Now here's a little epilogue for a previous episode, Brawl in the Family. Now I honestly had my doubts about doing this, but I wanted to do my own version but still keeping the lighthearted tone. For this one, I decided to look at the plot of the VeggieTales sing along video The End Of Silliness. And seeing as how Lincoln tends to break the fourth wall a lot, I thought it might be fun to see if the Loud siblings knew they had a tv show. If you like it, that's just swell, if you don't, that's fine, but rude or insulting comments will NOT be tolerated. And now I present to you, The Loud House Tales: The End of the Loud House.
with guest stars Harvey Beaks, SpongeBob SquarePants, Timmy Turner, Danny Phantom and Jimmy Neutron.
We join Lincoln Loud sitting alone in a diner on a rainy night. Harvey Beaks is behind the counter cleaning dishes. Lincoln is sitting alone in a booth with half empty glasses on the table. He starts crying and fidgeting uncontrollably and starts having flashbacks about the sister fight protocol. "No! No!" The flashbacks keep coming back and he starts fidgeting like crazy, almost to the point of having a meltdown. "No! Please! Don't hurt me! Go away! Out of my way! They're trying to get me!"
Harvey happens to hear all the commotion and starts to get concerned. "Hey. Hey little mister. You okay? Mister! Wake up mister! Mister!?" Lincoln keeps grunting and falls down to the floor fidgeting while holding his head in pain. Harvey gets worried and goes over to make sure he's okay. "Kid! Are you okay!?" Lincoln doesn't answer. "Okay, don't panic! I'll be right back." Harvey runs off and comes back with an ice pack and places it on Lincoln's head and Lincoln starts to calm down a bit. He helps Lincoln back into his seat. As Lincoln starts to wake up, his vision appears to be a little blurry. "Hello? You okay? Here let's clean you up." Harvey grabs a washcloth and starts cleaning his face. "You really had me worried there, buddy. You sure you're alright?"
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"Sorry but I don't believe we've met before. What's your name, anyway?"
"Lincoln. Lincoln Loud."
"Well then, nice to meet you. I'm Harvey. Harvey Beaks." Harvey holds out his hand for a handshake. Lincoln decides to return it. "So what are you doing here all alone?" Lincoln shrugs his shoulders. "Well, where do you live?"
"Who cares? I can't go back. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever again."
"Well, can I get you anything? A cheeseburger? Hot dog? A banana split? Or at least a milkshake?"
"No, I don't need anything."
"Well at least explain to me this: is there something bothering you?"
"Maybe. Why do you care anyway?"
"I'm just trying to be a good friend. If something's bugging you, I wanna help. So, do you wanna talk about it."
Lincoln spots a video machine with a tv screen. "Does that thing work?"
"That old thing? Oh yeah, it works great. Why?"
"Here." Lincoln hands Harvey a small DVD. "Put this in there." Harvey goes over to the machine. "It all started a while back when I was with this family, and….well I don't know! Things just sort of got out of control. And the worst part is that, I feel like it's all my fault." Harvey puts the disc in and the video plays, showing a scene from the Brawl in the Family episode.
The video shows Lincoln coming into the house and seeing that the girls aren't fighting anymore. At first he didn't understand. Lisa then explains that Lincoln ended the fight by leaving the house. At first, Lincoln was relieved that everything was back to normal, but by complete accident, he ended up revealing some secrets that his sisters said behind each other's backs. Of course another fight escalated and Lincoln went to hide in his parents room.
The video ends. Harvey is behind the counter, pity laughing at the video until he sees Lincoln with a stern look on his face. "What? Do you think that's…...funny?"
"Well yeah, kinda. I mean no! No, no! Not at all. That's gotta be rough."
"Yeah. It wasn't even my fault. I didn't mean to say those things. They just slipped out of my mouth." Lincoln then lowered his head and slammed his fist into the table. "Why do I have to be such an idiot?!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Calm down. So you started a fight. It's not the end of the world."
"It is for me. My show got canceled because of it. And now, I have nothing."
"Wait! You had a tv show?"
