Timmy and Tommy

"Experience is the best teacher."

- Timmy

Timmy Nook and Tommy Nook (まめきち・つぶきち), collectively known as the Nooklings (まめつぶ), are twin apprentices of Tom Nook, the raccoon (tanuki in Japan and South Korea) who runs the town's store. Their full names are revealed in to be Timothy and Thomas. In, , and , they service the second floor of Nookington's. In, they run their own establishment, the Nookling Stores. In, they run Nook's Cranny. Timmy and Tommy serve the same function as Tom Nook in previous games—both can buy items the player is selling, show the player their personal catalog, and state how much turnips are selling for.

Timmy and Tommy attempt to speak in unison, but one always lags behind the other, causing one to repeat every last word the other says. In, they instead make quiet remarks after speaking, as they rarely appear alongside each other. Both twins share resemblance to Tom Nook, even mimicking some of his phrases. Apparently, from some discussions with Tom Nook, the two can be distinguished by a mole on one of their hands, though even he is occasionally uncertain which is which. Timmy's voice is slightly higher-pitched and he is stated to be older than Tommy.

Despite their strong resemblance to him, the exact nature of their relationship with Tom Nook is unclear. The e-Reader cards imply that the Nooklings are Tom's sons or nephews, but Nook states in  that he has no relation to them, and that they are simply his employees. In later games, certain villagers mention that Tom Nook found the Nooklings as orphans and adopted them.

Their names appear to be simply derived from Tom Nook's. Their Japanese names come from mame, bean, and tsubu, grain, referring to their small size. Both also end with "-kichi", same as Tom Nook's Japanese name, Tanukichi.

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Timmy and Tommy make their first appearance in, and later in and , where they run the upstairs room of the final upgrade of Tom Nook's store, Nookington's. Until the final upgrade, Tom Nook's store is run solely by Tom Nook, who only runs the first floor of Nookington's. Nookington's is unlocked by spending and/or selling at least 240,000 Bells worth of items and having a player from another town buy at least one item in the store. Timmy and Tommy sell 6 random pieces of furniture, 3 random carpets, 3 random wallpapers, and 5 random clothing items.

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In and, like in , Timmy and Tommy appear on the second floor of Nookington's.

Timmy and Tommy run the town's store, as Tom Nook now runs Nook's Homes. Only one of them will be in the store at a time (except T&T Emporium, where one works on each floor) because they work shifts. These shifts are different for each variation of the store. Similar to Tom Nook's Store in previous games, Timmy and Tommy's store will be remodeled and expanded after certain requirements are met. The remodeling order is as follows: Nookling Junction, T&T Mart, Super T&T, T.I.Y., and T&T Emporium.

In, Timmy and Tommy operate the Nook Inc. development venture along with Tom Nook. At the beginning of the game, Timmy will sell and buy items inside Resident Services while Tommy will wander the island and offer helpful advice when talked to. Later in the game, the player can assist them in building their shop, Nook's Cranny. Once doing so, both Timmy and Tommy will start working there.

When speaking to either Timmy or Tommy, the player can sell items and check current turnip prices. Since Timmy and Tommy can speak to players separately, up to two players can simultaneously buy or sell items.

Timmy and Tommy appear in, and run the Nookling Global pop-up shop, which is located in the Market Place. They sell furniture items that are not available through crafting, and three items are on sale at a time.

Timmy and Tommy have minor roles in. They appear in two different booths at the Fireworks Show.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Timmy and Tommy appear in Villager's Final Smash, Dream Home, and as a trophy. While the trophy designs and descriptions are the same for both of the versions, the player must complete a certain challenge in both the 3DS and Wii U version.

The Nooklings return in Villager's Final Smash, Dream Home, and also appear in Isabelle's Final Smash, Dream Town Hall, where it functions similarly. In addition, they operate a shop in the World of Light, where they sell other Spirits.

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*Timmy and Tommy will share a house.

RV Description
When visiting Timmy's RV at the campground, the bottom screen will display the following:


 * "The elder raccoon twin, he idolizes Tom Nook and hopes to imitate both his business acumen and manner of speech. And he succeeds at one of them."

Trivia

 * In, if the player is in the second floor of Nookington's at closing time, Timmy and Tommy will tell them that they must go to bed.
 * In, they state that they do not offer a point system in their store. This is most likely a reference to the Tom Nook Point System in and.
 * Bones, a lazy dog villager, is named Tomi in the Japanese versions of the games.
 * Timmy and Tommy share the same birthday and star sign, Gemini, which is fittingly represented by twins.