Lincoln is on the couch again, this time with Luna, Lynn, Lana, and Lisa. The story is titled Will Lynn Tell?, and it starts with Lynn doing archery in the backyard. She's already a good shot even after just a few days, but she doesn't want her family to know about it. The real Lynn wonders why, and Lana suggests it's because she's afraid of being seen as a nerd. However, Lynn thinks that due to the weight of the bow, archery isn't nerdy.
Back in the story, Lynn goes to explain why she's keeping her archery a secret, because apparently the audience asked her why. This confuses the real Lincoln, since the audience has never replied to him. Fanfic Lynn explains that she has been banned from several sports, including fencing, due to her younger siblings. The real Luna jokes that the Lynn in the story may become a LARPer, but the real Lynn hates the idea.
In the story, we see Lynn in the past being banned from fencing due to accidentally poking Lola in the butt, then javelin throwing (though the real Lynn prefers javelin catching and in the story Lola blames Lana for eating a wormy apple, even though she didn't know it had worms), and sharpshooting (though we don't get a flashback for that). The Lynn in the story wonders why her parents don't let her shoot but they let Lisa do dangerous experiments, but the real Lisa points out that her experiments only endanger herself.
Fanfic Lynn explains that she will wait until the Royal Woods Archery Meet to prove to her parents that she's responsible enough to do archery, then a fly buzzes past, which Hops catches, and Lana is with him. She asks what she's doing and Lynn tells a "lie of omission" by saying it's sports practise. However, Lana wants more details, so Lynn claims that it would bore Lana and that she just dropped her bow out of her closet instead of her "cesta", which prompts Lincoln (the real one) to call his sisters "cestas". She tries to lie that it's "jai alai", but eventually tells the truth (even though the real Luna says that she would have believed Lynn if she said that jai alai used arrows.)
In the fanfic, Lynn explains to Lana that it's a secret, and then Lana wants an apple shot off her head. The Lynn in the story understandably baulks, but both Lanas are A-OK with the idea. Then, story Lynn imagines an angel and a devil on her shoulders, prompting the real Lincoln to wonder why the cartoon angels and devils never fall off. Luna suggests they hold onto Lynn's hair, then starts bugging Lynn by calling her hair cute. This makes Lynn angry and she buries Luna in the couch.
Back in the story, things get worse when Lana threatens to dob Lynn in to Lola if Lynn doesn't do the apple trick. After another internal argument, Lynn eventually agrees to do the trick, using a rotten apple from under Lana's hat. However, Lynn is nervous and can't aim properly, and while the arrow doesn't hit Lana, it bounces all over the show. Then, it finally cuts through a branch, which falls on Lana, knocking her unconscious.
This makes Lynn unsure as to whether to tell her parents, but the real Luna points out that Lynn could just say that a loose branch fell and hit Lana. Lynn takes the unconscious Lana inside, then the real Lana says that Hops would want to smack the story Lynn, prompting an argument that ends in Lynn being buried in the couch for calling Lana a pipsqueak.
In the story, Lynn puts Lana to bed, which the real Lisa thinks is a bad idea. Lucy then notices the unconscious Lana in Lynn's bed, so Lynn tries to lie that Lana's own bed was too messy. Lucy isn't buying it and does an occult ritual on Lynn. Lynn thinks that Hops is telling her off, but the real Lisa says that he's not smart enough to understand the situation. This offends Lana, who pretends Hops is swearing at Lisa.
Fanfic Lynn goes downstairs and gets an ice pack, but then meets Lisa in a helmet and khakis with a bag of tools. It turns out that she wants Lana to help her dig. Lynn lies that Lana is at a friend's house, but then notices that her arrows are still in the backyard, where Lisa wants to dig, and the front yard is unavailable since Lucy has buried dead animals there. After another internal debate, Lynn decides to just tell Lisa that she's cleaning up her sports equipment, then leaves.
Lynn puts the ice pack on Lana, who wakes up, but is still dazed and can't count Lynn's fingers. However, she knows everyone's name and doesn't feel nauseous. Still, Lynn doesn't want to take any chances and has Lana stay in bed instead of digging with Lisa.
The story continues, and Lynn goes downstairs to find Luna, who also wants to see Lana, as they promised to play "Timp-muddy" together, which is a game involving the mud-covered timpani that they played during "Room with a Feud". This causes the sisters to argue about whether they make good or bad roommates, and bury one another in the couch again.
In the fanfiction, Lynn tells Luna that Lana is digging with Lisa, then when Luna wants to ask Lana when she'll be available, tries to lie that the situation is dangerous, then that Lana isn't there. Luna then realises Lynn is lying, leading to another conversation with the imaginary angel and devil. Eventually, she pretends Lana is at a friend's house again, but then Lola shows up, wanting to practice her driving in the backyard.
