Animal Crossing villagers say the darnedest things. Since the early days of the franchise when players interacting with anthropomorphic animals still felt a little out-of-the-ordinary, villagers have been providing fans with hilarious meme fuel. Of course, the games wouldn't be complete without our talking animal pals, no matter how silly they can be.
One thing the animals do best is prove that the Animal Crossing franchise makes zero sense when you really think about it. Let's take a look at some perfectly nonsensical memes that Animal Crossing has given us over the years.
10 Don't Try To Stop Me...
It's like they want you to tell them to stay. There's nothing like the feeling of your least-favorite villager telling you that they would like to move out of your town or island, but the feeling gets a little ruined when the villager is sad that you don't insist they stick around.
Who are we to stop them from their travels? These animals are starting to pull reverse psychology on us. Unless Raymond wants to move. No, Raymond, you're stuck here forever.
9 Ugly Furniture
What's that saying about trash and treasure? These villagers love to pawn off their hand-me-downs, and we only sometimes like what they have to offer. Then again, even the ugliest furniture they're getting rid of could come in handy someday.
Though players can no longer buy items directly from villagers' homes in New Horizons, they will randomly tun up to you and frantically ask you to buy an item off of them, usually at a too-high price. Still, we'll take them on the offer, because we love them too much to just say no.
8 WTF Phoebe
Does anyone ever know what these villagers are talking about? They often run off on tangents—which make us love them even more. Whether it's a lazy villager talking about their eating habits or a jock sharing their workout routine, they never fail to provide us with some WTF moments.
This quote from Phoebe in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp might just take the cake when it comes to weird villager moments. Sounds like one crazy dream.
7 Rubber Axe
Axes are just unrealistic in Animal Crossing, but that's probably a good thing. When you hit a villager with an axe, the iron will simply bounce off and won't seem to harm the villager in any way. At most, they'll get annoyed, which can be funny if it's a least-favorite villager. We'd hope nobody would want to hack their villagers up, though we know there are some dastardly people out there. It would be a very different game if that was actually possible. Stick to chopping down trees, everyone.
6 Gently Used Oranges
No thanks, Rocket, we don't want your gently used orange. It seems Animal Crossing villagers will give away just about anything, even if it isn't the most sanitary thing. If they don't want it, they're pretty sure their human friend will take it. They're only right about that half the time. Hey, wait a minute, can that orange be used in a DIY recipe?
5 Don't Mess With Immersion
There are 393 animals that could make their way to your island. Yet, somehow, you and your friends have probably still managed to share a villager at some point. How does that work? There must be infinite copies of each villager, so that doesn't really make sense.
Your friend's villager will be on a different friendship level with you than your villager, so that's just confusing. One of these duplicates has got to go. Now, let's talk about all those copies of Tom Nook running around...
4 Take The Moon
We don't think these villagers understand value. Or, we can only hope they love us enough to give us something as great as the moon. How did Goldie even obtain an entire moon? We hope that player gave Goldie an even greater gift in return.
3 They're Onto Us
The villagers in New Horizons are onto us. Occasionally, a lazy villager will talk about a rumor going around that we're just apart of some massive game. *Sweats nervously* Where would you get an idea like that, Erik?
The fact that villagers now come with the ability to break the fourth wall is both awesome and creepy. Just let us escape the real world to pay off a virtual debt to a raccoon in peace, alright?
2 Fair Trades
Villagers often have requests, and some of those requests are much easier to fulfill than others. Aurora wants an apple? Luckily, there's an apple tree two feet away from you. Even if the task is as simple as that, your animal friends will still be beyond grateful for your help—so grateful that they offer you a full-sized piece of furniture in exchange. Umm... thanks?
1 Animalese Be Like
It's a very good thing that Animal Crossing has speech bubbles to translate what the villagers are saying, because we honestly have no idea. It's basically gibberish. Yet, somehow, we still know exactly what those furry friends mean, and we love them just the same. Cheers!