Villagers that went from "who?" to "don't leave EVER!!!"

[Underneath The Stars]

for me it's katt, whew this queen........
yeah she's a lil rough around the edges, but she might just be my favorite uchi (sorry muffy, maybe if you bring rococo back) i initially wanted an uchi again just to complete the reactions & get more DIY's... now i can't imagine my island without this cool cat

 

[Snowifer]

For me it was Elmer, He was my random lazy from the start of the game and I fell in love with him

 

[Arckaniel]

Lolly, I mean I know her before but never really wanted her on my island at first as she's not part of my original dreamie line up for new horizons, but when she came and became my random starter normal villager, I got attached to her because she's so adorable, and now she's a permanent resident and now she can never leave my island!

 

[spawnpoint]

Kiki. I love that little black cat. I first saw her on a nook mile tour and she was just gonna be temporary but i fell in love. Although I reset my island so I'm gonna try to get her back and she's NEVER leaving I love her so much

 

[Cosmic-chan]

For me it's Filbert. I love him more than I love my dreamie Diana. Filbert is a cutie- I- I'm so happy he's my starter villager.

 

[Rowlet28]

Freckles! She was my starter peppy and now kind of grew on me tbh. She's cute despite some people saying otherwise.

 

[marshallows]

teddy! i honestly didn't care about him at all in nl but i invited him on my island and needless to say he's a permanent resident and a new addition to the favs list now

 

[skarmoury]

Boris!!
I met him on a random villager hunt and I thought he was such a cute grumpy pig. I didn't plan on keeping him initially, but he grew on me and now I love him tons. I don't like majority of the cranky villagers but wanted to have at least one, and I'm so glad it was Boris.

 

[Ginkgo]

Wade, who I didn't even know existed until he was assigned to me as my mandatory lazy on my first island. I did have to technically let him go, having reset my island and all that, but I immediately went and got his amiibo and he will be returning as my 2nd lazy villager on my new island and stay forever because he's adorable so glad I got him randomly, I don't know how long I would've gone without knowing him if that didn't happen, considering he is not that much talked about

 

[EsjaTheWolf]

Sprocket!! I used to play World of Warcraft a lot, so when I first got to my island and saw a green robot bird I kept calling him a mechanostrider cause I couldn’t remember his name. I also noticed he had my lucky number on the back of his head! I’m not sure how, but over the months I’ve had my island the little bugger has wormed his way into my heart and he will never leave Frostwing!!

 

[InstantNoodles]

For me it's Raddle Found him on an island and brought him in since he was in COVID-appropriate gear Now I can't part with him

 

[Coco63]

Cherry! She was a starter villager and I knew nothing about who any villagers were when starting the game. NH is my first animal crossing game. Once I found out that you can choose which villagers to put on your island and about amiibos I wanted to kick like all of the starter villagers out. Cherry was the only villager I liked but I hated her house. So I got her amiibo so I could kick her out and invite her back. Best decision in regards to Cherry

 

[dragonair]

aaaa, I love Katt! I got her in my NL town and honestly fell in love with her. Letting her go was hard but she moved right in front of my house. TT v TT For me though it'd be Dom. He was my starter in Amethyst and I knew he was one of the new villagers so I was kind of happy that I got him but then he completely grew on me. Bam used to be my favorite jock but Dom just completely took over lol. I was going to get Genji for Moondust but I honestly couldn't bare having my town without Dom in it so I changed plans just for him.

 

[Moonlight.]

marcel has stolen my heart, he's so unique looking i love it.

my mom loves bam and filbert and will never let me move them out lol (but they're both pretty cute anyway)

 

[Cherry Tree]

Ozzie for me. One of my beginning villagers but I just love him

 

[SinnerTheCat]

Cally! She was just a sweet squirrel who I decided to take on my island and she has proven to be one of the best normal villagers I have ever met. She's so adorable??? And like a little sister who loves to play pranks. What a queen!!

 

[-Beth_]

Ike and Louie. I decided to invite them via amiibo card because I liked Ike’s appearance and I liked his name (he shares a name with a Fire Emblem character), and because Louie looks just like Donkey Kong. Louie has turned out to be my favourite jock villager and Ike has become my 2nd favourite villager in the series and my joint favourite cranky villager (with Static). I only let Louie go because today’s camper, Violet, suggested that Louie could move out and be replaced by her. I agreed, but I’ve got his amiibo Card so I can just invite him again. But Ike is never leaving me. Ever. And the second Louie also isn’t leaving me.

 

[Peach_Jam]

Tangy & Rudy! I didn't know much about them since acnh was my first ac game, but I quickly became attached to both of them

 

[N a t]

Lucy!! So cute! I adore her!

 

[makeshiftvoiid]

for me, it's probably ankha. she was in my first new leaf town. i wasn't that attached to her but i thought she was pretty cool. i found her again in new horizons when i was looking for raymond and decided to invite her to my island,,, she very quickly replaced coco as my favorite villager askdfjkds