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  | game-type                  = King of the Hill
 
  | file-name                  = koth_slaughter_event
 
  | map-image                  = Laughter main.jpg
 
  | developer                  = [https://steamcommunity.com/id/void001 Aeon 'Void' Bollig]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/divadan "Diva Dan"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/fuzzymellow "juniper"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/SexyRobot Zoey Smith]
 
  | release-date                = October 10, 2019
 
  | last-updated                = October 18, 2019
 
  | map-environment            = Carnival / Halloween
 
  | map-setting                = Night
 
  | map-hazards                = [[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodiles]], [[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloons|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
  | map-underworld-hazards      = [[Environmental_death#Health_drain|Health drain]], [[Environmental_death#Bomb_Head|Bomb Head]],<br/>[[Pitfall]]s <small>(only in certain rooms)</small>
 
  | map-stamp-link              = https://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/3833395
 
  | map-health-pickups-small    = 6
 
  | map-health-pickups-medium  = 7
 
  | map-health-pickups-large    = 0
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-small      = 6
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-medium    = 4
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-large      = 2
 
  | map-special-pickups-pumpkin = yes
 
}}
 
{{quotation|'''Laughter''' publicity blurb|The ride never ends... no refunds!<br><br>Laughter is a fast-paced King of the Hill event map with a focus on chaos and interaction. With a handful of fully-functioning carnival games, exploding balloons, and an otherworldly Funhouse, there's something for everyone on the pier - after all, you can't spell Slaughter without... Laughter!}}
 
 
 
'''Laughter''' is a community-made [[King of the Hill]] map of the '''Laughing Tides Amusement Park and Boardwalk''', released during the [[Scream Fortress 2019]] update. It is a [[Halloween maps|Halloween version]] of the [[custom map]] [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1712845210 Slaughter].
 
 
 
Laughter was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1872236402 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Features}}
 
== Attractions ==
 
=== Shooting Galleries ===
 
Each Spawn has a shooting gallery; stand on the footprints and shoot. Upon hitting ten enemy-colored targets in a row, the player is rewarded with a [[Halloween pumpkin]]. However, if the player hits a friendly-colored target, the game is reset with appropriate sound cues.
 
=== Throwing Games ===
 
Each side has a throwing game or two (Bottle Buster, Can-Can Ka-Blam, and Pumpkin Smash; respectively, [[w:Carnival game#List of carnival games|Carnival games ''Bottle Stand'', ''Tin Can Alley'', and ''Plate Break'']]); shoot the props to knock them around.
 
 
 
{{anchor|Fortune Teller}}
 
=== Misfortune Teller ===
 
Hit Robotic [[Merasmus]] up for a [[Halloween Boss voice responses#Merasmus|misfortune telling]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Underworld}}
 
 
 
=== Funhouse ===
 
Similar to other [[Halloween map|Scream Fortress maps]], Laughter features an [[Underworld|Underworldly]] [[w:Funhouse|Funhouse]] section. Periodically, doors near the control point open, which contain a portal to the Underworld. This Underworld requires players to navigate down a randomly generated Funhouse, which will contain 3 of the following:
 
* A twisted room
 
* A rotating barrel room
 
* A room with bouncing pads that bounce with unusual direction and force*
 
* A room with zig-zagging floors and ceilings
 
* A room with slanted platforms and rings of fire in between them*
 
* A room with a conveyor belt moving backward*
 
* An upside-down room where players must climb on several mantles to exit
 
* A room with several different doors in a hallway
 
* A room that gets increasingly small as you go along, with the exit being so small players must crouch to fit through
 
 
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> = The room contains a [[Environmental death#Pitfalls|bottomless pit]] (which makes it possible to die)
 
 
 
There is a small chance for the [[Bombinomicon]] to place a bomb on your head if you stay inside it for too long. Players may not place [[buildings]] in these rooms. Stepping into the last portal instantly teleports the player back into the main map, granting [[Invulnerability]], a 200% [[Overheal]], a Speed Boost, and a [[Critical hits|Crit Boost]] for a limited time.
 
 
 
== Locations ==
 
{|<!-- THE LOCATIONS MUST MATCH FOR THIS TABLE LAYOUT TO WORK -->
 
|-
 
|
 
;Locations
 
|
 
;RED Side
 
|
 
;BLU Side
 
|-
 
|'''Spawn:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Shooting Gallery:'''
 
|
 
* '''Badlands Bandito'''
 
|
 
* '''Pirate's Plunder'''
 
|-
 
|<br>'''Spawn Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Right Control Point [[Glossary of player terms#Flank|Flank]]:'''
 
|
 
* '''Bottle Buster'''
 
|
 
* '''Pumpkin Smash'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Midway:'''
 
|
 
* '''Robotic Sideshow'''
 
|
 
* '''Real Live Crocodiles'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Left Battlements Flanks:'''
 
** '''Stairs:'''
 
** '''High Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Low Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Point Overwatches:'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Gift Shop''',  .
 
* '''Ride Queue''', .
 
* '''Milk Toss'''/'''Hall of Mirrors'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Arcade'''
 
* '''Bumper Cars'''
 
* '''Bananarama'''/'''Can-Can Ka-Blam'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|-
 
|
 
'''Point Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Point Buildings:'''
 
** '''Upper Point Flank:'''
 
** '''Lower Point Flank:'''
 
|
 
* '''Sawmill ''of Love'':'''
 
** '''Log Loading'''
 
** '''Log Chute ''of Love'''''
 
|
 
* '''Mad Mansion:'''
 
** '''Hall of Hales'''
 
** '''Monster Basher'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Crocodile Pitfalls:'''
 
|
 
* '''Chomp'''
 
|
 
* '''Croc'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Ticket Stands'''
 
* '''Conveyor Belts'''
 
* '''Funhouse Gates'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
'''Control Point:'''<br>
 
'''Train Ride''', above.<br>
 
'''Underpass''', below.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event RED spawn.png| The inside of RED spawn.
 
