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'''''Pou''''' is a virtual pet app developed by [[Zakeh]] and released for Android and BlackBerry on August 5, 2012 and later on iTunes on March 13, 2014. It soon became viral and was rated 4.3 stars by the players. The game had over 100500 million downloads since 2019.

The player takes care of a rounded triangle alien (commonly mistaken for a [[Poo]]) called [[Pou (character)|Pou]], who is colored brown when the player starts playing the game for the first time. Much like many virtual pets, Pou needs to be fed, cleaned, and put to bed. The player can earn in-game coins by playing [[Game Room|minigames]]. [[Coins]] can also be used to [[Shop|buy]] more [[food]], [[potions]], and clothes[[outfits]].

The player's Pou has four status bars,: the hunger bar, the health (or vitality) bar, the happiness bar, and the sleep bar. These affect the gameplay.

Pou is fed by dragging the various [[Food|foods]] to it's mouth. Certain foods affect Pou's other stats too. On some occasions, especially when fed the same food over and over again, it will refuse to eat the food and make a "no" sound. Pou's hunger increases over time. This will drain the health bar. Pou's hungry when the hunger status is less than 30%. When Pou gets hungry, his eyes water. His eyes return to normal when eating and raising his hunger bar above 30%.

Pou gets dirty over time. It also defecates, though it only does so in the [[bathroom]], so the feces ([[Poo|poop]]) can only be seen when the player goes to the bathroom. Pou can be cleaned by being rubbed with the soap and washed off. Pou can also be cleaned by holding the rain [[cloud]] over it instead of over the [[flowers]], though this method is unreliable because it gives only half the coins than when done in the bathroom. The feces can be cleaned by simply tapping on it.

Pou's vitality is drained over time. The rate at it is draining is increased if the food or sleep meter is at 0%.The potions that are used to maintain Pou's health are quite expensive and should be used sparingly. When it drops below 30%, Pou will have heavy eyes and a fever, with a thermometer appearing at his side.

''Pou'' allows the user to make their own profile by typing in their email address and password. Pou's name can now be changed, and now can be searchable online (inside the game only). A player can "visit" another player's house by typing [[Account|in a username or email address]] to access that. You can go inside that player's house, even when the owner of that Pou isn't playing the game. This support is the only method one can play [[Tic Tac Pou]] and [[Four Pous]].

*A unique feature in this game is that the player can change the [[Game Colors|color palettes]] of some of the minigames. This was made to help colorblind players distinguish Pous colors in games that require matching colors (such as [[Connect]], [[Color Match]], and [[Pou Popper]]).