#double heckling trouble (cherry 1 & 2 )

[thebananwithaplan]

🍒1 "A solid six? Six out of a million, probably."

🍒2 "No, no, more like, 'a solid six centimeters'; the only thing thinner than him is actual paper."

🍒1&2 "OHOHOHO!!"

Finally, another excuse to heckle the host-

[thebananwithaplan]

Well. While everyone was briefly waiting for Broccoli to recover...

🍒2 "How interesting! Instead of taking notes, the broccoli tried to take the stage for a change."

🍒1 "You know what he should have taken instead?"

🍒2 "No, what?"

🍒1 "A ride home."

🍒1&2 "OHOHOHO!"

. "Zip it!" Yeah, if there were any rumors that some of the audience members were paid actors... sorry. The siblings are, in fact, mean like that. They pay really well too, unfortunately, so DB can't just kick them out either...

Assuming that the other has recovered since then, it's time to choose a new category.

. "Oh well. Stuff happens. I'm sure you'll get a 'W' instead next time." Considering that one can also get a 'W' dropped on them, the sentient veggie better pray that he didn't...

. "So go ahead and choose another category!"

If Broccoli proceeds, the next categories to choose from are.... Memorable Events, Shovelware Studios, or Garden Variety.

That moment of silence is just awful for Broccoli- They weren't too sure if they had even gotten close to right at first before they heard words that definitely meant no good. [Right or Wrong, something was getting thrown at them either way-]

Broccoli had been to the show enough to know those words almost guaranteed a concussion at best.

"NONONONONO WAI-!"

Broccoli isn't fast enough to duck out of the way, before

BAM!

Broccoli hits the floor with the L, unsurprisingly.

Broccoli will be fine, right? Bounce back up with silly toon logic, maybe? Ready for another question? Try for some points?

....Maybe he needs a few minutes. He'll be okay. Yeah.

Yeah?

Yeah.

[thebananwithaplan]

...Really? The other returned with just a bunch of random stuff? That was his idea? What kinda joke was this? If he thought that any of that would inspire a bunch of food-themed toons then-

"Oh cool, those strange masked and muscular beaver heroes brought us weapons!" "I don't want to turn into a freak like those...." "Let's get 'em!" "Dibs on the ball of black and white!"

The entire crowd - well, most of them, anyways - got off their seats, grabbing whatever they could to assist in clearing the doorway and chasing after any fake noise clones entering or about to enter the studio.

🎙️ "...Why did that work?" Rule of FUNNY, everyone-

🍒1 "You tell us. We can't believe that actually worked on 'em, either."

🍒2 "I mean, we'd go there and help, but we still don't have any icons where we're not on the seats."

🍒1 "Yeah. Still waiting for that Shovelware Studios Hollywood update, y'know..."

If, uhh, anybody needed to retreat back to the studio, watch for the Foises getting cleared by an ACTUAL audience of toons and random everyday objects flying out the door.

[thebananwithaplan]

...Hold on. He's still in his dressing room, watching the start of the whole battle from the tv.

From what looked like Noise and Peppino being surrounded by the Fake Noise duplicates, suddenly an influx of magic crayon doors opened up, summoning as many people into there as possible.

He sees Wario. He seen Anton. He spots Ronnie on top of a blue frog clone - good on the Oldest for sticking to his gut feeling on Ronnie being alive and all...

Heck, he even spotted the Mario Brothers?? And even Mickey himself??? Decided to get into the plot after all, huh?

Well, doesn't that look like fun?

"............." Though, he wasn't exactly 'hero' material, was he? Who would even believe him that he would be helping on his accord and not because of 'showing off' or as means 'to get more views?' What good would it do if he joined? He can't even Toon Duplicate to be able to fight off that many clones. Any time he tried to do genuine good anywhere, he was always seemjngly chewed out for the tiniest of mistakes. And with all those actual heroes out there, who would even need a 'morally-complicated maybe/maybe not a criminal' like him?'

Maybe he should just stay behind. He supposed he could just make sure none of the Foise dopples would get past the still-remaining crayon door one the stage-

WHY ARE HIS BOYS OVER THERE???

Much to his horror, he could see the three young bananas, somehow all armed with their own weapons, charging for a couple of the Fake Noise clones. Where did that crowbar come from, anyways? He doesn't remember giving any of them one.... Not long after, Dandie was also spotted ramming the clones with one of the carts from Marsh's. Oh, and guess even one of the other participants, too. How convenient that that one happened to be a fighter.

Pizzahead, he swears, if the Fake Noise doesn't heckin' get him, DB will most certainly will...

Any thought he had about wanting to make Pizzahead pay for actually dragging his nephews into that mess was put to a halt. If even Dandie and his nephews were willing to help out, regardless of their ages or inexperience in fighting....

