Anchovy (アンチョビ,Anchobi?) is a lazybirdvillager that appears in the Animal Crossing series. His initial phrase, "chuurp" is the noise birds make, which is "chirping". It could also be a pun on "burp", as he is known to like eating. It is similar to Jacob's. His name, Anchovy, derives from the fact that anchovies make up the diet of some species of birds. He has appeared in every game so far. He has the play hobby.
Anchovy is a dark brown bird with brown, black, and tan feathers. He has a sharp, yellow, pointy bill. Anchovy also has thick, black eye brows, making his emotion look somewhat neutral, and he also has a small smile. He initially wears the straw shirt in Animal Crossing, in Wild World through New Leaf he wears the earthy knit, and in New Horizons he wears the yodel sweater.
Personality
Below is a brief description of the lazy personality. For more information, click here.
As a lazy villager, Anchovy 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. Anchovy 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.
In Wild World, he has five pinball machines, while in the GameCube version, he has five slot machines.
In New Leaf, he has four pinball machines, an ebony piano, a classic sofa, two billiard tables, and a pendulum clock.
In New Horizons, Anchovy's house has a beige brick exterior with a green common door and black tile roof. The interior has the modern wood wall and the simple red flooring. He has a brown foosball table, a green billiard table, a black pinball table, a jukebox, and a dartboard. He also has a black upright piano, a red piano bench, a black folding floor lamp, and an orange box sofa and box sofa corners.
Anchovy proudly claims the title of "All-Time Laziest Guy." He supposedly won a "Lounging Contest" somewhere, but he doesn't have any trophy to prove it, so he's probably just making the whole thing up.
His picture quote is based off of the famous quote "Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?" but less motivational, swapping tomorrow and today.
His picture quote might also represent his lazy personality.
In New Leaf, Anchovy's preferred style is Flashy, and his preferred color is Colorful. He dislikes the style Iconic.
In New Horizons, Anchovy's preferred style is Simple, and his preferred colors are Colorful/Orange.
