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Revision as of 10:19, September 25, 2020

"Eat or be eaten."
— Franklin, Animal Crossing: New Leaf
SpecialSpeciesIconSilhouette.png Franklin tuk
Artwork of Franklin
Species Gender
Turkey Male
Birthday October 10th Libra
Role Harvest Festival
Main appearances

Other appearances
Name in other languages
 フランクリン
 프랭클린
 Cedrone
 Gernod
 富蓝
 Dindou
 Guindo
 Franklin
 富藍
 Dindou
 Guindo
 Франклин

Franklin is a turkey in the Animal Crossing series who appears during the Harvest Festival. After his debut in Animal Crossing, Franklin appears in all subsequent games except Wild World. While currently absent from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Franklin appears in a graphic promoting events in future updates for the game in the February 2020 Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct, suggesting he will be added in a later update.

Franklin was not available in Doubutsu no Mori nor Doubutsu no Mori+, instead debuting in Animal Crossing, making him and Farley the only special characters in the series to be given this treatment.

While currently absent from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Franklin appears in a graphic teasing a November update for the game,[1] suggesting he will be added in a later update.

History

Animal Crossing

Franklin PG.png
Artwork of Franklin from Animal Crossing.

Franklin makes his debut in Animal Crossing. He was added by the North American localization team instead of Nintendo EAD, who developed the original Japanese game. Tortimer, the mayor, invites him for dinner, or rather, to be dinner. During this time, Franklin hides behind obstacles such as trees, buildings and signs, and waits for the player to bring him pieces of silverware from the banquet. Franklin believes that if the player pilfers the utensils, the villagers will be unable to serve him. For each piece brought to him, the player receives one piece of the Harvest Series.

If the player talks to the villagers during the Harvest Festival, they talk about where they've seen Franklin. The player can also get a map coordinate clue each time they speak to a villager. While in one hiding place, Franklin will accept only one 'knife and fork' set, so if players wish to give him another, they must move from the hiding place until Franklin disappears and search for him again. However, there is a glitch that allows the player to visit Franklin in the same hiding place multiple times. After talking to Franklin, the player must enter any building within the acre Franklin is found in, including houses, the Museum, or Tom Nook's store. When the player returns, Franklin will remain in the same spot. In Doubutsu no Mori e+, however, this glitch is removed.

Animal Crossing: City Folk

Franklin CF.jpg
Artwork of Franklin from Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Franklin returns in Animal Crossing: City Folk after being absent in Animal Crossing: Wild World, and his function from Animal Crossing is left unchanged in this game. The only differences being the dialogue, and that Franklin's voice is now much deeper in a similar manner to cranky villagers. Besides this, no significant changes are made.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Franklin acts as a chef, rather than the 'main course' of the Harvest Festival. He asks the player to find ingredients that allow him to cook dishes, and hands out unique rewards upon doing so. Some of these ingredients must be obtained from villagers by completing tasks, while others, such as fish, have to be caught. There is also one secret ingredient for each dish that is required in order to receive all the unique items, and the villagers may tell the player what this is. Unlike previous games, Franklin does not hand out furniture from the Harvest Series, although he hands out the fruit basket and the cornucopia; the fruit basket can be obtained when getting the first secret ingredient right, while the cornucopia is obtained after the player makes all of the dishes.

Card profiles

Animal Crossing e-Reader card

Animal Crossing-e 2-118 (Franklin).jpg

Card back

Animal Crossing-e 2-118 (Franklin - Back).jpg

#118 Franklin - Series 2
Gender: Male
Sign: [[Leo]]
Profile: Franklin is just a poor innocent turkey who thinks that the whole world is out to eat him - err, get him. Is he just imagining it all, or does he have reason to fear? But one thing is for certain - this birdbrain will reward anyone who helps him out of his predicament.
Password: EXLWUX%OlwrBCp
d9huHTDULMu8GB

Happy Home Designer amiibo card

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Card back

Amiibo Card Back.png

#216 Franklin - Series 3
Star sign: Libra
Birthday: October 10th
Dice value: 5
Hand sign: Scissors

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Franklin appears as a collectible trophy.

#623

[[File:Franklin SSB4 Trophy (3DS).png|100px|Franklin]]

Franklin

Description NTSC-U: The Harvest Festival, understandably, makes Franklin a little nervous. But in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, he's been invited to cook for everyone. He seems to need help gathering ingredients... Could you spare some time to help? Just to be clear, he isn't one of the ingredients!

PAL: Harvest Festivals understandably make Franklin nervous, but in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, he's been invited to cook for everyone. Maybe you'd consider helping him gather the ingredients he needs? For the record, though, Franklin is not on the menu.
Acquisition Random


Gallery

Sprites and models

Screenshots

Trivia

  • If the player cuts down any trees Franklin is hiding behind, Franklin will be frightened.
  • Franklin is likely named after Benjamin Franklin, who supposedly preferred the Wild Turkey to the Bald Eagle as the national bird of the United States.

Names in other languages

Japanese フランクリン
Furankurin

Simplified Chinese 富蓝
Fù Lán
From Japanese name

Traditional Chinese 富藍
Unknown

German Gernod -

European French Dindou Twist on the French word "Dindon" meaning Turkey

Italian Cedrone From gallo cedrone, "grouse", and cedro, "cedar tree" or "citron".

References

  1. Nintendo (September 25, 2020). "Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fall Update – Nintendo Switch". YouTube. Retrieved September 25, 2020.