CHAPTER 6 PROM

THIS CHAPTER IS VERY LONG BECAUSE I COPIED IT OUT OF A LOUD HOUSE SCRIPT AND PUT MYSELF IN IT AND CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE SO ENJOY

[It's a sunny day at the Loud House, and there's a big event happening outside. Clyde is helping a girl paint something, while Rusty and Charlie are helping to paint a kangaroo cutout. Liam is holding a Sony camera with the Action News Team logo on it, and is filming something.]

Liam: "Action!"

[Lincoln comes out of the front door.]

Lincoln: [stiffly] "If you're a Royal Woods middle schooler, today is the biggest day of the year, the annual Kangaroo Hop, the Super Bowl of middle school dances."

Liam: "Cut! You're all stiff, like a baby calf in a blizzard."

Lincoln: "Sorry, Liam."

Liam: "Haven't you ever talked to a camera before?"

Lincoln: "Of course"

Liam: "You know what? I'm gonna scrap the openin' for now and get some B-roll of the decorations committee." [leaves]

Rusty: "Oh, there's Liam. Hey, Liam interview us next."

Rusty: "My name is Rusty Spokes, and I'm in sixth grade, which is the coolest grade in middle school. I'm a Capricorn, and I can bench 71 pounds."

Charlie: "Charlie Uggo, I'm in sixth grade as well. I'm really excited for my first Kangaroo Hop. Oh, and I guess my favorite color is obviously pink."

Rusty: [to Charlie] "My favorite color is... your eyes." [to Liam] "That is a Rusty original."

[Later, Lincoln is forlornly watching Rusty and Charlie talk to each other.]

Clyde: "It must be tough to watch Rusty with the girl of your dreams."

Lincoln: "I'm actually happy for those two.

Clyde: "You're a pretty evolved guy, Lincoln. Hey, you know, I quoted you twice in my session with Dr. Lopez last week."

Lincoln: "Therapy shout-out. I'll take it. Did you tell her about your seagull nightmare?"

Clyde: "I'm working up to it."

[Lincoln shrugs and turns to Rusty and Charlie. Meanwhile, Lori is talking to a girl painting the thrones.]

Lori: "Mm. Putting a fresh coat of gold paint on the thrones, huh?"

Sarah: "Yep."

Lori: "Well, they look great, but they're not very comfortable to sit in. I would know because I've sat in them. I won. I was the Kangaroo Queen."

Sarah: "I have a girlfriend."

[Later, Liam is filming Lori, who is sitting on the queen's throne]

Liam: "And who are you?"

Lori: "I'm Lori Loud, former Kangaroo Queen." [imitates kangaroo pose] "Hop-hop."

Liam: "Oh, hey, Mrs. Loud."

[Rita has joined her eldest on the throne]

Rita: "I also attended the Kangaroo Hop in middle school. I did not get a crown."

Lori: "Because you were runner-up."

Rita: "Yes."

Liam: "There's no prize for runner-up?"

Rita: "I did get a gift certificate to the Royal Woods Lumber Yard." [Liam nods; to Lori] "Can I try on your crown?"

Lori: "I would love to. Unfortunately, I swore an oath to the Kangaroo Kourt to honor and uphold the bylaws therein of crown etiquette."

Rita: "A simple no would've sufficed."

Liam: "and who are you guys?"

Lynn: "Im Lynn Loud Jr. LJ for short im 14 and i love sports."

Me: "And im jan im Lynns Boyfriend im also 14 and i also love sports."

[Charlie is passing by the kangaroo face cutouts when Lincoln pops up near one of the holes.]

Lincoln: "Boo!"

Charlie: "You mean roo, as in kangaroo."

[They both share a laugh over it before Charlie leaves, Lincoln taking a long look at her. Now Lincoln is being interviewed by Liam]

Lincoln: "I am Lincoln Loud. I'm going solo to the dance. I was gonna take my fellow Action News correspondent, Stella, as a friend, but she's at a science fair. She's killing it on the science fair circuit."

[Now Clyde is being interviewed]

Clyde: "My name is Clyde McBride, and I'm going to the Kangaroo Hop with my dad's chiropractor's daughter. Her name is Marnie Steppenberg, and according to her father, she is very well-adjusted." [beat] "That's a chiropractor joke."

Liam: "So your dad set you up? Interesting. Would they be open to settin' down for a spell?"

