Dr. Shrunk
From Animal Crossing City
- "The doctor is OUT!"
- —Dr. Shrunk, Animal Crossing: City Folk
| Dr. Shrunk | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Species | Axolotl |
| Service | Emotions |
| Appearances | Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Animal Crossing: The Movie |
Dr. Shrunk is an axolotl- a small, central American breed of salamander. He is a psychologist that can help players get in touch with their emotional side, in other words allowing the player to choose 'emotions' to show off to their friends. His name could refer to the word shrink, which is a psychologist.
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[edit] Role
[edit] Wild World
In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Dr. Shrunk will visit your town occasionally on a day from Monday through Friday, between 6:00 a.m. and midnight. Talk to him, and he will teach you to display a randomly chosen emotion.
[edit] City Folk
In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Dr. Shrunk hosts comedy shows at the Marquee, which can be viewed after paying the clerk 800 Bells. Although most find the shows uninteresting, Shrunk will teach you an emotion afterwards. The emotion taught can be chosen whilst paying the clerk, when they ask you which show you wish to see.
[edit] Animal Crossing: The Movie
Dr. Shrunk has a very minor roll in the movie. He can be seen with Lyle in the audience at the fireworks show.
[edit] Personality
In his spare time, Dr. Shrunk is a comedian, which leads to him telling jokes often. He is usually cheery, but because of his role in the game, his emotions fluxuate whilst he tells stories. He is a forgiving character, even cheerily explaining who he is if the player forgets. The character can be seen as ambitious, as in 'City Folk' he realizes his dream of becoming a proffesional comedian, and works at the Marquee.
[edit] Being Emotional
Emotions, once learned, can be accessed at anytime. In the chat interface, there will be icons for the emotions that your character has access to. Click on an emotion button to have your character display that emotion.
Emotions have no effect on non-player characters, although they are useful and amusing when playing online with other players. But you can only have up to four emotions at one time. If you want another one, select the one you want to replace with the new one and Shrunk will "shrink" the old emotion.
[edit] Emotions
Here is the list of emotions to learn.
- Fear
- Shyness
- Surprise
- Inspiration
- Happiness
- Confusion
- Anger
- Contentment
- Scheming
- Rage
- Thought
- Sadness
- Agreement
- Approval
- Disbelief
- Love
- Realisation
- Acceptance
- Exasperation
- Fatigue
- Discontent
- Shock
- Irritation
- Laughter
- There are also many more to use by using the Action Replay such as Pass out, Flirt, Deal cards, and others.
