Chapter 9: Have You Seen This Frog?
ill do 10 chapters tommorow,all creadit goes to mr animator and thanks you letting me post your fanfic
Hi. I'm back with the next fanfic! Judging by the title, you can tell this is a parody of the Spongebob special "Have You Seen This Snail?" A classic special. I was really hyped to make a parody of this one. Enjoy!
Lana Loud was walking over to her house with a jar full of flies for her pet, Hops. She had just collected them in the forest. As she was walking down the sidewalk, she approached the next door neighbor, Mr. Grouse, who was taking out the trash.
"Hey Loud, what's with the flies?" He asked.
"These are for my frog, Hops." Lana explained.
"Oh. How is Hops?" Mr. Grouse asked. "Shouldn't he be in the forest like most frogs?"
"He chose to live with me for a reason." Lana said. "And now we're family. Now I gotta go give him his lunch."
"Kids these days." Mr. Grouse said as Lana left.
Lana arrived at the Loud House. She set the jar down when she saw a note on the door.
"Hello. What do we have here?" Lana picked up the note and read it as she walked inside the house. "Dear sir or ma'am, we're sorry we missed you. We'll attempt to re deliver your package at our earliest convenience."
Just then, the doorbell rang. Lana answered the door and saw the package on the front porch. "My package! Yes!"
Lana took the package and went back inside, completely forgetting about the jar of flies that was still outside. She set the package down on the living room table.
"Let's see what we've got here." Lana said and cut open the package with scissors. It turned out she got something from her Bluebell Scouts. "My official Bluebell Scouts Plumber Challenge! Whoo! Yeah!"
Lana excitedly opens the box. Inside, there were lots of mini pipes and a wrench. Lana noticed a paper with instructions on it. "What's this?" She read it out loud. "Take the "Pipe Challenge." Connect 205 pipes together, using the wrench to tighten them together and earn a new badge!"
Lana looked determined. "Oh Bluebell scouts, I accept your challenge!"
Lana got to work right away. She used the wrench to connect two pipes together. She got two attached but they fell apart. "Dang it." Lana tried to attach them again but failed once again. "Dang it."
Lana kept trying over and over but kept failing. Meanwhile, Hops was ready for his lunch. He went to the kitchen and put on a napkin but saw no sign of his food. He hopped to the living room where Lana was.
"Dang it." Lana said as she was still unsuccessful with her challenge.
"Ribbit!" Hops croaked.
"What was that?" Lana asked.
"Ribbit!" Hops croaked again. This time he got his owners' attention.
"Oh. Hops. That distracting sound came from you." Lana said. "Sorry. I can't play right now. I'm doing something important for my Bluebell scouts." Lana tried to fix the pipes but only got interrupted by the frog again.
"Hops, please! I'm trying to fix these pipes!" Lana said irritated. Hops jumped onto the table, getting in the way of Lana's work. "So let me get this straight Hops. You don't want me to help the Bluebell scouts. You know, the scouting troop me and Lola joined and worked so hard to earn all those badges." We cut to a flashback of Lola and Lana wearing matching sasses with lots of badges on them. Now we cut back to the present.
"Well, I for one recognize the importance of this undertaking. And whether or not you do remains to be seen. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to it." Hops jumps off the table, looks at Lana, and then hops away. "Pets. Sometimes I wonder if they understand a word you're saying."
Suddenly, Hops jumped onto Lana's face. Surprised, Lana screamed and ran around the living room. She stopped and took Hops off her.
"Hops! I hate it when you do that!" Lana snapped angrily. "Now go away! And leave your master to her important business."
Lana threw Hops into the dining room. Hops sadly got up and his stomach growled. He saw a stale cookie on the ground and attempted to eat it but Charles quickly snatched it and growled at him. Hops left the dining room.
"Hey!" He heard Lana's voice in the living room and hopped over to see if she remembered she was supposed to feed him. "I connected my two first pipes! I'm closer to earning that badge!"
Hops sadly hopped away. He packed his things in a bindle and headed towards the back door in the kitchen. He went out the house through Charles' dog door. The frog gave one last look at the Loud House and hopped away. He traveled far into the town using a raft and even used bus transportation. He had officially left the Loud family.
