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JubJub Facts

Pronounced: jub-jub

Plural: JubJubs

Discovered: Prehistoric

Species Day: 6th June

Native Land: Neopia Central

The JubJub (very often written "Jubjub") is a very fluffy Neopet, with two extremely large feet. It has no arms, but extremely flexible toes and a good sense of balance that allow it to use its feet for most tasks that would normally require hands or paws. It has enormous round eyes, but no nose. It is a smaller sized Neopet. JubJubs are known not to have knee joints.

JubJubs seem to be native to Neopia Central. They can often be very shy around strangers, and if feeling threatened will hide their faces behind their feet. If attacked, they will let out a deafening shriek that will startle their opponent enough to buy the JubJub some time. Surprisingly, then, they can sometimes be rather reckless thrill-seekers, taking advantage of their round shape to roll down hills, mountains and water slides, as well as doing parachute jumps from high places. In the wild, JubJubs seem to have large families, but they are just as happy living with a single human owner or a small Neofamily.

The JubJub is one of the "prehistoric" pets introduced before official records of Neopian events were kept. It was originally called the JibJib; the name change occurred because of a copyright issue. A Jib-Jib was a creature in a Fighting Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure book. For the new name, TNT might have been inspired by a line in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, the same nonsense poem that is quoted on the first page of the Gallery of Evil:

Beware the Jubjub Bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!

So far, no Bandersnatches, frumious or otherwise, have been seen in Neopia.

The first JubJub (or JibJib) has a rather more serious expression than the one we're used to, but most of the features we know can be seen in some form in its artwork; the large round eyes, huge feet and fluffy body are all present. Later redraws would make the face more visible and redesign the fluff to look more like fur.

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A Few Famous JubJubs

Duel Bazuka, nicknamed Commando Jub, is a soldier frequently sent out on stealth missions (it's not clear for whom). He used to pop up via Random Event, but has since retired.
Neopia's best-known JubJub may well be the Shop Wizard, who works 24/7 in Neopia Central to find the best prices in the Marketplace. It's unknown whether the Super Shop Wizard is a relative of his, or just the regular Wizard after a dose of caffeine.
The Tiki Tour Guide is thought to be a Coconut JubJub, though he doesn't look quite like the ones you can get from the Lab Ray. There are a few of these odd Coco Jubs on Mystery Island-they seem to be native to the area.
Werther is the assistant to Professor Hugo Fairweather, and also an expert on the properties of Kreludite.
Altador Cup fans have the chance to cheer for JubJub player Yoris Obbles (Team Meridell). Unlucky Terror Mountain player Selwick Phoss has yet to be signed to another side.