Line #31 VideoGame/Marapets


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marapets.png]]
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3	''Marapets'' is a free virtual pet site, similar to {{Website/Neopets}}.
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5	[[http://marapets.wikia.com/wiki/Marapets_History It started out]] as a 'guild' created by 14-year-old Ian, called "Maraqua" within Neopets. When he made it, he had no intentions of creating a pet site. Soon after the guild was made, Ian created a Web site called Maraqua.com. Almost all the members of said guild joined the website, which had forums, game hints, and pet release news. However, the guild was frozen by the administrators of Neopets shortly after it was made.
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7	Ian, now 15, and his co-founder, Laimay, (who was 19) had lost hope to bring back the Maraqua guild. Working together, they founded Marapets in 2005. Today, Ian still serves as the owner and Laimay is the artist.
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9	The basic pet site formula that exists in Neopets is present here, too: Users create pets, raise and care for them, train them for battles, or even give them jobs. The site has many, ''many'' users who play it.
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12	!!Marapets and its elements contain examples of the following tropes:
13	%%* OneUp: In most of the flash games.
14	%%* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sewers]].
15	%%* AliensSpeakingEnglish
16	%%* AllSwordsAreTheSame
17	%%* AmusementPark: Slater Park.
18	* AnyoneCanDie: Unlike ''Neopets'', Marapets can die.
19	* AndYourRewardIsClothes:
20	** Completing missions will award you with t-shirts, which can't be put into your wardrobe.
21	** Completing entire mission chains awards you with costumes, which you can either sell for profit or put on your pet, which makes it look pretty badass.
22	%%* ArmsDealer: The Weapon and Armor shopkeepers.
23	* ArtificialStupidity: Characters who give quests asking you to buy [[PlotCoupons certain items from stores,]] ('''NOT USER STORES''') will sometimes not be in the store, forcing you to wait until they restock again. (Which, usually never happens.)
24	%%* AutomatonHorses: Viottos and Vixens. Justified, however, since you can feed them, but they won't die.
25	* BattleTrophy: Players who rank having won the most battles get these trophies. [[CosmeticAward They appear in your profile]].
26	%%* BigBoosHaunt: Undying Woods.
27	%%* BleakLevel: Eleka Castle.
28	* BrainFood: You can feed your pets brain cakes, brain cookies, and even an entire brain.
29	* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: The slate pyramid and the Kamilah pyramid in Kamilah Desert.
30	%%* CharacterNameLimits
31	%%* DemBones: The Bonehead minipet.
32	* DestroyableItems: Toys can break if you let your pets play with them too much.
33	%%* DifficultyByAcceleration: The Bounchy flash game.
34	%%* DownInTheDumps: Vortex Park.
35	%%* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The Rainbow Costume. Also, the Rainbow Fairy in Lush Lake.
36	%%* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Sparkle Costume.
37	%%* FightingClown: The Clown trading card.
38	* GameWithinAGame: Flash games can be played along with the main questing/doing missions, etc.
39	%%* GangplankGalleon: The Pirate Ship near Minipet Island. Also, Dukka Town and Dukka Caves.
40	%%* GenialGiraffe: The Jessup pet.
41	* GlobalCurrencyException: The items in the stores in Dukka Town can only be bought with Dukka Coins. The same applies to the Pirate Ship as well.
42	** RP is earned by buying items in the shops, and can only be spent at Eleka's Castle.
43	** BP is earned by defeating opponents in the arena. BP can only be spent at Baspinar's Castle.
44	* GloomyGray: The [[https://www.marapets.com/petcolours.php?do=colours&id=Sad Sad costume]].
45	%%* GreenHillZone: Lush Lake.
46	%%* HeadSwap: Played straight with character dolls.
47	%%* HolyHandGrenade: [[http://www.marapets.com/satellite.php?do=item&id=1387 Literally.]]
48	* InstitutionalApparel: Most pets wearing the [[https://www.marapets.com/petcolours.php?do=colours&id=Prison Prison costume]] have black and white striped shirts, sometimes with a matching hat and/or a ball and chain.
49	%%* LevelAte: Candyland.
50	%%* MacroZone: Gigantic Paradise.
51	%%* PalmtreePanic: Minipet Island, to an extent.
52	* PlayEveryDay: Doing the daily activities in the virtual world will reward you with MP (the currency) or items.
53	%%* QuestGiver: At least one in every world.
54	%%* RareCandy
55	* {{Retraux}}: The [[https://www.marapets.com/petcolours.php?do=colours&id=Pixel Pixel costume]] turns your pets into... well, pixelated versions of themselves that sort of evoke this trope.
56	%%* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Biala Mountain.
57	%%* ShoutOut: The Justin pet is a beaver. Get it?
58	%%* SpaceZone: Enpiah.
59	* StylisticSuck: The [[https://www.marapets.com/petcolours.php?do=colours&id=Bootleg Bootleg costume]], which turns all pets wearing it into doodle versions of themselves.
60	%%* TempleOfDoom: The various temples in Simeria.
61	%%* TerribleTrio: The Fates.
62	%%* {{Tomorrowland}}: Ziranek, and to a lesser extent, Enpiah.
63	%%* UnderTheSea: Jenoa.
64	* TheUnfought: If you take part in the War, either it's Queen Eleka if you're on the Light Side, or King Baspinar if you are on the Dark Side. Actually, you can get trading cards of them, which, upon use, allow users to fight them in the arena. However, it's not required to do so.
65	%%* UniversalAmmunition
66	* UnlockableContent: Giftboxes, which can be bought with Account Upgrade credits, extend the use of dailies, or grant access to things normal users can't use.
67	%%* VirtualPaperDoll
68	* WalletOfHolding: Players can hold up a lot of MP (one player has [[http://www.marapets.com/profile.php?id=5102235 more money then he knows what to do with]]), without their virtual wallets exploding.
69	%%* WebGame
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