Blanca
- "Hey, will you draw me another face? Draw a good one this time."
- — Blanca, Animal Crossing
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Birthday | February 8th | |||||||
Favorite saying | "Every face tells a story." | |||||||
Role | Visiting others' towns with a player-drawn face[nb 1] April Fool's Day[nb 2] | |||||||
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Name in other languages
あやしいネコ
아트고양이 Blanca Blanka
无脸猫
Blanca Blanca Blanca
無臉貓 Blanca Blanca Бланка |
Blanca is a faceless cat in the Animal Crossing series. In games prior to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, she appears during multiplayer and asks the player to draw a face on her, while in New Leaf she is the host of April Fools' Day. Her name comes from her fur color; blanca is Spanish for white, and also from the word blank, referencing her absent, blank face.
Characteristics[edit]
Appearance[edit]
Blanca is a faceless white cat whose face is drawn by the player. In games prior to New Leaf, she wears a random shirt, though her artwork depicts her wearing a blossom shirt, and in New Leaf, she wears a red-and-yellow striped outfit with a blue ruff on her neck, resembling a jester.
In her artwork for Animal Crossing, Blanca is drawing a henohenomoheji—a face drawn by Japanese schoolchildren learning hiragana—on her face. In her artwork for Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk as well as her in-game appearance in her RV in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, she has a crudely drawn smiley face drawn on her face.
Personality[edit]
In games prior to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Blanca is insecure about her face since she cannot see what people drew on her. When she visits other player's towns, she says that she likes to travel the world, but she gets upset when spoken to, thinking the player is there to make fun of and spread rumors about her face.
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Blanca is a self-proclaimed "professional trickster," enjoying causing mischief on April Fools' Day by disguising as other villagers.
Gender[edit]
In international versions of all games, Blanca is female, while she is male in all Japanese and Korean versions. In Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+, she has a female voice. Beginning in Wild World, she has a male voice in all regions. Although it has not been confirmed by localization team whether or not this change was intentional like with Gracie, or an oversight like with Saharah,[1] it is revealed to be an intentional change due to the localizers updating Blanca and Gracie's gender from "male" to "female" in the Game Boy Advance Matchmakers e-Reader minigame.
Relationships[edit]
Jack[edit]
In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Blanca refers to Jack as her old trickster rival. She mentions that she has been involved in a vicious prank war with Jack for so long that she can no longer trust her house and thus needs a new one. When Jack is spoken to after building his house, he references the prank war he is engaged in with Blanca and calls her a "pretender to the throne."
Appearances[edit]
In the first-generation games[edit]

Blanca appears in Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+. She has a 50% chance of appearing on the train in place of Rover when the player travels to another town, and she asks the player to draw a face for her. The next time the player who was visited loads their save, within one week of the other player's visit, Blanca appears in their town for the day with the face the visiting player drew. Blanca can only visit town on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, she appears from 6 AM to 12 AM, and on Saturdays, she appears from 6 AM to 7 PM.
If the player talks to Blanca, she tells them about her visit. Each time the player save and loads the game, Blanca has new dialog. After reloading the game and speaking to her 10 times, she leaves town. If the player does not speak to her 10 times, she leaves one week after she was encountered on the train.
Rover may mention Blanca on the train when the player travels to another town, saying that he has seen her before on the train and was initially scared by her but had fun drawing her face.
In Wild World[edit]
- Add specifics for how Blanca worked in Wild World.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, if the player enabled downloads via the telephone in the attic, Blanca could appear in the player's town after visiting another player's town over Wi-Fi. When spoken to, she would ask the player to draw her a face. Following the discontinuation of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection on May 20, 2014, it is no longer possible for Blanca to appear in Wild World.
When spoken to at The Roost, Rover may speak of a "mysterious cat," referring to Blanca and asking the player if they have seen her.
In City Folk[edit]
In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Blanca could appear in the player's town after visiting another player's town over Wi-Fi if WiiConnect24 was enabled. When spoken to, she would ask the player to draw her a face. The next day, she would appear in the town of one of the player's registered friends (provided they also had WiiConnect24 enabled) with the face drawn on her, and she would ask that player how her face looks and allow them to redraw it up to two times. She would then appear in the town of one of that player's friends the next day, and the process would repeat. Following the discontinuation of WiiConnect24 on June 27, 2013, it is no longer possible for Blanca to appear in City Folk.
In New Leaf[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Blanca is the host of April Fools' Day. She initially appears in the event plaza during the event, and once the player speaks to her, she asks the player to play a game. During the game, Blanca appears in a villager's house disguised as the villager, and the player must determine which one is Blanca through the hints both the real villager and the disguised Blanca tell them. If the player correctly identifies Blanca in all villagers' houses, she mails the player a congratulatory letter containing Blanca's Pic the next day.
In New Horizons[edit]
While initially absent from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Blanca was added in 2.0 Free Update. Blanca's poster can be obtained from Nook Shopping after inviting her to Photopia via her amiibo. She also can be summoned to The Roost.
