Kicks (シャンク, Shanku, Shank) is a character introduced in City Folk. He is a male skunk, who, in City Folk, shines shoes for a living in the city on fair weather days. He can be found outside the run-down building between Lloid's auction house and Shampoodle. This building used to be owned by Brewster, as he reveals when he says he used to own a place in the city that did bad business and is boarded up now.
In New Leaf, he runs a shoe shop named Kicks, which sells both shoes and socks. In New Horizons, Kicks begins visiting the Deserted Island after the Able Sisters shop has been built, and sells a selection of rare shoes, socks, and bags.