File:Laughter badlands.jpg | Badlands Bandito.
 
File:Laughter gift.jpg| Gift shop.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event BLU courtyard.png|The courtyard outside BLU spawn.
 
File:Laughter pirate.jpg | Pirate's Plunder.
 
File:Laughter arcade.jpg| Arcade.
 
</gallery>
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter bottle.jpg| Bottle Buster.
 
File:Laughter sawmill.jpg | Sawmill of Love.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter pumpkin.jpg| Pumpkin Smash.
 
File:Laughter monster.jpg | Monster Basher.
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor corridor.png|The entrance to the corridor with conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor.png|The main point, as seen from the conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event underpass.png|The underpass under the control point.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
 
;Underworld
 
See [[Laughter#Features|Features]] for a full list of rooms.
 
<gallery>
 
File:Laughter under1.jpg|Rings of fire.
 
File:Laughter under2.jpg|A long hallway.
 
File:Laughter under3.jpg|Bounce pads.
 
File:Laughter under4.jpg|A series of hallways.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
== Strategy ==
 
{{Community strategy stub link}}
 
{{main|Community Laughter strategy}}
 
 
 
== Update history ==
 
'''{{Patch name|10|10|2019}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2019]])
 
* Added Laughter to the game.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|11|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed players being able to survive and build in the crocodile pit.
 
* Fixed an issue with the conveyor in the Funhouse.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|16|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed a spot where players could spam the Underworld exit effect.
 
* Fixed a sightline into the [[Respawn#Respawn|spawn room]]s.
 
* Fixed players being able to perch on flood lights.
 
* Implemented additional prop fades to increase performance.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|18|2019}}'''
 
*Fixed a server crash exploit with the Shooting Galleries
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The old time spiral slide is a [[w:Helter skelter (ride)|Helter Skelter]] ride.
 
* A skull with a glowing blue eye with the upper part of a [[Paka Parka]] can be found in an inaccessible area on the terrace behind the BLU spawn. This is a reference to [https://undertale.fandom.com/wiki/Sans Sans], a character from the game [[Wikipedia:Undertale|''Undertale'']].
 
*A [[Sledder's Sidekick]] wearing a Scout's headset can be found looking at a group of monitors within one the ending sections of the Underworld. This is a reference to the secret [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDcSeUvkOw "Dog Ending"] of the game [[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 2|''Silent Hill 2'']]. The monitor screens show various locations from Slaughter, the original non-event version of Laughter.
 
* The map contains multiple Easter eggs referencing popular online streamers:
 
** One of the two shops behind RED spawn is named Vinny's Water Ice. This is a reference to streamer and founder of Vinesauce, Vinesauce Vinny.
 
** Behind the window on the upper floor of the RED tunnel, a skull with glowing red eyes can be seen, wearing a blue [[Toadstool Topper]] with [[Grenadier Helm]]'s horns. This is a reference to fellow Vinesauce streamer, Vargskelethor Joel.
 
** There is an attraction just outside of RED spawn called J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow. This is a reference to another popular streamer, Jerma985.
 
* There is a broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann]] animatronic in the sewer tunnel under RED spawn. Shooting it will cause it to play various [[Demoman Robot]] voice responses.
 
**Another Horsemann animatronic can be found propped up against a [[Necro Smasher]] at the Pumpkin Smash attraction. Hitting it will cause it to play various unused [[Pumpkin bomb]] voice responses.
 
* In the gift shop, license plates reading "BORT" can be found. This is a reference to a joke in the [https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Land "Itchy & Scratchy Land"] episode of [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']].
 
* Posters for "Yeti Cakes" and "Moffitt Tops" can also be found within the gift shop. These are a reference to similar posters featured in the game [[Wikipedia:Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee|''Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee'']]
 
* A green skull wearing a [[Pyromancer's Hood]] can be found behind the Madd Manor building on the roof. This skull bears a resemblance to [https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Skeletor Skeletor], the main antagonist of the [[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|''Masters of the Universe'']] franchise.
 
* A skull with red eyes tipping an [[Ebenezer]] can be found in the queue area above the gift shop. This is a reference to the titular character of the [[w:Internet meme|internet meme]] [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mr-bones-wild-ride "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride"].
 
* Another skull is on the roof under the Ferris wheel, wearing a [[Ye Olde Baker Boy]].
 
* A skeleton wearing a blue [[Foul Cowl]] can be found peeking out of a coffin in the Monster Basher.
 
*Outside the Tunnel of Love near RED spawn, two [[Archimedes]] doves can be found on the rails close to the rooftops, with the Cloud 9 [[Unusual]] effect over them.
 
