You know what sucks? Another The Loud House Q&A. As my girl Luan will explain in just a moment, I don't like some of the episodes of this even though I'm the one who made them.
Have any of you ever disliked anything that's happened in this series? If you don't want to answer that question, that's fine. I only asked to let you know that I welcome criticism. In fact, I'm happy whenever I get it because then I know what I need to do differently.
Now here's that episode about the future. Let's get this over with because I just found out that the last episodes of Fuller House finally released and all I wanna do is lay in bed all day and watch the heck out of them.
Immediately after her favorite sister disappeared, seemingly for no reason, Luan Special went home. She was super casual about it as if nothing had happened.
Luan Special: Hey, guys. Luna disappeared.
Lana Special: WHAT?! How can you be so calm about this?!
Luan Special: Chill, Wrench. She'll come back any second now, so it's all good.
Lana Special: How could you possibly know that?
Luan Special: Because Anthony is a freaking terrible writer. After completely botching Leni Loud's pregnancy storyline, do ya' really think he'd put any effort into this Luna disappearing one?
Lana Special: ...I don't know what you're...
Luan Special: I mean, just think about it. Chocolate & Medicine is the most lazily made thing of all time!
Lana Special: What?
Luan Special: There's absolutely no emotion in it at all! If the characters in it can be casual about someone giving birth for the first time and not even mention that two main characters became grandparents, why can't I be casual about another thing that would make a normal person anything but casual?
Lana Special: Would you stop with this?! There is no person controlling our...!
Luan Special: He put more effort into Izzy talking about how the cover image is bad than he did into Leni's triplets being born. What in the actual special spec is wrong with him?! It doesn't even matter that it got WAY more because it shouldn't get more at all. The pregnancy should be above the stupid Izzy thing!
Lana Special: Luan, I have no idea what...
Luan Special: Chocolate & Medicine is not only really really bad, but it's straight up hypocritical for Anthony to have made it. He hated the episode Don't You Fore-Get About Me for having similar flaws to Chocolate & Medicine, and yet he still made Chocolate & Medicine! He called Don't You Fore-Get half-baked, but if Don't You Fore-Get is half-baked, Chocolate & Medicine is taken out of the oven after only being in there for a couple seconds! Anthony Edward Staffenhagen couldn't make quality content if his life depended on it because even when he does make good stuff, like Made A Banner, it's not nearly as good as it should be. That one doesn't have any descriptions of how the characters are feeling and I now realize how stupid that is. It's just lazy and it makes it look like the characters are all feeling nothing. That's just stupid!
Lana Special: WHAT'S just stupid?! Please explain it to...!
Luan Special: When Sid learns the truth, there's no way to know if she's more sad than shocked, the other way around, or an equal amount of both. The excuse Staffenhagen uses is that he does that so people can interpret what he makes however they want, but that is a HUGE special lie! He's lucky he makes these with the intention of them not being taken seriously, otherwise, I would say that he should be ashamed of himself.
Lori Special: Hey, doesn't Anthony often use you as a stand-in for himself?
Luan Special: You bet, sis. He uses Karli as one too.
Lola Special: How come Anthony's not gonna try to improve?
Luan Special: Oh, he wants to. It's just too hard.
Lana Special: Why does everyone in this family talk about really bizarre nonsense without ever explaining to me what any of it means?!
Before the other Specials could even think of how to respond to that, it turned out that Luan Special was right! Luna Special had miraculously returned almost no time after disappearing!
Luna Special: Guys, you are never gonna guess where I just was!
Lola Special: A Starburst factory?
Lily Special: Poo poo?
Lisa Special: The Taylor Swift concert in Mexico!
Lynn Special: Hardee's?
Lynn Special Sr.: Inside a bag of dirt.
Leni Special: Somewhere on Earth?
Mallow: The mall.
Prune Juice: At work?
Scor: Somewhere about Transformers.
Lucy Special: Apocalypseburg?
Lori Special: Dude Perfect's universe?!
Lana Special: I can't think of a guess.
Rita Special: Boulder, Colorado?
Luan Special: IKEA!
Lisa Special: The Falcon Fury! Did you say "Ikea?"
Luan Special: No, I said "Falcon Fury." Just like you.
Luna Special: Heh heh. Man, I wish I could've enjoyed that movie. But hey, shouldn't Lisa be Velma, not Shaggy?
Lisa Special: I wear green. Sounds pretty Shaggy to me. I can be both.
Mallow: Tell us where you were!
Luna Special: I'd say you're never gonna believe this, but at this point, what I'm about to say is equally believable as any of your guesses, even for Lana. I was in the future!
25 Years Later
In the far-off year of 2045, Karli popped into existence on the cold, hard ground in the middle of the evening. At some point in 2020, she "disappeared" just like how Luna Special did and it sent her into the future. As she looked up, she saw someone who looked exactly like someone else.
Sponge-Tron: Greetings, primitive.
Karli: Sp...SpongeBob? Is that you?
Sponge-Tron: SpongeBob? No! I AM SPONGE-TRON! Welcome to the future!
Karli: ...What?
Sponge-Tron: Welcome to the future!
Karli: ...Uh, the future?
Karli then noticed something about her surrounding environment she never would've expected.
Karli: Huh?! O-okay, uh, what's going on here? Why is everything...foam?
Sponge-Tron: Everything is foam in the future!
Karli: ...I...I just never thought this is what the future would be like.
Sponge-Tron: What? Did you think the way the future was portrayed in fiction during your time period would actually end up being accurate?
Karli: Well, I did the first time. I guess I should've learned from that.
Sponge-Tron: The first time?
Karli: Yeah, I'm originally from the 90's in the X Universe, but then I moved to 2010's Y Universe.
Sponge-Tron: ...I didn't need to know that.
Karli: ...I know. I'm not trying to force you to learn about me. I only said that because it fit our conversation. That kinda thing happens a lot. Now, how did I get here, what year is it, and how do I get back?
Sponge-Tron: I brought you here to take you and one other guest on a tour of the future, it's 2045, and I'll send you back to the year I brought you from as soon as the tour's over.
Karli: Okay. I'm down with this.