Clyde: "Uh, they don't really like talking about me."

[The McBride house, Clyde's dads are being interviewed]

Harold: "We are Clyde's dads."

Howard: "Hi. I'm Harold, this is Howard-uh, wait a minute, I'm Howard. Oh my gosh, I am so nervous."

Harold: "We are so proud of our Clyde and all of his accomplishments." [takes out baby book] "Let's see here..." [opens book] "First tooth, first crawl..."

Howard: "Oh, he could crawl like the wind. Aw."

Harold: "First airplane ride..."

Howard: "That's when he found out that peanuts were free. "

Harold: "And we found out he was allergic to peanuts."

Howard: "Oh, yes, but there is one milestone we have yet to fill in."

Harold: "First first love." [closes book] "Our Clyde is in middle school, but he hasn't exactly clicked with that special someone."

Howard: "Enter us."

Harold: "Click."

Howard: "Tonight we're hoping that Clyde will be holding hands with a certain chiropractor's daughter."

Liam: "interesting."

[Inside the Loud House, Lynn and me are in baseball uniforms, holding baseball bats, and watching TV]

AJ Squaredaway: "Howdy, sports fans! This is your old pal, AJ Squaredaway, and welcome to Volcanoes baseball. Pitching today for the Volcanoes, flame-throwing rookie sensation, Cannonball Wilson!"

[Lynn Sr. shows up wearing a Lynn's Table apron and holding a plate of pork dumplings]

Lynn Sr.: "Hey, guys. Arent you guys going to the dance."

Lynn: "Yea but we are watching this game first"

Lynn Sr.: I'm rolling out some new appetizers for Lynn's Table, and I would love to get some feedback."

Lynn: "Not now, Dad. Cannonball Wilson is pitching. This guy could throw a pork chop past a hungry wolf."

Lynn Sr.: "Oh, speaking of pork chops, you wanna try this pork dumpling and maybe I can ask you a few questions?" [I clutch my bat harder] "OK, I see you twirling a baseball bat, so I'm going to leave these here with a brief questionnaire." [puts the plate down] "I'm leaving." [leaves]

[The Loud House dining room Lynn Sr. took Clyde to try his food and, Clyde is sampling one of the Lynn's Table appetizers]

Clyde: "This is the best bacon-wrapped scallop I've ever tasted."

Lynn Sr.: [writes down notes] "'Best ever'.

[Lynn Sr. leaves while Clyde finishes the appetizer.]

[Outside, Liam continues to film the preparations before interviewing Lori.]

Lori: "In sixth grade, I was in the Kangaroo Kourt. In eighth, I took the crown."

[Meanwhile, Lincoln and Charlie are sharing a laugh together.]

Lincoln: [helium speech Australian accent] "G'day, Charlie! Korn dogs, you gotta get a korn dog, just past the center of town!"

Charlie: "If you're heading west!" [They share a laugh over this as Lincoln makes a balloon kangaroo.] "Thanks, Lincoln!"

Lincoln: [turns to Liam; normal voice] "I've literally never made a balloon animal before."

Charlie: "This is so cool!"

[In the living room, Lynn and me are still watching the baseball game, now wearing a baseball mitt and throwing a baseball inside it]

AJ Squaredaway: "Ooh, a swing and a miss!"

Lynn and Me: "Yes!"

AJ Squaredaway: "Cannonball is perfect again!"

[Lincoln enters the house, still humming the korn dog jingle.]

Lynn: [spots her brother] "Hey!" [gets out of the couch as i follow her] "The Red Roosters have no runs, Lincoln!"

Lincoln: "Great."

[He tries to leave, but i stop him]

Me: "They have no runs and no..." [mimes swinging a baseball bat] "Other things. And it's the top of the sixth!"

Lincoln: "Cool?"

Lynn: "Do you understand what we are saying, Lincoln?!"

Lincoln: "I'm sorry, Guys. I'm kind of a casual baseball fan."

AJ Squaredaway: "For the casual baseball fan, lemme explain what's happening here. You see, ol' Cannonball's throwin' a no-hitter. Now superstition says none of his teammates can say boo about it. See, folks, when a pitcher is on a roll, the last thang you wanna do is make a big thang out of it because he'll get in his own head, give up a homer, and it's bye-bye no-no."

Lynn: "You see, Lincoln?"

