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Memes
The following are notable memes in the Animal Crossing community that are not endorsed by Nintendo themselves.

Bunny Day
From April 1 to 12, 2020, there was a notable complaint from the Animal Crossing community over the abundance of eggs during the Bunny Day event in. Many had a harder time obtaining necessary materials to build Nook's Cranny, their first bridge, or the campsite as many materials were overridden by s and s. Others had a harder time obtaining fossils or April fishes for their museum or in the process to obtain the museum as those were being overrun by s and s respectively. For players wanting to obtain DIY recipes featuring s, players also had to deal with s or Bunny Day recipes in the way as those balloons also spawned frequently and often fool players auditorily. Reports also spread about s randomly choosing to remove the Bells on s.

Likely in response to the complaints, Nintendo lowered the rates of eggs that appear during the preparation days of Bunny Day in version 1.1.4. Despite this, Bunny Day in became widely hated for the abundance of eggs that players had no control over on their island. Many ended up joking over the situation, with an animation by Pringus McDingus called "BUNNY DAY" that featured Animal Crossing characters being overrun by eggs caused by Zipper T. Bunny. Zipper himself also gained notoriety among the fanbase over his mysterious background, joking that he would fit perfectly in the popular-culture phenomenon .

DOOM × Animal Crossing
On October 8, 2019, the developers of , the 2020 action shooter title released by and part of the, announced a delay from its original November 22, 2019 date to a new date of March 20, 2020, putting it against the release date of. While this did little to impact the sales of both titles, the coinciding release dates resulted in the communities of both titles collaborating together, often featuring and Isabelle, the mascot of both franchises, working together in certain instances. DOOM's official Twitter even participated in this meme, as when the Direct was announced on February 18, 2020, DOOM's Twitter account replied "will Isabelle be there[?]".

Froggy Chair
Close to 's launch, the Froggy Chair became a meme throughout the Animal Crossing community. The meme originated as a post featuring the  character  desiring to buy a Froggy Chair, and quickly spiraled from there. Despite the massive popularity the chair received, the Froggy Chair did not return in, resulting in many making memorials and tributes to the chair itself, desiring for the chair to return in the game.

"Raymond in boxes"
Due to his heightened popularity yet extreme rarity thanks to no amiibo card being released and small odds to appear on Mystery Island Tours and from the Campsite, Raymond is often sold at higher margins of s or Bells. On some occasions, Raymond is sold on sites like eBay for real-world currencies. Scams have also occurred in the process of trading Raymond, such as a notable incident on Discord where one person had managed to scam a user of 500 Nook Miles Tickets for a "Raymond viewing session". This has lead to many community members of the Animal Crossing fandom calling out against the black market for Raymond on places such as Nookazon, and many prominent Animal Crossing Discord servers now require a photo to be attached for whoever is trading a villager. Attempts to break the Raymond market had been done with hackers such as PokéNinja, who managed to give away Raymond to 50 users using a save editor.

Nevertheless, the "Raymond in boxes" meme has been incorporated within the Animal Crossing fandom, mocking the black market situation with Raymond. Often, internet users would take screenshots with es surrounding Raymond or an impersonator dressed as Raymond; or photoshopping images with Raymond and boxes, before posting these images on social media sites. Artists participated by painting the perspective of Raymond being sold on the black market, including an artwork drawn by Sara showing two players trading Nook Miles Tickets in front of Raymond. YouTube creators have also tried to hunt Raymond using their Nook Miles Tickets and publishing their own journey on the site, the most popular of which being TreeckoBro's video "Spending 100x Nook Miles Tickets For RAYMOND". Some creators had mixed feelings, including DannTheMan, a notable YouTube creator, who felt that Raymond's popularity and rarity should not be factors to appreciate him as a villager, clarifying that "the best villagers to have are the ones [people may] feel a...connection with".

Other notable memes surrounding Raymond included him dressing up in a, having him sing Bubblegum K.K., and anti-Raymond posts, the latter of which grew in tandem with the "Raymond in boxes" meme.

Reggie Fils-Aimé
In a promotional video for, Reggie Fils-Aimé, the president of Nintendo of America at the time, released a video showcasing his house in. Near the end of the video, Reggie tells the viewers "that's all the time [he has] got", and has "to get back playing on [his] Nintendo 3DS". The clip has been used by the Animal Crossing community starting around summer 2018, when internet users began taking the clip and posting their own commentary, commonly in situations where one wanted to escape or evade their current situation. Others took the meme literally to tell the Internet that they are going to play " on their Nintendo 3DS"

Space buns
The 1.6.0 Free Winter Update of featured the addition of the  set that included various hairstyles that had been highly requested through petitions. One of the hairstyles requested was that featuring two puffs on the sides, often referred to as in Japan and called  within the Western world. Despite the praise from players of color for inclusion of these hairstyles, concerns over the inclusivity of the hairstyles grew to the point that, on November 20, 2020, when Twitter user @stardewleaf published a tweet featuring their player donning the double puffs hairstyle with the description "Cute space buns :3", the Animal Crossing community were thrust in controversy over whether or not she should wear that hairstyle. Many took this as an opportunity to poke fun at the situation, either joining the bandwagon alongside the girl by wearing the puffs hairstyle and referring to it as "space buns", or using images depicting anything of buns or puffs telling internet users to retweet in order to "scare Animal Crossing fans".