“I don't want to live in a world where we have to eat sugar-free sugar cookies.”
― Maelle, Animal Crossing: Wild World
“I like long walks on the beach. Alone.”
― Picture quote, Wild World
Maelle, pronounced "My-Ell" (アンヌ, Anne), is snooty duck and is from the Animal Crossing series. In Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+, she is an islander. She reappears in Wild World and City Folk, where she is a villager. The name, "Maelle" means "ambitious," a trait known among snooty villagers whom wish to become famous or rich. Her initial phrase, "duckling," reflects on her species. Her pic quote may relate to when she lived on the island.
Appearance
Maelle is a yellow duck with a bright red beak and webbed-feet. She also has a brown-red bob and she wears green eyeshadow. Her eyes maintain a lazy eyed expression. In Animal Crossing she wears a red aloha shirt, like other female islanders. In Wild World and City Folk, she wears a heart shirt. When it rains, she uses a yellow umbrella.
Personality
Below is a brief description of the snooty personality. For more information, click here.
Maelle has a snooty personality, which means she will appear arrogant and snobbish towards the player and other villagers, usually criticizing their dress sense or fashion. She is very rude. But will appear friendly and nice in some discussions, provided they are mature and do not insult her lifestyle. She finds appearance important, and will get angry or upset if someone criticizes her sense of style or fitness, which means a conversation between her a jock personality may leave either one upset or angry. Her attitude towards the player changes, as she begins to warm up to them once the player talks to her frequently, but she will still retain some arrogance and subtle rudeness. She may not get on with lazy villagers, due to their lifestyles - lazy villagers having a strong interest in food or relaxing of which will make her uncomfortable, angry or upset when in conversation. She will upset peppy and normal villagers, usually by gossiping about them, and finding small things to judge them on. She will get along well with cranky, and other snooty villagers. Maelle sometimes refers to a boyfriend, but he is never seen or heard from. When you add a friend code or have a friend over and Maelle learns about you, whether she is in your town or not, she will tell everyone mean and silly rumors about you, calling you a "bell pincher" or "broke joker" in some cases.
House
Maelle has a phonograph playing Café K.K. in her house. She also has pink wallpaper, ceramic tile flooring, a parrot, a lovely kitchen and bed, and a cream sofa. In Wild World she has a petal parasol, a grassy shirt, a cream sofa, a lovely kitchen, a classic buffet, a parrot, a red quinoa and a pink grid shirt.
Trivia
- As an islander in Animal Crossing, she has a favorite fruit and a fruit that she is allergic to. Feeding her the allergy fruit will reduce the likelihood of her dropping money bags. Maelle loves Apples and is allergic to Oranges.
- On the back of the Animal Crossing box, Maelle is featured right next to the "Get Connected!" section of the text, to the left. She is one of the few villagers in any of the Animal Crossing games to ever be featured on a box of the game.
Name in other languages
Spanish | Patidifú | From "Pato" (duck) and "Patidifuso" (astounded) |
French | Maëlle | Same as her English name, but with diaeresis. |
Merchandise
Ducks | |
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See also | |
Villagers |