Sponge-Tron: Now we just have to wait for the other guest to arrive. In the meantime, I'm gonna see if I can do a few errands. Which do you think will take up less time, taking a passport photo or buying 13 bottles of A.1.?
Then Sponge-Tron got a notification inside his head that let him know the other guest was about to appear.
Sponge-Tron: Oh, never mind. She should be here in just a second.
She appeared and it was Luna Special. She was still playing her guitar, but the sight of suddenly being in a completely different location made her stop playing and scream.
Karli: NO! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO! Why's it gotta be her?! Can I go one day without something Loud House-related happening?!
Luna Special: Oh, well great to see you too.
Sponge-Tron: Welcome to the future!
Luna Special took a quick look around, seeing that she had to have been in a different year than she was, what was to her, just a moment ago. She saw a plant grow in the ground and then a man spray it with an aerosol can, turning it into foam.
Luna Special: He's right!
Sponge-Tron: Of course I'm right, Luna! Just ask my clones, Sponge-Trons X, Y, and Z.
Luna Special: ...Are the other letters of the alphabet involved here?
Sponge-Tron: Sure. All 26 of them.
Luna Special: ...Only 26?
Karli: It's only 2045. I know you didn't know that, but I'm just saying that's way too soon for new letters to be in the alphabet yet. Besides, Sponge-Tron's clones are named after Pokémon games, not letters.
Luna Special: Oh, so Pokémon Z finally got made?
Karli: I didn't say it was existent Pokémon games.
Sponge-Tron: Would you two like to see the tour now?
Luna Special: Tour?
Sponge-Tron: That's right. Moss always points to- It's why I brought you here.
Luna Special: Oh. I was kinda thinkin', and hoping, that the song I was playing was too awesome for the universe to handle, so it sent me to a random point in time by accident. Whatever though. So, what in the future are you gonna let us see?
Sponge-Tron: Whatever you would like.
Karli: Ooh! I would love to see...
Luna Special: THE LOUD HOUSE!
Karli: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Anywhere but there! Please! There are so many more people in this universe I know who I like way more than the stupid Louds!
Luna Special: Hey, don't force people only you're interested in into this. Let people see whoever they want.
Karli: I do! And I don't mind doing so but I want the other people too because they're all just as good as the Louds if not better!
Luna Special: In YOUR opinion. I for one don't even know who these people you're talking about are so I obviously don't care about seeing them. Don't make me.
Karli: .........Oh, you're right. I shouldn't even be saying any of this. As much as I claim to hate the Louds, I still have to admit that I care about them even though I really wish I didn't because it would make so many things so much easier. In fact, even though I just said I don't want to go to their house, I'm still gonna come because I want to know about their futures as much as I would about that of just about anybody else I know.
Luna Special: ...I feel like this is a metaphor for something.
LET'S GET ON WITH IT!
It's time to learn what the Louds are like in the future!
Sponge-Tron took Luna Special & Karli to the North Pole. Just kidding. He took them to the Loud house.
Earlier, Sponge-Tron made them sign a contract which stated neither of them could tell anyone about what they saw on the tour. They were allowed to tell people they were in the future, but what they learned about it was off-limits.
Also, Karli pleaded for him to allow them to see more than just the Loud house, but he apologetically informed her that there wasn't enough time. Karli wanted to learn about what other people she knows are like in 2045, but now she would just have to wait 25 years.
Sponge-Tron: Before we go inside, you've got a choice to make. Would you like to take the tour normally or would you prefer if you couldn't be seen, heard, and touched? I like to call that Ebenezer Scrooge Mode.
Luna Special: Ooh, Scrooge mode, please!
Karli: I prefer shortening it to "Ebenezer Mode," but I'll take it too.
Sponge-Tron put the three of them into Ebenezer Scrooge Mode and they all went inside by phasing through the wall. Karli caught sight of a banner that said "Loud Family Reunion" and pointed to it.
Karli: Hey, look.
The other two took a quick glance at the banner until the sound of someone coming down the stairs caught the attention of all three of them.
Rita: I can not believe you are still like this!
She was carrying her youngest child in her arms. This wasn't because Lily couldn't walk well enough on her own. It was because Rita was taking her downstairs by force. Crying all the way down to the living room, Lily was soon placed on the couch.
Rita: You are 30 years old! Lincoln and your sisters have all moved out and gotten lives. Why do you still think it's okay to live here, make me take care of you, and keep acting like a gosh darn baby?! I know you're more than capable of being an adult, so why do you choose not to?!
Rita reached for Lily's poop-filled diaper so she could take it off and change it, but Lily grabbed onto the top of it.
Rita: No! You do not get to keep it on! It belongs in the garbage!
Lily: POO POO!
Rita: If you say that one more time, I'm gonna kick you out on the street! I REALLY MEAN IT THIS TIME!
Karli: Guys, I might be wrong, but I get the feeling she might be angry.
Luna Special: What are you talkin' about, ya' crazy? She's clearly happy.
Sponge-Tron: This might surprise you two, but Rita's hatred for how her daughter chooses to live actually isn't common among people anymore here in 2045. People of this decade are much more accepting of adult babies than people were in 2020. Mrs. Loud is just a Karen. Also, the tolerance for adult babies might've come sooner if it hadn't been for a moderately well known one in the 2010's who happened to be evil. As you can probably imagine, that didn't help get them a positive view from others.
Karli: Has Lily done anything not baby-ish at all?
Sponge-Tron: I don't know everything she's done, but I do know she got married.
Luna Special: Really? Who to?
Karli: Isn't it obvious? The one and only true TLH ship is Lilkie. That's Lily times Blankie.
Luna Special: ...I wanna say you're full of bologna, but I agree with you.
Karli: ......What you just said has massive meme potential. I wish I could get a picture.
Sponge-Tron: You're right, Karli. About who Lily married, not the meme thing. Marrying inanimate objects was legalized in 2033.
Karli: Only 2033?! How'd they manage that?
Sponge-Tron: Lily began a campaign for it as soon as she turned 18 and the government legalized it almost immediately because they saw no reason why they should care who, or what, other people marry. The fact she's both really cute and a celebrity helped too.