Later that day, Lincoln, Leni, and Lola just came back from the mall. They were all carrying shopping bags.
"I hope Lana likes this blue raincoat." Lola said as they walked towards the house.
"I totes think she will." Leni replied.
As Leni opened the door, she, Lincoln, and Lola noticed the jar of flies on the porch.
"That's odd." Lincoln said.
"I know. Usually I open the door with my left hand." Leni said, realizing she opened the door with her right.
"No. Not that." Lincoln said. "Lana must've left her jar of flies out here. These are meant for Hops."
"Well, why would she leave them out here?" Lola wondered.
"Not sure." Lincoln said. "Let's go bring them to her."
They entered the house and heard Lana grunting. But she wasn't in the living room.
"Lana?" Lincoln asked. "Is that you?"
The three siblings walked up the stairs. They saw muddy prints on the wall. They heard Lana's voice again.
"Dang it! Dang it!"
They went into Lola and Lana's room. Inside, Lana's bed was all messed up. They saw pipes all around the floor. Then they finally saw Lana, who was laying on the floor.
"Dang it!"
"Lana! What happened!" Leni shouted. But instead of running over to the tomboy, she runs over to a picture frame. "This picture is crooked!"
Leni fixes it. Lola facepalms and walks over to Lana, who was still trying to connect her pipes together. "Lana?" She checked on her.
"Dang it."
Lola slapped her. "Snap out of it!"
Lincoln and Leni gathered around Lana.
"Guys, I-I took the Pipe Challenge for the Bluebell scouts." Lana explained.
"What? You took that challenge! Without me?" Lola exclaimed.
"I'm sorry. I was just eager to get that new badge." Lana said. "But this is an impossible task. The pipes just won't stay together. I only got one pair connected. I've never had trouble doing plumber stuff."
"Well, sorry to hear that Lana." Leni said.
"I guess I should take a break." Lana suggested. "I'll come back to it another time."
"And speaking of Bluebell scouts, I have a box of our famous cookies we can eat." Lola said, holding up a box.
"I thought you guys didn't sell those anymore." Lincoln said.
"We don't. But we still make them." Lana explained.
In the dining room, all the siblings gathered around for some cookies and milk.
"Thanks for the cookies, dudes!" Luna said to Lana and Lola.
"No problem." Lana said. "Hey, I feel like I'm forgetting something. Something important. And it has something to do with my jar of flies. "Lana thought for a moment as she saw her jar of flies in the kitchen. "Oh yeah! It's time to feed Hops!"
Lana grabs the jar. "Oh Hops! Time for your meal!" No sign of Hops. "Come on, Hops! Get your flies while they're still nice and juicy!" Lana called again, ringing a bell. Still no sign of Hops. Lana went back into the dining room.
"Hey Lola?" Lana asked.
"Yeah?"
"How long was it taking the Pipe challenge?" Lana asked.
"About a couple hours." Lola replied.
"Oh no!" Lana said.
She went to check all over the house to look for her favorite frog. She checked the bathroom sink, her room, the garage, the backyard, the roof, the garbage cans, and even in the fridge but there was no Hops. Lana ran back into the dining room.
"Guys! I can't find Hops!" Lana said with tears in her eyes.
Meanwhile, Hops was traveling on foot. He was in a desert area, looking very hungry. But he still kept going.
Back at the Loud House, Lana got an idea on how to find Hops.
"Aha! This never fails!" Lana said as she took out a packet of candy. "Hops' favorite treats! Gummy flies!"
She showed the packet to her siblings.
"Are those even edible for frogs?" Lisa asked.
"For Hops, they are. He can't resist these babies." Lana confirmed.
Lana shook the bag to try to get Hops attention. Suddenly, Charles ran into the kitchen and tried to take the packet away from Lana.
"No! Bad dog!" Lana scolded. "These are for Hops!"
Charles sulked and walked away.
"I should go look for him outside." Lana suggested.
"I'll come with you." Leni said.
"Thanks Leni." Lana said.
