Coco for me. She was one part of that "three villagers" mission. I don't plan on having her leave just yet. Plus, she hasn't asked me except once and that was months ago.
I don't have any dreamies except Tangy because I like oranges.
Sterling and Lionel are the ones which lives for the longest on my island, both were found while I done some island hopping. While I plan to keep Lionel, I'm gonna let Sterling go, since I already have another Jock villager and I need a plot free to get another dreamie. But it was to have him (along with Knox, who moved out yesterday) for a while, he's a cool guy and I like his design a lot.
Apple. She's the first villager I found on a mystery island that I decided to keep, and quickly became one of my favorites. I'm never getting rid of her. My original starting villagers are already gone though.
Shari, my starter uchi, has been around since August 2023. When I had a new human player move in two weeks ago (it was Zelda from BOTW/TOTK), she said this:
“I’ve been around here since, like, the beginning, so if you have any questions, I’m a pro island-er.”
My starters are Canberra and Stinky I love them both to bits lol then tutu is next because my third villager Al (I miss him ) left, then dotty then cube then lobo then agent s then my newest addition Azelea
Patty is mine on Wahu. She was my starting peppy and is the only villager left that I didn't invite with an amiibo card. I also had Coco for a good while as my starting normal (two years as a matter of fact), but there came a time when I wanted a different villager and replaced her with Caroline.
Agnes who is my very first uchi starter, cute but rude! (kidding) then the next 3 peppy, lazy, normal starters: Tabby, Punchy and Marina. I wasn't sure about the cats first but they are just adorable and Marina used to be a villager that I accidentally lost in ACNL. And the last uninvited smug villager starter, Julian...That I didn't like first but he grew on me. So I still have 5 starters, only Samson went away.
I actually can't recall who my oldest villager on my island is! A bunch of them are from 2020, but I remember that's when I made a bulk of progress with my dreamies/permies. Raddle comes to mind, as I'm pretty sure I ended up finding him rather early on. Fang is also a possibly contender because I remember I took him in while island hopping with the intent of selling him for NMTs to save u-p for other dreamies I had at the time, only to end up keeping him permanently lol. Sherb was also the same case as Fang (found while island hopping eith the intent of selling but grew attached skefkdg). Daisy and Piper are also contenders because I had their cards and they were dreamies I was considering in ACNL, but decided to save for the next mainline game which was NH, so it's possible that I scanned them in early... Too many possibilities and my memory is not doing me any favours lol.
I haven't played the game in a while and forgot if there was a way to check (though idk how accurate it would be if they kept the dates when TTing... bc I def TT a lot when I'm really into playing).
My oldest villagers are Agnes and Louie! I started my island around May 2020 if I recall correctly, and they were both my original starter villagers. I also have Rhonda, who was in my first five villagers. I definitely got attached to my original two starters, so they are permanent residents.