Lynn tells Lola in the story that Lisa is outside with Lana, but then Lola wants a tune-up from Lana. This is, as you can imagine, awkward for Lynn and it gets worse when Lisa and Luna show up and tell Lola that Lana isn't outside after all. Story Lynn points out the broken glass and makes a run for it.
Then, the devil Lynn convinces her to make a very dangerous plan. Lucy appears in the story as Luna, Lola, and Lisa are pounding on the door. She talks about Lynn's inner demons, then Lynn opens the door and controls Lana (who has fallen back asleep) like a puppet.
Nobody buys it, but fanfic Lola decides to play along. After a while, Lynn drops Lana in fear, who wakes up. At this point, Lynn finally tells the truth. However, Lana feels solely responsible for not listening. Lynn (again with the angel and devil) considers letting Lana take the fall, but then decides to do what's right and blames herself. Lana cries and Lynn hugs her, prompting the real Lana and Lynn to hug.
Then, in the story, the parents show up, ground Lynn for a week, and disallow her from going to the archery meet. The story ends with Lana giving Lynn an apple and promising to take her word for it if Lynn tells her something is too dangerous. However, Hops and Charles become nervous when Lincoln plays yo-yo.
With the story over, Lynn reveals that she has tried archery before, along with curling and shuffleboard. She hasn't tried sumo wrestling, but that's only because girls aren't allowed.
This episode provides examples of
- Accidental Pun: In the story, Lynn mentions that she doesn't want her parents to "shoot down" her suggestion of doing archery, then notes that she didn't mean it as a joke.
- Age-Stereotypical Food: Lana thinks porridge is "for old people".
- Artistic License – Physics: In the story, Lynn's arrow bounces around and richochets off random surfaces. Then it suddenly becomes sharp enough to pierce a branch.
- Aside Glance: Hops in the story shakes his head at the "camera" when Lynn walks off.
- Baby Talk: Due to Lynn's poofy hair, Luna calls her her "precious little floof", "little fluffykins", and "fuzzy-wuzzy, floofy-woofy, bushy-wushy little—" but is interrupted then by Lynn angrily stuffing her into the couch.
- Big Ball of Violence: The angel and devil on Lynn's shoulders in the story are described as turning into a cloud when they fight.
- Black Comedy: When Lincoln wonders why the story's Lynn doesn't trust Lucy with her secret, Lana wonders if she's worried one of the demons would blab.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: In addition to Lincoln talking to the audience like in every episode, the Lynn in the story tells the audience not to tell her family about her archery, then later talks to them about the lesson she learned.
- Buffy Speak:
- When Lynn in the story won't shoot an apple off Lana's head and Lana claims it's ageist, Lynn says that it isn't, but it's "I-don't-want-to-send-my-little-sister-to-the-hospital-ist".
- One of Lynn's lies in the story is that Lana needed to "go do the thing at the place".
- Lynn calls syntax "word-talky scheming stuff".
- Cannot Tell a Lie: Lucy in the story claims that "the spirits" never lie.
- Catchphrase Insult: In the story, the angel calls the devil a "dunce" and the devil calls the angel a "pansy".
- Closet Geek: Discussed. Lana wonders if the Lynn in the story is keeping her archery secret to avoid being seen as a nerd.
- Continuity Nod:
- Lana calls herself the Queen of Risks, which is what Lincoln called her in "Butterfly Effect".
- The sisters on the couch argue about the time they switched rooms in "Room with a Feud".
- Deadpan Snarker: The angel version of Lynn in the story keeps making snide remarks and calling the devil a dunce.
- Determinator: To a fault. The Lynn in the story never gives up on her lie, even when it's absolutely ridiculous.
- Does Not Like Spam: Lana thinks porridge is "gross food for old people".
- Fake Interactivity: The story has Lynn tell the audience not to tell her family she's been doing archery, then says, "What do you mean, 'why not'?". Lincoln points out that the audience never talks back to him.
- Good Angel, Bad Angel: In the story, Lynn imagines an angel and devil on her shoulders while deciding whether to shoot an apple off Lana's head. The real Lincoln wonders why the angels and devils never fall off in cartoons, but Lynn points out that if they're versions of her, they've got her balance. Then, Luna points out that they could also hold onto Lynn's hair.
- Hates Being Called Cute: Lynn buries Luna in the couch as a punishment for making baby talk to her about her hair.
- Height Angst: Lana buries Lynn in the couch for calling her a pipsqueak.
- Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: Whenever the Lynn in the fanfiction lies, she says, "uh", and pauses a lot. Justified in most cases, since she's not only lying, but also nervous about Lana.
- How Many Fingers?: In the story, Lynn asks Lana how many fingers she's holding up when the latter wakes up. However, the latter says, "Bunny rabbit".