"Good luck finding him, you guys!" Luna said as Leni and Lana walked outside.
It was evening now. Lana called out for her frog as she kept shaking the packet.
"Are you under here?" Leni said as she looked under a flower pot. "Nope."
Lana and Leni continued to search for Hops. Mr. Grouse heard them and looked out his window.
"What are those kids up to?" He asked himself. He was wearing a robe and was getting ready to take his shower. He went to the bathroom. "Can't they see I'm busy taking a shower?"
Suddenly, Lana and Leni burst open the bathroom door, causing the old man to scream. After he was done screaming, he took some deep breaths.
"You check over there." Lana ordered Leni. "I'll check in the tub."
Lana looked in Grouse's bath tub. There was no frog. "Did you find him, Leni?"
Leni tore off a bathroom mirror. Mr. Grouse just stood there angrily.
"Nope. I'll keep looking." Leni told her sister.
"But there's nowhere left to look." Lana said.
"There's like, still one place we haven't checked yet." Leni said.
Now the two blondes are standing by their mailbox.
"The mailbox, huh?" Lana said. "Sure. Why not?"
Lana opened the mailbox but didn't see Hops. Instead, she found a letter. "It's a letter." Lana took it out. "From Hops. I taught him how to write. He writes with his tongue."
"So what does it say?" Leni asked.
"Let's see." Lana read the letter. "Dear Lana, these last few years have been the best of my life, but I must move on. Don't bother looking for me. By now, I've probably found an owner who actually remembers to feed me every now and again. Sincerely, Hops. Until my new owner renames me." Lana got tears in her eyes. "Aw man, what have I done?"
"You drove him away. Duh." Leni pointed out. "It says it in the letter."
Lana ignored her, feeling remorseful. "Oh, Hops."
Speaking of the frog, Hops had found a new city. He hopped towards the city with his belongings still with him. He was looking for something to eat. He was now desperate to eat anything. He came to an alley and saw food. A bag of chips with flies buzzing around it. Hops just wanted the flies. He hopped towards the bag of chips. But then, three raccoons surrounded him, growling at him. The poor frog got scared.
"Look who came to dinner fellas." One raccoon said.
Hops hopped away in fear.
"Guess he doesn't like chips." Another raccoon said.
Hops hopped away as fast as he could. As he ran, he bumped into someone. He looked up, scared.
"There you are." Said the mysterious figure as he reached to grab Hops. It turns out the person was a little boy. He was wearing a beanie hat and was around the same age as Lana and Lola.
"There you are, Mr. Toadie." The boy said, lifting up the frog. "I was worried I lost you for good. Now let's get you something to eat." He shakes Hops. "Hmm. You feel much lighter than I remember."
Hops was confused. Why was this kid calling him Mr. Toadie when he was a frog? And this kid never even met Hops until now. But Hops didn't care. At least he found a new owner that was going to feed him. The kid took Hops to his house.
"Mom, Dad, guess what? I found my pet toad." The boy said to his parents.
"That's great, dear." His mom said.
"That's a frog, not a toad." His dad corrected.
"Whatever. We're gonna go have some fun now." The boy said.
The kid took Hops to his room. He sat the frog on his bed. He got out a bag of cookies.
"I got you some cookies." He said, opening the bag and setting it in front of Hops. Hops grabbed the cookies with his tongue and ate them.
"I'll go get you some more." The kid said as he walked to the door. "And don't go running off again."
He left. Hops happily ate his cookies and looked around the bedroom. The kid had a toy chest in his room. On the chest, it said "Property of Christopher." That must be the kid's name. Hops also saw a picture frame on the wall with a picture of Christopher, his parents, and a bunch of frogs. Hops thought he was going to like his new life here. Then, Christopher returned with a plate of cookies.
"Here you go, Mr. Toadie." Christopher set the plate of cookies on the bed. "Later, I'll get you some spaghetti." He walked over to his radio that was on a drawer. "Hey, how about some SMOOCH music? They've got a killer album."
Christopher took out a CD from the album and put it in the CD player. Loud rock n roll music was playing. "Are you ready to rock Toadie?!" Christopher yelled. He jammed out to the music. Hops just continued to eat his cookies. Suddenly, Christopher jumped onto the end of his bed. "Stage dive!"
