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Parlo would wake as soon as his phone lit up. You'd maybe hear half a ring, and then you'd hear him answer the phone with a curt, "WHAT'S WRONG?" He won't be sure who's on the phone, but as soon as he hears your tears he's trying to get you to tell him what the problem is. He's not very good at calming you down, unfortunately, but he doesn't think he needs to be. What he needs to be is at your side. Right now. By the time you manage to get yourself together, you'll be able to hear him rushing around. He's making his way down the street to Rhett's place, and if you try to tell him it was just a nightmare, he'll probably say something like, "SO NOTHING'S WRONG?" Which will probably set you off again, even though he didn't mean it to. He probably won't apologize yet, but he'll be listening and trying his best to understand. He's still making him way to you, but he's not rushing quite as badly now that he knows it's not an actual life or death situation. He'll wake Rhett up and get him to shortcut him to your living room, then send him away. "I'M HERE." Parlo isn't all that sure what to do, but he knows you like to be held. If you come out to meet him, he's just going to pick you up and carry you around for the rest of the very early morning. He's strong, he can handle it. If you're still in bed, he'll just come to you and sit next to you. If you reach out to him, he'll pick you up and hold you close, just letting you cry into his pajama uniform. Internally he's refusing to panic, but he's really unsure what to do in this situation. The most you'll get is an awkward back pat and a "THERE, THERE. I AM HERE, DARLING." If you laugh at him he'll get very flustered and upset, but if you tell him exactly what you need from him, he'll give it to you. He's very good at following orders in odd situations. Once your tears have faded, he’ll be ordering a delicious chef-made breakfast for the both of you. Today can be a rare lazy day for him. He will insist that you both eat at the table, but that way you won’t get crumbs in your bed, so that’s a good thing at least.

Pan will wake up immediately, and pick up the phone with a very irritated, "WHAT." He'll hear you crying and apologize right away, still irritated but trying to fight it now that he's made you cry. He'll sit there on the phone with you, giving you calming words and reassuring you that he isn't that mad, there's no reason to cry. He thinks you're crying in response to his irritation. Once you calm down enough to tell him you had a nightmare, he'll be extremely apologetic. You were calling him because you needed him, and he snapped at you. Now he feels like shit. He'll try not to make it all about him, but there's gonna be a few apologies before he can focus on what you actually were calling for - what you actually need. He'll offer to come over, but if you don't want him to, he won't push. If you do ask him to come over, he'll show up in sweats and a sweatshirt, both of which he'll trade to you if you'd like to be comfy in his clothes instead of yours. He'll then cuddle with you, stroking your hair and humming whatever song he's got on repeat in his head at the moment. If you just want to stay on the phone, he'll sit there and listen to you until you calm, and then he'll do his best to distract you from your lingering fears by telling you all about his dancers latest funny screw ups and successes, silly things they've said, all the stories he can think of to help you wake to a better day than the nightmare you just had. He loves you and he wants to help. He knows distractions help him, so that's what he'll default to unless you tell him you want something else from him.  Once you’re feeling a little better, he’ll be making you pancakes for breakfast in bed. No protests will stop him. He’s even going to use that glittery syrup he bought for a special occasion. Today’s gonna be a special occasion if he has to fight the world to make it so! (Don’t worry, the glitter is perfectly edible.)

Rhett. Oh poor Rhett. If you call him crying, he's shortcutting to your side immediately. No questions asked, he's just on the phone one second and next to you the next, sweating and bristling, blasters already summoned to fight or threaten whatever made you cry at this early hour. It's gonna be a bit of a surprise, and you might be embarrassed to be seen like that with no warning, but Rhett won't make it worse. Seeing him there, eyelight blazing and sweat rolling down his bones, will probably settle the part of your mind that's still afraid. He'll be asking you what happened, and once he realizes there's no physical threat, he'll dismiss the blaster and ask if you had a nightmare. And if you nod or answer, he'll just say, "oh, sweetheart, i'm sorry," and climb into bed beside you. He'll tuck you up against him, holding you tight and telling you, "everythin's gonna be alright. dream's over now, and it can't get you. wanna tell me about it?" He won't push, but if you do want to tell him he'll actively listen. He'll then do his best to comfort you using logic, since he doesn't think he's any good at the mushy stuff. "that won't happen," he'll tell you, "so you don't have to be afraid, alright?" That kind of comfort. It might work or it might backfire, in which case he'll ask you, "what do you want me to do then?" in a very soft voice. He's genuinely asking. He'll do his best to listen quietly if you ask him too, but he's pretty bad at keeping his mouth shut. If the nightmare isn't based in reality, he might make a joke about a silly part of the nightmare, which might actually make you start laughing about the whole thing. If it's based on a real event though, he's gonna be biting his tongue, literally, to make sure he doesn't fuck up with his words. The last thing he ever wants to do is hurt you. Once you're ready to get up, he'll attempt to make you breakfast. He'll sort through options with you, realize he doesn't know how to make any of them, and offer to go pick something up from your favorite diner, or make you a bowl of cereal if you'd like.

