Jay

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Jay
Favorite saying	You gotta want it! (Animal Crossing: Wild World) He who hesitates has lost. (Animal Crossing: New Leaf onwards)
First appearance	Dōbutsu no Mori (2001)
Latest appearance	Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
Species	Bird
Personality	Jock
Gender	Male
Birthday	July 17
Catchphrase	heeeeeyy

“Everyone works too much. It's important to take a break every once in a while!”

– [[Jay, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp|Jay, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp]]

Jay (ツバクロ, Tsubakuro) is a jock bird villager in the Animal Crossing series. His English name is derived from the species of Template:W, although there are no jays that have red heads like the villager. His Japanese name, is the katakana writing of 燕 (Tsubakuro), which is the Japanese word for "Swallow" (the species of bird), it also can mean "comfort," or "enjoy." His catchphrase, "Heeeeeeyy," could be a reference to Fonzie from the show Happy Days.

He appears on the album cover for King K.K. He has the fitness hobby.

Appearance

Jay in Template:GC

Jay is a blue bird with red on his forehead and white underneath his beak. His beak and legs are orangey-yellow. His tail is entirely blue. He is similar in appearance to a Template:W. He has thick black eyebrows on the red spot of his forehead. He initially, carries a Yellow Umbrella on rainy days. His color scheme and species resembles Lombardi Falco from Star Fox.

Personality

Jay has a jock personality and has a great interest in sports and bodybuilding. Jock villagers are hyperactive and motivated, but often come across as self-centered and dense. As a jock villager, Jay is very interested in his hobby, and may compete against the player at catching bugs and fish. Jock villagers get along with peppy, cranky, and sisterly villagers, but conflict with the laid-back lifestyle of lazy villagers. Snooty villagers may also be difficult to get along with for Jay.

House

Jay's house has a classical theme, with K.K. Waltz playing on his gramaphone. In Template:GC, Jay has the Perfect painting in his house. As shown on the side, Jay likes to collect instruments. Jay's carpet is the classic carpet and his wallpaper is the ornate wallpaper. Jay has a string set and a vibraphone. The perfect painting and the instruments are also left out in the later games.

Template:GC (interior)
Animal Crossing: Wild World (interior)	Animal Crossing: City Folk (interior)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (interior)	Animal Crossing: New Leaf (exterior)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (interior)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons (exterior)

Pocket Camp

Jay was released with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on October 25, 2017, and is the first campsite visitor if the player picks sporty as their theme.

Jay's preferred theme is sporty, and he primarily gives preserves as a reward. His profile reads:

❝ He's not exactly brave — just empty-headed. He's the type that seems to succeed by willpower alone.❞

Campsite Invitation Requirements

Friendship Level: 1

Furniture/Item	Required Materials	Price (Bells)	Craft Time
Stipe Sofa	6 cotton	500	1 minute
Aloe	6 wood	430	1 minute
Hammock	3 wood, 3 cotton	420	1 minute
Worktable	6 wood	390	1 minute

Friendship Rewards

• At level 7 friendship, he will reward the player with a six-ball tee and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 9, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 15, he will request that the player crafts a skateboard rack.
• At level 20, he will reward the player with a pic of Jay 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 A096 Screen Shot.png Back File:Ac A096 bk.jpg	#096 Jay Gender Male Type Bird Star sign Cancer Clothes Six-ball shirt Petphrase Heeeeeyy Password 5P7nNzivFtBw8J Yu3GGTOJJPJNq8 Profile Some guys have all they luck. No matter what they try they hand at, they're better than everyone else. Jay has most of the luck, but he also has those strange, red forehead feathers.
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← 095 Patty #096 Jay 097 Midge →

amiibo Card

amiibo Card
Back	#175 Jay Type Bird Star sign Cancer Birthday 7/17 Roll value 2 Hand sign Paper Request A bowling alley
File:Amiibo 175 Jay.png
← 174 Bettina #175 Jay 176 Next →

Trivia

• He is one of the few villagers whose name is changed between American and PAL versions, in this case in Spanish, along with Agnes.
• He shares a birthday with Beppe, one of the three blackbirds from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's OK Motors. They both have a birthday on July 17.
• In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Jay's preferred style is Active, and his preferred colors are Aqua/Blue.