Timmy and Tommy

"Experience is the best teacher."

- Timmy

Timothy "Timmy" Nook (まめきち) and Thomas "Tommy" Nook (つぶきち), collectively known as the Nooklings (まめつぶ), are twin apprentices of Tom Nook, the tanuki (Raccoon outside Japan) who runs the town's store. Their full names are first revealed in New Leaf. The Nooklings are simply known as Timmy and Tommy in prior games, where they work as clerks on the upper floor of Nookington's, which Tom Nook owns. The upper floor sells furniture, flooring, and carpets. In however, they run their own establishment, the Nookling Stores. Timmy and Tommy serve the same function as Tom Nook in previous games - both can buy items the player is selling, show the player the 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 New Leaf, they instead make quiet remarks after speaking as they rarely appear alongside each other. They are twins and both 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. Timmy is slightly more high pitched, but is revealed to be older than Tommy.

The exact nature of their relationship with Tom Nook is unclear. In earlier games, Timmy and Tommy are suggested to be Tom's sons or nephews. But Nook states in that he has no relation to Timmy and Tommy, 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.

Appearances
In every Animal Crossing game before New Leaf, Timmy and Tommy work at Nookington's in the second floor.

Animal Crossing: The Movie
Timmy and Tommy have minor roles in. They appear in two different booths at the Fireworks Show on the Fourth of July.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
In New Leaf, 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.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
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.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
Timmy and Tommy appear in the Villager's Final Smash, Dream Home, and as a trophy. While the trophy designs and descriptions are the same for both of the versions, they are required to unlock it through their own challenges.

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 Tommy in the Japanese versions of the games.