Chapter 128: Laugh Out Loud
The next Sponge House chapter is finally out. It's been a little while, but it's nice to take a break. Anyways, this chapter is a parody of the episode: Funny Pants.
Luna is sleeping until Luan blows a horn in her face causing her to wake up.
Luna: Dude, why the rude awakening?!
Luan: Because it's time for work. Remember we agreed to take shifts at Dad's restaurant.
Luna: Oh, right.
Luan: Another day, another dollar. [laughs]
Luna: More like another migraine.
Luan: [laughs] Good one, Luna! [scene cuts to Lynn Sr. driving Vanzilla with Luan and Luna inside the van and Luan is laughing] Another day, another migraine. [laughs]
Lynn Sr: [chuckles] That's funny, Luan.
Luna: It's not that funny.
Luan: It's funny, because it's true! [laughs]
They are now at Lynn's Table. Luna is at the counter while Luan and Lynn Sr. are in the kitchen.
Luan: [peeks through the kitchen window] Migraine. [laughs while Luna gets irritated]
Luna: [brings food tray over to a customer] Here's your food. [Luan is laughing behind her] It's not that funny! [slams tray down] Please make it stop!
Luan is in the kitchen still laughing. A close up of Luna is shown with a bunch of Luans laughing around her head. Cut to Luna and Luan on break with Luan still laughing, then both in the bathroom with Luan still laughing, and then walking home with Luan still laughing. Back at home, the rocker is lying on the couch looking like she hasn't gotten any sleep. The comedian is talking with Leni.
Luan: Another day, another migraine.
She and Leni laugh.
Leni: [stops laughing] Wait, I don't get it.
Luna: Be gone, laughing tormentor!
Luan continues to laugh but every few seconds, she gets an ache in her side and Luna takes notice of this.
Luna: This could be my chance. [Luan enters the kitchen and Luna follows] Luan, you don't look well!
Luan: I don't?
Luna: No. You should sit down.
Luan: But…
Luna: [sticks a cooking thermometer in Luan's mouth] Shh, shh, shh. [feels her forehead] You're burning up, Luan.
Luan: I am?
Luna: Tell me, Luan, have your sides been hurting?
Luan: Yeah, a little.
Luna: [puts the stove on and puts the thermometer in boiling oil] And your temperature is 175 degrees!
Luan: It's that bad?
Luna: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Unless you've been doing a lot of laughing.
Luan: I have been laughing a lot lately.
Luna: [gasps] Luan, you've got to be careful! You're going to burn out your laugh box.
Luan: My laugh box?
Luna: Yes, it's the part of your body that enables laughter.
Luan: [suspicious] Sounds phony to me.
Luna: It's not. If you use it too long without giving it a break, it burns out and you can never laugh again.
Luan: Wait. Is that what happened to Lucy and Lisa?
Luna: What? I don't know. Listen, Luan, this is serious. If you burn your laugh box you live your whole life without ever laughing again.
Luan imagines this. Benny walks up to Leni.
Benny: Hey, Leni, you want to hear a joke?
Leni: Sure, Luan's friend.
Luan: [in a lung capacity machine] Sure, I'd love a good laugh.
Benny: What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck!
He and Leni laugh normally while Luan's laugh is robotic. Benny and Leni giggle nervously and back away slowly. Back to reality.
Luan: I don't want to burn out my laugh box, Luna.
Luna: Well, the most important thing is to stop laughing. Any laugh at all could be dangerous.
Luan: How long do I have to avoid laughing?
Luna: Gosh, sis, I'd say at least for the rest of the day. But you better go 24 hours just to be safe.
Luan: [hugs Luna] Thank you so much, Luna! I don't know what I'd do without you!
Later, Luan is sitting on the porch outside.
Luan: A day without laughter is a small price to pay to save my laugh box from utter destruction. I must remain vigilant. [looks over to her right] Nothing funny over there. [looks over to her left] Nothing funny over here. [Then she sees Leni and notices a banana peel in front of Leni on the ground] Leni, banana peel, don't!