Percival will probably be out on a run when you call. "HELLO, MY FAVORITE HUMAN!" He'll shout at the top of his lungs, then remember that it's the middle of the night and people are usually asleep at this hour. Including you. "WHAT HAS YOU AWAKE AT THIS HOUR?" He'll ask, much more quietly. When he hears you crying, he will completely panic. He's not good with unexpected tears. He'll be panicking, running around like a headless chicken, shouting again. You will not be able to get him to stop shouting, and eventually you'll actually hear his shouting from outside your house. Turns out that while he was panicking, he wasn't running aimlessly. If you don't go open the door in time, he's gonna kick it open. Either way, he's going to run directly to you and scoop you up, pinning you to his chest in a crushing grip, ready to run you to safety. "THE GREAT PERCIVAL IS HERE, MY LOVE, NOTHING CAN HARM YOU NOW!" Yeah, you're gonna get a noise complaint for this. But in the moment, it might be exactly what you need. If you just cry into his chest, he'll calm down, realize that you need comforting, and gentle his hug a bit. Once you manage to tell him it was a nightmare, he's going to deflate a little. He's gonna feel a bit silly now. "AH. A NIGHTMARE. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO FIGHT SUCH A DASTARDLY FOE BEFORE." He'll kick the door shut behind him - somehow it stays in the frame - and walk you over to your couch. He'll sit down with you in his lap, and he'll just rub soothing circles into your back and shoulders and tell you that you're okay. If you want to tell him about your nightmare, he'll be an excellent listener, telling you things like "THAT SOUNDS TERRIFYING." "OH, THAT'S AWFUL!" and "I'M SO SORRY, DEAREST HUMAN." He doesn't sleep enough to get nightmares himself, so he doesn't truly get it, but it really does sound horrible to him. He'll be very very sympathetic to you, and give you all the comfort he can. When you mention that you're starting to get hungry, he'll immediately be ready to prepare special "NIGHTMARE-FREE SPAGHETTI!" to help you fight your future nightmares with the power of spaghetti and friendship! Please go help him in the kitchen. If it's not a team effort it's quickly going to turn into a fire fighting effort.

Mallorie is a bit of a lil bitch. If you wake him with a phone call in the middle of the night, he will answer by yelling at you, "SOMEONE HAD BETTER BE DYING OR SOMEONE SOON WILL BE!" You'll be well within your rights to hang up on him, honestly. If you hang up, he'll blink angrily, and pull back to see who was calling him at this unholy hour. When he sees it's you, he's going to go pale and immediately call you back to apologize for yelling at you. If you don't pick up he'll be showing up with flowers and chocolate once he's able to find a store that's open. If you do pick up he'll apologize, and if you never hung up in the first place, he's going to hear you crying and immediately feel horrible. "MY DEAR, I'M SO SORRY. PLEASE DON'T CRY," he'll tell you, almost begging. He never wants you to cry. He wishes he could see you. Then he shakes himself and shortcuts to your side. He's going to kneel down next to the bed and take your face in his hands so he can wipe away your tears. "DEARHEART, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU CRY. I'M SORRY." Once you manage to choke out that you're crying because you had a nightmare, he'll scoot up to sit beside you. "A NIGHTMARE? TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT." Oddly, Mallorie is used to nightmares. Russell gets them frequently. He'll encourage you to rest your head on his shoulder while you talk, and then he'll quietly listen and offer comforting comments when you trail off. Once you've talked yourself out, he'll ask if you want to go back to sleep. If you do, he'll tuck you in and ask where you want him, then do as you ask. He'll sing you quietly to sleep. If you don't, he'll get up with you, borrow some clothes, and make you crepes. Delicious crepes, and he'll pop back to his house for condiments and fresh fruit if you don't have any. He loves you and hates that he yelled at you when you needed him. He'll be making up for that for quite a while, he decides.

