Bob

Bob is a lazy cat villager in the who has appeared in every game. His name may be derived from bobcat.

In, Bob has the play hobby and will be more frequently seen running around the island, sometimes with other villagers. He may also set up treasure hunts (a timed minigame) with the player.

Appearance
Bob is a purple cat with darker purple polka dots, half-closed lazy yellow eyes, and light purple paws. The inside of his ears are pink, and his tail is purple with dark purple stripes.

Personality
As a lazy villager, Bob will be easy to get along with due to his laid-back lifestyle. Like all lazy villagers, he shares a love of food and relaxing, and will often bring it up in conversations with the player. In, he will mention his dream of diving in a pool of food. He will enjoy partaking in the usual hobbies, usually for relaxing reasons or for food, when fishing. He will get along well with other villagers, but may offend or confuse jock villagers, who have a conflicting lifestyle of exercise and fitness, compared to the lazy lifestyle of relaxing and food.

House
Bob's house in all games prior to features several items from the Kiddie Series. In, his house features the Colorful variants of items from the Wooden Block Series, which bear resemblance to the Kiddie Series.

In
Bob was added to on January 30, 2018. Prior to his addition, icons for Bob could be found unused in the game's code.

Trivia

 * In a character popularity poll for held by Nintendo in Japan, Bob ranked 8th with 1,280 votes, above Rosie and below Mitzi.