Claude

Claude is a lazy rabbit villager in the. He first appeared in, and after his appearance in , he remained absent from the series until , where he returns as a DLC character. His name could be a pun on the phrase "clodhopper," referring to his "clumsy" personality. His phrase, "hopalong," relates to the nature of rabbits to hop.

Appearance
Claude is a brown rabbit with lazy eyes that are white with black pupils. He has a tan muzzle and paw tips, and a dark brown swirl on his forehead where his eyebrows would usually be. His inner ears are light blue, and he has a black nose.

Personality
As a lazy villager, Claude has a relaxed, laid-back lifestyle and will appear friendly toward the player. He often talks about food and is humorous or naïve during conversations. During conversations with other villagers, he generally gets along well with peppy, smug, and cranky villagers, while snooty and jock villagers may not get along with him due to their conflicting lifestyles. In, Claude goes to sleep at 11 PM and wakes up at 8 AM.

In
In, Claude can only move to the player's town if his amiibo card is scanned, or if he is invited to move in from another player's town.

In
In, if Claude 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. 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
In, Claude was distributed as a DLC character at Nintendo Zones from December 2, 2015 to an unknown date.

In
"Anything good to eat around here, hopalong?"

- Introduction from character announcement

Claude was added to on August 23, 2020.

Trivia

 * In early versions of, if Claude crafted, his house would contain two es clipping into each other. This glitch was patched with either the version 1.4.0 or version 1.4.1 update.