Leni: What'd you say, Luan? [slips on banana peel]
Luan: Oh, no. [stifles laughter]
Leni: Hey, what the... [slips on banana peel again]
Luan: Wait a minute, Leni!
Leni: Right foot first…[about to slip on banana peel again but Luan stops her]
Luan: Wait, Leni, I can't laugh!
Leni: You can't? Oh, I know what to do! [makes funny faces and Luan runs away] That usually knocks her out. [continues making funny faces and then slips on the banana peel again]
Now Luan is now in town.
Luan: Out here I should be safe from the funny shenanigans of the Loud house. [steps on a whoopee cushion] Just back away from the whoopee cushion, Luan. [steps on another whoopee cushion. She gasps] They're everywhere. Everywhere!
Whoopee cushions are seen all over the ground and they have fallen out of a whoopee cushion truck that had crashed.
Delivery guy: Look out for that pie truck! [pie truck crashes into the whoopee cushion truck. Luan laughs a little as the big pie on top of the truck falls on the driver]
Luan: I gotta get outta here. [runs out of the Royal Woods city limits] There's nothing funny up here. But just to be safe... [digs herself a hole to bury herself in. She gets in. She stays there as the day turns to night, then it is morning and a rooster crows] Ah, I made it 24 hours without laughing. [tries to laugh, but wheezes instead] That's odd. [wheezes again, with a weird deflating sound] I've lost my laugh. [screams and runs back into Royal Woods] I've lost my laugh! [She runs back to the Loud house where Lana is playing outside]
Luan: Lana!
Lana: Luan, where were you?
Luan: Nevermind that! I can't laugh anymore!
Lana: What happened?
Luan: I went a whole day without laughing and now my laugh is gone.
Lana: Let me take a look. [looks inside Luan's mouth] Hmmm, it's dark in here. I better light a match. [lights a match but Luan stops her]
Luan: No, Lana! I think I need help from someone who loves laughter as much as me.
Mr. Loud is in the kitchen polishing his spatula.
Luan: [comes in, sniffing] Dad?
Lynn Sr: Luan? Where were you, sweetie?
Luan: I lost my laugh.
Lynn Sr: You've come to the right family member. Ya know, there's one thing that always makes me laugh.
Luan: What's that?
Lynn Sr: You. Tell one of your jokes.
Luan: It's worth a shot. What happened to the girl who went a whole day without laughing? [sadly] She lost her laugh!
Lynn Sr: Um…how about I tell a joke? Did you hear about the clown who became a chef? His food tasted funny! [laughs] Get it? Cause he's a clown!
Luan: I get it, but I can't laugh about it.
Lynn Sr: Oh, this is worse than I thought. After all, laughter is the ultimate source of joy.
Luan: Maybe I should ask Lisa. She's a scientist.
Cut to Luan in Lisa's room.
Lisa: Oh, it's easy if you approach it scientifically, Luan. Now, what is laughter?
Luan: The thing that used to give my life meaning and purpose, but now mocks me with its cruel indifference.
Lisa: [pulls down a chart of the body] But scientifically speaking, it's caused by your epiglottis constricting your larynx causing irregular air intake and respiratory upset.
Luan: Sounds painful.
Lisa: Science makes everything sound painful, Luan. [hands Luan a bunch of books] Now, here's a humor theory textbook, laugh mechanics, and the quantum giggle theory.
Luan: Thank you, Lisa.
In the living room, Luna is watching tv.
Luna: Luan sure has been quiet. Too quiet. I better go check on her.
Luan: [in her room, depressed] I read all the books and still nothing. I guess I'll never laugh again. [moans and groans]
Luna: Hey sis, is everything ok?
Luan: No. I think I'll ever be ok again.
Luna: [starts to feel guilty] Well, I hope you can get out of this funk.
Lynn Sr: Kids, dinnertime!
Cut to the Loud family eating dinner.
Lynn Sr: I'm glad you guys enjoy my Lynn-Guine pasta and Me-balls. [Everyone except Luan actually chuckled at Lynn Sr's pun] Was that pun too corny? [holds up corn] Because I've got no beef with it. [holds up beef]
Everyone laughs except for Luan.