*The [[Environmental death|crocodiles]] that swim underneath the control point each wear a team-colored [[Sydney Straw Boat]].
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Koth slaughter event skull.png|The skull behind BLU spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event merasmus.png|Robotic [[Carnival of Carnage|fortune teller]] ([[Merasmus]])
 
File:Koth slaughter event croc.png|[[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodile hazard]]
 
File:Laughter outside.jpg|Beach under the pier and city skyline
 
File:Laughter ride.jpg|[[w:Log flume (ride)|Log flume]]/[[w:Old Mill (ride)#Tunnel of love|Tunnel of love]]
 
File:Koth slaughter event hhh.png|Broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann|HHH]] animatronic under RED spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event joel.png|Skull on the log chute loading area
 
File:Koth slaughter event vinny.png|Vinny's Water Ice
 
File:Koth slaughter event jelbertson.png|J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow
 
File:Dynamite Balloons.jpeg|[[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloon|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
File:Laughter skele2.jpg|thumb|Skull on the roof of Mad Manor
 
File:Koth slaughter event yeti cakes.jpg|thumb|Yeti Cakes poster in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter skele1.jpg|thumb|Skull in the queue<!-- queue is a line --> above the Gift Shop
 
File:Koth slaughter event bort.jpg|thumb|"BORT" license plates in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter RE.jpg|"Dog ending" easter egg in the Funhouse
 
File:Laughter skele3.jpg|Skeleton on the roof under the Ferris wheel
 
</gallery>
 
{{Scream Fortress 2019 Nav}}
 
{{Halloween Map Nav}}
 
{{Maps Nav}}
 
{{Map infobox
 
  | game-type                  = King of the Hill
 
  | file-name                  = koth_slaughter_event
 
  | map-image                  = Laughter main.jpg
 
  | developer                  = [https://steamcommunity.com/id/void001 Aeon 'Void' Bollig]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/divadan "Diva Dan"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/fuzzymellow "juniper"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/SexyRobot Zoey Smith]
 
  | release-date                = October 10, 2019
 
  | last-updated                = October 18, 2019
 
  | map-environment            = Carnival / Halloween
 
  | map-setting                = Night
 
  | map-hazards                = [[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodiles]], [[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloons|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
  | map-underworld-hazards      = [[Environmental_death#Health_drain|Health drain]], [[Environmental_death#Bomb_Head|Bomb Head]],<br/>[[Pitfall]]s <small>(only in certain rooms)</small>
 
  | map-stamp-link              = https://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/3833395
 
  | map-health-pickups-small    = 6
 
  | map-health-pickups-medium  = 7
 
  | map-health-pickups-large    = 0
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-small      = 6
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-medium    = 4
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-large      = 2
 
  | map-special-pickups-pumpkin = yes
 
}}
 
{{quotation|'''Laughter''' publicity blurb|The ride never ends... no refunds!<br><br>Laughter is a fast-paced King of the Hill event map with a focus on chaos and interaction. With a handful of fully-functioning carnival games, exploding balloons, and an otherworldly Funhouse, there's something for everyone on the pier - after all, you can't spell Slaughter without... Laughter!}}
 
 
 
'''Laughter''' is a community-made [[King of the Hill]] map of the '''Laughing Tides Amusement Park and Boardwalk''', released during the [[Scream Fortress 2019]] update. It is a [[Halloween maps|Halloween version]] of the [[custom map]] [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1712845210 Slaughter].
 
 
 
Laughter was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1872236402 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Features}}
 
== Attractions ==
 
=== Shooting Galleries ===
 
Each Spawn has a shooting gallery; stand on the footprints and shoot. Upon hitting ten enemy-colored targets in a row, the player is rewarded with a [[Halloween pumpkin]]. However, if the player hits a friendly-colored target, the game is reset with appropriate sound cues.
 
=== Throwing Games ===
 
Each side has a throwing game or two (Bottle Buster, Can-Can Ka-Blam, and Pumpkin Smash; respectively, [[w:Carnival game#List of carnival games|Carnival games ''Bottle Stand'', ''Tin Can Alley'', and ''Plate Break'']]); shoot the props to knock them around.
 
 
 
{{anchor|Fortune Teller}}
 
=== Misfortune Teller ===
 
Hit Robotic [[Merasmus]] up for a [[Halloween Boss voice responses#Merasmus|misfortune telling]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Underworld}}
 
 
 
=== Funhouse ===
 
Similar to other [[Halloween map|Scream Fortress maps]], Laughter features an [[Underworld|Underworldly]] [[w:Funhouse|Funhouse]] section. Periodically, doors near the control point open, which contain a portal to the Underworld. This Underworld requires players to navigate down a randomly generated Funhouse, which will contain 3 of the following:
 
* A twisted room
 
* A rotating barrel room
 
* A room with bouncing pads that bounce with unusual direction and force*
 
* A room with zig-zagging floors and ceilings
 
* A room with slanted platforms and rings of fire in between them*
 
* A room with a conveyor belt moving backward*
 
* An upside-down room where players must climb on several mantles to exit
 
* A room with several different doors in a hallway
 
* A room that gets increasingly small as you go along, with the exit being so small players must crouch to fit through
 
 
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> = The room contains a [[Environmental death#Pitfalls|bottomless pit]] (which makes it possible to die)
 
 
 
There is a small chance for the [[Bombinomicon]] to place a bomb on your head if you stay inside it for too long. Players may not place [[buildings]] in these rooms. Stepping into the last portal instantly teleports the player back into the main map, granting [[Invulnerability]], a 200% [[Overheal]], a Speed Boost, and a [[Critical hits|Crit Boost]] for a limited time.
 
