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* [[Ascended Glitch]]: Certain glitches in Yooyuball, particularly the ones who give a superfast ball or the one which has all of the players facing backwards. The Neopets Team liked them so much, they kept them in.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: Neopian Times writers launched an intentional campaign to make it possible to paint Weewoos white. They did this by including images and mentions of White Weewoos in their Neopian Times submissions. Now, not only do White Weewoos exist, but they're the official mascot of the Neopian Times.

** At the beginning of The Faerie's Ruin plot, a group of players made a tongue-in-cheek campaign to demand that The Neopets Team rescue the pie that turned to stone along with the faeries. When the prize shop for the plot opened, one of the prizes was a stone pie with the description "Poor pie... still stone. Mmm... crunchy."

** During the event in which Krawk Island disappeared, players took an image of the event's main character (a Krawk named Gavril McGill) and edited in various images into his hands. Later in the year, during the Haunted Faire's "Masks of Dread" event, for completing each quest the day it was released, you received a bonus prize - a book entitled "Book of Awesome" with the cover showing Gavril holding the book. The item description: "What won't Gavril hold up next?"

* [[Dung Fu]]: Battle Dung, and its variations.

* [[Dyson Sphere]]: [[Genius Bonus|Once you realize it]], [http://items.jellyneo.net/?go=item&showitem=18922 this item].

** In a more explicit sense, the Altador Cup has gone through this. The first installment of the 'Cup was very different than the event organized today. Yooyuball was the only game, and there were no other games to back it up. The game itself was played from a top-down perspective, more primitive than today's isometric verision, and it was also much slower. Perhaps the most important changes were in the way the tournament was played: it was done knockout-style, which every team was eliminated after a game, and you could join another team immediately after the first team you joined up with was eliminated. There were also other differences, such as injuries to several of the teams (which probably wouldn't be able to be done with today's version of YYB), differences in trophies, and how points were given out. Most of these oddities were changed before Altador Cup II, but it wasn't until the 3rd cup where things began to look like they do today.

* [[Ears as Hair]]: The Usuls appear to have scrunchies holding up their ears, though Hannah from the games "Pirate Caves", "Ice Caves", and "Kreludor Caves" is depicted with human hair on her head.

* [[Easter Egg]]: Some games have these. Appearances from the Phantom Orange Shirt Guy are the most common.

* [[Fishing for Sole]]: Boots and cans in the ruins in Maraqua.

* [[Fishing Minigame]]: See above.

** Just saying "Edward" - no, not "Edward Cullen", just "Edward" - gets turned into Roxton Colchester III (a main character in more than one of the plots and ''very'' different from Mr. Cullen).

** And Taylor Lautner became the infamous [[Totally Radical|Nick Neopia]] from [http://www.neopets.com/index_fake.phtml an old prank].

* [[Funny Animal]]: The site is ''built'' on this.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Lengthy discussions have been held on what is and is not suitable for publication in the Neopian Times, especially regarding the more obscure rules. Nevertheless, some writers manage to push the limits even on such forbidden fare as romance, death, and violence.

** It's not completely forbidden, as long as it's done tastefully and without too much dwelling on it.

** Though it was deleted about an hour after the update, the [http://www.neopets.com/nf.phtml?nf_date=2010-07-12 Kiko Day News] had "[[bash.org|I put on my]] [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]!"

** Some owners get away with having pets who are [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Wholesome Crossdressers]], though a few handwave it by saying they're being labbed, which sometimes has the side effect of changing their gender.

** The faeries as a whole are very vain creatures.

** One of the worst parts of being a Grey Faerie is that they lose their beauty.

* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: The pets waiting for adoption.

** Balthazar before his [[Face Heel Turn]].

* [[Light Is Not Good]]/[[Moral Dissonance]]: Despite technically being the ones who started the whole thing by stealing from the Citadel, Meridell is viewed as the good guys by TNT and King Skarl is in the Gallery Of Heroes, while Lord Darigan is still in the Gallery of Evil despite saving them.

* [[Living Shadow]]: The Shadow Usul, the Creeping Shadows from the Tale of Woe, Edna's Shadow, the Shadow Wraiths from The Faerie's Ruin... There are a lot of them on the site.

* [[The Lost Woods]]: The Haunted Woods. [[Don't Go in The Woods|Don't go there]].

* [[Lost World]]: The Lost Isle, though many Neopian lands were unknown until "discovered" through a plot.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: The Darkest Faerie; Sloth in the Space Faerie's token. {{spoiler|Xandra.}}

* [[Serious Business]]: Avatar collecting. That is all.

* [[Significant Anagram]]: Eliv Thade, whose spirit haunts a castle: Evil/Vile Death/Hated. Appropriately enough, the game featuring him centers around anagrams. Also: the Sword of Skardsen/Darkness, Grimoire of Thade/Death, Amulet of Thilg/Light, and Shield of Pion Troect/Protection.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Many. To list a few:

*** [http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/avatars/runaway_garlic.gif This one] does too.

*** Not to mention, [http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/avatars/yourlupeasplode.gif this].

** The flavor text on the Lupe Patchwork Chia Doll is pretty much taken straight from a boss in [[World of Warcraft]]: Patchwerk.

** On [http://www.neopets.com/games/aaa/staff.phtml?nav=standing the page] for the Daily Dare '10 Staff Tournament, hovering over Jimmy James' picture mentions if anyone has seen his [[The Red Stapler|Red Stapler]].

** The description for the Miniature Wheel of Monotony: [[Memetic Mutation/Other Internet|"We heard you liked spinning the Wheel of Monotony... Now you can spin the Wheel of Monotony while spinning the Wheel of Monotony!"]]