So!

Because the original Undertale crew broke their Barrier and came to their Surface world first - a world that remembered monsters and magic in fairytales, and that treats monsters as their own sovereign nation with its own laws and culture - that particular magical metaphysical Barrier weakened significantly across the multiverse.

Because in the og Undertale, the Underground was actually in its own pocket dimension.

With me so far?

No?

Aweeesomeeeeee...

Continuing!

Since that particular Barrier weakened first, all the other Undergrounds break through that Barrier in particular.

So a few years after Undertale broke through their Barrier and appeared on the Surface, Underswap broke through the same Barrier.

Cue the confusion of the century in that Surface world lol.

Eventually, Underfell also broke through that Barrier. Then Horrortale. Then Swapfell. Then Fellswap. Then finally Lusttale.

They're still waiting on more Undergrounds breaking through, and they now have a whole set of laws and protocols to follow in case of another Surfacing.

Every new alternate universe that Surfaces gets sponsored by monsters from already-present universes. Monsters from particularly volatile or strange universes are monitored a little more closely, but there haven't been many unexpected incidents.

And finally, on to your question of why all my skeles have new names.

The long and short of it is because it's fair.

When Underswap broke through the Barrier, they weren't expecting to meet more monsters. They certainly weren't expecting to meet alternate versions of themselves, all with the same names as their own.

So after a long series of talks and discussions about identity and the importance of welcoming all monsters equally, everyone decided to discuss with their alternates what their names should be.

Some Underswap monsters didn't mind changing their names. Some Undertale monsters felt the same. Some monsters really wanted to keep their names, and went with a "Grillby the First" and "Grillby the Second" option. Some altered just a bit of their names, and some chose entirely new ones, and some based them on nicknames they already had, or traits they liked or valued in themselves.

And then, when Underfell broke through their Barrier another few years later, Undertale and Underswap monsters were already expecting a new group of monsters to come through. They'd been paying attention to the remnants of the Barrier. They had a welcoming committee ready, with laws and customs to be explained.

And then each group of three met up and worked together to figure out the newcomers' names.

The more new universes emerge, the smoother the process goes.

It helps a lot that the more volatile alternates are emerging into the UT Surface, where they can finally relax.

Heavier Sleepers

Johnny Copperhead honestly should be a much lighter sleeper than he is. It would certainly make his brother’s life a lot less stressful. But this skeleton sleeps like, well, the dead. A bomb could go off in the vicinity of this guy, and all he’d do is roll over and grumble at Knox to stop testing weapons in the middle of the night. Knox will – and has, in fact – carry Johnny’s sleeping body out to their getaway car, in the midst of bullets flying and fire raging around them. Johnny needs his sleep. He won’t wake up until he’s damn good and ready. Knox used to try to get him to wake up, but he’s learned his lesson by now. When Johnny wakes up in a place he definitely didn’t fall asleep in, his first instinct is to check his brother for injuries. He actually hates being such a heavy sleeper, but nothing they’ve tried does any good. They’ve both come to accept this limitation and work around it in their chaotic lives. He sleeps in his clothes, boots included.

B is a heavy sleeper. Once he’s out, he’s out. He’ll wake up for midnight emergencies – if you need him, or (if you’ve got a kid in the house) for kiddo nightmares – but he’ll pass right back out once his head hits the pillow again, and he won’t remember anything that happened in between evening and morning. He doesn’t like to sleep anywhere except his bed, and it’s only partially because he gets terrible quality sleep anywhere except his bed. On top of the bad sleep, he also feels very foolish if he falls asleep, say, on the couch while watching magical girl anime. Just as a random example. Look, Sailor Moon is a classic, okay?? He sleeps in magical girl anime shirts and matching shorts. They may all have been marketed to women, but he isn’t bothered by that in the slightest. He knows he’s cute as hell.

