So I decided to have a little fun with this one. I not only took inspiration from the episode "Lynner Takes All", but this idea also came from a(n unknown) guest review. Whoever they were, they asked if I could do a scene based on the Gesundheit scene from the Looney Tunes short Early to Bet. At first I thought it was going to be be a challenge, but after giving it some thought, I was finally able to come up with something, and thus, the chapter you see before you was created. So as you probably guess, I managed to add in that little scene if you can find it, and while you're at it, perhaps you can also spot some other references. And whoever the guest in question is, I would like to say thanks for giving me that suggestion. As for the other suggestions, don't worry, I'll see what I can do and try to fit in as many as I can. So once again, thank you, sit back, relax and enjoy Animanialand.
The Louds are in the living room deciding on what game to play. Lori is reading the list. "Okay, the options for tonight's game night are: checkers, go fish, marbles, double dutch, tiddlywinks and (pauses for a minute) 'my butt' is not a game Lynn. That's just ridiculous."
"Looks like I win," Lynn laughs.
"Why don't we play Tied Up in Knots?" Leni suggests.
"Or how about Rat Catch?" Lana asks.
"I would like to suggest a word search," Lisa says.
"Alright everyone," Lori intervenes. "Let's take a vote." Lincoln lets out a yawn. "Yes Lincoln?"
"What?"
"Do you have a suggestion?"
"Well, we could play one of those games we usually play, or we could play a new one. And I have one I think you're gonna love. Behold Animanialand!" Lincoln holds up the box with the game in it.
"What is it?"
"It's an interactive game where you play as animals who go on an adventure. You also get to answer trivia questions and do extreme dares. Clyde told me about it. But I understand if you guys don't want to."
"Are you kidding bro?" Luna shouts in excitement. "It sounds awesome!"
"Yeah if it has animals in it, I'm in!" Lana adds.
"I'm in too!" Lola adds. "For the dares of course."
"So am I!" Luan intrudes.
"So we're all agreed?" Lori asks. All the sisters nod in agreement. "Very well then. Animanialand it is."
"Alright!" Lincoln shouts in victory.
The Louds head to the dining room to get the game set up. "Okay Lincoln," Lori asks. "How do we play?"
"It's quite simple really," Lincoln explains. "Basically we go on an adventure around the board playing as different birds. These are the players: baby bird, sporty bird, stylish bird, princess bird, messy bird, leader bird, musical bird, spooky bird, silly bird, smart bird and the last one, just plain bird. Now we each roll the dice to move around the board. For every move you make, you get a trivia question. You answer the question right, you get to move forward. But if you answer wrong or take too long, someone has to give you a dare, but if you fail to do it, you have to go all the way back to the start. Whoever gets to the end wins."
"That's it?"
"That's it. Now it's time for us to pick our players."
"I CALL DIBS ON PRINCESS!" Lola shouts.
"MESSY FOR ME!" Lana yells.
"I'M THE LEADER!" Lori says.
All the sisters choose the characters with their respective personalities until Lincoln is the only one left. "Oh, I guess I'll have to be just plain bird," he groans. "Alright, let's get started."
The game begins. Since the Louds decide to go from youngest to oldest, Lily is the first one. Someone rolls the dice and moves the piece for her. Lincoln then picks up a card and reads it. "Okay Lily, for 5 spaces, what sound does a cow make?"
"Moo!" She answers.
"Very good." Lincoln moves Lily's piece on the board. It is now Lisa's turn. Lisa rolls the dice and moves her piece. Lincoln picks up another card and reads it. "Alright Lisa. For 6 spaces, is Pluto a planet or a moon?"
"Simple. The answer is….well technically it is smaller than the earth's moon and it is solid like one, but then again it has been classified as a planet in the past years, so it only stands to reason that—." Before Lisa could answer, she is then cut off when she hears the sound of a timer going off.
"Sorry Lisa, you ran out of time."
"Dang it. Why couldn't I classify a gas giant? Like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus—." Lisa gets cut off by Lana laughing. "And what might I ask is so funny?"
"Nothing. It's just that word makes me laugh."
"What word? Jupiter? Saturn? Uranus?"
Lana starts laughing again. "She said 'Uranus'!"
"There's nothing funny about Uranus." Lisa retorts, but Lana continues to laugh.
"Anyway Lisa," Lincoln interrupts. "You didn't answer so you get a dare."
"Oh! I got one!" Luan shouts. "I dare you to make a prank phone call."
"Seriously?" Lisa asks. Luan then nods her head. "In that case, I know just the victim."
The Louds are in the living room with Lisa making a prank call. The phone rings at Flip's Food and Fuel. Flip answers the phone. "Hello?"
"Yes hello?" Lisa asks. "I'm looking for a Mrs. Nimbecile, first name: Ima?"
"Hold on, I'll check," Flip answers. "Hey everybody! I'm an imbecile! You heard me! I'm an imbecile! Doesn't anybody see I'm an imbecile here?"
