the lore behind every single animal crossing character, i guess

[@vanyadolly]

The NPC gossip is one of the reasons Wild World is my favourite AC game. The wildest one by far was Phyllis feeling like she was being watched, and eventually catching Pete stalking her through the window. 😱

[@alexandraluster284]

Pete should’ve been arrested for that.

[@Oranges2124]

@@alexandraluster284 exactly bro

[@the_cherry_mae]

Reese and Cyrus were already married in New Leaf. They have you "recreate" their wedding day for their anniversary in New Horizons. Cyrus calls her his wife after being introduced to a guy character for the first time in New Leaf.

[@nickk3077]

For a second I thought New Horizons expanded upon previous characters in an interesting way. Guess not...

[@the_cherry_mae]

@Leeloo_the_fox pretty sure she just says "Don't go falling for my Cy-Guy", not specifying that he's her husband. I've played a lot of New Leaf over the years lol

[@nalon__]

The footage shown in this video also says that they're married

[@SolitareHeartz]

Maybe they got married after New Leaf? Cause I thought they were introduced as boyfriend and girlfriend.

[@mimi-xx]

@@SolitareHeartzthey literally talk about being married in the new leaf footage from this video.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

A few extra details about Sable. She's 10 years older than Mabel and she loves soap operas About her relationship with Tom Nook. They were very close when they were young, they played together all the time and stargazed in the roof of the observatory at night. After leaving for the city Nook kept contact and frequently wrote letters to Sable which she would read before bed, she described them as "very cute". One day she received a wooden box, inside there was an incredibly beautiful high quality pair of scissors and a card from Nook wishing her a happy birthday, she had forgotten about her birthday because she was so busy and had no other friends to remind her, this combined with her knowing how much Nook was struggling in the city made her burst into tears, she still cries a little when remembering it. Sable prayed every night for Nook's safety and for his pure spirit to be protected from the harshness and apathy of the city, but alas he returned jaded and broken, "a completely different soul" as Sable said. We don't know how their relationship developed since then but Sable will still talk about him occasionally and mention things like how he has a beautiful singing voice

[@machinegunlament]

Big if true

[@shellytonz2856]

and this is why no other special character compares to how good Sable is

[@zapacunotres59]

My guess is he did everything after to help Sable. Even if he was jaded, she meant a lot to him. As time passed, he met good people and healed.

[@susangunn7426]

If you look behind her in the shop in acnh you can see those scissors in the basket 😊

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I personally think that Tom and Sable are still good friends. IIRC, when you go speak to Lyle at Nooks Homes in NL, he will occasionally have a back and forth with Tom about a couple of the other NPCs-- specifically Timmy and Tommy when Lyle mentions that he notices Nook wander over to Nookling Junction and peers through the window to check on them (which Nook tries to play off as him scoping out the competition since the Nooklings are "technically business rivals now", but Lyle calls Nook on it, mentioning that he can see the look of pride in Nook's eyes when checking in on the boys so he knows Nook cares deeply for them) and the other being Nook occasionally checking in on Sable. I can't remember exactly what Lyle said, if Nook just wanders over to the Able Sisters shop to chat with Sable, or-- and I feel like it might be this one, Nook frequently accompanies Sable to The Roost for a coffee date, but the implication I got was that Nook and Sable might have a bit of a relationship with Nook getting flustered when Lyle brings this up and stammers that he and Sable "are just good friends". I really do hope that Tom and Sable are a canonical couple like Reese and Cyrus or Kap'n and Leilani because I would absolutely love for it to be revealed in the next game that they got married (and adopted Timmy and Tommy lol).

[@meimeihughes]

The reason Capt'n sings about cucumbers a lot is because in Japanese folklore it is believed if you offer a Kappa a cucumber they will prevent rivers from flooding. I guess since cucumbers are green and kinda watery they just associate them with Kappa.

[@Qardo]

Also, giving Kappas Cucumbers also prevents them from stealing children away. As Kappa favors eating children who water too close to rivers. To which they grab them and drag them under. In turn, drowning the poor child. All to be eaten.

[@sera-chan8194]

I need to add that (if not obvious by the comment already) Capt'n is not a sea turtle but a Kappa with is a Yokai of Japanese Folklore

[@litneyloxan]

If you play Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons Mineral Town you can throw cucumbers in the mine lake and Kappa will pop out to accept it lol but he only takes cucumbers

[@Sonkip0-0]

And kappa will eat your liver if you have consumed cucumbers and swim near them

[@TonyMiller.13]

🧑🏽‍🎨 Capt'n is Kappa..yes yes Not only associated with Floods and Stealing Children, but also Super Smart and a Gentleman. But don't Cross him or he'll eat your Heart, Liver and mostly Consume you starting with your FLESH!! Scary Stuff if you ask me.