Other appearances[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
Blanca can appear as a spectator in the background of the Smashville stage.
Description | A cat whose face is an empty white canvas for you to draw on. After traveling via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, she may appear with a face that someone else drew. Draw a new face, and she'll wander for a bit, then take off for a new town. In Animal Crossing, she would appear on the train between towns. Whether you give her a cute or funny face is up to you. | |
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Acquisition | Random |
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
Description | Her smooth face is just like...well, a blank canvas! She used to let people give her a face by drawing on her, but in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, she uses her peculiar face to trick everyone on April Fools' Day. Only a master of disguise like her could mimic other people so convincingly! | |
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Acquisition | Random |
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Blanca reprises her role as a spectator in the background of Smashville, in addition to serving as a spectator for Town and City in the town portion of the stage.
Villager information[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
In Happy Home Designer[edit]
Blanca | ||
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Birthday | Gender | Species |
February 8 ![]() |
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Cat |
Umbrella | ![]() | |
House request | ||
Client's vision | I'll leave it up to you! | |
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Furniture: | ![]() ![]() |
Clothing: | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Starting house: | ![]() |
RV in Welcome amiibo[edit]
Description: | Sure, she likes to stir up trouble around the town. But when you see her out relaxing at the campground, she looks so... Well, she still looks pretty creepy. |
Items: | |
Wall: | ![]() |
Floor: | ![]() |
Music: | ![]() |
Blanca's "Order furniture" list in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
Item | Image | Type | Buy price | Sell price[nb 9] | Available from |
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White brick wall | ![]() |
Wallpaper | ![]() |
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Yellow flooring | ![]() |
Flooring | ![]() |
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Cabana armchair | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Cabana bed | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Cabana lamp | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Cabana table | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Cat tower | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Crayons | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Daisy tee | ![]() |
Clothing | ![]() |
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Jester shirt | ![]() |
Clothing | ![]() |
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Makeup case | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, AlgebraManiacABC, Chubby Bub, Cuyler, HylianAngel, Kalina70, PanchamBro, SuperHamster, and vmario.
In New Horizons[edit]
Birthday | Gender | Species |
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February 8 ![]() |
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Cat |
Initial NookPhone | ![]() | |
Final NookPhone | ![]() | |
Happy Home Paradise traits | ||
Umbrella | ![]() | |
Hobby | Fashion | |
Book | ![]() |
In Happy Home Paradise[edit]
Blanca | ||
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Client's vision | Vacation-Home Concept |
Unlocked items | |
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Furniture: |
Card profiles[edit]
Animal Crossing e-Reader card[edit]
#178 Blanca - Series 3 | |
Gender: | Female |
Sign: | Aquarius |
Profile: | There are many theories about Blanca, none of which can be confirmed. One is that the cat is running from a shady past...while another is that Blanca got a little too enthusiastic while removing makeup one day. |
Password: | KuysIo28mtWNnE |
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177 Chip | e-Reader card #178 Blanca |
179 Kabuki |
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amiibo card[edit]
#114 Blanca - Series 2 | ||||||||
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113 Isabelle | List of amiibo cards #114 Blanca |
115 Nat |
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Gallery[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- In a character popularity poll held on the Doubutsu no Mori+ website, Blanca ranked as the 2nd most popular character with 2,419 votes, ranking above Mr. Resetti but below K.K. Slider.[2]
- Blanca is erroneously referred to as "Bianca" in the Animal Crossing Prima Studyguide, which is Whitney's Japanese name. It would also end up being the name of a tiger villager beginning in the English version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
- Blanca shares her birthday with Frobert.
- In Japanese versions of the game, Blanca uses the pronoun "oira" (おいら), which is shared by jock villagers.
Names in other languages[edit]
あやしいねこ Ayashīneko |
Translated as "suspicious cat" | |
아트고양이 Ateu Goyangi |
Art Cat | |
无脸猫 Wúliǎn Māo |
Faceless cat | |
無臉貓 Wúliǎn Māo |
Faceless cat | |
Бланка Blanka |
Same as English name | |
Blanca | Same as English name | |
Blanka | Same as English name | |
Blanca | Same as English name | |
Blanca | Same as English name | |
Blanca | Same as English name |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Prior to New Leaf
- ↑ New Leaf
- ↑ Japan and Korea
- ↑ International
- ↑ Japan and Korea
- ↑ International
- ↑ Japan and Korea
- ↑ International
- ↑ Re-Tail sell price; if item can be sold at Timmy and Tommy's store, it is 80% of the sell price; if item can be sold to Leila at Tortimer Island, it is 5% of the sell price.
- ↑ Japan and Korea
- ↑ International
References[edit]
- ↑ Jason Nuyens (November 12, 2004). "Interviews". N-Sider.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2005. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ↑ Nintendo. "キャラクター人気投票結果発表!". nintendo.co.jp. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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