Hearing his wife and daughter fighting, Lynn Sr. came downstairs to try to help Rita get Lily's diaper off. Yes, Lily is that good at keeping them on.
Karli: How's Lynn Sr. different in the future?
Sponge-Tron: He's basically unchanged, actually. I guess we'll have to wait until other people get here to continue the tour.
Karli: Geez, if only there were other places in the world we could go to learn about other things that are different in 2045?!
Luna Special: Hey! We already had a whole unasked for thing about why we're not...
Karli: No, I just mean general things. Like, does McDonald's still exist? Who won the last 25 Super Bowls? You know, stuff like that.
Sponge-Tron: McDonald's went out of business because Taco Bell was the only restaurant that survived the franchise wars and there haven't been 25 Super Bowls since 2020 because they decided to wait until 2050 to have another one so they can save up enough money for the halftime show they have planned.
Luna Special: ......Smart. ......Smart.
A While Later
It was almost time for the party to start and the first six guests had arrived. It was Leni, George, and their four kids. They had their 25-year-old triplets and a 14-year-old son named Alph. Despite being together for so long, living together, and having kids together, Leni & George never got married. They're still just boyfriend & girlfriend even in their 40's.
Karli: Hey, look at that. I do get to learn about the future of someone else I know. SWEET!
Lynn Sr.: Leni! George! Grandkids! How's it been going for you guys?
George: I think it's weird that Leni Jr., Justin, and Anniecarmenjudypatsy are 25. I feel like I still have kids, but I actually have adults.
Lynn Sr.: ...That's not exactly what I meant, but okay.
The next guest to arrive wasn't a Loud. It was an Anderson.
Karli: Oh, come on! How far is this guy gonna go?! Does he really think he gets to be a part of this? And before Izzy, the only TDR character who should be? Freaking Cody!
Luna Special: Yeah, freaking Cody!
Sponge-Tron: Actually, he has as much to do with this party as Izzy did...I mean "does."
Karli: And how is that?
Sponge-Tron: Cody is actually married to one of the Loud sisters.
At that perfect moment, Cody's wife stepped into the house.
Lisa: Partner in marriage, I instructed you to move my equipment and other supplies from out of our motorized vehicle and into this building within which at least one individual spends one's life.
Cody held his head down in sadness as he begrudgingly did as he was asked.
Cody: Yes, honey.
Karli: So, how did they end up together? Is it because Lisa Loud is such a horrible person that the only way she could ever get married is if it's to another horrible person?
Sponge-Tron: Not even close.
Luna Special: Accurate, but not close.
Sponge-Tron: Cody started developing a crush on Lisa when they were young and she agreed to be his girlfriend for the sake of always having someone who was willing to be a test subject. Here in 2045, they have 7 kids, only the oldest of which isn't adopted. Lisa uses them as test subjects too, so she wanted each one to have a different set of biological parents. That way, their DNA would be as different from each other as possible.
Luna Special: Is that actually useful?
Karli: It must be for whatever she's doing to them. Where are they anyway?
Sponge-Tron: They are currently on a rocket ship orbiting Venus with no pilot that Lisa boarded them onto while they were sleeping. She didn't tell any of them about it beforehand because she wanted to test how good they are at handling surprise terrifying situations.
Karli: ......That's horrible!
Luna Special: Hey, what happens in Venus stays in Venus.
Karli: ...But they're not IN Venus, they're NEAR Venus, so haha! So, anyway, is Lisa Lisa Anderson now?
Sponge-Tron: Nope! She views changing her last name as an unnecessary waste of her time, so her last name is still Loud.
And then another guest arrived. It was everyone's favorite Y Universe Loud who is named Lola, Lola!
Sponge-Tron: Similar to Karli's guess about Lisa's marriage, Lola had a very hard time with dating throughout her life. Either guys wouldn't want to be with her because of the horrible thing she did to Lana on Halloween 2019 or they wouldn't care that she did that and she would tell them that they should. This kept going on until she eventually found someone who felt the exact same way about it as her.
As Sponge-Tron took a pause, Lola's husband Lexx came inside.
Sponge-Tron: That's right. The only person Lola was able to be with was the male version of herself.
Karli: Wait, wait, wait! Does this mean that male Lola did the same thing on Halloween that she did?
Sponge-Tron: Yes.
Karli: Then that means there's a universe out there where Leif Loud had to go through the same torture that Lana did! And since there's a universe for everything, there are universes where it never got undone for him! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! He deserves it because he sucks because all people named Leif suck, especially if they spell it with an AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Luna Special: ...You have issues.
Karli: ...I know. And no offense to anyone out there actually named Leif or Leaf. I don't actually have anything against you, I just really hate your name. Sorry. And I'm also sorry about that outburst I just had.
Luna Special: ...Anyway, did Lola ever have kids?
Sponge-Tron: Nope! She and her husband agreed that a child being raised by them would be a horrible idea.
The next guest was everyone's least favorite Y Universe Loud who is named Lori, Lori!
Lori: Ah! Being in this house again literally brings back so many memories!
In 2045, she's married. Take a guess who her husband is. I'm sure you'll neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever be able to guess who it is. Out of all the men across the multiverse Lori could possibly be married to, I suppose it could be absolutely aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany of them. I really don't think you'll eeeeeeeeeeeeever...
It's Bobby.
...Yeah, it's...She's married to Bobby.
Lori Santiago and her husband came inside.
Sponge-Tron: Look at that. Our first former Loud of the evening.
Karli: Huh?
Sponge-Tron: Lily didn't have any reason to change her last name because Blankie doesn't have one, Leni obviously didn't need to change her last name because she never got married, I already explained Lisa, and Lola's husband has the same last name as her anyway.
Karli: Oh.
Sponge-Tron: Back to Lori and Bobby, they have 43 kids.
Karli & Luna Special: WHAT?!
