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This article is about a lazy cat villager. For the the smug dog villager named Bob in Japanese, see Shep.
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I'm a cat. Chillin' is in my blood, man.
― Picture quote, Wild World


Bob (ニコバン, Nikoban?) is a lazy cat villager who has appeared in every game of the Animal Crossing series. His name is most likely based off the bobcat. His initial phrase, "pthhhpth", may be a reference to the sound a cat makes when coughing up a hairball (this is further supported by the information on the e-Card which indicates he tends to spit often while speaking). His picture phrase in New Leaf is a feline spin on the memetic phrase, "You only live once." He has the play hobby. He appears on the cover for K.K. Lovers.

Bob was long speculated to be the first villager designed due to appearing in every game, his simplicity, name, January 1st birthday, and having the first villager e-Card and amiibo card. This was later confirmed in a conference by series director Hisashi Nogami.[1]

Appearance[]

Bob GC

Bob in Animal Crossing

Bob is a lavender cat with darker purple spots all over his body and face. He also has no visible nose. His eyes are half-closed, making him appear sleepy and reflecting his lazy personality. He initially wears the blossom tee. The inside of his ears are various shades of pink, and his tail has two darker purple spots on it. Bob carries the gelato umbrella when it rains.

Personality

Below is a brief description of the lazy personality. For more information, click here.

As a lazy villager, Bob will be friendly and easy to get along with due to his laid back lifestyle. Like all lazy villagers, he has a love of food and relaxing. He will enjoy partaking in the usual hobbies, usually for relaxing reasons or for food, like when fishing. Bob will get along well with other villagers, but may offend or confuse jock villagers, who have a lifestyle of exercise and fitness, which conflicts with the lazy lifestyle of relaxing and food. He will get along with other lazy villagers with whom he will talk about food, comics, or superheroes. He will also get along well with normal, peppy, smug, and sisterly villagers, and occasionally cranky villagers, but may from time to time annoy snooty villagers, who disagree with the lazy lifestyle.

House[]

In every game, Bob's house includes the whole set of the kiddie series, including the wallpaper and flooring. He also owns a Nintendo 64 furniture logo, which is only seen on Animal Forest and Animal Crossing games. K.K. Ragtime is played on a kiddie stereo, except in New Horizons, where it plays Neapolitan instead.

AF Bob House GC Bob House
Animal Forest (interior) Animal Crossing (interior)
WW Bob House CF Bob House
Wild World (interior) City Folk (interior)
NL Bob House NL Bob House Ext
New Leaf (interior) New Leaf (exterior)
NH Bob House NH Bob House Ext
New Horizons (interior) New Horizons (exterior)

Pocket Camp[]

Bob was added to Pocket Camp in the January 30, 2018 update.

Bob's preferred theme is hip, and he primarily gives wood as a reward. His profile reads:

❝ Bob is an easygoing kind of guy. He doesn't worry too much about what he does or says, which doesn't always end well.❞

Campsite Invitation Requirements[]

Friendship Level: 5

Furniture/Item Required Materials Price (Bells) Craft Time
Capsule-Toy Machine 60 steel, 3 hip essence 1,870 7 hours
Kiddie Table 15 steel, 15 wood 1,230 2 hours
Kiddie Bureau 15 steel, 15 wood 1,360 3 hours
Kiddie Rug 30 cotton 700 1 hour
Kiddie Couch 60 cotton, 3 hip essence 2,110 8 hours

Friendship Rewards[]

  • At level 7 friendship, he will reward the player with a blossom tee and sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 9, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 15, he will request the player to craft a boot sculpture.
  • At level 20, he will reward the player with a pic of Bob and sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 25, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 30, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 35, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 40, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 45, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 50, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 55, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 60, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 65, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 70, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).

e-Card[]

e-Card [2]
Letter
Ac A011 Screen Shot
Back
Ac A011 bk
#011 Bob
Gender Male
Type Cat
Star sign Capricorn
Clothes Blossom shirt
Petphrase pthhpth
Password rbOPwN@eLL9k4T
k7tEqzr#HSkUL4
Profile Everyone loves Bob's laid-back attitude, in spite of his nasty habit of spitting whenever he speaks. Ever wonder why he sleeps so late? It's because he's up all night playing video games. Can you blame him?
Ac A011
SpecialSpeciesIconSilhouette
010 Kapp'n #011 Bob 012 Mitzi
CatSpeciesIconSilhouette

amiibo Card[]

amiibo Card[3]
Back
Amiibo card back
#018 Bob
Type Cat
Star sign Capricorn
Birthday 1/1
Roll value 2
Hand sign Scissors
Request A floral atmosphere
Amiibo 018 Bob
SpecialSpeciesIconSilhouette
017 Lottie #018 Bob 019 Fauna
DeerSpeciesIconSilhouette

Trivia[]

  • Bob's Chinese phrase "猫猫/貓貓" literally means "cat".
  • Bob is the first villager created.
    • Despite being the first villager created in the series, Bob does not debut in initial releases of every game, as he didn't appear in the initial release of Pocket Camp (which was released on November 2017).
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Bob dancing gif

  • He is known for being a popular meme on the internet, especially because of an animated image of him dancing.[4]
    • This was also the inspiration for the Peace and Tranquility video from the video game A Hat in Time.[5]
    • His fellow villager, Roald the jock penguin, is also usable meme fodder because people tend to edit him into non-Animal Crossing universes for the purpose of it being purely funny.[citation needed]
  • Bob and Olivia have the same style of eyes: light yellow almond shapes with a solid black rectangle for pupils.
  • Bob appears in the Animal Crossing track in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
  • His birthday is on New Year's Day.
  • In New Leaf, Bob's preferred style is Flashy, and his preferred color is Colorful. He dislikes the style Basic.
  • In New Horizons, Bob's preferred styles are Cute/Simple, and his preferred colors are Colorful/Red.

In other languages[]

Bob
Language Name Translation
Japan Japanese ニコバン Nikoban -
France French Robert -
Spain Spanish Arándano -
Germany German Jens -
Italy Italian Bob -
The Netherlands Dutch Bob -
Russia Russian Боб Bob -
China Chinese 阿判 Āpàn -
South Korea Korean 히죽 Hijuk -


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