Old Petpets
A long time ago the existing Aquatic and Spooky petpets were mysteriously transformed into new, different petpets. For Spooky Petpets this happened on October 21st, 2002. The Aquatic Petpets were transformed after the destruction of the old Maraqua, on August 29th, 2001. Any of these petpets in inventories or safety desposit boxes automatically changed. However, those attached to pets kept their original form. Having an old version of the petpet makes you very unique. You can view the new versions of these petpets in other colors at SunnyNeo's Petpet Puddle. Below you can see what they used to look like compared to their new versions.
Removing the petpet will cause it to transform to the new version.
| Spooky Petpets | |
|---|---|
| Old | New |
 Baby Vampire |
 Snorlkin |
 Cyclopian |
 Meowclops |
 Fat Cat |
 Baraga |
 Grackle Trap |
 Gremble |
 Redtail |
 Candy Vampire |
 Rotten Egg |
 Furwitch |
 Scary Jack |
 Snomorg |
 Skeleton Pirate |
 Goulblee |
 Sugar Rush |
 Pwerko |
| Aquatic Petpets | |
|---|---|
| Old | New |
 Alfy |
 Pfish |
 Auntie |
 Leeble |
 Blumpy |
 Tanizard |
 Boris |
 Pepito |
 Bubbles |
 Bubbles |
 Cleo |
 Baby Blu |
 Clippers |
 Frillabon |
 Conehead |
 Cubett |
 Crabby |
 Crabby |
 Flapjack |
 Bubblisaur |
 Flippy |
 Flippy |
 Goldy |
 Goldy |
 Gomer |
 Filamen |
 Gulper |
 Gulper |
 Gumdrop |
 Peo |
 Legs |
 Crabula |
 Phishy |
 Phnard |
 Pinky |
 Bowla |
 Pokey |
 Cheerlub |
 Pooka |
 Pooka |
 Prissy |
 Primella |
 Ruby |
 Eelika |
 Scruffy |
 Slugawoo |
 Seamonkeys |
 Bleamix |
 Sharky |
 Sharky |
 Sluggo |
 Ghostkerfish |
 Smiley |
 Smiley |
 Snappy |
 Spirkle |
 Speck |
 Catamara |
 Swirly |
 Sproing |
| Other | |
|---|---|
| Old | New |
 Isnewee |
 Mazzew |
| While Isnewee may look like Hornsby they have never been the same petpet. In the old days Isnewee and Hornsby were two different petpets. Becuase they looked too similar Isnewee was changed into Mazzew. | |
 Mongmong |
Flishy |
Petpet Protection League
The Neopian Times Editorial has said that yes, these petpets can still win the PPL. If the transformed petpets win, the old petpets will win as well.
Hi TNT, I've been trying to get this question answered for a while and I was hoping you could help. Are retired Petpets like the Redtail, Baby Vampire, Rotten Egg, Fat Cat, Cyclopian, Scary Jack, Sugar Rush, Grackletrap, and Skeleton Pirate eligible for the PPL award? I can't ever get a straight answer on the subject so I was hoping you could clear this up for me. ~ hotgirl1987
Erm... yes and no. Go get yourself a nice cup of tea and a few biscuits, because this will be a long and boring answer.
You should first know that there were two ways a Petpet could be retired. One was that the name, description, image, etc., all changed, but it still remained a Petpet. The other was that it was changed into a different item altogether, such as an omelette or a spork or a plate of mouldy cheese.
In the first type of retirement, the ID number attached to the item is still associated with a Petpet. A good example of this is item #8084. This is currently the Snorlkin, but it used to be the Baby Vampire. The Snorlkin was chosen for PPL, and the PPL script searched the Petpet database for Petpet #8084. As you can see by the names a the top of the Snorlkin PPL list, there were still plenty of Baby Vampires attached to Neopets, and each one was rewarded.
In the second type of retirement, there is no chance of an omelette or spork winning the PPL (there are rules, you know), so the item ID of the old Petpet will never come up. It has no chance of winning the PPL.
So, in conclusion, a retired Petpet will not be specifically chosen to win PPL, but it can win should its replacement be chosen. We also learned that questions requiring a somewhat technical explanation should probably not be left to programmers to ramble on about.
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Question #3,931, archived from Editorial Issue 253 · Published 2006-08-18
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