Line #78 Recap/PeekingThroughTheFourthWallEpisode21


1	This time, Lincoln and Lisa have brought Luan, Lynn, and Lola, and they will be reading another Website/DeviantArt story, ''Truth or Dairy''.
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3	The story begins with the Louds playing ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' and Lisa is drawing. The real Louds point out that Lisa is a bad draw-er because of her stubby fingers. Fanfic Lincoln explains that things tend to get out of hand at family game night, and we get a flashback of charades. Lynn is a police officer and Lucy is a vampire, while Luan makes puns and the real Luan thinks the charades are too easy and they should use references. Her siblings point out that the last time she used a reference during charades, chaos broke out because she tried to mime ''The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies?!'' and they took an hour to guess it and then argued over how many words "mixed-up" is.
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5	The flashback continues as Leni asks fashion questions during "Would You Rather?", including one about wearing speedos vs. spandex... to a girl, and speedos are ''made'' of spandex, and Luna shouts during Telephone. Fanfic Lincoln says that despite the chaos, he enjoys game night.
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7	Fanfic Lisa reveals that the drawing was a pineapple, and fanfic Lori finds the game boring and wants a different game. Lynn suggests indoor hockey. The real Lynn thinks that's a bad idea but only because there is an odd number of them. Fanfic Lola suggests Truth or Dare?, and Lincoln is hesitant, but their sisters are all eager.
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9	Fanfic Lincoln goes upstairs, nervous about the embarrassment, and it's revealed that the last game had Lola with muddy hair chasing Lana in her car, Lynn... kicking soccer balls, Leni being chased by spiders, and Lincoln being dared to volunteer as Lisa's test subject, which left him with a few lizard scales on his back which he still has (the real Lynn actually wants some scales of her own).
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11	The story versions of Rita and Lynn Sr. arrive and they've bought a season's pass to Dairyland's water park, ''La Leche Lagoon'' (which, as Lisa points out, should be "La Laguna de Leche" technically), but they've only managed to get three tickets and tell the kids to decide. The kids begin arguing, then they decide that whoever wins at Truth or Dare? gets the ticket. Fanfic Luna invites the parents, but they say no because of Leni and the spiders (and, as the real Luan and Lola point out, inviting your parents to Truth or Dare? is awkward).
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13	At the game, they have a spinner with their favourite colours to decide whose turn it is. An additional rule is that you're out if you lie or chicken out, which raises the question of how they'd know if someone was lying. Lola (the real one) suggests a lie detector test, but Lisa says they don't work.
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15	Fanfic Lori goes first, and dares Lana to take a bath. She takes it, and the bathtub impossibly covers her shame (it's against the wall, so they only way it could cover her shame is if she was already in it, which she wasn't, because she closed the door and wouldn't be able to reach that far). Lola is next, and the spinner lands on Lynn, who chooses dare, and her dare is to re-inflate all her sports balls (which have been deflated with Lisa's conveniently-placed invention), blowing through the nozzles of her pumps. This causes the real Lynn to boast about her breath-holding skills.
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17	Next turn is Lily (who is playing despite only knowing a few words apparently), and the spinner lands on Lincoln, who chooses dare. Luan (the real one) points out that picking truth can't be that bad as a baby can't ask an embarrassing question. Lily in the story points at a bunny suit Lincoln wore last Easter, and the real Lynn finally can't hold her breath any longer, but they weren't timing her, which annoys her. She tries again, but Lola tells her not to. Back in the fanfiction, Lincoln puts on the suit and gets hugged by all ten of his sisters.
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19	Fanfic Luan goes, the spinner lands on Lori, who chooses "truth" and is asked to tell when she met Bobby, while wearing a shock collar that goes off when she lies. Lori reveals that they met as freshmen when she dropped her ice cream and he gave her his own.
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21	Then, fanfic Lisa dares Lucy to wear pink. Lola (the real one) points out that she could just put on a pink scrunchie, socks, underwear, or bracelet, but fanfic Lucy doesn't think of that and simply gives up. So does Lori when she's dared by Leni to go a day without using her phone. Fanfic Lynn is asked by Lana what her first sport was (soccer), which frustrates the real Lola because she thinks the questions are babyish. Then, fanfic Lincoln dares Luan not to tell jokes, but she gives up and blows up balloons instead.