He leaped at Hops. Luckily, the frog moved out of the way and the boy landed on his bed, causing the plate of cookies to fall off.
"Toadie, you were supposed to catch me." Christopher explained. "Oh well. That's enough rock n roll for now."
Back with Lana, the young girl was still trying to find her precious frog. She looked in a pet store. No Hops. She went outside and thought she saw Hops. But it was just a frog poster on a truck. It was an ad for frog shaped popsicles. Lana checked on top of someone's roof. She came out through the chimney and called out for Hops. Then she started crying.
At Christopher's house, the boy and the frog were watching a late night movie and sharing a bowl of popcorn.
"These late night monster movies are great, right Mr. Toadie?" Christopher said. Then he noticed the time. "Oh shoot. Look at the time." There was an alarm clock in the living room. It was only 7:30. "Time for bed, Toadie."
Christopher got up and went upstairs. Hops followed him but he dropped a picture of Lana that he brought with him. When he saw the picture, he was starting to miss her. But then in his head, the picture of Lana only scolded him. "Quiet Hops! Can't you see I'm busy?"
Hops blew a raspberry at the picture as he didn't miss Lana at all now. He left his picture and went upstairs to catch up with his new owner. They went into Christopher's room.
"I have a comfy beanbag you can sleep in." The boy said as he carried Hops to his new bed.
"Hope you like it." Hops sighed in content. "Well, goodnight Mr. Toadie." The boy got prepared for bed himself.
The next day, back at the Louds, Lana just came back home feeling very tired. She slumped over to the dining room where her family was having breakfast and they saw her.
"Lana, there you are." Lynn Sr. said. "Did you find Hops?"
"No, and I was up all night looking for him." Lana said depressed.
"I'm sorry you couldn't find him, sweetie." Rita said.
"Yeah. Sorry Lana." Lincoln said. "But I made you breakfast. We're having pancakes. And I made frog shaped ones just for you."
Lana made it to a chair and sat down.
"Thanks big bro." Lana thanked. "But eating these will just make me more sad about Hops." Lana pushes her plate away.
"Sweet! More for me." Lynn said as she grabbed Lana's pancakes with a fork.
Lana decided to have some eggs for breakfast instead. After breakfast, Lana was in the bathroom unclogging the toilet. She worked sadly as she was still upset about Hops.
"Hops would've loved to watch me unclog the toilet." She lamented.
There was a knock at the door. It was Lynn Sr.
"Hey champ, you almost done in there?"
"Yeah. Hold on." Lana said. She flushed the toilet and it was working again. She came out of the bathroom. Lynn Sr. ran inside. Rita saw Lana all sad and went to comfort her daughter.
"Oh honey, are you gonna be ok?" Rita asked. "I know Hops must've met a lot to you."
"Yeah. He was." Lana said sadly. "I should've told him how important he was to me."
"Well, Maybe you should put up posters of your frog around town." Rita suggested. "That's what I did when I was trying to find my childhood pet. He was a skunk."
"So did you ever find your pet?" Lana wondered.
"Yes, but he got into an accident." Her mom replied sadly.
"What kind of accident?"
"Well, he...um...he got run over by a car."
"That's horrible." Lana said shocked.
"But he did have a funeral." Rita said. "And he may be in a happier place now."
"I can't let something bad happen to Hops." You're right, Mom. If I'm gonna find my frog, I need to work harder at it."
In the living room, the other siblings were all watching tv. Lana appeared and threw some posters, tape, and other stuff Lana was gonna use to find Hops.
"Lana? What's all this?" Lori asked.
"I'm going to use all this stuff to find Hops." Lana explained.
"But, like I thought you drove him away with your neglect and indifference." Leni pointed out.
Lana sighed. "Leni, now is not the time for talking. Guys, we've got work to do!"
Back with Christopher, he and Hops were having their breakfast. They were almost having pancakes, teddy bear style.
"Eat up Mr. Toadie! Later, you and I are going to the comic book store." He said.
