Bud

Bud is a jock lion in the. He first appeared in as an islander, and after his appearance in, he appears in all subsequent games as a villager. His name is a slang word for "friend."

Appearance
Bud is a brown lion with an orange mane and a large smile. He wears pink-rimmed sunglasses with dark lenses, which usually obscure his eyes; however, if viewed from an angle (or given normal glasses in, , or ), one can see that Bud has small, black eyes with very small white pupils. His skin tone being darker than that of his mane may allude to the tan of a stereotypical "surfer-dude," which many of his other traits derive from. As an islander in, , and , he wears a blue lei, which was removed in subsequent installments.

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

In
As an islander in, Bud has a favorite fruit and one he is allergic to. He is allergic to peaches and loves pears, meaning giving him the former reduces the likelihood of him dropping Bells, and giving him the latter increases the likelihood of him dropping Bells.

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

In
As an islander, Bud's house in will begin with only one furniture item, along with the  and. He will request specific items for the player to give to him, which he will place in his house. After he places two items in his house, he will upgrade his wallpaper, and after he places five items, he will upgrade his flooring. Curlos requests for the same items as Bud, although his house has different wallpaper and flooring.

In
In, if Bud 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
Bud is one of the 40 villagers in who have been in the game since its release.

Trivia

 * Bud appears on the album cover of "K.K. Ska."
 * Bud shares his birthday with Leif.
 * Bud is the only lion villager with the "fish" hobby as his starting hobby in.