 
 
== Locations ==
 
{|<!-- THE LOCATIONS MUST MATCH FOR THIS TABLE LAYOUT TO WORK -->
 
|-
 
|
 
;Locations
 
|
 
;RED Side
 
|
 
;BLU Side
 
|-
 
|'''Spawn:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Shooting Gallery:'''
 
|
 
* '''Badlands Bandito'''
 
|
 
* '''Pirate's Plunder'''
 
|-
 
|<br>'''Spawn Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Right Control Point [[Glossary of player terms#Flank|Flank]]:'''
 
|
 
* '''Bottle Buster'''
 
|
 
* '''Pumpkin Smash'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Midway:'''
 
|
 
* '''Robotic Sideshow'''
 
|
 
* '''Real Live Crocodiles'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Left Battlements Flanks:'''
 
** '''Stairs:'''
 
** '''High Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Low Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Point Overwatches:'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Gift Shop''',  .
 
* '''Ride Queue''', .
 
* '''Milk Toss'''/'''Hall of Mirrors'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Arcade'''
 
* '''Bumper Cars'''
 
* '''Bananarama'''/'''Can-Can Ka-Blam'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|-
 
|
 
'''Point Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Point Buildings:'''
 
** '''Upper Point Flank:'''
 
** '''Lower Point Flank:'''
 
|
 
* '''Sawmill ''of Love'':'''
 
** '''Log Loading'''
 
** '''Log Chute ''of Love'''''
 
|
 
* '''Mad Mansion:'''
 
** '''Hall of Hales'''
 
** '''Monster Basher'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Crocodile Pitfalls:'''
 
|
 
* '''Chomp'''
 
|
 
* '''Croc'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Ticket Stands'''
 
* '''Conveyor Belts'''
 
* '''Funhouse Gates'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
'''Control Point:'''<br>
 
'''Train Ride''', above.<br>
 
'''Underpass''', below.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event RED spawn.png| The inside of RED spawn.
 
File:Laughter badlands.jpg | Badlands Bandito.
 
File:Laughter gift.jpg| Gift shop.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event BLU courtyard.png|The courtyard outside BLU spawn.
 
File:Laughter pirate.jpg | Pirate's Plunder.
 
File:Laughter arcade.jpg| Arcade.
 
</gallery>
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter bottle.jpg| Bottle Buster.
 
File:Laughter sawmill.jpg | Sawmill of Love.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter pumpkin.jpg| Pumpkin Smash.
 
File:Laughter monster.jpg | Monster Basher.
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor corridor.png|The entrance to the corridor with conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor.png|The main point, as seen from the conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event underpass.png|The underpass under the control point.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
 
;Underworld
 
See [[Laughter#Features|Features]] for a full list of rooms.
 
<gallery>
 
File:Laughter under1.jpg|Rings of fire.
 
File:Laughter under2.jpg|A long hallway.
 
File:Laughter under3.jpg|Bounce pads.
 
File:Laughter under4.jpg|A series of hallways.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
== Strategy ==
 
{{Community strategy stub link}}
 
{{main|Community Laughter strategy}}
 
 
 
== Update history ==
 
'''{{Patch name|10|10|2019}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2019]])
 
* Added Laughter to the game.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|11|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed players being able to survive and build in the crocodile pit.
 
* Fixed an issue with the conveyor in the Funhouse.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|16|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed a spot where players could spam the Underworld exit effect.
 
* Fixed a sightline into the [[Respawn#Respawn|spawn room]]s.
 
* Fixed players being able to perch on flood lights.
 
* Implemented additional prop fades to increase performance.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|18|2019}}'''
 
*Fixed a server crash exploit with the Shooting Galleries
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The old time spiral slide is a [[w:Helter skelter (ride)|Helter Skelter]] ride.
 
* A skull with a glowing blue eye with the upper part of a [[Paka Parka]] can be found in an inaccessible area on the terrace behind the BLU spawn. This is a reference to [https://undertale.fandom.com/wiki/Sans Sans], a character from the game [[Wikipedia:Undertale|''Undertale'']].
 
*A [[Sledder's Sidekick]] wearing a Scout's headset can be found looking at a group of monitors within one the ending sections of the Underworld. This is a reference to the secret [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDcSeUvkOw "Dog Ending"] of the game [[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 2|''Silent Hill 2'']]. The monitor screens show various locations from Slaughter, the original non-event version of Laughter.
 
* The map contains multiple Easter eggs referencing popular online streamers:
 
** One of the two shops behind RED spawn is named Vinny's Water Ice. This is a reference to streamer and founder of Vinesauce, Vinesauce Vinny.
 
** Behind the window on the upper floor of the RED tunnel, a skull with glowing red eyes can be seen, wearing a blue [[Toadstool Topper]] with [[Grenadier Helm]]'s horns. This is a reference to fellow Vinesauce streamer, Vargskelethor Joel.
 
** There is an attraction just outside of RED spawn called J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow. This is a reference to another popular streamer, Jerma985.
 
* There is a broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann]] animatronic in the sewer tunnel under RED spawn. Shooting it will cause it to play various [[Demoman Robot]] voice responses.
 
**Another Horsemann animatronic can be found propped up against a [[Necro Smasher]] at the Pumpkin Smash attraction. Hitting it will cause it to play various unused [[Pumpkin bomb]] voice responses.
 
* In the gift shop, license plates reading "BORT" can be found. This is a reference to a joke in the [https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Land "Itchy & Scratchy Land"] episode of [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']].
 
* Posters for "Yeti Cakes" and "Moffitt Tops" can also be found within the gift shop. These are a reference to similar posters featured in the game [[Wikipedia:Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee|''Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee'']]
 
* A green skull wearing a [[Pyromancer's Hood]] can be found behind the Madd Manor building on the roof. This skull bears a resemblance to [https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Skeletor Skeletor], the main antagonist of the [[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|''Masters of the Universe'']] franchise.
 
