Mano e Mantis

Mano e Mantis is the 43rd episode of Happy Insect Friends.

Starring

 * Manty
 * Crunchy

Featuring

 * Lady??

Appearances

 * Grubbie
 * Creepy and Crawly

Plot
A lonely Manty decides to use the internet to find a date. Seeing a photo of a female mantis, he changes his mind, being aware that he'd lose his head. Then he hears a beautiful voice and spots Lady outside his window. He eagerly sets out to greet her, when another larger ladybug appears. This suspicious ladybug woos Lady, much to the envy of Manty.

Lady goes on a date with her new lover, unaware of a certain green mantis stalking them throughout the day. They are first seen at a table in a restaurant. As Lady is busy reading the menu, her boyfriend kills and partially eats a passing Grubbie, hiding the body under the table when Lady checks up on him. Manty sees this from a nearby table.

They later sit by a lake (really a puddle). Lady's date presents her with a ring, causing her to blush. Having had enough, Manty leaps out of a bush and tears off the bug's costume, revealing him to be Crunchy. Manty challenges Crunchy to a dance off to determine who gets to keep Lady. Crunchy agrees, mocking the smaller mantis for his size.

Manty performs a dance move that impresses Lady. Crunchy pulls off a better dance and woos her. Manty retaliates with an even better dance. Crunchy once again tops him with a dance that involves juggling the severed heads of Creepy and Crawly. Taking a few deep breaths, Manty does a finale, an act so grand it brings awe to the spectators. Crunchy tries to imitate the move, only to get blown by the wind into a rose's thorns.

Lady comes running to Manty, who is pleased with his success. But then to his surprise, "Lady" rips off her face, revealing to have been Maggie this entire time. She rips off Manty's head and drinks from it like a coconut.

Deaths

 * 1) Grubbie is disemboweled by Crunchy.
 * 2) Crunchy is skewered onto rose thorns.
 * 3) Manty is decapitated by Maggie.

Trivia

 * The title is a pun on the Spanish term "mano e mano".
 * While Crunchy juggles the heads of Creepy and Crawly, the two headless roaches can be seen aimlessly stumbling around in the background.