San is quite a heavy sleeper, depending on where exactly he fell asleep. If he’s in his own bed, he’s out like a light. If he’s anywhere near Percival, he’s down for the count. Anywhere else? It’s a gamble whether he’s actually sleeping, or whether he’s just pretending to sleep to prank somebody. He’s extremely good at pretending to sleep. You won’t be able to tell the difference unless you do something silly, like try to balance hot dogs on his head while he’s asleep, or make an especially terrible pun within earshot. Then his snickering laughter will give him away. If he’s actually in bed, he sleeps in an old undershirt and boxers and either socks or the blanket tucked tightly around his feet. He cannot fall asleep with his hands and feet uncovered. There’s this entirely irrational fear he has that he’ll wake up to realize his phalanges are missing. If he’s not in bed, he falls asleep in his clothes. Sometimes he accessorizes for his joke naps with a too small sleeping cap.

Felix’s relationship with sleep is very odd. He’s a strange combination of a deep sleeper and an easy-waker. But he only wakes for certain sounds. The shifting of branches. The breaking of twigs. The susurrus of bushes being walked through. And especially the crunch of snow underfoot. When he hears those sounds, he’s instantly wide-awake, and he’s ready to hunt. It’ll take quite a lot of persuasion to get him back to bed without hunting whatever made the sound he heard, and you won’t always be able to manage it. Don’t worry. He’s not going to hurt anyone. Not now. But he won’t be able to resist play-hunting whatever or whoever made the noise. Just so he stays in practice. Just in case. Felix sleeps in a clean shirt and gym shorts, socks on and ready to step into his ‘sneakers’. He calls whatever footwear he’s sneaking around in his ‘sneakers’. Sometimes you will have to clarify which footwear he means exactly, especially if he asks you to pass them to him. He won’t wake you, he just thinks it’s funny to mess with people a little bit.

Russell sleeps the sleep of the heavily medicated. He’s been on sleeping pills for ages, and he probably takes an inadvisable amount of meds to get himself to knock all the way out. It’s something he needs to talk to his doctor about, but he’s quite reluctant. He likes sleeping deeply. And he’s pretty sure his body and mind just won’t rest without medication, at this point. He’s just starting to walk a long road to a healthy sleep situation, easing down from his current dosage to a more reasonable one, with help from his doctor. Russell sleeps in a long dress, an old style nightshirt that looks like a man’s striped dress shirt with a soft collar. It’s not a dress, Mallorie keeps telling him. He wears dresses, he knows what a dress is, but this is a night. Shirt. Say it with him Russell. Nightshirt. Dress, Russell will say back, shit-eating grin firmly in place.

Cobb doesn’t really sleep so much as he rests his eyes. He takes micro naps throughout the day, and he doesn’t really get any deep sleep. This probably influences a lot of his more absurd ideas, but if you try to bring this up to him he’ll just laugh at you. He’s going to have to crash and crash hard to consider that there might actually be something wrong with his sleep schedule. If you sit him down after a twenty hour long ‘nap’ and two missed shifts at work to tell him you’re worried about him, he’ll consider going to a sleep specialist. It’ll take a long time, because he’ll have to do a bunch of research on top of his already busy schedule, but eventually it’ll happen, and he’ll start trying to sleep more regularly. He’ll be incredibly bored laying in bed trying to sleep, so if you’re sleeping together, expect many bad nights ahead. He sleeps in various matching pajama sets, once he actually starts sleeping. He treats himself to a new set each week he stays on his sleep schedule at first, and then each month. Please do steal his pajamas and wear them around him. He’ll definitely appreciate it, whether they fit properly or not.

