Rod

Rod is a jock mouse villager in the. He first appeared in and has appeared in all subsequent games. His name may come from rodent, the biological order under which mice fall. He shares a catchphrase with Ace.

Appearance
Rod is a purple mouse with yellow-green hair and a blue-and-white striped bandana on his head. The inside of his ears are bubblegum pink. In, his fur is a slightly darker shade of purple.

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

In
In, Rod can only move to the player's town if his e-Reader card is scanned. His card was one of six starter cards bundled with the game, alongside Walker, Maggie, Angus, Merry, and Willow.

In
In, Rod's house features the same furniture layout as Ricky's.

In
In, if Rod 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
"This shirt makes my muscles look huge, ace!"

- Introduction from character announcement

Rod was added to on June 28, 2020.

Trivia

 * Rod appears on the album cover of "K.K. Parade."
 * The e-Reader card artwork originally displayed Penny, another mouse villager, in place of him.
 * Rod shares his birthday with Leopold.
 * Rod is the only mouse villager with the "catch bugs" hobby as his starting hobby in.