After breakfast, Christopher got out his bike and helmet. There was a basket on the front of it so Hops could sit inside. Hops hopped in the basket. Christopher put a helmet on Hops.
"Alright, let's go!" The boy and the frog rode into town. They soon arrived at a comic book store. The kid locked his bike on the bike rack and he and Hops went inside. The Louds split up in groups to put posters all over town. Lana, Lola, and Leni arrived at the comic book store right after Christopher and Hops went inside.
"Ooh, here's a good spot." Lana said and put a poster on the front door. She read the poster.
"Dear Hops, I'm sorry! Please come home! Love Lana Loud!"
"I hope this works." Lola said.
"Me too." Lana replied. "Hand me the tape."
Lola handed her the tape. Leni noticed a flyer on the window for a new issue of Princess Pony.
"Hey! There's a new Princess Pony comic." She said excitedly.
Leni, this is not the time for-"
Leni rushes into the store. Lana sighs.
"Princess Pony. Princess Pony. Princess Pony." Leni said to herself as she walked through the store.
Christopher was gathering up some comics and put them in a bag. Hops grabbed a comic for him with his tongue. "Ace Savvy? Good choice, Toadie." The boy took the comic.
Leni walked up to the kid. "Little boy, quick! Where's the newest issue of Princess Pony?"
"Sorry miss, I got the last issue." Christopher stated as he held up the comic book, which was issue 19.
"Noooo!" Leni yelled in despair. She sadly left but turned back and saw Hops. "Oh. Hey Hops."
Leni left, forgetting she and the siblings were looking for Hops. Outside the store, Lola and Lana had just finished putting posters all over the front doors.
"There we go." Lana said. Suddenly, Leni opened the door causing the posters to tear in half. Lola and Lana glared at her.
"Uh...oops." Leni said sheepishly.
"Come on, Leni. Just take these flyers and hand them out." Lola ordered, shoving some flyers into Leni's arms.
The three siblings left and Christopher and Hops left the store with a bag full of comics, but went in the other direction. "Ok Toadie, let's have some more fun."
And so Lana and her siblings continued to do everything they could to try to find Hops. While that was happening, a music number played in the background.
Hops, now I know I was wrong. I messed up and now you're gone. Hops, I'm sorry I neglected you. Oh, I never expected you to run away and leave me feeling this empty. Your rabbit right now would sound like music to me. Please come home cause I miss you Hops. Hops come home. Hops come home. Hops come home. Hops, can't you I was blind. I'd do anything to change your mind. More than a pet, you're my best friend. Too cool to forget. Come back cause we are family and forgive me for making you wanna roam. And now my heart is beating like the saddest metronome. Somewhere I hope you're reading my latest three word poem. Hops come home.
While the siblings were helping Lana look for Hops, they kept missing him whenever they were near him and Christopher. They even got an airplane pilot to help them out. Lana and Leni were sitting near the pilot.
"I want peanuts." Leni said. She pressed a random button.
"Don't touch that!" The pilot yelled.
But it was too late. The plane started flying out of control. There was a message in the sky that read "HOPS COME HOME". The plane flew through the message, causing it to rearrange. Now it said "JENNY, WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
A young couple were walking by and saw the message in the sky. The woman stared at her boyfriend angrily.
"Who is this Jenny person?" She asked.
"Huh?"
She slaps him.
Christopher and Hops make it back home from the fun outing they just had
.
"Hey Toadie, how about I make you some tacos?" Christopher suggested. He put down his bag of comics. "Oh, and if you need to go potty, you can use these flyers that were given to me by some ditzy teen."
Christopher threw the flyers on the ground. Hops hopped over to them and was surprised by what he saw. There were flyers made by Lana. There were drawings of Hops and Lana that had things like "Hops, I'm sorry! Please come home!" and "Hops! I was a fool!" Hops realized that his original owner truly missed him. In his mind, Lana was encouraging the frog to come home. Hops started to leave but Christopher caught him.
"Don't you go anywhere." He ordered. "Your tacos will be done soon."