Lincoln: "Yeah, the guy's doing great, and if people tell him he's doing great, it'll jinx him, and he'll stop doing great. Gotta go." [tries to leave]

Lori: "Hey there, Casanova. You're doing pretty good with Charlie."

Lincoln: "What are you talking about?"

Lori: "As a former Kangaroo Queen, I know a little something about young love. You're cracking her up, you're making her balloon animals, and from where I'm standing, it's working. You're on a roll, Lincoln."

Lincoln: "I am? Yeah, I guess I am."

Lynn: "Big mistake!"

Lincoln: "What?"

Me: "Lincoln was doing great, and then you told him he was doing great, and now he's gonna stop doing great because he's in his own head! You jinxed him!"

Lincoln: "That's ridiculous!"

Lori: "Literally." [scoffs]

[Lincoln is back outside with several balloons when Charlie approaches him.]

Charlie: "Oh, hey, Lincoln. Can you make me another kangaroo balloon? I named this one Charlie, and I wanna name the other one Lincoln."

Lincoln: "No problemo." [tries to make another kangaroo balloon, but ends up with a misshapen mess] "I'm not jinxed."

[The balloon pops, and he realizes in horror that he may be jinxed after all.]

[Lincoln is in his room in his best suit and tying his bowtie.]

Lincoln: "Lynn and jan are totally wrong with their no-hitter theory. Everything is fine. I mean, sure, I wasn't aware I was doing great with Charlie, and now I am, but that's not gonna change anything. I'm still gonna be the same confident guy I've always been. I'm the Plan with the Man." [realizes his tie is done poorly and tries to readjust it. Now he's got it fixed as he gets out of his room] "I'm just gonna go downstairs and be the same confident guy I've always been. It's all good." [trips down the stairs and lands in front of everyone; both Lynns, Clyde, Marnie, Liam, Charlie, and Rusty are staring at him. He gets up and notices Lynn Sr.'s appetizers] "Oh, are those the skewers I've heard so much about?" [takes one]

Lynn Sr.: "People are talkin'."

Lincoln: [to the viewers] "Time to get this train back on the tracks." [begins blowing a balloon]

[The McBride dads have entered and are taking pictures of Clyde and Marnie.]

Harold: "You two look absolutely adorable."

Howard: "Apropos of nothing, do you have a coat that Clyde could help you put on later?"

Marnie: "Yeah."

[The McBride dads beam at each other as Lincoln inhales helium from the balloon]

Lincoln: [to the viewers with the helium voice] "Showtime." [approaches Charlie; in Australian accent] "G'day, mate! I'm a boxing kangaroo!" [jumps around while throwing fake punches and accidentally punches Marnie in the neck. He's horrified and apologizes as his voice goes back to normal] "I'm so sorry."

Marnie: "It's OK. My dad can fix it."

Harold: "Oh, yes, he can."

Howard: "He can do it."

Harold: "He's opening a second office."

Howard: "He's a miracle worker." [Lincoln is still horrified at punching Marnie] "So, uh, Lincoln, who's your date?"

Lincoln: "I'm actually going solo to the dance."

Charlie: "Which I think is really cool."

Lincoln: [to the viewers] "She thinks I'm really cool..." [realizes] "Wait, 'really cool'? Is she being sarcastic? Because going to the dance by yourself really isn't cool. Oh my gosh, she thinks I'm not cool! You gotta fix this, Lincoln. Say something cool." [braces himself and speaks up] "I'm taking my sister to the dance!"

[Everyone is confused]

Charlie: "...okay?"

Lincoln: "Which is cool because a lot of guys wouldn't do that. It takes a lot of confidence to take your sister to a dance. And I'm very confident." [Charlie stares at him, confused] "And cool. As you know." [to the viewers] "Whew. Nice save, Lincoln. Now all I need to do is get one of my sisters to go to the dance with me, and I'm back in the game."

Howard: "It's a bad idea."

Harold: "It's a terrible idea."

Howard: [gets camera] "Picture?"

[Lincoln is outside Luna and Luan's room]

Lincoln: "I know you're busy, Luan, but if you change your mind, I could get matching suits for me and Mr. Coconuts."

[A whoopee cushion is heard, meaning it's a no for Luan. He turns around to find Lucy right behind him.]

