the species was only known through one character; Mr. Chipper. It would take the following year for them to be made adoptable by players.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: The first Lutari ever seen was Mr. Chipper, the Ice Cream Cart salesman, on January of 2005. The Lutari species was released for adoption on April 19, 2006.
  • Endangered Species: One of the "Limited Edition" neopets. In fact, the only species that can't be adopted from the Pound, and disappears from the site if you abandon one.
  • Meaningful Name: The Lutari's name comes from Lutra, the scientific genus of otters.
  • Please, Don't Leave Me: If you have a Lutari, it will not want to leave your account. It was originally the only pet that could not be disowned or transferred at all, although the restriction on transferring Lutaris was lifted in 2021.
  • The Runaway: Lutaris are the only pet that cannot be abandoned at the Pound. If you attempt to abandon a Lutari, it will run away and disappear from the site, never to be seen again.

    Meerca 
A round Neopet with stubby limbs and a ginormous tail.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Cartoony Tail: One several times bigger than its tiny body. In its old artwork, they used to balance on top of it.
  • The Prankster: They like to play tricks.
  • Sticky Fingers: They also like to steal things, and rarely get caught. Two of the most famous thieves in Neopia are the Meerca Brothers.
    If your fuzzle has gone missing, a Meerca is probably to blame.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: They love Neggs. The game Meerca Chase II features a Meerca trying to eat as many Neggs as it can, and there is a Fish Negg costume exclusively for Meercas.

    Moehog 
Warthog-like Neopets with mohawks.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Endangered Species: Moehogs were first released as a limited edition species, and were created in batches, but they ended up becoming one of the regular species within two months.
  • Filthy Fun: They love to play in the mud.
  • Full-Boar Action: They resemble warthogs.
  • Slave Race: Previously the servants of lazy Skeiths.

    Mynci 
Monkeylike Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Nimmo 
Froglike Neopets. Said to be spiritual.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Armless Biped: Because they are based on tadpoles, baby nimmos do not have arms.
  • Frog Men: But with a slimmer and more elegant design, as opposed to the Quiggle's more cartoony appearance.
  • Mellow Fellow: Nimmos generally have a zen-like calm about them.

    Ogrin 
Lanky quadrupedal Neopets with manes.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Peophin 
Neopets that resemble a hippocampus, with the top half of a horse and a fish's tail.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Poogle 
Stripy quadrupedal Neopets with ears that point down.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Ambiguously Related: It is suggested that they may be related to Kacheeks, as both species have similar curved ears with pointy tips.
  • Cute Creature, Creepy Mouth: Cute, plush-like creatures with a mouth full of sharp teeth.
  • Endangered Species: One of the "Limited Edition" neopets.
  • Heroic Dog: It's less obvious than with Gelerts and Lupes, but they are based on dogs and most are heroic.
  • Informed Species: It is based on a dog, but does not much resemble one.
  • More Teeth than the Osmond Family: When angered, they display a full set of these. Paint one Transparent and you're in for a surprise.
  • Scary Teeth: Don't let their cute faces trick you, their teeth are razor sharp!

    Pteri 
Avian Neopets with long tails.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • All Flyers Are Birds: They combine traits of both birds and pterosaurs — they have rhamphorhynchoid tails, originate in the prehistoric world of Tyrannia, their old designs gave them smooth, leathery looking wings and, of course, we have their names. However, they're consistently called "birds" (which, contrary to popular belief, pterosaurs weren't) and later designs gave them more obvious plumage, especially on their wings.
  • Basilisk and Cockatrice: With their serpentine bodies, chicken-like heads and draconic wings, Mutant Pteris resemble these.
  • Blow You Away: Uses wind magic when fighting in the Battledome.
  • Hyperactive Metabolism: Worms can cure them of diseases.
  • Mix-and-Match Critter: They look like tiny birds with the tails of rhamphorhynchoid pterosaurs.
  • The Prankster: They like to play pranks on other pets.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: They love worms, appropriate for a bird pet. If fed a food item containing worms, they instantly become bloated and cured of any diseases.

    Quiggle 
Jovial Neopets that resemble bipedal frogs.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Frog Men: They were originally known as the "Frogstomp", and one Quiggle NPC is literally named "Health Frog."
  • Kryptonite Factor: Eating any item with the word "Cream" in the name makes them instantly come down with a case of the "Neezles".