* A skull with red eyes tipping an [[Ebenezer]] can be found in the queue area above the gift shop. This is a reference to the titular character of the [[w:Internet meme|internet meme]] [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mr-bones-wild-ride "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride"].
 
* Another skull is on the roof under the Ferris wheel, wearing a [[Ye Olde Baker Boy]].
 
* A skeleton wearing a blue [[Foul Cowl]] can be found peeking out of a coffin in the Monster Basher.
 
*Outside the Tunnel of Love near RED spawn, two [[Archimedes]] doves can be found on the rails close to the rooftops, with the Cloud 9 [[Unusual]] effect over them.
 
*The [[Environmental death|crocodiles]] that swim underneath the control point each wear a team-colored [[Sydney Straw Boat]].
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Koth slaughter event skull.png|The skull behind BLU spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event merasmus.png|Robotic [[Carnival of Carnage|fortune teller]] ([[Merasmus]])
 
File:Koth slaughter event croc.png|[[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodile hazard]]
 
File:Laughter outside.jpg|Beach under the pier and city skyline
 
File:Laughter ride.jpg|[[w:Log flume (ride)|Log flume]]/[[w:Old Mill (ride)#Tunnel of love|Tunnel of love]]
 
File:Koth slaughter event hhh.png|Broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann|HHH]] animatronic under RED spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event joel.png|Skull on the log chute loading area
 
File:Koth slaughter event vinny.png|Vinny's Water Ice
 
File:Koth slaughter event jelbertson.png|J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow
 
File:Dynamite Balloons.jpeg|[[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloon|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
File:Laughter skele2.jpg|thumb|Skull on the roof of Mad Manor
 
File:Koth slaughter event yeti cakes.jpg|thumb|Yeti Cakes poster in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter skele1.jpg|thumb|Skull in the queue<!-- queue is a line --> above the Gift Shop
 
File:Koth slaughter event bort.jpg|thumb|"BORT" license plates in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter RE.jpg|"Dog ending" easter egg in the Funhouse
 
File:Laughter skele3.jpg|Skeleton on the roof under the Ferris wheel
 
</gallery>
 
{{Scream Fortress 2019 Nav}}
 
{{Halloween Map Nav}}
 
{{Maps Nav}}
 
{{Map infobox
 
  | game-type                  = King of the Hill
 
  | file-name                  = koth_slaughter_event
 
  | map-image                  = Laughter main.jpg
 
  | developer                  = [https://steamcommunity.com/id/void001 Aeon 'Void' Bollig]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/divadan "Diva Dan"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/fuzzymellow "juniper"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/SexyRobot Zoey Smith]
 
  | release-date                = October 10, 2019
 
  | last-updated                = October 18, 2019
 
  | map-environment            = Carnival / Halloween
 
  | map-setting                = Night
 
  | map-hazards                = [[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodiles]], [[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloons|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
  | map-underworld-hazards      = [[Environmental_death#Health_drain|Health drain]], [[Environmental_death#Bomb_Head|Bomb Head]],<br/>[[Pitfall]]s <small>(only in certain rooms)</small>
 
  | map-stamp-link              = https://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/3833395
 
  | map-health-pickups-small    = 6
 
  | map-health-pickups-medium  = 7
 
  | map-health-pickups-large    = 0
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-small      = 6
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-medium    = 4
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-large      = 2
 
  | map-special-pickups-pumpkin = yes
 
}}
 
{{quotation|'''Laughter''' publicity blurb|The ride never ends... no refunds!<br><br>Laughter is a fast-paced King of the Hill event map with a focus on chaos and interaction. With a handful of fully-functioning carnival games, exploding balloons, and an otherworldly Funhouse, there's something for everyone on the pier - after all, you can't spell Slaughter without... Laughter!}}
 
 
 
'''Laughter''' is a community-made [[King of the Hill]] map of the '''Laughing Tides Amusement Park and Boardwalk''', released during the [[Scream Fortress 2019]] update. It is a [[Halloween maps|Halloween version]] of the [[custom map]] [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1712845210 Slaughter].
 
 
 
Laughter was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1872236402 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Features}}
 
== Attractions ==
 
=== Shooting Galleries ===
 
Each Spawn has a shooting gallery; stand on the footprints and shoot. Upon hitting ten enemy-colored targets in a row, the player is rewarded with a [[Halloween pumpkin]]. However, if the player hits a friendly-colored target, the game is reset with appropriate sound cues.
 
=== Throwing Games ===
 
Each side has a throwing game or two (Bottle Buster, Can-Can Ka-Blam, and Pumpkin Smash; respectively, [[w:Carnival game#List of carnival games|Carnival games ''Bottle Stand'', ''Tin Can Alley'', and ''Plate Break'']]); shoot the props to knock them around.
 
 
 
{{anchor|Fortune Teller}}
 
=== Misfortune Teller ===
 
Hit Robotic [[Merasmus]] up for a [[Halloween Boss voice responses#Merasmus|misfortune telling]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Underworld}}
 
 
 
=== Funhouse ===
 
Similar to other [[Halloween map|Scream Fortress maps]], Laughter features an [[Underworld|Underworldly]] [[w:Funhouse|Funhouse]] section. Periodically, doors near the control point open, which contain a portal to the Underworld. This Underworld requires players to navigate down a randomly generated Funhouse, which will contain 3 of the following:
 
* A twisted room
 
* A rotating barrel room
 
* A room with bouncing pads that bounce with unusual direction and force*
 
* A room with zig-zagging floors and ceilings
 
* A room with slanted platforms and rings of fire in between them*
 
* A room with a conveyor belt moving backward*
 
* An upside-down room where players must climb on several mantles to exit
 
* A room with several different doors in a hallway
 
* A room that gets increasingly small as you go along, with the exit being so small players must crouch to fit through
 
 
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> = The room contains a [[Environmental death#Pitfalls|bottomless pit]] (which makes it possible to die)
 
 
 
There is a small chance for the [[Bombinomicon]] to place a bomb on your head if you stay inside it for too long. Players may not place [[buildings]] in these rooms. Stepping into the last portal instantly teleports the player back into the main map, granting [[Invulnerability]], a 200% [[Overheal]], a Speed Boost, and a [[Critical hits|Crit Boost]] for a limited time.
 