Hops wasn't feeling hungry. He had been overfed lately by his new owner. Hops went to escape. He opened a door with his tongue. But it turns out he walked into a closet and he was shocked by what he saw. There were a bunch of frogs inside and they were tied up! Why were trapped in here? Did Christopher do this them? Hops panicked. He feared he was next. The frogs all spoke at once, begging for Hops to help them. Hops acted quickly and untied them.
"Thank you! Oh, thank you!" One frog said gratefully.
"That boy is crazy!" Another frog exclaimed.
"Let's get out of here!" Another frog said. The frogs agreed and came out of the closet. Just then, Christopher returned. "Hey Mr. Toadie, the tacos aren't done yet but-" Christopher dropped his plate of cookies when he saw all his frogs escaping. "My frogs! Come back!"
They all escaped through the open window. "FREEDOM!"
Hops attempted to escape himself. He saw the open window and used his tongue to hook onto a ceiling fan, then swung around and off the fan then flew out towards the window, making it outside. Christopher ran to the window.
"Hops, don't leave!" He yelled. "You were my favorite! I don't want to be alone!"
Hops continued to hop away from the boy and the boy jumped out the window and chased after him with a tray of brownies.
"Come on, Hops. You don't want these going to waste, do you? They were a labor of love!"
Hops ran in an alleyway and hid behind a trash can.
"Don't worry. Papa will find you." Hops could still hear the kid's voice.
"Hey!" One of the raccoons from yesterday showed up. "You're the guy who doesn't like chips."
"Mr. Toadie, I know you're back there." Christopher said as he got closer. "I can hear your stomach growling."
Hops pushed the raccoon out of the alley. Right in front of the little boy.
"Hey!" The raccoon said.
"Oh, it's a cute little raccoon." Christopher exclaimed and picked him up. "You must be starving."
"Wait, what? Put me down!" The raccoon said as he tried to get away.
But the boy had a tight grip on the raccoon and couldn't understand what he was saying since he was an animal. The kid left. When he was gone, Hops sighed in relief.
Back at the Loud House, Lana was in the living room sobbing since she still couldn't find her beloved frog. Her siblings tried to cheer her up. Lily patted her back.
"Hey Lana, I'll tell you a joke." Luan suggested. "What do frogs order at a fast food restaurant? French flies and a Crock-a-Cola!"
Lana just looked more sad.
"Luan, no frog jokes." Lucy said in her monotone voice.
"I can't cry anymore." Lana said. "When Hops left, he took all my tears with him."
"Wait, did you say Hops?" Leni asked. "Lana, I just remembered! Earlier today at the comic book store, I saw...this huge Princess Pony figurine of Beauty Foal! It was awesome!"
"Hops loved Princess Pony!" Lana burst into tears and ran away.
"Poor kid." Lincoln said sadly.
Lana went outside to take a walk. "I gotta try to forget about Hops. But for some reason, I can't get him out of my head."
He saw her own flyers with Hops on them. She then saw a billboard that said "Have you seen me?" with Hops on it. "I blew it. I really blew it." Lana lamented. "I took you for granted Hops. I'm sorry. Don't just look at me, say something!" Lana had to face facts. That wasn't the real Hops. "I'm talking to a billboard."
Suddenly, the real Hops appeared right behind his owner. He croaked to get her attention.
"Now I'm hearing things." Lana said sadly. "If only I could see you one more time so I can tell you how much I love you! If only I could hear you croak one last time!" Hops hopped on her head and croaked. "Yeah, like that."
Hops made a ribbit sound.
"Hops, your sounds are making it hard to forget about you." Lana said to him. Wait a minute...
"Hops!" Lana cried, overfilled with joy. "Oh, Hops!" Lana hugged and kissed her frog. "Did you hear any of that or do I have to repeat myself?"
"Ribbit." Hops replied.
"Ok, good." Lana said and carried Hops back home. "I promise, Hops. Things are going to be different between you and me. You'll see, buddy. Now let's get you something to eat. You must be starving."
Hops groaned and he and his owner went inside their house.
I hope you enjoyed that fanfic. Next I'm planning to do Wet Painters, The Camping Episode, and maybe Dunces and Dragons. Later!