Gulliver

Gulliver (ジョニー, Johnny) is a seagull in the. His only function is to reward the player with special items of furniture, usually artifacts from around the world that you can only get from him and Redd very rarely, which suggests he is an explorer. The name Gulliver is a reference to Gulliver's Travels, a book by Jonathan Swift about a man who travels to the far corners of the earth, before being shipwrecked and washing up on the shore of a previously undiscovered land; it is also a pun on the fact he's a seagull.

In it is possible to obtain a helmet that looks identical to Gulliver's own space helmet.

In Animal Forest
In, Gulliver has the same role appearance from , but instead of giving a rare furniture item, he only gives a random one. When the player talks to him, he may speak English, despite the game being all in Japanese.You will find him at the seashore from August to December.

In Animal Crossing
"Aaaah...Uuuuh..."

- Gulliver

Unlike in later games, Gulliver appears as a sailor in. Gulliver can sometimes be found lying on the beach in. He must be first woken up. This is suceeded by talking to him multiple times, though he may wake on the first attempt. He then tells the Player an "unbelievable" story about his adventures at sea, usually involving a giant squid which is assumed to be a jellyfish, a shark or torrential storms. He also notes how his crew recommend tieing himself to the mast in future. Gulliver then gives a rare piece of furniture to the player.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World
"Mommy...Is that you? Gimme 5 more minutes, Mom..."

- Gulliver

In, Gulliver is no longer a sailor, but an astronaut that infrequently flies over the player's town in a typical UFO styled spacecraft, called Porpoise, a possible reference to the ship that Captain Olimar uses in the Pikmin series, called the Dolphin. The player can shoot him down with a slingshot, causing him to crash somewhere in the town. The screen cuts to the scene of the crash, which is always situated on top of one of the signposts that are scattered about the town. After being woken up, Gulliver does a quick survey of his craft, revealing that five parts are missing. These parts, which are dotted around town in the form of cogs called a UFO part, must be recovered by the player in exchange for a rare item. Gulliver and his spaceship then disappear the next time the game is played.

It should be noted that he does say to the player that he hopes they will see him off the next morning, even though he goes the next time you play again.



In Animal Crossing: City Folk
"Ugh...Gimme a break...There's no...No school today..."

- Gulliver

In, he retains the same appearance as before in. This time, without the dual screen as with the Nintendo DS, his spacecraft can be seen flying about the same height as a floating balloon. The player can shoot at him with a slingshot, causing his ship to malfunction and appear the next day on the beach. During this time, a piece of his spacecraft will land somewhere in the town. He takes a while to regain conciousness, usually about five attempts of talking to him. When he wakes up, he will survey his surroundings and make unusual remarks about the player's appearance. He will ask the player for help, to find his spaceship part, which appears as a small, cog-like item on the ground called a 'UFO part' (City Folk) or 'spaceship part' (Let's Go To The City). When given the part for his ship, he will give the player one of his rare items.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf
"Am I... in The Overthere?"

- Gulliver

In New Leaf, Gulliver appears in the same way as the GCN games where he occasionally washes up on the beach. To wake him up from his trance, equip the Megaphone and say his name into the 3DS microphone. Additionally, you can wake him by talking to him 3 times. Done correctly, instead of simply giving you an item, he will tell you he has forgotten where he was going and ask if you will help. He will tell you what he remembers about the country, then are presented with a selection of countries, asking you to pick which one you think he's going to. The day after, you may receive a letter in the mail containing a present he received from the place you sent him to.

In Dōbutsu no Mori
Note: This part needs rewritten more clearly.

In Gulliver is pretending to be an alien. He appears when the UFO crashes to Animal Village and says that he had lost his spaceship part. After a harrowing climb up some dinosaur bones in a cave, Ai, Margie, Rosie, Alfonso, and Yu return the spaceship part but then Champ comes over with the missing part. And the one Ai found is a real Alien.

Gulliver's Items

 * Arc de Triomphe
 * Chinese Lioness
 * Chocolates
 * Compass
 * Eiffel Tower (NL only)
 * Manneken Pis
 * Matryoshka
 * Merlion
 * Mermaid Statue
 * Metroid
 * Moai Statue
 * Paper Tiger
 * Pagoda
 * Gulliver's Picture
 * Peace Sign
 * Lollipop
 * Plate armor
 * Gladiator Sandals
 * Nutcracker
 * Tribal Mask
 * Chocolate Coin

Name Etymology
Gulliver could be from, Gull (he is a seagull), Gullible (this is possible because of his role in the movie doubutsu no mori) or from Lemuel Gulliver from the 1726 story Gulliver's Travels.

Trivia

 * In, Gulliver tells one story where he states "When I fought the sea snakes at Pinnacle Rock! Wait a minute... That wasn't me!," in an reference to fellow Nintendo game, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
 * Also in, Gulliver comments on how he left his goldfish in Toad Town and Hyrule.
 * In, he mentions Isle Delfino, and specifically mentions Ricco Harbor. These are locations from Super Mario Sunshine.
 * Also in New Leaf, he mentions not meeting such a "noble skipper" since Bobbery of Rougeport, making reference to Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and Admiral Bobbery specifically.
 * Once again in New Leaf, Gulliver mentions The Overthere, a reference to Chapter 7 in Super Paper Mario.
 * Again, in New Leaf he will say he is in a "fuzzy pickle" which is a reference to EarthBound.
 * Another reference Gulliver says in New Leaf is that if you pick the right country where Gulliver was he will ask if you have "a link to the past"to that certain country referencing The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past.