Bob

This article is about a lazy cat villager. For the smug dog islander, see Shep.

Bob

ニコバン Nikoban

"You only live once...or nine times."

Gender	Personality	Species
Male	Lazy	Cat

Birthday

January 1^st (Capricorn)

Initial phrase

pthhhpth

ネコ (neko)

Initial clothes

Blossom Tee

Home request

A floral atmosphere

Skill

Yo-Yoing

Goal

Detective

Coffee

Kilamanjaro,
No milk,
No sugar

Style

Flashy

Favorite song

K.K. Ragtime

Appearances

AF, AF+, AC, AFe+, WW, CF, NL, HHD, PC

Regional names

Robert

Jens

Arándano

Bob

히죽 Hijuk

波斯 Bōsī

“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."

Appearance

Bob is a lavender cat with darker purple spots all over his body and face. His eyes are half-closed, making him appear sleepy. He initially wears the Blossom Shirt. The inside of his ears are various shades of pink, and his tail has two darker purple stripes on it. Despite being male, he has a rather feminine appearance. 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 uchi 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. K.K. Ragtime is played on a Kiddie Stereo.


Animal Forest	Animal Crossing

Wild World	City Folk

New Leaf	New Leaf (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 you with a blossom tee and sparkle stones (x1).

At level 9, he will reward you with sparkle stones (x1).

At level 15, he will request that you craft a boot sculpture.

At level 20, he will reward you with pic of Bob and sparkle stones (x1).

At level 25, he will reward you with sparkle stones (x1).

At level 30, he will reward you with sparkle stones (x1).

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?

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010 Kapp'n

#011 Bob

012 Mitzi

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amiibo Card

Back

#018 Bob

Type	Cat
Star sign	Capricorn
Birthday	1/1
Roll value	2
Hand sign	Scissors
Request	A floral atmosphere

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017 Lottie

#018 Bob

019 Fauna

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Gallery

Trivia

There is a large amount of speculation that Bob was the first character 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.
- His English name is very simple and widely-recognized.
- Numerically, his amiibo card and e-reader card are the first ones for a regular villager.
- He can be recognised in several of the Beta worlds in Animal Crossing, although without a name.