Nat
- "Tread on a worm, and it will turn."
- — Nat, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Welcome amiibo
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| Chameleon |  Male
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| Birthday | July 25th | 
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| Role | Bug-Off host | |||||||
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Name in other languages
カメヤマさん
멜레옹 Gustavo Carleon
龙山先生
Djarod Papilo Nat
龍山先生 Djarod Papilo Нат | ||||||||
Nat is a chameleon who appears in Animal Crossing: City Folk and returns in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. He can be found hosting the Bug-Off event in the player's town. Like Chip, he speaks with a cranky villager's voice (deep, masculine). He has small spectacles that sit on the end of his nose, similar to the style of an explorer who searches for new creatures, such as insects, mammals, etc. He also wears explorer clothing, which goes with his explorer appearance, and he carries a blue net which cannot be obtained during the game and is an item unique to him. Nat's name could either be related to "net", which he uses, or "gnat", a type of bug. Unlike Chip, Nat does not eat the bugs, but it is implied that he does, as he calls the bugs scrumptious and delectable, and he makes slurping noises after receiving a bug. Despite this, he denies this and says that he is keeping them for purely scientific reasons.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, his role hosting the Bug-Off was replaced by Flick. However, a picture of him can be seen inside on a sign in the bug exhibit of the Museum.
During the Bug-Off
Nat pitches his green and white tent outside the Town Hall similar to Chip, who runs the Fishing Tourney, at 9 a.m. and waits for players and villagers to bring him different types of bugs and rates them according to rarity, luster, color and size, and then gives them a mark using an unknown point system. For each insect players give him that is rated highly and breaks the first place record, players receive an item of furniture. Any insects given to him will not be returned, whether they win or not. He picks the winner at 6 p.m., giving a total of nine hours to find insects.
The winner with the highest rating insect wins a trophy, which is sent to them in the mail by Nat for the next day; a message written by him then appears on the bulletin board.
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, he plays a similar role, but now presents an awards ceremony, hands out trophies to the top three competitors, gives furniture from the Insect Set for record-breaking entries scoring at least 80 points, and gives the player a golden net if they catch every type of bug.
In Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, Nat comes during the warmer months to host the Bug Off. He will judge bugs brought to him by the player, and the winner is awarded 20 Happy Points.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Nat appears as a collectible trophy.
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Nat
| Description | NTSC-U: Bugs are like the cream in his tea, the jam on his scone! This old chameleon tasks you with catching him some bugs—for science, really! That lip smacking was just his excitement for din...er...discovery! Go on—find some delectable specimens, won't you? Points and prizes await! PAL: Bugs are like the cream in his tea, the jam on his scone! This old chameleon wants you to catch him some bugs - for science, of course. Think you heard him smacking his lips? Preposterous! Just be a good sport and catch him a delectable specimen, will you, old bean? And, anyway, there are points and prizes in it for you! | |
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Happy Home Designer amiibo card
Card back
| #115 Nat - Series 2 | ||||||||
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114 Blanca | List of amiibo cards #115 Nat |
116 Chip |
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Gallery
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
(Nintendo Switch Online profile icon)
Names in other languages
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カメヤマさん Kameyama-san |
Mr. Kameyama, from カメレオン kamereon (chameleon) |
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멜레옹 Unknown |
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龙山先生 Lóngshān Xiānshēng |
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龍山先生 Unknown |
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Нат Unknown |
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Carleon | |
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Papilo | From "Papilas gustativas" (taste buds), as he enjoys eating the insects given to him, and possibly "Papillon" (french for butterfly) |
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Gustavo | Pun on how he talks about how tasty the insects are; comes from the verb "gustare" which means "to taste" |
Trivia
- He has a picture in his tent of himself next to a Birdwing Butterfly.
- After catching a few insects, he says, "Hunt bugs in the fields! Hunt bugs in the hills! Hunt bugs in the streets! You must never surrender!" This is based on a famous speech by Winston Churchill.
- In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Nat's eyes will occasionally twitch. This is no longer the case in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
- Despite Nat not appearing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a photo of him can be seen on the billboard in the laboratory-chamber of the Museum's bug section. Interacting with it can show the date of donation of few bugs, like the Flea or the Paper Kite Butterfly.
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