Why is Rodeo so liked?

[Dunquixote]

I honestly had no idea whether or not he was popular. I assumed he wasn’t liked since I’ve seen a lot of comments mentioning not liking cows or bulls. I personally don’t like cows or bulls either, but I’m trying real hard to keep an open mind about villagers even ones with designs that I don’t like. Rodeo actually isn’t that bad to me. I think I prefer him over Naomi and Tipper. The red eyes are what makes him a little interesting to me.

 

[Mr_Persona]

People mainly like him because there isn't very good bull villagers out there that are less ugly and more normal looking unlike him. Also another reason because he's black and yeah red eyes.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

Well, I personally don't like him lol So I guess I'm the odd one out?

 

[paleogamer11]

Well, I personally don't like him lol So I guess I'm the odd one out?

I don’t either. And why isn’t Stu any more popular? He to me is superior to Rodeo.

 

[Halloqueen]

I tend to favor villagers with aspects to their design that make them unique. That holds true for Rodeo, since as you said, he does have that sort of interesting "demonic" look with the red eyes. The exterior of his house is pretty nice too.

I've never had Rodeo in any of my Animal Crossing games since he never showed up in the older games, and then when I started actively seeking specific villagers in New Leaf and New Horizons, he either lost out against other villagers simply because I liked their designs more or because he didn't fit any of the themes of the towns/island. I can sort of agree that the Lazy personality feels like a clash to some degree, but the "demonic" or "dark" sort of vibe that we might attribute to him probably wasn't even considered when they were creating him. Nothing about him, from his catchphrase, to his personal saying, nor his house's interior design have ever had anything to do with anything particularly creepy. They might have just made a black bull since that's one of the colors actual bulls can be.

He's not my favorite Bull though, as that would be Vic because of his neat viking design and cool house. In fact, among the Bull villagers, Rodeo might not even be second place, he might be third place. Coach has a nice design that ties well into his Jock personality and the interior design of his home, so he's probably second. It also doesn't help that Rodeo has the Lazy personality because, while there are a good number of Lazy villagers who I like that have good designs, the dialogue for Lazies is some of my least favorite if not absolute least favorite.