Anchovy
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Species | Personality | Gender | ||||||
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Bird | ![]() |
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Birthday | March 4th | |||||||
Favorite saying | "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?" | |||||||
Catchphrase | "chuuurp"[nb 1] "chuurp"[nb 2] | |||||||
Clothing | Straw shirt[nb 3] Earthy knit shirt[nb 4] Yodel sweater (Camel)[nb 5] | |||||||
Umbrella | Orange umbrella[nb 6] Yellow umbrella[nb 7] Kiwi umbrella[nb 8] | |||||||
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Other appearances | ||||||||
Phrase in other languages
でシ
이어라 ciripì tschurp
如斯
muf-muf piu-piu tsjiiirp
如斯 muf-muf piu-piu чик-чирик |
Anchovy is a lazy bird villager in the Animal Crossing series who appears in all games to date. His name is taken from the anchovy, a fish that certain birds eat. His catchphrase is the word "churp," an onomatopoeia for the noise birds make, and a burping sound.
Anchovy has a general fish theme, referencing his namesake. The chimneys of his New Leaf and Happy Home Designer houses produce fish-shaped smoke plumes. His star sign is Pisces, which is symbolized by a fish. Additionally, his New Horizons photo displays him against the marine pop wall, which depicts a school of anchovies, a direct reference to his namesake.
In New Horizons, Anchovy has the play hobby and can run around with his arms extended at any time, rather than only outside Resident Services during a scripted activity with a group of villagers.
Characteristics[edit]
![](https://dodo.ac/np/images/thumb/7/77/Anchovy_PG.png/80px-Anchovy_PG.png)
Appearance[edit]
Anchovy is a brown bird with a sharp, yellow bill and thick, black eyebrows. He has white on his chin and belly, and dark brown hair on his head. He has white stripes on his arms and tail, which resembles feathers, and ends in the same dark brown color as his hair. He is most likely based off of a smoky-brown woodpecker.
Personality[edit]
Below is a brief description of the lazy personality. For more information, click here.
As a lazy villager, Anchovy has a relaxed, laid-back lifestyle and will appear friendly toward the player. He often talks about food and is humorous or naïve during conversations. During conversations with other villagers, he generally gets along well with peppy, smug, and cranky villagers, while snooty and jock villagers may not get along with him due to their conflicting lifestyles. In New Horizons, Anchovy goes to sleep at 11 PM and wakes up at 8 AM.
Villager information[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
Species | Personality | Catchphrase |
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Bird | Lazy | chuuurp |
Default clothing | ![]() | |
Default umbrella | ![]() | |
Voice | ||
Doubutsu no Mori e+ traits | ||
Star sign | ![]() | |
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Strange | |
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Fancy | |
Live song gift | K.K. Ragtime |
In Wild World[edit]
Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
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March 4 ![]() |
Lazy | chuurp |
Default clothing | ![]() | |
Default umbrella | ![]() | |
Favorites | ||
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Funky | |
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Fancy | |
Default hobby | Catch bugs | |
Furniture requests | ||
Colors | Brown
/ White
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Genres | Chic / Old-school | |
Series | Regal Series | |
Category | Instrument |
In City Folk[edit]
Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
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March 4 ![]() |
Lazy | chuurp |
Default clothing | ![]() | |
Default umbrella | ![]() | |
Favorites | ||
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Strange | |
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Stylish | |
Favorite furniture styles | Dignified and Retro | |
Favorite furniture color | Colorful
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Favorite series | Modern Series |
In New Leaf[edit]
Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
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March 4 ![]() |
Lazy | chuurp |
Default clothing | ![]() | |
Default umbrella | ![]() | |
Favorites | ||
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Flashy | |
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Iconic | |
Favorite color | Colorful
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Biography | ||
Siblings | Eldest of 9 kids | |
Skill | Remembering stuff | |
Goal | Explorer | |
Halloween fear | ![]() | |
Coffee preferences | ||
Type of beans | Blue Mountain | |
Amount of milk | The regular amount | |
Amount of sugar | Two spoonfuls |
In New Horizons[edit]
Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
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March 4 ![]() |
Lazy (B) | chuurp |
Default clothing | ![]() | |
Other default clothing | ||
Default umbrella | ![]() | |
Initial NookPhone | ![]() | |
Final NookPhone | ![]() | |
Favorites | ||
Favorite style | Simple | |
Favorite colors | Colorful
and Orange
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Hobby | Play | |
Handheld items | ||
Bag | ![]() | |
Book | ![]() | |
Food | ![]() | |
Drink | ![]() | |
Popsicle | ![]() |
In Happy Home Paradise[edit]
Anchovy | ||
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Thought bubble | If I had tons of hats, would it feel like a hat shop? | |
Client's vision | A Place Where They Sell Hats | |
Required items | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Favorite song | ![]() |
House[edit]
In each game, Anchovy's house features a gaming theme, with each house containing multiple game machines. In the first-generation games, his house contains slot machines, which were changed into pinball machines from Animal Crossing: Wild World onward. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, two billiard tables and a dartboard were added to accompany the pinball machines. Although not as numerous as before, his New Horizons house still contains a pinball machine, a billiard table, and a dartboard, along with a foosball table.
