Bob

This article is about a lazy cat villager. For the the smug dog villager named Bob in Japanese, see Shep.

Bob

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Bob
ニコバン Nikoban
“You only live once...or nine times.”
Gender	Male
Personality	Lazy
Species	Cat
Birthday	January 1st (Capricorn)
Initial phrase	pthhpth ネコ (neko) 고양이 (goyangi) 猫猫 (māo māo) pfioupf baffo zarpas / fishfish psssps poekie кх-кх-кх (kh-kh-kh)
Initial clothes	Blossom Tee AF-NH
Home request	A floral atmosphere
Skill	Yo-Yoing
Goal	Detective
Coffee	Kilamanjaro, No milk, No sugar
Favorite song	Neapolitan
Appearances	AF, AF+, AC, AFe+, WW, CF, NL, HHD, PC, NH

“I'm a cat. Chillin' is in my blood, man.”
― Picture quote, Wild World

Bob (ニコバン, Nikoban^?) is a lazy cat villager who has appeared in every game of the Animal Crossing series. His name is most likely based off the bobcat. His initial phrase, "pthhhpth," may be a reference to the sound a cat makes when coughing up a hairball (this is further supported by the information on the e-Reader card which indicates he tends to spit often while speaking). His picture phrase in New Leaf is a feline spin on the memetic phrase, "You only live once." He has the play hobby.

Bob was long speculated to be the first villager designed due to his simplicity, name, January 1st birthday, and having the first villager e-Card and amiibo card. This was later confirmed in a conference by series director Hisashi Nogami.

Appearance

Bob in Animal Crossing

Bob is a lavender cat with darker purple spots all over his body and face. His eyes are half-closed, making him appear sleepy and reflecting his lazy personality. He initially wears the Blossom Tee. The inside of his ears are various shades of pink, and his tail has two darker purple spots on it. Bob carries the Gelato Umbrella when it rains.

Personality

Below is a brief description of the lazy personality. For more information, click here.

As a lazy villager, Bob will be friendly and easy to get along with due to his laid back lifestyle. Like all lazy villagers, he has a love of food and relaxing. He will enjoy partaking in the usual hobbies, usually for relaxing reasons or for food, like when fishing. Bob will get along well with other villagers, but may offend or confuse jock villagers, who have a lifestyle of exercise and fitness, which conflicts with the lazy lifestyle of relaxing and food. He will get along with other lazy villagers with whom he will talk about food, comics, or superheroes. He will also get along well with normal, peppy, smug and sisterly villagers, and occasionally cranky villagers, but may from time to time annoy snooty villagers, who disagree with the lazy lifestyle.

House

In every game, Bob's house includes the whole set of the Kiddie Series including the wallpaper and flooring. He also owns a Nintendo 64 furniture logo, which is only seen on Animal Forest and Animal Crossing games. K.K. Ragtime is played on a Kiddie Stereo, except in New Horizons where it plays Neapolitan instead.

Animal Forest (interior)	Animal Crossing (interior)
Wild World (interior)	City Folk (interior)
New Leaf (interior)	New Leaf (exterior)
New Horizons (interior)	New Horizons (exterior)

Pocket Camp

Bob's preferred theme is hip and he will primarily gift the player with wood when they fulfill his requests.

His profile says:

Bob is an easygoing kind of guy. He doesn't worry too much about what he does or says, which doesn't always end well.

Campsite Invitation Requirements

Friendship Level: 5

Furniture/Item	Required Materials	Price (Bells)	Craft Time
Capsule-Toy Machine	60 steel, 3 hip essence	1,870	7 hours
Kiddie Table	15 steel, 15 wood	1,230	2 hours
Kiddie Bureau	15 steel, 15 wood	1,360	3 hours
Kiddie Rug	30 cotton	700	1 hour
Kiddie Couch	60 cotton, 3 hip essence	2,110	8 hours

Friendship Rewards

• At level 7 friendship, he will reward the player with a blossom tee and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 9, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 15, he will request the player to craft a boot sculpture.
• At level 20, he will reward the player with a pic of Bob and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 25, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 30, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 35, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 40, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 45, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 50, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).

e-Card

e-Card
Letter Back	#011 Bob Gender Male Type Cat Star sign Capricorn Clothes Blossom shirt Petphrase pthhpth Password rbOPwN@eLL9k4T k7tEqzr#HSkUL4 Profile Everyone loves Bob's laid-back attitude, in spite of his nasty habit of spitting whenever he speaks. Ever wonder why he sleeps so late? It's because he's up all night playing video games. Can you blame him?
← 010 Kapp'n #011 Bob 012 Mitzi →

amiibo Card

amiibo Card
Back	#018 Bob Type Cat Star sign Capricorn Birthday 1/1 Roll value 2 Hand sign Scissors Request A floral atmosphere
← 017 Lottie #018 Bob 019 Fauna →

Trivia

• Prior to the CEDEC 2020 conference, confirmed by series director Hisashi Nogami, there was a large amount of speculation that Bob was the first villager created for the game, based on the following traits:
  • He has the first ID number in Animal Crossing and Happy Home Designer.
  • His birthday is January 1st, the first day of the year.
  • His English name is very simple and widely-recognized.
  • He is a common and very well-known animal around the world.
  • Numerically, his amiibo card and e-reader card are the first ones for a regular villager.
  • As sometimes revealed in New Leaf on Halloween, Bob is afraid of the Monster Mask.
  • As sometimes revealed in New Leaf on April Fool's Day, Bob is the fourth of six kids.

In other languages

Bob
Language Name Japanese ニコバン Nikoban French Robert Spanish Arándano German Jens Italian Bob Dutch Bob Russian Боб Bob Chinese 阿判 Āpàn Korean 히죽 Hijuk