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), or commonly called just K.K., is a dog who has appeared in all the games to date. His main role is to play and sing songs for the player. He made a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and in. He was also one of the three Animal Crossing characters to be a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the others being Mr. Resetti and Tom Nook. There are a total of 70 songs in Wild World and 75 in City Folk. See the full article here. If you have created your town on a Saturday, you will not be able to see him that night untill you get your own house first.

Personality
K.K. Slider has a stereotypical laidback musician 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. seems to have an obvious passion for performing for others, as he offers to play for people on a weekly basis.

Animal Forest and Animal Crossing
In Animal Forest and Animal Crossing he starts the game up for the first player. He also sits on the stool by the Train Station. He will sing songs for the player on Saturday nights and give them a copy to take home.

Animal Crossing: Wild World
K.K. now plays his music at The Roost on Saturday nights, from 8pm until midnight. The player may request a song, otherwise K.K. will sing a randomly selected song. After the performance the player will receive a free copy of the song that was played, which 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 will give the player his picture when given the country guitar from Wendell.

Animal Crossing: City Folk
He has the same role in Wild World, but now, he gives encores, but they are not added to your dock to play in your house. As with Wild World, he will be in The Roost on saturday night, from 8pm to Midnight. If a player decides to request a song, they type it in. This is how players access K. K. Slider's secret songs, such as Stale Cupcakes. When a player does this, K. K. will be surprised, but will not reject the request, and will add it to your dock, unless it's an encore.

K.K. Slider has a minor role in the film. Margie(japanese name sally) asks him to play K.K. Bossa, which was renamed K.K.'s Rhythm in the movie.

Trivia

 * In Animal Crossing, K.K. does in fact say his name is Totakeke, but prefers to just be known as K.K. Slider. He hasn't said this in subsequent english releases, however.
 * K.K. is based on 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.
 * He is on the cover of Animal Forest, Animal Crossing: City Folk, and Animal Crossing: Wild World.
 * Giving him a country guitar during the trading event in Wild World will allow the player to obtain his picture.
 * 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, referred to as an acoustic guitar in real life.
 * 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. doesn't know, K.K. will play a random background tune and tell the player he does not know the song.
 * In the original four games, Copper, the police dog, always wishes to listen to some of K.K.'s songs, though he denies it 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.