Timothy (better known as Timmy) (まめきち, Mamekichi?) and Thomas (more often known as Tommy) (つぶきち, Tsubukichi?) are the twin apprentices of Tom Nook, the tanuki who runs the town's store. In Wild World, Tom Nook explains to the player that Timmy and Tommy are not related to him by blood, and thinks of them as his pupils and himself as the mentor, stating that he wants to teach others good economic principles in order to help them from suffering the same pitfalls he did when growing up. Their last names are said to be Nook.Certain jock or lazy villagers will tell of a rumor that Tom Nook found them in the streets and raised them by himself. Their full names were first revealed in New Leaf, when they are seen on the bulletin board during some shop upgrade announcements. Timmy is the oldest of the two and is almost always waving on the right and Tommy is the youngest of the two and is almost always on the left holding the flag.
In the games where they appear together in Nookington's, the closest twin will become the primary speaker when choosing an item on the top floor.In New Leaf they are now the owners and managers of the Nookling Stores, after taking on the franchise from Tom Nook.
Appearance Timmy and Tommy are identical twin raccoons (tanukis in the Japanese version). They have brown fur with dark brown mask-like surface running down their eye area and covering the tip of the tail, hands, feet, and ears (as most racoons do). Both of their physical appearances similarly resemble Tom Nook.Their clothes change when the Nookling Stores are upgraded. During the Halloween Event, in New Horizons, they will wear flashy animal hats, with Timmy wearing the pointy-eared hat and Tommy wearing the round-eared hat. Around December, they will be wearing matching Santa hats, while during Festivale, they will wear red (Timmy) and blue (Tommy) Festivale accessories.
General Information Tommy works Monday through Wednesday and runs the gardening floor of T&T Emporium.
Timmy and Tommy's most distinct feature is how one will echo the last phrase of the other when together. When alone in New Leaf they will also add a phrase at the end of the sentence in smaller text, though it does not copy the previous sentence's end like it does in previous games when they are together. According to Assemble! Animal Crossing, Timmy is the older of the two.The twins share resemblance to Tom Nook, sometimes showing evidence of mimicking the latter's phrases (such as "Yes, yes, of course!"). According to Tom Nook himself, the two can be distinguished by a mole on one of their paws. Another way to tell the difference is that Tommy has a slightly higher pitched voice than Timmy.
While Tom Nook states that Timmy and Tommy are not related to him by blood, he refers to them as his nephews in New Horizons. He thinks of them as his pupils and himself as the mentor, stating that he wants to teach others good economic principles in order to help them from suffering the same pitfalls he did when growing up.Their German names Nepp and Schlepp are slightly misleading since "Nepper" and "Schlepper" in German language are words for con men and double-dealers. They were probably chosen for the amusing and rhyming effect. In New Leaf they are also used as puns, for example when they are running the "SchNeppchenmarkt". In this case parts of both names were worked into the correct spelling "Schnäppchenmarkt" to evoke a similar German pronunciation.
Their English names may be derived from characters in the 1993 American film The Sandlot. Two of its characters, Timmy and Tommy Timmons, are brothers, where the younger brother, Tommy, is always repeating whatever Timmy says. This is a trait shared by Timmy and Tommy in the games when both are present, like in the intro scene or the pre-upgrade Nook's Cranny in New Horizons. Typically if both Timmy and Tommy are in a dialogue, Tommy will repeat the last word uttered by Timmy both by sound effect and in the text.
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