
Petz Dolphinz Encounter allows the player to swim with wild dolphins.

They will have a "Runaway" tag on their icon, and if you attempt to play with them, the game will scold you for abusing or neglecting them and remind you to take better care of your Petz in the future. What the Hell, Player?: Beginning with Petz II, abused or neglected Petz can run away and never be played with again.Most notably male dogz, but there is at least one instance of a female one. Video Game Perversity Potential: The occasional 'anatomically correct' Dogz some people hex.And the mice can't actually die - except in Catz 1, in which they can be bloodlessly swallowed in one gulp. Aside from being bad to your petz, you can torment the mice.You can also choose to pick up and dangle a pet for as long as you want. Setting a pet on a pillow, waiting for the pet to fall asleep, and then yanking the pillow out from under them. Video Game Cruelty Potential: Spray Bottle.Stock Animal Name: The default adoption names.

The circus has a cat named after James Anthony Bailey.

The Catz host for the Wild West scene is named after Wyatt Earp.
PETZ 5 PERSIAN AND CALICO MIX SERIES
The original series provides examples of: The Catz game also comes with the (already spayed/neutered, so no freakish hybrids unless you do a bit of tweaking) Bunniez breed, and Dogz players get Pigz. Oddballz: 102, Dynaroo, Grinnz, Honker, Jester, Lips, Modvark, Norvil, Quadrpus, Scorch, Snowbow, Walret, and Zott.Added in Petz 5 were the German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Jack Russel Terrier, Papillion, and Pug. Dogz: Bulldog, Chihuahua, Dachshund, Dalmatian (Dali), Great Dane, Labrador Retriever, Mutt, Poodle, Scottish Terrier (Scottie), and Sheepdog (Sheepie).Added in Petz 5 were the Desert Lynx, Egyptian Mau, Honey Bear, Japanese Bobtail, and Scottish Fold. Catz: Alley Cat, Black & White Shorthair (B&W), Calico, Chinchilla Persian, Main Coon, Orange Shorthair (Oshie), Persian, Russian Blue, Siamese, and Tabby.These completely eschewed the ball style rendering in favor of more conventional graphics, and are completely ignored by the original fanbase.

There were also a large number of otherwise unrelated console games during The Seventh Generation Of Console Gaming. By providing pretty similar mechanics, but adapted for immortal baby/toddlers (that can learn to walk, but not talk) But perhaps the oddest outlier is the late-comer "Babyz" which broke the mold, both entirely and not at all.
