Turkey Day

Harvest Festival
Appearance	Animal Crossing, Animal Forest e+, City Folk, Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Occurs	4th Thursday (22nd-28th) in November
Special character	Franklin

The Harvest Festival happens once a year on Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November).

Outside the Wishing Well in Animal Crossing, banquet tables will be set up which are decorated with plates filled with food and wine glasses which cannot be interacted with (save Knife and Forks). In City Folk, the banquet tables are set up in front of the Town Hall.

During the Harvest Festival, Franklin the turkey makes an appearance, and when he is found for the first time he will explain that Tortimer had sent him a letter of invitation to be a special "guest" at the celebration, however Franklin notices that underneath the word guest, a faded, half-erased word reading "dish" can be seen. When Franklin meets Tortimer he soon understands the truth and flees the scene posthaste.

Franklin will hide behind obstacles (such as trees and signs) and after discussing his scheme, he will request and wait for the player to bring him pieces of silverware from the banquet. For each piece they bring, they will receive one piece of furniture from the Harvest Series, including the wallpaper and the matching carpet.

Villagers will often hint about Franklin's location.

Franklin is unusual among Animal Crossing residents and visitors in that he is entirely static; instead, Franklin will appear in his hiding place and will disappear soon after the player moves the camera out of view when he has been given a set of silverware, and can be noticed by some because the screen shutters, but it's barely noticeable.

While in one hiding place, Franklin will only accept one "knife and fork" set at a time, so if the player wishes to give him another they must move away from the hiding place until Franklin disappears, and search for him again.

New Leaf

When the player start the game Isabelle will announce that the Harvest Festival is today. Franklin the turkey will be waiting near the town tree, along with a big table with numerous kitchen objects. He asks the player if they want to help him fetch some ingredients for his courses. These include a salad, soup, main course and dessert. For these four courses the player will have to gather three ingredients and one secret ingredient. The player can find most of them by themselves, like fish, fruit and mushrooms, but they will also need special things from the residents, like vinegar, flour etc. The player can only get these from the animals that are at home, provided that the player gives them what they want and

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The completed Harvest Festival Feast in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

need for their own cooking (most of the time it's fish). They will then also give the player hints and tips about cooking and the secret ingredient that goes well with a certain type of dish. Deliver everything to Franklin and he will start cooking the meal. In return he will give the player Harvest furniture or a fruit basket. If the player gets all the four secret ingredients right, he will give them a cornucopia at the end.

Ingredients and Secret Ingredients

Note: The names of some dishes vary depending on what country you are in.

Name	Alt Name	Ingredients	Secret Ingredient
Salads
Fish Salad		horse mackerel, red snapper, vinegar	Lemon
Fruit Salad		apple, orange, vinegar	Beehive
Mixed Salad		horse mackerel, skinny mushroom, apple	Vinegar
Mushroom Salad		flat mushroom, round mushroom, vinegar	Apple
Oyster Salad		oyster, seaweed, vinegar	Lemon
Soups
Fruit Soup		cherry, milk, peach	Lemon
Mushroom Bisque	Mushroom Stew	flat mushroom, milk, round mushroom	Butter
Shellfish Chowder	Shellfish Cream Soup	milk, clam, scallop	Butter
Bouillabaise	Soup de Poisson	olive flounder, red snapper, sea bass	Lemon
Tom Yum Kung	Tom Yoong Goong	lobster, skinny mushroom, vinegar	Coconut
Main Courses
Seared Barred Knifejaw	Barred Knifejaw Sauté	barred knifejaw, round mushroom, butter	Lemon
Pan-Fried Dab	Dab Meunière	dab, skinny mushroom, flour	Vinegar
Pan-Fried Olive Flounder	Olive Flounder Meunière	olive flounder, flat mushroom, flour	Vinegar
Pan-Fried Red Snapper	Red Snapper Poele	red snapper, skinny mushroom, flour	Lemon
Sautéed Sea Bass	Sea Bass Sauté	butter, sea bass, round mushroom	Lemon
Desserts
Apple Pie		apple, round mushroom, flour	Beehive
Banana Tart	Banana Custard Pie	banana, lemon, sugar	Beehive
Cherry Pie		flour, cherry, lemon	Beehive
Coconut Tart	Coconut Cream Pie	coconut, lemon, sugar	Beehive
Mixed-Fruit Pie	Full Fruit Pie	butter, orange, pear	Lemon

Gallery

The Harvest Festival announcement in Animal Crossing.

Franklin hiding behind a house in Animal Crossing.

Kinfe and Fork on the table at the Wishing Well in Animal Crossing.

Harvest Festival in Animal Forest e+.

Franklin in Animal Forest e+.

Franklin hiding behind a sign in City Folk.

Tortimer introducing himself in Animal Crossing.

Franklin introducing himself in New Leaf

Isabelle announcing the Harvest Festival

Trivia

• In New Leaf, during the Harvest Festival, no new projects or town ordinances can be started. Isabelle will suggest that the mayor takes the day off to enjoy the festivities.

“Oh! You wanted to work on official mayoral business today? But what about today's event? We can't sit here in this stuffy office building while the rest of the town is enjoying the festivities! It's not healthy to work so much, Mayor! Why don't you just take the day off instead?”
― Isabelle