Shorty is a playable character from the Bust A Groove series. She is the daughter of a diplomat father and a supermodel mother who was very lonely until her parents gave her Columbo, a mouse that will eat anything in its sight. Now she and Columbo dance all day for fun. In the end of the first game, Shorty is seen playing Bust A Groove as herself being a playable character who ends up losing to Hamm. Therefore it zooms where she dances along with Columbo with the same stage as in the game as she and Columbo gets out of the TV screen and both were confused after what happened. In the sequel, it retells her story by Dancing Heroes' host, James Suneoka during her epilogue in Bust A Move 2 where Shorty is the daughter of a diplomat father and a supermodel mother. Shorty finally returns home while both of her parents are still busy from their works. As she tried to open the door, she already found a gift. When Shorty begins to open the box, it reveals to be a surprise prank. However, she found another gift box as she opens a small mouse in a blue cap hugged on her face. Shorty names him as Columbo, a mouse that will eat anything in its sight and she was thankful for her parents in giving a pet to her and she and Columbo are gonna dance all day for fun. At the end of Dancing Heroes, James is shown trying to punch several times on Columbo after it seriously injures him for knatting him like a beaver.