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Revision as of 13:00, May 10, 2019

"A pearl of wisdom is worth more than a diamond."
— Blathers, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
SpecialSpeciesIconSilhouette.png Blathers  
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Species Gender
[[Owl]] Male
Birthday [[|]] September 24 Libra
Role Museum curator
Main appearances

Other appearances
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Blathers is an owl scholar, who first appeared in Animal Crossing and has appeared in every Animal Crossing series game since. He is the curator for the museum, and accepts donations such as fish, bugs, fossils and paintings. Blathers can also give the player information on the museum, such as exhibitions, what has been donated and by who. His name comes from the word "blather," which means to babble or speak rapidly without making much sense. He is very knowledgeable and informative, usually giving information on any object donated to the museum, and he will often apologize for his lengthy explanations. As an owl, he sleeps during the daylight hours, but the player can still donate by talking to him and waking him up.

He has a disgust for bugs and always mention it this when a bug is donated to him. He has a sister named Celeste who appears in Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, who manages the observatory. Blathers was seen on the cover of Animal Crossing, standing on the roof.

Background

As a child, he was brought up in the city, living in his parent's house. After finishing school, he went on to university, completing a number of degrees until reaching the doctorate level. Before he could complete his studies, he was approached by his professor, who recommended that he take up a post in a country museum, as all the curators of the main Farway Museum refused to move from their posts. Blathers accepted the offer enthusiastically and despite occasional homesickness, he remains at his post. As a result of this move, Blathers still has not finished his doctorate. Blathers is, as confirmed in Wild World, in his mid-twenties.

Appearances

"Our main purpose is to provide a place for the exhibition of items we feel have some significant paleontological, artistic, and/or zoological importance, the collection and classification of which..."
— Blathers, Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing

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Blathers in Animal Crossing

Due to the museum being absent in the original Doubutsu no Mori, Blathers does not appear until its enhanced GameCube port, Animal Crossing, is released. In this game, Blathers is the owner and manager of the town Museum, and during the day can be seen sleeping. When spoken to, Blathers tells the player about a correspondence course in fossil identification that he is participating in (he has expressed wishes of being an archaeologist) which he has not completed, meaning that all fossils have to be sent to the Farway Museum to be identified.

He will also accept fish and bugs, which are shown in the aquarium and insect exhibits, respectively.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Blathers has completed his course in fossil identification and can now identify fossils without having to send them to be identified, giving an immediate result. He still continues to accept fish and bugs, but now accepts paintings which are put up in a painting exhibit. If they are forgeries, he will reject them. His sister, Celeste, is also introduced in Wild World, having an office in the attic of the museum.

Blathers sometimes talks of his encounters with bugs during his studies. He recalls one time in a library, when he opened a book and maggots fell out. He will also mention his fear of cockroaches when one is donated to the museum. If the player donates a bug that has been donated previously, he will reject it and beg the player to keep the cage closed until the player has left the building.

When fish are donated, Blathers usually talks about how the fish tastes, similar to Chip, the host of the fishing tourney.

Conversations

Main article: Blathers/Conversations

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, on certain days of the year, Blathers will reveal various background information about himself. These days can be determined easily, as he will be awake for all twenty-four hours of those select days. In addition to his consciousness, he will occasionally appear depressed. During these conversations, the player can talk, either choosing to go along with the conversation or to tell Blathers to stop talking.

Animal Crossing: City Folk

"This... Upon close perusal, I see this is most certainly NOT the original! It is a vile, shameless forgery!"
— Blathers, Animal Crossing: City Folk

Blathers has the same role as he did in Wild World - accepting donations such as fish, insects, fossils and paintings, as well as identifying forgeries. He usually makes jokes and comments on fish and bugs and will bluntly tell the player of his qualification in identifying fossils.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, the root of Blathers's disgust of insects is revealed: when he was younger, a mantis egg case ruptured on his writing desk, causing thousands of mantises to fly out. To hear this anecdote, a mantis must be donated to the museum.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Blathers is in the museum again, having the same role as previous games. He can now identify multiple fossils at once, as well as accepting multiple donations at once. However, when the player donates to the museum, he does not talk ('blather') as much as in previous games, stopping himself mid-sentence just before going into a monologue. At some point in the game, Blathers requests a museum renovation as a public works project. When this is built, a second floor will be added to the museum, managed by Celeste. Also, after this renovation is made, Blathers will, at some point, request The Roost as a public works project. This building, unlike previous titles, is separate from the museum.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Blathers returns again in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, this time as the host of Blathers's Treasure Trek, an activity that allows the player to explore as Blathers to find craft materials by collecting special maps. In addition, Blathers can also be used to unlock certain villagers, similar to Gulliver.

Villager Info

In Happy Home Designer

Blathers
A pearl of wisdom is worth more than a diamond.

Blathers's Happy Home Designer icon
Blathers
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 [[File:Two Days Ago_(Album Cover)_HHD_Icon.png|x29px|alt=|link=]] [[Two Days Ago|Two Days Ago]]
Unlocked items

*Blathers will share a house with Celeste.

