Big Top

Big Top is a lazy elephant villager in the. He first appeared in and has appeared in all subsequent games. His name may come from the tent in which a circus takes place, known as a big top, as elephants are common circus animals. His initial phrase, "villain," plays along with his superhero appearance.

In, Big Top has the play hobby and can run around with their arms extended at any time, rather than only outside Resident Services during a scripted activity with a group of villagers.

Appearance
He initially wears a No. 3 shirt, which matches his green helmet. He is unique in wearing a helmet, much like Agent S, Kid Cat, and Rocket, who are also the only villagers to wear helmets. He has typical cartoon elephant coloring, with pale gray skin and pale pink inside his ears. His mouth is on the right side of his face, like some other villagers such as Cherry.

Personality
As a lazy villager, Big Top will have a laid-back lifestyle. His main hobbies will involve food and napping, and his more visible hobbies will involve fishing, catching bugs, and fashion, to name but a few. Among these traits he will appear friendly and hospitable towards the player, enjoying their company. He may, however, confuse and therefore offend jock villagers, who do not understand the lazy lifestyle of relaxing and eating, which is the opposite of the active lifestyle jock villagers follow. Snooty and cranky villagers may also get offended, but at some points admire their laid-back outlook on life.

In
In, Big Top can only move to the player's town if his e-Reader card is scanned.

In
In, Big Top cannot be one of the starting villagers in the player's town.

In
In, Big Top's house features the same furniture layout as Alice and Bessie's.

In
In, if Big Top is one of the villagers who moved in during the main storyline after the villager house development quest, his house will have a combination of non-craftable furniture, plus items crafted by players during the island development storyline, primarily from the Log Series and applicable native fruit sets.

Trivia

 * Following the trend of superhero villagers with birth dates matching their signature numbers, Big Top's birthday is on the third day of a month.