Sponge-Tron: And each and every one of them has the same super rare disease that wasn't even known before and still isn't because Lori & Bobby have kept it a secret from everyone else in the entire world. It causes whoever has it, so the 43 kids and no one else because they're the only ones who have it, to permanently turn into a werewolf if they get close to corn on the cob. The lie they've always told is that their kids are just very allergic to corn. Unfortunately for them, it is illegal in the Michigan region to have a barbecue without serving corn on the cob, and this family reunion is also a barbecue, so Lori & Bobby weren't able to bring their children here with them.
Karli: .....................Go on.
Sponge-Tron: Lori gave up her dream of being a golfer who's also in the FBI to attend medical school so she could find a cure for her sons' and daughters' horrible disease.
Luna Special: Why'd she keep it a secret then? Wouldn't it be better if she had other doctors helping her?
Sponge-Tron: Would you want people to know your kids might turn into a werewolf?
Luna Special: Fair point.
Sponge-Tron: Bobby on the other hand, didn't have to leave the career field he was interested in. He tried opening his own convenience store, but wasn't sure if he knew how to. After asking for some help, one thing led to another, and he is now the CEO of both 7-Eleven and FamilyMart despite not wanting to be.
Rita: Lori, Bobby, great to see you again. Where are the kids?
Bobby: Oh, you know. CORN!
Luna Special: Can Luna be the next one we see? As you can probably guess, she's my favorite one.
Sponge-Tron: Sorry, I'm not wearing any frosting. I mean- I have no control over what order they show up in.
But then the next former Loud, her wife, and their three kids arrived.
Sponge-Tron: Huh, look at that.
The two wives were Luna & Sam Loud-Sharp. When Luna Special saw their wedding rings, she got super jealous.
Sponge-Tron: Luna and Sam both have very successful music YouTube channels with over a million subscribers. They collab on videos quite often, even more so than Jonathan Young & Caleb Hyles. They were hoping their kids would grow up loving music too so they could be like the Von Trapp family, but that unluckily didn't happen for them. Their oldest kid Billie Jean was one of those people who thinks everything their parents like is lame just because they like it for most of her life and their twins have other careers in their sights.
Karli: What do the twins wanna do?
Sponge-Tron: Tommy wants to work on the docks and Gina dreams of runnin' away and opening a diner.
Karli: ...You don't have to run away to do that.
Luna Special: Who said those two desires were connected?
Karli: Yeah, true.
Sponge-Tron: And speaking of running, here comes the person who does the most running out of everyone in the family, Lynn Jr.!
Another woman came inside, but it wasn't Lynn. It was Izzy. She no longer had the Christmas sticker on her mouth because it was removed long ago.
Sponge-Tron: ...Never mind. Anyway, Izzy's life in the future isn't much to talk about. With no goals or aspirations in life, she just aimlessly travels around the world, going with the flow because there's no part of her that cares what happens. Of course, she only does this when she can.
Karli: Does she still have her job as a janitor at the zoo?
Sponge-Tron: She never bothered to quit it, but she still hasn't shown up for work in 12 years.
Luna Special: Does she have any kids?
Sponge-Tron: Oh, no! The government would never allow a person like her to have a child. That's both because they don't want her psychic abilities to potentially be passed down to more people and because of the reason I'm sure is obvious to you if you know the character.
Karli: Yeah.
Luna Special: Yeah.
And then another woman entered the house.
Sponge-Tron: Oh, NOW it's Lynn?!
Luna Special: I'm assuming Lynn is an unmarried famous athlete in multiple sports with no kids.
Sponge-Tron: She is now. But while she was in college, she ran into some financial problems and had to take a job as a video game tester, which she really couldn't stand.
Karli: Why'd she have to take it?
Sponge-Tron: It was the only job she could find that paid well enough and she desperately needed one. But she was able to quit right away once she earned enough money to pay off the baseball bat debt that made her need a job.
That is a reference to In Deep by Quiet Waters, which I highly recommend. It's a fic here on FFN and it is really, really good. Go read it.
Sponge-Tron: Another person, or maybe more, should probably be showing up any second now. And, even though this is a Loud family reunion, there might be a few people from outside the family attending too, so don't be surprised if someone like Clyde or Sid appears.
That happened to work out for Sponge-Tron because the next people to arrive tied in perfectly to what he had said. It was Clyde, his ex-wife Sid McBride, and their dhampir daughter Jordan. Jordan's parents were arguing about something and, being really sick of that, she jumped face-first onto the couch with her ears covered.
Tommy: What are they arguing about now?
Jordan: I don't even know. Something about cavemen?
Unexpectedly, Jordan's father suddenly handed her a banana.
Clyde: Jordan, peel this.
As Clyde went back to his argument, Jordan ignored what he asked her to do. She instead threw the banana behind the couch.
Karli: It's nice to know what my girl Sid's future is like, but what about...?
Luna Special: Her sister?
Sponge-Tron: Oh, she's the queen of Earth now.
Karli: ...Well, darn! For real?
Sponge-Tron: Yes.
Karli: ...Here in the Y Universe?
Sponge-Tron: Yes!
Karli: ...Okay. I guess I'll just...deal with that as it happens. I could always move back to the X Universe if I have to, after all.
The ex-spouses instantly forgot about their petty argument when they saw the next duo of people to enter the house together.
Clyde: Lincoln!
Lincoln: Clyde!
The two lifelong best friends gave each other a great big hug. When Sid saw them do this, she thought she'd try doing something similar.
Sid: Ronnie Anne!
Even though Sid's arms were wide open, Ronnie Anne walked away from her. She couldn't have hugged anyone anyway because she was carrying a heavy cardboard box, but that's not why she denied Sid the hug.
Sid: Or not.
Catching sight of this while walking around and not liking what she saw, Izzy stepped over to Sid and gave her the hug she was hoping for.
Sid: Thanks, buddy.
Izzy: No problem. You want me to go do anything to Ow?
Sid: Please don't.
Clyde: So, Lincoln, where are Two and the kids?
Lincoln: Oh, they're right outside. Two needed to help Pat pee in a water bottle and that makes it obvious why the twins are still out there. You know how much they love watching people pee.
Luna Special: ...It's impossible for us to find that funny because we're only knowing about these twins for the first time right this second.
Karli: Normally, I would agree. But I think it works in this context.
Luna Special: Well, it's not funny anyway because it's a joke about peeing.
