Episode

Episodes are mini-events that happen in  and  to working animals in town or the city. Episodes allow the player to learn more about an animal's personal life. A character under the effects of an episode will be depressed and the player will be given an option to ask about what is wrong. Before episodes can happen, certain conditions must be met.

In
In, Blathers, Pelly, Tom Nook, Mabel and Sable have episodes if their conditions are met, which are different for each character. Series' of episodes occur at frequent intervals throughout the year, and each episode is three days apart (except for the first and second episodes in a series which are four days apart). The player must hear the first episode to hear all subsequent episodes, but episodes can be heard at least a day late if the player does not play on the exact date scheduled for an episode. For Blathers and Pelly, the player can either ask them what is wrong or to get to work (wherein the player can use that character's services as normal). Tom Nook and Mabel will simply add the 'What's wrong?' to their list of options when the player talks to them.

List of episodes

 * 2nd Wednesday of January - Mabel and Sable (7 episodes)
 * 1) Mabel says Sable has been acting strange lately, and Sable apologizes, saying she was spacing out.
 * 2) Mabel once again says Sable has been acting strange, and Sable recalls how she looked up to Tom Nook as if he were an older brother when she was younger.
 * 3) Mabel says she is making stew for dinner tomorrow, and Sable recalls her old friendship with Tom Nook again, saying "How long? How long does Tom Nook plan to cling to such ancient history..."
 * 4) Mabel begins to worry about Sable, and Sable tells the player that Nook move out of town to work in the city, and that he first wrote to her around January.
 * 5) Mabel tells the player about a cedar box that Sable will not show her the contents of, and Sable tells the player about Tom Nook's first letter to her from the city, recalling his determination to be successful.
 * 6) Mabel tells the player about a old, dull pair of scissors Sable is still using, and Sable tells the player about a time when Tom Nook sent her a box containing those scissors on her birthday.
 * 7) Mable tells the player that Sable has been looking for constellations at night lately, and Sable tells the player that she and Tom Nook used to stargaze before there was an observatory, and that when he returned from the city, he "came back a totally different soul."


 * 2nd Sunday of February - Tom Nook (6 episodes)
 * 1) Tom Nook tells the player how he is fine with people thinking he only thinks about money, because he believes it is his job to show young people how hard life is.
 * 2) Nook tells the player about a business mistake that also cost him a friend, and he warns them to beware of "easy" money making schemes.
 * 3) Nook tells the player about his experience with banks in the city.
 * 4) Nook gives the player business advice, telling them to expand their field only as far as they can manage, and warning them to trust no one.
 * 5) Nook tells the player never to let a friend borrow money and tells them he lost a friendship due to money when he was young.
 * 6) Nook tells the player he still has his dreams from when he was young, but he realizes that money matters more.
 * 2nd Saturday of March - Pelly and Phyllis (6 episodes)
 * 1st Sunday of April - Blathers (6 episodes)
 * 4th Saturday of April - Mabel and Sable (3 episodes)
 * 2nd Tuesday of May - Tom Nook (3 episodes)
 * 4th Sunday of May - Blathers (4 episodes)
 * 2nd Saturday of June - Pelly and Phyllis (4 episodes)
 * 4th Friday of June - Pelly and Phyllis (4 episodes)
 * 2nd Thursday of July - Blathers (3 episodes)
 * 4th Sunday of July - Mabel and Sable (4 episodes)
 * 2nd Saturday of August - Tom Nook (4 episodes)
 * 4th Friday of August - Pelly and Phyllis (6 episodes)
 * 3rd Saturday of September - Tom Nook (3 episodes)
 * 1st Friday of October - Blathers (4 episodes)
 * 3rd Thursday of October - Mabel and Sable (4 episodes)
 * 1st Saturday of November - Tom Nook (5 episodes)
 * 4th Thursday of November - Pelly and Phyllis (6 episodes)
 * 3rd Saturday of December - Blathers (5 episodes)

Episode requirements
The following requirements must be met in order for each character's episodes to occur.
 * The player must speak to Blathers and Celeste at least once for Blathers's episodes to occur.
 * Nookington's must be opened in order for Tom Nook's episodes to occur.
 * The player must befriend Sable in order for her and Mabel's episodes to occur.
 * The player must shoot down Pete with a slingshot and speak to him in order for Pelly and Phyllis's episodes to occur.

In
The episode only happens once for each player in, and it runs for ten consecutive days. For the episodes to occur, some requirements must be met. During the period of episodes, the player will find that different working characters are 'depressed' each day and the player can ask them what is wrong, as in.

List of episodes

 * Day 1 - Sable and Mabel
 * Day 2 - Pelly, Labelle, and Gracie
 * Day 3 - Tom Nook
 * Day 4 - Mabel
 * Day 5 - Tom Nook
 * Day 6 - Labelle and Gracie
 * Day 7 - Mabel
 * Day 8 - Sable
 * Day 9 - Labelle
 * Day 10 - Mabel

Episode requirements
The following requirements must be met in order for episodes to occur.
 * The player must speak to Pelly at least once.
 * The player must befriend Sable.
 * Nookington's must be opened.
 * The player must buy at least one item from the Able Sisters and GracieGrace.
 * The player must have Gracie conduct three fashion checks (pass or fail).