- Hurricane of Euphemisms: Lana claims she's not a "snitch", "stool pigeon", "tattletale", or "blabbermouth".
- I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham: Defied. Lynn refuses to LARP lest she end up liking it.
- Informed Obscenity: Parodied. Lana says, "Watch the language!" after Hops croaks, but he didn't really swear— Lana's just pretending she can speak frog to spite Lisa, who claims frogs are too dumb to have a language.
- Insult Backfire: When Lana tells Lynn she has bad-smelling farts, Lynn agrees.
- Joke of the Butt: Lynn snickers about what Lana's name backwards spells.
- Lame Pun Reaction: When Lincoln calls his sisters "cestas" due to a comment in the story, Lynn boos him.
- Literal Ass-Kicking: Played with. The Lynn in the story pokes Lola in the butt with a fencing sword, but it's an accident.
- Lost Food Grievance: Lynn is still mad at Lana for the time El Diablo stole her protein bars a year ago.
- Made of Iron: Apparently, Lynn can sleep off concussions.
- Master Archer: In the story, Lynn gets bullseyes within just a few days of learning archery.
- Noodle Incident:
- We never see what got story Lynn banned from sharpshooting.
- Apparently, Lana once slept on a pile of buffalo manure.
- Lynn has apparently tried archery, curling, and shuffleboard, and found out "the hard way" that sumo wrestling was for guys only.
- Out of Character: Fanfic Lynn is way more spineless than the real Lynn, going out of her way to avoid punishment.
- Out Sick: Invoked. Lynn in the story has Lana stay in bed instead of helping Lisa dig for fossils, since she still doesn't know if Lana is concussed or not.
- Pun:
- When Lisa says that the Lynn in the story is weaving a tangled web, Lana responds, "Like a clumsy spider".
- In the fanfiction, the angel says that the devil's Plan B is more like Plan Y, as in "Why would she think it would work?".
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: In the story, Lynn says, "Not. One. Word." to Hops.
- Road Apples: Lana claims to have slept on a pile of buffalo manure once.
- Running Gag: Whenever one of the sisters is mad at another sister, she will bury her in the couch.
- Shout-Out: When Lucy says in the story that someone is sleeping in Lynn's bed, the real Lana says, "Is it Goldilocks?". Lincoln points out that Lana does indeed have golden locks.
- Sidetracked by the Analogy:
- When Lana lists synonyms for "snitch" that she isn't, Luna asks if she's a rat. Lana says she has to think about it, because rats are cool.
- When the Lynn in the story thinks that taking care of Lana on her own in secret would be a way to prove she's responsible, the real Lisa says that it's similar to the old "tree falls in the forest" situation since nobody is around. Lana says that this time, the tree has fallen on her head (since that's why the story version of her needed taking care of in the first place).
- Skewed Priorities: The angel Lynn in the story is more concerned about Lynn getting in trouble than Luna getting hurt or killed if Lynn pushed Luna downstairs.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: Discussed. The Lynn in the story talks to Hops, and the real Lincoln asks if she speaks frog. Lisa says that frogs lack intelligence, but Lana pretends that Hops insulted and swore at Lisa.
- Staircase Tumble: The devil Lynn in the story suggests that Lynn push Luna downstairs, and when the angel points out that that'd get Lynn in trouble, the devil suggests throwing herself downstairs afterwards and pretending it was an accident.
- Toilet Humour: When the Lynn in the story says that she had a "brain fart", the real Lana hopes it smells better than Lynn's real farts, to which Lynn agrees that her farts smell bad.
- Twin Switch: Discussed. Lincoln says that if he were in fanfic Lynn's place, he'd dress Lola as Lana and have her help Lisa dig. Lynn, however, points out that Lisa would get suspicious when "Lana" started whining about the dirt.
- Twitchy Eye: In the story, Lynn's eye twitches in fear when Lola wants to talk to Lana, then devil Lynn's eye twitches in annoyance when angel Lynn calls her a dunce.
- Waking Non Sequitur: When the story Lana is waking up from her stupor, she says, "Bunny rabbit" when asked how many fingers Lynn is holding up.
- Waxing Lyrical: An observation that Fanfic Lynn's shoulder angel isn't really the bastion of morality it's meant to be leads to this exchange:Luna: Gotta say, Lynn, it's telling when even your good side isn't that good.
Lynn: So what are you trying to say? That I'm the bad guy?
Luna: Duh.
[Lynn slugs Luna.]
Luna: Ow!...okay, I had that coming. - Would Rather Suffer: Lynn would apparently rather jump into a lion's cage dressed as a gazelle than LARP.
- You Are Grounded!: At the end of the story, Lynn is grounded for a week.
