Fracture

"**Fracture**" is the eighth episode of the second season of *Lamput*, and the 54th episode of the series overall.

## Plot summary

*After a long history of chase, Lamput is paralyzed and hospitalized. Out of guilt, the docs help Lamput to rehabilitate. He slowly regains his strength and the docs cheer him on, until...*

## Characters featured

* Lamput
* Fat Doc
* Slim Doc
* Mr. Moustache (appears on a poster but not physically)

## Description

The episode begins with multiple flashbacks to the times the docs caught Lamput. The flashbacks are in black and white, with the exception of Lamput and certain other objects which are orange. When the flashbacks end, it's revealed in the present day that all those times the docs grabbed Lamput culminated in a fracture in the blob's skeleton, and Lamput is hospitalized. The hospital doctor gives the bad news about the fracture to Lamput, as well as to Fat Doc and Slim Doc who have arrived. The docs are worried about Lamput and enter his hospital room; Lamput is angry with them at first, but his mind immediately changes when the duo give him a present and a "get well" card.

A rehabilitation montage then starts. First, the docs have Lamput grab their hands and perform sit-ups; then, they have him try to morph into the shape of a vase, to no avail. The scene cuts to Lamput looking sadly out the window as it is raining outside, before Fat Doc pushes him away in his wheelchair. Later, a still sad Lamput is eating while staring at a happy-looking bobblehead decoration. The docs have Lamput perform more sit-ups, then practice walking, then try again to turn into a vase. Again, the attempt to turn into a vase fails.

That night, the docs help Lamput as he's sleeping, with Fat Doc fanning him with a magazine and Slim Doc swatting a fly off him. The next day, Lamput and the docs meditate on a beach in front of the setting sun. Back at the hospital, the docs have Lamput do push-ups. At this point, Lamput has trained well enough to do sit-ups by himself and punch one of the doc's hands; the docs also have Lamput stretch his neck. Lamput is instructed to turn into a vase a third time, and this time he succeeds.

Lamput is taken outside and released from his cast. The docs help Lamput to get off his wheelchair, and they and the other people there all cheer for him. Lamput starts to walk completely by himself and looks as if he's about to enter the arms of the docs, but runs off into the distance instead. The docs and the others are all happy for Lamput, but then the docs realize what just happened and chase after the blob.

## Trivia

### Series continuity

* The flashbacks at the beginning of the episode are almost all taken from earlier episodes. The specific episodes are, in order of appearance, "Bank Robbery", "Orange Camera", "Orange Umbrella", "Magic Show", "Bellbottoms", 'Signs", "Octopus", "Orange Rose", "Reward", and episode 38.

### Cultural references

* The song played throughout the rehabilitation montage that makes up most of the episode is deliberately made to sound like "Eye of the Tiger", a famous song by the band Survivor.
	+ It is possible that Lamput was actually singing this, by the way. However, he only spoke in gibberish words since this show almost never speaks.