Omg, this happens to me so often. When I went to the aquarium, I recognized a lot of fish from Animal Crossing. So much so that my friends thought I was obsessed with fish. Today there was a sunset that looked exactly like the 6pm sunset in AC. When I see lily of the valleys, I immediately think of Jacob's Ladders (they were misnamed in all the games but corrected in HHD, I think). Before AC, I never knew the names of flowers, bugs and fish. I've learned a lot from this game!
mostly fish and bugs that i recognize from the game. i went to a museum a while ago and they had a ton of dead bugs, and i could name quite a few of them thanks to animal crossing.
Everytime I hear cicadas in the summer it instantly makes me think of the game. After all, I only even know what a cicada is because of Animal Crossing lol
I have a giant canvas of a town tree with all the characters in my room but um other than that just nature in general or specifically bow hairstyles...lol
I have pink hydrangeas that have been blooming for awhile, and looking at them made me feel like they should be blooming in-game, too. I also saw some lily of the valley roots at the store today... almost bought them because they reminded me of the game, haha.
Any type of butterfly or stag beetle immediately reminds me of animal crossing. Also, whenever I look at my NES, it reminds me of the GameCube version where you could play NES games. Then the virtual console came and we'll never get that feature again. Go capitalism!