Bud

Bud is a jock lion villager in the. He has appeared in all games except for the very first installment,. His Japanese name is a pun on the slang word gurasan, which is derived from sangurasu, meaning "sunglasses." In and, he is an islander.

Appearance
Bud is 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.

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 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, Bud's house in will begin with only one item, and he will request specific items for the player give to him, which he will place in his house. They are the same items that Curlos requests, except for different wallpaper and flooring.

In
In, if Bud is the one of the starter villagers, his house will have craftable items primarily from the Wooden Series.

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."