Punchy

"Turn the other cheek."

- Punchy

Punchy (ビンタ, Binta) is a cat villager in the  with a lazy personality. His name may come from the word "punchy," which means being groggy or dazed from a series of punches. His catchphrase is the sound of shrugging combined with sighing, which relates to his lazy personality. His picture quote from also relates to his personality, known for being laid back. Punchy was featured on the cover of, in the upper window on the side with Mitzi, another cat villager.

Like Cheri, Punchy is not available in, instead making his debut in , making them the only non-islander villagers to make their debut in the updated version instead of the N64 version.

Appearance
Punchy is a black and white lazy-eyed cat with purple eyelids and yellow eyes. He resembles Tom, Rover, and Moe. He also has whiskers and a small, but nice smile. His expression gives a big hint that he is a happy character. He wears a Cherry Top in, which reflects on his personality, which involves a love for food. In he wears the GC Shirt while in  and, he wears a Gray Tartan.

Personality
As a lazy villager, Punchy will be easy to get along with due to his laid back lifestyle. Like all lazy villagers, he shares a love of food and relaxing. When asked to purchase clothing for him, he may mention a superhero-like name "Fashion Lad". Fashion Lad is mentioned by most lazy villagers when talking about fashion, in a way stating that the said Fashion Lad is the villager complimenting his own fashion skills. He will enjoy partaking in the usual hobbies, usually for relaxing reasons or for food such as fishing. He will get along well with other villagers, but may offend or confuse jock villagers, who have a conflicting lifestyle of exercise and fitness, compared to the lazy lifestyle of relaxing and food.

House
In City Folk, Punchy's house is, for the most part, furnished with blue furniture, including the Blue Bed, Blue Bench, Blue Table, and Blue Bookcase. In addition, he has two gold-econo chairs placed in the northwest corner of his house. He also displays a Refrigerator, Stove, and House Plant. Punchy has the Mod Wall and Blue Flooring for wallpaper and carpet. His stereo plays "K.K. Love Song."