Wendell is a starving artist who sells wallpaper and carpet. While walking along the beach, Ai discovers him lying against the rocks famished. She proceeds to invite him to her house where he is fed onigiri, and later disappears out Ai's window when she answers a knock at her door. In Animal Crossing the game, if you feed him fish he will give you free wallpaper. He is part of the game's trading event as well. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, he gives out designs if you give him fruit or fish. If given a red radish, he will give you either a turban or a country guitar.