Some of my villagers remind me of my friends. Like Freya for instance, she reminds me of my friend Ashlee.
Chester reminds me of my little brother Robby who is super introvert/keeps to himself but always has nice things to say.
I was only thinking about this the other day actually. Bob reminds me of my dad and grandad, just because of the name more than anything but kind of the personality has some resemblance to my dad. Both are no longer here so it's nice to have Bob around
Molly the duck reminds me of my dog just again for the name thing. And Butch reminds me of my other dog, just for his appearance
Muffy reminds me of... well... me! and Bruce... its a long story but he reminds me of my old band teacher that died over the summer... i even gave him the catchphrase Bagels! because my teacher always had a bagel on his chalkboard on a red ribbon.