In Animal Crossing[edit]
Items: |
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Wall: | ![]() | ||||
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Music: | K.K. Ragtime |
In Wild World[edit]
Items: | |
Wall: | ![]() |
Floor: | ![]() |
Music: | K.K. Ragtime |
In City Folk[edit]
Items: | |
Wall: | ![]() |
Floor: | ![]() |
Music: | K.K. Ragtime |
In New Leaf[edit]
Items: | |
Wall: | ![]() |
Floor: | ![]() |
Music: | ![]() |
In New Horizons[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, if Anchovy is one of the villagers who moved in during the main storyline after the villager house development quest, his house will have a combination of non-craftable furniture, plus items crafted by players during the island development storyline, primarily from the Log Series and applicable native fruit sets. He cannot have his initial house interior unless he moves out of the player's island or the Happy Home Paradise DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.
Exterior: | |
Shape: | ![]() |
Roof: | ![]() |
Siding: | ![]() |
Door: | ![]() |
Interior: | |
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Wall: | ![]() |
Floor: | ![]() |
Music: | ![]() |
Other appearances[edit]
In Happy Home Designer[edit]
Anchovy | ||
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Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
March 4 ![]() |
Lazy | chuurp |
Default clothing | ![]() | |
Umbrella | ![]() | |
House request | ||
Thought bubble | Have you ever seen a head shaped like this? It means I need to open a hat store! | |
Client's vision | A brand-new hat shop. | |
Required items | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Favorite song | ![]() |
In amiibo Festival[edit]
Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
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March 4 ![]() |
Lazy | chuurp |
Clothing | ![]() | |
Umbrella | ![]() | |
amiibo card traits | ||
Dice value | 3 | |
Hand sign | Paper | |
Desert Island Escape traits | ||
Movement | ![]() | |
Hunger | ![]() | |
Vision | ![]() | |
Favorite fruit | ![]() |
In Pocket Camp[edit]
Anchovy was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on May 11, 2022.[1]
Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
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March 4 ![]() |
Lazy | chuurp |
Default clothing | ![]() | |
Biography | ||
Description | Anchovy is a classic procrastinator. Once, after not cleaning his room for months on end, the mess stacked up so high, he couldn't find the exit. | |
Preferred theme | ![]() | |
Primary reward | ![]() | |
Version added | 5.0.4 | |
Date unlocked | May 11, 2022 | |
How to invite | ![]() | |
Friendship rewards | ||
Level 7 | ![]() ![]() | |
Level 9 | ![]() | |
Level 15 | Crafting request:![]() | |
Level 20 | ![]() ![]() | |
Level 25[nb 16] | ![]() |
Card profiles[edit]
Animal Crossing e-Reader card[edit]
#150 Anchovy - Series 3 | |
Gender: | Male |
Sign: | Pisces |
Clothes: | straw shirt |
Petphrase: | chuurp |
Profile: | Anchovy proudly claims the title of "All-Time Laziest Guy." He supposedly won a "Lounging Contest" somewhere, but he doesn't have any trophy to prove it, so he's probably just making the whole thing up. |
Password: | R2qnlYJ5yrIwDp |
To38u2LHZ7hDLD |
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149 Belle | e-Reader card #150 Anchovy |
151 Otis |
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amiibo card[edit]
#219 Anchovy - Series 3 | ||||||||
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218 Lily | List of amiibo cards #219 Anchovy |
220 Tabby |
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Gallery[edit]
amiibo card artwork
Trivia[edit]
- Anchovy is the only villager to share his English name with a catchable collectible in the series. Including Japanese names, Freckles is the only other villager, as she shares her Japanese name with the tuna.
Names in other languages[edit]
アンチョビ Anchobi |
Anchovy | |
안쵸비 Anchyobi |
Anchovy | |
憨憨 (iQue) Hān hān |
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凤尾 Fèng Wěi |
The first two characters of the word "anchovy" (凤尾鱼, fèngwěiyú), literally "phoenix's tail" | |
鳳尾 Unknown |
The first two characters of the word "anchovy" (鳳尾魚, fèngwěiyú), literally "phoenix's tail" | |
Анчоуи Anchoui |
From English name | |
Anchovy | Same as English name | |
Armin | - | |
Boquerón | Anchovy | |
Miguel | - | |
Acciuga | Anchovy |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Animal Crossing
- ↑ Wild World onwards
- ↑ Animal Crossing
- ↑ Wild World to Pocket Camp, called "earthy knit" prior to New Leaf, includes Pocket Camp appearance after New Horizons
- ↑ New Horizons
- ↑ Animal Crossing
- ↑ Wild World to amiibo Festival
- ↑ New Horizons
- ↑ Anchobi
- ↑ Fèng Wěi
- ↑ Fèng Wěi
- ↑ Anchyobi
- ↑ Anchoui
- ↑ Anchovy's headwear during the Countdown can either be the New Year's silk hat or the New Year's hat, each rotating every year. The hat's variation will vary depending on what variations Tom Nook is selling at his stand.
- ↑ If it is Anchovy's birthday, his headwear will be replaced with the birthday hat (Blue variation).
- ↑ Repeats for levels 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, and 75
References[edit]
- ↑ "Continuing from yesterday, let's introduce some of the campers who have come to visit the campsite today! It's Blaire, Anchovy, and Camofrog! I can't wait to meet tomorrow's campers too!" @Pocket_Camp on X (formerly Twitter) (May 11, 2022). Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
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