What triggers the Cricket ending
The Cricket ending triggers when the cricket becomes the park's lead story. You do not need a conflict, a hat, or a crowd. You need one clean photo of the insect and then the discipline to stop photographing everything else.
The television reacts immediately with a LIL CRICKY headline and the line that the cricket stole the show and nothing else made the news. The ending follows shortly after.
What to photograph
The small cricket in the grass. It can be clicked directly or framed with the camera viewfinder. Keep the shot clean: a person or a television in the frame can start a different route before the cricket story lands.
Step-by-step route
- Start a fresh run and ignore the figures around the spawn point.
- Search the grass for the small cricket. It is easiest to spot in an open patch with no crowd.
- Frame it and click once, or click the cricket directly.
- Do not photograph people, the TV, or a conflict afterward. Let the LIL CRICKY broadcast play out and the ending card appear.
Common mistakes
The route is short enough that one wrong photo can end it. If you photograph a figure or the television first, the station may start a different story before you find the cricket.
If the TV has already moved on, restart. A new run costs about twenty seconds, which is faster than trying to repair the route.
How to confirm the ending
The card reads Cricket Ending, ending 2 of 12, with the tagline "the only celebrity who never did anything wrong". It is one of the quickest cards to reach if you are filling out the endings menu.
Headlines to watch for
These are the on-screen captions that tell you the route is on track. If the TV stops using them, the run has moved to another story.
LIL CRICKYCricket in the grassOne subject only
Frequently asked questions
Where is the cricket in Say Cheese!?
It sits in the grass, away from the main crowd. Look for a small dark insect in an open patch rather than at the base of the television.
Is Cricket really the fastest ending?
Yes. A clean run takes about twenty seconds, which is shorter than TV, Breaking News, or any of the story chains.
Does the Cricket ending count toward the endings menu?
Yes. It is a normal ending, numbered 2 of 12, and it fills the same endings menu as the longer routes.
See also
- All 14 Say Cheese! endings — the full list and recommended order
- TV Ending route — you looked so deep into the tv that it looked back
- Breaking News Ending route — when the news ran out, the station made its own
- Say Cheese Ending route — everyone wanted to be in the picture. only one of them fit
- How Say Cheese! chooses your ending — route families and the last-photo prompt
- How to start a run — controls, camera, and your first photo
- Camera and TV guide — how a photo becomes a headline