"............."

..................A short time later.................

As soon as he warped to the stage, Banana found himself infront of the door, with the Announcer waiting ahead. The audience that was waiting all murmured in confusion of it all.

🍒2 "About time that he showed up...!"

🎙️ "O-oh! Hey there! I don't suppose it's your turn yet, is it?"

"...Whatever happens, don't let any of the Fake Noise dopples get into the studio." It was all the fruit could say before brandishing a shovel on one hand, and a baseball bat in another.

He hyped himself up with his famous dance - though the song that played appeared to have more of a 'action-filled remix' this time around...

And through the crayon doorway, he dashed right in.

Any Fake dopples in his way would be swiftly baseball-battered and shovel-slashed.

[thebananwithaplan]

Alright, alright. This is a vibe.

A little more on the mellow side, but a welcome one nonetheless. Some might have snickered in the beginning of their introduction, but none in malice.

With some of the audience members singing backup, Dagg and Norb's act was a success.

🎙️ "And that was Norbert and his brother Daggett, everyone! Let's hear it for them!"

The clapping continued for another couple of moments, before the spotlight shut off to let them clear the stage.

🍒2 "First we got a lion, then a pair of beavers."

🍒1 "I always thought bein' in this studio felt like walking into a giant circus; but I didn't think they'd take that literally this time around."

A couple of chuckles from nearby fellow fruits.

While a new act was moving in their place in the dark, the Announcer reappeared on stage, the spotlight on him again.

🎙️ "As we were saying, there's no understatement just how important playing the right music is in setting up certain moods and tones. Without the right tones, that very important scene from your movie won't quite hit that mark. Or a really intimidating final boss lacking their theme at the penultimate point of a video game."

🍒1 "Well, you're neither important OR intimidating!"

🍒2 "Maybe that's why YOU don't have a memorable theme song!"

🍒1&2 "OHOHOHO!"

Cue more chuckling from the toony audience.

...Are they the only special audience stage members tonight? No face-planting apples or note-taking broccolis? He'll even take the grumpy cantaloupe, at the rate this was going...

🎙️ "W-well, I mean I could be intimidating! But I'm not here to be scaring anybody right now."

🍒2 "Yeah? I don't think you're here to be scaring anybody anytime soon, either!"

......The Announcer didn't have much of a rebuttal there. But at least it sounds like the next act finally got their bearings together.

🎙️ "....I am going to pretend that I heard none of that, and instead WE'RE be hearing the next act."

Lights off. Announcer away.

Next act?

Riiiight about... now!

[thebananwithaplan]

The others of the studio audience 'oooooo'd at the drama that was unfolding between the Cherries and the seemingly normal-looking human girl. With the show being disrupted as it is, it was basically impossible to ignore-

Ah. His microphone has been yoinked!

. "Ay! Hold on a sec-"

🍒1 "Oh, well you look at that, sib! She has some choice words for us!"

🍒2 "A shame she didn't use any of the actual choice answers!"

🍒1&2 "OHOHOHO!"

🎙️ "Oh boy..." Even the Announcer had a bad feeling this wasn't going to end well. And usually he's the target of their bullying.

@thebananwithaplan || no brainer ...

...Cue the loudest frown on planet earth. She squinted at the cherry duo.

❝ Actually - no, you know what? Pause on this. No. Hang on a sec, 'kay? ❞ Girlfriend pushed herself off the podium, walked towards the center of the stage. She was DEFINITELY not allowed to get away with it, but her pride was at stake here. How dare anyone but her boyfriend imply she was stupid.

And - sorry, Banana - she swiped the microphone from the game host's hands.

❝ Would you care to repeat that. Directly to my face. ❞ Girlfriend stared down at the pair that were quietly snickering as the show went on. ❝ Because I got a mansion and a limo that says you two don't know how to appreciate what a cute, SMART and **** girl looks like. ❞

[thebananwithaplan]

And the crowd went WILD!

Not only by the 'special effects' of the blue glow - but they were all invigorated by Dandie's singing and the song in question. Invigorated by seemingly some 'unknown force.'

Truly, the Power of Music.

🎙️ "Let's give it up one more time for. Miss. DANDELIOOOOOOON!"

Another quick round of applause from the audience was given before the lights dimmed once more, to let Dandie leave the stage. Another small spotlight shown, with the background lights still left as dark as possible...

...Said spotlight was aimed at the microphone himself, who had teleported on stage looking a little more well-dressed.

🎙️ "Whooooo! What a heck of a first act here, am I right? For those who aren't aware, that guitar was made famous in a lot of our previous obbies, as a representation of one of our CEO's favorite mottos:

Only the Power of Music can Stop the Beast."

Another round of applause from the fans. Whether they were fans of SW's works or of the motto, they were still cheering either way.

