Dotty

Dotty is a peppy rabbit villager in the who appears in all games to date. Her name, which means "eccentric," may refer to her personality, or it may refer to the large black spots on her body.

Appearance
Dotty is a white rabbit with black spots, possibly based on a. She has white paws, black arms, and teal inside of her ears. She has a smile by default and round eyes which turn red when she is surprised or shocked.

Personality
As a peppy villager, she will always appear to be in a good mood. She will get along with other villagers including the player, making it easy to befriend her and gain her picture in. She will enjoy the usual hobbies, and may ask the player for bugs or fish that she finds cute. She will easily get upset, but due to a short attention span she will forget ever having the conversation. Like all peppy villagers, she dreams of becoming famous in the future and reads Ms. Nintendique, an unseen magazine read by snooty and peppy villagers in. She will get on well with normal, lazy, jock and other peppy villagers, but may annoy snooty and cranky villagers with her upbeat personality.

House
In all games except, , and , Dotty's moon-themed house interior is likely a reference to the Japanese myth of the. According to the myth, the dark side of the moon looks like a rabbit making mochi (a Japanese snack associated with the New Year). This house trait is shared with four other rabbit villagers: Carmen's moon-themed house interior in ; Mira's moon base-themed house interior in ; Ruby's moon-themed house interior in all of her game appearances; and Sasha's moon-themed house request in.

In
In, if Dotty is one of the villagers who moved in during the main storyline after the villager house development quest, her house will have a combination of non-craftable furniture, plus items crafted by players during the island development storyline, primarily from the Wooden Block Series. She cannot have her initial house interior unless she moves out of the player's island or the DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.

In
Dotty was added to on February 15, 2018.

Trivia

 * In the first popularity poll held on the website, Dotty ranked as the 20th most popular character with 66 votes, ranking above Gulliver but below Daisy.
 * In a second popularity poll held on the Japanese website, Dotty ranked as the 42nd most popular character with 428 votes, ranking above Maple but below Midge.