Operation: Petpet Park was a plot launched on the September 4th, 2008 (Y10) and lasted until the October 28th. It essentially served as an introduction to the concept of Petpet Park. However, during beta testing, the Neopet characters introduced in the plot were removed in favour of more Petpets.
Story[]
The story begins with Weltrude, the manager of the PPL, preparing to open Petpet Park. Under the code-name of Mother Bruce, she called three secret agents, Kaylee, Mick, and Deckar to her room, instructing them that several portals to the alternate Petpet universe of Petaria were appearing throughout Neopia. With guidance from Professor Rigby, the three set off to Terror Mountain to locate a group of Dryms due to come through a portal. The agents succeeded in locating the Petpets within the depths of the Ice Caves. However, they also found some other equipment, suggesting that someone else had gotten there before them.
Next, Professor Rigby dispatched the trio to Shenkuu, because there was a possibility of them finding a Moonlight Opal, which, when placed correcting at certain points of the lunar cycle, could open up portals to different worlds. The agents tracked down the opal and managed to align it correctly to allow Hifflos to come through a portal. Meanwhile, another employee of the Petpet Park, Lindesen, revealed that a former PPL agent, Yurius, was fired some time ago. When he left, he stole several pieces of equipment, which may well have been the ones found on Terror Mountain. Next, the agents were dispatched to Faerieland on the hunt for Pinixys. There, they found that Yurius had arrived first and opened dozens of other portals. Gradually, they managed to shut down the extra portals and rescue the Petpets. After giving them to the PPL agent, Casandia, the group headed off to Mystery Island in search of a group of Kassegats.
However, they were too late; Yurius had already arrived, claimed the Kassegats, and hid them within a temple behind several traps. Forunately, the agents were able to use quick thinking to overcome them and rescue the Petpets. Next, on the hunt for Oukins, the agents were dispatched to the Haunted Woods. Once again, Yurius had managed to get there first, and locked the Oukins within one of the graveyard's tombs. Finally, the agents were dispatched to Maraqua on the hunt for Dipnis. Yurius then sprang a trap on the agents, trapping them within a gradually flooding device. But then, Yurius trapped himself within a similar device, and claimed that whoever escaped first was the better PPL agent. Thankfully, all of the agents figured out the solution to the keypad lock on the trap and made their escape. However, Yurius' trap's keypad lock had its ink text run off due to the water. The agents then agreed to free Yurius rather than let him drown. But then, Yurius had a startling flashback to his entrance exam with the PPL: he used a pen instead of a pencil, causing him to be let go from his job. It was because of this that caused him to seek vengeance.
Finally, the agents returned both Yurius and the Petpets to Weltrude, so she then prepared to open the Petpet Park to the rest of Neopia.
Participation[]
At the end of each chapter, users would complete several puzzles based around the locations of the Petpets.
Prizes[]
Participants would be awarded with Neopoints based on how many missions they had completed (45,000 NP max), along with the PPL site theme; users who participated, but did not complete a single mission would get a Park Badge Beanie instead.