    Ruki 
Large insect-like Neopets that resemble mantids and ants.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Big Creepy-Crawlies: They look something like large bugs. Unlike most examples, though, they're mostly friendly.
  • Endangered Species: Became one of the "Limited Edition" neopets in 2014, after the owl-like Vandagyre was released.

    Scorchio 
Dragon-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Gentle Giant: Most of them are friendly and they are bigger than most Neopets.
  • Playing with Fire: They can breathe fire and are immune to flames.

    Shoyru 
Another dragon-like Neopet.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Animesque: Their giant, sparkly eyes give them this effect. For what it's worth, "Shoryu" roughly translates to "little dragon" in Japanese.
  • Flight: They can fly.
  • Our Dragons Are Different: One of the four on the website, the other three being Draik, Skeith, and Scorchio. While it has the "winged lizard" part down, nothing else is very dragon-like about it. They can't even breathe fire, though they can be given fire-related Battledome skills.
  • This Is Unforgivable!: The website states that they will never forget if they are hurt.

    Skeith 
Neopets who look like very fat dragons.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Big Eater: They need more food than most Neopets.
  • Does Not Like Spam: They hate cheese and are allergic to it, so don't feed them any item with "cheese" in its name.
    Skeith: Ewww, not cheese, you know that makes me pukey :(
  • Extreme Omnivore: Alongside the Grarrls, Skeiths are able to eat any non-food item on the site, including petpets.
  • Fat Slob: They're fat, and they tend to be lazy, but can outgrow their laziness.
  • Flight: Even though their wings are small, they can fly.
  • Kryptonite Factor: Despite their omnivorous gluttony, eating any item with the word "Cheese" in the name makes a skeith instantly come down with a case of the "Neezles".
  • Our Dragons Are Different: One of the four on the website, the other three being Draik, Scorchio, and Shoyru.
  • Plot Allergy: Their getting Neezles upon eating cheese is said to be an allergic reaction.
  • Lazy Bum: Downplayed. The species has a natural tendency towards laziness, but a few are born active and you can train them not to be lazy.

    Techo 
Lizard-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Lizard Folk: Like Krawks, they resemble lizards.
  • Meaningful Name: Their name sounds like a portmanteau of "tech" (as in, the computer you use to play Neopets) and "gecko", a type of small lizard.

    Tonu 
Neopets that look like rhinos with large, fluffy manes.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Tuskaninny 
Seal-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Non-Indicative Name: Despite their names, they do not have tusks of any sort, unless painted Tyrannian or Mutant.
  • Sweet Seal: While not actually seals, they look like them, and are said to be friendly and playful.

    Uni 
Winged unicorn-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Usul 
Fluffy, squirrel-like Neopets that all wear bows on their long tails.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Vandagyre 
Neopets that are something of a cross between an owl and a panda.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

    Wocky 
Another cat-like Neopet.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Cat Folk: Donna Powell, who drew the original Wocky design, described the species as "sort of a cat/lion mix."
  • Super-Senses: They have very acute senses of hearing, smell, and sight.

    Xweetok 
Chipmunk-like Neopets.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Cartoon Creature: They have traits of cats, foxes, and chipmunks. In Editorial #257, a user asked TNT what animal the Xweetok was based on, and the response was "We think they most closely resemble Xweetoks, personally."
  • Genki Girl or Boy: They're very sociable and energetic.
  • Springtime for Hitler: Donna Williams claims to have OK'd the Xweetok, along with the Ogrin, in a Take That! moment toward the end of her time at the site, since she considered them "the most hideous pet designs and worst names I had ever heard." The Xweetok was an instant hit and holds steady as 5th most frequently-created pet to this day.
  • Sweet Tooth: They're fond of nuts, berries, and jelly beans.

    Yurble 
Neopets that look to be a cross between a bear and a hedgehog.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Cyclops: The Mutant Yurble only has one eye.
  • Big Eater: They are said to have large appetites.
  • Nature Lover: They love being outside, and enjoy camping trips and explorations to new places.

    Zafara 
Neopets that appears to be a cross between a rabbit and a kangaroo.

Tropes that apply to this Neopet

  • Art Evolution: They used to look skinnier and spikier. They also walked on all fours.

    Petpets 
Creatures kept by Neopets.