Mack sleeps like he’s been knocked out. And considering that he has been knocked out quite a few times in the ring, that’s not hyperbole. It might be due to head trauma. He should probably get that checked out. He won’t wake until someone puts in quite a bit of effort to get him up and at ‘em. He’ll be yawning and scrubbing his eyes and falling asleep standing with toast in his hand. Better get him some coffee, because this skeleton isn’t waking up without some help. He’s rather resistant to the idea of getting himself checked out for the whole possible head trauma thing. He says the ringside docs are good enough for him. It drives Cobb bonkers. He’ll only agree if you bring up how dangerous diving is with a head injury for humans. Surely it’s not all that different for monsters, is it? He’ll be taking a day off to drive himself to the doctor if you bring that up. He doesn’t want anything to jeopardize his diving. Turns out he’ll need to take some supplements to keep his head on straight, but he’s generally okay. The supplements won’t help him wake up at all, that’s just him, but it’s a good thing you pushed him to check. That could’ve been dangerous. Mack sleeps bare bones. And socks. Mainly so he can watch the disgruntled and disgusted and confused expressions on the faces of people who ask. It comes up fairly often, especially because he’ll have to borrow pajamas for any sleepovers at friends’ houses after game nights or parties.

Sparks sleeps like a well-adjusted, well-exercised monster should. He falls asleep easy and only wakes when he’s meant to. He’s been using the same alarm for years and he’s never gotten tired of it or stopped loving the song. Some say it’s witchcraft. Some say it’s luck. Sparks just says that he’s a superior being, then winks and saunters away. It’s adorably infuriating. He sleeps in lacy sleep bras and panties. He loves the look of lace on his bare bones, and he’ll want you to love it too. He buys new sets all the time, so you’ll rarely catch him in the same set twice, unless it’s an obvious favorite of yours. He’ll keep those for special occasions. He won’t ever tell you what he does with all the old sets, or how he gets enough money to buy new ones all the time, but you can probably guess. It doesn’t bother him, so if you’re his partner, it shouldn’t bother you either.

Lighter Sleepers

Knox Copperhead lives in a time and universe where he has to be alert and ready to run at a moment’s notice. He is, by necessity, a very light sleeper. He would much prefer to be a heavy sleeper, but he simply cannot afford the luxury of truly deep sleep. He resented Johnny for his deep sleep for a time, but now he sees it as the disadvantage it truly is. The only time Knox truly sleeps deeply is when he knows someone else is on watch. If it’s Johnny, he’ll sleep in a bed or curled up on whatever comfortable surface he can find. If it’s you, he’s going to want to sleep curled around you like a cat. You’ll most likely be able to use him as a backrest, so hope you don’t mind that. Also please don’t mind the drool. When he’s deeply asleep for once, he’ll drool like crazy. Wear washable clothes, or strategically position a washcloth by his mouth. He won’t wake until someone says his name or shakes him, now. But once he’s up, he’s wide awake.

Parlo is a light sleeper out of worn necessity, and he’ll never change. He honestly doesn’t want to. He likes his ability to spring out of bed and into action at the slightest provocation. He thinks it’s a healthy and correct response to attack whatever wakes him up, though these days he’s attacking with his sharp tongue instead of his sharp bone swords. Maybe you’ll be able to convince him that he’s wrong about that? He’ll find himself yelling at you one day for waking him up, and he never actually wanted to do that to you. That’ll be his breaking point, and he’ll be willing to talk to a professional about it after that, and it’ll help him a lot. He’ll eventually get to a point where he’ll feel comfortable waking slowly, taking in the morning quietly instead of jumping up and into action right away, but it’ll take a long time. He sleeps in a fabric version of his uniform at first, but then he’ll buy himself nice satin pajama sets, to help him really enjoy and indulge in sleeping.

Pan is a very light sleeper, and he hates it. He wakes up to every little noise, and it can make him rather irritable. He takes medication to help him sleep deeply, but he’ll still wake to loud enough disruptions, and once he wakes, he won’t be able to go back to sleep for some time, despite the medication he’s taken. It’s incredibly frustrating, and his dancers dread the days when he doesn’t get enough sleep. He finds aromatherapy to be very helpful in getting himself to sleep deeper, but again, it doesn’t always help him get back to sleep. He wears grotty old t-shirts and cotton briefs to sleep, and if you catch him wearing them you’re either trusted beyond measure or about to bear witness to an awful tirade about respecting his privacy. He’s very embarrassed to be seen in something so uncool. He doesn’t yet realize that this underlying nervousness is part of his sleeping problem. Once he starts wearing cool band shirts to bed, he’ll be much less embarrassed and stay asleep longer.

