Tanuki figurine (Doubutsu no Mori+)

From Nookipedia, the Animal Crossing wiki

The subject of this page has no official English localization, so a translation of the original Japanese name is used instead.

	Tanuki figurine	^{[nb 1]}

Buy price

Sell price

2,000Bells

500Bells

Size

1 × 1

Obtain via:
(DnM)

Crazy Redd's

Treasure hunt

Tree (good luck)

Obtain via:
(DnM+/DnMe+)

Crazy Redd's

Treasure hunt

Wisp

Tree (good luck)

Obtain via:
(AC)

Unobtainable

HRA points

412

HRA penalty if facing wall

Unknown

Appearances

In other games

Wild World (racoon figurine)
City Folk (racoon figurine)
New Leaf (raccoon figurine)
New Horizons (raccoon figurine)

Names in other languages

たぬきのおきもの

N/A

Thetanuki figurine (たぬきのおきもの,tanuki no okimono^?) is afurniture item inDoubutsu no Mori,Doubutsu no Mori+, andDoubutsu no Mori e+. It is replaced by theleft stone lion statue inDòngwù Sēnlín.

The tanuki figurine can be obtained fromCrazy Redd's Furniture Emporium for 2,000Bells,Wisp, atreasure hunt, or trees when the player has goodluck. For the purpose offêng shui, its color is special. This item islucky, meaning it gives a 777-pointHappy Room Academy bonus when placed in the player's house.

InDoubutsu no Mori, this item appears in the homes ofHector,Iggy, andVladimir.

InDoubutsu no Mori+, this item appears in the homes ofHector,Iggy, andVladimir.

For villagers who have this item placed on the floor in their house, there is a chance that the villager will gift it to the player.

Version differences

Leftover dummy item

The dummy model used by unused items inAnimal Crossing.

InAnimal Crossing, the tanuki figurine is stillleftover in the game data as a dummy item, unobtainable withoutgameplay modification orglitches. It has the unused name "racoon obje" and uses the dummy model, a white triangle with red Japanese text reading ダミー (damī, dummy). Its name was also translated to other languages in the European version ofAnimal Crossing, with the name "objeto mapache" in Spanish, "raton laveur" in French, "Waschbär" in German, and "procione" in Italian.

Real-world information

A photo of atanuki statue, depicting its large scrotum.

In Japanese folktale,bake-danuki (化け狸,bake-danuki^?) are ayōkai, or Japanese supernatural beings, associated with theJapanese raccoon dog, or tanuki. They're known for having the ability to shapeshift in order to fool people. Despite being coined "raccoon dogs", tanukis are not related toraccoons, but are often mistranslated as such in English translations of Japanese medias, including theAnimal Crossing series.