Gulliver

Gulliver is a seagull in the series. His only function is to reward the player with special items of furniture, usually artifacts from around the world that cannot be obtained anywhere else in the game.

In Animal Crossing
"I have sailed the seven seas and have visited tourist traps in many countries..."

- Gulliver

Gulliver can sometimes be found lying on the beach in. After being woken up, he tells the Player an unbelievable story about his adventures at sea and then gives a rare piece of furniture to them.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World
"Space is not for the faint of heart! Life in the cold void is rife with dangers!"

- Gulliver

In, Gulliver is no longer a sailor, but an alien 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 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
"Space travel is no task for the faint of heart. The price I pay in rocket fuel alone would turn most folks' hair white with fear."

- 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. Wen he wakes up, he wills 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 'spaceship part'. When given the part for his ship, he will give the player one of his rare items.

Gulliver's Rare Items

 * Arc de Triomphe
 * Chocolates
 * Compass
 * Manekin Pis
 * Matryoshka
 * Merlion
 * Mermaid Statue
 * Metroid
 * Moai Statue
 * Mouth of Truth
 * Pagoda
 * Plate Armor
 * Tower of Pisa
 * Tribal Mask

Further Information

 * The name Gulliver is a reference to Gulliver's travels, a book by Jonathon 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. As with the Animal Crossing character, he has many "true" stories to tell of his adventures, which no-one believes.


 * In the original, 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.