Brinkley is a purple elephant with white tusks who can scuba dive. After playing the shell game between adventure mode levels, he is the first bonus pet that can be purchased for 20,000 shells.
Behavior[]
Brinkley is useful as a fast money maker. Players can feed him fish food in exchange for money or shells. He follows a cycle which, in most cases, can generate money faster than other fish can, though later in the level, he can become unnecessary. If the player's star guppies die out in Tank 2, using Presto to turn into a Brinkley can potentially save a few starcatchers while more star guppies are being introduced. Whilst in screensaver mode, he can be paired with Zorf and either Stinky, Clyde, or both as an extra way to earn shells and feed starcatchers there, too.
Money Cycle[]
Brinkley systematically produces money after every third feeding. Typically, a star is produced but Brinkley produces a different item every 12 feedings. After the 108th feeding, the cycle starts all over.
- Star: Every third feeding excluding multiples of 12 for a total of 27 stars per cycle
- Diamond: 12th, 24th, 48th, 60th, 84th, and 96th feedings
- Pearl: 36th and 72nd feedings
- Treasure Chest: 108th feeding
In Virtual Tank mode, diamonds, pearls, and treasure chests are replaced by their shell equivalents. Brinkley produces stars (collect for 3 shells), blue conch shells (collect for 5 shells), silver spiral shells (collect for 10 shells), and Bag O' Shells (collect for 20 shells).
Story[]
THE STORY OF |
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BRINKLEY THE SCUBA DIVING ELEPHANT |
BRINKLEY was a performing elephant for many years before escaping his cruel circus masters. Unfortunately, BRINKLEY could not escape his own voracious appetite. An appetite for... food! |
Trivia[]
- Brinkley and Gash are the only two pets in the game that eat something.
- Brinkley is very indiscriminate about what kind of food he'll eat. The list includes regular fish food, star potions, Nostradamus' snot, and exotic diet food.
- Upgraded food does not seem to affect Brinkley's appetite, and his appetite returns at the same time after each feeding.
- Zorf, Prego, and Brinkley are the only pet who can feed fish in the tank.
- Brinkley is the only pet whose availability depends on the version of the original Insaniquarium. The version that still works in 2022 on Scratch has him unlocked as the final pet, but at least one other version has him not available at all.
- The Scratch version of Insaniquarium has Brinkley work differently. His rewards are random. Whenever he eats, he most commonly throws a single silver coin, gold coin, star, or diamond up, or nothing at all. However, there is also a chance he would throw a random mixed string of those items up (usually a variation of that sequence). The most he has been witnessed to throw up is 3 sets of the sequence, worth $1160. This makes him very powerful in the early game.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Here is a short video of how to use him:
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Tank 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Stinky | Niko | Itchy | Prego | Zorf | |||||||||||||||
Tank 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Clyde | Vert | Rufus | Meryl | Wadsworth | |||||||||||||||
Tank 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Seymour | Shrapnel | Gumbo | Blip | Rhubarb | |||||||||||||||
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Nimbus | Amp | Gash | Angie | ||||||||||||||||
Tank 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Presto | |||||||||||||||||||
Bonus | |||||||||||||||||||
Brinkley | Nostradamus | Stanley | Walter |