"Yeah. The Loud House. One boy, ten girls, wouldn't trade it for the world. I had so many plans for it, saving frogs from dissection, having a barnyard sleepover, becoming a contestant on Legends of the Hidden Temple with my dad, and that WRETCHED episode ruined it all! Moments that'll now, never happen." Lincoln starts to cry again.
"You know if it makes you feel any better, I used to have a show of my own."
"You did?"
"Yeah, it was named after me. Before me, there was this purple cat-bear-rabbit creature with a pointy hat. At first he wasn't to happy with me replacing him, but eventually, we learned to work it out. Although my show lasted way shorter than his."
"That's unfortunate."
"Yeah. But it's not the first time. It also happened to a friend of mine named Rudy and a robot named Jenny, along with her neighbors Brad and Tuck. Heck, it even happened to another guy I knew called Timmy Turner, and his show got canceled 5 times."
"5?!"
"Yep."
"Well, if you guys were so popular, why are you stuck working here?"
"After our shows ended, we had nowhere else to go. We needed ways to provide for our families. My friends went their separate ways, and I went mine. So now, here I am. Just a simple guy trying to make a living. But hey, all shows have to end eventually."
"I know, but that's not it. You don't know what it's like to be me. Sometimes I get nothing but mistreatment."
Harvey was left stunned. "Wow. I had no idea you felt that way." Just then, four mysterious men in fedoras and trench coats come in with a briefcase. "I'll be with you guys in a second." Harvey turns his attention back to Lincoln. "You know what buddy? I think what you need is a little cheering up. And I have just the thing." Harvey goes over to the machine and presses a few buttons. The screen shows a few music videos.
After a while, they were over, but Lincoln still felt miserable. "Yeah. Maybe I should just try to be grateful for the times I did have with the Loud House. Bye Loud House. Nice knowing you." Lincoln slams his head on the table and starts crying again.
"Okay. Maybe that song was a poor choice." Just then, 10 familiar girls walk in. "Can I help you girls?"
"As a matter of fact, you can," Lori says. "We're looking for our brother, Lincoln Loud?"
"You mean a young boy, about 5 feet tall, with white hair, a chipped tooth, and an orange polo?"
"You saw him?"
"He's over there." Harvey points to the table where Lincoln is sitting. The girls take a seat, but they see that Lincoln is not happy to see them.
"Hey bro." Luna greet him but Lincoln doesn't respond. "How you doing?" Still no response. "You still mad?"
"What do you think?"
"Okay, you're still mad. But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."
"I don't want to see you."
"Lincoln, we just wanna talk to you."
"Well I'm not in the mood to talk."
"Lincoln, please just listen to us."
"Just leave me alone!"
"Why are you acting like this?"
"Cuz you guys don't care about me anymore! So why should I care about you!? Ever since you started your stupid protocol, our family's been torn apart! All it does is mess things up and ruins people's lives."
"We thought it was going to help."
"Stop pretending like it does anything but get me in trouble! Your stupid protocol doesn't fix anything! And now our show's canceled because of it!"
"Is that what this is all about? You're still upset that you made the fight even worse?"
"No! That's not the reason I'm mad. I know I screw up sometimes. That's part of who I am. It's because you treated me like I don't even matter."
"Excuse me," Harvey intrudes. "Sorry for interrupting. It's probably not my business to say anything, but why are you guys so mad at each other? You want to tell me what's going on?"
"We'll tell you what's going on." The for men in trench coats are revealed to be Spongebob SquarePants, Timmy Turner, Danny Phantom and Jimmy Neutron. Lincoln starts looking shocked then angry. Jimmy then walks over to the machine. "Perhaps this will clear things up." Jimmy looks at Lincoln angrily while Lincoln looks shocked, then Jimmy looks shocked while Lincoln looks angry, the two then make silly faces. Jimmy then looks angry again. He takes out a small disc and places it into the machine.
"Noooooooooooooooo!" Lincoln shouts in protest, but it's too late.
The video plays. The Loud House theme song plays to the point where the Loud siblings sit on the couch before getting interrupted.
