Ashes to Acid

***- Dr. Heinzen***

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## Information

"Ashes to Acid" is the 11th episode of the Ludicrous Laboratory, featuring and introducing Jacob, Heinzen, Mia. and the Supplier. (after credits) It has has 54 panels total including the ending screen and post-credits scene. In the episode, Heinzen accidentally releases a chemical into the atmosphere that may ruin the surrounding area.

## Synopsis

The episode begins with Jacob walking in, apologizing for being late due to court paperwork. Jacob sees Heinzen holding a jar of a cloudy substance, holding it far away from himself, visibly and audibly worried, wearing a Biohazard suit, stating he found the chemical from preserving hairspray for a much longer time span than needed. He pours the substance into a machine and results come out of a slot on a piece of paper. The paper says the chemical can produce acid rain that can burn through materials in buildings. Jacob immediately tells Heinzen to set the jar down, and he does so. Heinzen gets back to what he was originally experimenting with, pulling out a chemical. He states the chemical can combust with slight contact, and the chemical explodes right after he says so.

The clouds fly out the window, and Jacob gets upset at Heinzen. It starts raining outside, and Jacob rushes upstairs to see if it's melting through the lab, while Heinzen sorrowfully gathers his belongings. Jacob comes back down and says it's not melting through the lab, and Heinzen says he should go out in his Biohazard suit and collect the rain to see if it's acid. Jacob attempts to have Heinzen not go outside because it's a bad idea to go out with his unfinished suit, but Heinzen doesn't listen and immediately goes outside, un-phased by the rain.

Heinzen comes back inside and puts the liquid in the machine. It says it's just water, and Jacob is relieved, however he asks Heinzen to give him the results of last time to double check. Heinzen gives Jacob the results, and he realizes Heinzen mispronounced "Cumulus", and instead said the chemical was called "Columbus". Jacob tells Heinzen that's the name of a cloud, and Jacob asks how Heinzen "preserved" his hair spray. Heinzen says he put it in boiling water and ice, "like you're meant to". Jacob corrects Heinzen, saying he's seen online pages of hairspray put in boiling water and ice to make a cloud, and the paper saying "this chemical can melt solid materials found in buildings with acid rain" was saying that it could *only do it if certain chemical compounds were released into the atmosphere.* Jacob gets upset, and Mia walks in, asking why Jacob and Heinzen were yelling about the end of the world.

## Trivia

- This episode is the first of its kind to use hard edge lighting.

- The supplier end credits scene took around 4 hours to draw, a new record for TLL.

- Heinzen had the same puppet rig layer group for the entire episode.

- A black outline of the clouds were added onto the back layer so that they could be easily seen.

- The top floor of the laboratory was intended to be seen, however this was scrapped due to ruining the timing.

- This is the first time Mia's redesign is seen in the comic.

- This is the first time the new rebranded logo is seen in the comic.

1. ↑ The aforementioned court paperwork is succeeding the events in S2 E6: Court is now Incessant.