Authors Note: Wow working hard nearly reaching my 50,000 word goal in the last chapter so either this chapter or next I should reach it. Leave a review. And as always I don't own anything in bold or the characters in the story so please relax and enjoy.

Becoming a Cartoon

The screen flickered into action.

Patton: I love cartoo- Oh, am I early? Ah, I'm early aren't I? Whoopsie doodles, alright, I'm just gonna sink back down See you all in a bit Roll title screen.

Everyone laughed. Patton noted that Virgil had started to purr quietly against his rumbling chest.

(Title screen sound)

Thomas: What is up everybody?! Boy, I don't know if I've quite clearly conveyed this to you guys but I really enjoy cartoons.

(Chorus of everyone saying " We know ")

Everyone laughed.

Thomas: Okay, good to know. Anyway! Growing up my life was heavily influenced by shows like Spongebob, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Loony Toons. And even now, I'm constantly enjoying new shows like Steven Universe, Voltron, Gravity Falls. It's amazing to think about how much time and talent goes into those shows. And how much they impact whole generations. Like- the people who can make those shows must be so... so...

Roman: Creative?

Thomas: That's the word.

Roman: I can't believe you listed off all of those and didn't mention a single Disney movie.

Thomas: Well, I'm pretty sure by now people know I like Disney, Roman.

Roman: How would we know?

(Chorus of everyone saying " We know ")

Everyone snorted.

"I like how we got the fans innvolved in this one" Roman said with a smile.

Roman: Fair enough, but yes! Cartoons are quite magical..

Thomas: Right?! I mean these teams of people can work together to create these worlds And it turn, spark the creativity of their viewers, I mean, you're my creativity, how did they make you feel?

Roman: Rrrandy, dandy and quite grandy!

"Um is that a good thing?" Talyn asked.

"Yes!" Roman said.

Thomas: See? That's pretty good... I think.

Logan: I don't know I always found them off-putting...

Thomas: Well yeah, I can see that Logan. You're my logical thinking and things in cartoons start always make logical sense. BUT THAT'S WHAT'S FUN ABOUT THEM!

Logan: Mm... If you wanna call fun, misrepresenting the natural world to hundreds of thousands of impressionable children, then sure.

Roman: Look, so much of life is dominated by your world, Logan, let Thomas enjoy the bit that's dominated by mine!

Anxiety: Kind of sad though.

Thomas: Wh-how do you have anything negative to bring to this, Anxiety?

Roman: WE'RE TALKING TOONS, DOCTOR GLOOM! :^(

Thomas: Easy, Roman.

Anxiety: Uh yeah, Logan wasn't a blossom of enthusiasm either, but sure! Make me the antagonist.

Roman: Ok, I will!

Anxiety: [vaguely sassy grunt]

Everyone laughed at sassy Virgil.

Logan: Ok, what were you saying?

Anxiety: [sigh] I was saying, it's kinda sad how wonderful those worlds are.

Thomas: Mmm, gotta say this still feels like a bit of a reach-

Anxiety: Can I- Can I finish my thought? Can I- Can I continue?

Thomas: Oh, yeah, mm-hmm, sure.

Anxiety: [groans] They're so wonderful...and you can never actually be a part of them.

Logan: Who would want to live in a cartoon wor-

Roman: OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, MY GOODNESS, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EPIC THING!

Logan: Question answered.

Everyone chuckled at the interactions onscreen.

Thomas: Ok, OK, YES, I have thought about that once or twice, but come on! I mean, like, who doesn't? I mean that's...basically saying the real world is not...as...fun. DON'T! Don't you dare, I KNOW what you're going to say. Just. Zip it.

Roman: I mean wouldn't you say, Thomas, that some of your short videos were inspired by cartoons?

Thomas: Like, [Stitch impression] my impressions?

Logan: ...Was that Donald Duck?

Thomas: N- No...

Roman: Not just that, it's all throughout your comedy! Disney parodies, Spongebob absurdities, LOONEY TOONS SLAPSTICK!

Logan: And you populate your content with zany and goofy characters.

Thomas: Like who?

Patton: I LOVE cartoons!

Thomas: Wow, you were late to the vlog today, Morality.

Patton: Well, I just didn't wanna be too early again.

Thomas: What...?

Patton: Nothin'!

Everyone once again laughed. Pleased at such a light hearted video.

Anxiety: Even the faces you make. It's like you're TRYING to be a cartoon.

Thomas: What? When have I ever done something like THAT?

Anxiety: See, why would anyone need to move their face as much as you just did in that one sentence?

Everyone was snickering at that.

Roman: To be a cartoon...[suspenseful music] or not to be a cartoon? [whispering] That is the question...

[suspenseful music cuts out] Logan: I don't know if that is a question, because you cannot be a cartoon.

Thomas: Or can I?

[dramatic music]

[music once again cuts out] Loagn: No!

Anxiety: You CAN'T. What are you even looking at?

Patton: I dunno what they're looking at, but I am eyeballin' that fridge because there is some leftover pasta...