[@creepywaffles4783]

I really would have loved it if Rover was in the waiting area in acnh. Like he’s waiting on some mystery plane on the seat next to you and y’all have a chat before the game starts. I really miss him. Not to mention his design too!

[@danielepistorio997]

You can meet him once a year on the 1st of may

[@jaredarenas7542]

Pre-release I thought it would've been a cool idea if he could be the flight attendant of the plane. It would fit with his traveling persona, and instead of having players stare at a black screen anytime they wanted to travel to a friend's island, they'd talk to Rover and he'd share tips about the game, like how Cappy does in Super Mario Odyssey. But alas, I don't work for Nintendo...

[@ashleyycrossing]

that's such a cute idea omg , like when you talk to him in city folk!

[@nickk3077]

Rover is such an interesting character. Like, if you do a bit of traveling, at some point I feel like you will eventually encounter someone just like him. Someone who goes out of their way to talk to you and get to know you before eventually parting ways and never seeing him again. It's something to think about. There are many people in this world, but there is so little time to know all of them. Rover is making the best out of this situation.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

It is true! I'm slightly traveled but I've met a lot of very interesting people that I had deep conversations with that I never seen again through the years and it was always really satisfying just knowing that they'd probably hold that conversation just as high as I did, even if we never see each other again.

[@jaredarenas7542]

Yes! I'm so glad to see some love for Rover in the comments. He's always been my favorite special character in the series, and despite how little we see of him compared to others in the franchise, he always had this feeling that there was more to his character than meets the eye. There was a popular theory during the New Leaf era that he was going to be the initial mayor of the town before the player got the role, which I was always a fan of

[@DingDongDiddly1992]

😊

[@richard7199]

Any time I travel, I am the Rover. I’m always interested in hearing about other people, especially when I’ve never met them, or will never meet them again. Something unique, the experience of a bond of varying degrees with different people, ending in a smile and a goodbye, both parties traveling back to their respective locations in the world.

[@CharlieWilson1987]

I wanna do this. Buy an all day train ticket and just travel. Talk to people. Don't know where I'm going. Anyway really. Later in the night I would sit with the few people left and just chat. I feel it'd be nice.

[@Alex_Silverpen]

a few things: -Blanca isn't *just* a faceless cat. She's a cat who, apparently, is a very messy eater and loves spaghetti. But she wiped at her face too hard when wiping off spaghetti sauce, causing her to eventually wipe her entire face off, leading to her current appearance. Back in the days of Wild World and City Folk, she'd travel over WiFi. Once I got her in my town and someone had drawn the Joker's face from Batman onto her face. Freaked me out. -The reason Wendell is in PJs in some footage is actually not because of him sleeping in and being late. In New Leaf, if the town you visited in a dream had custom designs that the dream uploader was willing to share with everyone, Wendell was how you got those designs. There was no kiosk like in dreams in New Horizons, it was Wendell.

[@PrincessBlack04]

Wait what is the source of the spaghetti story

[@Alex_Silverpen]

@@PrincessBlack04 I remember hearing Chuggaaconroy mentioning it in one of his Animal Crossing New Leaf Let's Play videos, and since he does so much research for his videos I assumed it was fact.

[@Luna-ps2nc]

00:43 Isabelle 02:39 Blathers 05:05 Celeste 05:45 Copper 06:58 Booker 07:44 Pelly 08:36 Phyllis 10:04 Pete 11:29 Tortimer 14:20 Orville and Wilbur 15:22 Porter 16:13 Tom Nook 18:23 Timmy and Tommy 19:08 Brewster 20:20 Digby 20:41 Beppe, Giovanni and Carlo 22:32 Gracie 23:50 Able Sisters 26:24 Hariett 27:04 Harvey 27:30 Katrina 27:55 Kicks 28:24 Reese and Cyrus 29:50 Dr. Shrunk (and Frillard) 31:51 Leif 32:33 Luna 33:10 Lyle 34:50 Lottie 35:51 Niko 36:29 Wardell 37:08 Redd 38:40 Cornimer 38:59 Franklin 39:49 Jack 40:08 Jingle 40:45 Pavé 41:10 Zipper 42:33 Blanca 43:57 Chip 44:27 C.J. 45:02 Flick 45:38 Nat 46:17 Daisy Mae 47:06 Joan 47:53 Mr. Resetti 48:58 Don 49:47 Farley and Serena 50:20 Gulliver and Gullivarrr 51:34 Kaitlin and Katie 51:59 K.K. Slider 53:14 Pascal 54:15 Phineas 54:38 Rover 55:24 Wendell 56:21 Wisp 56:50 Kapp'n 58:21 Grams 58:46 Leilani 58:55 Leila

