Kicks
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 Artwork from Animal Crossing: New Horizons | ||||||||
| Species | Gender | |||||||
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| Skunk |  Male
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| Birthday | November 30th | 
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| Role | Shoe shining[nb 1] Shoe, sock, and bag selling[nb 2] | |||||||
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Name in other languages
シャンク
패트릭 Sciuscià Schubert
薛革
Blaise Betunio Kicks
薛革 Blaise Betunio Кикс | ||||||||
- "You never know how things might turn out."
- — Kicks, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Welcome amiibo
Kicks is a skunk in the Animal Crossing series. He first appears in Animal Crossing: City Folk, where he shines the player's shoes in the city. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Pocket Camp, and New Horizons, he sells shoes and socks at his own shop or stall.
Characteristics
Appearance
Kicks is a skunk with black and white fur, as well as a tan nose and insides of his ears. He wears a beige hat and suspenders.
Personality
Kicks is implied to speak with an Australian accent, saying words such as "mate," "crikey," and "chum."
Appearances
In City Folk
In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Kicks appears on the steps of a run-down building in the city to the right of the auction house. He can shine the player's shoes for 500 Bells, changing the color of the shoes. He asks the player how they want to match their shoe color to their current appearance: "Go by color" or "Match my style." After the player has their shoes shined 16 times, Kicks allows them to choose shoe types of the opposite gender.
Kicks's services are available from 9 AM to 9 PM and he does not appear when it is raining or snowing.
In New Leaf
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Kicks opens an eponymous shop on Main Street once the player has spent 8,000 Bells at the Able Sisters and lived in town for ten days. The shop sells shoes and socks.
In the Welcome amiibo update, Kicks can appear in his RV at the Campground when his amiibo is scanned. Kicks's Pic can also be obtained from Wisp after his amiibo is scanned.
In New Horizons
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Kicks visits the plaza at least every two weeks if the Able Sisters is built and Resident Services is upgraded to a building. He sets up a stall that sells shoes, socks, and bags.
Kicks's Poster can be obtained from Nook Shopping after inviting him to Photopia via his amiibo.
In amiibo Festival
Kicks appears as a playable character in the Board Game mode of Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival.
In Pocket Camp
In Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Kicks appears occasionally in the Market Place, selling shoes and socks.
Other appearances
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Kicks appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.
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Kicks
| Description | NTSC-U: Crikey! This shoeshine has really come up in the world. He used to work in a faraway city, but now he runs a shoe store with an impressive collection of shoes to choose from. And you can tell from that sharp-looking hat he's wearing that his is a style you can trust. PAL: Hello, chum! This friendly shoe shop owner used to shine shoes in the city, but now he's managed to save up enough money for his own little shop in town. His outfit might make him look like he sweeps chimneys for a living, but don't worry - you definitely won't find any soot on his wares, awright? | |
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| Acquisition | Random | |
In Super Mario Maker
Kicks appears as an unlockable costume in Super Mario Maker. The costume can be unlocked by scanning Timmy and Tommy's amiibo or by clearing the 100 Mario Challenge on Normal difficulty or harder.
In WarioWare Gold
In WarioWare Gold, Kicks's amiibo figure can be scanned in the Wario's amiibo Sketch mode to have Wario draw Kicks.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Kicks appears as a spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Kicks
| Category | Class | Slot cost |
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 Support Spirit
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Advanced (★★) | 2 (⬢⬢) |
| Ability | Sticky-Floor Immunity | |
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Villager information
In Happy Home Designer
| Kicks | ||
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| Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
| No results [[File:Starsign No results NH Icon.png|32px|No results|link=No results]] | [[No results]] | No results |
| Default clothing | [[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results | |
| Umbrella | [[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results | |
| House request | ||
| Client's vision | I'll leave it up to you! | |
| Favorite song |  K.K. Blues
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RV in Welcome amiibo
| Description: | Kicks says, "Just because you have one really great pair of shoes, it doesn't mean you don't have room for 30 other really great pairs. Right, guvnah?" |
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| Wall: |  Stone Wall
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| Floor: |  Terra-Cotta Floor
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| Music: |  K.K. Rock
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Card profiles
amiibo card
Card back
| #103 Kicks - Series 2 | ||||||||
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102 Reese | List of amiibo cards #103 Kicks |
104 Labelle |
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Gallery
Artwork
Sprites and models
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Screenshots
- ShoeShine.jpg
Trivia
- Kicks appears on the album cover of "Animal City."
Names in other languages
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シャンク Shanku |
Shank or Shunk, a portmanteau of shoe and skunk |
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패트릭 Paeteurik |
Patrick |
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Кикс Kiks |
Transcription of English name |
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Schubert | From Schuh, meaning shoe |
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Betunio | From "Betún" (shoe polish) and the termination -io (like some Spanish names) |
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Blaise | From Roman name "Blasius" meaning "lisping" |
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Sciuscià | From the now-disused Neapolitan word sciuscià, which was used to refer to shoe-shine boys after World War II. |
Notes
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