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Shrapnel is a robotic fish with red steely eyes, a metallic body, and red propelors. He drifts around the tank and drops bombs occasionally.

Behavior[]

Shrapnel releases a bomb every 18 seconds. It flashes white shortly before releasing a bomb. Bombs are worth $150 in Adventure Mode and 5 shells in Virtual Tank. Shrapnel gives an average of $8.33/sec, which is the highest of all direct money producing pets (the others are Niko at $6.25/sec, and Vert at $5.83/sec). This makes it quite effective early on, but becomes less so later on when there is more danger of blowing up on a fish. As such, it might be helpful to use Presto to generate money near the beginning and changing him to another pet later on, especially in Tank 4 where breeders produce immense amounts of guppies.


Synergies[]

Shrapnel doesn't have many synergies, but can be paired with Angie, to revive and fish who may have been hit by a bomb produced by Shrapnel, although this isn't reccomended if your using Shrapnel for their crowd control purposes.

Story[]

THE STORY OF
SHRAPNEL THE ROBOT FISH
Shrapnel
When talking about SHRAPNEL, the main question is usually: What
are the market forces of supply and demand that result in
SHRAPNEL's bombs being worth $150? Alan Fishspan, chaiman of
the Federal Shell Reserve answers: This is a response to the current
low rate on 30 year mortgages, combined with the strong
performance of the Euro against the dollar.

Trivia[]

  • Shrapnel appears to be a wind-up robot, due to the key as a dorsal fin, and is the only pet that is a mechanical lifeform. Shrapnel is not the only pet not explicitly mentioned to be male or female though, as this is shared with Zorf, Nimbus, and Amp.
  • Shrapnel, along with Gash and Amp, are the only pets that can harm fish.
  • Shrapnel appears to slightly resemble an Ultravore. He is silver in color and has a red propeller and eyes, and his mouth is constantly agape with sharp teeth.
  • In real life, Shrapnel refers to the fragments of an object thrown out after an explosion.
  • His story references several real-life economical concepts:
    • The supply and demand model.
    • The economist Alan Greenspan, who was the influential chairman of the Federal Reserve at the time Insaniquarium Deluxe was released (2004).
    • Fixed-rate mortgages; 30 year mortgage rates had indeed been low at 2004, having declined significantly since the early 1980s and would continue to decline till 2022.
    • The exchange rate between the Euro and the (United States) dollar; the Euro did rise significantly against the dollar during the early 2000s.
Pets
Tank 1
StinkyI NikoI ItchyI PregoI ZorfI
Stinky Niko Itchy Prego Zorf
Tank 2
ClydeI VertI RufusI MerylI WadsworthI
Clyde Vert Rufus Meryl Wadsworth
Tank 3
SeymourI ShrapnelI GumboI BlipI RhubarbI
Seymour Shrapnel Gumbo Blip Rhubarb
Tank 4
NimbusI AmpI GashI AngieI
Nimbus Amp Gash Angie
Tank 5
PrestoI
Presto
Bonus
BrinkleyI NostradamusI StanleyI WalterI
Brinkley Nostradamus Stanley Walter
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