History Trivia / Tamagotchi

* AdaptationFirst: The anime was the first part of the ''Tamagotchi'' franchise to be released in South Korea due to the Japanese cultural products ban. The toys would not see a release there until 2019, with the Tamagotchi Some, their version of the Meets/ON.

* ContentLeak: Several virtual pets were leaked thanks to store sites listing them before they were officially revealed. These include the 2018 replicas of the original models, the Evatchi, the Hello Kitty Tamagotchi, the Demon Slayer Tamagotchi and the Tamagotchi Pix. Others were leaked through trademarked such as the Tamagotchi Smart and the below mentionned Tamagotchi uni
** The Tamagotchi Uni is a huge example of this. It was first leaked through a trademark, then several online stores listing it with its name and its ability to connect via [=Wi-Fi=] alongside a picture of a purple colored Uni with a Mimitchi on it before removing them. By the time the reveal teaser was released in late May 2023 (which doesn't show its name), almost everyone knows that it's called "Uni". But that doesn't end there, the day before the announcement (June 6) it's packaging was leaked, revealing several character and mechanics.

* FranchiseKiller: The Ocean did ''not'' do many favors for the Tamagotchi line's popularity due to its insane difficulty. The Morino's international release was canned not long after and the Ocean remained the last to go international until the 2004 reboot, and only a few releases (including the expensive Yasashii and the pedometer Arukotchi) would come afterwards in Japan until just after the start of the following year.

* ContentLeak: Several virtual pets were leaked thanks to store sites listing them before they were officially revealed. These include the 2018 replicas of the original models, the Evatchi, the Hello Kitty Tamagotchi, and the Demon Slayer Tamagotchi.
** The Tamagotchi Uni has a major one. It was first leaked with its name and its ability to connect via [=Wi-Fi=], then multiple online shopping websites have listed a product called "Tamagotchi Uni" with a picture of a purple watch-like toy with Mimitchi on it before removing them. By the time the reveal teaser was released in late May 2023 (which doesn't show its name), almost everyone knows that it's called "Uni".

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: It's common for news outlets and [=eBay=] listings to refer to Tamagotchi as a "giga pet" instead of "virtual pet". ''Toys/GigaPets'' are a specific type of virtual pet made by Tiger Electronics that are unrelated to Tamagotchis other than using the same concept. It was also fairly common, before Tamagotchi was overtaken by some of its more popular competitors, for said competitors to be called "Tamagotchis" in the media.

** Besides this, the Tamagotchi toys ''themselves'' have become a platform for licensing, as virtual pets have been made based on [[Film/RebirthOfMothra2 Mothra]], ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', Creator/{{Sanrio}}, ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', Creator/{{Disney}}, {{Shoujo}} magazine ''Ciao'' and ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'', among others.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: It's common for news outlets and [=eBay=] listings to refer to Tamagotchi as a "giga pet" instead of "virtual pet". Toys/GigaPets are a specific type of virtual pet made by Tiger Electronics that are unrelated to Tamagotchis other than using the same concept. It was also fairly common, before Tamagotchi was overtaken by some of its more popular competitors, for said competitors to be called "Tamagotchis" in the media.

** Besides this, the Tamagotchi toys ''themselves'' have become a platform for licensing, as virtual pets have been made based on [[Film/RebirthOfMothra2 Mothra]], Manga/{{Doraemon}}, Creator/{{Sanrio}}, Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, Creator/{{Disney}}, {{Shoujo}} magazine ''Ciao'' and ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'', among others.

* CashCowFranchise: In Japan, anyway; the franchise brings in a steady stream of income there. Ironically, Bandai did not initially expect Tamagotchi to be financially successful, and only produced them in small amounts in 1996. When it proved to be incredibly popular, Bandai turned around and tried to bank hard on it...only for the fad to die out, leaving Bandai's finances rather dire.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://tamagotchi.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Yup.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The Uni, which is an improved version of Smart, changed some features back to what fans would recognize and like, such as the traditional 3-button controls, and the Tamagotchi walking around the room instead of staying at a corner.

* TalkingToHimself:
** Creator/ChiwaSaito voices Moriritchi, Furifuritchi, and Clulutchi.
** Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi voices Gotchiman and Oyajitchi.
** Creator/SatomiKoorogi voices Hapihapitchi, Doremitchi, and the narrator from ''GO-GO Tamagotchi!''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The Uni, which is an improved version of Smart, changed some features back to what fans would recognize and like, such as the traditional 3-button controls.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Since many of the toys use a website for functions related to passwords, items and characters that require them (such as special character dating cards on the Entama and the souvenirs on multiple releases) become this once the website shut down. While players have discovered the patterns of logout codes on some of these models, some other models don't have such patterns (like Music Star), and as such contents exclusive to the websites are impossible to obtain.