[@lmaosteph8657]

hope your comment gets boosted, thank you 🙏🏼

[@JustTuppi]

Where is Sahara?

[@cldce]

Sahara ????

[@manfred2727]

WHERES ANKA

[@iamagamer124]

@@manfred2727ankha isn’t a special character. she’s a snooty villager.

[@LocalGhostSoru]

Something interesting about Copper and Booker is that Copper being an Akita is a native dog breed in Japan, the origin country of Animal Crossing, while Booker being a bulldog that originated from England might explain the language barrier

[@xKassieFizzyx]

As someone who grew up in the Northeast, I had frequent panic attacks whenever I played during a snowstorm. Nothing worse than having the power come back and being greeted by Resetti as a kid.

[@TheNumber1RatedSalesman1997]

my power went out all the time for original gamecube animal crossing- i still get anxious thinking about his increasingly worse outbursts until he'd " reset " the game himself- no way for me to tell him my house at the time was old & shoddy

[@kirbythingys]

So here’s two really cute backstories one about Sable and one about Celeste So her big red bow was actually a gift by her brother one time her bday was coming up so Blathers decided to walk into Ables to get her sister a present, he walked into the woman section but got scared and chickened out. He later returned with more courage and when he walked into Mable who saw him run out before asked if he there was a problem, he told her about Celeste bday so Mable helped him pick out a big cute bow for his sister And for Sable, the pair of sisters she uses everyday was also a birthday gift but given to her by Tom Nook. It was recently after he left to become a big entrepreneur in the city, but he wasn’t making alot of money and knew it was Sables bday so he spent the only remaining money he had to buy her a nice pair of scissors which she uses everyday

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

I remember the story about blathers buying his sister a bow but had totally forgotten until now! Was it in Wild World?

[@vanyadolly]

@@ArtByKarenEHaley Yes! Wild World is so full of great dialogue with both the villagers and the special characters 😊

[@unlikelyspecimen244]

​@@vanyadollyabsolutely, idk how long I'd been playing but I remember being mystified when suddenly I got extra dialogue from the authority characters in wild world. I remember Nook once told a story of how Timmy and Tommy had tucked into one of his snacks (a pot of honey I think) because they were copying him and trying to be just like him. For some reason that stuck in my brain, inaccurate as it may be, but it humanised Nook to child-me lmao

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

Some quotes from Sable to make the story even sweeter. "Inside the wooden box there was a pair of beautiful burnt orange colored scissors, incredibly strong and sharp, the finest scissors I had ever laid my eyes on". "The enclosed letter said 'happy birthday Sable', so sweet, I was so busy with work I had forgotten it was my own birthday, to think he would remember". "I'm sure life in the city was hard for him at the time, and I knew his job paid poorly. So for him to buy me those scissors . . , when I think about it it makes me so happy that I cry"

[@jacobjamaal8369]

Missed opportunity to say Porter had a one track mind (trains)

[@soappacket2342]

Also the Champ and Porter controversy

[@vanyadolly]

Franklin isn't just paranoid, he was absolutely a target in the original gamecube AC. 😂 He was invited over "for dinner" by Tortimer, and he's hiding because the villagers are looking to complete the main course.

[@CatalinaLinal7710]

Holy SHIT, that's unexpectedly messed up? 😂

[@vanyadolly]

@@CatalinaLinal7710 That's why it was so great! 🤣He had a whole rant about how he'd been lured to town and the villagers kept pinching him. Best AC holiday ever.

[@whatever9097]

I find it hilarious that Red is in everyone’s backstory stirring up shit

[@balls_gaming]

I like the idea that he's a time traveler just trying to ruin peoples lives

[@QuiverCraft]

Yes I am

[@ItzJewelryByMona]

He’s running out of lives to fuck up 😂

[@balls_gaming]

@@ItzJewelryByMona thats why they added daisy mae, cj and flick, gotta add more characters (but fr i can see redd scamming daisy)

[@Oranges2124]

@@ItzJewelryByMona real 😂

[@raffaelm6558]

Gracie is also a man in the Japanese version with their name Grace being associated with a drag persona. Same as Saharah and Blanca but those were changed unintentionally. The Western translation team associated Saharah's long lashes with being female, it seems.

