K.K. Slider

"Those industry fat cats try to put a price on my music, but it wants to be free."

- K.K. Slider

K.K. Slider, (とたけけ, Totakeke), commonly known as K.K., is a dog who has appeared in all of the Animal Crossing games to date. His main role is performing music for the player.

He appears in the player's town each Saturday night and will play a single song for each player that visits him. There are a total of 55 songs in the original Animal Crossing, 72 songs in Wild World and 75 in City Folk. For a full list of his songs, look here. It is unknown that he will reappear in.

Note: If you create your town on a Saturday, you will not be able to see him that night until you possess a home.

Personality
K.K. Slider has a stereotypical laid-back nature, which is reflected in his mellow speech towards the player. He comes across as someone who wants to be liberated, as shown by his rebellion against putting a price on his songs. This adds to the musician stereotype of going against a particular norm. K.K. has an obvious passion for performing for others, as he offers to play for people on a weekly basis. In Wild World, he seems to know Brewster fairly well.

Animal Forest and Animal Crossing
In all of the GCN games he serves as an introduction to the game, and appears on the main menu. He later can be seen sitting on a stool by the Train Station on Saturday nights. He sings songs for the player on Saturday nights and gives them a copy to take home.thumb|300px|right|The music that plays during the very first startup of the game [[Animal Crossing]]

Animal Crossing: Wild World
In Wild World, K.K. now plays his music at The Roost on Saturday evenings, from 8pm-midnight. The player may request a song, otherwise K.K. will sing a randomly selected song. After the performance, the player receives a free copy of the song that was played. The copy of the song can then be deposited and used in any stereo in the player's house. He is also involved in the Golden Axe Trading Event, where he trades the player his picture when given the country guitar (which is received from Wendell).

Animal Crossing: City Folk
"Hey, man. Who hipped you to that tune, June? Stale Cupcakes is one of my secret numbers."

- K.K. Slider

K.K. has a similar role in City Folk as he does in previous games. Now, he gives encores of his music. However, the encores are not added to the dock of the player. As in Wild World, he is seen in The Roost on Saturday nights, from 8 p.m. to midnight. If the player decides to request a song, they are required to type it in. This is an easy way to access K.K. Slider's secret songs, such as Stale Cupcakes. When a player requests a secret song, K.K. is surprised, but will not reject the request. The secret song will then be added to the player's dock, unless it's an encore.

K.K. Slider has a minor role in the film. Margie (Japanese: Sally) requests that he play K.K.'s Rhythm, which is known as K.K. Bossa in the games.

Cameo
He also makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and was one of three Animal Crossing characters to be a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee (the other two being Mr. Resetti and Tom Nook).

Trivia
In, peppy villagers say that his eyebrows are so thick it looks like someone drew them with a marker.
 * In Animal Crossing, K.K. does in fact say his name is Totakeke, but prefers to just be known as K.K. Slider. He has not mentioned this in subsequent English releases, however.
 * K.K. is based on a Animal Crossing sound designer, Kazumi Totaka. His Japanese name is taken from the fact that, in Japan, last names are written first, so it would be Totaka Kazumi. That can be shortened to "Totaka K.," which sounds like "Totakeke."
 * His songs only use the sounds "Queh," "Quay," "O," "Ah," "Me," "Na," "Now," "Le," "Moo," and, in some songs, he will howl, whistle, click, and hum.
 * The only song with actual lyrics is K.K. Bossa, which was renamed K.K.'s Rhythm in the Animal Crossing movie.
 * K.K. Slider plays a Country Guitar, also known as an acoustic guitar.
 * He was the first character to appear in an Animal Crossing game, being the first character to appear in and, asking the player some questions after the title screen.
 * Cranky villagers think that Phineas is K.K.'s day job.
 * If a song is requested that K.K. does not know, K.K. will play a random background tune and tell the player he does not know that particular song. In Wild World, these songs became real songs, and three new songs replaced them. Likewise, in City Folk, K.K. Slider's "fake" songs are not the same as in Wild World. One such song is the same tune played when visiting the Island in the original Animal Crossing.
 * In the original four games, Copper, the police dog, always wishes to listen to some of K.K.'s songs, though he denies his desire when asked about it.
 * In, K.K. will appear in a spot-lighted room if a memory card has not been inserted.
 * His famous quote "Those industry fat cats try to put a price on my music, but it wants to be free" has been mentioned on various news websites regarding illegal file sharing.
 * One of K.K. Slider's songs is actually a song called Totaka's song, made by then Animal Crossing sound designer. The song appears in a lot of games he has worked on. In the Animal Crossing games, Totaka's song is referred to as K.K. Song.
 * He appears alongside Rosie and Tom Nook in the 2010 Nintendo Collector's Edition of Monopoly.
 * K.K Slider's name is most likely to be coming from an old song called C.C. Slider.
 * I love you K.K.Slider! Atte: a fan! from aguad