Nat

Nat (カメヤマさん, Kameyama-san) is a chameleon featured in both and. He can be found hosting the Bug-Off event in the Player's town. He speaks with a cranky villager's voice. Interestingly enough, Nat is the only chameleon in the Animal Crossing series.

Unlike Chip, who hosts the Fishing Tourney, Nat resists the urge to eat the bugs the player enters into the Bug-Off tournament, despite chameleons relying heavily on a diet of bugs, contrary to Chip who should have a plant-based diet. Chip will "rate" the player's fish as he eats it. However, his comments on the bugs clearly indicate that he plans to eat them later. Likewise, once submitted the bugs are gone for good.

Appearance
He has small spectacles that sit on the end of his nose, similar to the stereotypical style of an explorer. He carries a unique purplish-blue net which cannot be obtained by the player in the game.

Bug-Off
Nat pitches his green and white tent outside the Town Hall(CF) or Town Tree(NL) at 9am until 6pm. During this time, he waits for players and villagers to bring him different types of bugs and apparently rates them according to rarity, luster, color and size, and then gives them a mark using an unknown point system. In reality, the bugs are only rated by size, making the Birdwing Butterfly the best bug to give to Nat.

For each insect given to him that is rated highly, the player will receive an item of furniture. Any insects given to him will not be returned, whether they win or not. He picks the winner at 6pm, giving a total of 9 hours to find a rare and exciting insect.

The winner, with the best insect wins a trophy, which is sent to them in the mail by Nat in the next few days, as well as a message on the Bulletin Board. The trophy is of a golden color and contributes to extra Feng Shui points when placed in the correct part of the player's house.

Trivia

 * He has a picture in his tent of himself next to a Birdwing Butterfly.
 * After catching a few insects, he says; "Hunt bugs in the fields! Hunt bugs in the hills! Hunt bugs in the streets! You must never surrender!" This is based on a famous speech by Sir Winston Churchill.
 * His name is the initials for Nigel Archibald Thornberry of The Wild Thornberrys cartoon. Nat also says "smashing", just as Nigel Thornberry does, and also wears the same clothes as Nigel.
 * Nat also sounds like gnat which is a bug.