Laugh It Up

"The Last Laugh" is the first segment of the second episode of the Disney Channel animated series, Zippy.

Synopsis
Zippy and his friends must escape What's-It's-Face's pranks and outsmart his two henchmen.

Plot
The episode begins with Zippy waking up and realizing that it is April Fool's Day. Zack sees him and wonders what Zippy is so pleased about, until he looks at the calendar, and realizes that it is April Fool's Day, which he says is one of Zippy's favorite holidays. Fearing the worst has to come, Zack calls Mr. Red saying he caught something terrible and that he would not be able to make it to work. Mr. Red says that there is an art collector in his office who wants to buy Zack's art and name him artist of the month. So, Zack immediately rushes to the Burger Shack, only to find that it was a silly prank by Zippy and Wet Willy. Zack attempts to resign from his job, but Zippy persuades him to stay, promising not to pull any further pranks on him. Mr. Red warns Zippy and Willy to watch out for What's-It's-Face (especially on April Fool's Day). He explains that What's-It's-Face is his arch-rival, and has been pulling silly crimes for years.

Meanwhile at Zippy's house, Flambo is walking nearby his dog house. He stops and checks to make sure no one can see him. He goes into his dog house and turns on his TV. Bubbles the fish informs him that Dr. Whiskers has bought "80% of the country’s tin foil." Flambo must find out why and stop him. Before Flambo leaves, Bubbles reminds him to maintain his cover as a "normal domestic pet." Giving the fish a quick salute, he rushes off.

Zippy and his friends are having a meeting at the Burger Shack in the mall, debating on how to survive What's-It's-Face's pranks. Ceela suggests cryogenically freezing What's-It's-Face, but is left with horrified expressions, while Jolly and Pinky opt to wear "prank-proof" hazmat suits. They decide to stay at the mall for a little while and fight fire with fire.

Nearby, Flambo bursts in through a doggy door at Dr. Whiskers' appartment. Dr. Whiskers greets him with: "Ah, Flambo The Dog! What an unexpected surprise. And by unexpected, I mean completely expected!" After trapping Flambo, he informs him of his plan to move the Eastern Seaboard (now covered in tin foil) to the West by using a "Magnetism Magnifier," which will reverse the rotation of the Earth. While Whiskers is talking, Flambo tries getting free of the robot arms holding him, but then notices a screw on the ground at his feet. Looking around him, he formulates a plan...

Later, Wet Willy went to turn on the light, but the switch he finds makes the TV blare loudly, to his friends' annoyance. As Willy desperately tries to fix the problem, the whole room goes mad with malfunctioning appliances. Zippy finally shuts everything down, finding the problem. It turns out the wires behind the switch are all mixed up. If that wasn't surprising enough, Zippy discovers a note that says "FUN!" and went to warn Mr. Red. Frankie tried to call her parents but What's-It's-Face is calling and to prove that he can't prank them, his voicemail sadistically confirms that everyone has fallen into his trap and he will be waiting. As everyone begins panicking, pranks begin to befall onto the gang:


 * Ceela, claiming it's safer at the mall, sits down on the table, when suddenly, the table flops in on her, trapping her in the wall. Ceela tells her friends to go on without her.
 * As the gang runs to the music store, the wooden boards begin breaking apart, causing Zoomie to fall into a giant block of gelatin. Jolly tries to help him, but Zoomie tells his friends to save themselves, as he begins sinking into the gelatin.
 * The gang arrives at the lobby, but are afraid to open the door. Zippy and Wet Willy vote who will open it by playing "rock, paper, scissors," only for Jenny to open the door, and an inflatable clown flings her onto the motel sign, covered in flypaper, and modified with a laughing clown neon sign.
 * The friends enters the lobby, and Pinky takes the key and enters the designated room, but it's actually a janitor's closet. Worse, a skunk sprays Pinky, causing her to faint.
 * Jolly heads off to the actual room. However, fearing that it could be like the prank the others fell victim to, grabs a janitorial cart, and rams the door down, however, he ends up falling into a pit full of pies. Unfortunately, Jolly's face swells up, causing him to realize that the pies are filled with rhubarb, which she's allergic to.
 * Frankie, unable to take it anymore, runs to the exit, but is booby-trapped covered in a honey-and-feathered prank after she escapes.
 * As the gang attempt to leave, Billy accidentally triggers a rope, causing some blue ink onto him.
 * With Zippy, Wet Willy, Zack, and Mr. Red remaining, Zippy suggests on what to do next, but as they discuss, a monkey gets lowered into Zack's hand it begins attacking Zack.

