Blathers Amiibo

Blathers is the brown owl who runs the museum in most modern Animal Crossing games. He's the franchise's resident curator and identifies fossils, fish, bugs, and art that the player donates to fill out the museum's collections. His character beat is being enthusiastic about most museum subjects, but he's terrified of insects specifically and gets visibly distressed when the player donates them.

Most franchise NPCs don't have personality-shaped phobias. Blathers has bugs. The franchise commits to it.

The amiibo released November 13, 2015 alongside the Animal Crossing amiibo Festival figure-line. Tap him on compatible games to unlock Blathers-themed bonus content, museum-themed items, and curator-tied dialogue.

The figure: brown owl Blathers in his bowtie-and-academic-vest configuration in the 'I am about to deliver a long monologue about fossils' stance. Animal Crossing-line styling, unchanged.

He pairs with Tom Nook, Isabelle, K.K., Mabel, Celeste (his sister), and the broader Animal Crossing NPC cluster. The figure-line keeps the museum-curator and his sister Celeste (the planetarium curator) as a related-NPC figure-pair.