Tortimer



A very old tortoise, Tortimer is the mayor of the Town that the Player moves into in the Animal Crossing series. He appears during Holidays, celebrating or often giving out holiday-specific items. In Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, you can see him in the back of the Town Hall, napping. His name refers to the a tortoise and rhymes with "old timer", a phrase used to identify the elderly.

He seems to have a large ego about himself, according to the Animal Crossing Movie, to the extent of having his own cult of personality, though he is its only follower.

Cornimer
Tortimer is often associated with Cornimer, who only appears in the Acorn Festival and replaces Tortimer for this event. Most believe that Cornimer is just Tortimer dressed up, but others think he may be a relative. It is interesting to note that Tortimer cannot be seen behind the desk at the Town Hall during the Acorn Festival, however he may just be out searching for acorns.

Role in Events
As the host for many of the events, he gives hints and presents accordingly. During the fireworks show, Tortimer will hand out fireworks and give the player their fortune. In the Fish Tourney and Bug-Off, he will measure the player's catches and give he/she a prize if the player beat the current record. Also, the next day the player will get a letter from him with a trophy the next day if he/she won one of these events. For most other events though, he just gives the player hints or asks your final decision as a judge of the festival. Sometimes he'll give an item called a scallop, if the player give him a massage chair, which can be given to Pascal in return for a golden axe.

History
Tortimer sometimes talks about previous events in his life, giving an insight into his past. From this we can decide that he was (apparently) an expert gardener, and once had a wife, Mrs. Tortimer. It is believed that she died tragically, but we do not know if they had any children.

Some villagers speculate that he became incredibly rich on the turnip market, while others believe he gained money illegally and used it to build the town hall. This is backed up by the fact that there are no taxes in the Player's town, and that Tortimer himself never has to face election.

Also, arcording to villagers in City Folk, his shell might be fake, but that is only gossip. It is said by Derwin who is a duck when he says:"I heard this really scary story. Do you want to hear it? And if you say "sure" instead of him saying:"Putting (random food) into (random drink)...Prouduces the flavor of (random food)! Ewwwww! It's so creepy and unnatural!" he says: The mayor's favorite food is Peking Duck... Ewwwww! It's so creepy!" so that's the proof of the mayor's favorite food being Peking Duck.

Super Smash Bros. Trophy Information
''The mayor of the player's town. Usually in his office in the town hall, he emerges on holidays to usher in special festivities. He's a busy fellow who also serves as the record keeper for fishing and bug-catching tournaments. He cuts a very dashing figure in his hat and bow tie. There may be some link between him and Cornimer, who appears at the fall Acorn Festival.''