History Trivia / AnimalJam

* TheMerch: ''Animal Jam'' has a Mount-Everest-sized pile of various merchandise, including school supplies, T-shirts, and jewelry, [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies plush]], certificates for membership and online currency, figurines, playsets, BlindBagCollectables, a licensed guidebook, pajamas, stationary set, costumes, {{Novelization}}, ComicBookAdaptation, and a magazine.

** There used to be a rumor that if enough animals jumped on the ice patch in the middle of Mt. Shiveer, it would break and everyone who participated would go to a secret room and win something glorious, such as free membership and a mountain of gems, similar to the ice tipping rumor in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''. It wasn't until [[spoiler: the Alphas determined in ''Animal Jam Play Wild'' that it's nothing more than frozen caverns that have been taken over by phantoms as the result of gaining power from use of dark stones and sludgestones for a very long time. Liza warns the jammers to stay off of the ice and not to jump on it anymore, and used the timer as a warning, but [[RebelliousSpirit rebellious jammers]] [[IgnoredVitalNewsReports ignored the situation and continued jumping on it]], causing the ice to break quicker than expected.]]

** There used to be a rumor that if enough animals jumped on the ice patch in the middle of Mt. Shiveer, it would break and everyone who participated would go to a secret room and win something glorious, such as free membership and a mountain of gems, similar to the ice tipping rumor in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''. While it's true that the ice looks more and more broken the more players stand on it, [[MissingSecret the ice doesn't actually break entirely]]. There was also a similar rumor for the bridge in Coral Canyons.
*** It wasn't [[spoiler: until the Alphas determined in ''Animal Jam Play Wild'' that it's nothing more than frozen caverns that have been taken over by phantoms as the result of gaining power from use of dark stones and sludgestones for a very long time. Liza warns players not to jump on the ice anymore, but players [[IgnoredVitalNewsReports ignored the situation and continued jumping]], causing the ice to break quicker than expected.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''Greely:''' [[IWarnedYouYou just couldn't help yourselves, could you...?]]]]

** There used to be a rumor that if enough animals jumped on the ice patch in the middle of Mt. Shiveer, it would break and everyone who participated would go to a secret room and win something glorious, such as free membership and a mountain of gems, similar to the ice tipping rumor in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''. While it's true that the ice looks more and more broken the more players stand on it, [[MissingSecret the ice doesn't actually break entirely]]. There was also a similar rumor for the bridge in Coral Canyon.

** ''Gem Breaker'' - ''[[VideoGame/BubbleBobble Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move]]

** When the Diamond Shop opened and diamonds were introduced, a rumor spread that anyone who turns all white and jumps on one of the diamonds on the floor of the Diamond Shop, they'll win 100 diamonds. This phased out, as many players tried and failed.

* ShortRunInPeru: The ''Animal Jam'' apps were launched in either Canada or Australia months before they made a world-wide release. During that time, people outside those areas got access early by setting their Apple ID locations to those countries.

* CashCowFranchise: Animal Jam, despite being less than a decade old, is [=WildWorks=]' most famous video game, which resulted in them focusing on the game the most, rewarding it with ads with {{Detail Hogging Cover}}s, TheMerch, and a huge load of regular updates and community stuff, and hiding their other games in a dark corner. [[OldShame They even don't mention their non-Animal Jam games on their official website.]][[note]]Well, perhaps [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since their previous games were {{Licensed Game}}s and they might have wanted to be original[[/note]]

* TheMerch: ''Animal Jam'' has a Mount-Everest-sized pile of various merchandise, including school supplies, T-shirts, and jewelry, [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies plush]], certificates for membership and online currency, figurines, playsets, BlindBagCollectibles, a licensed guidebook, pajamas, stationary set, costumes, {{Novelization}}, ComicBookAdaptation, and a magazine.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempting to improve the game and keep carrying it on, [=WildWorks=] started using [[DetailHoggingCover Detail-Hogging covers]], increasing merchandise production, adding new things all the time, [[BribingYourWayToVictory trying to get people to give money]] [[AllegedlyFreeGame by making many things "members-only"]], and using any creative idea possible. This resulted in some players thinking [=WildWorks=] were too greedy over just one game.

* LateExportForYou: The Animal Jam apps were launched in either Canada or Australia months before they made a world-wide release. During that time, people outside those areas got access early by setting their Apple ID locations to those countries.
* TheMerch: Animal Jam has a Mount-Everest-sized pile of various merchandise, including school supplies, T-shirts, and jewelry, [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies plush]], certificates for membership and online currency, figurines, playsets, a licensed guidebook, pajamas, stationary set, costumes, {{Novelization}}, ComicBookAdaptation, and even '''its own magazine'''.

** Thanks to its CashCowFranchise status, it looks like Animal Jam's gonna cover every sort of product they could slap the colorful animals on. So, please don't add any more merch to the exhaustive list.

* UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise: ''Animal Jam'' is for both genders, but most of the merchandise, especially costumes and stationary sets, are aimed to animal-loving girls, often with PinkProductPloy.

** There's also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9clqhGDuiE 3:00 AM ghost users]] rumor.[[note]]FYI, 3:00 AM is considered the Devil's Hour.[[/note]]

* CashCowFranchise: Animal Jam, despite being less than a decade old, is [=WildWorks=]' most famous video game, which resulted in them focusing on the game the most, rewarding it with ads with {{Detail Hogging Cover}}s, TheMerch, and a huge load of regular updates and community stuff, and hiding their other games in a dark corner. [[OldShame They even don't mention their non-Animal Jam games on their official website.]][[note]]Well, perhaps [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since their previous games were {{Licensed Game}}s and they might wanted to be original[[/note]]

** There used to be a rumor that if enough animals jumped on the ice patch in the middle of Mt. Shiveer, it would break and everyone who participated would go to a secret room and win something glorious, such as free membership and a mountain of gems, similar to the ice tipping rumor in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''. While it's true that the ice looks more and more broken the more players stand on it, the ice doesn't actually break entirely. There was also a similar rumor for the bridge in Coral Canyon.

** Now for some ParanoiaFuel. A rumor spread that a player, fman122, [[TheCracker hacked naive players]] by sending "gifts" by Jam-a-grams to random victims. It is unknown if this is true or not.

* FanCommunityNickname: Players of Animal Jam are known as "jammers". In addition to that, [=WildWorks=] coined this nickname.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Animal Jam is also a name of a song from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' and a [[Creator/JimHenson The Jim Henson Company]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Jam_(TV_series) puppet TV show]].

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Animal Jam is also a name of a song from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Jam puppet TV show]].