[@Sylphella]

I don't know why, but the idea of Gyroids having feet and just standing up to walk is funny. They probably move a similar way to diglett

[@elivcdxv1852]

spongebob jellyfish with glock.jpeg

[@eepysheepz]

Kapp n talks about cucumbers a lot because his origin is the “kappa” (a Japanese yokai) that love cucumbers!!! If you research more things about them you will see things start to add up LOL

[@shadedergu9921]

It is important to note that in the New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC and The Roost CJ and Flick are one of the character sets who can only move in as a pair. If you scan or invite one they will *always* bring the other one with them. Very roommate coded indeed...

[@OswaldAurelia]

"Oh my God they were roomates" 🤯

[@jadesherry5481]

I could be totally wrong, but I think Harriet's blue, white and red apron in CF was just meant to match a barber pole's colour scheme. Sure, poodles are often associated with France and all that, but her dialogue doesn't really sound French-influenced - for example, she calls you "shug", which isn't very French at all lol.

[@SolitareHeartz]

I was thinking the same thing with the barber pole. Also this is my headcannon Harriet is a Southern Belle like from New Orleans or something. That is just the vibe I got as a child playing the games. Or the 60s hairspry era lol. But I miss her and Shampoodle shop.

[@jadesherry5481]

@@SolitareHeartz Yes, that would explain her dialect too! I like this headcanon a lot :)

[@foxbuns]

@@SolitareHeartz yes that is how i have always seen her! like a southern belle.

[@ravenblair7596]

Definitely like a French Creole thing imo

[@stoppiontherun]

Porter: "I like trains" *gets anger issue and proceeds to kill the whole train*

[@riatsila144]

Unless I'm forgetting something Celeste studies astronomy, not astrology. Astrology is probably more Katrina's "purrview" 😆

[@NecromancyForKids]

Indeed. People often get those two mixed up.

[@imcasualjimm]

I think he mentioned astrology because in NH she gives you the astrology diy's, right? I dont have any memorable experiences with her, or many in general, so i dont know much about her

[@ilexdiapason]

yeah, she's both - she's an astronomer when she has her telescope, and an astrologist when she hands you the zodiac recipes

[@samn8825]

She is my favorite. I love how she tells you the story of the stars.

[@Shiba_Draws]

With the way Blathers speaks,I cant be the only one who imagines him with some sort of british accent right? I mean at 4:53 he refers to an apartment as a "flat" (which is what we call them in the UK). I love that

[@byssted]

Sad you missed the weird unexplained connection between Rover and Blanca! They have matching names in Japanese (simply Strange Cat and Suspicious Cat, respectively) and Rover seems to be looking around for Blanca in Wild World.

[@kirbythingys]

I never realized how lore heavy Wild World was until now

[@tylertyler3214]

I thought having a deserted island would mean finally building a shop for every single one of these characters, and I hope a future game can have us build like a shopping district with all the entrepreneurs, a government section for all those characters, and an island with houses

[@SnapshotOfASoul]

As for 28:27 - there's suggestion in the lore that your character moved from the human world to live with the animals! So all the real world locations would still exist - animals just live in a hidden world that humans rarely take part in.

[@giftgiver23]

Do you remember where this is mentioned?

[@OstentatiousGrace]

gulliver also brings up real world locations in new leaf

[@giftgiver23]

@@OstentatiousGrace True, I remember that. But that begs the question, is he going to the human world to see those places, or are they in the animal world?

[@Envrionmela]

CJ and Flick are definetly a couple. I do not refer to my friends as "partners" and I don't think a roommate would really call their roommate "partner". And if you scan CJ's Amiibo card in HHP, Flick will live in the same house. Also inviting one to the Roost will also bring the other. Idk, 2 people living together, vacationing together, calling each other "partners", sure as heck sounds like a romantic relationship. Also I don't know any cishet man that would call anyone "fish-tonista" 😂

[@NiggaKilla-ub6hs]

First mentally ill Nintendo characters.

[@caffeineseraphim]

@@NiggaKilla-ub6hsget help

[@omegacatcj1712]

@@NiggaKilla-ub6hsWhat’s wrong with you?