"YOU SURE ARE!" Luan shouts through the phone. All the Loud siblings are falling to the floor laughing uncontrollably.
"Listen you!" Flip is still on the phone "Whoever you are, I'm gonna find you and you're gonna pay!"
"Oh man!" Luan laughs. "He's still on the phone!"
"He's still on the phone?" Lincoln asks.
"HE'S STILL ON THE PHONE!" The Loud siblings continue laughing and finally hang up. "That was totally worth it," Lana says.
"Yeah, I always wanted to get back at Flip after everything he did to us," Lynn agrees.
"Indeed," Lisa concurs "that was quite invigorating. Shall we proceed with our game?"
"Yeah we should," Lincoln answers.
"Alright, Lola's turn. 'Literature: What is Dr. Seuss's REAL name?'"
"Are you kidding me? That's so easy. It's….Marco?"
"Wrong answer. It's Theodore. You got it wrong so you get a dare."
"OH! OH! ME! Pick me!" Lana raises her hand. "I've got a dare for her!"
"Okay Lana, go ahead."
"Alright Lola, I dare you to kiss a frog on the lips."
"WHAT!? NO WAY! NO WAY AM I DOING THAT!"
"You have to. You know the rules Lola. If you can't do the dare, you go back to the start. I understand if you wanna lose."
"ALRIGHT! FINE! I'll do it. But only to prove that Lola Loud is not a loser."
"OH HOPS!" Lana's pet frog Hops comes into the dining room and jumps into her arms. Lana then holds Hops close to Lola's face. Despite being hesitant, Lola kisses Hops on the lips and is immediately disgusted by it. Lana finds amusement in seeing that and starts laughing uncontrollably.
"You are so going to pay for that Lana."
It's now Lana's turn. Lola picks up a card and reads it to her. "Okay Lana, here's your question for 5 spaces. Think you got this?"
"Knock yourself out, sis. Lay it on me."
"Alrighty then. Nature: what is the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?"
"Are you kidding me? That's so easy. A crocodile has a U-shaped snout, while an alligator has a V-shaped snout. No wait! I messed up! It's the other way around!"
"Uh, uh, uh. You got it wrong. And for your dare, I dare you to dye your hair pink for the rest of the game."
"WHAT?! You gotta be kidding me!"
"You know the rules. You don't do the dare, you lose."
"Fine." Lana goes upstairs muttering to herself. Moments later, she comes back with her cap off and her hair all pink and an uptight look on her face. Her siblings try to hold in their laughter. "Not a word from any of you!"
Lucy's turn. Lana picks up a card and reads it. "Okay Lucy, here's your question. Literature: in Shakespeare's plays, all female roles were played by males. True or false?"
"False."
"Wrong."
"Sigh. What's your dare?"
"Lucy, I dare you to wear a princess gown."
"I'd rather go back to the start."
"Suit yourself." Lucy movers her piece all the way back to the start.
Now it's Lincoln's turn. Lynn reads him his question. "Alright Lincoln. Pop culture: name every Pixar movie in premiere order from 1995 to 2018."
"That's easy." Lincoln takes a deep breath and starts talking rapidly. "Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, Cars 3, Coco, and Incredibles 2 in that order."
All the sisters are left stunned and surprised by Lincoln's answer. "That's correct."
"Yes!" Lincoln moves his piece forward.
"Okay Lynn," Luan says, "Pop culture for 5 spaces: what are the names of the blue jay and raccoon from Regular Show?"
"Oh, I know this one! It's on the tip of my tongue!" Lynn wonders but unfortunately answers incorrectly. "Timon and Pumbaa?"
"Nope. Sorry. The answer is Mordecai and Rigby. You got it wrong so you get dare. I dare you to blow a giant bubble from bubble gum, while trying to hold in a sneeze WITHOUT popping the bubble."
"Aw what?! You gotta be kidding me!"
"You gotta do it or you lose."
"Fine!" Lynn takes out a piece of gum and starts chewing it. She then begins to blow a massive bubble. At first it seems easy, but then Luan takes out a pepper shaker and sprinkles pepper over her nose. The bubble gum then gets bigger and bigger while the rest of the siblings hide under the table. Lynn tries desperately to hold in the sneeze but she is unable to and finally the bubble pops and the gum is all over her face and hair. Luan pops up from under the table. "Gesundheit."
"OH! I HATE THAT!"
"Alright Luan," Lynn confronts. "Your turn. Safety: you are lost in the woods and you are faced with a rushing river. Should you: A) jump across the river, B) wait for a passing log, or C) do the Macarena?"
"If I had to choose, I'd go with C."
"Ha ha! Wrong! That wouldn't even make sense!"
"I don't care. Doing the Macarena would totally be worth it. Okay, what's your dare?"
"I dare you to juggle 3 books while holding a cup of milk on your foot with a rake in your arm with a cake on it while balancing on a ball wearing a catsuit and a tall striped hat."
