most unique villagers..

There's the obvious ones like Drago and Julian in terms of design but I feel like Tucker barley gets mentioned... He's a mammoth! My HC is he is unfrozen from 10000 years ago and he is just adapting to modern life. He may possibly be the oldest villager in the game. It'd be cool to see more prehistoric villagers like smilodons and terror birds later on ( they bring back Dodos afterall!)
 
Is there any story on merry?

I think her forever smile says enough, but to quote the wiki page:

Her name is a synonym for happy, based upon her Japanese name, which means "happiness", and reflected in her permanent smile.
 
The poster you quoted was saying that Marcel's JP name (Monja) is a reference to the dish monjayaki (which I didn't know), and that explains his JP-themed house interior. You're right that it's similar to how Zucker references the Japanese dish takoyaki.


If you go on Nookipedia and look up villagers there, it'll tell you if their names/designs reference anything. Pietro's name may come from the clown archetype called Pierrot, who is sad and tends to be the butt of the joke. It may also come from the word pied, meaning multicolor (like the Pied Piper).
Aww, whoops! Here I go again, not readin' the whole context. My bad!
 
Clay. Im a little biased here since he's is my ABSOLUTE fav but he's based off a wrestler. he wears a mask so it kinda give me that vibe.

Clay’s Japanese name is actually Dogurou, and he’s named after ancient Japanese figures called dogu. Kind of like coco/yayoi is based on haniwa. You can actually get a dogu figure in game, it’s the Ancient Statue.

Not that I want to blow up your head cannon!


Wow I really like it how much of the characters have a story behind their looks, names or furniture. :D It's really fun to read!

I agree, I love how many of the characters have history/ a story behind their designs.
 
all the ones with like a "theme" (i guess you could call it) i find the most unique.
like stitches is a walking teddy bear.
ankha is a mummy.
vic is a vicking.
all the robot villagers.
and raddle is a doctor.
ect ect ect.
 
Hope this is a joke
...I assumed that, y'know, Julian's hat covered his horn? I mean... I don't know why you'd assume it was fake over that 😅 That being said, since he's smug, I feel like he totally would cover it.

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Anyway, my vote for most unique villager goes to Tangy, the fruit cat. Sure, her shape isn't any different than the normal cat shape... but that's just because they can still make her head look like an orange that way. But she's so random and unique. Like, why an orange? Why a CAT? Why an ORANGE CAT? As one of Tangy's picture quotes remind us, cats hate citrus (sorry I hurt your feelings by saying that, Tangy!) As far as I know there's no hilarious reference I'm missing. She's just a cat. Who's also an orange. Who dreams of being a popstar. Even villagers name after fruits (Apple and Cherry) aren't ACTUALLY fruits. Just Tangy (unless someone else is slipping my mind).

Normally I'm not overly fond of super themed villagers, but Tangy is just SO unique and weird I can't help but love her!
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Clay’s Japanese name is actually Dogurou, and he’s named after ancient Japanese figures called dogu. Kind of like coco/yayoi is based on haniwa. You can actually get a dogu figure in game, it’s the Ancient Statue.

Not that I want to blow up your head cannon!
Wait, does Clay resemble a wrestler? I thought right away he was based off those figures, I never once thought wrestler, but now I'm questioning myself...

That being said, no offense, but he's one of my least favorite villagers 😝 I just don't find him cute at all.
But he haunts my campsite and Nook Miles Islands, I've run into him multiple times 😒

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EDIT: Also... is he... is he naked in his ACNH picture 😳
 
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No one has mentioned him yet so I will mention my man Rasher right now. He's unique since he's, y'know, the only villager in the entire series to be scarred, and it's also kind of twisted for a childrens game to have a character like that when he has scaring, is deep red, and his name is quite literally in reference to a rasher of bacon... 😖 Additionally, I love how his eyes look when he's smiling, and on top of that he's one of the few villagers to show their teeth during certain reactions / animations.

Another vote goes to Hopkins since he's... literally an inflatable.
And my last vote's going to Alice because she's probably the only villager (or one of the only ones) to have direct references to their uniqueness in at least one of their character bios. Her Pocket Camp one goes something like this: "Alice loves her blue eyes and her pink/red nose because it makes her unique, but she worries that her freckles might take it too far. She doesn't want to stand out THAT much!"

oh and also all the sanrio and non-AC amiibo villagers. Can't get more exclusive than that!
 
No one has mentioned him yet so I will mention my man Rasher right now. He's unique since he's, y'know, the only villager in the entire series to be scarred, and it's also kind of twisted for a childrens game to have a character like that when he has scaring, is deep red, and his name is quite literally in reference to a rasher of bacon... 😖 Additionally, I love how his eyes look when he's smiling, and on top of that he's one of the few villagers to show their teeth during certain reactions / animations.

While I agree Rasher is super neat, I do have to point out...

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Spike also rocks a pretty nasty lookin' scar!
 
While I agree Rasher is super neat, I do have to point out...

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Spike also rocks a pretty nasty lookin' scar!

... and just while I was typing it out I thought to myself "but what if there IS another villager with a scar? Do you know for certain? There's hundreds of them, he might not be the only one", and yet I still typed it out 😅
But yeah, Spike's a unique golden boy as well and I do love his design
 
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Tucker is a wolly mammoth! He's super cute
 
Tucker the mammoth, Flora the flamingo, even though they call her an ostrich.
 
I would say Lucky and Raddle. One is a mummy looking dog and the other is a surgical mask wearing frog. You really have to wonder what their backstories are. Honorable mention goes to Goose, who is clearly a chicken. In pocket camp iirc one of his liked items was the cooked turkey.
 
I always thought Punchy and Marshal were unique looking because their “default” facial expressions does not match their personality. Same I think can be said about Raymond and a few others. I admit that I am kind of biased since they are three of my favorites :P.

I think Ankha is really unique. I love the theme behind her design. If I’m not mistaken, cats were cherished animals (I think they were worshipped at one point) in ancient Egypt, so I think it’s interesting for her to be a cat and designed like a Pharaoh. ^.^ I really love the cultural and historical references/symbolism.
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Again, I am biased since Ankha is another of my favorites lol.
 
I find Kabuki, Pekoe, Savannah, Ribbot, and Penelope unique too.
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Forgot to mention Static. He’s based off of lighting. It’s funny to have him around especially if it’s raining heavily and thunderstorms are going off since it’s like he has thunderstorm powers.
 
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Tabby/Katt I suppose since they actual look like cat breeds somewhat I suppose (even though their faces lol)
 
A lot of the ostriches are unique. Flora's and Phoebe been mentioned a lot, but Gladys is a Japanese crane, Cranston is a different kind of crane, Blanche is a stork, and Julia is a flamingo.

Usually I try not to repeat species in my town, but because the ostriches all look so different, I actually have three of them right now!
 
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