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I'm watching you!
― Picture quote, Wild World


Butch (ジョン, Jon?, John) is a cranky dog villager in the Animal Crossing series. His name reflects on the cartoon name given to dogs, usually meaning muscular in appearance. Butch's rottweiler appearance may also relate to his name as they too appear masculine and muscular. His initial phrase, "ROOOOOWF", is a slight adjustment on the spelling of the common onomatopoeic words "woof" and "ruff". He is the first dog with a cranky personality. His Wild World picture quote is also exactly the same as Curt's picture quote. He has appeared in every game so far, including Pocket Camp.

He is featured on the cover of K.K. Country, and he has the music hobby.

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In the Animal Crossing series, Butch is a cranky dog villager. His name, often used in cartoons for dogs, suggests a muscular look. This is mirrored in Butch's appearance, reminiscent of a rottweiler, a breed often linked with masculinity and power.
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In the Animal Crossing series, Butch is a cranky dog villager. His initial phrase reflects his name, commonly associated with muscular dogs, emphasizing a masculine and muscular image. This phrase, paired with his rottweiler-like appearance, underscores this association. In Animal Crossing, villagers often use catchphrases during dialogues, typically concluding their sentences with them.
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Butch, a cranky dog villager in Animal Crossing, stands out with his unique appearance and personality. He's an orange and brown dog with distinctive white and dark brown tipped paws, a dark brown nose, and stern eyes. His corkscrew smile and eyebrows match his muzzle. Butch has a music hobby and is featured on the K.K. Country cover. His ambition is to be a race car driver, and his favorite tune is K.K. Fusion. His name, often given to muscular cartoon dogs, suits his rottweiler-like appearance.
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In the Animal Crossing series, Butch is an orange and brown dog villager. His name, often a nickname for someone muscular, aligns with his rottweiler-like appearance. He has white and dark brown tipped paws, a dark brown nose, stern eyes, and floppy ears.
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Butch is the first dog villager in Animal Crossing with a cranky personality. His design, potentially inspired by breeds like Rottweilers, Dachshunds, or Dobermans, includes dark brown ears that transition into a caramel color, and stern eyes with matching eyebrows. In the original Animal Crossing game, he sports a houndstooth knit shirt.
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Appearance[]

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Butch in Animal Crossing

Butch is an orange and brown dog with white and dark brown tipped paws. He has a dark brown nose with a corkscrew smile and stern-looking eyes with eyebrows the same color as his muzzle. He has dark brown, floppy ears that fade into a caramel color at the tip. His tail is also dark brown and his arms and legs are the same color as his head. He initially wears the arctic camo shirt. In Animal Crossing, he initially wears the houndstooth knit shirt. His appearance may possibly be inspired by a Rottweiler, Dachshund, German Shepherd, or Doberman, which all have similar colors.

Personality

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

Cranky villagers will usually appear in a grouchy or agitated mood. When talking to the player, cranky villagers tend to become angry if the player disagrees with them or refuses to do a favor. Like all cranky villagers, Butch will be invested in his hobby and will often challenge the player to various competitions. He will easily get along with jock, snooty, and other cranky villagers, and occasionally lazy and normal villagers as well. However, he will find it hard to socialize with peppy villagers, as they will seem overstimulated or immature.

House[]

From Animal Crossing to City Folk, Butch's house is very modern styled, with much of the modern series including a modern bed and a modern table with one nebuloid and a gold stereo that plays K.K. Fusion. The wallpaper is the concrete wall, and the flooring is the modern tile.

In New Leaf, Butch's house is similar to previous games, though he no longer has a nebuloid in his house. His wallpaper is changed to the red tile wall.

In New Horizons, Butch's house resembles a highway in the middle of a desert.

Animal Crossing (interior) Wild World (interior)
New Leaf (interior) New Leaf (exterior)
New Horizons (interior) New Horizons (exterior)

Pocket Camp[]

Butch was released with Pocket Camp on October 25, 2017.

Butch's preferred theme is sporty, and he primarily gives steel as a reward. His profile reads:

❝ Butch is like the bossy older brother you never had... and never really wanted. But now you've got him, so enjoy!❞

Campsite Invitation Requirements[]

Friendship Level: 3

Furniture/Item Required Materials Price (Bells) Craft Time
Mountain Bike 6 steel, 3 friend powder 880 3 minutes
Hedge 6 wood 530 1 minute
Elephant Slide 6 steel 900 3 minutes
Tire Toy 6 steel 840 3 minutes
Jungle Gym 30 steel 870 3 hours

Friendship Rewards[]

  • At level 7 friendship, he will reward the player with an arctic-camo tee and sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 9, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 15, he will request that the player crafts a billiard table.
  • At level 20, he will reward the player with pic of Butch 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).
  • At level 55, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 60, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 65, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
  • At level 70, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).

e-Card[]

e-Card [1]
Letter
Back
#078 Butch
Gender Male
Type Dog
Star sign Scorpio
Clothes Houndstooth knit
Petphrase ROOOOOWF
Password #AMrINePOEBF85
@7OMU9vvMO4IRf
Profile Butch has plenty of energy, but for all of his bluster, he's not such a scary guy once you get to know him. Like many dogs of the world, his bark is about a hundred times worse than his bite.
077 Cookie #078 Butch 079 Filbert

amiibo Card[]

amiibo Card[2]
Back
#155 Butch
Type Dog
Star sign Scorpio
Birthday 1/11
Roll value 4
Hand sign Scissors
Request A cool dog park
154 Rhonda #155 Butch 156 Gabi

Trivia[]

  • He is seen in the box art for Happy Home Designer.
  • As sometimes revealed on April Fool's Day in New Leaf, Butch is the eldest of a set of quintuplets.
  • Butch is afraid of the monster mask in New Leaf.
  • Butch shares the same birthday as Rilla. They both have a birthday on November 1st.
  • In New Horizons, Butch's preferred styles are Cool/Simple, and his preferred colors are Blue/Gray.
  • The staff who wrote the profile of Butch's Japanese e-Card is a rather free-spirited person, as they stop talking about Butch halfway through and instead complain about a noisy dog in their neighborhood that happens to share the same name as him.[3]

In other languages[]

Butch
Language Name Translation
Japan Japanese ジョン (Jon) -
France French Avril -
Spain Spanish Bruno -
Germany German Hasso -
Italy Italian Attila -
The Netherlands Dutch Butch -
Russia Russian Бутч () -
China Chinese 約翰/约翰 (Yuē Hàn) -
South Korea Korean 존 (Jon) -


References[]

  1. Species navigation icons from Nookipedia by Sunmarsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Species navigation icons from Nookipedia by Sunmarsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. https://i.imgur.com/333r3JR.jpg;
    "キミ、ジョンっていう名前でしょ?うちの近所にも住んでるんだけど、キャンキャンうるさいんだよね。(A dog named John also lives in my neighborhood. He is noisy.)"
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