Tropes that apply to Petpets

  • Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Some, like the Angelpuss, wear accessories.
  • Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: A few look like multicoloured regular animals (for instance, Warves look sort of like technicolor dogs).
  • Ambiguously Evil: Jokes are made about Meepits being evil, but it's unclear whether they're actually evil.
  • Blind Bats: The Karren is a batlike petpet described as having to rely on its strong hearing to make up for its terrible vision.
  • Friend to Bugs: They keep bugs as pets.
  • Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: A few, such as Royal Petpets, wear full suits of clothes.
  • Hellhound: While they’re usually more on the cute side, Bearogs are dogs with bear-like ears and three heads, and they’re even fought as monsters in NeoQuest I and NeoQuest 2. The Mutant Bearog is just a Bearog with only one head.
  • Trademark Favorite Food:
    • One species, the Plumpy, is known for loving bacon.
    • Hassees are known for loving doughnutfruit.
    • Meepits are known for their love of juice.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?:
    • Altachucks are scared of loud noises, sudden movements, and things beginning with D.
    • Kadoaties are scared of the dark.

    Petpetpets (P3s) 
Little bugs the Petpets keep.

Tropes that apply to Petpetpets

  • Breaking Old Trends: 2023’s Advent Calendar introduces the Pebble, the first petpetpet to not be an insect/arachnid.
  • No Name Given: They can't be named and the only one who has a name is Harry the mootix.

    Faerie 
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Faeries are a bit different from other species. They aren't neopets, and are the most human-like entities on the website. They can partake many elements, such as fire, wind, water, darkness, light and earth. They generally originate from Faerieland, which was once a beautiful sky kingdom that crashed into the ground.

For tropes on individual faeries, such as Fyora the Faerie Queen, see Neopets' characters page.

Faeries in general

  • Arch-Enemy: To Balthazar, who regularly kidnaps them and sells them in bottles.
  • The Blank: In the Faeries' earliest designs, they had no faces.
  • Color-Coded Elements: Light Faeries have yellow clothes, wings, and hair, Dark Faeries are purple and have purple clothes, Fire Faeries have red (or orange) wings and clothes, Water Faeries have blue tails, Air Faeries have light purple wings and clothes, and Earth Faeries have green wings, clothes, and hair stripes.
  • Fetch Quest: They enlist the help of players to find items for them, and raise a pet's stats in exchange.
  • The Fair Folk: Not all of them are good. Jhudora, in particular, is very unambiguously evil, and leaves everyone scared.
  • Fairy in a Bottle: They get trapped in these at times. Usually at the hands of Balthazar.
  • Fairy Sexy: Well, as far as a children's website can do it.
  • One-Gender Race: TNT has made it very clear that faeries are always female. Though this hasn't stopped people from theorizing about male faeries.
  • Psychic Powers: A lot of them have some form of psychic abilities, though not all of them, and they're usually not that good at being psychic. If a Faerie has very intense precognitive abilities (which is rare), it's called the Sight.
  • Taken for Granite: Happened to them en-masse during the Faerie's Ruin plot. They were eventually all restored.
  • The Worf Effect: Despite their powerful magic, it seems they have no way to keep Balthazar from stuffing them in tiny bottles.
  • Your Size May Vary: They can be anywhere from as tall as an average human to as small as the glass bottles Balthazar keeps trapping them in. But Balthazar's Gallery of Evil page says that he only captures young Faeries for his bottles, so perhaps Faeries start small and grow larger as they age.

Light Faeries

  • Art Evolution: In their early design, they had rounded wings, then jagged ones that resembled sun rays, before settling on butterfly-like wings.
  • Cool Crown: They wore golden tiaras in their old design, though their new one replaces it with a hair tie.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Light Faeries have bright blonde hair and are very kind.
  • Light Is Good: Light Faeries seem to be universally benevolent.
  • Seers: They use trading cards to foretell the future.

Dark Faeries

  • Amazing Technicolor Population: They have lilac skin.
  • Art Evolution: In their first few designs, they had a black and red color scheme before it was changed to purple.
  • Dark Is Evil: They have a fearsome reputation and are reputed to be malevolent. Some of the more famous Dark Faeries include Jhudora, Jennumara, the Darkest Faerie, and the three sisters Malice, Spite and Vanity.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: However, the majority of Dark Faeries aren't actually evil. They're just pranksters. Another Dark Faerie, Delina, is friendly and asks Neopians for help in finding her crafting items.
  • Deal with the Devil: According to Neopian lore, their blessings come with a terrible cost.
    Lying in wait to tempt those weak of heart, the power granted by these evil imps is great, but at a price. Once you have been blessed by a Dark Faerie, you are forever tainted.
  • The Fair Folk: Downplayed. If a faerie is evil, chances are she's a Dark Faerie, and they're more likely to do something bad than non-dark faeries, however, not all of them are evil.
  • Gameplay and Story Segregation: You, however, will not suffer any ill effects from releasing a bottled Dark Faerie or completing a quest for one.
  • Good Wings, Evil Wings: Black and red bat-like wings, as opposed to the pastel-colored butterfly wings sported by most faeries.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Dark Faeries may be rude, but they will reward you for releasing them from bottles or bringing them quest items (in their case, toys).
    Dark Faerie, after receiving a quest item: Oh, please. A Petpet could have found this faster than you. Still, I suppose you want a reward...
    For your efforts, (pet's name)'s health has increased!
  • The Prankster: Most like to pull pranks on Neopets.
  • Purple Is Powerful: They have a deep purple color scheme, with dark purple dresses and hair, and light purple skin.

