Yearly events, Advent calendar, and Petpets

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Yearly events

April Fools

The NeoCharge display along with discussion on the NeoBoards

Neopets is well-known for its April Fool's Day pranks among its users. Some of its jokes include:

• 2001: "Neopet Makeovers" gave Neopets new names and different looks.
• 2002: Some users' Safety Deposit Boxes were emptied, since the Pant Devil stole them. 
• 2003: Neopets becomes "Neopetz", a "cooler" website. The visual layout of the site changed and no more Neopoints, making everything free, including the extremely expensive items found in the Hidden Tower.
• 2004: A "Quiguki" expansion set was to be released based on an imaginary new world called "Quigara".
• 2005: Fifty new pets were drawn, and the Neopets staff claimed they were releasing all of them. Also, they claimed from there on, you could own 10 neopets. After the joke, many people liked some of the Neopets, and called for a voting to take place. The Gnorbu won the vote and became a proper pet. 
• 2006: "NeoCharge" (pictured) was a Neopoint tax that players had to pay NP depending on which and how many pages were visited to keep people from refreshing too much. When players actually tried to pay the charge, they would be taken to a page that said it might take up to 24 hours to process.

Advent Calendar

The Advent Calendar is only active during the Month of Celebrating (December). On each day of the month a user can visit the Advent Calendar in Happy Valley and watch a colourful animation and collect a prize, which is usually an item, neopoints and/or an avatar. Users are only supposed to receive this prize once, and users who create multiple accounts to receive multiple prizes have their account frozen.

Petpets

Part of the list of Petpets

Petpets are Neopets' pets. They are small and are found in shops all over Neopia. Some variations include Slorg, Feepit, Babaa, and the Meepit (which is commonly joked as hiding evil intention). Petpets are capable of doing some actions their Neopet owner cannot, such as waking up the Turmaculus (a giant Petpet which will sometimes eat a users Petpet), and jump in the "Mysterious Symol Hole," randomly bringing back items. Petpets used to assist users in Battledome fights, but this option has been retired. However, Petpets now have their own battle arena, called the "Petpet Battle Arena".

A Neopet can also talk to their Petpet by typing in what they wish to say. The Petpet then responds with one of a number of pre-programmed text actions. The actions vary with the type of Petpet, although if any profanity is used all of the petpet's lines will read: "Oi! Don't swear! This site is family-friendly."

Like Neopets, Petpets have levels, which can be raised either by visiting the Turmaculus or fighting in the Petpet Battle Arena. Also, like Neopets, petpets can also be painted a variety of colors, albeit with their own petpet paintbrushes. Even though they're slightly cheaper than Neopet paint brushes, Petpet paintbrushes are still expensive to purchase or trade.

Petpets can be mixed in the Cooking Pot with other Petpets or items to create a new species of Petpet as well, such as the Wuzzer (Buzzer and a Dwarf Tree) and Zamillion (Zoomik and a Gallion). Older petpets which have been replaced by newer petpets will turn into those newer petpets if they are unattached from their Neopet. Petpets are also featured in various games, like Petpet Herder and Hasee Bounce.

Petpets can also have their own pet, called Petpetpets, bug-like creatures which live on the Petpet. They are found through rare random events, and can be sold for neopoints or attached to the main Neopets Petpet. To attach a Petpetpet to a Petpet a user must leave it in their inventory until it attaches itself to the Petpet of the active Neopet. Petpetpets cannot be removed from a petpet, but will disappear if the Petpet is removed from the Neopet. Petpetpets serve very little purpose other than to have fun, but some like the Mootix or Moach can give a user an Avatar.