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{{Confused|Wampus|the car it uses}}
[[File:Badger.png|thumb|290px|The Wampus]]
'''The Wampus''' is the rarest [[Bots|bot]] in [[Nitro Type]]. It randomly appears in Nitro Type [[races]]. If a racer successfully beats The Wampus in a race, they will receive an extra {{Money|50000}} in race rewards. The Wampus uses the [[You'll Never Beat Me!|{{Title|You'll Never Beat Me!|race}}]] title, which is exclusive to The Wampus. It is always the last racer to join a race.

The Wampus is considered an <abbr title="Non Player Character">NPC</abbr> in the game, yet the admins can still access The Wampus' [https://www.nitrotype.com/racer/wampus account] and perform any action that players can. As a joke, the Nitro admins said The Wampus was created when a bot tried to gain access to the Matrix and reprogrammed itself.

==Profile Page==
The Wampus has its own profile page created by the Nitro admins. It is one of three bots to have a profile page. To find its profile, players have to either search in the friend bar, go to its [https://www.nitrotype.com/racer/wampus link] directly, or type in "wampus" in the racer profile url, since it is not possible to click on The Wampus' profile after a race. The profile page has over 2.2 million views as of 2024.

*Despite being added to the game on January 10, 2014, its join date is listed as September 8, 2011 on its profile.
* It was once possible to add The Wampus as a [[Friends|friend]], but this option has since been removed. All friend requests sent were rejected before the option was removed.
*Before it became impossible to view other people's advanced stats, scattered throughout The Wampus' [[stats]] were many instances of the number 1,337, including gold, bronze, silver medals, number of races, longest race [[Sessions|session]], and number of [[nitros]] used. This is a reference to leetspeak, an alternative way to write text which is associated with hacker culture. 1337 is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet leetspeak] for leet, an alternate spelling of elite.
*Players can send cash to The Wampus, but it will do nothing.

==Achievements==
[[File:WampusUpdatedResults.png|right|300px|The race results screen after beating The Wampus]]
[[File:New Wampus Race v3.png|right|300px|A race against The Wampus]]
The number of wins against The Wampus amounts to three different achievements:
*[[Wampus Thwamper]] (Beat the Wampus once)
*[[Catty Wampus]] (Beat the Wampus 5 times)
*[[His Other Ride]] (Beat the Wampus 10 times)

==History==
*1/10/14: The Wampus is added to Nitro Type.
*5/17/19: An unknown user logs into and compromises The Wampus' account. The display name is changed to ᴹᴼᵘˢᵉℜ and later ThePetMouseofTravis. His team, [[Wampus Postal Service]], is disbanded. The user does one race on team [[Fellow Comrades|GDJB]]. The [[Wampus]] car is painted, all other cars are sold, the [[Flux Cooper]] is bought, 20 races are completed, and 33 [[nitros]] are used. The account is locked shortly after, with its stats reverting back to what they were before.
*7/4/20: The Wampus' level is changed to one right before [[Season 28]] starts to go along with the new [[Seasons|season]] update. It previously used to be at level 1,337, which was the highest level account on Nitro Type.
*8/10/20: A new track is released for testing which features a fully animated Wampus. During the progression of a race, his head will move back and forth, his tail will flail, and his body shakes. He will also cry after losing a race and laugh after winning. Additionally, he has an animated [[Name Tags|Name Tag]] and a revamped fire trail.
*2/6/21: The Wampus receives many cars in its garage, such as the [[Flux Cooper]].
*8/13/22: The Wampus receives the [[Liberty Model H]] in his garage.
*Unknown date in 2023: The Liberty Model H is removed from his garage.

==Trivia==
*According to Travis, the inspiration behind The Wampus came from the C64 game [https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/M.U.L.E. M.U.L.E.].
*Despite The Wampus' account showing that it has [[Gold Membership]], on the track and on the race results screen, it does not show bolded gold text or a golden racer tag. Note that in races The Wampus' custom nametag is shown.
*When The Wampus was released, he had a 1/50 chance of appearing in a race. It has since been changed to be less likely.
*[[Season 28]]'s theme revolved around The Wampus and introduced a new member of his family, Chompus, which can be seen in [[Chompus' Wild Ride]].
*Hovering over The Wampus at the end of a race plays a cackling sound effect.
*[[Vielle]] inspired the creation of the Wampus.
<gallery widths="185">
Mulewampusani.gif|M.U.L.E.
Hackedwampus.png|The Wampus's profile page after being compromised.
Hackedwampus2.png|The Wampus's garage and statistics after being compromised.
New Wampus It Wins.gif|The Wampus after it beats you.
The Wampus It Loses.gif|The Wampus after it loses to you.
Screenshot 2021-03-25 144821.png|The Wampus' Garage (March 9, 2021)
</gallery>

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