"Just a minute! Wait! Stop the cartoon!" Jimmy Neutron steps in. "Excuse me, I have an announcement to make." Jimmy takes out a letter and reads it. "'Because of the high standards, and as a result of the disastrous outcome of a previous incident, management has decided to initiate a small hiatus until conflicts can be resolved as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience at this time, but we assure that we are doing everything we can to make up for it.' Thank you." Jimmy walks off leaving the Louds alone and confused.
"So what are you saying?" Lincoln questions.
"I'm saying that the Loud House is cancelled until further notice."
"OH YEAH?! WELL THEN WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE PROGRAM?!"
"I'm sure you'll figure something out."
"Well that's unexpected," Lana said. "So Lincoln, wanna go out for smoothies? Lincoln?"
"This is all your fault. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
"What are you talking about, bro?" Luna asked in surprise.
"If it wasn't for your stupid protocol, our show wouldn't be canceled! And now we've got nothing!"
"Hey, don't blame everything on us," Lola intervened. "You're the one who made the fight even worse."
"Well you're the ones who were arguing over the stupid dress in the first place! A dress?! Seriously?! And not only that, I haven't been able to anything I want because of you!"
"What did we ever do to you?"
"Need I remind you?" Lincoln pulls out remote control and rewinds back to the clips showing Lincoln not allowed to use the bathroom or the kitchen, and the girls taking his belongings without asking. After watching the clips, the girls start to feel (somewhat) guilty.
"Oh right. But come on, no one's perfect."
"Excuses! Excuses! Excuses! How am i supposed to trust you guys when all you give me are EXCUSES?! When are you going to learn that your actions have consequences? Consequences that can affect other people! Like me. Don't you get it? You ruined my life! You guys may not care about other people's feelings, but I do. You didn't even stop to think about how I felt, and even when you did, you didn't even care. The show was all we had, and now it's gone. We're done, finished! We have nothing! You hear me?! Nothing! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to be alone. Not because I have to, but because I WANT to. I'm leaving now, and I don't know when you'll see me again." With that, Lincoln storms outside in a huff, slamming the door, leaving the girls feeling miserable.
The video ends, and after watching, Lincoln repeatedly bangs his head on the table while Harvey is left stunned and shocked. "So that's it, huh?"
"Yes!" Lana shouts. "It's our fault! All our fault! Not Lincoln's! We're the ones to blame!"
"That's despicable! I'd feel like that too if someone treated me that way."
"We know and we're sorry! We had no idea we were hurting our brother. We just got caught up in our own fight."
"Well that's no excuse! You girls act like you run the house and your brother was only trying to help. And you guys! How could you do something like this to Lincoln? The show was all they had, and you took it away from him?"
"We had no other choice!" Jimmy claims. "It was complete and utter chaos! Of all people, surely you could understand our position. We were simply looking out for the public's best interest. We do have reputations to maintain, you know." Harvey still looks scornfully. "Okay, I see your point."
The girls then walk over to their brother. "Lincoln," Lori says. "We're really sorry. You were right. It was stupid of us to fight over a dress like that. So are we good now?"
"Sorry guys," Lincoln says. "But it's gonna have to take more than that for me to forgive you."
"Well what else do you want us to say?" Lynn asks. "We've been horrible sisters to you. You were only trying to help. You do so much for us, but all we've done is torment you. But we promise, if you come home with us, we'll make everything better. We'll give you all your stuff back and we'll try not to fight with each other so much."
"Yeah, I still don't think that's enough. I'm leaving." Lincoln starts to head out the door but Lana stops him.
"Lincoln wait! You can't go yet! I forgot I still owe you that favor."
"What favor?"
"You know. The one where you told me to destroy the sister fight protocol? I was just about to do it." Lana takes out a box of the protocol gear, and takes it behind the counter and places it on a stove top. "Hope there's no hard feelings." Lana turns on the stove and the box is set on fire and burns into ashes. "There we go. The sister fight protocol is no more. I know this doesn't make up for everything we did, but we just wanna prove to you that we're sorry, so that you can come back and we can be happy again. You don't have to forgive us, but you shouldn't forget us. We promise, we'll never do anything like this again. We just want our brother back. So what do you think?"