Karli: I thought it was funny.
Luna Special: Well then you're weird and gross.
Lincoln's husband Two came inside with Lincoln's three children. The first two were twins named Rochelle and Toby who he adopted together with Ronnie Anne.
Yeah, you read that right.
At the time, Two didn't want kids but Lincoln did. Ronnie Anne also wanted to be a parent but was having a hard time adopting because no adoption agency believed she was capable of raising a child on her own. So, Lincoln and Ronnie Anne agreed to help each other out. While pretending to be married to each other, they adopted their twins together. Lincoln took home Rochelle and Ronnie Anne took home Toby.
After a while of having Rochelle in his life, Two came around on the idea of being a father, so him and Lincoln adopted their son Pat.
Two: Anybody want a bottle of human urine?
And now, because I have no self-control at all, here's a quick little song about Lincoln & Ronnie Anne. And yes, I know I already made this song be about them once before, but now it's a parody instead of the real song.
Why can't we be friends
who just happen to have kids?
They did something similar on Friends
even though it didn't completely work out in the end!
Ronnie Anne: Leni, you're in the fashion industry, right?
Leni: Yes.
Ronnie Anne: And that's the same thing as being a makeup artist or whatever?
Leni: No, not really.
Ronnie Anne: Well, my cousin Carlota has always wanted to be one, but she refuses to listen to me when I tell her she has to get off her butt and actually try to get into the industry. Just because it was so easy for the original her, she thinks someone will just randomly give her the job and it'll take no effort. Sometime, can you please tell her how hard it was to get your career?
Leni: Sure, but it wasn't hard. All I had to do was graduate college and then...
Ronnie Anne: Graduating college wasn't hard?!
Leni: Like, doing tests and essays and stuff was hard, but all I really had to do was just get through that for however many years is was.
Ronnie Anne: Okay, you're of no help to me at all.
Lincoln: Hey, Clyde, I brought my Switch.
Lincoln held up his Nintendo Switch system made of cheese. It was still just as fresh as it was in 2020 due to being made out of magic cheese.
Clyde: Sweet! Let's play! But if we play Smash, Chrom is still banned.
Lincoln: Of course.
Karli: Why are they banning Chrom?
Sponge-Tron: Everyone bans Chrom in the future! When the final DLC character was added to the game, a balance patch was released that included a glitch which made Chrom's up smash do 999% damage. Nintendo said there would be no more patches after that one, so Chrom was stuck like that and basically every Smash player on Earth banned him.
After Lincoln, who may or may not wear glasses in the future, hooked up his console, he turned on the TV and the episode Don't You Fore-Get About Me was on.
Leni: I never understood this episode. I get why I'll miss Lori, but Izzy will move in, so it's not like I'll be lonely.
George patted his girlfriend on the head because he could tell she still didn't completely understand how the multiverse works even after all these years.
Karli: That's what she doesn't understand about the episode? Three words. Rock, worms, and dinosaurs. Can we please move this along now? It's taking forever.
Sponge-Tron: Sorry, but I have no control over when the...
Ironically, more guests arrived at that moment. It was Luan (whatever Benny's last name is), her husband Benny, and their two daughters, Linda & Virginia.
Luan: Hey, everyone we're...Umm...Something about reuniting.
Luan's husband and kids laughed to be polite, but she could tell that their laughs were pity laughs.
Luan: Man, I wish I was still good at coming up with jokes. At least I still have my other talent. Somebody give me something heavy.
Conveniently, Lana happened to be right behind them. She overheard her sister's request and handed her a Pokémon egg.
Lana: Here ya' go, sis.
Luan: Thanks.
Luan went over to the stairs and did a handstand. While walking up the stairs on her hands, she balanced the egg on her feet. At no point did the egg move even a little.
Meanwhile, Lana sat down on the couch next to Charles, Cliff, and Walt. Yes, they're still alive.
Virginia: What's that egg, Aunt Lana? Does it have some significance?
Lana: Yes, Virginia. There was this one time when me and Puppycorn found it buried in the ground. There's a Pokémon inside, but it's never hatched even though it's been 25 years.
Linda: And you never thought to try to do something about that?
Lana: I'll admit I've been tempted to hundreds of times, but I've gotta let nature take its course. Speaking of which, Luan, can I have the egg back?
Luan got off the stairs and gave back the egg.
Luan: Speaking of things that took 25 years, I can't believe Anthony never once established in our Q&A show that you wear different clothes than the original Lana.
Lana: Oh, yeah! We used to have a Q&A show. I forgot all about that. We should do another episode of it while we eat later just for old time's sake.
Lincoln: I approve of this idea!
Karli: "I approve?" Who does this guy think he is?
Lincoln: It's just too bad Lillie won't be able to be here for it.
Rochelle: Would you please shut up about her?!
Lincoln: LET'S GO!
Lincoln jumped up and nearly everyone began running for the backyard. However, one of his sisters grabbed Lincoln's arm, making him stay in the living room.
Luan: Lincoln, since you're the comic book guy of the family, I want your opinion on something.
Lincoln: What is it?
Luan: Lately, I've been feeling bad about how, unlike you, I never used my superpowers to fight crime.
Lincoln: ...Well, umm...don't.
Luan: Okay.
And then the two siblings went outside too.
Luna Special: How come they're not waiting for Lucy Loud?
Sponge-Tron: Unfortunately, she won't be attending this family reunion.
Karli: How come?
Sponge-Tron: Because everyone loves Chrome in the future! Earlier this year, Google was attempting to develop a new product, but while doing so, they accidentally released a toxin into the air that causes people to think they worship Google Chrome. People are immune to the toxin if their favorite color is black, so when Lucy told the other Louds that Google Chrome means nothing to her, she was shunned out of the family.
Karli: ......You know what? I'm convinced none of this is real.
Sponge-Tron: And why is that?
Karli: Because............I don't buy that just about everyone in the family would still be with the personfriend they had in 2020. And on top of that, most if not all of them were their first one. It's much more realistic that they would break up with them at some point and find some...