[@BahuschBahusch]

​@@NiggaKilla-ub6hsShut up

[@spleens4200]

@@NiggaKilla-ub6hs Your name outs you as a troll so nice try. I hope you know that many of the characters were intended to be male but were made female in the English version. Including Gracie.

[@melolatte]

It would be so cute if the furniture customizer in the next game is Reese's and Cyrus' child. A daughter named Cleo, maybe?

[@wowjennawow]

cleo the horse ready to throw down

[@melolatte]

@@wowjennawow omg I forgot about her 💀😅

[@foxbuns]

a purple alpaca baby named Rhys or Ryder 💜

[@Stars_in_my_head_]

Clyde or Clive or something similar could also work

[@LilyMaidenLove]

I feel something like kel or Kelly or cally or callum So we get Reese, cy and cal

[@blucanyon]

I love how much of a pure musician K.K. Is, even slipping you bootlegs because he spites his record label. If that doesn’t scream down to earth musician I don’t know what else does

[@OswaldAurelia]

Bro straight up reverse pickpockets you

[@ReverMint]

It's really neat how much we can interact with the special villagers through the café and the happy home designer island on New Horizons. I almost forget about these features sometimes.

[@Webkins]

Great video! You forgot Sahara though. The camel who sells wall paper and rugs

[@SirRias]

I'm surprised you didn't mention that the reason Blanca's face was gone in the original was because she ate spaghetti and wiped her face too hard, this *literally wiping her face off* Also, didn't realize Redd was in THAT many backstories Edit: You forgot that Wisp used to serve someone and hand souls to them in the original, that was where the catching 5 souls came from

[@nickk3077]

Watching this video makes me giddy about Animal Crossing... but then I remembered that Animal Crossing hasn't had much emphasis on characters in years, which SUCKS! When I think about the original Animal Crossing, so many ideas are novel. Like, Tom Nook is a tanuki, which in Japanese culture are known to be a little shifty and can change shape. This is represented in what he sells, which is furniture, which you can change into the shape of a leaf! Furthermore, many Japanese business have a tanuki statue to symbolize good luck! Brilliant! Then, we have the museum curator, which you would expect to be wise and knowledgeable, and of course they made that an owl! The old town mayor that is as old as the town itself is of course a turtle, one of the longest living creatures. The mail man has to have an easy way of traveling, so he is a bird that can fly. Of course, they could've left it there, but they decided to make 3 birds in charge of the mail service, with a love triangle between the three! I love what they also did with the police! Having one being an active akita and a lazy bulldog is so smart! I love it! Then, we got Joan, a boar that sells turnips. Boars are known for being a little secluded, but they can also eat turnips! The guy in charge of the fishing tournaments eats fish and the guy in charge of the bug tournaments eats bugs! Nowadays, I can't think of anything New Horizons did to really expand on this and most of the characters feel so flat to me. It's sad and it sorta removes the magic from Animal Crossing for me when there is nothing to say about the world.

[@jaredarenas7542]

To add onto this, Gulliver being a seagull that washes up on shore was super clever on Nintendo, since they're associated with the seas and beaches. Same with Redd having the appearance of a sly fox who tricks players into buying fake pieces of art. In the Japanese version he's labeled a Kitsune which are known to be enemies to Tanukis- the creature that Tom Nook is. SOO many ideas like this are why I was drawn to the game as a kid, and make me appreciate it much more as an adult

[@therecognitionscene3771]

I wonder if Booker being an English (or whatever language you as the player choose) language learner is a weird translation thing where in the original Japanese, Copper is a very traditionally Japanese breed of dog, and Booker, as a bulldog, would be from somewhere else (likely England), where speaking Japanese is very uncommon. Either way I like the characterization that he probably moved from far away because he was interested in the country your town is in, and now he just wants to try and do his best to help the people who live there.

[@gambit_sfm]

15:56 Porter's personality being entirely related to trains is realistic. as my younger brother is obsessed with trains, planes, boats, anything of the sort, and will not stop talking once you get him going

[@justpeachyyyyy]

Brewster is a pigeon and pigeons (both male and female) have something called 'crops' in their throats and that's how they produce the pigeon milk that Brewster will ask if you want in your coffee. They usually produce the milk and give them to their young, so maybe Brewster offers it to you because he sees you as the child he's never had.

