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Harriet Gallery

Wha--? I mean, sure thing! You look fabulous just the way you are, sugar!
― Harriet, City Folk


Harriet (カットリーヌ, Kattorīnu?, Cutrine) is a pink poodle who runs the Shampoodle barber shop. In her shop, Shampoodle, she changes the hairstyle of the player depending on the answers of a series of questions. It costs 3,000 Bells per style. She first appears in Wild World, working in a store in Nookington's and again appears in City Folk, with her own store in the city. Her name is a pun on the word hair.

Appearance[]

Harriet looks like a poodle. Her ears are pink looking lopped down on her head. She has poofy pink hair on her head as her hairstyle. Her skin is a lighter shade of pink. She wears a purple dress with a three-striped apron colored blue, white, and red, like a barber pole. Her apron has a big pocket on it, which has her black hair cutting scissors sticking out. Her eyes are black and each have a single eyelash and turquoise eye shadow. In the New Horizons update, released on November 5, 2021, she is seen at Harv's island wearing similar hippie-style clothes to match Harvey's. She wears a brown headband, most of it tucked under her pink, poofy hair. She also wears a brown vest on top of a pink robe, patterned with small scissors. There is also a thin black belt around her robe, mostly covered by her vest. The belt appears to have a green stripe running through it, with a gold circle in the middle. She also wears blue jeans like Harvey, and she also wears brown shoes. She also wears round, gold-framed glasses with pale brown lenses.

Personality[]

Harriet is a cheerful woman who enjoys style. She often has an enabler attitude, always praising people of their style on the outside no matter how bad it looks.

Appearances[]

In Wild World[]

In Wild World, she runs the Shampoodle located at the back of Tom Nook's store, when he upgrades it to Nookington's. She will offer the player a haircut, which is styled based on the answers of a series of questions - the answers usually relate to a stereotypical hairstyle by a type of group or genre. The player can only get one haircut per day, costing 3,000 Bells. Harriet will be at The Roost, from 11:00pm – 12:00am, Monday - Friday, but they must have Nookington's in their town.

After the player had all the different hairstyles, Harriet will offer the player a haircut of the opposite gender.

She gives the player a wide range of hairstyles. For the entire list of hairstyles and colors, go here.

If the player is not happy with their hairstyle one must save and go back because she will only do the player's hair once a day.

In City Folk[]

Harriet CF

In City Folk, she has her own beauty salon in the city and no longer works in Nookington's. The store remains under the same name of Shampoodle and her character traits are very much unchanged, but she now offers a wider variety of hairstyles. She now offers a Mii Mask, a mask that is styled on a Mii character created on the Wii. The style is free, but only one style can be stored. The Mii-Mask can be changed, but it costs 3,000 Bells. She can only get the player's hair done once a day for 3,000 bells as well. Sometimes, she will ask the player if they have made up their mind on a certain style. If the player answer no, she will style the player hair according to the latest fashion trend. She will ask if the player wants to choose their own color, or let the trend decide. The player style will be randomly generated for the same price as usual.

In New Leaf[]

In New Leaf, Harriet still runs Shampoodle which is now located in Main Street above the Able Sisters store. Her personality and services remain unchanged. However, she now offers the player the option of changing their eye color with contacts, a new feature in New Leaf.

In New Horizons[]

Added in the New Horizons 2.0 update, Harriet appears on Harv's Island as the co-owner and hairstylist, and can give the player exclusive hairstyles that can then be used with a mirror. The only requirement needed in order to unlock her as a vendor NPC in the plaza is to simply open one of the seven other shops with 100,000 Bells.

Other Appearances[]

Warning: Non-canon information starts here.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]

Harriet appears as a spectator in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in the Smashville stage.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

Harriet returns as a spectator in the Smashville stage. She's also an advanced spirit that you can fight in World of Light. She possesses Isabelle and when defeated you can use her to boost your fighter's weapon attack.

