Tom Nook

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## **Character Info**

Tom Nook is the premier seller of homes, decor, and various equipment one could want when moving to a new town, city, wild world, becoming a mayor, or settling a previously deserted island. Though some may think he’s a villain in disguise seeking to prey on poor Villagers as he forces them to work off their never-ending debt, this is far from the truth. In truth, Tom Nook loves to help out those in need of a place to live, he just so happens to be really good at making a profit off of it. Tom Nook is also the founder of Nook Incorporated, a development company that provides getaway packages to deserted islands where Villagers can settle and develop these islands to their heart’s desire. Just pick up your NookPhone and dial 1-800-TOM-NOOK for the island getaway of your dreams!

## **General Information**

### **Entrance**

A miniature version of Nook’s Cranny will be on the stage. Tom Nook will step outside of the shop looking proud before quickly closing the door. Following this, Nook’s Cranny will shrink down and disappear in a puff of smoke.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby will have Tom Nook’s ears on top of his head. The dark fur pattern around Tom Nook’s eyes will be identically shaped around Kirby’s eyes as well, complete with droopy eyelids.

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Tom Nook will pull out his NookPhone and have a conversation through it. Tom Nook will either chortle joyfully during the conversation, get angry at whoever he is talking with little anime anger marks moving about his head, or have a mischievous shine in his eye as he laughs sadistically.

**Down Taunt:** Tom Nook will pull out a sign with a hastily scrawled message on it and hold it over his head. This sign can say one of a few things including, “SALE!”, “50% Off”, “Now Open”, “Buy!”, “Sell!”, or even “Stonks!”

**Side Taunt:** Tom Nook will pull out a full bag of Bells and shake it vigorously. The sounds of jingling coins can be heard.

### **Victory Poses**

1. Bells will rain down from the sky as Tom, Timmy, and Tommy Nook run through it like children running through rain.
2. Tom Nook happily leaps from off of a diving board straight into an endless pile of Bells, swimming in it in various poses as he moves around the screen.
3. Tom Nook sits on a gold throne with one leg crossed over the other, a smug look on his face. Behind him are a multitude of Bell Bags stacked on top of one another.

## **Moveset**

### **Standard Special**

**Pocket:** Much like Villager and Isabelle before him, Tom Nook is capable of plucking items and projectiles out of the air and placing them into his pockets. Pocket is capable of interacting with items and projectiles in a way that most other characters and moves simply can’t. This allows Tom Nook to place both physical and energy-based projectiles into his pocket as well as items that wouldn’t normally be interactable such as a Spiny Shell that’s mid-flight or a Flipper that has already been placed.

Tom Nook is only capable of holding one thing in his pocket at a time. If Tom Nook uses this special move again he will take whatever was in his pocket and either throw it forwards or activate it, depending on the item. Items like Zombrex or Warp Stars are activated immediately after Tom Nook takes them out of his pocket. Items like Lip’s Stick or Whipswords will just stay in Tom Nook’s hands to be used as weapons. Items like Orange Grenade or Black Hole will be immediately thrown at standard strength.

Projectiles or Character Items that were pocketed by Tom Nook mid-flight will have a 1.9x damage multiplier when they are thrown by Tom Nook and they will continue to fly in the same trajectory they were moving in when they were pocketed. Unfortunately, pocketing an attack from a teammate and throwing it will weaken the damage down to 0.475x of the original attack.

If Tom Nook is KO’d then anything in his pocket will be instantly lost.

### **Side Special**

**Bell Toss:** Tom Nook will pull out a heavy bag of bells and give them a mighty toss forwards! Tom Nook is able to toss two bags one right after the other which will fly forwards on slightly different arcs. Each bag deals a decent amount of damage and knockback with the second bag being just slightly weaker than the first as it contains less bells. There is a 5% chance that instead of throwing a bag of bells, Tom Nook will toss one of his nephews, Timmy and Timmy, instead! If Timmy/Tommy hit an opponent they will latch on their face and scratch them up for a couple hits of lighter damage and no knockback.

### **Up Special**

**Pole Vault:** Just like in New Horizons, Tom equips himself with a pole and vaults across the stage! A curious recovery move given that it's mostly horizontal trajectory, Tom can vault further than Battlefield with the right amount of momentum behind his swing. If used in mid-air, Tom will have to land on a platform or fighter to footstool from off of them and vault forward; otherwise, he'll just flail around helplessly with the pole before it drops down, dealing light damage to anyone it hits from below. When used on a fighter on a solid platform, Tom has a good chance of temporarily grounding them. During any of these situations, Tom will have multiple instances of super armor, disallowing ne'er-do-wells from vandalizing his vault.

