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"Every adventure starts with a single step."

— Phineas, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Welcome amiibo

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Species			Gender
Sea lion			Male
Birthday		June 20th
Role		Balloons Badges
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Name in other languages  パロンチーノ  파론티노  Elio  Helios  博陆恩  Hélium  Elio  Phineas  博陸恩  Hélium  Elio  Финеас

Phineas is a sea lion in the Animal Crossing series who appears in Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. In City Folk, he can be found in the city and gives the player unique handheld items, while in New Leaf, he give the player badges. Phineas is portrayed as a kind-hearted individual who likes to bring joy to good children.

Appearances

In City Folk

Phineas in City Folk.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Phineas appears at random in the city from 9 AM to 9 PM on sunny or cloudy days. If spoken to, he will give the player a handheld item; the player can receive one item per day. While Phineas is present in the city, an extra baseline track plays alongside the standard background music.

Phineas can give the player the following items in City Folk:

• Blue Balloon
• Cyan Balloon
• Green Balloon
• Indigo Balloon
• Orange Balloon
• Pink Balloon
• Red Balloon
• Yellow Balloon
• Bunny B. Balloon
• Bunny C. Balloon
• Bunny G. Balloon
• Bunny I. Balloon
• Bunny O. Balloon
• Bunny P. Balloon
• Bunny R. Balloon
• Bunny Y. Balloon
• Blue Pinwheel
• Cyan Pinwheel
• Green Pinwheel
• Indigo Pinwheel
• Orange Pinwheel
• Indigo Pinwheel
• Pink Pinwheel
• Red Pinwheel
• Yellow Pinwheel
• Bubble Wand

In New Leaf

Phineas introducing himself to the player in New Leaf.

Phineas returns in Animal Crossing: New Leaf as a scout leader. He gives badges to "good boys and girls," appearing in the player's town from 6 AM to 12 AM on clear or mostly sunny days if they have met the requirement for a badge.

Phineas can also appear at The Roost Café when the player is partaking in a part-time job, and his preferred order is Kilimanjaro beans, lots of milk, and three spoonfuls of sugar.

In New Horizons

Phineas's Poster in New Horizons.

Although Phineas does not appear in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, [[Item:Phineas's Poster ({{{2}}})|Phineas's Poster]] can be obtained from Nook Shopping after attempting to invite him to Photopia via his amiibo card.

Other appearances

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Phineas appears as a spectator in the Town and City stage and as a collectible trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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Phineas

Description

NTSC-U: Phineas can sometimes be found by the fountain in the big city, usually on sunny days. He's a prize man who has fun things for everyone: round balloons, bunny balloons, spinning pinwheels, and bubble wands. So many great things! What does he ask for in return? Just a smile is all. PAL: On sunny days near the fountain in the big city, you'll sometimes find a friendly fur seal called Phineas. He's also known as the prize man, and he's got fun things for everyone! He's got round balloons, bunny balloons, spinning pinwheels and bubble wands. How much, you ask? Why, all he wants in return is your smile.

Acquisition

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Villager information

In Happy Home Designer

Happy Home Designer client information

Every adventure starts with a single step.

Phineas
Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
No results [[File:Starsign No results NH Icon.png|32px|No results|link=No results]]	[[No results]]	No results
Default clothing	[[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results
Umbrella	[[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results
House request
Client's vision	I'll leave it up to you!
Favorite song	K.K. Jazz

Unlocked items
Starting house:

Card profiles

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Card back

#304 Phineas - Series 4

Star sign: Gemini Birthday: June 20 Dice value: 3 Hand sign: Paper

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Trivia

• Some cranky villagers believe that K.K. Slider's day job consists of being Phineas.^{[citation needed]}

Names in other languages

	パロンチーノ Paronchīno	Paloncino
	파론티노 Parontino
	博陆恩 Bó Lùēn	From balloon
	博陸恩 Unknown
	Финеас Unknown
	Phineas
	Helios	From Helios, the god of the sun in Greek mythology, or from ἥλιος hēlios, Ancient Greek for "sun."
	Elio	From Helios, the god of sun in Greek mythology, or from Helium, a chemical element, or from ἥλιος hēlios, Ancient Greek for "sun."
	Hélium	Helium is one of the gases used to fill balloons.
	Elio	From elio, "helium," one of the gases used to fill balloons.