Rhett is a light sleeper by training, not by choice. He’d love to just sleep the days away, to let go and really indulge himself in sleep, but he just can’t. He’s been trained to be awake and available and ready to go at a moment’s notice, and it’s not like he can just turn that training off. He’s trying to teach himself to sleep deeper and more, now that he’s not in that toxic environment anymore, but it’s slow going. He’ll sleep deepest if you’re right beside him, snoring away, within arms reach where he can keep you safe. It’s a subconscious thing, and while he knows there’s not nearly as much to keep you safe from as there was before, he doesn’t really believe it. It’ll be years on the Surface before he can truly relax. He wears flannel cartoon pajama pants to sleep in. No shirt. He’ll joke that he wants to show off his impressive physique, but really he just hates how sweaty he gets at night if he sleeps with a shirt on.

Mallorie is a light sleeper. He’ll wake at the slightest out of place sound, so Angel help you if he catches you doing something random or strange in the middle of the night. If there aren’t any incorrect sounds to disturb his beauty rest, he’ll sleep the sleep of the just all the night through. Mallorie doesn’t need any help with his sleep. He doesn’t. You just need to go to bed as early as he does and that’s that. …He’ll figure out that that isn’t kind or healthy to ask of you eventually, but it’s gonna be a fight to get him to that point. He sleeps in a silk robe, on silk sheets. It’s all purple. He has multiple of the same robe, for when he ruins one somehow. They’re all purple.

Oliver sleeps lightly, but he won’t wake at sounds aside from his alarm. Instead, he’ll wake when something or someone with harmful intent walks into the range of his magic. It’s unconscious, the way Oliver spreads out his magic while he sleeps. It’s also the reason he sleeps so lightly. If he could just stop trying to protect everyone in his vicinity, he’d sleep a whole hell of a lot deeper. But he can’t. It’s an instinct that runs deep as his bones, one that’s sunk into his very soul. He had to keep up protection on all of Snowdin for so long that it’s beyond instinct by now. He’s used to living on the Surface, he doesn’t feel the need to spread out his magic while he’s awake anymore. But unfortunately, his subconscious mind won’t get the memo for years to come. Oliver sleeps in pajama shorts in the summer and pajama pants in the winter, with a contrasting and super soft tank top.

Percival is a rather light sleeper. He doesn’t sleep much at the best of times, and can often be found running around the track near his and San’s home instead of sleeping. He’ll run for miles, just to get himself tired enough to collapse into sleep. And then a barking dog will wake him up and it’ll all be for naught. Thankfully, his body has adapted to running on very little sleep. It’s not a healthy lifestyle, but he’s not too sure what can be done about it. Eventually he’ll go to a sleep clinic and get some medication, but it’ll be a very long time before he’ll feel comfortable taking that step. Percival sleeps in the shorts from his old battle body costume San made him way back when. They’re threadbare by now, but he loves them still. When they fall apart entirely he’s probably going to cry. And then San will make him another pair and the cycle will begin anew.

San will at least give you a pity laugh for even the lamest attempt at humor. He knows how shitty it feels to not get even a single laugh, and he's not gonna ever leave you hanging. But the way to get him wheezing with laughter? Build on his jokes. Get into a pun-off with him. Take his gag and run with it. He'll literally cry with laughter if you take the joke far enough. And then once you've done it once, you've got a running gag that you can pull out to have him in stitches at any time.

Percival really loves clever puns, and he will be tickled pink if you get good at them. Whether in writing or in spoken words, he'll be giggling over your tricksy wordplay. Especially if it's a little dark humor, though he'll feel rather bad for laughing, in that case. Don't call him out on it or he won't be comfortable laughing in front of you again. He too will give you the pity laugh for bad jokes, but it will be extremely obvious. He's not one for subtlety, this skeleton. So you better sharpen your wits if you want to make Percival laugh!

B is always laughing. He'll be laughing when he greets you, laughing when handing you the lunch he's packed you, laughing as you get into the car or onto the motorcycle together. This skeleton is made for sunshine and smiles and laughter. It's not hard to make B laugh. But to make him wheeze? To make him hold onto you for support as he tries to recover from laughing so hard it hurts? Surprise jokes that come outta nowhere.

