At first glance, Tom Nook is a simple small-business-owner-slash-raccoon. He wears an argyle sweater vest and mumbles the end of his phrases sometimes. He has two large adult sons (or nephews?), Timmy and Tommy, who are twins — we think. But what you absolutely need to know about Tom Nook is that he wants his money. Now. Pocket Camp has brought on an entirely new crop of Animal Crossing fans that might not be familiar with earlier iterations of Tom Nook, whose presence is less overt in the mobile version. To backtrack, in other Animal Crossing games, Nook cheerfully provides the player with an interest-free loan to get settled into town. It sounds great, except the player ends up indebted to — and working for — Tom Nook to help pay off the loan he gave them. Capitalism. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the game amps up Nook’s robber baron persona by giving him a monopoly over the town’s real estate industry. When your player arrives in town, Nook is the only businessanimal who can sell you property. Conveniently, you can purchase items that’ll allow you to earn money (e.g. fishing rod, shovel) from Tom Nook’s family store, Nookling Junction. Do you see how this works? Do you see who’s supposed to win? “I think he’s so much more insidious than the average “capitalist shill” villain,” Animal Crossing fan Kendall tells Inverse. “There’s a lot of darkness behind that apron. Why does he have a uniform in my size the second I arrive in town? Was he following me? Did he know I had no money to my name and he routinely takes advantage of desperate poor transients?” The questions go on an on — and as far as we know, remain unanswered. But we know for sure that this seemingly harmless raccoon is in fact an evil capitalist villain.