Nat
- "Tread on a worm, and it will turn."
- — Nat, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Welcome amiibo, and New Horizons
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Chameleon | Male | |||||||
Birthday | July 25th | |||||||
Role | Bug-Off host | |||||||
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Name in other languages
カメヤマさん
멜레옹 Gustavo Carleon
龙山先生
Djarod Papilo Nat
龍山先生 Djarod Papilo Нат |
Nat is a chameleon who appears in Animal Crossing: City Folk and returns in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. He can be found hosting the Bug-Off event in the player's town. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, his role of hosting the Bug-Off was replaced by his son Flick.
Like Chip, he speaks with a cranky villager's voice (deep, masculine). He has small spectacles that sit on the end of his nose, similar to the style of an explorer who searches for new creatures, such as insects, mammals, etc. He also wears explorer clothing, which goes with his explorer appearance, and he carries a blue net which cannot be obtained during the game and is an item unique to him. Nat's name could either be related to "net," which he uses, or "gnat," a type of bug. Unlike Chip, Nat does not eat the bugs, but it is implied that he does, as he calls the bugs scrumptious and delectable, and he makes slurping noises after receiving a bug. Despite this, he denies this and says that he is keeping them for purely scientific reasons.
Appearances
In City Folk
During the Bug-Off in City Folk, Nat pitches a green and white tent outside the Town Hall at 9 AM. He waits for players and villagers to bring him different types of bugs and rates them according to rarity, luster, color, and size, and then gives them a mark using an unknown point system. For each insect players give him that is rated highly and breaks the first place record, players receive an item of furniture. Any insects given to him will not be returned, whether they win or not. He picks the winner at 6 PM, giving a total of nine hours to find insects.
The winner with the highest rating insect wins a trophy, which is sent to them in the mail by Nat for the next day; a message written by him then appears on the bulletin board.
In New Leaf
Nat continues his role in New Leaf, with a few differences. He now presents an awards ceremony, hands out trophies to the top three competitors, gives furniture from the Insect Set for record-breaking entries scoring at least 80 points, and rewards the player a Golden Net if they catch every type of bug.
In New Horizons
While initially absent from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nat was added in an update on November 4, 2021, showing up if the player scans his amiibo card in The Roost. A photo of him can also be seen on the billboard in the laboratory-chamber of the museum's bug section. Interacting with it can show the date of donation of few bugs, like the Flea or the Paper Kite Butterfly.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, Nat can be found outside Paradise Planning requesting to give a lecture at the School. After doing so, the player will be able to use bugs they have in their inventory to decorate the yards of any client.
Additionally, Nat's Poster can be obtained from Nook Shopping after inviting him to Photopia via his amiibo.
In amiibo Festival
In Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, Nat comes during the warmer months to host the Bug-Off. He will judge bugs brought to him by the player, and the winner is awarded 20 Happy Points.
Other appearances
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Nat appears as a collectible trophy.
Description | NTSC-U: Bugs are like the cream in his tea, the jam on his scone! This old chameleon tasks you with catching him some bugs—for science, really! That lip smacking was just his excitement for din...er...discovery! Go on—find some delectable specimens, won't you? Points and prizes await! PAL: Bugs are like the cream in his tea, the jam on his scone! This old chameleon wants you to catch him some bugs - for science, of course. Think you heard him smacking his lips? Preposterous! Just be a good sport and catch him a delectable specimen, will you, old bean? And, anyway, there are points and prizes in it for you! | |
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Acquisition | Random |
Villager information
In Happy Home Designer
Nat | ||
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Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
No results [[File:Starsign No results NH Icon.png|32px|No results|link=No results]] | [[No results]] | No results |
Default clothing | [[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results | |
Umbrella | [[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results | |
House request | ||
Client's vision | I'll leave it up to you! | |
Favorite song | K.K. Calypso |
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RV in Welcome amiibo
Description: | The biggest bug fan around, Nat is known for intellectual digestion-er, discussion of the insect kingdom. He travels the world in search of new bugs. |
Items: | |
Wall: | Jungle Wall |
Floor: | Jungle Floor |
Music: | My Place |
In Happy Home Paradise
Nat | ||
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Client's vision | Vacation-Home Concept |
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Card profiles
amiibo card
#115 Nat - Series 2 | ||||||||
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114 Blanca | List of amiibo cards #115 Nat |
116 Chip |
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Gallery
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
(Nintendo Switch Online profile icon)
Trivia
- In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Nat has a picture in his tent of himself next to a Birdwing Butterfly.
- After catching a few insects, he says, "Hunt bugs in the fields! Hunt bugs in the hills! Hunt bugs in the streets! You must never surrender!" This is based on the famed peroration from British prime minister Winston Churchill's 1940 "we shall fight on the beaches" speech.
- In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Nat's eyes will occasionally twitch. This is no longer the case in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Names in other languages
カメヤマさん Kameyama-san |
Mr. Kameyama, from カメレオン kamereon (chameleon) and 亀山 Kameyama (place name or toponymic surname). | |
멜레옹 Meléon |
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龙山先生 Lóngshān Xiānshēng |
Mr. Longshan, similar to his Japanese name but with the initial character changed to 龍/龙 lóng (here a reptile name suffix) from 變色龍/变色龙 (chameleon). | |
龍山先生 Unknown |
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Нат Nat |
Transliteration of his English name. | |
Nat | Same as his English name. | |
Carleon | From Chamäleon (chameleon). | |
Papilo | From "Papilas gustativas" (taste buds), as he enjoys eating the insects given to him, and possibly "Papillon" (French for butterfly). | |
Djarod | - | |
Gustavo | Male given name that puns on "gustare" (to taste), referring to his talking about how tasty the insects are. |
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