Phineas

"Every adventure starts with a single step."

- Phineas

Phineas is a sea lion in the who appears in  and. In, he can be found in the city and gives the player unique handheld items, while in , he give the player badges. Phineas is portrayed as a kind-hearted individual who likes to bring joy to good children.

In
In, Phineas appears at random in the city from 9 AM to 7 PM on sunny or cloudy days. If spoken to, he will give the player a handheld item; the player can receive one item per day. While Phineas is present in the city, an extra baseline track plays alongside the standard background music.

Phineas can give the player the following items in :

• Blue Balloon

• Cyan Balloon

• Green Balloon

• Indigo Balloon

• Orange Balloon

• Pink Balloon

• Red Balloon

• Yellow Balloon

• Bunny B. Balloon

• Bunny C. Balloon

• Bunny G. Balloon

• Bunny I. Balloon

• Bunny O. Balloon

• Bunny P. Balloon

• Bunny R. Balloon

• Bunny Y. Balloon

• Blue Pinwheel

• Cyan Pinwheel

• Green Pinwheel

• Indigo Pinwheel

• Orange Pinwheel

• Indigo Pinwheel

• Pink Pinwheel

• Red Pinwheel

• Yellow Pinwheel

• Bubble Wand

In
Phineas returns in as a scout leader. He gives badges to "good boys and girls," appearing in the player's town from 6 AM to 12 AM on clear or mostly sunny days if they have met the requirement for a badge.

Phineas can also appear at The Roost Café when the player is partaking in a part-time job, and his preferred order is Kilimanjaro beans, lots of milk, and three spoonfuls of sugar.

In
Although Phineas does not appear in, can be obtained from Nook Shopping after attempting to invite him to Photopia via his amiibo.

In
Phineas appears as a visitor in the Board Game mode of. If a player lands on a special-event space while he is visiting, he spins a roulette to see who wins a prize; each player has a section on the roulette, with the player who landed on the special-event space having a larger section. The player it lands on receives 2,000 to 3,000 Bells. There is also a rainbow-colored section on the roulette; if it lands on it, all players receive 5 Happy Points and 1,000 Bells.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Phineas appears as a spectator in the Town and City stage and as a collectible trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Trivia

 * Some cranky villagers believe that K.K. Slider's day job consists of being Phineas.
 * In, although Phineas will usually leave the city plaza at night, he can be forced to stay if the player waits in his vicinity without reloading the area. If this is done, his music cart will play along with the versions of the city music for the other times of day, which usually cannot be heard.
 * In, when Phineas is at home he can sometimes be seen in his outfit from from when he sold balloons.
 * Although Phineas is physically absent from, placeholder data for his NookPhone exists and uses the "FtrCmnFabricGiraffe00" fabric pattern, which is a brown giraffe skin design.