Rover

"Hi! ...It's-a ME! Mya ha! Good impression, right?"

- Rover

Rover is a special character in the series. His job varies in each game, but his primary job is to set-up the Playable Character. He is a blue and white cat with red pupils in his eyes. Despite his name, which is usually connected with dogs, he is a cat. His name, however, comes from roaming - he is a traveler.

Role in Animal Forest/Crossing
His role in Animal Forest and Animal Crossing is to set-up the game for the first time, by setting the time and date, the Player and the town in which the Player lives. In his first appearance, Rover meets you on the train, when approaching the Player giving a prediced time and date, asking if it is correct. He soon drums up conversation by sitting opposite the Player asking questions to determine the gender and appearance, as well as asking where the Player is going and setting up a house for them to stay in by talking his friend, Tom Nook. Soon after this, the train arrives at the Player's town.

Role in Animal Crossing: Wild World
Rover doesn't play a part in, instead, he is replaced by Kapp'n who drives the taxi and sets-up everything in his place. He plays small parts, such as appearing in The Roost making references to the previous Animal Crossing game. He also sets up Tag Mode, which allows anonymous bottle mail to be sent to the town and land on the beach.

Role in Animal Crossing: City Folk
Rover returns to his previous role like in Animal Crossing. He meets the Player on the bus driven by Kapp'n and asks questions to determine the gender, and town name of the Player. He also appears at the start-up of the game, asking if the time and date is correct and who is going to be playing the game out of four saved players, as well as other options.

He turns on WiiConnect24, as well as other options such as sound options by calling him with the phone in the players attic. He sometimes appears in The Roost, talking about his travels.

Merchandise
As with other special characters, he is available as merchandise.