the lore behind every single animal crossing character, i guess

Reese and Cyrus were already married in New Leaf. They have you "recreate" their wedding day for their anniversary in New Horizons. Cyrus calls her his wife after being introduced to a guy character for the first time in New Leaf.

I find it hilarious that Red is in everyone’s backstory stirring up shit

The NPC gossip is one of the reasons Wild World is my favourite AC game. The wildest one by far was Phyllis feeling like she was being watched, and eventually catching Pete stalking her through the window. 😱

The reason Capt'n sings about cucumbers a lot is because in Japanese folklore it is believed if you offer a Kappa a cucumber they will prevent rivers from flooding. I guess since cucumbers are green and kinda watery they just associate them with Kappa.

A few extra details about Sable. She's 10 years older than Mabel and she loves soap operas About her relationship with Tom Nook. They were very close when they were young, they played together all the time and stargazed in the roof of the observatory at night. After leaving for the city Nook kept contact and frequently wrote letters to Sable which she would read before bed, she described them as "very cute". One day she received a wooden box, inside there was an incredibly beautiful high quality pair of scissors and a card from Nook wishing her a happy birthday, she had forgotten about her birthday because she was so busy and had no other friends to remind her, this combined with her knowing how much Nook was struggling in the city made her burst into tears, she still cries a little when remembering it. Sable prayed every night for Nook's safety and for his pure spirit to be protected from the harshness and apathy of the city, but alas he returned jaded and broken, "a completely different soul" as Sable said. We don't know how their relationship developed since then but Sable will still talk about him occasionally and mention things like how he has a beautiful singing voice

a few things: -Blanca isn't just a faceless cat. She's a cat who, apparently, is a very messy eater and loves spaghetti. But she wiped at her face too hard when wiping off spaghetti sauce, causing her to eventually wipe her entire face off, leading to her current appearance. Back in the days of Wild World and City Folk, she'd travel over WiFi. Once I got her in my town and someone had drawn the Joker's face from Batman onto her face. Freaked me out. -The reason Wendell is in PJs in some footage is actually not because of him sleeping in and being late. In New Leaf, if the town you visited in a dream had custom designs that the dream uploader was willing to share with everyone, Wendell was how you got those designs. There was no kiosk like in dreams in New Horizons, it was Wendell.

I really would have loved it if Rover was in the waiting area in acnh. Like he’s waiting on some mystery plane on the seat next to you and y’all have a chat before the game starts. I really miss him. Not to mention his design too!

Rover is such an interesting character. Like, if you do a bit of traveling, at some point I feel like you will eventually encounter someone just like him. Someone who goes out of their way to talk to you and get to know you before eventually parting ways and never seeing him again. It's something to think about. There are many people in this world, but there is so little time to know all of them. Rover is making the best out of this situation.

00:43 Isabelle 02:39 Blathers 05:05 Celeste 05:45 Copper 06:58 Booker 07:44 Pelly 08:36 Phyllis 10:04 Pete 11:29 Tortimer 14:20 Orville and Wilbur 15:22 Porter 16:13 Tom Nook 18:23 Timmy and Tommy 19:08 Brewster 20:20 Digby 20:41 Beppe, Giovanni and Carlo 22:32 Gracie 23:50 Able Sisters 26:24 Hariett 27:04 Harvey 27:30 Katrina 27:55 Kicks 28:24 Reese and Cyrus 29:50 Dr. Shrunk (and Frillard) 31:51 Leif 32:33 Luna 33:10 Lyle 34:50 Lottie 35:51 Niko 36:29 Wardell 37:08 Redd 38:40 Cornimer 38:59 Franklin 39:49 Jack 40:08 Jingle 40:45 Pavé 41:10 Zipper 42:33 Blanca 43:57 Chip 44:27 C.J. 45:02 Flick 45:38 Nat 46:17 Daisy Mae 47:06 Joan 47:53 Mr. Resetti 48:58 Don 49:47 Farley and Serena 50:20 Gulliver and Gullivarrr 51:34 Kaitlin and Katie 51:59 K.K. Slider 53:14 Pascal 54:15 Phineas 54:38 Rover 55:24 Wendell 56:21 Wisp 56:50 Kapp'n 58:21 Grams 58:46 Leilani 58:55 Leila

So here’s two really cute backstories one about Sable and one about Celeste So her big red bow was actually a gift by her brother one time her bday was coming up so Blathers decided to walk into Ables to get her sister a present, he walked into the woman section but got scared and chickened out. He later returned with more courage and when he walked into Mable who saw him run out before asked if he there was a problem, he told her about Celeste bday so Mable helped him pick out a big cute bow for his sister And for Sable, the pair of sisters she uses everyday was also a birthday gift but given to her by Tom Nook. It was recently after he left to become a big entrepreneur in the city, but he wasn’t making alot of money and knew it was Sables bday so he spent the only remaining money he had to buy her a nice pair of scissors which she uses everyday

Franklin isn't just paranoid, he was absolutely a target in the original gamecube AC. 😂 He was invited over "for dinner" by Tortimer, and he's hiding because the villagers are looking to complete the main course.

Gracie is also a man in the Japanese version with their name Grace being associated with a drag persona. Same as Saharah and Blanca but those were changed unintentionally. The Western translation team associated Saharah's long lashes with being female, it seems.

As someone who grew up in the Northeast, I had frequent panic attacks whenever I played during a snowstorm. Nothing worse than having the power come back and being greeted by Resetti as a kid.

Missed opportunity to say Porter had a one track mind (trains)

Kapp n talks about cucumbers a lot because his origin is the “kappa” (a Japanese yokai) that love cucumbers!!! If you research more things about them you will see things start to add up LOL

Something interesting about Copper and Booker is that Copper being an Akita is a native dog breed in Japan, the origin country of Animal Crossing, while Booker being a bulldog that originated from England might explain the language barrier

Unless I'm forgetting something Celeste studies astronomy, not astrology. Astrology is probably more Katrina's "purrview" 😆

CJ and Flick are definetly a couple. I do not refer to my friends as "partners" and I don't think a roommate would really call their roommate "partner". And if you scan CJ's Amiibo card in HHP, Flick will live in the same house. Also inviting one to the Roost will also bring the other. Idk, 2 people living together, vacationing together, calling each other "partners", sure as heck sounds like a romantic relationship. Also I don't know any cishet man that would call anyone "fish-tonista" 😂

I could be totally wrong, but I think Harriet's blue, white and red apron in CF was just meant to match a barber pole's colour scheme. Sure, poodles are often associated with France and all that, but her dialogue doesn't really sound French-influenced - for example, she calls you "shug", which isn't very French at all lol.

Sad you missed the weird unexplained connection between Rover and Blanca! They have matching names in Japanese (simply Strange Cat and Suspicious Cat, respectively) and Rover seems to be looking around for Blanca in Wild World.