Flambo then starts to battle him with wrenches and strikes the same tail of Dr. Whiskers that the screw hit. During the fight, Dr. Whiskers runs over to the Magnetism Magnifier and turns it on; telling Flambo he is too late and it cannot be stopped now. But the Eastern seaboard did not move to the west, just the tin foil, causing a two-ton ball of tin foil going, at two hundred miles an hour to head straight for them. They both frantically try to turn it off.

Zippy asks Mr. Red where to go next. Mr. Red tells him and Wet Willy that they should head to the movie theater. However, Zippy discovers Mr. Red looking at his hand in suspicion. Willy looks at Mr. Red's arm and he and Zippy discovers it's actually a list of all the places where they got pranked, causing them to realize that he was helping What's-It's-Face. Mr. Red escorts Zippy and Willy into a bathroom and admits that he was helping What's-It's-Face. He explains that a few weeks ago, What's-It's-Face approached him, and said he needed his help in pulling off his biggest sufferable prank yet. What's-It's-Face gives him money Mr. Red agreed to this. When Zippy questions why would he sell them out like that, Mr. Red says that What's-It's-Face was going to spare him and his resturant from his suffering pranks for a decade. Mr. Red eventually breaks down, regretting taking part in What's-It's-Face's evil plan instead of going against him. Willy reminds Mr. Red that he can redeem himself if he helps him and Zippy stop What's-It's-Face, and Zippy immediately goes along with his plan.

Flambo is now helping Whiskers in trying to move the Magnetism Magnifier, but it will not budge, so he hooks the magnet to a helicopter, causing the magnet to go with it. Dr. Whiskers is happy about being saved but is then moved (along with the rest of the tallest part of the building) by the tin foil ball that crashes into it.

As What's-It's Face watches over the security cameras, he witnesses Wet Willy and Mr. Red walking into the elevator. However, the elevator breaks down, and Zippy calls What's-It's-Face over the elevator phone to come and fix the elevator. What's-It's-Face fixes the elevator, when suddenly, Zippy opens up an inflatable clown shoves What's-It's-Face, resulting in her falling into the numerous pranks his victims got themselves into, ending with him being lifted into the air by Zoomie and Jolly's "prank-proof" hazmat suit. As the gang begin to cheer for Zippy, Mr. Red calls the police to make sure what happened so they can bring What's-It's-Face to justice. What's-It's-Face tells the gang that they may have won, but he warns them that next time, he won't go easy on them, especially on Zippy. This causes them to run away in terror, all while What's-It's-Face laughs maniacally just as the cops showed up.

Cast

 * Michaela Dietz as Zippy
 * Dante Basco as Wet Willy
 * Laura Marano as Ceela
 * Dove Cameron as Jenny
 * Ross Lynch as Zoomie
 * Calum Worthy as Jolly
 * Kari Wahlgren as Pinky
 * Jeremy Shada as Billy Peterson
 * Ashly Burch as Frankie McKean
 * Jason Earles as Zack Hathaway
 * Clancy Brown as Mr. Red
 * Patton Oswalt as Flambo
 * Mark Hamill as What's-It's-Face
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Whiskers
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Bubbles

Trivia

 * The episode was originally going to be directed by Amphibia creator, Matt Braly.
 * It is revealed that April Fools Day is What's-It's-Face's #1 favorite holiday and he's been using pranks to commit crime.
 * What's-It's-Face is based on The Joker from the Batman comics (since their have the same voice actor, Mark Hamill).
 * Despite being Mr. Red's rival, What's-It's-Face is Zippy's archenemy.