Lucy: "Hello, Lincoln. I hear you need a companion to accompany you to your sacred dance ritual."

Lincoln: "Lucy, you're a lifesaver, and you don't have to worry about what to wear because-"

Lucy: "I can't go." [holds up her vampire bust] "I've made a blood promise to Edwin that we'd attend our first dance together." [leaves]

Lincoln: [sighs; to the viewers] "How can a guy with ten sisters not have one that wants to go to a middle school dance with him? Alright, it's Lynn or bust."

Lori: "Hey, Lincoln, how's it going?"

Lincoln: "Terrible. Ever since you told me I was doing great with Charlie, I've done nothing but bomb."

Lori: "OK, it can't be that bad."

Lincoln: "I kangaroo-punched Clyde's date, then bragged about taking my sister to a dance, which, by the way, was a lie because everyone except for Lynn turned me down, including you. Maybe I'll take this fern. I'll be the Man with the Plant."

Lori: "I'm sorry, Lincoln, but as a former Kangaroo Queen, I can only be seen with former Kangaroo royalty."

Lincoln: "I know. You explained the Pouch Promise."

Lori: "Oh, so you understand."

[Lynn is still watching the game]

AJ Squaredaway: "Three outs to go for Cannonball. Man, this place is buzzin' like a beehive in July. My goosebumps have goosebumps! Woo!"

[Lincoln comes down to ask Lynn to the dance. She puts her hand in front of him, not even looking at him.]

Lynn: "I'm not going to the dance with you, Lincoln. You know im already going with Jan."

[Lincoln sighs]

Lincoln: "Damn i forgot"

Lori: "Lincoln, I figured out what your problem is. When you weren't trying, Charlie liked you, but now you're trying so hard that you literally reek of desperation." [Charlie is hanging out with Rusty] "So we need to get you back to the point that Charlie felt like you didn't care."

Lincoln: "You're right. It's so obvious. Thank you, Lori. Now I completely understand women." [goes to Charlie]

Charlie: "There he is. Hey, Lincoln."

Lincoln: "Enough, Charlie." [Everyone stops what they're doing and stares at him] "I don't like you. I just don't."

[Charlie looks disappointed]

AJ Squaredaway: "And here's the pitch from Cannonball."

Lincoln: "I hope this clears everything up."

Charlie: "Jeez, Lincoln. Sorry." [leaves]

AJ Squaredaway: "Oh, no, it's a swing and a drive to deep left! Oh, that ain't coming back, folks!"

[Lynn throws her baseball mitt in anger. ]

[Lincoln is now in his room]

Lincoln: "Well, you really did it this time, Lincoln. Things couldn't get any worse. Pfft." [checks his watch] "6:15. Seems like a good enough time to go to bed." [hits the sack]

[Enter Liam]

Liam: "C'mon, Lincoln-" [notices he's in bed] "Tough night, huh, buddy?"

Lincoln: "Nothing personal, Liam. Could you please turn that camera off? I'm really not in the mood."

Liam: "Sure thing, Linc." [sets the camera down, but doesn't turn it off]

Lincoln: "Have you ever really wanted something... and just messed it up?"

Liam: "Sure. Plenty of times."

Lincoln: [sighs] "That's the way I feel with Charlie."

[The living room]

Howard: [ringing bell] "OK, gather around, Kangaroos." [Harold grabs the bell] "Ten minutes before we hop off to the dance."

[Lynn Sr. shows up playing his cowbell]

Lynn Sr.: "And nine minutes to turn in your appetizer feedback questionnaires."

Howard: "I repeat, ten minutes until the moment we've all been waiting for."

[Rita ends up having a flashback to her Kangaroo Hop]

Announcer: "And now, the moment we've all been waiting for. This year's Kangaroo Queen is... Brenda Wilkinson!"

Young Rita: [thinking it's her] "Oh, thank you!"

Students: "What is she doing?" "Oh my God, how embarrassing."

Young Rita: "T-thank you for voting for Brenda. I-I was just thinking, um... how much I did not wanna win, so thank you for not voting for me. Please, um, enjoy the rest of your night. And make smart choices."

[Back to the present]

Howard: "Kangaroo Hop, people! This is the biggest night of the year."

Rita: "We get it." [chuckles] "Big night. Just keep your expectations low."