"Piece of cake." Luan leaves the kitchen and then returns in a catsuit with a tall striped hat, juggling 3 books with a rake in her arms with a cake on it, while balancing a cup of milk on one foot and using her other to balance on a ball. After a while, she begins to lose her balance and falls off with all the stuff falling on top of her. She gives a thumbs up to prove she's okay. "Still totally worth it."
"Okay Luna," Luan reads "here's your question. Music: name the most popular singing group in the world."
"Simple. The Beatles."
"Correct."
"Alright Leni, your turn." Luna reads the card. "Fashion: when was the Doc Martens boot first made?"
"Oh that's easy. 1947 by Klaus Martens in Germany during world war 2 using soft leather and an air cushioned sole."
The others are left surprised. "That was oddly specific, but correct."
"Yay!" Leni moves her piece forward but it moves on a spot that has a picture of a bomb on it. "What does that mean?"
"Oh there's something I forgot to mention," Lincoln explains. "You see if you land on a spot that has a picture of a bomb on it, you have to do a dare or you go back to the start."
"And you're literally telling us this now?"
"What do you expect? With all the rules this game has, they're pretty hard to keep track of. Anyway, does anyone have a dare?"
"Oh I've got one!" Lynn shouts. "Leni, I dare you to walk over to Mr. Grouse's yard and roll around on his freshly…...cut…...lawn."
Leni did what she was told which makes their neighbor really miffed. He comes out the door and starts scolding her. "AND DON'T SAY YOUR SORRY!" Lynn shouts from the window. Leni is trying really hard to resist, but she is unable to.
"Sorry."
"BACK TO THE START WITH YOU!"
"Okay Lori," Lincoln reads. "Here's your question. Literature: name the popular franchise where 2 vampires fall in love with a human girl."
"Twilight."
"Correct."
The kids continue playing the game, asking questions and performing dares. It is now almost the end and all the players are on the third to last spot, in an 11-way tie.
"Okay, now what?" Lynn asks.
"I don't know, let me see the rules." Lincoln looks for the instructions and reads them. "Here we go. In the event that all players are tied, they must perform a dare where they all have to do something they hate most of all. Who ever is the last one standing is the winner."
"Let's do this!" They all say.
All the Loud siblings are in the living room doing their LEAST favorite things. Lincoln is reading comics with his polo and jeans on, Lucy is wearing nothing but bright colors, Luan tries not to play pranks on people, Lana is wearing a princess gown, Lola is rolling around in mud, Luna is listening to classical music and watching lip syncing videos on her laptop, Leni is wearing out of style fashion trends (such as socks with sandals), Lori is trying not to touch her phone and text, Lynn is trying not to exercise or do anything sports related, Lisa is reading a book for infants and Lily tries not to make a mess in her diaper. They continue this for almost 5 minutes until….. "I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY LONGER!" They eventually go back to their own habits…..except for Lily.
"Her diaper's all clean." Lincoln checks. "She's the last one standing! That means…"
"LILY WINS!" The Loud siblings hold Lily up above their heads cheering for her. Afterwards they are all relieved that they finally finished the game.
"Well that sure was fun," Lincoln says. "Wanna play again?"
The girls think about it and say "sure, okay."
First off I would like to point something out. I know what it may sound like but NO I did not intend to make the title sound like Warner Brothers' Animaniacs. I was just trying to come up with a name for the Louds' game, so I decided to merge the words Animal+mania+land together. I know it sounds similar but keep in mind it's a coincidence and not my intention (and yes, I knew Animaniacs existed before I wrote this story). But I understand the confusion. Anyway, I had a lot of fun doing this chapter. The one thing I had trouble with was coming up with questions and dares for each of the characters, so when I needed inspiration, I decided to base the dares and trivia questions based on their personalities and dislikes. And as you may have noticed, some of the questions were based on some real life facts such as pop culture (Disney, Pixar, Twilight, Cartoon Network, etc.). Also, when coming up with the story, I decided to look back on shows like the Regular Show episode But I Have a Receipt, The Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends episode Bad Dare Day, and the Arthur episode Best of the nest. Now I know what you're thinking, this came out a lot faster than you probably would've expected. Well the thing is, I wanted to get this idea out of the way before I forget, and seeing as how it's Independence Day in America, I figured what better day to do it than today? In all honesty, I kinda wish that other fanfics would take faster to update, but I know those other people are probably busy with their own things and I respect that. Now I plan to do a short about the aftermath for the next chapter, and after that, I'm not sure how long it'll take me but I do plan to take care of more review requests as soon as possible. And if you have any requests of your own, feel free to leave them in the reviews. Once again I wanna thank the guest reviewer (whoever they may be) for suggesting the bubble gum and the Gesundheit scene. And as always, stay tuned for more, and until then, so long everybody!
And a happy Fourth of July!
