Spring

The first signs of Spring appearing, note the greeness of the trees appearing

Spring in the Animal Crossing series starts on February 18 and goes to May 31 when the trees begin to go green, after they go white, for winter. This shouldn't be mistaken for bugs and fish appearing for this season, these appear at the beginning of March. Snow completely disappears and the grass turns green on the 25^th of February.

Events

Below is a taster of what to expect in spring. Here is a list of the events, what happens during each, in which game, and when:

• Flea Market - Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk

Third Sunday of February

Players can visit villager's homes and buy selected items of furniture. Likewise, villagers can visit the player's house and buy items from them, at a price set by the player.

• Las Festivales - Animal Crossing: City Folk

Third Monday of February

Pavé appears in the Plaza. During this event you can win candy from other villagers, which you can exchange for prizes through Pavé.

• Fishing Tourney - Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and Animal Crossing: City Folk

Second Saturday of March, April, and May

Chip the fishing ace will set up a stall in the Plaza, and will challenge the villagers of the town to catch the biggest fish (either overall or a specific type of fish). The competition ends at 6:00 PM, whereupon the winner will receive a trophy. A notice will also be put up on the bulletin board announcing the winner.

• Mother's Day - Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and Animal Crossing: City Folk

Second Sunday in May

In Animal Crossing, the player can talk to the mayor to receive a Lovely Phone. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the player will get a piece of mail from Mom, in which she asks you to write letter back to her, which is impossible. In City Folk, the player will receive pink carnations in a letter, similar to receiving a red carnation on Father's Day.

• April Fools Day - Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and Animal Crossing: City Folk

1^st April

Go and speak to Tortimer in front of Town Hall, he will give you a present - a leaf (a joke based on what furniture looks like outside the house).

• Bunny Day - Animal Crossing: City Folk

12^th April

Zipper T. appears outside Town Hall. Bunny Day is what is in place of Easter. Candy can be collected. Eggs appear around town and you can exchange these for egg furniture. Bunny Day has a different date per year.

• Feria De Abril - Animal Crossing: City Folk

24^th April to 3^rd May

The player will receive a flamenco hat and a flamenco dress as part of the Spanish event Feria De Abril, which is an event in Spain where local citizens dress up in these clothes.

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Trees beginning to bloom. 1^st April - City Folk

Characters

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The bulletin message forecasting the up-coming weather - City Folk

• Pavé - A peacock who appears during Las Festivales on the 23^rd of February. He exchanges candy for special Pavé furniture.
• Chip - A beaver who hosts the Fishing Tourneys.
• Zipper T. - An anonymous character dressed in a rabbit costume. He exchanges eggs for special egg furniture during Bunny Day.
• Tortimer - He comes on the day of the Cherry Blossoms and on April Fools Day.

Fish and insects

These are the fish and bugs that appear during spring.

Fish

• Angelfish
• Barbel Steed
• Barred Knifejaw
• Black Bass
• Bluegill
• Butterflyfish (City Folk only)
• Carp
• Char
• Cherry Salmon
• Clownfish
• Coelacanth
• Crawfish
• Crucian Carp
• Dab
• Dace
• Football Fish
• Freshwater Goby
• Frog
• Goldfish
• Guppy
• Horse Mackerel
• Killifish
• Koi
• Loach
• Neon Tetra (City Folk only)
• Octopus
• Olive Flounder
• Pale Chub
• Popeyed Goldfish
• Rainbow Trout
• Red Snapper
• Sea Bass
• Surgeonfish (City Folk only)
• Tuna
• Yellow Perch
• Zebra Turkeyfish

Bugs

• Ant
• Bagworm (Animal Crossing and City Folk only)
• Bee
• Cockroach (Animal Crossing and Wild World only)
• Common Butterfly
• Diving Beetle (City Folk only)
• Flea
• Fly
• Honeybee
• Ladybug
• Long Locust
• Mantis
• Mole Cricket
• Mosquito
• Moth
• Orchid Mantis (City Folk and WIld World only)
• Peacock Butterfly
• Pill Bug
• Raja Brooke Butterfly (City Folk only)
• Snail
• Spider
• Tiger Butterfly
• Yellow Butterfly

Weather

The weather of spring consists mainly of clear skies and slight rain showers may appear. Grass begins to appear and trees start to go green. Snowballs start to disappear and snow becomes rain.

On the 1^st of April, the non-fruit bearing trees around the town will begin to blossom. Eventually, all of them will turn pink (minus the fruit, palm, and cedar trees). These trees are known by villagers as "Cherry Blossoms." On the first Monday of April, "Cherry Blossom" petals fall from the sky like confetti. This is to commemorate the beginning of the Cherry Blossom Festival, which is only celebrated in Animal Crossing. The blossoms disappear on the 9^th of April. The player also has the pleasure to see a rainbow. After hours of nonstop rain, the sky may clear up. A rainbow will appear giving the player an easier time finding 100 Bells in the trees.