Harold: "Everybody make sure you have your phones, your tickets to the dance, and your jackets." [Cut to Liam filming the McBride dads]

Harold: "Ten minutes until Clyde helps Marnie put on her jacket."

Howard: "Nine minutes and 50 seconds."

Harold: "Two hands will dangle ever so closely."

Howard: "Nine minutes, 46 seconds."

Harold: "And this milestone will take its place in the pages of destiny."

Liam: "You fellers about done? I gotta start cuttin' some of this footage together."

Harold: "Oh."

[The kitchen. Liam is cutting together the footage on his MacBook Air]

Footage Lincoln: "Nothing personal, Liam. Could you please turn that camera off?"

[Liam fast-forwards the footage]

Footage Liam: "Plenty of times."

Footage Lincoln: "That's the way I feel with Charlie." [Charlie overhears the footage and goes to Liam] "Charlie's sweet and funny and really pretty. And I know my sister said that I can't tell her that, but it's the truth, and I messed it up. And I'm feeling it right here." [puts hand on his heart] "Also, I may have bruised my ribs falling down the stairs. Charlie probably won't ever wanna talk to me again, but if she did, here's what I'd say: I really like you, Charlie." [Charlie smiles at this] "I mean, I'd say it better than that, but... I really like her."

[Suddenly the McBride dads open the door]

Harold: "Farm boy! Grab your accoutrements!"

Howard: "We have a fairytale ending for whatever it is you're doing."

[Liam gets up and leaves]

Harold: "Come on!"

[He closes the door, leaving Charlie all alone, as they approach Clyde getting Marnie's coat]

Clyde: "Lemme get that..."

[The McBride dads gasp at this as Liam starts filming. Clyde helps Marnie put on her coat as his dads gasp at the scene... but they don't hold hands at the end, much to the dads' dismay]

Marnie: "Thanks, Clyde."

Clyde: "Sure."

[Lynn comes down the stairs dressed in formal attire to meet Me]

Lynn: "lets go now jan."

[Lynn blushes and holds my hand as we walk out the door]

Howard and Harold: "aww"

Charlie: "Hey Lincoln um do you wanna date me?."

Lincoln: [to Charlie] "You wanna go with me?"

Charlie: "I saw your interview. I really like you, too."

Lincoln: "I'd be honored to take you to the dance." [realizes] "Wait, what about Rusty?"

Charlie: "We broke up a couple weeks ago. He didn't tell you?"

[Lincoln looks at Rusty, who is dismayed he never told Lincoln. Lynn Sr. leans over and grabs Rusty's appetizer]

Rusty: "Hey!"

Lynn Sr.: [whispering to Rusty] "You don't deserve this."

[The McBride dads shake their heads at Rusty.]

[Outside the Loud House. Liam films the students as they exit the house and enter Vanzilla with Lori as the driver. The McBride dads oversee all this at the porch. Lynn and Me and Lincoln and Charlie exit.]

Charlie: "It's chillier than I thought."

Lincoln: [takes off jacket] "Allow me."

[He helps her put on his jacket as the McBride dads watch... and they hold hands.]

Harold and Howard: "Aw."

[Meanwhile me and Lynn are also talking next to them.]

Lynn: I love you

Me: I love you too

[Lynn pulls me in for a Kiss]

Harold and Howard: "Awwww."

Lynn: "Hey what are you two looking at."

Howard: "You two are just so cute."

Me: "Thanks i guess"

[Lynn Sr. shows up with a card in hand.]

Harold: "You have your milestone but not one but two."

Lynn Sr.: "Yep. two peoples gave my pigs in a blanket a perfect 10."

[Rita exits the house, watching Lori.]

Rita: "That crown would've looked so good on me."

Lynn Sr.: "You know, it's funny you should mention that because..." [reveals he's got a crown made of aluminum] "I happened to have found this." [Rita is shocked] "It's crazy, right?" [crowns her] "You will always be my queen."

Rita: "Aw."

Lynn Sr.: "Brenda Wilkinson doesn't hold a candle to you."

Rita: "Oh, honey." [They kiss] "Did this have pork dumplings in it?"

Lynn Sr.: "Oh, there's still some in there." [Vanzilla's engine revs up] "Bye!"

[Cut to a wide shot of Lori about to drive the kids to the dance]

Rita: "Have fun!"

Lynn Sr.: "Drive safe!"

Lincoln: "Let's go to the dance, guys!"