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23	Fanfic Luna dares Lynn to score a goal from the kitchen to the front door, and she does, then Lynn dares Lola to have El Diablo slither in her dress for five minutes. She gives up before the time runs out because she's afraid of him and Lily somehow dares Luna to change her. Fanfic Luna, unlike the real Luna, has never changed a diaper before and is thoroughly grossed out. Fanfic Lisa interrupts and changes Lily instead.
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25	Fanfic Lisa asks Leni what colour her first dress was, and she gets zapped because she can't remember and says the wrong answer. Fanfic Lana asks which pet Lincoln thinks is his favourite, and the real Lola bangs her head against the wall like Lisa did back in Episode 11. Fanfic Lincoln says that Hops is his favourite because of when they saved the frogs together, then asks Lana if she really did own a frog named Seymour. She says yes, but she set him free.
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27	Fanfic Lily is eliminated when dared to go without her blankie and Lisa is dared not to cause an explosion with her experiments. The real Lisa points out that it would be easy, but her fanfic self fails anyway. Fanfic Lana is eliminated when dared to set Hops free, and fanfic Lynn asks Lincoln what his first Ace Savvy comic he read was. It was ''Ace vs. the Card Counter'', even though in actuality, the Card Counter is a good guy and Lincoln was the one who came up with her.
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29	Then, fanfic Lincoln asks Lynn if she would give up sports or her family. The real Lola notes this as the first good question. The real Lynn, when told she could still be active, decides to give up sports, but fanfic Lynn says she'd give up her family. However, this is a lie, so she should lose. But as it turns out, she's still on her sports ball dare. This apparently makes her win, which makes the real Louds play the question game. Unfortunately, Lola breaks the phone and Lisa sedates her.
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31	Fanfic Lincoln is disappointed at losing, but mostly just confused, then Lynn feels guilty for playing deviously, so she gives up the tickets. They hug it out, go to bed, then Lincoln goes to the water park. The end.
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33	Lola wakes up and apologises for breaking Luan's phone. Then, they go upstairs for a ''real'' game of Truth or Dare?, where the rules actually make sense.
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35	!! This episode provides examples of
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37	* AskAStupidQuestion:
38	** Lola responds to fanfic Lynn asking if deflating the balls was part of the dare by saying, "No, I just like deflating balls for fun."
39	** When fanfic Leni wonders if Lynn's breath is more destructive than regular air, the real Lisa responds, "Yes, Leni. Lynn has the magical ability to change the physical properties of oxygen just by taking it into her lungs."
40	* BallsGag: Lynn laughs when her fanfic self says, "My balls!" about her sports balls.
41	* BigWhat: Upon hearing that fanfic Lynn's dare is still in progress, everyone on the couch ''and'' in the fanfic says, "WHAT?!".
42	* CaptainObvious: Fanfic Lori explains how the game works when her siblings already know.
43	* ContinuityNod:
44	** Lincoln remembers the last episode that ended with the sisters hugging him.
45	** Lola mentions the time they shrunk Lincoln, which happened in ''Fanfic/ShrinkinLincoln''.
46	* CringeComedy: Discussed when Lola says that the humiliation is what makes Truth or Dare? fun.
47	* DeathGlare: Lynn glares at Luan while still holding her breath.
48	* TheDiaperChange: Fanfic Lily dares Luna to change her, but she dilly-dallies, so Lisa does it instead.
49	* FlashBack:
50	** Towards the beginning of the fanfic, there's a flashback of characters playing games.
51	** Later, there's another flashback of the last truth or dare game.
52	** We get another flashback during the game of fanfic Lori and Bobby's first meeting.
53	* ForScience: Fanfic Lisa invented the special spinner, and when Lola (the real one) points out that they could have used a regular spinner, Lisa (the real one) asks where the fun is in using a regular one.
54	* HatesBeingCalledCute: Lincoln is once again embarrassed by his sisters calling him cute.