** The "Kougra:[[Zero Wing|Cats"]] shopkeeper bears a [[Whole Costume Reference|certain resemblance]] to a certain Zero Wing character...

** The [http://items.jellyneo.net/index.php?go=item&showitem=2315 Rotting Skeleton Stamp] seems [[Donnie Darko|to be a familiar character...]]

** This [http://items.jellyneo.net/index.php?go=item&showitem=30066 item], a [[This Is a Drill|drill-shaped]] fruit, is called a [[Gurren Lagann|Gurran]]drillge. Doesn't sound like a coincidence to me!

** There's a game called "[[The Usual Suspects|The Usul Suspects]]", although the game has nothing to do with it.

*** Go [http://www.neopets.com/objects.phtml?type=shop&obj_type=37 here] if you're concerned.

*** Ice creams for all!

* [[Take That]]: The description of the Pink Poogle Toy is a [[Take That]] to a fansite of the same name.

** The Gallery of Evil book features a shadowy creature chewing on a [[Pokémon|Pikachu]] if you mouse over it.

* [[What Have I Become?]]: Played for laughs in the Petpet Park Mini-Plot. You come upon an adorable Cybunny with the choice of four options. <ref>A) Become inexplicably hostile, B) Request an autograph, C) Ask, "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?", or D) Bribe it with Neocash</ref> Upon executing any of the options, the Cybunny would turn around to reveal itself to be half-robot. If you chose A ("become inexplicably hostile"), it pulls a mirror out of nowhere and says, "ERROR: WHAT HAVE I BECOME?"

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Where did Hoban go after the Cyodrake's Gaze plot was finished?

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: Subverted in the stories that circulate, where anyone can be a hero; but read the basic descriptions of the Neopets and you'll notice it's the cute, fluffy, huggable Aishas and Lupes and Boris that seem to be friendly and easygoing, and the less-cute or fluffy pets such as Skeiths or Jetsams that are… less agreeable.

** Considering that there are games in which you play as a ''Petpetpet''?

* [[What Were They Selling Again?]]: USUKI.

* [[Widget Series|Weird American/Welsh Site]]: Although the plots tend to be a bit more [[Cerebus Syndrome|serious]], the site itself has a LOT of weirdness. And that's why we love it.

* [[Word of God]]: The Editorial section of the Neopian Times is used for this.

* [[You Mean "Xmas"]]: There is a holiday-themed land (Happy Valley) <ref>On the base of [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|Terror Mountain.]]</ref> and an Advent Calendar in the Month of Celebrating (December), but December 25 is the "Day of Giving." Strangely, pets can still be painted "Christmas," which gives them a festive holiday look.

** The Winter Starlight Celebration.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Between {{spoiler|Brynn}} and {{spoiler|Hanso}}.

* [[Beneath the Mask]]: {{spoiler|Xandra}} in the "Faeries' Ruin" plot initially appears helpful, {{spoiler|nerdy, and innocent with anger issues. She even wears glasses to heighten the effect ([http://images.neopets.com/faerieland/tfr_fa61c26562/conv/2_9815d2d41a.png pictured here])}}. However, {{spoiler|she is revealed to be a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] with a completely [[The Prince|"Machiavellian"]] and [[A God Am I|egomaniacal personality]]. She even [http://images.neopets.com/faerieland/crash_fede37c686.jpg makes Faerieland crash!]}}

** In the first Meridell Plot, [[Your Mileage May Vary|users argue]] to this day as to whether [[Adipose Rex|King Skarl]] or [[Noble Demon|Lord Darigan]] is this, although since Darigan's side had legitimate grievances against Meridell, [[Light Is Not Good|Skarl]] is the most likely candidate. That is, until the [[Diabolus Ex Machina]] ended with Lord Darigan being forced into a [[Face Heel Turn]]. Regardless, Skarl [[Karma Houdini|got away with no real retribution]].

* [[Big Good]]: Again, plots often have their own Big Goods, such as [[Knight in Shining Armor|Jeran]] and {{spoiler|[[Good All Along|Lord]] [[Dark Is Not Evil|Darigan]]}} from the [[Medieval European Fantasy|Meridell]] wars; The Keeper of Time from Hannah and the Ice Caves; King Kelpbeard from Curse of Maraqua; the deceased King Coltzan from [[Shifting Sand Land|the Lost Desert]]; and King Altador from [[Ancient Grome|Altador]] and The Faeries' Ruin.

* [[Fake Defector]]: Hanso.

* [[Family-Unfriendly Violence]] / [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: Hellooooo, Ski Lodge Murder Mystery! (Then again, it ''was'' from when the site was intended more for college students...)

** ''[http://images.neopets.com/faerieland/crash_fede37c686.jpg THIS]'' ('''HUGE''' spoiler, and you might [[Wham! Episode|need an extra pair of underpants afterward]]) Undoubtly a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for, not only {{spoiler|Xandra}}, but the entire site in general.

* [[Face Palm]]: Brynn does this in the first comic of The Faerie's Ruin.

* [[Knights and Knaves]]: The Two-Headed Hissi in the "Tale of Woe" plot. The solution? {{spoiler|Poke one of the heads with a stick}}.

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Hanso

{{quote|'''Jazan''': What now, Altador? More star-gazing?}}

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: The epilogue of the Faerie's Ruin mentions that the Darkest Faerie [[Taken for Granite|statue]] went missing in the chaos.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: A surprising number of people shipped Tomos and Nabile together, before, all of a sudden, Nabile decided she wanted to marry Jazan. ''[[Big No|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]''

*** Razul did a [[Kill the Cutie|veto]] of his own.

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Gorix does this when he finally meets [[Big Bad|Dr. Sloth]]. Subsequently [[Lampshaded]].