 
 
== Locations ==
 
{|<!-- THE LOCATIONS MUST MATCH FOR THIS TABLE LAYOUT TO WORK -->
 
|-
 
|
 
;Locations
 
|
 
;RED Side
 
|
 
;BLU Side
 
|-
 
|'''Spawn:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Shooting Gallery:'''
 
|
 
* '''Badlands Bandito'''
 
|
 
* '''Pirate's Plunder'''
 
|-
 
|<br>'''Spawn Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Right Control Point [[Glossary of player terms#Flank|Flank]]:'''
 
|
 
* '''Bottle Buster'''
 
|
 
* '''Pumpkin Smash'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Midway:'''
 
|
 
* '''Robotic Sideshow'''
 
|
 
* '''Real Live Crocodiles'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Left Battlements Flanks:'''
 
** '''Stairs:'''
 
** '''High Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Low Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Point Overwatches:'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Gift Shop''',  .
 
* '''Ride Queue''', .
 
* '''Milk Toss'''/'''Hall of Mirrors'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Arcade'''
 
* '''Bumper Cars'''
 
* '''Bananarama'''/'''Can-Can Ka-Blam'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|-
 
|
 
'''Point Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Point Buildings:'''
 
** '''Upper Point Flank:'''
 
** '''Lower Point Flank:'''
 
|
 
* '''Sawmill ''of Love'':'''
 
** '''Log Loading'''
 
** '''Log Chute ''of Love'''''
 
|
 
* '''Mad Mansion:'''
 
** '''Hall of Hales'''
 
** '''Monster Basher'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Crocodile Pitfalls:'''
 
|
 
* '''Chomp'''
 
|
 
* '''Croc'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Ticket Stands'''
 
* '''Conveyor Belts'''
 
* '''Funhouse Gates'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
'''Control Point:'''<br>
 
'''Train Ride''', above.<br>
 
'''Underpass''', below.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event RED spawn.png| The inside of RED spawn.
 
File:Laughter badlands.jpg | Badlands Bandito.
 
File:Laughter gift.jpg| Gift shop.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event BLU courtyard.png|The courtyard outside BLU spawn.
 
File:Laughter pirate.jpg | Pirate's Plunder.
 
File:Laughter arcade.jpg| Arcade.
 
</gallery>
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter bottle.jpg| Bottle Buster.
 
File:Laughter sawmill.jpg | Sawmill of Love.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter pumpkin.jpg| Pumpkin Smash.
 
File:Laughter monster.jpg | Monster Basher.
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor corridor.png|The entrance to the corridor with conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor.png|The main point, as seen from the conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event underpass.png|The underpass under the control point.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
 
;Underworld
 
See [[Laughter#Features|Features]] for a full list of rooms.
 
<gallery>
 
File:Laughter under1.jpg|Rings of fire.
 
File:Laughter under2.jpg|A long hallway.
 
File:Laughter under3.jpg|Bounce pads.
 
File:Laughter under4.jpg|A series of hallways.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
== Strategy ==
 
{{Community strategy stub link}}
 
{{main|Community Laughter strategy}}
 
 
 
== Update history ==
 
'''{{Patch name|10|10|2019}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2019]])
 
* Added Laughter to the game.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|11|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed players being able to survive and build in the crocodile pit.
 
* Fixed an issue with the conveyor in the Funhouse.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|16|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed a spot where players could spam the Underworld exit effect.
 
* Fixed a sightline into the [[Respawn#Respawn|spawn room]]s.
 
* Fixed players being able to perch on flood lights.
 
* Implemented additional prop fades to increase performance.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|18|2019}}'''
 
*Fixed a server crash exploit with the Shooting Galleries
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The old time spiral slide is a [[w:Helter skelter (ride)|Helter Skelter]] ride.
 
* A skull with a glowing blue eye with the upper part of a [[Paka Parka]] can be found in an inaccessible area on the terrace behind the BLU spawn. This is a reference to [https://undertale.fandom.com/wiki/Sans Sans], a character from the game [[Wikipedia:Undertale|''Undertale'']].
 
*A [[Sledder's Sidekick]] wearing a Scout's headset can be found looking at a group of monitors within one the ending sections of the Underworld. This is a reference to the secret [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDcSeUvkOw "Dog Ending"] of the game [[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 2|''Silent Hill 2'']]. The monitor screens show various locations from Slaughter, the original non-event version of Laughter.
 
* The map contains multiple Easter eggs referencing popular online streamers:
 
** One of the two shops behind RED spawn is named Vinny's Water Ice. This is a reference to streamer and founder of Vinesauce, Vinesauce Vinny.
 
** Behind the window on the upper floor of the RED tunnel, a skull with glowing red eyes can be seen, wearing a blue [[Toadstool Topper]] with [[Grenadier Helm]]'s horns. This is a reference to fellow Vinesauce streamer, Vargskelethor Joel.
 