55	* HazmatSuit: Fanfic Lisa wears a hazmat suit while changing Lily.
56	* HehHehYouSaidX:
57	** When fanfic Lynn's sports balls are deflated, she shouts, "MY BALLS!", prompting a snicker from the real Lynn.
58	** Lynn snickers again when her fanfic self says she has blowing to do.
59	* HiddenDepths: Lynn knows what type of snake El Diablo is and the difference between "venomous" and "poisonous".
60	* IdiotBall: Fanfic Lisa never thought to choose a non-explosive experiment.
61	* IncrediblyLameFun: Fanfic Lynn actually enjoys reinflating her sports balls, which fanfic Lisa teases her for.
62	* LamePunReaction: In the flashback, when fanfic Luan makes a pun on "bat" and "bad" to Lucy, everyone else groans.
63	* LogicalFallacies: Discussed when Lincoln thinks that if fanfic Lori wants to go to Dairyland if his fanfic self also does, then if his fanfic self didn't want to, she wouldn't either, and Lisa says that it's a logical fallacy called "denying the antecedent".
64	* NoodleIncident: Something happened to Luan and Lola that was both embarrassing and earned them the nicknames "chicken lover" and "super soaker" respectively. We never find out what.
65	* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: The author assures the readers that ''[[Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies]]?!'' is a real film after Lola claims Luan just made it up.
66	* OutOfCharacter:
67	** All the Loud sisters want to play Truth or Dare? in the fanfic, including Lisa. The real Lisa finds the game juvenile and mean-spirited. Fanfic Lisa also cries at Lori's story about her and Bobby's first meeting.
68	** Fanfic Lincoln cries over losing a game.
69	* {{Pun}}:
70	** During charades, fanfic Luan says that Lynn is "cop-notch" at miming a police officer but Lucy is "bat" at miming a vampire.
71	** The water park at Dairyland has a wave pool called Cow-abunga and a water slide named Ar-moo-geddon.
72	** Fanfic Luan says to Lynn that she hopes she has a ball reinflating her balls.
73	** Luan says that Lynn is full of hot air when the latter is holding her breath.
74	** Fanfic Luan says, "Poop jokes aren't my favourite but it's safe to say they're #2."
75	* PlotHole: The twist that fanfic Lynn won because of her dare still being in process raises questions that the real Louds wonder about:
76	** How did she win if Lincoln didn't fail any truths or dares?
77	** If failures are rendered null by taking a long time on dares, why didn't other siblings dilly-dally on purpose to exploit that? And if the dares that would have taken a day had been accepted, what would have happened then?
78	** Was fanfic Lynn the only one who knew that rule? If so, why? If not, why did no one catch on (and why would Lola think up a long dare)?
79	** What would happen if both of them were still on dares; who would be the winner then?
80	** Was it fanfic Lynn's plan all along or did she only just realise it recently?
81	** Why was fanfic Lisa surprised when Lynn won, even though she ''built'' the spinner?
82	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lola says, "Who?! ''Cares''?!" about the colour of fanfic Leni's first dress.
83	* RightForTheWrongReasons: As Lisa points out, fanfic Leni was right about Lynn's balls being harder when she blows them up, but she thinks it's because the air is harder, when actually it's because Lynn gave them too much air.
84	* ShoutOut:
85	** According to the Loud kids, Luan tripped them up at charades with ''[[Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies]]?!'' -- a movie that really exists and was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
86	** Fanfic Lincoln says, "And then there were five", which is a reference to either ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' or the children's rhyme about ten people being eliminated one by one (e.g. "Ten little people were feeling fine, something happened to one of them and then there were nine.")
87	* ToiletHumour: Fanfic Luna is dared to change Lily, and fanfic Luan makes a poop pun.
88	* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: Fanfic Lana really did have a frog named Seymour, but she let him out because she thought he was too big.
89	* VulgarHumour: Lynn snickers when her fanfic self says she has blowing to do.
90	* WarmMilkHelpsYouSleep: Parodied when one of the ingredients in Lisa's anaesthesia is warm milk.

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