User:Chubby Bub/Tom Nook
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| Raccoon |  Male
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| Birthday | May 30th | 
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| Role | Money Bouquet[nb 1] K.K. Slider Motel[nb 2] Tommy Nook's Cafe[nb 3] Tommy Nook's Seaside Heights[nb 4] | |||||||
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Name in other languages
たぬきち
너굴 Tom Nook Tom Nook
狸克
Tom Nook Tom Nook Tom Nook
狸克 Tom Nook Tom Nook Том Нук | ||||||||
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Tom Nook is a raccoon[nb 5] who runs various businesses throughout Animal Crossing series. Prior to starting a business, he is shown rubbing his foot across a selection of mud, stones, plant parts, and clay to clear his ideas. In-game, he owns and runs the K.K. Slider Motel, a restaurant known as Tommy Nook's Cafe, a boat and ferris wheel ride known as Tommy Nook's Seaside Heights, and a series of other businesses. During games set after the original three, he also runs a pet shop. He is voiced by Julian Kristoffer Roswell in Japan and by William McKinley High School student Chris Foresman in the English versions of the original game, and Charlie Weinmann in all of the subsequent games.
He is well-known for almost always throwing away any player's money left in his animal mailbox (unless the player buys things from his restaurant or his ship), and being the only villager who comes back to any village after the player goes to sleep. His customers often include animals and objects from the series' environment, as well as talking carnivorous plants, which drop money and supplies for his businesses.
Description
Tom Nook is voiced in the Japanese version by Yoshio Kobayashi, and in the English versions by Julian Kristoffer Roswell. In the North American and European versions of Animal Crossing, he is voiced by Mark Cusack.[4] In the games, he is a businessman who owns several businesses including a restaurant, a boat and ferris wheel ride, a pet shop, and a gift shop. He is of anthropomorphic raccoon, and speaks with an American accent. The name "Nook" is a nickname given to him by the citizens of Bellbird's Woods, where he lived for a time, due to his seemingly poor appearance, overall demeanor, and for the repetitive nature of his businesses.[5][6] The vast majority of the villagers believe that he does not have any money because he refuses to open a savings account for the players to deposit their own cash, which is often referenced in the games.[5][6] In contrast, in the original release of Animal Crossing, a shop known as "Money Bouquet" on Sunset Beach sells an ash tray for three green frogs which can be exchanged for one dollar cash, being the only item which he sells. [7]
Tom Nook's shop. He is seen the most frequently.
In the television series, Nook was introduced as a hostile, greedy shop owner who runs his businesses on the backs of the poor. He runs his restaurants on a ticket system. When a restaurant is full, the ticket is given to another customer. Similarly, when a ferry boat is full, it is full until another one leaves.
Personality
Nook is openly hostile towards the player's characters and often steals any money they leave him in their mailbox after buying in the shop or if the player intentionally bought a non-essential item.[6] He also has a rivalry with Louise, who dislikes him and his business practices, and threatens to throw mud balls at his restaurant.[7] At times, Nook will actively scold or provoke the player if they spend money without having any at all; often, he will call one of the player's characters a "dumb animal" or "a stupid person". [8] He frequently states that he is a "bad businessman", despite having such a successful company. However, his sentiments change once he realizes that the player has a good time with the game and he begins to give them good tips or calls them sweetie when the player is on vacation.[7]
In the games, Nook often stops playing after a while, but soon becomes friends with the player's animals, being generous towards them and trying to get them a promotion or a promotion in their own businesses. During the first few times the player visits New Leaf, Nook will once again give the player some money and go on about how much he likes the player, but before long, he will repeatedly break his promises and is less than pleased when his business starts to suffer from the player's actions and return to being greedy again.
Nook's hatred of the player's animals is shown when he gives them poor treatment, such as his chickens intentionally walking into a tiger's cage, and he will often mutter to himself, "I don't know why they keep coming back."[9]
Tom Nook often praises the player's animals for using the service opportunities available to them in the game. One of the few exceptions is in the original game, where Nook would often point out the player's animal sitting around all day if they did not work, and even begrudgingly yell "Get off the couch!" at the animal.[10] If the player did not waste the player's in-game money, he would normally buy them a gift. Even after giving the player money, Nook is willing to give his own in hopes of them helping him out. One example of this is in New Leaf, where he throws coins in the trash for the player's caretaking.[11]
In the television series, Nook occasionally provides advice to the player's characters. After a level 12 along with the player's other village residents, he will occasionally harass the player's character, as shown by the following example:[12]
- "Some people want you to go out and have fun! Go have fun, and also spend some money. But hey, every once in a while, you gotta take a break from the party! (..) When I get my mind set on a man, I don't think twice. If the customer's happy, I'm happy. If the customer isn't happy, I'll eat his money." Tom Nook[13]
External links
- Contact: jo@greedygecko.net
Notes
References
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