Phineas

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"Every adventure starts with a single step."

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

Phineas bln/fsl
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Species			Gender
Fur seal			Male
Birthday		June 20th
Role		Balloons Badges The Roost customer
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 fur seal 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.

Characteristics

Appearance

Phineas is a brown fur seal with grayish-white bushy eyebrows and small round ears with reddish-orange insides. His beige muzzle has long black whiskers, small black freckles, a V-shaped upside-down mouth, and a dark-brown triangular nose with a little bit grayish-brown. There is a big dark-brown chin below his muzzle. His floppy hands and feet have dark-brown nails with brown-gray triangular linings. He always wears a small round pair of glasses with black frames and dark-gray lenses.

Personality

Phineas is portrayed as a kind-hearted individual who likes to bring joy to good children.

Appearances

In City Folk

Artwork from City Folk.

Phineas in the city in City Folk.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Phineas appears at random in the city from 9 AM to 7 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

Artwork from 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 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.

While initially absent from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Phineas was added in 2.0 Free Update. Phineas's Poster can be obtained from Nook Shopping after inviting him to Photopia via his amiibo. He also can be summoned to The Roost.

In amiibo Festival

Phineas appears as a visitor in the Board Game mode of Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. If a player lands on a special-event space while he is visiting, he spins a roulette to see who wins a prize; each player has a section on the roulette, with the player who landed on the special-event space having a larger section. The player it lands on receives 2,000 to 3,000 Bells. There is also a rainbow-colored section on the roulette; if it lands on it, all players receive 5 Happy Points and 1,000 Bells.

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.

#561

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.

Official example

Phineas
Birthday	Gender	Species
June 20	Male	Fur seal
Umbrella	Bat Umbrella
House request
Client's vision	I'll leave it up to you!
Favorite song	K.K. Jazz

Unlocked items
Furniture:	K.K. Jazz  Phineas's Pic
Clothing:	Explorer Tee  Explorer Pants
Starting house:

In New Horizons

Every adventure starts with a single step.

Birthday	Gender	Species
June 20	Male	Fur seal
Initial NookPhone	Green
Final NookPhone	Cool - Fabric 5
Happy Home Paradise traits
Umbrella	Camo Umbrella
Hobby	Play
Book

In Happy Home Paradise

Happy Home Paradise client information

Phineas
Client's vision	Vacation-Home Concept

Unlocked items
Furniture:	Phineas's Photo  Phineas's Poster

Card profiles

amiibo card

Card back

#304 Phineas - Series 4

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

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo

Trivia

• Some cranky villagers believe that K.K. Slider's day job consists of being Phineas.^{[citation needed]}
• In City Folk, although Phineas will usually leave the city plaza at night, he can be forced to stay if the player waits in his vicinity without reloading the area. If this is done, his music cart will play along with the versions of the city music for the other times of day, which usually cannot be heard.
• In Happy Home Designer, when Phineas is at home, he can sometimes be seen in his outfit from City Folk from when he sold balloons.

Names in other languages

	パロンチーノ Paronchīno	Palloncino, the Italian word for balloon
	파론티노 Parontino	Same as Japanese name
	博陆恩 Bó Lùēn	From "balloon"
	博陸恩 Unknown
	Финеас Fineas	Same as English name
	Phineas	Same as English name
	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 the 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