Card profiles

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Card back

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#007 Blathers - Series 1
Gender: Male
Sign: Libra
Profile: As museum curator, this night owl fills his brain with fascinating facts. Just be prepared for a lecture whenever you talk to him. He'd be a great game-show contestant if he could just stay awake.
Password: ls2MVlUXlkvGiv
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Card back

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#202 Blathers - Series 3
Star sign: Libra
Birthday: September 24th
Dice value: 2
Hand sign: Rock

Other Appearances

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Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer

Blathers appears in Happy Home Designer when his amiibo card is scanned into the game via the amiibo phone, and will ask the player to build a house for him. Like all Special Characters, he will leave the theme up to the player, and won't request for specific furniture to be in his house.

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Blathers holding a lecture on fake paintings in Template:ACAF.

Blathers is one of 15 (16 if Isabelle wearing her summer outfit is counted as a separate character) characters that can be played on the Board Game mode of Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival by using his amiibo figure. He and Celeste have the unique trait of being asleep before their turn if it is not nighttime. He is also playable in the other eight game modes via his amiibo card.

Animal Crossing: The Movie

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Blathers as he appears in 🎬 Gekijōban Doubutsu no Mori.

Blathers appears in the film alongside Celeste in the museum, where they meet Ai for the first time after Ai makes a loud scream after she has unexpectedly seen the fossils in the museum. When Ai speaks to Blathers, he typically begins a lecture on a dinosaur skeleton of a T-Rex, while Celeste is seen taking Ai away to The Roost to complete a delivery task set by Tom Nook.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Blathers, along with Celeste, appear as a trophy and sometimes appear in the background of the Smashville stage.

#272

[[File:Blathers & Celeste SSBB Trophy.png|100px|Blathers]]

Blathers & Celeste

Description Blathers, the elder of this pair, is curator of the town museum, and he's in charge of the insect, art, fish, and fossil displays. He's quite knowledgeable and shares what he knows about donations. He's in charge of donated bugs but hates the majority of them. His younger sis, Celeste, is in charge of the museum's observatory. She's cute even with her feathers ruffled.
Acquisition Random


Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Blathers once again appears as a trophy, and as a background character in the stages Smashville, and Town and City.

#549

[[File:150px|100px|Blathers]]

Blathers

Description NTSC-U: Blathers knows all there is to know about fossils, which is probably why he is in charge of the town museum. He also knows about fish and art, but he seems a bit squeamish when it comes to bugs. It has something to do with childhood trauma. Regardless, if you pop by during the day, you'll catch him napping.

PAL: Blathers is the perfect owl to be in charge of the town museum. He knows all there is to know about fossils, fish, and art, but he's a little squeamish when it comes to bugs. Probably had a bad experience back when he was an owlet... Anyway, pop over to the museum during the day to catch him "resting his eyes".
Acquisition Random


Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spirits

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[[File:Blathers NL.png|100px|Blathers]]
Blathers

Category Class Slot cost
Support Spirit Ace (★★★) (N/A)
Ability Black Hole Equipped
Acquisition


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General Description

Appearance

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Artwork of Blathers from Animal Crossing

Blathers is a large, brown-feathered owl with two pink-colored cheeks and large, feathered eyebrows. He possesses a teal colored face with two large eyes, as well as a checkered chest with a green bow tie. On the sides of his body exist two large wings, which Blathers uses as arms, as well as two talons used as feet.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Blathers is redesigned to have more human-like proportions, such as a larger chest, longer wings, and other changes like the other Animal Crossing series cast.

Personality

Blathers is a dignified, proper individual with an ambitious spirit, dreaming for years of becoming an archaeologist in Animal Crossing. Blathers speaks in a refined, dignified manner when spoken to, and may possibly have a British accent. As his name implies, Blathers is very talkative about museum-related subjects, going off on various tangents when an item is donated to the museum, before quickly apologizing to the player for going on a monologue. Blathers is shown to have a large dislike of insects, most notably when one is donated to the museum, where he has the tendency to react in shock and disgust. Even so, he manages to overcome this disgust and accept the donation.

As someone who has studied relics, Blathers is able to tell a forgery from a real painting, indicating that he is a sharp individual.

Age

In the past, Blathers' age was unknown, and many players assumed his age to be around middle ground. In later games, however, Blathers is revealed to be somewhere in his twenties.

Relationships

Celeste

Blathers and Celeste are siblings who help one another, as Celeste is seen working with Blathers in the Museum, even if they share conflicting interests. Blathers has overacted numerous times to the sight of insects while Celeste was in his presence, leading Blathers to condemn himself and believe himself to be a "substandard" brother to her. Because of this, Blathers sees himself as someone needing to redeem himself to his sister, wondering if he should take her on certain activities that she may enjoy. Or, as put by Blathers, an "enjoyable time".

Brewster

Blathers considers Brewster, an employee at his Museum, to be somewhat "simple". Blathers has described Brewster to be "entertaining" to him as a result, though he does not mean to insult him, as shown when he struggles to find a right word to describe him.

Redd

Blathers has encountered Redd a few times in the past, perhaps explaining his ability to discern real paintings from fake ones.

Gallery

Artwork

Names in other languages