Deer scare (New Leaf)

	Zen Garden Set
	;
1,800 Bells	450 Bells
Size	1 × 1
Obtain via	Timmy and Tommy's store; Lost and found (common); Tree; Balloons (very rare); Any villager; Camper; Birthday;
Customize	No customization options.
Rarity group	D
HHA theme challenges	Harmonious / Rustic
HHA points	151
HHA penalty if facing wall	No
Style	Iconic
Colors	Green Green
Variations
	None
In other games
	Animal Crossing (deer scare); Wild World (deer scare); New Horizons (deer scare);
	Names in other languages ししおどし; N/A; jeu d'eau; fuente de bambú; fontana bambù; N/A 대나무 분수; N/A; jeu d'eau; fuente de bambú; Wasserspiel; N/A

The deer scare is a furniture item in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It is part of the Zen Garden Set.

The deer scare can be obtained from Timmy and Tommy's store for 1,800 Bells.^{[nb 2]}

This item appears as a furniture item in the homes of Croque, Limberg, Tank, and Walt. As a result, this item can be purchased by the player if they were invited by any of the preceding villagers. Villagers may also put this item up for sale at the Re-Tail flea market for 50% to 90% of the item's buy price, in increments of 10%.

Real-world information

Real life image of a deer scare.

Shishi-odoshi (鹿威し, Shishi-odoshi^?) is a Japanese device, which includes a water fountain and a tube often made of bamboo that has its heavier side on the rocks. The tube is gradually filled up with the water from the fountain, which changed the tube's center of gravity and tips the tube down towards the fountain to dump the water. The tube then hits the rock again, creating a loud noise, and the cycle repeats. Though the shishi-odoshi was meant to fend off animals known to threaten agriculture in the country, including deer and boars, its use nowadays is often a decoration for gardens.

Despite its name, the deer scare cannot frighten deer villagers in-game. More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

In other games

Notes

↑ Re-Tail sell price; can be sold for 80% of this price ( 360 Bells) at Timmy and Tommy's store
↑ As a standard furniture item available from Timmy and Tommy's store, this item is also available from the following sources: shaking trees; gifts from villagers and campers; the player's birthday; balloons (if the item's rarity group is very rare); and the police station (if the item's rarity group is common)