Summary/disclaimer: Time another chapter of Trouble with Maniacs. Enjoy the 1000-word chapter. I don't own Anamanics, Tom Ruegger, Warner Brothers Animation and Steven Spielberg do.

(Tuesday, studio lot, 2 minutes after TV show taping.)

Punchline leaned against one of the cars in the lot as everyone continued to move past him, the Trouble's show: Troubling Adventures, had ended 2 minutes ago at 8:00PM, which the show did every day.

"Man, Plotz must be dumber than a sack of hammers if he hasn't noticed the Warners running around."

Meek said as Punchline rolled his eyes and leaned in towards Meek's face as he did so.

"Don't tell him that, your bruise his massive ego the size of the sun… Then again…"

Punchline muttered as he walked and pulled out a stick of dynamite out of his coat pocket, something he was glad about was that his pockets were filled with as many explosives as the boy could need as he dropped the stick of dynamite as it exploded, setting off a barrage of fireworks as the sound drew out the three Punchline and Meek were waiting for.

"Wow, you guys get around for people who were locked in a water tower for 20 or so years and haven't seen the light of day… Did you guys watch the exercise channel the entire time?"

Meek joked as Punchline smiled and gently nudged his brother.

"Meek, please show some manners for the trio that have made the world smile and laugh for years and was so popular that it inspired Plotz to attempt to recreate it by creating our show which focuses entirely around slapstick humor and jokes and thus was compelled to hire us to make more money for his insecure need to be the richest person in the lot… Either that or take a bath, you smell worse than Shriek's mouthwash…. Aka his normal breath."

Punchline joked as he heard Wacko and Dot laugh as he pulled out another check from his pocket.

"Another 100 or so bucks for our efforts… I'm sorry Shriek can't be here, he'd have a meltdown over us giving part of our checks away."

Meek said as Punchline raised an eyebrow as he leaned against the wall.

"Shriek has a meltdown if his water isn't a certain way… I'd think the better thing to say is name something that doesn't bother Shriek…"

Punchline muttered as Wacko looked at them, Punchline was reminded of Meek as he cocked his head.

"Why did the boss hire you?"

Wacko asked as Meek and Punchline shrugged, both had a different reason but both had no idea why the name had hired either of them as the main characters of their show.

"Would you believe it's because of our devilishly good looks?"

Meek asked as Punchline watched Dot look at him as he smirked at her, causing both toons to blush as Punchline shrugged and turned to Wacko to speak.

"I honestly don't know, we got a call from Plotz after a few of our online videos blew up…"

Punchline said as Yakko blew a kiss towards the sky as he did so.

"Goodnight everybody!"

Punchline heard the toon say as he laughed and put two fingers to his head in a mock salute.

"I always like to say: See you around next time, folks! Usually its Meek that has a dirty mouth… I should never have let him stay up past his bedtime, it's my fault as a brother… That I didn't allow that sooner."

Punchline joked as Wacko and Dot once again laughed, Punchline was happy to have made the two toons laugh like they did, they had made him and Meek laugh when they were kids.

"Ok, you may have a sense of humor, but some of your jokes are…. Ehhh… Basic."

Yakko said as Punchline raised an eyebrow as he clasped his hands behind his back.

"Sorry, I was busy practicing on national television, I'll try to upgrade my service tomorrow, until then, that's up to my agent."

Punchline muttered as Yakko smirked back, he could see that Punchline had a snarky mouth, not unlike his own, it was no wonder that Plotz had hired them to replace the trio.

"I think you created a monster, Yakko… He did get his smart mouth from television… Well, he had a smart mouth to begin with but shows like the Anamanics didn't help…."

Punchline heard his brother said as he turned to the reader and shook his head.

"He watchs a few educational shows and he thinks hes the smart one of the group, his egos also bigger then Shriek's at times… Man, this is going to be a long story, I hope the author can handle it!"

Punchline muttered as the group laughed as Yakko walked up to Punchline as the two group leaders reguarded each other as Punchline reguarded the Warner leader with all the respect he deserved, he was one of the main reasons the Troubles had agreed to come to the lot in the first place, not that hed allow the Warners to know that… Yet.

"Ok, its been fun, but Meek has to get his beauty sleep… He doesn't have the best looks, hes the one who tends to make dirty jokes, im the one who tends to have both… At least accorind to the show, can never tell if those things are current or factual.."

Punchline said, dragging his brother off as the Warners watched the siblings leave.

No one but Yakko notced Dot sigh with admersions as the duo left to return in a hour or two for their nightly talk.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I wanted the Warners and Meek and Punchline to be having a joking/conversation. Shriek is also not going to be in every chapter since he is a grouch and isn't a team player at the moment… As for Punchline and Dot? They will be interacting more directly in a few chapters. Next chapter will be on next, next Monday and will possibly show a normal episode of the Trouble's show. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!