Tom

This article is about the cranky cat villager. For the special tanuki character, see Tom Nook.

Tom
Gender	Male
Personality	Cranky
Species	Cat
Birthday	December 10th
Star Sign	Sagittarius
Catchphrase	"me-YOWZA"
Clothing	BB Tee Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival-Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Bulldog Jacket (Black) Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Favorite saying	"There's no use crying over spilled milk."
Favorite song	K.K. Rock Animal Crossing: New Horizons K.K. Rally Animal Crossing: City Folk-Animal Crossing: New Leaf K.K. Gumbo Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise

“New challenges! New people! We need adventure!”
― Tom, Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Tom (バンタム, Bantamu) is a cranky cat villager in the Animal Crossing series. His North American name is based on tomcats, another name for male cats. His name and appearance might also be a reference to the Tom and Jerry cartoons. He was absent in Animal Crossing: Wild World, but returned in Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. His Japanese name is a reference to Bantamweight, a weight division in boxing. In New Horizons, Tom has the education hobby.

Appearance

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Tom in Animal Crossing

Tom is a blue cat with a white-tipped tail and muzzle. His hands and feet are also tipped white. The insides of his ears are colored strawberry pink. He has slanted yellow eyes with round black pupils, and his eyelids, when visible, are colored a pale blue. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, he has subtle dark purple colored irises. He has a large gray mouth shaped like a sideways 3, and the white on his arms and legs comes up in a sharp zigzag pattern. His initial shirt was the BB Tee until it was changed to a black Bulldog Jacket in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. He carries the Flame Umbrella on rainy days. He has a slight resemblance to Rosie and Moe, two other cat villagers.

Personality

Below is a brief description of the cranky personality. For more information, click here.

As a cranky villager, Tom will appear mature compared to other personality types. This will make him appear belittling and insensitive to other villagers, including the player. Despite this, he will learn to confide in the player, considering them his only friend. He will enjoy the usual hobbies, but for relaxation and peace rather than competition. He will find it difficult to socialize with peppy and normal villagers, who he will criticize when talking to other villagers. He will get along with lazy and snooty villagers, as well as other cranky villagers, who he will share deeper conversations with. He will, on occasion, annoy a normal villager, usually when being mean about something or someone. Tom will also appear very sharp tongued, and will sometimes call the player a brat.

House

Tom's home is very neat and oriental, containing furniture from the Exotic Series. It contrasts with his cranky personality. Upon obtaining a stereo, he will play K.K. Rally.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Tom's home is notably different, and now features multiple Race Cars, along with a Tire Stack. His flooring is the Paintball Flooring. In this game, if he has a stereo, it will play K.K. Rock.

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Animal Crossing (interior)	Animal Crossing: City Folk (interior)
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf (interior)	Animal Crossing: New Leaf (exterior)
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons (interior)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons (exterior)

Pocket Camp

Tom was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in the May 1, 2018 update.

Campsite Invitation Requirements

Friendship Level: 7

Furniture/Item	Required Items	Price (Bells)	Craft Time
Folding Chair	6 steel	900	5 hours
Kettle	30 steel	500	4 hours, 30 minutes
Scale	30 steel	960	3 hours
Speed Bag	60 paper, 60 steel	2,400	6 hours
Exercise Bike	120 steel, 3 sporty essence	1,610	6 hours

Friendship Rewards

• At level 7 friendship, he will reward the player with a BB tee and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 9, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 15, he will request the player to craft a sushi platter.
• At level 20, he will reward the player with pic of Tom and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 25, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 30, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 35, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 40, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 45, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 50, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 55, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 60, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 65, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 70, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).

e-Card

e-Card
Letter File:Ac A207 Screen Shot.png Back File:Ac A207 bk.jpg	#207 Tom Gender Male Type Cat Star sign Sagittarius Clothes BB shirt Petphrase me-YOWZA Password @tk5GepxGHI6Vx A%hPb3&CR2x@e& Profile Tom was a world-class boxer in his younger days. But now, he's become a world-class alley cat. There's nothing he loves more than rooting through the dump, finding gifts for his favorite friends.
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← 206 Tabby #207 Tom 208 Dizzy File:ElephantSpeciesIconSilhouette.png →

amiibo Card

amiibo Card
Back	#128 Tom Type Cat Star sign Sagittarius Birthday 12/10 Roll value 1 Hand sign Scissors Request A fighter's gym
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← 127 Kitt #128 Tom 129 Tipper File:BullSpeciesIconSilhouette.png →

Trivia

• According to his e-Card bio, Tom was formerly a boxer, and while his boxing days are now behind him, the card states that he now enjoys combing the Dump to find gifts for his friends.
  • Tom's boxing career is also mentioned in his Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp bio.
• Tom's favorite color is brown.*
• Tom's favorite clothing style is Rock n' Roll.*
• In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Tom's preferred styles are Cool/Simple, and his preferred colors are Black/Gray.

In other languages

Tom
Language Name Translation Japanese バンタム (Bantamu) - French Tom - Spanish Zapirón - German Timo - Italian Isidoro - Template:Nl Dutch Tom - Template:RU Russian Том (Tom) - Template:CN Chinese 阿邦 (Ābāng) - Template:KR Korean 밴덤 (Baendeo) -