Karli stopped talking when Sponge-Tron showed her something on a screen that was inside his head. It showed Karli footage of some point in her future. She saw her future self and the future self of someone very important to her, both of whom had wedding rings on. There was also a young boy and it appeared to be his birthday.
Karli: ...Is this what I think it is?! Do Sasha and me get married and we have a son?!
Sponge-Tron: Yeah.
Karli: ...Okay, I take it back. This is all 100% real and no one can tell me otherwise!
Luna Special: Should we be concerned about that Google thing?
Sponge-Tron: Google is working around the clock to develop an antidote and convince people that they don't actually worship a web browser, but have come up short in both regards so far. Don't worry though. It shouldn't be much longer now.
Karli: Yeah, the only Google product worth worshiping is Google Translate!
A few minutes later, the barbecue had started. Sponge-Tron had taken himself, Karli, and Luna Special out of Ebenezer Scrooge Mode because the twins (Karli and Luna Special aren't related, but they're each someone's twin, so calling them "the twins" is technically accurate.) were hungry and wouldn't be able to eat if they couldn't touch stuff.
Lincoln: WHOA! Karli and Luna Special?! You're finally back! We haven't seen either of you in 25 years!
Karli & Luna Special: WHAT?!
Lincoln: Just kidding! You both came back on the same days you left.
While the food started cooking, Lana noticed what Two had in his hand.
Lana: Is that a bottle of human urine?
Two: You bet.
Lana: Can I have it?
Two: Sure.
Two tossed the bottle to his sister-in-law.
Lana: I wish The Announcer was here. Who'd like to take his place?
The Urine: I'll do it!
Yes, The Urine can talk. I said it was human, didn't I?
Kirby asks "Lola, are you and Jake married? If so, do you two have any children?"
Grossed out by The Urine like you would expect, Lola looked away from it while answering Kirby's question.
Lola: Sorry, but we're not.
Lincoln: I don't remember you ever knowing anyone named Jake. Who was he? For some reason, his name is making me think he was a pirate?
Lola: He was my first boyfriend.
Lincoln: Oh, right. I remember now.
Lexx Loud: Was he one of the ones who broke up with you because of the bad Halloween thing or one of the ones you broke up with because they didn't mind the bad Halloween thing?
Lola: ...I...I wish I could remember. It actually might've been neither. Maybe he died or moved away or something. I'll bet Kirby knows.
Lincoln: If you do know and don't mind telling us, how'd their relationship end, Kirby?
Kirby says "The Nintendo Character."
Lincoln: Oh, I remember this. I asked him who he was and then later that same day, I got a message from my future self with the answer. Somebody remind me to send that message later.
The Great Fossil King asks "Hey Lincoln, what happens if your childhood hero Ace Savvy meets Batman?"
Lincoln: Funny you should ask that. It's the perfect segway into an announcement I've been wanting to make. Everyone, Paramount and WB are collabing to make a movie. Next Summer, you will all be seeing ME in Batman Meets Ace Savvy At Dawn!
Everyone else at the party thought that was super cool and cheered.
Luna: That's awesome, bro! Why didn't you tell us you're gonna star in a movie as your favorite character?!
Lincoln: ...Because I'm not. I'll be playing Waiter #4 and I'm only in one scene.
Luna: ...Oh. Sorry, bro.
Lincoln: It's okay. I may never get to be Ace Savvy in a movie that people will actually be able to see, but at least I got to be him in that one me and Unikitty made.
Fourtails asks "Luna, can you take a Blaziken in a fist fight?"
Luna: Of course not.
Ace Savvy and Batman's sidekicks, One-Eyed Jack and Robin, crashed through the fence while being chased by a Blaziken.
Robin: Everyone run!
Karli: Don't tell us what to do, Dick.
The Blaziken grabbed One-Eyed Jack's arm and slammed him onto the ground.
Clyde: Of course he gets attacked first.
The Blaziken rushed towards Luna and began punching her repeatedly. She tried to defend herself, but the Fire chicken-like creature was just too OP.
Leni: Somebody do something!
George: Yeah, somebody do something.
Luna Special: The question never specified which Luna!
While shouting heroically, Luna Special ran towards the Blaziken, grabbed his or her leg, spun him or her around a few times, and threw him or her off into the distance.
Luna Special: So long-a Blaziken!
Then almost everyone cheered, in thanks for saving the day.
Luz Noceda asks "To Lincoln and each of his older Loud sisters plus Lucy. If you had to choose, who would you join? Team Rocket, Team Skull, or Team Plasma?"
Lincoln: I'll do you one better and tell you that EVERYONE is gonna answer this question! Except of course for that Google Chrome hater who is no longer a part of this family and whose name shall not be mentioned!
Her name shall now be mentioned because Lucy hopped over the fence with a hose in her hands. Before anyone saw that she was there, she turned the hose on and sprayed everyone with water until they were completely soaked.
After turning off the water, Lucy took a quick scan of everyone's faces and saw that most of them were mad at her.
Lucy: ...So, is hose water by any chance the antidote? Please say it is.
Rita: You are not allowed to say anything on this property unless it's about how awesome Google Chrome is! Do I make myself clear, young lady?!
Izzy's acquaintance Gwen then hopped over the fence too.
Gwen: Everyone, stop worshiping a web browser. It's weird and it doesn't make sense.
At that, everyone who had inhaled the toxin started mumbling to each other about how Gwen was right. They had found the antidote!
Lucy: Wha...What's happening?
Gwen: I got rid of the accidental mind control. How did you not solve this earlier?
Gwen began to nonchalantly walk away from Lucy.
Lucy: The antidote was telling them to stop?
Gwen: Yes.
Lincoln: Lucy, we're all really sorry for how we've been treating you. We've got quite a lot to do to make it up to you. Is there anything you'd like for us to do for you to start?
Lucy: Can I be the first to answer this Q&A question? I overheard it while I was behind the fence.
Lincoln: Sure.
Lucy: Thank you. All three teams wear black, so I don't know which one I'd choose.
Gwen: Same here.
Sid: I know which one I would choose.
Clyde: Oh, let me guess. "None because evil is bad!"
Sid: Team Rocket to support my buddy Robin!
Clyde: ...Oh. Umm...That's...different.