** There is an attraction just outside of RED spawn called J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow. This is a reference to another popular streamer, Jerma985.
 
* There is a broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann]] animatronic in the sewer tunnel under RED spawn. Shooting it will cause it to play various [[Demoman Robot]] voice responses.
 
**Another Horsemann animatronic can be found propped up against a [[Necro Smasher]] at the Pumpkin Smash attraction. Hitting it will cause it to play various unused [[Pumpkin bomb]] voice responses.
 
* In the gift shop, license plates reading "BORT" can be found. This is a reference to a joke in the [https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Land "Itchy & Scratchy Land"] episode of [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']].
 
* Posters for "Yeti Cakes" and "Moffitt Tops" can also be found within the gift shop. These are a reference to similar posters featured in the game [[Wikipedia:Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee|''Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee'']]
 
* A green skull wearing a [[Pyromancer's Hood]] can be found behind the Madd Manor building on the roof. This skull bears a resemblance to [https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Skeletor Skeletor], the main antagonist of the [[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|''Masters of the Universe'']] franchise.
 
* A skull with red eyes tipping an [[Ebenezer]] can be found in the queue area above the gift shop. This is a reference to the titular character of the [[w:Internet meme|internet meme]] [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mr-bones-wild-ride "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride"].
 
* Another skull is on the roof under the Ferris wheel, wearing a [[Ye Olde Baker Boy]].
 
* A skeleton wearing a blue [[Foul Cowl]] can be found peeking out of a coffin in the Monster Basher.
 
*Outside the Tunnel of Love near RED spawn, two [[Archimedes]] doves can be found on the rails close to the rooftops, with the Cloud 9 [[Unusual]] effect over them.
 
*The [[Environmental death|crocodiles]] that swim underneath the control point each wear a team-colored [[Sydney Straw Boat]].
 
 
 
== Gallery =={{Map infobox
 
  | game-type                  = King of the Hill
 
  | file-name                  = koth_slaughter_event
 
  | map-image                  = Laughter main.jpg
 
  | developer                  = [https://steamcommunity.com/id/void001 Aeon 'Void' Bollig]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/divadan "Diva Dan"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/fuzzymellow "juniper"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/SexyRobot Zoey Smith]
 
  | release-date                = October 10, 2019
 
  | last-updated                = October 18, 2019
 
  | map-environment            = Carnival / Halloween
 
  | map-setting                = Night
 
  | map-hazards                = [[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodiles]], [[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloons|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
  | map-underworld-hazards      = [[Environmental_death#Health_drain|Health drain]], [[Environmental_death#Bomb_Head|Bomb Head]],<br/>[[Pitfall]]s <small>(only in certain rooms)</small>
 
  | map-stamp-link              = https://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/3833395
 
  | map-health-pickups-small    = 6
 
  | map-health-pickups-medium  = 7
 
  | map-health-pickups-large    = 0
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-small      = 6
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-medium    = 4
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-large      = 2
 
  | map-special-pickups-pumpkin = yes
 
}}
 
{{quotation|'''Laughter''' publicity blurb|The ride never ends... no refunds!<br><br>Laughter is a fast-paced King of the Hill event map with a focus on chaos and interaction. With a handful of fully-functioning carnival games, exploding balloons, and an otherworldly Funhouse, there's something for everyone on the pier - after all, you can't spell Slaughter without... Laughter!}}
 
 
 
'''Laughter''' is a community-made [[King of the Hill]] map of the '''Laughing Tides Amusement Park and Boardwalk''', released during the [[Scream Fortress 2019]] update. It is a [[Halloween maps|Halloween version]] of the [[custom map]] [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1712845210 Slaughter].
 
 
 
Laughter was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1872236402 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Features}}
 
== Attractions ==
 
=== Shooting Galleries ===
 
Each Spawn has a shooting gallery; stand on the footprints and shoot. Upon hitting ten enemy-colored targets in a row, the player is rewarded with a [[Halloween pumpkin]]. However, if the player hits a friendly-colored target, the game is reset with appropriate sound cues.
 
=== Throwing Games ===
 
Each side has a throwing game or two (Bottle Buster, Can-Can Ka-Blam, and Pumpkin Smash; respectively, [[w:Carnival game#List of carnival games|Carnival games ''Bottle Stand'', ''Tin Can Alley'', and ''Plate Break'']]); shoot the props to knock them around.
 
 
 
{{anchor|Fortune Teller}}
 
=== Misfortune Teller ===
 
Hit Robotic [[Merasmus]] up for a [[Halloween Boss voice responses#Merasmus|misfortune telling]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Underworld}}
 
 
 
=== Funhouse ===
 
Similar to other [[Halloween map|Scream Fortress maps]], Laughter features an [[Underworld|Underworldly]] [[w:Funhouse|Funhouse]] section. Periodically, doors near the control point open, which contain a portal to the Underworld. This Underworld requires players to navigate down a randomly generated Funhouse, which will contain 3 of the following:
 
* A twisted room
 
* A rotating barrel room
 
* A room with bouncing pads that bounce with unusual direction and force*
 
* A room with zig-zagging floors and ceilings
 
* A room with slanted platforms and rings of fire in between them*
 
* A room with a conveyor belt moving backward*
 
* An upside-down room where players must climb on several mantles to exit
 
* A room with several different doors in a hallway
 
* A room that gets increasingly small as you go along, with the exit being so small players must crouch to fit through
 
 
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> = The room contains a [[Environmental death#Pitfalls|bottomless pit]] (which makes it possible to die)
 
 
 
There is a small chance for the [[Bombinomicon]] to place a bomb on your head if you stay inside it for too long. Players may not place [[buildings]] in these rooms. Stepping into the last portal instantly teleports the player back into the main map, granting [[Invulnerability]], a 200% [[Overheal]], a Speed Boost, and a [[Critical hits|Crit Boost]] for a limited time.
 