### **Down Special**

**Money Tree:** Tom Nook takes a bag of Bells and buries it. He then waters the sprout that comes up in its stead. Once watered, a Money Tree blooms! Three bags of Bells appear on the tree, each worth between 5 and 25 Bells. Tom can either use his standard special to pocket them and add them to his Bell total, or do what everyone else is able to do and use them to batter his foes until they break! The heavier the bag, the more damage it deals and the harder it is to swing around. The tree probably won't fall down during all of this, but it will eventually wither back into the earth of its own accord. Like Villager, Tom Nook will swing a heavy tree-chopping axe if he tries to use his Down Special while the Money Tree is fully grown.

### **Final Smash**

**Debt Collection:** A gleam will shine in Tom Nook’s eye as he spies a chance to shake down one of his opponents for some extra cash. Tom Nook will dash forwards with an empty bag in hand. If Tom Nook makes contact with another fighter he will throw the bag over their head and trap them in place. Timmy and Tommy will then appear next to Tom Nook as the family of tanuki race all around the fighter and hit them for multiple light hits of damage while they also drag their claws through the fighter’s belongings and relieve them of enough spare change to pay off whatever debt the fighter has to them. By the end of the attack, Tom Nook will be gleefully holding a massive bag of bells which he’ll swing like a club and send the fighter flying away with empty pockets.

### **Extra Skill**

**Sell/Buy:** If Tom Nook has something in his pocket, or his holding onto an item, and he activates his Extra Skill he’ll sell whatever he is holding onto and exchange it for Bells. The number of Bells that Tom Nook has will be displayed next to his Damage% and the maximum number of Bells that he can hold is 100.
If Tom Nook has something in his pocket, or his holding onto an item, and he activates his Extra Skill he’ll sell whatever he is holding onto and exchange it for Bells. The number of Bells that Tom Nook has will be displayed next to his Damage% and the maximum number of Bells that he can hold is 100.
Weaker and more common items such as a Fan or one of Fox’s Blaster bolts will only sell for a small amount of Bells while more powerful items such as a high-powered shot from a Rage Blaster or one of MegaMan.EXE’s Holy Dream shots will sell for a significantly higher amount of Bells. If Tom Nook is holding onto something in his Pocket as well as in his hands, then this Extra Skill will prioritize selling whatever is in Tom Nook’s Pocket.

If Tom Nook doesn’t have anything in his Pocket or in his hands, then he will instead spend his Belly to buy something. Tom Nook does not get to choose what he buys and will spend the maximum Bells he can on the highest priced option. The following are some examples of what Tom Nook can buy with this Extra Skill in order of cheapest to most expensive.

**Examples:**

* A tube of wallpaper that Tom Nook can wield as a weak bludgeoning weapon to bonk fighters on the head.
* Low-tier items such as the Deku Nut, Parasol, or Flashlight.
* A small piece of furniture such as a desk lamp or potted plant that Tom Nook will toss forward.
* Mid-tier items such as the Warp Star, Back Shield, or Splat Brella.
* A larger piece of furniture such as a dresser or armchair that is thrown a short distance, but hits really hard.
* High-tier items such as the Gust Bellows, Special Flag, or Paopu Fruit.
* The legendary Golden Axe which is able to be swung faster and inflict significantly higher than the axe that the Villager and Tom Nook normally get access to during their Down Specials.

## **Alternate Costumes**

1. **Default**
2. **Winter Outfit** - Tom Nook will wear his orange sweater and green jacket that make up his winter outfit in New Horizons.
3. **Nook's Cranny** - Tom Nook will wear his classic outfit from the original Animal Crossing when he is running Nook’s Cranny.
4. **Nook 'n' Go** - Tom Nook will wear his classic outfit from the original Animal Crossing when he is running Nook ‘n’ Go.
5. **Nookway** - Tom Nook will wear his classic outfit from the original Animal Crossing when he is running Nookway.
6. **Nookington's** - Tom Nook will wear his classic outfit from the original Animal Crossing when he is running Nookington’s.
7. **Monthly Raffle** - Tom Nook will wear his red, white, and blue uniform from when he runs the Monthly Raffle in the original Animal Crossing.
8. **New Leaf** - Tom Nook will wear his green sweater from New Leaf.
9. **Pocket Camp** - Tom Nook will wear his pink sweater from the 3rd anniversary of Pocket Camp.
10. **RV** - Tom Nook will wear his casual white shirt and jeans attire when driving an RV in New Leaf.Alt 2Alt 3Alt 4Alt 5Alt 6Alt 7Alt 8Alt 9Alt 10