🎙️ "Of course, just as the Power of Music isn't just a guitar, the 'beast' in question isn't always a literal giant monster, or an evil robot- sometimes it's metaphorical, and it can be seen in a lot of our favorite shows, movies, and even the soundtracks of video games-"

🍒1 "Hey, where's the Banana?"

🍒2 "Yeah, where IS he? Don't tell is that YOU'RE the host for tonight!"

Some of the regulars in the seats murmured. Now that they thought about it, where IS DB? Like, the nephews ARE here, but not the main guy himself? ...Uhh. Announcer knew that this would be a bad idea.

🎙️ "I assure you, he'll be out here in due time. Right now, we're letting everybody else have a chance."

🍒1 "Well, as long as you're letting everyone ELSE have a chance."

🍒2 "If you're gonna be a temp host, at least we don't have to hear YOU sing!"

🍒 1&2 "OHOHOHO!"

...Just smile and bear it, 'Nouncer. Especially if he can't always hide in the recording booth this time.

🎙️ "Well, we're only just getting started. We still have a couple more acts to go!"

In the background, Peel gave the go ahead to the Oldest, whom in turn gave a quiet nod to the Announcer.

🎙️ "And speaking of acts, we're just about to introduce the next one right now!"

Just as the spotlight on the Announcer turned off, he warped back to the recording booth, keeping an eye on the show from the little monitor.

And soon enough, the spotlight reappears. Let's welcome to the stage: DJ Aelita!

[thebananwithaplan]

Sound Stage 8, in its original state, was a near-exact replica of Sound Stage 7, which is home to the set of Shovelware's Brain Game. SS8 was built so attendees could pretend to be on the show while SS7 can remain uninterrupted.

For now, though? SS8 was being repurposed to be a stage for performers to attend to. And with the staff that did arrive to help, they at least made it so the lighting was more theatre-accurate compared to the gameshow's bright lighting. It was the most they could do to hide the background props in such a short timespan.

"You think people will watch?"

"I'm sure some will..." Again, considering the time constraints, nobody's really expecting a full-house right out the gate. "It's all supposed to be for fun, anyways-"

🍒 1 "We'll be the judge of that!" Wait, when did these guys already get in their seats-

"...Come on. Please try not to be too harsh..."

🍒 2 "You and us know that we're the ones with the best commentary in your whole audience. If you're lucky, we won't have much to say."

🍒1 "If we're lucky, we hope the Announcer isn't one of the performers."

🍒 1 & 2 "OHOHOHO!"

One could almost hear Announcer going 'OH COME ON' in the distance.

[thebananwithaplan]

🍒1 "So I heard it's the Year of the Dragon."

🍒2 "Is it?"

🍒1 "Yeah! It's also a Leap Year! ...Which means the year will drag-on for even longer!"

🍒1 & 2 "OHOHOHO!"

[thebananwithaplan]

🍒2 "I would feel a lot better if there were more cherries in these parts."

🍒1 "Really? How many?"

🍒2 "Including us? 86."

🍒 1 & 2 "OHOHOHO!!"

[thebananwithaplan]

. "You know what. This is fine. It's a good thing none of the nonsense gets to any of my regulars that visit the sh-"

🍒2 "Hey, Banana! Are the rumors true?"

🍒1 "Gee, we didn't even know you were married! Sounds like you got hit with Newton's Law of Falling Marriages."

🍒2 "....Really? What's it about?"

🍒1 "Divorce of Gravity."

🍒1 & 2 "OH HO HO!!!"

. "......Okay. That actually was just a little funny. But more importantly-"

. "WHO IS SPREADING THE RUMORS????"

Sounds like the Cherries weren't the only audience members who were hearing about it...

[thebananwithaplan]

❝ These questions are haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard. ❞ Girlfriend whined, smacking her face against the podium. ❝ Can we like, do an easier subject? ❞

...

... The question was 2 + 2. How the hell did she come up with 'Durf'?

. " ❌ " ...Wrong answer. VERY wrong answer. That was so wrong, the host even dropped his own mic in disappointment. Like, that wasn't even one of the multiple choice options, what-

🍒2 "So that's why they call it a 'No Brainer'!"

🍒1 "Really? Why's that?"

🍒2 "There's no brains onstage tonight."

🍒 1&2 "OHOHOHO!"

. "Zip it, you two..." Banana tried to hush the sibling hecklers in the audience as he picked up the microphone. Ok, ok. His guess is that she was homeschooled and Math Zone was just. Never her subject...?

. "Well, we do have plenty more categories where that came from! Go ahead and choose another one from the next three randomized on the screen ahead."

The next available categories to choose from are:

'Nonsense Non Sequiturs'; 'The Power of Music' ; or 'Famous Accordion Players'.