Cricket

Cricket
Characteristics
Species	Raposa
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Fur Color	Cream Tan (Two Realms)
Information
Home	Rapoville
Story Role	Minor Character
Occupation	Police Chief
Status	Alive
Game(s)

“The village needs an investigator?! I'd be honored to help! I will see you at the Exit Gate!”

–Cricket, Drawn to Life

Cricket is a police watchman in Drawn to Life, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii), and Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter.

He lives and works at the Police Station in the southern-most sector of the Village, west of the Forest Gate.

Appearance

Cricket is an adult male Raposa with light tan fur that closely matches his skin tone. He wears a blue uniform with brown buttons and a matching blue English Police Helmet. He also has a thin, black mustache.

In the Wii version of his appearance he has a larger, tan/light brown moustache the same colour as his fur.

Story

Drawn to Life

Cricket and his deputies are rescued from Moon Grove and after the Moon Template is returned to the Book of Life, The Creator must clear the Shadow from around his station before he can work on returning the missing items and capturing Zsasha. Despite his investigation taking most of the game, Cricket does eventually capture Zsasha. Once he discovers that Zsasha has been taking care for a young RapoGirl, Cricket allows him to stay and look after her. His approach to work is very old-school, which ends up causing a feud with Unagi over bringing his methods up to date.

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii)

This Section of Cricket Contains Non-Canon Content!

In the Wii version, Cricket has no role in the main story, the only Raposa in the game with this distinction. In between levels, he can be found outside the house next to the Village Bridge, which is presumably the police station.

Challenges

Throughout the game, certain Raposa will give the Hero certain challenges to complete. Cricket gives the Hero some bounties to collect in six specific levels. The specific challenges are show below:

Jangala Outpost Capture 3 Snow Cats

Shadow City Capture 10 Monkeys

Wilfre's Lair Capture 10 Masked Bonobo

Frosted Cove Capture 4 Giant Shadow Walkers

The Baldy Slopes Capture 3 Shadow Bats

The Maze of Ages Capture 4 Yetis

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter

After Wilfre's second attack on the Village, Cricket is sucked into a portal and taken to Galactic Jungle. Ironically, he is arrested for eating a donut. If you rescue him from Lunar Rise, then he will thank you and talk about the security on Turtle Rock.

Drawn to Life: Two Realms

Four years later, Cricket informs the Hero that a thief had been stealing Farmer Brown's Banya crops, confirming it wasn't Zsasha this time. They do a stakeout at his farm and discover that a Baki Thief was the culprit. After clearing the Baki's mind, Cricket threatens to arrest the Baki, only to request that Farmer Brown supplies it with some Banya instead.

Imagination Battle

“Cricket's got a job to do, but he needs your help! Show him your stuff and maybe he'll deputize you.”

–Level Description

Ticket from Cricket is an optional battle in Drawn to Life: Two Realms, has one segment, and takes place inside Cricket' mind.

Rewards

One Star (400 points): 20 Rapo-Coins

Two Stars (1200 points): 30 Rapo-Coins

Three Stars (2000 points): Bat Wings Sticker

Required Enemies

• None

Build Mode

For this level, the player is required to place 4 toys and reach the exit.

Quotes

“The village needs an investigator?! I'd be honored to help! I will see you at the exit gate!” –Cricket “The Beach seems secure...” –Cricket “I can't resist a good investigation!” –Cricket Upon being appointed by the Mayor. “Hero, I have a lot to learn from you.” –Cricket Upon Wilfre's defeat. “I finally caught Zsasha...” –Cricket Upon completion of the first game.

“Greetings, citizen. Don't worry, I've got this ship securely locked down.” –Cricket

“It's only gotten harder with all these Raposa movin' in...” –Cricket Before unlocking Ticket from Cricket “I wish we had a safer place to keep prisoners...” –Cricket After unlocking Ticket from Cricket but before attempting it “Back again? I don't suppose you'd know how to make the jail more secure this time.” –Cricket After losing Ticket from Cricket “Back again? Well, I don't mind some crime-free company.” –Cricket After winning Ticket from Cricket

Trivia

• Cricket barely played a part in returning the items that were stolen by Zsasha; instead the Hero did most of the work.
  • This is probably because the Hero rescued Zsasha from the Twilite Wood and in return Zsasha didn't flee when they were near.
• Cricket's name may be a reference to the American rock and roll band, "The Crickets"
  • It might even be a specific reference to song "I Fought the Law". Which is ironic since Cricket is a police officer.
• Cricket is the only character in Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii) that offers a challenge that involves backtracking.
  • He is also the only character in the game to have no impact on the main story whatsoever.
  • This may indicate that he was added late into the game's development, as is name is listed after all the other Raposa in the game's files.
• For some reason, Cricket's model has visible eyebrows. This distinction is unique to him, and they do not appear in game.
• Cricket is one of the few characters in Drawn to Life: Two Realms to speak in the main story but not have a story Imagination Battle.
  • The other characters in this category are Wilfre, the Creator, and Teo.

Media

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  Cricket in front of his station.

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  Cricket talking to a Hero on Turtle Rock.

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  Cricket's Station during the day.

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  Cricket's Station during the night.

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  Ticket From Cricket Title Card

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  Ticket From Cricket

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  The Factory Biome used in Ticket From Cricket.

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  Cricket as he appears in Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii).

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  Cricket's Model

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  Cricket's talksprite in Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii).

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  Render of Cricket from the Wii game.