Ribbot

Ribbot is a jock frog villager in the who appears in all games to date. His name is a portmanteau of ribbit and robot. Given the number "59" which appears on the back of his head, and the space-themed interior of his home in games prior to, his design may be inspired by the spacecraft, which became the first robotic spacecraft to reach the surface of the moon in September 1959. He and Lily switched their catchphrases from until the  1.8.1 update.

Appearance
Ribbot is a robotic frog entirely composed of metal. He has several lines on his face where the metal has been bolted together, and his mouth looks like a storage chute which opens outwards. He has headlights that resemble eyes, and occasionally pupils appear inside them while he is talking. There is a blue and red stripe of the front of his head, located between his eyes. He has the number "59" written in white on the back of his head.

Personality
As a jock villager, Ribbot 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 to 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, Ribbot goes to sleep at 12:30 AM and wakes up at 6:30 AM.

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

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

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

In
In, a large portion of unlocked items for Ribbot's house request are machines with crank handles. This is a direct reference to Ribbot's Japanese namesake, Gacha (ガチャ), as these machines are associated with the gacha onomatopoeia. The (commonly known as a "") is the most direct reference.

In
In, if Ribbot is 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
Ribbot was added to on September 25, 2018. He and Lily both swapped catchphrases in version 1.8.1.

Trivia

 * Ribbot is one of three metallic, robot-themed villagers, the others being Sprocket and Cephalobot.
 * Unlike most other villagers, Ribbot is shown not wearing any clothing in his photo. This trait is shared with Clay and Cephalobot.