Paolo

Paolo is a lazy elephant villager from the, originally appearing in and , until he returned in 's Welcome amiibo Update. His name is the Italian form of "Paul," a given name derived from the Latin word for "small," most likely as a joke on his large size.

In, Paolo has the nature hobby and may be found reading a book pertaining to an item he is studying, which can be either flowers, bugs, fish, or fossils.

Appearance
Paolo is a pink elephant with distinctive brown eyebrows and yellow on the tip of his trunk, hands and hooves. From onwards his appearance is altered to add purple to his kneecaps, though this change is reverted from  onwards. Paolo's expression is always that a wide grin.

Personality
Paolo is a lazy villager, meaning he likes food, comics, and sleeping. He will argue with jock and snooty villagers due to conflicting lifestyles. He will get along with normal villagers, as they are like a motherly or elder sister figure, and peppy villagers, as they are both around the same age.

In
Paolo's house features the same furniture layout as Pierre's in.

In
In, if Paolo is one of the villagers who moved in during the main storyline after the villager house development quest, his house will have a combination of non-craftable furniture, plus items crafted by players during the island development storyline, primarily from the Log Series and applicable native fruit sets.