Maddie

Maddie is a peppy dog villager in the. She first appeared in, and after her appearance in , she remained absent from the series until , where she returns as a DLC character. Her catchphrase, "yippee," may be derived from "yip," an onomatopoeia for a dog sound.

Appearance
Maddie is a brown dog, whose face and legs go from a dark brown to a lighter brown, ending up with a chalky white muzzle, paws, and tail. Her ears are the opposite: they transition from brown to a darker brown. She has triangular, black eyes with tan eyelashes, curved tan eyebrows, and a large black nose. She also has a large smile.

Personality
As a peppy villager, Maddie will have the tendency to over-react in conversations about trivial subjects such as appearing in competitions and the chance of her losing. This sometimes triggers her to ask for a certain item of clothing or furniture which she needs to enter a competition. She, like other peppy villagers, will rarely be discouraged from doing anything including the usual hobbies. She will also have a short attention span, which means she will soon forget arguments or tasks given to the player which were not completed.

In
In, Maddie can only move to the player's town if her amiibo card is scanned, or if she is invited to move in from another player's town.

In
In, if Maddie is one of the villagers who moved in during the main storyline after the villager house development quest, her house will have a combination of non-craftable furniture, plus items crafted by players during the island development storyline, primarily from the Wooden Block Series. She cannot have her initial house interior unless she moves out of the player's island or the DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.

In
In, Maddie was distributed as a DLC character at Nintendo Zones from February 1, 2016 to February 29, 2016.

In
Maddie was added to on December 25, 2019.

Trivia

 * When Maddie's e-Reader card is scanned in, she states having an obsession with the internet, something that many peppy villagers mention. This is alluded to in her favorite saying, with "IT" meaning "information technology."