Zipper
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Zipper is a bunny character in Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduced as part of an Easter-themed "Bunny Day" event. The character was offputting to many players, who joked about its creepy appearance and suspicion that he was not a bunny but rather a person or other villager in a bunny costume.
Origin
Zipper T. Bunny appeared in Animal Crossing: City Folk and posterior games as part of an Easter-themed "Bunny Day" event on April.[1] The character is a peppy rabbit who challenges players to find various kinds of eggs across the game.
Spread
After the update that introduced the character to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players quickly joked about Zipper in numerous ways. Many compared him to the iconic bunny from the game Silent Hill 3. For example, user @potemkin0P made the comparison in a tweet[2] which gained over 29,000 retweets and 90,000 likes (shown below, left). User @redicnomad[3] also made the comparison, gaining over 680 retweets and 2,300 likes (shown below, right).
Others remarked on the inconsistencies of the character, particularly its insistence that it was not someone in a bunny costume and that one shouldn't investigate the zipper on its back. User @gomuboo posted a video in which she discovered that Zipper gets annoyed when you look at its back (shown below, top). User @andthejets discovered that the character seems exasperated when the player leaves its line of sight, gaining over 46,000 retweets (shown below, bottom).
i figured out how to annoy Zipper #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/P5uWVypEdd
— Marisa 👁🗨 (@gomuboo) April 1, 2020
HE GOES OUT OF CHARACTER WHEN YOU LEAVE HIS LINE OF SIGHT pic.twitter.com/zlOENmKFOP
— bennie (@andthejets) April 1, 2020
People also joked about the overall creepiness of the character's design. User @jomikemc[4] posted a screenshot of the character staring at his villager in shadow, gaining over 300 retweets and 1,300 likes (shown below, left). User @byelacey[5] posted images of Zipper escaping an enclosure, gaining over 16,000 retweets and 69,000 likes (shown below, right).
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Polygon – Animal Crossing New Horizons Bunny Day event guide
[2] Twitter – @potemkin0P
[3] Twitter – redicnomad
Top Comments
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Apr 03, 2020 at 01:37PM EDT
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