Daryl is always smiling, and he looks like he's just a moment away from a smug chuckle at all times. But he rarely laughs aloud. You'll get a silent snicker when you make a silly mistake, or when you make a joke. The way to get him to really laugh is to pull a ridiculous face at him. He'll give you one loud bark of laughter, then blush like a lightbulb and try to play it off as nothing happening.

Rhett loves being happy. He will only laugh when he's actually really happy, so you gotta make sure to make him happy first. Then go in with the situational humor. He loves when you use the objects and world around you to make jokes. If you try to make him laugh when he's not already really happy, the most you'll get is a smirk. But if you give him a kiss and tell him someone's on the phone, then hand him a banana… You will have him laughing for sure.

Parlo enjoys a bit of schadenfreude. He'll laugh if you show him those videos where people fall down in funny ways. Not when animals are the ones getting hurt though. He'll gasp in dismay if a cat falls down, though he'll deny it after. If you really want to commit to the bit, fall down in front of him with something messy in your hands. He'll laugh his ass off, and probably won't be able to help you up, he'll be laughing so hard. He'll apologize after, but he'll still be chuckling a bit while doing so. Felix loves watching old comedies. The really ridiculous slapstick ones. The stupider the better, and the longer the better. He'll laugh extremely hard over all the jokes, no matter how many times he's seen the movie. If you decide to attempt to do the comedy for yourself, in an effort to make him laugh, he might actually hurt himself laughing. He'll cry with laughter if you somehow make the sketch even funnier than it was before.

Oliver giggles with joy every time he sees baby animals. He may also cry with happiness, but that's neither here nor there. Take him to a petting zoo and you will have a laughing, crying skeleton on your hands, while he'll have a lamb or a baby bunny in his hands. He especially loves watching them make fools of themselves trying to run around and do big animal things. He'd be happy to watch little animals doing their thing for hours, and he'll be giggling every time they do something cute.

Mallorie will laugh politely at political cartoons, but that's more of a scoff than anything. If you actually want to make him laugh, get him comfortable - alcohol or a long date would be your best bet - and then ask him to watch one of those newer comedies with you. One with lots of secondhand embarrassment. He loves it. He'll be full on cackling by the time the movie finishes.

Russell is practically made of nervous laughter. If you're looking for that, flirt with him. He'll be laughing in nerves and confusion for quite a while. But the thing that really gets him? Stupid humor. Think twelve-year-old boy humor. Fart jokes and 'your mom' all the way with this skeleton. Be prepared for giggles every single time you fart or burp loudly for the rest of your life.

Cobb is a tough cookie when it comes to laughter. If it's not maniacal, he's not comfortable being open with it. He is also, unfortunately for him, extremely ticklish. Please don't tickle him in public, he'll be so embarrassed. But in private? He actually loves to be able to unwind around you, and if you instigate a tickle war, you'll definitely win. He'll instigate them too, when he feels like losing to you and having fun doing it.

Mack will laugh at any joke you make. No joke is too foolish, and he gets every little funny thing you tell him. He loves laughing, and he loves laughing together with you. He'll take as many opportunities to laugh as he can get. Sometimes he'll just see a random animal or object and start laughing, remembering an old joke you or he or someone told him. Ask him to share it with you. It'll be so ridiculous you'll start laughing too. Johnny Copperhead will laugh every single time he's running away from trouble. He'll pull a job, and laugh while hiding. He'll be street racing, and he'll laugh while peeling out and evading the cops. Johnny Copperhead makes trouble everywhere he goes, and he'll be laughing all the while. If you join him on his misadventures, you'll be laughing too. His laughter is infectious.

Knox Copperhead laughs when he wins. Challenge him to something, and watch him get all competitive and then come out on top, laughing happily to himself. He also laughs at dirty jokes, the dirtier the better. The things he laughs at might make you turn bright red, and then he'll be laughing at you too.

Sparks doesn't actually laugh all that much. He prefers the slow, sultry grin, instead of laughter. But his well-hidden secret is that he laughs like a donkey when he watches bad horror movies. He just finds the scares so funny, and the acting is terrible, and the CGI is so badly-done! It's hilarious, and he'll be laughing so hard you'll worry it must hurt. You'll also find little bits of popcorn everywhere, because he will upend his bowl while laughing.