The Animal Crossing series is known for its massive cast of characters that includes both useful NPCs and villagers that can inhabit the player's town or island. While these two categories of villagers are usually kept separate, with major NPCs like Tom Nook, Blathers, and Isabelle typically relegated to the buildings of the services they're associated with, recent entries like Animal Crossing: New Horizons blurred the lines between residents and service NPCs via features like The Roost. However, there is one villager from the series that some fans believe was once an NPC who quit his job.