Some food-themed Animal Crossing: New Horizons characters have players scratching their heads, wondering whether they're animals or something else entirely. The franchise has over 400 types of villager designs, all based around animals like cats, dogs, deer, various birds, alligators, and several other types of animals. However, a few villagers in the Animal Crossing franchise are unique for being themed around food.
The food-esque design choice has brought up an important question for Animal Crossing fan and Reddit user LavishnessFit6692: "Are they food!?" The Redditor posed this question to other players, calling out several villagers who look more like plants, desserts, and other food items than animals. They ask other fans if they "think villagers like Tangy and Ketchup are really a cat and a duck respectively, or are they plant-like creatures taking [the] form of animals." The question has sparked a discussion among players about the nature of these unique villagers.
The consensus in the comments of the Reddit post seems to be that these are villagers named after the food and drink they resemble. Redditor voncatensproch points out that there are other animals named after foods in Animal Crossing that "don't necessarily resemble the...