"You wanna know what I think?" The girls were still a little nervous about what Lincoln was gonna say. However, instead of being mad, he started to smile. "I think you should have done that from the beginning."
"So does that mean, we're good?"
"We're good….sisters." All the Louds join in for a group hug.
"Let me just say," Lisa announced "the sibling fight protocol: worst mistake we've ever made."
"I'll say," Timmy steps in. "Even bigger than all of Alvin Seville's mistakes put together. And he never learns anything."
"Hey!" Alvin Seville appears to be listening from a nearby seat. "I can hear you."
"Nobody cares," Timmy taunts in a singsong voice.
"Well that's part of the damage done," Lincoln says. "But we're still not getting our show back."
"Yeah about that," Jimmy interferes. "You see, not long after we canceled the show, we started getting these." Jimmy opens the briefcase, which is revealed to be a pile of documents. "They're results from a poll we did. As you can see, there was one option saying that Lincoln should have tried to stay out of the way, and another option saying that the girls shouldn't have been fighting to begin with and let Lincoln help anyway. Both of which are tied with 315 votes."
The Louds look discouraged.
"However, there was a third option."
"There is?" Lincoln asked. "What does it say?"
Jimmy reads it. "It states that Lincoln Loud and his sisters should forgive each other and forget the Brawl in the Family incident and return to the Loud House, and as an added bonus, the forgotten cartoon show known as Harvey Beaks shall be givena second chance. Signed 1,028,512 adoring fans."
"They really did that?"
"Yep. Numbers don't lie."
"Wow. We're quite phenomenal."
"The people have spoken!" Spongebob announces. "I believe we have no choice but to hereby declare that The Loud House and Harvey Beaks are henceforth reinstated, effective immediately, which I guess is what henceforth means, but no matter, go on! Sing your heart out! Perform with all the craziness you could ever desire! This message goes out to all cartoon fans around the world! Let it be known that on this day, this is not the end of justice! Quite the contrary, a better and brighter future has just begun!" Spongebob finished his speech but then falls off the counter backwards. He gives a thumbs up to show he's okay.
"Just try not to go, too crazy," Danny adds. "Please?"
Lincoln then looks to his sisters. "Okay, tell you what guys. I'll forgive you for the whole protocol incident if you forgive me for making things worse. I know I can't solve all your problems all the time, but to be honest, I don't wanna stay mad at you forever. So what do you say?"
"I say we just call it water under the bridge," Lucy said.
"Agreed," stated Lisa. "And we offer our sincerest apologies, dear brother."
"Yeah," Lana lamented. "We're sorry Lincoln."
"And I'm sorry too," Lincoln apologized as they all hugged each other in forgiveness.
Lincoln felt relieved that they finally got their show back. He then pulls out a little notebook and opens it. "What's that Lincoln?" Lola asks.
"It's just a bunch of stories I've been writing. If you want, I could read them to you."
"We'd like that very much."
Well, there's my epilogue. Hopefully this one turned out well.
Now here's a couple more things I would like to point out. You see, the reason why I decided to add in other Nickelodeon characters was to give Lincoln someone to talk to about his problem and a few that would give him a reason to act the way he did, but also patch things up in the end. The reason I chose Harvey Beaks to be in the story was not only because he's a good kid with a kind heart, but because I also thought he got a bad reputation. In case you're confused, Harvey Beaks wasn't given enough attention and immediately got canceled after just 1 1/2 seasons, and frankly, I felt that it was fair to give him a second chance to be recognized. (On a side note: some of the inspiration came from codywrasman's crossover fanfic Lincoln and Harvey (one of my favorites by the way)). Now there is a chance I might have another crossover chapter like this in the near future.
Anyway, don't worry. I know what the title says but this is NOT the end. I got way too much for it to end here. Now I'm not sure what to do for the end, but I'm sure I'll figure something out. Anyway, if you have any ideas for the end or any future chapters, I'd be happy to hear them.
Stay tuned and so long everybody.