[@Bignfluffy]

Nasty affff🤢

[@Thelittlecartman-o6n]

Actually Timmy and Tommy have slightly different ear shapes while hard to notice it normally on Halloween they go as the other and you can see a hat on their heads which have specific ear shapes and that’s another way to tell them a part is by the ear shape

[@itsrichard07]

Am I missing something or did Sahara get left out?

[@katg369]

She must have been busy trading rugs for shiny coin in another place.

[@Alex-RavensPeak]

I noticed too

[@OswaldAurelia]

Sahara was selling wallpapers for the papering of walls, and carpets for the petting of cars

[@chicken3283]

Can we please talk about how animal crossing pocket camp has so much cuter wig/clothing options 😭 and literally a lot of these wigs can even be DIYs like for example for the pink Sakura bun wig can be made with a bun wig and Sakura petals, which would be another cute DIY for the Sakura season

[@giftgiver23]

Yeah pocket camp was made to have a longer lifespan than any other animal crossing game and therefore was given its own team of devs who just continued to develop new items and make the mainline players jealous 😂

[@coatimundi69]

what makes me sad is that, naturally, there are 10x as many cute lady clothes as mens clothes. i dont care about crossdressing at all but sometimes i want a cool masc design!!!

[@chicken3283]

@@coatimundi69 Real :(

[@chicken3283]

@@giftgiver23 Well if anything it’s working because I’m so jealous 😭

[@ruuira]

53:39 lowkey the coolest thing a person can do is to share a philosophical thought and double backflip into a river

[@saintd4wnguardxii52]

Here is something I noticed about Gulliver and gullivaar, they have different eyes, Gulliver has + shape irises his eyes as for Gullivaar has x shape irises in his eyes.

[@SolitareHeartz]

I don't remember 100% but I also think in CF that Lyle had a job digging either graves or fossils before Happy Home. That he had to lay low for a while cause he got caught. 😅 But I miss getting the know the characters and the episodes of learning their back story.

[@MomeRathOX]

Harriet’s apron is a barber shop pole 💈

[@mizosis]

It’s canon Isabelle likes Whiskey in Japan, but the drink on her desk in ACNH is actually a type of Japanese iced tea! A lot of westerners thought it was Wiskey because of its appearance until Japanese players clarified that it was in fact a non alcoholic iced tea.

[@ItzJewelryByMona]

My family and I always knew it was iced tea but we just think it’s funny to pretend their is alcohol in a cartoon family friendly game lol

[@deannafalk3190]

Brewster has a backstory! I distinctly remember him talking about himself in wild world if you talk with him everyday (kinda like sable)

[@EldaAndChii]

Sad that Gracie's gender being changed between the Japanese and American/EU versions wasn't mentioned. Otherwise, though - great video!

[@mwilkez]

Did I zone out and miss it but was Saharah mentioned?

[@Zackleen7]

I was looking for this comment, i also thought i maybe zoned out but apparently he forgot about her :(

[@kathryngal3]

@@Zackleen7 Same!

[@sophiesonozaki5886]

Who is she?

[@keroppib4ptista]

@@sophiesonozaki5886 Cool camel

[@XxKingxX-15]

​​@@sophiesonozaki5886 Saharah is a camel who sells rugs in animal Crossing (idk when she first appeared I haven't played the other games except new horizons and pocket camp ^^')

[@lavenderstarzzz]

Celeste can't fly, and thats why she has such an affinity for the stars

[@taylorslade961]

Zipper is like Al in FMA. Just a soul bonded to a creepy bunny suit.

[@OswaldAurelia]

You can't unzip him cause it'd break the blood seal

[@En_n_glish]

Also at the froggycrossing clip during Niko when she’s following him, she says “I will follow you, into a snowstorm, *into a volcano-*”

[@krystelbeaulieu-thibault3621]

Oh also Porter is also theorized to be the monkey villager Champ, weirdly when champ is available as a villager Porter is just not there in the game

[@Euangames14]

Porters cute right

[@soappacket2342]

Justice for Champ!!!!

[@denimjacketsandjorts8254]

champ’s old e-reader card heavily implies that he and porter are brothers

[@soappacket2342]

@@denimjacketsandjorts8254 I don't think Champ has an e-reader card. However, his catchphrase was "choo choo"!!!

[@denimjacketsandjorts8254]

@@soappacket2342 my bad, i got it confused. it’s porter’s e-reader card that mentions it. it says “Despite being stuck at the station rain or shine, Porter always seems to be in a chipper mood. Rumor has it that he and his brother, the train's engineer, switch places sometimes!”

