Some fans have come up with a silly explanation for why Gulliver and Gullivarr keep washing up on players' islands inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. The two gull-inspired characters are known for their sailor outfits and manners of speaking, and their knack for showing up on island shores conked out and missing key communication tools.
Reddit userGooooby1shared an image of Gulliver and the totally-not-the-same-person Gullivarr, explaining that they’d never realized that players get different rewards depending on who they help.The community responded by sharing fan theories of the two characters, and one theory byHaplafiltrings especially true for fans:
“My headcanon is they actually just circle around the island in a rowboat just out of sight getting hammered on rum and alternate who falls in the ocean and have to go rescue the other. They are the only crew.”
Animal Crossing Fan Theory Has A Silly Explanation For Gulliver’s Failed Travels
Gulliver And Gullivarr Are Just Going In Circles, Apparently
Gulliver, who is named after the seafaring protagonist ofGulliver’s Travels,is a sailing gull character who occasionally washes up ashore. The gull requests the player’s help putting together their communicator parts, which are scattered somewhere along the shore so that he can get back to his ship.
Gulivarr is much the same, except he wears a red shirt and hat instead of a blue one, and speaks like a pirate.Both wash ashore surprisingly oftenfor characters who spend a lot of time sailing and should, presumably, be good at it.
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Thetheory explains this odd detailby suggesting that the two adventuring gulls aresimply circling the island drinking some of that “GOOD soda with me crew,“as Gulliver puts it, and taking turns falling over into the ocean. The theory has struck a chord with many fans, likePoPo573who says, “This is now my canon.”
Are Gulliver And Gullivarr In Animal Crossing The Same Character?
Another Fan Theory Has An Adorable Answer
While Gulliver has been around since the first game in theAnimal Crossingfranchise, Gullivarr is a new addition introduced inNew Horizons.The two have very slight differences beyond their clothes, like the color of their eyebrows and the shape of their pupils, indicating that they’re not the same person. But I like to think that the pirate character is just Gulliver’s alternate persona.
Did you know?InAnimal Crossing: New Leaf,Gulliver could be woken with a megaphone or by calling Gulliver’s name into the 3DS microphone!
Apparently, I’m not alone, as RedditorIntoOurLastMomentshas a cute theory about what’s going on: “I’m of the opinion that Gullivarrrrr is actually Gulliver in cosplay as a pirate.” This is probably not canon, but I like the idea of Gulliver going out on his ship pretending he’s a pirate until he drinks too much soda and falls overboard. And that’s the beauty ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons:players are free to come up withwild theories about the franchiseor just enjoy it at face value.
