Catchphrase

About Catchphrases
A catchphrase is a short word or phrase that a villager constantly repeats. Every villager has a default one, but they will eventually ask you to change it. You can also change their catchphrase by reporting them to the town hall (not in Wild World, though). Villagers may also pick up catchphrases from other villagers. For example, say you have Elmer and Savannah in your town. Eventually, Savannah may start using the catchphrase "tenderfoot", which is Elmer's, and/or vice versa. Initial catchphrases can also relate to that villager's name or inspiration. Certain non-villagers, like Blathers, might also have catchphrases (also not in Wild World).

Changing Catchprases
To make a villager change his/her catchphrase in City Folk, the player must talk to Pelly or Phyllis. Tell her that you have a problem with one of the villagers. Pick the villager who's catchphrase you want to change, and choose the option (Someone help me here?). A villager may also ask you to help them choose a new catchphrase out of the blue, telling you that one of the other villagers (most likely a snooty or cranky one) told him/her that his/her catchphrase is old.

In Animal Crossing, Wild World, you have to wait until you see an exclamation mark pop up on top of their head randomly while walking around the town. It usually takes a while for this to happen because you can't be talking to them for a while. The exclamation point doesn't always mean they want a catchphrase, though. It sometimes means they want to ask trivia questions, show you a letter they received, sell or just give you an item, etc. They may also tell you their own catchphrase and see if you agree or not. If they like your new catchphrase, they will tell you they like it, or vice versa.

Getting catchphrases in Wild World is a little harder than other Animal Crossing games.

What You Can't Change Your Catchphrase to
You can change the catchphrase to anything you want except:


 * Anything that does not abide by the character limit. Once it is exceeded it will make a "bzzert" sound.


 * Profane words. If entered, a speech bubble will pop up reading, "You can't enter that!".

Clever Catchphrases
The animals in each game also sometimes like having their name in the catchphrase, too. Take, Tangy, the orange, peppy cat- a good, clever catchphrase could be "Tangyllo" as in tangelo, a fruit, or "Tangyerine" as in tangerine, another fruit. Another good catchphrase for another animal, Cube, the lazy penguin is- "GameCube" as in the game system, Gamecube, or "IceCubes" as in an ice cube, or just plain "Cubes."