Warning: Non-canon information ends here.


amiibo Card[]

amiibo Card[1]
Back
Amiibo card back
#011 Harriet
Type Special
Star sign Aquarius
Birthday 1/31
Roll value 3
Hand sign Scissors
Request I'll leave it up to you!
Amiibo 011 Harriet
SpecialSpeciesIconSilhouette
010 Pascal #011 Harriet 012 Redd
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Trivia[]

  • Different meanings can be found in Harriet's international names:
    • Her English and Dutch names, Harriet, is the Anglicized and "spoken spelling" of the French name Henrietta, the feminine form of Henry (Anglicized as Harry). All are from the Proto-Germanic name *Haimarīks, itself from *haimaz "home" and‎ *rīks "ruler".
      • Her Russian name, Харриет (Kharriet), is a transliteration of the English spelling. This is spelled with the Cyrllic letter Х (kha) as this is the closest approximation to the Latin letter H in Russian.
      • In English and Dutch translations, her name is a pun on the languages' cognates for hair, referencing her job as a barber and poodle grooming. This pun does not work in Russian, as the translation is dissimilar and etymologically unrelated (ENG: hair; DUT: haar, RUS: во́лос vólos).
    • Her Japanese name (パニエル (Kattorīnu?)) is a portmanteau of カット (katto?), a borrowing of the English word cut; (いぬ) (inu?), Japanese for "dog"; and カトリーナ (Katorīna?), a transliteration of Katrina, an Eastern diminutive of the Ancient Greek feminine name Katherine (A.Gk. Αἰκατερῑ́νη Aikaterī́nē)).
      • Her Korean name (카트리나 Kateulina) is a direct transliteration of her Japanese name. It is not a reconstruction with Korean translations or borrowings of カット (katto?) or (いぬ) (inu?).
      • Both could be romanized as Cutrine (to retain a pun of cut and Katrine) or as Cutline (as in a length across something that is/was/will be cut)
    • Her French name, Ginette, is a diminutive of the French feminine name Geneviève. Descended from the Medieval Latin Genovefa, the name is speculated to have roots in Proto-Germanic (*kunją "kin, family" + *wībą "woman, wife").
      • This is most likely a reference to Genevieve, the dog from the French children's media Madeline, created by Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962). This Genevieve is not a poodle; in most Madeline media she is depicted as a talking dog of mixed breed.
    • Her Spanish name, Marilín, is a variant of the English feminine name Marilyn. Coined in 1510 and popularized in the 1920s, Marilyn itself a blend of the names Mary (ultimately from Hebrew מִרְיָם miryām, supposedly meaning "bitter, salty") and Lynn (from Welsh lyn "lake").
    • Her German name, Trude, is a diminutive of the German feminine name Gertrud, descended from P.Ge. *gaizaz "spear" and either *þrūþiz "strength" or *trut- "maiden, dear".
    • Her Italian name, Bigodina, consists of the Portuguese noun bigode "moustache; whiskers" with the feminine suffix -ina to emulate a feminine given name such as Angelina or Sabrina. It is also close to (but not a feminine form of) the masculine noun bigodino (meaning "mustache" in Portuguese and "hair curler" in Italian).
    • Her Chinese name, Dāo Lìrú (simp. 刀丽茹; trad. 刀麗茹), is comprised of Han characters with the following meanings:
      • dāo most commonly means "knife; blade" or "single-edged sword; cutlass". It is also an uncommon surname.
      • (traditionally 麗) means "beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant", or possible "to adhere"
      • has multiple possible meanings, as it can mean: "to eat", "to guess", "soft", "roots", "vegetables". It is also a surname, being the 358th most common as of 2013.
  • Harriet's names in the English, Dutch, Russian, and French translations are alliterative with Harvey's, a close friend of hers introduced in New Leaf's Welcome amiibo update.
  • Similar to how he has the nickname "Harv", Harvey has given a secret nickname to Harriet that they keep between themselves. (Spoiler: It's "Hattie".)
  • If a player sits on one of the stools in Shampoodle, Harriet will remark that she is not busy, and that they do not need to wait.
  • When the player goes in Shampoodle in City Folk, they can see Gracie magazines on her desk.
  • Harriet is one of the few special characters to have a visible mouth under her snout; other characters usually talk by twitching their noses. This trait is shared by Resetti and his brother Don.
  • In New Leaf, Harriet has the voice of a normal villager.
  • She shares her birthday with the peppy horse Winnie. Both have their birthdays on January 31st.

In other languages[]

Harriet
Language Name Translation
Japan Japanese カットリーヌ kattorīnu -
France French Ginette -
Spain Spanish Marilín -
Germany German Trude -
Italy Italian Bigodina -
The Netherlands Dutch Harriet -
Russia Russian Харриет Kharriet -
China Chinese 刀丽茹/刀麗茹 dāo lì rú -
South Korea Korean 카트리나 kateulina -


References[]

  1. Species navigation icons from Nookipedia by Sunmarsh, CC BY-SA 3.0
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