Everyone was laughing.

Thomas: OK, I will admit that being a cartoon was one of my...wilder fantasies.

Roman: [cool voice] It was pretty wild.

Thomas: BUT, maybe there's a way to make it happen, even just for a bit!

Patton: I have no idea where you're going with this, but I BLINDLY support you. Where'd you go.

Everyone laughed.

Logan: I would like a say in this.

Roman: Not today, Logic!

Anxiety: That's a good phrase to live by.

Roman: And away with you, Marilyn MonROSE.

Thomas: Ok! Booked.

Anxiety: Wait, what?

Logan: BOOK?!

Anxiety: What the f-?

Everyone laughed at Logans reaction to the word book but then cracked up harder at Virgils reaction to Logan.

Thomas: The plan is already in motion! I've got a plane to catch.

Roman: Godspeed, Thomas! Chase your dreams! May the wings of fortune carry you to your destina-!

Logan: You DO realise we're in his personality and we're going too.

Roman: [soft gasp] I did just now.

Everyone giggled at that.

Patton: AHHH, I LOVE FLYING!

Anxiety: But I hate flying. How does that even work?!

Spongebob Narrator voice: One flight to L.A. later...

Thomas: HEY!

Butch Hartman: Ummm...who are you?

Thomas: Thomas Sanders, how're you doin, and YOU'RE Butch Hartman!

"Oh wow, I'm working with Butch Hartman" Thomas sighed wide eyed and smiling.

Everyone else was happy for Thomas.

Butch: ...Yeah?

Thomas: Creator of Fairly Odd Parents, Danny Phantom, Tough Puppy...

Butch: Yes.

Thomas: Awesome! I'm here 'cause I kinda need your help.

Butch: You need me to make you into a cartoon, right?

Thomas: YES!

Butch: No.

Thomas: Whoa-why?

Butch: Do you know how many people bust in here every week asking me to make them into a cartoon?

Thomas: Uhh...

Butch: 37.

Thomas: Really? ...Wow.

Butch: Yeah, the security around here kinda stinks.

Thomas: But I have a really good reason!

Butch: And what would that be?

Thomas: BECAUSE I WANNA BE A CARTOON REAL BAD!

Butch: That's...not a good reason!

Thomas: Plus I have Tara Strong on the phone.

Tara: Butch! I wish you'd make Thomas a cartoon!

Butch: Tara...why?!

Tara: I mean, the dude seems alright. Plus he paid me 80 bucks to say this!

Everyone laughed at that.

Thomas: Eh?

Butch: [sighs] ...Ok. But I've only got a minute; there's only so much I can do on short notice.

Thomas: PERFECT!

Butch: Ok! Whenever you're ready.

Thomas: Oh...we're going, right now? That's...how this works?

Butch: Yeah, how else do you think this happens?

Thomas: Oh...ok. Uh, shoot! Well... Ah! I'm actually a cartoon! Man, my skin is a lot smoother like this. Ok, only got a minute, what do I do? Let's go through a day in the life of Cartoon!Thomas. First, I wake up ready and refreshed for the day.

[birds tweeting loudly]

Thomas: SHUT UP!

[birds chirping] Roman: Wow, rude much?

Thomas: Then I work out! Gotta go fast!

Patton: Hey, you forgot your breakfast! ACK! [Sonic ring scatter sound] Well, I "donut" wanna have that happen again! Hahaha! Ow, my leg.

"Whoops sorrry Pat" Thomas said grinning sheepishly.

"That's ok Thomas, you got over excited." Patton smiled at on screen Thomas's enthusiam.

Thomas: Ok! I've run off a cliff, but it's a cartoon, so as long as I don't look down- oh, darn.

[over-the-top sfx]

Thomas: [echoing] I'm still somehow alive! Then I usually make a video!

Logan: Puppies?

Thomas: Maybe!

Logan: Singing?

Thomas: Maybe!

Logan: Singing puppies?

Thomas: Yes!

[Thomas impersonating a howling dog, then transitioning into a melodic riff]

Thomas: Post! Then I usually FIGHT CRIME.

Everyone laughed at that.

Anxiety: Oh look, I'm the bad guy...

Roman: Don't worry! Everyone loves the villain.

Anxiety: Oh, brother.

Thomas: And I finish up the day creating the perfect meal with my magical wizard powers! And so the day is saved, thanks to escaping from any and all sense of actual reality!

Thomas, Roman, Patton & Logan: Yeah!

Anxiety: Yeahhhh...

Everyone laughed at that.

Butch: Well, there you go!

Thomas: Wow. That was so cool...

Butch: Well I'm happy to help!

Thomas: I wish for more time to be a cartoon!

Butch: Hahaha! No.

Thomas: Ok, I did not think that would work. Alright, thank you! BYE!

Butch: Sofia?

Sofia: Yeah?

Butch: Can we change the locks in the building again? I'm kinda tired of these weirdos getting in. Thank you.

Everyone laughed at Butch's plan.

Spongebob Narrator voice: One flight to Florida later...

