Nat
- "SLURRRRP! Hm? You think I'm drooling? How imaginative you are! It was probably just the sun in your eyes!"
- — Nat, Animal Crossing: New Leaf
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Species | Gender | |||||||
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Chameleon | ![]() | |||||||
Birthday | July 25th | |||||||
Favorite saying | "Tread on a worm, and it will turn." | |||||||
Role | Bug-Off host (prior to New Horizons) | |||||||
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Name in other languages
カメヤマさん
멜레옹 Gustavo Carleon
龙山先生
Djarod Papilo Nat
龍山先生 Djarod Papilo Нат |
Nat is a chameleon in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: City Folk. He is the host of the Bug-Off in City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, his role of hosting the Bug-Off is replaced by his son Flick. His name may be derived from "gnat," a type of insect, and a shortening of the real world name Nathaniel.
Characteristics[edit]
Appearance[edit]
Nat is a green chameleon. He has eight lighter-green dots on his forehead, large yellow eyes with black pupils, and a yellow tongue. He wears an explorer hat and shirt, along with small glasses that sit on the end of his nose. In his RV in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, he wears a beige kimono. Nat carries a blue-rimmed bug net in his right hand and a bug cage in his left hand.
Personality[edit]
Nat often uses British colloquialisms when speaking, and he refers to the player as "old bean."
It is implied that Nat loves to eat bugs, which is the main diet of real-world chameleons, and that he eats the bugs given to him by participants in the Bug-Off. This is evidenced by him calling the bugs "scrumptious" and "delectable," and making slurping noises after receiving a bug. Despite this, he denies eating them and says that he is keeping them for purely scientific reasons.
Family[edit]
Nat is Flick's father. However, they do not appear to get along with each other due to Flick's view on the bugs as being his artistic muse, displaying an obsession with their perceived beauty on both a physical and metaphysical level. This contrasts Nat's view on bugs, where they appear as food to him, though also attempts to study them as well.
Appearances[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
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During the Bug-Off in City Folk, Nat pitches a green and white tent outside the town hall at 9 AM. He waits for players and villagers to bring him different types of bugs and rates them according to rarity, luster, color, and size, and then gives them a mark using an unknown point system. For each insect players give him that is rated highly and breaks the first place record, players receive an item of furniture. Any insects given to him will not be returned, whether they win or not. He picks the winner at 6 PM, giving a total of nine hours to find insects.
The winner with the highest rating insect wins a trophy, which is sent to them in the mail by Nat for the next day; a message written by him then appears on the bulletin board.
In New Leaf[edit]
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Nat continues his role in New Leaf, with a few differences. He now presents an awards ceremony, hands out trophies to the top three competitors, gives furniture from the Insect Set for record-breaking entries scoring at least 80 points, and rewards the player a golden net if they catch every type of bug.
In New Horizons[edit]
While initially absent from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nat was added in an update on November 4, 2021, showing up if the player scans his amiibo card in The Roost. A photo of him can also be seen on the billboard in the laboratory-chamber of the museum's bug section. Interacting with it can show the date of donation of few bugs, like the flea or the paper kite butterfly.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, Nat can be found outside Paradise Planning requesting to give a lecture at the school. After doing so, the player will be able to use bugs they have in their inventory to decorate the yards of any client.
Additionally, Nat's poster can be obtained from Nook Shopping after inviting him to Photopia via his amiibo.
In amiibo Festival[edit]
In Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, Nat comes during the warmer months to host the Bug-Off. He will judge bugs brought to him by the player, and the winner is awarded 20 Happy Points.
Other appearances[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Nat appears as a collectible trophy.
Description | NTSC-U: Bugs are like the cream in his tea, the jam on his scone! This old chameleon tasks you with catching him some bugs—for science, really! That lip smacking was just his excitement for din...er...discovery! Go on—find some delectable specimens, won't you? Points and prizes await! PAL: Bugs are like the cream in his tea, the jam on his scone! This old chameleon wants you to catch him some bugs - for science, of course. Think you heard him smacking his lips? Preposterous! Just be a good sport and catch him a delectable specimen, will you, old bean? And, anyway, there are points and prizes in it for you! | |
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Acquisition | Random |
Villager information[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Birthday | Gender | Species |
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July 25 ![]() |
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Chameleon |
Pic version added | Welcome amiibo update | |
Coffee preferences | ||
Nat does not order coffee at The Roost. |
In Happy Home Designer[edit]
Nat | ||
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Birthday | Gender | Species |
July 25 ![]() |
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Chameleon |
Umbrella | ![]() | |
House request | ||
Client's vision | I'll leave it up to you! | |
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RV in Welcome amiibo[edit]
Description: | The biggest bug fan around, Nat is known for intellectual digestion-er, discussion of the insect kingdom. He travels the world in search of new bugs. |
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Nat's "Order furniture" list in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
Item | Image | Type | Buy price | Sell price[nb 1] | Available from |
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Flooring | ![]() |
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Autumn-leaf chair | ![]() |
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Leaf bed | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Pile of leaves | ![]() |
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Potted ivy | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Sparrow's nest | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Sprout table | ![]() |
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Tree standee | ![]() |
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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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July 25 ![]() |
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Chameleon |
Initial NookPhone | ![]() | |
Final NookPhone | ![]() | |
Happy Home Paradise traits | ||
Umbrella | ![]() | |
Hobby | Nature | |
Book | ![]() |
In Happy Home Paradise[edit]
Nat | ||
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Client's vision | Vacation-Home Concept |
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Furniture: |
Card profiles[edit]
amiibo card[edit]
#115 Nat - Series 2 | ||||||||
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114 Blanca | List of amiibo cards #115 Nat |
116 Chip |
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Gallery[edit]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
(Nintendo Switch Online profile icon)
Trivia[edit]
- In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Nat has a picture in his tent of himself next to a birdwing butterfly.
- After catching a few insects, Nat says, "Hunt bugs in the fields! Hunt bugs in the hills! Hunt bugs in the streets! You must never surrender!" This is based on the famed peroration from British prime minister Winston Churchill's 1940 "we shall fight on the beaches" speech.
- In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Nat's eyes will occasionally twitch. This is no longer the case in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
- Nat shares his birthday with Peck.
Names in other languages[edit]
カメヤマさん Kameyama-san |
Mr. Kameyama, from カメレオン kamereon (chameleon) and 亀山 Kameyama (place name or toponymic surname). | |
멜레옹 Melleong |
From 카멜레온 kamelleon and 옹 (翁) ong (old man), referring to his age. | |
龙山先生 Lóngshān Xiānshēng |
Mr. Longshan, similar to his Japanese name but with the initial character changed to 龍/龙 lóng (here a reptile name suffix) from 變色龍/变色龙 (chameleon). | |
龍山先生 Unknown |
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Нат Nat |
Transliteration of his English name. | |
Nat | Same as his English name. | |
Carleon | From Chamäleon (chameleon). | |
Papilo | From "Papilas gustativas" (taste buds), as he enjoys eating the insects given to him, and possibly "Papillon" (French for butterfly). | |
Djarod | - | |
Gustavo | Male given name that puns on "gustare" (to taste), referring to his talking about how tasty the insects are. |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 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.
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