[@EliJakobable]

57:37 Kapp'n is Based off of a Japanese River spirit known as the Kappa. They are said to have an affinity for Cucumbers.

[@kararakun]

I'm pretty sure Pascal and Harvey are somewhat of a reference to Cheech and Chong, an American-Canadian comedy duo from the late 70's (?).

[@animeloveer97]

i can see that they even have the same likeness of them lol

[@SatanicPizza-fo2ei]

The background information about these characters makes me love and appreciate them even more 😄

[@CEOofLovingIllumi]

I love it! Can't imagine how much work this took!

[@ducky19991]

So hype when this channel uploads, I love an AC related video ‼️

[@SosgamingYT1]

Im pretty sure every video he has posted this year was about AC

[@ducky19991]

@@SosgamingYT1 that was my point duh lol

[@PsychicStones]

Headcanon: Isabelle and Digby WERE abandoned/homeless but got adopted by the parents Isabelle mentions in NH. Isabelle buddies up with Tom Nook because they bonded over having adoptive family dynamics.

[@Qardo]

Should point out. It is common for those who are sailors to not know how to swim. So Gulliver not knowing how to swim or swim pretty poorly is rather truthful. Though, as they say, the best way to learn to swim. Is to throw you into the deep end first.

[@MunchyMakesStuff]

Kapp'n likes cucumbers because the yokai he's based off, cappas, loves cucumbers

[@jaimeel4766]

Guliver and Gulivarr probably just fell overboard from being drunk, I've heard him say: "n-no... I can take another..." Or something along those lines before

[@Kota-Kun26]

In New Leaf, Rover actually refrences Animal crossing for the game cube, saying something along the lines of riding trains since some time in the 2000s (I took a picture with my phone, so I'll probably put the exact line of dialog here a bit later dw) I ran into this when I decided to make a new character in my old town and try to play it a bit again from the begining and somehow went: "Wait, isn't that when the original animal crossing came out?" even though I never knew what it was to be begin with xD Just a hunch I guess that ended up being true!

[@hannahc3317]

He says he hasn't done this much travelling by train since 2002

[@Kota-Kun26]

@@hannahc3317 Yeah

[@Sylver-DXCVII]

Whiskey?! I legit thought that was a stubby glass of sweet tea-

[@dandymaiden]

I think the reason Kapp’n sing about cucumbers so much is because cucumbers are kappas favorite snack

[@Random_Kitten252]

Nah that Mr. Resetti being fair like a stepdad threw me OUT ☠️☠️☠️ amazing video btw!

[@bethanyu766]

Kapp’n sings about cucumbers because it’s connected to lore associated with the kind of creature he is! He’s based on a Japanese river yokai called a Kappa and one of the ways to get rid of them/befriend them is by giving them a cucumber!

[@Oboak]

Ok….. but why is my life story ALSO going to school for anthropology/archaeology only to end up in a museum in my 20s 😅 me and blathers are same same lol

[@PiNkSuGaRx2Alicia]

this was a great video! i hope we get more lore about zipper

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

Cornimer is definitely Tortimer dressed up, haha. Also, I feel like Bonnie from fnaf sort of looks like Zipper. (I'm pretty sure Zip came first?) Blanca is one of my favorite characters from the og game because I liked to draw her face. Once I gave her a cyclops face and she loved it. Another time I drew Rover's face on her, and she accused me of doing scribbles.

[@Quailbbu]

He looks more like glitchtrap

[@Weedtortoise]

Copper has also been known to engage in a bit of town gossip, asking the player to get more information on the postal love triangle in the GC one, Pete also mentions his crush on Phylis in GC Great video!

[@RedTHedge]

I don't think I saw you mention it, but a fun fact about Isabelle is that she's implied to have a crush on the player in New Leaf, giving you gifts for Valentine's and a few other things I forgot. Also doesn't Celeste study Astronomy? Astrology is more of the "the stars control our lives" rather than actually studying them.

[@gatorfruit]

I’m kinda sad that we don’t know more about Phineas, when he started showing up to my New Leaf town I fell in love with him. I wish they brought him back 🥺

[@giftgiver23]

I saw a fan comic once of him tying presents to his balloons and sending them out for the player to find. Unless Nintendo cracks down and outright says this isn’t true, I’ll stay convinced this is what he’s doing today.

