The Happy Cricket

"[first lines] My beautiful guitar! How did it get here? Thank heavens it didn't break."

"A cricket can stop hopping, but singing, never!"

"[after hearing Wartlord's new law against singing] Singing is prohibited?! But if I'm alive, it's because I sing! Singing makes me dream! That decree is ridiculous!"

"Oh, great! More parts of my machine are being delivered!"

"[after seeing their favorite tree chopped down] This is terrible! What have they done to our beautiful tree?!"

"Perfect! That diamond will be ours! With it, I will be the wealthiest, most powerful king in the planet! And I will build a gold statue, which will be seen on every corner of the world! [laughs evilly]"

"What are you doing?! How could you miss?! That's why you don't make any progress: you don't take things seriously! Work on that aim, you worthless FOOL!!!"

"[while trying to interrogate Snealy] Are you trying to make a fool of me, young man? Very well, allow me to introduce myself. I am Wartlord! Your king... [puts Snealy in his mouth and spits him out] and ruler! [laughs evilly]"

"[when the toads hand him Christopher's guitar] This is a guitar. Guitars play only music. AND I HATE MUSIC!!! I want that diamond! POWER!!"

"Allow to introduce myself. I am Buffuno, His Majesty's loyal gopher... I mean, His Majesty's loyal assistant!"

"[Christopher: Wait! But you're a bug, too. Shouldn't you be on our side?] Me? I'm no fool. I mean, I'm the royal fool. But I'm no fool, or am I a fool? I'm the king's fool, so I must be a fool! [chuckles] It always confuses me. Am I a fool or am I not?"

"[about Wartlord] Golly, this guy is really nuts!"

"[after being thrown into the swamp by Wartlord] NOW HE'S REALLY MAD THIS TIME!!"

"Oh, Kingy! Wartlord! How is your graffiti... No, no, your detritus?"

"[realizes Wartlord is dead after falling into a fire] Your Nothingness? Your Zeroness? Wait a minute. That's enough of that. I'm free now! [throws off his jester hat and flies away] GOODBYE, YOUR LUMPINESS!"

"Toad: [to a termite] Listen up, you lazy termite! I told you a thousand times that there are no breaks around here! [kicks the termite] Everyone get to work!!! EVERYONE GET TO WORK!!!! [a termite carves a statue of him standing on a toad and then is chased away by a toad]"

"Spidora: For a spider, whoever falls into her web... is her dinner!"

"Hawthorn: Insects despise hawthorns! They prefer flowers! That's why we don't want you here! We hate your music! Destroy the guitar!"

"Sam Riegal — Christopher the Happy Cricket"

"Bob Papenbrook — King Wartlord"

"Cindy Robinson — Honeydew / Spidora"

"Peter Doyle - Magic Toucan / Soldier 1"

"Robert Buchholz - Barnaby / Sergeant"

"Dave Mallow - Buffuno"

"Steve Staley - Leonardo"

"Neil Kaplan - Toad 1"

"Dan Woren - Toad 2"

"Grant George - Christopher's Father / Toad 3"

"Stephanie Sheh - Young Christohper / Snealy"

"Steve Kramer - Old Snail / General"

"Mona Marshall - Cartibella"

"Philece Sampler - Isabella"