Pets

Note: Not to be confused with Petz, which originated in World of JumpStart

Pets are animals that appear in the JumpStart 3D Virtual World series. There are three kinds: cats, dogs, and pigs.

Appearances
Pets can have many different colors and coat patterns. Their appearances can range from fairly normal, such as a pink pig or a dog with a dalmatian-like coat, to more fantastical, such as a dog with a robot-like appearance or a cat with green fur.

Description
Pets always walk on four legs and don't speak, making them resemble normal animals moreso than JumpStart's main cast. They can make regular animal sounds, such as meowing, barking, or oinking. They are also much smaller than the other JumpStart characters.

In the Games
Pets are featured in JumpStart 3D Virtual World: The Legend of Grizzly McGuffin, JumpStart 3D Virtual World: Trouble in Town, and JumpStart 3D Virtual World: Quest for the Color Meister. They can be adopted at the Pet House, where the player can also purchase food, toys, grooming supplies, and tricks for them. The player can choose a name for a pet from a list of preselected names. Once a pet has been adopted, the player can call it to have the pet follow the player around. The player can also teach the pet to stay, which will make it sit in one spot rather than follow the player, or choose to send the pet back to the Pet House.

A pet will get dirty if it spends a lot of time outdoors following the player. It can be cleaned up at the grooming station in the Pet House. Pets can be taught tricks in the Pet House's training center. Once a pet has mastered a trick, it can be performed outside the Pet House. Learning tricks also allows the pet to be entered in pet tournaments, which are held in Redwood Park. Pets are also required for completing certain challenges in the Secret Caverns.

All of the main characters in the series own a pet, which also happens to resemble its owner. Frankie owns a pet dog named Rover, Hopsalot owns a pet dog named JB, Pierre owns a pet dog named Jazzy, Kisha owns a pet pig named Champ, Eleanor owns a pet pig named Daisy, and CJ owns a pet cat called Spelunky. Additionally, Ivy is shown to own a pet pig named Esmerelda.

Disctinction from Petz
World of JumpStart introduced Petz, which are in some ways similar to the pets in the 3D Virtual World games and were arguably inspired by them, but there are also many notable differences between them. While pets always walk on four legs, Petz are depicted without legs, instead having bodies that are rounded near the bottom. Petz can't be taught tricks or entered in tournaments, and there is never a need to groom them. However, they can follow the player around when summoned, and can be sent to the Petz Pen, similar to how pets are taken care of at the Pet House when not accompanying the player. Petz also each have a pre-determined name, so they player is not allowed to choose a name for them like with pets.