Tybalt

Tybalt is a jock tiger villager in the. He first appeared in, and after his appearance in , he remained absent from the series until , being mostly replaced by Rowan, another tiger who was given the jock personality in. Data for Tybalt exists in but ultimately remains unused.

The name Tybalt is most likely taken from William Shakespeare's , being named after the character of the same name. This is especially considering that another character in the play makes a scene of nicknaming Tybalt the "King of Cats," which in itself is a reference to Tybalt/Tibert the Cat from the story of Reynard the Fox. His Japanese name is the alias of the Japanese bandit who was active in Malaya, Harimau, which is Malay for "tiger."

Appearance
Tybalt is a yellow tiger with brown stripes and pink inside of his ears. In, brown rings are added around his eyes. He has thick, black eyebrows that are slanted inward, giving him an angered or determined expression.

Personality
As a jock villager, Tybalt is energetic and has an interest in physical fitness and activity. He often talks about exercise or sports and may brag about his physical fitness. While often friendly to the player, he may comment on their fitness. During conversations with other villagers, he generally gets along well with peppy villagers due their similar hyper personalities and will also get along with smug villagers, while he may offend snooty villagers by critiquing their fitness and annoy cranky villagers with his hyper personality. In, Tybalt goes to sleep at 12:30 AM and wakes up at 6:30 AM.

In
In, Tybalt can only move to the player's town if his amiibo card is scanned, or if he is invited to move in from another player's town.

In
In, if Tybalt is the one of the starter villagers, his house will have craftable items primarily from the Wooden Series. He cannot have his initial house interior unless he moves out of the player's island or the DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.

In
Tybalt was added to on January 31, 2022.

Trivia

 * Prior to, Tybalt was the only tiger to not appear in.
 * Although Tybalt does not appear in, a client icon for him exists in the game's data.