Phineas

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"Every adventure starts with a single step."
— Phineas, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Welcome amiibo
SpecialSpeciesIconSilhouette.png Phineas fsl
Artwork of Phineas
Species Gender
Sea lion Male
Birthday June 20th Gemini
Role Balloons[nb 1]
Badges[nb 2]
Main appearances

Other appearances
Name in other languages
 パロンチーノ
 파론티노
 Elio
 Helios
 博陆恩
 Hélium
 Elio
 Phineas
 博陸恩
 Hélium
 Elio
 Финеас

Phineas is a sea lion in the Animal Crossing series who appears in Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. In City Folk, he can be found in the city and gives the player unique handheld items, while in New Leaf, he give the player badges. Phineas is portrayed as a kind-hearted individual who likes to bring joy to good children.

Appearances

In City Folk

Phineas in City Folk.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Phineas appears at random in the city from 9 AM to 9 PM on sunny or cloudy days. If spoken to, he will give the player a handheld item; the player can receive one item per day. While Phineas is present in the city, an extra baseline track plays alongside the standard background music.

Phineas can give the player the following items in City Folk:

  • Blue Balloon
  • Cyan Balloon
  • Green Balloon
  • Indigo Balloon
  • Orange Balloon
  • Pink Balloon
  • Red Balloon
  • Yellow Balloon
  • Bunny B. Balloon
  • Bunny C. Balloon
  • Bunny G. Balloon
  • Bunny I. Balloon
  • Bunny O. Balloon
  • Bunny P. Balloon
  • Bunny R. Balloon
  • Bunny Y. Balloon
  • Blue Pinwheel
  • Cyan Pinwheel
  • Green Pinwheel
  • Indigo Pinwheel
  • Orange Pinwheel
  • Indigo Pinwheel
  • Pink Pinwheel
  • Red Pinwheel
  • Yellow Pinwheel
  • Bubble Wand

In New Leaf

Phineas introducing himself to the player in New Leaf.

Phineas returns in Animal Crossing: New Leaf as a scout leader. He gives badges to "good boys and girls," appearing in the player's town from 6 AM to 12 AM on clear or mostly sunny days if they have met the requirement for a badge.

Phineas can also appear at The Roost Café when the player is partaking in a part-time job, and his preferred order is Kilimanjaro beans, lots of milk, and three spoonfuls of sugar.

In New Horizons

Phineas's Poster in New Horizons.

Although Phineas does not appear in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, [[Item:Phineas's Poster ({{{2}}})|Phineas's Poster]] can be obtained from Nook Shopping after attempting to invite him to Photopia via his amiibo card.

Other appearances

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Phineas appears as a spectator in the Town and City stage and as a collectible trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

#561

[[File:Phineas SSB4 Trophy (Wii U).png|100px|Phineas]]

Phineas

Description NTSC-U: Phineas can sometimes be found by the fountain in the big city, usually on sunny days. He's a prize man who has fun things for everyone: round balloons, bunny balloons, spinning pinwheels, and bubble wands. So many great things! What does he ask for in return? Just a smile is all.

PAL: On sunny days near the fountain in the big city, you'll sometimes find a friendly fur seal called Phineas. He's also known as the prize man, and he's got fun things for everyone! He's got round balloons, bunny balloons, spinning pinwheels and bubble wands. How much, you ask? Why, all he wants in return is your smile.
Acquisition Random


Card profiles

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Card back

Amiibo Card Back.png

#304 Phineas - Series 4
Star sign: Gemini
Birthday: June 20
Dice value: 3
Hand sign: Paper

Gallery

Trivia

Names in other languages

Japanese パロンチーノ
Paronchīno
Paloncino

Korean 파론티노
Parontino

Simplified Chinese 博陆恩
Bó Lùēn
From balloon

Traditional Chinese 博陸恩
Unknown

Russian Финеас
Unknown

Dutch Phineas

German Helios From Helios, the god of the sun in Greek mythology, or from ἥλιος hēlios, Ancient Greek for "sun."

European Spanish Elio From Helios, the god of sun in Greek mythology, or from Helium, a chemical element, or from ἥλιος hēlios, Ancient Greek for "sun."

European French Hélium Helium is one of the gases used to fill balloons.

Italian Elio From elio, "helium," one of the gases used to fill balloons.

Notes

  1. In City Folk only
  2. In New Leaf only


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