Thomas: Phew! Just flew back.

Patton: And boy, are your arms ti-

Logan: DON'T. PLEASE DO NOT.

Anxiety: Why did I have to be FLYING in that cartoon.

Logan: Why were any of us doing any of the things that happened there? It was almost as if you were doing, um, "the most."

Roman: Uh, yeah, like we're gonna be animated and act like we would in the REAL world, I mean...!

Thomas: I will say I was ambitious. But that was a lot of fun right?

Roman: YES! IT WAS FUN

Anxiety: Eh.

Logan: It was interesting.

Patton: I liked the dog, do you remember the dog?

Everyone giggled at Patton's love for animals.

Thomas: Ahh. Shame it had to be over so soon.

Logan: Ok, Thomas. I can maybe, slightly, microscopically see how one may enjoy themselves if the world behaved like a cartoon.

Roman: HA! I win.

"It's not about winning Roman it's about having fun" Patton beamed.

Logan: BUT, at the same time the world you live in can be just as wondrous and fascinating. You may not always see it but sometimes our universe can be stranger than fiction. So much so that some people dedicate their entire lives to studying it and trying to understand it.

Thomas: Yeah, you are right! I shouldn't take this world for granted. It can be just as fun!

Logan: Ehh...Fun, fascinating, Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum.

Roman: Well, I suppose it wouldn't be best to exclude Logic completely. After all, the best kind of comedy in cartoons follows some line of logic. Otherwise it would just be random and that's-

Patton: POTATO!

Roman: -Never funny!

Everyone laughed.

Thomas: Yeah, and the coolest thing is that the spirit of those cartoons, their comedy and the messages they may have tried to convey stuck with us, until now! And we're still paying tribute to them! And trying to follow in their creative footsteps!

Anxiety: Oh great. Glad to know we still got a nice little message out of this ridiculous video.

Logan: What exactly was the message?

Patton: Cartoons are neat!

Logan: Ok, fair enough.

Thomas: That's totally fair.

Roman: But Anxiety's the fairest of them all! Haha! Oh c'mon guys, it was a pale joke!

Everyone laughed. Virgil felt his eyes getting heavier as he fought the urge to go to sleep again.

Anxiety: Good one! I've had enough for the day.

Logan: Yes, I too have had my fair share of nonsense today.

Patton: Ha! He's still learnin' Thomas. Sometimes, you just gotta TOON him out! Ya know? "Toon"?

Roman: Ugh.

Thomas: Haha!

Patton: Like a cartoo-?

Fanders: WE KNOW!

Everyone laughed.

Patton: Alright, I don't know what that was about but it was nice meetin' y'all! Alright, I'm gonna see you guys later!

Roman: Well Thomas, it was a lofty dream...but we achieved it.

Thoams: We did. If only for a minute.

Roman: Here's to many more! Next stop: attending wizardry school!

Everyone laughed.

Thomas: Well... If you grew up loving cartoons and they still mean a lot to you, I hope you are never ashamed to admit it. They inspire new comedy, new important representation, and new ways to creatively tell stories! Most importantly, they were created and voiced by people like you and I. Here in this world with amazing imaginations. In a way, we all bring them to life. Hope you enjoyed the video. Thank you so much to the amazingly talented creator of the Fairly OddParents, Butch Hartman for helping to make this video happen. Not only did Butch help to make the fantastic animation you saw in the video, He also designed a limited edition POSTER of all the Sanders Sides, available at /ThomasSanders link in the description.

"Wow that looks so cool" Thomas smiled looking at the poster on screen.

"Yeah and that means you must have other merch for your sides to" Joan grinned.

The sides looked at each other amazed.

Thomas: We're only printing about a thousand of them and they're available in both signed and unsigned versions. I also did a video on his channel! It was a lot of fun and the link to that is down in the description as well. And be sure to check out everything he's working on at the Noog Network app, an app he and his team have brought to life. The link to that app is down in the description too. That's it! And until next time, take it easy guys, gals and non-binary pals. Peace out!

"That was a great episode, really funny" Valerie grinned.

"Yep" everyone agreed.

"Does that mean the next one is going to be really heavy" Virgil asked tiredly.

"Hmmm not sure. We will just have to wait and see" Thomas answered.

"Endcard" Talyn said loudly causing everyone to laugh shaking their heads.

Thomas: Just an idea-

Butch: How did you get i-?

Thomas: I think we stumbled upon a new Nickelodeon show?

Butch: No.

Thomas: I'll let myself out.

Everyone laughed.

"Ok, lets stop for the day and start learning other things from one another" Thomas said.

"Roman you need to go to your room but the rest of you can go wherever you want. Lets start with the basics in taxes." Thomas continued.

Everyone agreed.

Roman got up and walked to his room to think some more. Virgil decided to go to his room for a nap. Remus decided to go spy on Roman again. Logan, Deceit and Patton decided to stay and learn about taxes. Thomas, his friends and the three sides went and sat at the kitchen table to learn.

Virgil was asleep the moment his head hit his pillow.