Robin: What do I have to do with...?
Clyde: She's talking about somebody else.
Robin: Okay. Anyway, I don't know what any of those teams are, so I can't choose.
Lynn: I've been on Team Rocket before, so that's my pick.
Karli: Well, it isn't mine. 'Cause I most definitely have NOT been on Team Rocket before. Heh heh.
Lincoln judgmentally glared at Karli.
Lincoln: I know you temporarily joined Team Rocket once.
Karli: That is NOT true! ...I temporarily joined it twice.
Lincoln: WHAT?!
Karli: In my defense, I was mind controlled the first time. Anyway, my choice is none of them.
Izzy: If Sid's joining Team Rocket, so am I!
Tommy: Team Skull. I don't know why though. It just sounds right.
George: Evil teams bad!
Cody: Whatever one my wife picks.
Jordan: I'd pick Team Plasma because they were in Black & White, just like the original version of my favorite CBS All Access show!
Virginia: Do any of them use time travel? If so, I'd pick that one.
Lana: I'm a good trainer. I can't join an evil team. That's just wrong!
Gina: Team Rocket. I like the name.
Rochelle: Me too. It's close to "Rochelle."
Benny: I don't know.
Lola & Lexx Loud: Neither do I.
Charles: Rockruff.
Cliff: Litten.
Walt: Pikipek.
One-Eyed Jack: Maybe Ace and I will have to go undercover as members of one of these evil teams someday. If so, I'd choose that one.
Lincoln: ...I couldn't choose. It's not right.
Clyde: Same here.
Ronnie Anne: Meh. I could join one of them if I had to. I wouldn't even care which one it was.
The Egg can't answer this question because it can't talk.
Sam: I don't know anything about any of them, but they all sound like dope band names, so I'd take any of 'em.
Luna: Agreed.
Luna Special: Also agreed.
Leni Jr.: I'd pick Team Plasma 'cause I would like to learn what that word means.
Two: I don't know. I'd let my brother choose for me.
Alph: Anything but Team Rocket. I hate the letter R.
Billie Jean: If any of them are blue, I pick that one. Blue's my favorite color.
Lori: I wouldn't join literally any of them.
Sponge-Tron: Everyone joins Skull in the future!
Rita: Whichever one could help me fix Lily.
Lily: I want to angrily say my catchphrase, but my desire to do that doesn't even come close to outweighing how much I don't want to get thrown out on the street. Also, my choice is whichever team could help Mommy stop being so stupid.
Justin: I'd pick the one that would most likely give me the job of cutting down trees, especially if I got to do it by a lake.
Anniecarmenjudypatsy: I'd only pick one if all three of my bros were on it too.
Bobby: That same thing but about my sister.
Lisa: None of the organizations deserve the assistance of someone like me.
Toby: Is "Plasma" another word for "pee?" It sounds like it is. I pick that one.
Luan: If I'm not gonna use my powers for good, I'm definitely not using them for evil. No team for me!
Lynn Sr.: ...I'm gonna be honest. I don't understand the question.
Pat: Me neither.
Linda: Me neither either.
Leni: I'm already the leader of Team Magma, so I can't pick one.
The Urine: I'd be happy to join any team that would have me!
With the last question complete, the food was ready and it was time to start chowing down. When she got to the front of the line, Luna Special asked for a hot dog and took a big bite out of it. What she put in her mouth tasted really bad, so she opened her mouth up and scraped the now chewed food off of her tongue.
Luna Special: Why does the bun taste so...wrong?
Lynn Sr.: In 2021, wheat went extinct and a new recipe for bread had to be made. It took quite a while to get used to. People have tried to take wheat from other universes, but the people in those universes won't let us import it because there's so little of it left.
Karli: ...Bread's not made out of foam now, is it?
Lynn Sr.: No.
Karli: Okay, good. I'm still not gonna risk eating it though.
Luna Special: Me either. I'm gonna eat my hot dog without the bun.
Karli: Yeah, I can't eat it that way. Just steak and corn on the cob for me, please.
Luna Special: So you're saying, when it comes to hot dogs, you don't want none unless they've got buns, hon?
Karli: Exactly! Well, not actually exactly because don't call me "hon." That's weird.
While everyone ate, Sponge-Tron jumped up onto one of the tables and waved in the air.
Sponge-Tron: Everyone, if I may, I would like to provide today's ending song.
Lisa: It isn't country music, is it?
Sponge-Tron: Oh, it is!
Knowing that, Lisa turned around and headed into the house so she wouldn't have to hear the music.
Lincoln: Go for it, Sponge-Tron.
Sponge-Tron: Thank you. I shall now play you an elaborate medley...with this!
Sponge-Tron held out a piece of tissue paper.
Sponge-Tron: I'm sure you'll all be able to still take the lyrics seriously when you hear them in my voice.
He then began to play.
When I was ten years old
I 'member thinkin' how cool it would be
When we were goin' on an eight-hour drive
If I could just watch TV
And I'd had given anything
To have my own PAC-MAN game at home
I used to have to get a ride down to the arcade
Now I've got it on my phone
So don't blink!
I don't think you know what you're doin' to me
You leave home, you move on, and you do the best you can
I got lost in this ol' world and forgot who I am
Yeah, that's my kind of night!
I believe kids oughta stay kids as long as they can
Turn off the screen, go climb a tree, get dirt on their hands
I believe we gotta forgive and make amends
'Cause nobody gets a second chance to make new old friends
I believe in workin' hard for what you've got
Even if it don't add up to a heck of a lot
The coach said, "Hey, son, what's your problem?
Tell me, have you lost your mind?"
And Daddy said, "You'll lose your free ride to college
Boy, you better tell her goodbye"
All he could see were his dreams goin' up in smoke
So much for ditchin' this town
And hangin' out on the coast
Oh well
Those plans are long gone
And he said
"There goes my life
There goes my future, my everything
Might as well kiss it all good-bye
There goes my life"
That's my story
Oh, that's my story
Well, I ain't got a witness, and I can't prove it
But that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
But don't think I don't think about it
Don't think I don't have regrets
Don't think it don't get to me
Course you can't fence time
And you can't stop loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove!
