★☆•KICKIN CHICKEN•★☆

KickinChicken is an anthropomorphic chicken with yellow feathers, four-digit wings, black eyes, a half-moon-shaped upper beak, and a three-feathered crown extending down the right side of his face. His feet and upper beak have an orange color. Similar to the other Smiling Critters, KickinChicken is depicted with a wide toothless grin (the inner mouth shrouded in darkness), and he possesses a black zipper line running down his chest and belly, with the zipper sporting an orange colored star pendant.

KickinChicken's cartoon appearance is roughly the same as his toy appearance, albeit with his zipper line removed, the addition of white pupils, and the zipper pendant attached to a black necklace.

According to his character description, KickinChicken is depicted as the "cool kid" of the Smiling Critters crew. He highly values this representation of himself, so he maintains his image through everything he does. This behavior appears in the cartoon's intro, where he is seen surfing, a sport generally considered to be cool. KickinChicken also has a strong sense of determination, as he will emerge unfazed from any tense situation that brings him to his knees. Despite this behavior, KickinChicken is prone to fear, as he cowered with the other six Smiling Critters (excluding CatNap) during a windy storm at DogDay's house. When CatNap agreed to use The Red Smoke to help them sleep, KickinChicken showed signs of euphoria when inhaling it, laughing hysterically with the others until he passed out.

KickinChicken was created as a member of the Smiling Critters toy line in 1989.[1] Presumably in 1990,[3] a Bigger Bodies version of KickinChicken was created to work in Playcare.[4] Sometime after The Hour of Joy, the Bigger Bodies version of KickenChicken was presumably killed by CatNap, as DogDay refers to himself as the “last” of the Smiling Critters.

Entering the Playhouse, The Player would be chased by hostile KickinChicken plushies, along with the other Ruined Critters. Using the GrabPack 2.0's orange hand, The Player shot flares at him to scare him away. (If KickinChicken got too close, he jumpscared them by lunging at their face.) Later, several versions of him and the other plushies crawled inside DogDay's exposed torso wound, ate his insides, took control of him, and chased after The Player.