Portia

Portia is a snooty dog villager in the who has appeared in all games to date. She is the only dog in the series with a snooty personality. Her catchphrase, "ruffian" is likely a pun on "ruff," an onomatopoeia for the noise a dog makes.

Appearance
Portia is a dog based on a, with gray spots and yellow sclera. Like several characters, Portia had numerous differences with her current and form: her eyes were smaller, placed lower on her face, and were differently shaped. Furthermore, she was noticeably shorter with the other dog villagers.

Personality
As a snooty villager, Portia will appear uptown, classy, and chic. With this, however, she will appear rude, belittling, and snobbish when talking to the player or other villagers in the town, usually criticizing their sense of dress or fashion. When talking to the player enough times, she will befriend them but still remain subtly rude. As with all snooty villagers, she has an interest in clothes over other hobbies. She will have problems socializing with other villagers, usually lazy villagers by disagreeing with their choice of lifestyle or getting offended by a jock villager, who has questioned her physical fitness. Her e-Reader card for says that she is snooty due to wanting a little brother to boss around, which would be odd for a snooty villager, and sounds more similar to the behavior of a big sister villager.

In
Portia was added to on February 26, 2022.

Trivia

 * The description for Portia's e-Reader card claims that she is an only child. This is contradicted in, where it is revealed that she is the second of six siblings.