Oh, he's no good, girl
Why can't you see?!
He'll take your heart and break it
Listen to me, yeah!
This is my temporary home
It's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where I'm goin'
I'm not afraid because I know
This is my temporary home
Ain't it funny how life changes?
You wake up, ain't nothin' the same and life changes
You can't stop it, just hop on the train, and
You never know what's gonna happen
Ain't that crazy?
Get along, on down the road
We've got a long long way to go
Scared to live, scared to die
We ain't perfect but we try
Get along while we can
Always give love the upper hand
Paint a wall, learn to dance
Call your mom, buy a boat
Drink root beer, sing a song
Make a friend
Can't we all get along?
Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
But all this responsibility...
Makes me wish...
wish...
Sometimes...
Sometimes...
That I ain't digging this
I should-a known by the way you passed me by
There was somethin' in your eyes, and it wasn't right
I should-a walked, but I never had the chance
Everything got out of hand, and I let it slide
Now I only have myself to blame
For fallin' for your stupid games
I wish my life could be the way
It was before I saw your face
You stole my happy, you made me cry
Took the lonely and took me for a ride
And I wanna uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-undo it
You had my heart, now, I want it back
I'm starting to see everything you lack
Boy, you blew it, you put me through it
I wanna uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-undo it
You want my future, you can't have it
I'm still trying to erase you from my past
I need you gone so fast
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
You you you you you you you you you you you you you
I wanna talk about me!
I wanna talk about me
Wanna talk about I
Wanna talk about number one
Oh my me my
What I think, what I like, what I know, what I want, what I see
I like talkin' about you, you, you, you, usually, but occasionally
I wanna talk about me (me, me, me, me)
I only wanted to get your attention
But you overlooked me somehow
Besides you had too many boyfriends to mention
And I played my guitar too loud!
How do you like me now?!
How do you like me now?
Now that I'm on my way?
You still think I'm crazy
standin' here today?
I couldn't make you love me
But I always dreamed about livin' in your radio
How do you like me now?
Yeah, man, that's the good stuff!
Don't you worry
This'll only last a week or two
It won't be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won't even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won't be like this for long
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Things were goin' great
'Til they fell apart again
Ain't no rhyme or reason
No complicated meanin'
Ain't no need to overthink it
Let go, laugh, and
life don't go quite like you planned it
We try so hard to understand it
The irrefutable, indisputable fact is
Yeah, the irrefutable, indisputable, absoluteable, totally beautiful fact is
...Pshh, it happens
He-e-ey!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
...WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!
Sponge-Tron took a bow and everyone around clapped for him.
Sponge-Tron: Thank you.
Lana: I liked the "mud on your hands" part!
Lola and Lexx Loud: I didn't!
Sid: ......I liked the "make new old friends" part.
Ronnie Anne: ...I didn't.
Lincoln: Lisa, you can come back out now.
Lisa rejoined everyone else outside while Ronnie Anne tried to get their attention.
Ronnie Anne: I've got something to show everyone too.
She then placed the cardboard box she was carrying earlier down on a table.
Ronnie Anne: When I was 5, me, Bobby, and our mom used this box for a time capsule. We were supposed to open it 10 years later, but we weren't emotionally ready. It's now been three and a half decades, so I feel it's finally time!
Bobby: ...Why don't I remember this box?
Ronnie Anne: You will when we open it.
Bobby: How come Dad wasn't a part of it?
Ronnie Anne: Remember? Mom and Dad were getting divorced and competing with each other to try to get us to like them more than the other? Dad bought us expensive gifts and Mom tried giving us fun family activities to do? You seriously don't remember?
Bobby: ...Not at all.
Ronnie Anne: Well, you suck then.
Ronnie Anne opened the box. There was a sealed envelope at the very top. It immediately caught her attention and it was the first thing she pulled out of the box. After opening the envelope, she read the letter it contained to herself.
She agreed with the first paragraph.
The second paragraph made her chuckle at how poorly it had aged.
And then there was the third paragraph.
The third paragraph made her drop her jaw. She held the letter down at her waist. After glancing around a couple of times, she ran into the house so she could be alone. Once in the living room, she propped herself onto the couch.
And then she started crying.
Back outside, Leni got a notification on her (whatever the replacement for phones in 2045 ends up being).
Leni: Sid, Izzy, I'm really sorry but Queen Adelaide just told me she found out you escaped again and I have to take you back to the dungeon.
Izzy: YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!
Izzy grabbed hold of her best friend and used her psychic powers to teleport them somewhere else.
Leni: Oh, not again.
Karli: So, do you work for Queen Adelaide?
Leni: Uh-huh.
Karli: Then that means you have three jobs. Why do you have three jobs?
Leni: ......
Leni shrugged.
After dinner, Sponge-Tron took Karli and Luna Special back to 2020. When she got back to the place she works at, Karli told everyone else there about the future.
Karli: Anyway, and then he told us Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson starred in a live action remake of Despicable Me in 2042. I can't wait to see that!
Diancie: ...You are so stupid.
Karli: What?
Diancie: You signed a contract that said you'd keep absolutely everything about the future a secret and yet you just told us literally everything about what you saw.
Karli: ...Uhh...
Karli blinked. When she opened her eyes, she was suddenly outside and hanging upside-down in midair. Naturally, she screamed. When she looked up (down?), she saw that she was tied to a flagpole by a rope that appeared to be only a couple inches long.
Karli: ...
And then the rope began to slowly untie itself.
Down below, Jordan walked by, holding the same banana from before.
Jordan: Learning about what you're fated for in your future of course has consequences. These consequences can be unexpected. Young Karli O'Donnell learned this the hard way. However, learning things the hard way is an everyday occurrence......in the Twilight Zone.
(sing to the tune of the The Loud House theme song)
In The Twilight Zone!
In The Twilight Zone!
...Read In Deep.
Next Time On Another The Loud House Q&A
Since I made an episode about the future, it's only fitting I make one about the past too. The next episode will be about Sid traveling back in time to 2010.
Also, that part where Ronnie Anne cries about what she found in the time capsule is gonna have something to do with it.