Fire Faeries

  • Art Evolution: In some of the Fire Faerie's early designs, she wore bell-bottom pants. They were eventually swapped out for a red and orange dress, then a different dress with a yellow bodice and red-orange skirt. Her hair also became progressively longer.
  • Clothing Damage: When Fire Faeries give quests, they always ask for clothing items because their fire magic tends to damage their clothes.
  • Fascinating Eyebrow: The Fire Faerie sports one in her current artwork.
  • Inept Mage: They tend to accidentally set things on fire while casting spells.
  • Playing with Fire: They have access to fire magic.

Water Faeries

  • Art Evolution: The Water Faerie's first design featured Godiva Hair before it was replaced by a bra. Her hair also became progressively more detailed, until it began to resemble flowing waves.
  • Healing Hands: Water Faeries seem to be skilled with healing magic. A Water Faerie named Marina runs the Healing Springs in Faerieland.
  • Insufferable Genius: They have a love of learning and knowledge, and are considered the wisest of the faeries. This has made them somewhat haughty.
    Water Faerie, giving a user a quest: You probably won’t help, but I need [name of a random book] for my studies. I can’t tell you why.
  • Our Mermaids Are Different: They are the only faeries who are naturally wingless, instead having mermaid tails. Which makes one wonder how they're able to move around in Faerieland...
  • Signature Hair Decs: Some Water Faeries wear seashells or pearls in their hair which fits their aquatic nature.
  • Swiss-Army Tears: Their tears have healing properties. The item "Tears of the Water Faerie" heals your pet by 20 HP.
  • Water Is Blue: They have bright blue tails and wear blue eyeshadow.

Air Faeries

  • Art Evolution: Early designs of the Air Faerie gave her rounded wings, plain blonde hair, and a simple purple dress. Now she has pointed wings, blonde hair with blue streaks, and a more elaborate dress with cloud-like trimming around the neckline.
  • Blow You Away: They have power over wind magic.
  • The Fashionista: Air Faeries always ask for beauty or grooming products on quests.
  • Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Their dresses and wings are a pale purple color.
  • Puppy-Dog Eyes: On a quest for an Air Faerie, one of the things she can say when you have her item is, "You — you do want to give it to me, right? *puppyblew eyes*"

Earth Faeries

  • Art Evolution: In the early years of the site, the Earth Faerie's design went back and forth between wearing dresses or 80s-style outfits before settling on the former. She also had plain green wings before they were changed to resemble leaves.
  • Earthy Barefoot Character: Some early designs of the Earth Faerie feature her without shoes.
  • Fantastic Racism: Apparently, they don't like Dark Faeries too much.
    Earth Faerie, after receiving a quest item: Good work! Wasn't this so much more fun than helping a Dark Faerie? I thought so!
  • Green Thumb: They have power over plants and flowers.
  • Nice Girl: Earth Faeries are said to be kind-hearted and enjoy making sure that everyone in Neopia has enough to eat. An Earth Faerie who sends you on a quest also asks more politely than some of the other faeries, and tells you not to work too hard.
  • Youthful Freckles: The Earth Faerie quest describes them with freckles.
    A freckled Earth Faerie smiles at you. “Hi there! Would you do a quest for me? I need [name of a random magic item], please.”

Grey Faeries

  • Broken Angel: Grey Faeries have had their wings removed through unknown means and lost their magic.
  • Brought Down to Normal: A Grey Faerie is what happens when a faerie loses her magic.
  • The Eeyore: Grey Faeries. Their self-esteem isn't the highest in the world, but can you blame them?
  • I Just Want to Be Beautiful: They want to be beautiful again, as they once were.

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