Hamlet, I thought "ugh gotta get him out fast" when I first saw him. But He spent a good 6 months in my town before moving on. Got his pic and celebrated his birthday before that too. Great jock villager you should def give a chance if you get him.
^^ This. When I first saw Hamlet on the box art, I wasn't even excited that he was a hamster, I was just like, ughh, another generic design. However, he grew to be one of my favorite villagers in that town, along with Carmen and Mitzi.
One villager I did not expect at all to really like was Gruff. Before him, I'd never had a goat villager except for Pashima, who I hated. But I gave him a shot, and he was super cool and funny. I was a little sad to let him leave, but his house was in a bad spot.
Others- Curlos, Graham, Wart jr Sterling, Rooney, Bella, Flo, Tex, Muffy, Kyle and probably more I'm too lazy to list.