Animal Crossing Catchphrase Ideas To Make Everyone Friendly

The villagers in the Animal Crossing series each start out with a unique catchphrase by default. These sayings typically appear near the end of a sentence when speaking to them, and oftentimes reflect the villager’s personality or species in some way. As players spend more time with them, they can grow to become good friends with villagers, which in turn can eventually present the option of customizing their catchphrases. This can help players to drastically change the tone of their island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Catchphrases in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are liable to spread among the population. If players choose to listen in on conversations between two villagers, there may be occasions where they can witness the saying get passed around – other times, they might simply discover that a different villager has picked up the catchphrase of another character. Because of this, players should choose generic catchphrases that work well for every species and personality type. Giving a goat villager a goat-themed catchphrase might seem like a good idea on paper, but once a cat villager starts repeating it the concept doesn’t work out quite as well. Catchphrases function differently than greetings in Animal Crossing.

For players who grow tired of hearing a particular catchphrases repeated excessively, or who regret a custom catchphrase they gave to a villager, Animal Crossing: New Horizons does provide options to change or remove them. Speaking to Isabelle at Resident Services gives players the choice to “discuss a resident“, and from there they can discuss the problem of “the way s/he talks.” This will revert the catchphrase of that specific villager back to their original saying. However, if players want to change a catchphrase into something else, they’ll have to wait until the villager asks them to do so. Fortunately, continuing to talk with residents and maintaining a strong friendship can help this opportunity present itself more frequently.

Friendly Catchphrase Ideas For Animal Crossing Villagers

One easy way of thinking up friendly-sounding catchphrases is to turn to terms of endearment. Players should remember that catchphrases typically come at the end of sentences, so it may not be necessary to capitalize the first letter. However, it comes down to a matter of personal preference. It’s also worth remembering that if players use online play to invite others to their Animal Crossing: New Horizons game, villagers may repeat catchphrases when conversing with visitors. Some examples of friendly titles could be:

• Darlin’
• Honey
• Sweetheart/Sweetie
• Beautiful
• Gorgeous
• Bro
• Buddy
• Dude
• Pal
• Bestie
• Cupcake
• Sir/Ma’am.

Players who are looking for something more broad rather than personal could look towards using greetings as a catchphrase instead. In particular, this could be a good choice for those players who do have visitors on their New Horizons island frequently – villagers can be ready to greet people whenever they talk to them. Potential catchphrase ideas along this line could include:

• Aloha
• Howdy
• Good day
• Morning
• Up top
• Howzit
• What’s up

Really, though, just about anything can be a catchphrase in New Horizons, and players can think up dozens of sayings or nicknames for Animal Crossing villagers to include in their dialogue.

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Ky Shinkle
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Ky Shinkle is a Senior Gaming Features Writer for Screen Rant as well as an overall avid gamer and writer. Her prior experience is primarily that of a narrative designer for video games, although her writing has covered all formats from screenplays and novels to stage scripts. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, when she isn’t writing she works on digital media projects and other types of fiction writing. Ky currently works out of Ohio and enjoys spending her free time either playing RPGs or running with her dog.

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