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Octavian — Cranky octopus in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Birthday September 20
Star sign Virgo
Personality Cranky
Subtype B
Catchphrase “sucker”
Picture quote “Don't be a sucker!”
Gender Male
Default clothing gold-print tee (Black)
Hobby Play
Favorite styles Cool, Simple
Favorite colors Black, White
Bag Paper
Snack Lollipop
Drink Soda can
Cranky Octopus

Octavian

Cranky octopus

Space-obsessed octopus with a rocket yard. Octavian is dry, dramatic, and one of only a few octopus neighbors — a longtime favorite for sci-fi cores.

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Characteristics

Appearance

Octavian is a light red octopus with a jet piece standing in for a puckered mouth, puffy peach-pink cheek marks, and angry squinted eyes beneath sharp brows that give him a serious, profound expression. Two bandages cross the back of his head in an X; suckered tentacle arms and six legs make eight limbs total, true to a real octopus. Star-pattern shirts and lunar home decor nod to sci-fi Martian octopi from classic horror fiction — aliens common in Japanese pop culture — and his description leans into extraterrestrial roots, a cranky neighbor dressed like he stepped off a vintage poster for the stars.

Personality

Octavian opens cranky-cold — rude edges that soften when the player keeps showing up kind, doing favors and talking often enough to earn trust. Near the beach he sometimes grows quiet, the sea stirring memories of parents and younger days he rarely shares aloud, a rare glimpse beneath the scowl.

House — Space lab

In New Horizons

Lunar flooring, satellite gear, and rocket furniture — his interior feels like mission control with snack breaks.

Octavian house exterior in New Horizons
Octavian house interior in New Horizons
Roof brown tile roof
Siding white & red asian siding
Door red rustic door
Wallpaper Starry-Sky Wall
Flooring Lunar Surface
Music K.K. D&B

Does not contain a stereo initially

Notable furniture

Asteroid Crewed Spaceship Rocket Flying Saucer Astronaut Suit Satellite

Names in other languages

Language Name Romanization
Japanese おくたろう Okutarō
Korean 문복 Munbok
Chinese (Simplified) 张瑜 Zhāng Yú
Chinese (Traditional) 張瑜
French Octave
Spanish Octavio
Italian Ottavio
German Ottfried
Dutch Octavian
Russian Октавиан Oktavian

amiibo card

Octavian amiibo card #045

New Horizons reference data from Nookipedia .