Chow

"This might sound weird, but do you think bugs and people can communicate?"

- Chow

Chow (チャウヤン) is a Cranky Bear villager from the series, and has made an appearance in every game. His name comes from a variation of the Chinese surname Zhou, and may be an attribute to his panda bear-like appearance. His Spanish name, Pando, also reflects his overall panda-like design, and his German name reflects the way his design is based off of a Chinese animal, as the name 'Chang' is Chinese.

Appearance
Chow is a pink panda with black arms, eyes, and legs. He also has a mole under his left eye. His arms and legs are tipped with light-brown, and the inside of his ears are light blue with black on the outside. Chow is initially seen wearing the Star Shirt.

Personality


As a cranky villager, Chow will appear mature compared to other personality types. This will make him appear belittling and insensitive to other villagers, including the player. Despite this, he will learn to confide in the player, considering them his only friend. He will find it difficult to socialize with peppy and normal villagers as he will criticize them. He will get along with lazy, snooty, and other cranky villagers, with whom he will share deeper conversations. He will occasionally normal villagers when being mean about something or someone. Also, some people think that his smile makes him somewhat demented or mental, because of the way he looks at you/the player. However, this is just a suspicion and may/may not actually be true. Of course, it is a possibility, because he is slightly creepy when he smiles.

House
Chow's house across all the games uses the imperial wall and imperial tile for flooring, and it contains furniture from the exotic series, such as the bed, bench, end table, chest, lamp, and screen. While Chow has no stereo in Animal Crossing, if he acquires one in the sequels, K.K. Steppe will play in his home.

In Animal Crossing, he also three Gyroids: the mega dingloid, the oombloid, and a tall lullaboid. In Wild World, he has a squat dingloid, but in City Folk, Chow's dingloids have been replaced by a croakoid.

In New Leaf, Chow has one tootoid, a stringfish, a sea bass, one mama panda, as well as one croton in his home. While he still uses the imperial wall from previous games, his imperial tile has now been replaced by slate flooring.