** The toy was originally going to be designed as a wrist watch but was changed into a keychain due to the cost of plastic and in order to emulate a pocket watch.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The ''My Tamagotchi Forever'' character Neliatchi was the winner of a contest held prior to the game's release where fans had to come up with their own Tamagotchis.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Since many of the toys use a website for functions related to passwords, items and characters that require them (such as special character dating cards on the Entama and the souvenirs on multiple releases) become this once the website shut down. While players have discovered the patterns of logout codes on some of these models, some other models don't have such patterns (like Music Star), and as such contents exclusive to the websites are hard to obtain.

* NamesTheSame: Lovelin is not the only character in a Bandai franchise [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure to have that name]]. [[note]] However, the character's names are different by one syllable in Japanese. The Tamagotchi Lovelin's name is spelled "Raburin", while the ''Pretty Cure'' one is spelled "Rabirin". [[/note]] She also shares her name with [[Anime/PrettyRhythmRainbowLive a mascot in another shoujo anime]].

* TheMerch: All sorts of merchandise based on the toys has been made, with candies, cards, bath bombs, playsets featuring figurines of the characters, [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies plush toys]], and keychains being just some of the pieces of merch they've put out. The TV show has also had merchandise relating to it.

* The toy was originally going to be designed as a wrist watch but was changed into a keychain due to the cost of plastic and in order to emulate a pocket watch.

* UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise: While this was averted in the 90's in Japan, they fully embraced this trope when the franchise was relaunched in the 2000's. Most of the tie-in merchandise for this era was either [[PinkProductPloy pink]], featured Mametchi, Memetchi and Kuchipatchi alongside a few female characters like Violetchi, Mimitchi and Makiko, used symbols girls like such as candy and hearts, or was a girl's activity toy like an accessory maker or a diary. In addition, apparel with the characters on it only came in girls' sizes and styles with no boy ones to be seen. It got worse when the anime came out, with most merchandise not only mainly using the tactics described above, but prominently featuring new female character Lovelitchi and having many of the male characters not named Mametchi and Kuchipatchi not appear on it. It got to the point where '''the toys themselves''' were then marketed exclusively to girls. For instance, most of the recent Tamagotchi Meets [[note]] Tamagotchi On overseas[[/note]] devices have feminine shell designs featuring hearts and rainbows on them, and many of the post-2009 collaboration Tamagotchis are with franchises aimed at young girls like Creator/{{Sanrio}} and ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}''. Overseas, this was inverted, as the merchandise for the franchise is mostly gender neutral with the exception of the ''Tamagotchi Friends'' line, which was mostly marketed to girls.

** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] with the 2004-onward toys. While the Version 2 through Version 4.5 toys had many of the same features and characters as the Japanese toys, they were not identical.

* ReleaseDateChange:
** Averted by the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' tie-in toy, the Evatchi, which was meant to coincide with the release of the fourth and final ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' film. The film was delayed from its intended June 2020 release date due to the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic outbreak of coronavirus]], but the Evatchi hit stores the same month with no problems.
** The Jujutsutchi, a Nano model based on ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'', was meant to release in December 2021, but was pushed back to January 2022 due a coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam, where many Nano models are manufactured.

** Averted with the ''Tamagotchi!'' anime's Australian English dub, as not only are all the characters voiced by people of the proper gender, but they're also done by children or teens.

** The only known dub to avert this by localizing all 271 episodes is the Cantonese Chinese dub aired by [=ViuTV=].

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: They released a golden Tamagotchi Connection v3 in the US and a golden Tamagotchi Connection v4 in the UK.

* ReleaseDateChange: Averted by the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' tie-in toy, the Evatchi, which was meant to coincide with the release of the fourth and final ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' film. The film was delayed from its intended June 2020 release date due to the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic outbreak of coronavirus]], but the Evatchi hit stores the same month with no problems.

* VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub: Kikitchi has a high-pitched boy's voice in the Japanese original, but in the Thai dub aired by True Spark, he has an adult man's voice. The [[DuelingDubs other]] Thai dub aired by MCOT Family gives him a voice more like the Japanese version.

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