Meet Young Cricket and Master Mantis

Meet Young Cricket and Master Mantis is the 7th short of WarioWare Adventures Season 1.

Characters Present

 * Young Cricket
 * Master Mantis
 * Young Dragonfly
 * Kappa

Summary
Young Cricket looks through his childhood days for when he first did his kung fu training, where he gets into all kinds of shenanigans with his female training mate, Young Dragonfly.

Plot
The short begins with Cricket flipping through a photo album. Various photos of when he was a baby are shown, before he stops at a photo of him when he was in kindergarten. A flashback plays where he learns how to steal a dumpling off Young Dragonfly's hand, only to get it stolen back by Master Mantis. Wanting to set an example for his students, Mantis shares the dumpling with his students and the first flashback ends with him tucking them in bed.

Cricket then flips to a photo of him and Young Dragonfly playing a game of kickball, where he was in his tween years. The second flashback plays, where the duo are being taught by a kappa, who was their substitute trainer for that day. As he learns how to breathe fire, also known as his Heat Fu, he struggles at first, but eventually manages to do so after eating a Sichuan hot pot, albeit by accident when he burps the flames out from the spiciness of the soup. Afterwards, he had no problems with the game of kickball and the flashback ends with him playing a seemingly endless game with Young Dragonfly.

Giggling to himself, Cricket reminisces about how cute he was when he was younger. The short ends when Master Mantis calls him over for lunch and his stomach growls, where he bids farewell to the viewer.

Trivia

 * One of Cricket's training sessions with Young Dragonfly references Kung Fu Ball from Rhythm Heaven fever
 * This is one of the shorts where the main focus breaks the fourth wall.

Quotes
Cricket: Hey, I'm so glad you are here. I was just looking at photos from when I was still quite young. Well, I'm a bit older now, but sometimes, it's good to take a trip down memory lane...