The Animal Crossing (どうぶつの森 Dōbutsu no Mori, lit. "Animal Forest") universe refers to the Super Smash Flash series' collection of stages and properties that hail from the popular Animal Crossing series of colorful real life-simulation games for recent Nintendo systems. Though heavily represented throughout the Super Smash Bros. series, Animal Crossing has spawned a small representation on the Super Smash Flash series, particularly by being absent in the original Super Smash Flash. Its symbol consists of a bitten off leaf, which comes from the logo of Tom Nook's shop, leaves also play some roles in the game such as keeping stuff in the inventory by turning them into leaves.