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#71 Stale Cupcakes
Album cover in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Composed by		[[Kazumi Totaka]]
Mood		A little blue...
Owned by		Diana  Julian  Rodeo  Aurora  Filbert  Kitt  Ruby  Wade  Daisy  Gwen  Lily  Sally  Jeremiah
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ブルーおにぎり  蓝色饭团  Vieux biscuits  Pastelito seco  Vecchi dolcetti  Черствые капкейки  블루 삼각 김밥  藍色飯糰  Vieux biscuits  Pastelito seco  Alter Kuchen  Oude cupcakes

"Stale Cupcakes" is a K.K. Slider song that first appears in Doubutsu no Mori e+. The aircheck is a quiet and melancholic song. The song's theme, as implied by its name, is sadness based upon the idea of forgotten snack foods.

Album cover

Album cover in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The album cover for "Stale Cupcakes" features a back view of K.K. Slider looking upwards. The background and lighting are blue, which better reflects the Japanese name (ブルーおにぎり, Blue Onigiri).

Appearances

In Doubutsu no Mori e+ and Wild World

In Doubutsu no Mori e+ and Animal Crossing: Wild World, "Stale Cupcakes" can only be heard live if the player makes an invalid song request.

In City Folk

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, "Stale Cupcakes" is a secret song that can only be heard and obtained by request. "Stale Cupcakes" is not played in any villagers' houses.

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, "Stale Cupcakes" is no longer secret, and it is played in the houses of Diana, Julian, and Rodeo. Diana has a Music Box of the song's aircheck inside of her house.

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, "Stale Cupcakes" is played in the houses of Aurora, Filbert, Kitt, Ruby, and Wade. The aircheck of this song can be obtained from one of these villagers after visiting their house by their favor. This song's aircheck can also be purchased in Nook Shopping daily selection for  3,200 Bells.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, "Stale Cupcakes" is played in the houses of Daisy, Gwen, Lily, and Sally.

In Happy Home Designer

In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, "Stale Cupcakes" is played in the houses of Daisy, Gwen, Jeremiah, Lily, and Sally.

In Gekijōban Doubutsu no Mori

Although it does not appear in the actual film, the live version of "Stale Cupcakes" from Animal Crossing: Wild World was included as a bonus in official soundtrack release. This was also the first time the song's name was revealed, albeit in Japanese.

Other appearances

In Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8

In Mario Kart 8 in the Winter version of the Animal Crossing course, K.K. Slider is present next to the Roost and sings a short loop of "Stale Cupcakes," though it can be difficult to hear with the background music on top.

Gallery

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  New Leaf model

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  Happy Home Designer icon

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  Happy Home Designer wall-mounted icon

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  Happy Home Designer album cover icon

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  Album cover in amiibo Festival

Music

Stale Cupcakes audio tracks

Title	Game	Track	Notes
Live	Animal Crossing: Wild World	File:WW Stale Cupcakes (Live).flac
Aircheck	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	File:NL Stale Cupcakes (Aircheck).flac
Live	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	File:NL Stale Cupcakes (Live).flac
Music Box	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	File:NL Stale Cupcakes (Music Box).flac
DJ KK House Remix	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	File:NL Stale Cupcakes (DJ K.K. House Remix).flac
DJ KK NES Remix	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	File:NL Stale Cupcakes (DJ K.K. NES Remix).flac
Aircheck (Cheap)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	File:NH BGM Audio 071 Blueonigiri Cheap.flac
Aircheck (Retro)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	File:NH BGM Audio 071 Blueonigiri Retro.flac
Aircheck (Phono)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	File:NH BGM Audio 071 Blueonigiri Phono.flac
Music Box	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	File:NH BGM MusicBox 071 Blueonigiri.flac
DJ KK Remix	Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise	File:NH BGM DJ 071 Blueonigiri.flac

Trivia

• Composer Kazumi Totaka spoke about the song in an interview about City Folk's soundtrack in volume 182 of Nintendo Dream. He discussed the meaning of the Japanese song title, explaining he found the idea of a forgotten blue rice ball to be sad, and was able to compose the melody quickly after the idea.

Names in other languages

	ブルーおにぎり Burū onigiri	Blue Onigiri
	블루 삼각 김밥 Beullu Samgak Kimbap	Blue Samgak Kimbap
	蓝色饭团 Lán sè fàntuán	Blue Onigiri
	Черствые капкейки Cherstvye kapkejki	—
	Oude cupcakes	Old cupcakes
	Alter Kuchen	Stale Cake
	Pastelito seco	Dry Cupcake
	Vieux biscuits	Stale Biscuits
	Vecchi dolcetti	Stale pastries