Uchi and Peppy are my favorites, with Lazy and Smug as close seconds. My favorite villager over all...Probably Apollo or Elvis. Both are awesome, grumpy old men and I love them.
Well, my favorite villager is Savannah. Surprise! The normals run neck in neck with the lazies for my favorite villager type. I didn't even realize how much I loved the lazies until my town started to fill up with them
A tie between crankies and peppy. Cyrano and Ruby are precious. Tho I love my lazies, Zucker, Clay, Beau, Bob. Honestly I love all the types but cranks and peppy are just a tad bit above the rest.
Smug. I just think the things they do are cute. Like when they ping you and run up and ask you if they're still cool, and if you say yes, they get so relieved. Or how sometimes when you talk to them they do the little dance thing just because they felt like there needed to be dancing. In my opinion, there are a lot of cute smug characters too. I have Pietro and Julian, and I'm pretty sure I'll be keeping them permanently.
I would probably say peppies because they are always so cheerful and fun and my 2 favourite villagers (Rosie and Tangy) are both in that group. Second would be normals because they are so kind.
As for Phoebe... I think a lot of people like her because she is (in a lot of people's opinion) the nicest looking uchi and I know that some want to have at least one of each of the personality types. I'm like that myself and that was my main reason for choosing Phoebe, as I find the other uchis quite unappealing. Also her being based on a phoenix is pretty cool too and probably makes her popular with Harry Potter fans, like me.
Smug are my favorite male characters although I liked Walt and his crankiness a lot. Which is funny because I can't stand any of the other cranky people I've met. I don't really like the lazy ones either, but I hate jock characters. I also hate snooty ones. Uchi, normal, and peppy are super too! So yeah, favorites are smug, uchi, normal, and peppy. :3
I love them all so I can't really pick Each personality has that something that makes them really likeable! I guess if I have to, I'd pick Jock. I love all the jocks I've met, their lines can be silly and they're so fired up, it's really cute.