Tama Pet

Tama Pets as seen on the Tamagotchi On

Tama Pets (たまペット Tama Petto) are pets of Tamagotchi characters that have appeared on the virtual pets and in the anime series.

Description

Tama Pets are animal-like Tamagotchi creatures that act like pets on Earth. They usually have limited sentience and will either only speak in animalistic sounds or single words related to their name. An example of this is Bagubagutchi making barking sounds and Puchiberitchi saying "Beri". Appearances and sizes of Tama Pets vary, but they are typically smaller than Tamagotchi. Some Tama Pets such as Gamanosuke and Giraffetchi are much larger than Tamagotchi.

There are a few Tama Pets that have the same level of sentience as Tamagotchi, being able to speak normally and act like one. Hapihapitchi, Yumecantchi, Kizunatchi, and Lucky are the only known Tama Pets that can speak like normal Tamagotchis. In the anime, the word Tama Pet can be used for all species of animals, or animal-like Tamagotchis, of Tamagotchi Planet.

On Virtual Pets

Home Deka Tamagotchi

Though they were simply referred to as "Pets", the Home Deka Tamagotchi allowed the DekaTama protagonist to take care of up to three pets once they upgraded to the expensive house option. They could interact with their pets by feeding them and choosing a toy to play with. If the pets were neglected, they would become lonely and sulk.

Tamagotchi Connection Version 5

Tama Pets were officially introduced on the Tamagotchi Connection Version 5 as part of the pure families. There are four Tama Pets, each one belonging to a specific family: Bagubagutchi with the Mame Family, Chitchi with the Meme Family, Onsenmoguratchi with the Kuchipa Family, and Hanatarezoutchi with the Violet Family. The Tama Pets are obtained with the families and can't be interacted with individually.

Tamagotchi iD L

The first Tamagotchi device that had adoptable Tama Pets was the Tamagotchi iD L. Different pets can be found at Donut Park at certain times of the day and must be encountered three times to have the option to adopt them. The adopted pet will then stay in the yard and the Tamagotchi can interact with them whenever they go outside. They will also follow the Tamagotchi when they walk to a location, though they will not actually appear with them when they arrive. Tama Pets will stay with the Tamagotchi until the next generation and will never leave until then.

The Tama Pets that appear on this device include: Hapihapitchi, Doremitchi, Sopratchi, Bagubagutchi, Chitchi, Onsenmoguratchi, Shurikentchi, Puchiberitchi, Harapparatchi, and Rubytchi. On the iD L Princess Spacy version, Rubytchi is replaced by Kizunatchi.

Tamagotchi P's

Tama Pets reappear with the same mechanic as the iD L, although there are only five different pets that can be adopted - Yumecantchi, Chapitchi, Furilovetchi, Monatototchi and Rinsetchi.

Tamagotchi On

The Tamagotchi On introduces the mechanic of mixing with Tama Pets which allows the user to marry their Tama Pet to another one and produce a new pet with features from both parents. Tama Pets are obtained by leaving items in the backyard and then periodically checking to see if one was lured in. Once a Tama Pet appears, the user will be asked if they want to adopt it. If the pet is adopted, they will stay in the backyard and the user's Tamagotchi will play with them when they go into the backyard.

After going into the backyard a certain number of times, another Tama Pet will appear and the user will be asked if they want to marry their pet to it. If the user agrees, the two pets will produce an egg which will immediately hatch into a mixed Tama Pet that the user can take of. Unlike previous iterations, the Tama Pet will run away if the user does not visit the backyard within 24 hours.

Tamagotchi Uni

Tama Pets return as a feature on the Tamagotchi Uni, although they can not be adopted. Placing specific furniture items in the backyard may attract one of several wild Tama Pets that the Tamagotchi can play with. The Tama Pet currently visiting will disappear after a certain amount of time or if the furniture in the backyard is replaced.

In the Anime

Tamagotchi: The Movie

Bagubagutchi is the only Tama Pet that appears in Tamagotchi: The Movie, being seen in Mametchi's room.

Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe!

Bagubagutchi, Chitchi, and Onsemoguratchi appear in the beginning of Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! with their families. The movie also shows the origin of Hapihapitchi.

Tamagotchi!

Tama Pets from the Tamagotchi iD L are regularly featured in the Tamagotchi! anime series, with some pets getting an episode centered around them. In the anime's continuity, the term generally refers to all animals native to Planet Tamagotchi rather than just pets, much like how anthropomorphised flora, landforms or other natural entities are classified as Gaiatchi. While most Tamagotchi characters are depicted as individual characters rather than being members of their species like on the virtual pets, multiples of a certain kind of Tama Pet are not uncommon and can be referred to with the same name.

Later seasons would introduce more sentient Tama Pets such as Kizunatchi and Yumecantchi who serve as major characters during specific arcs. Several characters like Telelin, Pashalin and Watchlin are artificial lifeforms similar to Tama Pets that were transformed from ordinary devices such as phones and cameras and developed sentience, but unlike Hapihapitchi, they remained mechanical rather than becoming biological and have not been identified as a type of Tamagotchi or Tama Pet.

In "Kyu Kyu~! Invitation to Melody Land / Myu Myu~! The Melody Charm is Born", Melodytchi reunites with her Tama Pets, Doremitchi and Sopratchi in Melody Land. She takes them with her back to Tamagotchi Town at her parents' insistence in the next episode. In "Shushushu! Kenkenken! Shigurehimetchi's Castle", Shigurehimetchi is shown to have a legion of Shurikentchi that protect her and follow her every command. Telelin encounters Harapparatchi in "Harappara! Telelin's Big Adventure" when she is accidentally taken to Shinshitchi's house. The following episode "Tama Berry! Mother's Day Cake Pero" introduces Perotchi's Tama Pet, Puchiberitchi.

Dream School runs a class taught by Ms. Trimmertchi that focuses on caring for and grooming Tama Pets. Gotchimotchi owns countless Tama Pets, even ones like Daijatchi who are far larger than most Tamagotchi.

"Good Luck! Big Tama Pet Race" features all the Tama Pets that appeared in the show so far being a part of a race competition.

In Games

Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom

Tama Pets serve as NPCs throughout the game, often involved with quests. Many of them exhibit higher levels of sentience than they are usually depicted with, albeit limited to speaking in their own languages. Mametchi and the Onsenmoguratchi have a decent understanding of each other's languages, and Braidipatchi can teach him a phrase that he can repeat to any Frogtchi he finds to make them head back to their pond.

A Dragonitchi can be found sleeping in front of the gate to Mame City, blocking it off.

The various types of fish that can be caught and freed from garbage may be Tama Pets, as their names all end with -tchi.

List of Tama Pets

See Category: Tama Pets for full list of Tama Pets.

Gallery

Artwork

Mame Family pet Bagubagutchi

Meme Family pet Chitchi

Patchi Family Onsenmoguratchi

Violet Family pet Hanatarezoutchi

Hapihapitchi, another Mame Family pet

Anime

Tama Pets from the iD L as seen in Tamagotchi!

Furifuritchi with Tama Pets that would later appear in the P's from Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream

Various Tama Pets as seen in Tamagotchi! Miracle Friends

Trivia

• In Tamagotchi On and LINE de Hakken!! Tamagotchi, Tama Pet babies are often shown as a small Chapitchi-like Tamagotchi.
• So far, Hapihapitchi is the only artificial Tama Pet in the franchise, while Kizunatchi is the only Tama Pet that can evolve.