Ruby

Ruby is a peppy rabbit villager in the. She first appeared in and has appeared in all subsequent games. Her name may refer to her red eyes. Her catchphrase, "li'l ears," may refer to a rabbit's ears.

Appearance
Ruby is an rabbit with white fur, red eyes, three freckles on each cheek, and melon-pink inside her ears. She perpetually carries a neutral expression, showing emotion only through her eyes. The only time she changes her expression is when she is thinking or upset.

Personality
As a peppy villager, Ruby will always appear to be in a good mood. She will get along with other villagers including the player, making it easy to befriend her and gain her picture. She will enjoy the usual hobbies, and may ask the player for bugs or fish that she finds cute or has read about in Ms. Nintendique, an unseen magazine read by snooty and peppy villagers. She will easily get upset, but due to a short attention span, she will forget ever having the conversation. Like all peppy villagers, she dreams of becoming famous in the future. She will get on well with normal, lazy, and other peppy villagers, but may annoy snooty and cranky villagers with her upbeat personality.

In
In, Ruby’s home request likely references , as evidenced by the bamboo-themed items, with the snow and ice-themed items representing Ōtomo no Miyuki.

House
In each game since her debut, Ruby's house interior is moon-themed. This is a likely reference to the Japanese myth of the, in which the dark side of the moon looks like a rabbit making mochi (a Japanese snack associated with the New Year). This house trait is shared with four other rabbit villagers: Carmen's moon-themed house interior in ; Dotty's moon-themed house interior in all games except, , and ; Mira's moon base-themed house interior in ; and Sasha's moon-themed house request in.

In
In, if Ruby is one of the villagers who moved in during the main storyline after the villager house development quest, her house will have a combination of non-craftable furniture, plus items crafted by players during the island development storyline, primarily from the Wooden Block Series. She cannot have her initial house interior unless she moves out of the player's island or the DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.

In
"How'd you find me, li'l ears?!"

- Introduction from character announcement

Ruby was added to on August 23, 2020.

Trivia

 * Ruby appears on the album cover of "K.K. Adventure."