Luan: Enough with the food puns! How can you make food puns knowing I can't laugh?! [leaves the kitchen upset]
Everyone else is concerned.
Lana: Man, Luan sure has become a sad sack.
Leni: I hate to see her like this.
Luna: [looking guilty] I bet she'll feel better soon.
Cut to Luna and Luan in bed. Luna has out her acoustic guitar.
Luna: Hey dude, wanna hear a song before bed?
Luan: [still depressed] No. Goodnight.
Luna: [sighs and puts her guitar away] I sure hope she's back to normal by tomorrow.
The next day, Luna wakes up and checks on Luan.
Luna: Hey sis, are you feeling better? Got any good jokes today? [then notices Luan's attire, Luan was dressed in black and white clothes and had black eyeshadow] Uh, why are you dressed like that?
Luan: Well, since I can't laugh anymore I decided I might as well go emo.
Luna: Emo? But you're a comedian and a clown!
Luan: Not anymore. My new hobbies are reading dark novels and listening to sad music. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to find a nice secluded place. Probably the attic. [leaves]
Luna: [shocked] No. What have I done?! Luan's laughter was annoying but this is worse. This charade ends now! [goes after her Luan] Luan, this has to stop now!
Luan: But I broke my laugh box. [cries]
Luna: Dude, there's no such thing as a laugh box. I made the whole thing up to get some peace from your constant laughter!
Luan: You mean it was a cruel lie that sent me into spiraling depression?
Luna: [taken aback by the revelation] Uhh, well it sounds pretty harsh when you put it that way, but yes.
Luan: I could laugh the whole time?
Luna: Yeah.
Luan looked angry for a bit, but then started laughing. Luna laughed too.
Luna: You really fell for it.
Luan: I guess I did.
Luna: You even fell for the ol' thermometer in the boiling oil routine. [laughs]
Luan: [stops laughing] It's really not that funny, Luna.
Luna: It's hilarious!
Luan: I'm gonna change my clothes now. [goes back to her room]
Luna: [still laughing] Break your laugh box! What a schlemiel. [her laughter turns to coughing as her sides start aching] yahhhh! [she inhales deeply and lets out a long cough, (thus losing her laughter) and falls flat to the ground]
Luan: Luna, are you-[gasps] Luna! Luna! [shakes her but she is unconscious, the other siblings come out of their rooms]
Lincoln: (yawns) What's going on?
Luan: Somebody call an ambulance!
Soon, the rock sister is taken to the hospital and the rest of the family is there.
Leni: Look, she's waking up.
Luna: [groans] Where am I?
Lisa: You're in the hospital, third eldest sibling. You broke your laugh box.
Lynn Sr: The doctor said it's no longer usable.
Lana: So they cut it out.
Luna: C- C- Cut it out?!
Leni: Yeah, wanna see it? [holds up a jar with what appears to be a "laugh box" in it] It's fun to shake it up and watch it bounce around.
Luna: [screams] Gimme! Oh. I can never laugh again?
Doctor: Nonsense. Your laugh should be stronger than ever.
Luna: But, you cut out my laugh box.
Doctor: Yes, but uhh, it appears there is no such thing.
Then everyone laughed, leaving Luna confused.
Luna: What's going on?
Luan: We got you! That's not a laugh box, it's just a wad of gum. I wanted to get back at you for what you did earlier.
Luna: Then what really happened to me?
Doctor: Well, you see, you passed out from excessive laughter and dehydration. You just needed water and you should still be able to laugh.
Luna: Well, I guess I deserve this for tricking you, Luan.
Luna: Aw, it's ok. I guess I should tone it down with the laughing.
Luna: This has been a funny experience. [laughs like Luan, which surprises her]
Luan: Hey, you laugh just like me! [both sisters laugh. Luna laughs too much so she runs through the wall]
Lincoln: What just happened?
Luan: Let's just say Luna's water tasted funny. [holds out a bottle of her own laughing gas and laughs]