Shrapnel is a robotic fish with red steely eyes, a grey body, and red propelors. He drifts around the tank and drops bombs occasionally.
Involvement
Shrapnel releases a bomb every 18 seconds. He 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 $6.25/sec, Vert $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.
Story
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, chairman 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
- He is the only pet in InsaniQualien to keep the same appearance.
- He appears to be a wind-up robot, due to his key as his dorsal fin.
- He is the only pet in Insaniquarium who is not alive.
- However, he's not the only one that's not a sea/water creature. The other pets are Brinkley the Scuba Diving Elephant, Nostradamus the Nose, and Walter the Penguin.