[@anp11803]

Why is nobody talking about the fact that Saharah isn’t mentioned 😢

[@cha_chaCharlie]

19:56 In ACNL after you work for him for a while in the cafe public works project he will give you his gyroid and he says that somebody else a while ago gave him a gyroid and he tried to make his own gyroid so thats the like lore behind the brewstoids :)

[@sisizz632]

I really needed this

[@joypadlad]

Being in a box doesn't mean they were abandoned by their parents. It's a very common thing when families have a large litter of puppies that they take them somewhere in a cardboard box and try to sell them.

[@nord5802]

I found your channel just now but im glad i did "50 Ways To NEVER Get Bored in Animal Crossing (and not burn out)" helped me a lot thank you!

[@klemchowder1692]

Dream blunt rotation is Harv, Leif, and Pascal

[@cloudkaki]

This video got released at night for me but I am still so thankful for your videos. They make my days so much better ❤

[@PrettyPurpleness]

Wait I just realized this is from like 40 minutes ago it refreshing to see stuff about ac that’s not like 2 to 3 years old

[@giftgiver23]

I always just assumed that Tortimer was Capn’s dad because Capn’s whole family stays at Tortimer island. Of course looking at the characters now, it’s clear that Tortimer is a tortoise and Capn is a sea turtle, and they talk and act completely differently. But I do have to wonder why they were out there with Tortimer if he was retired and therefore probably not hiring them?

[@Material_melody]

17:39 his adopted children then. Family dosent always have to be blood related.

[@DisneyMatthewSkunk]

I loved learning about Kicks

[@BuckBlaziken]

Geez I didn’t realize Pete was such a hopeless romantic creep

[@evilernie1369]

Cap'n is a kappa....that's why he sings about cucumbers.

[@izzymaedavidson1974]

Switch 2 animal crossing better take a step back and bring back interesting villagers and make socializing more rewarding

[@OswaldAurelia]

Let me be called a twerp by the grumpy villagers or a fashion disaster by the snooty ones

[@sillymizu]

Very good video and the comments too because animal crossing is my special interest thank you I love learning more about it

[@Junowasblue]

46:40 In Japanese culture, they see a runny nose as cute and a sign of innocence

[@raccoonface420]

What a efforttt in making this video😳😳 I love when I have alot to watch from you!😻🙌

[@KittenLittleI]

In regards to Wilbur's possible job in the Animal Crossing military, there's also a no liquids sign in the airport, implying that, at the very least, the Animal Crossing world has faced an attempted domestic terrorist attack via plane. Or, ya know, Orville spilled soda in the cockpit and then they had an ant infestation

[@childofcascadia]

I did not realize KK is nekkid until I watched this. Now I will never look at him the same. Out there dangleballin and shyte, yeesh. Wait. Kapp'n (and his family) is a sea turtle? Hes a kappa. Its obvious. He even has the head hole.

[@doodleplayer4014]

Kapp'n's songs are about cucumbers because in folklore, Kappa eat cucumbers

[@SlipsunLightOfHeaven]

I rarely watch videos over 20 minutes, and never watch anything animal crossing, but somehow you kept me here until half the video, and I'm only stopping because if I don't go do my homework now, I'll be doing it at like 11pm and I don't wanna do that XD Be back soon!!

[@aly-6373]

timestamps: 0:43 isabelle 2:39 Blathers 5:05 celeste 5:46 copper and booker 7:45 pelly, phyllis and pete 11:29 tortimer 14:22 orville and wilbur 15:24 porter 16:13 Tom nook 18:24 timmy and tommy 19:11 Brewster 20:22 Digby 21:43 Beppe, Carlo and Giovanni 22:34 GracieGrace going to stop for now but feel free to do the rest

[@shaungreer3350]

28:24 kicks is definitely not British because he calls it a "cuppa Joe" when wed call it just a cuppa. Animal crossing is fake confirmed.

[@Parempikatsoakuinkatua]

Nah a cuppa is for tea

[@tofuyeri]

thank you for this video. this is everything i wanted to know about the game, i always wonder about the lore

[@foxbuns]

Lief 🦥: I hate weeds😤 Harvey🐶: 👁👄👁🌳

[@tibicenlinnei4014]

There has to be a military in the AC world. I have Hopper (he's my dad) and he mentions being a veteran and going to bootcamp. Same for Harry (who I hate)

[@GroovyCoyotes]

23 seconds ago?? I'm earlier than christ lmao also, Porter is so autism coded I love it.

[@st0ne.cole1]

the entire time i was waiting for saraha to be talked about

[@3brianssolS]

Gulliver is the captain of the animal crossing passenger Cruise