 
 
== Locations ==
 
{|<!-- THE LOCATIONS MUST MATCH FOR THIS TABLE LAYOUT TO WORK -->
 
|-
 
|
 
;Locations
 
|
 
;RED Side
 
|
 
;BLU Side
 
|-
 
|'''Spawn:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Shooting Gallery:'''
 
|
 
* '''Badlands Bandito'''
 
|
 
* '''Pirate's Plunder'''
 
|-
 
|<br>'''Spawn Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Right Control Point [[Glossary of player terms#Flank|Flank]]:'''
 
|
 
* '''Bottle Buster'''
 
|
 
* '''Pumpkin Smash'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Midway:'''
 
|
 
* '''Robotic Sideshow'''
 
|
 
* '''Real Live Crocodiles'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Left Battlements Flanks:'''
 
** '''Stairs:'''
 
** '''High Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Low Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Point Overwatches:'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Gift Shop''',  .
 
* '''Ride Queue''', .
 
* '''Milk Toss'''/'''Hall of Mirrors'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Arcade'''
 
* '''Bumper Cars'''
 
* '''Bananarama'''/'''Can-Can Ka-Blam'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|-
 
|
 
'''Point Yard:'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Point Buildings:'''
 
** '''Upper Point Flank:'''
 
** '''Lower Point Flank:'''
 
|
 
* '''Sawmill ''of Love'':'''
 
** '''Log Loading'''
 
** '''Log Chute ''of Love'''''
 
|
 
* '''Mad Mansion:'''
 
** '''Hall of Hales'''
 
** '''Monster Basher'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Crocodile Pitfalls:'''
 
|
 
* '''Chomp'''
 
|
 
* '''Croc'''
 
|-
 
|
 
* '''Ticket Stands'''
 
* '''Conveyor Belts'''
 
* '''Funhouse Gates'''
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
'''Control Point:'''<br>
 
'''Train Ride''', above.<br>
 
'''Underpass''', below.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event RED spawn.png| The inside of RED spawn.
 
File:Laughter badlands.jpg | Badlands Bandito.
 
File:Laughter gift.jpg| Gift shop.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event BLU courtyard.png|The courtyard outside BLU spawn.
 
File:Laughter pirate.jpg | Pirate's Plunder.
 
File:Laughter arcade.jpg| Arcade.
 
</gallery>
 
|
 
|-
 
|
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter bottle.jpg| Bottle Buster.
 
File:Laughter sawmill.jpg | Sawmill of Love.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter pumpkin.jpg| Pumpkin Smash.
 
File:Laughter monster.jpg | Monster Basher.
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
|
 
|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor corridor.png|The entrance to the corridor with conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor.png|The main point, as seen from the conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event underpass.png|The underpass under the control point.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
 
;Underworld
 
See [[Laughter#Features|Features]] for a full list of rooms.
 
<gallery>
 
File:Laughter under1.jpg|Rings of fire.
 
File:Laughter under2.jpg|A long hallway.
 
File:Laughter under3.jpg|Bounce pads.
 
File:Laughter under4.jpg|A series of hallways.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
== Strategy ==
 
{{Community strategy stub link}}
 
{{main|Community Laughter strategy}}
 
 
 
== Update history ==
 
'''{{Patch name|10|10|2019}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2019]])
 
* Added Laughter to the game.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|11|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed players being able to survive and build in the crocodile pit.
 
* Fixed an issue with the conveyor in the Funhouse.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|16|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed a spot where players could spam the Underworld exit effect.
 
* Fixed a sightline into the [[Respawn#Respawn|spawn room]]s.
 
* Fixed players being able to perch on flood lights.
 
* Implemented additional prop fades to increase performance.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|18|2019}}'''
 
*Fixed a server crash exploit with the Shooting Galleries
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The old time spiral slide is a [[w:Helter skelter (ride)|Helter Skelter]] ride.
 
* A skull with a glowing blue eye with the upper part of a [[Paka Parka]] can be found in an inaccessible area on the terrace behind the BLU spawn. This is a reference to [https://undertale.fandom.com/wiki/Sans Sans], a character from the game [[Wikipedia:Undertale|''Undertale'']].
 
*A [[Sledder's Sidekick]] wearing a Scout's headset can be found looking at a group of monitors within one the ending sections of the Underworld. This is a reference to the secret [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDcSeUvkOw "Dog Ending"] of the game [[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 2|''Silent Hill 2'']]. The monitor screens show various locations from Slaughter, the original non-event version of Laughter.
 
* The map contains multiple Easter eggs referencing popular online streamers:
 
** One of the two shops behind RED spawn is named Vinny's Water Ice. This is a reference to streamer and founder of Vinesauce, Vinesauce Vinny.
 
** Behind the window on the upper floor of the RED tunnel, a skull with glowing red eyes can be seen, wearing a blue [[Toadstool Topper]] with [[Grenadier Helm]]'s horns. This is a reference to fellow Vinesauce streamer, Vargskelethor Joel.
 
** There is an attraction just outside of RED spawn called J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow. This is a reference to another popular streamer, Jerma985.
 
* There is a broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann]] animatronic in the sewer tunnel under RED spawn. Shooting it will cause it to play various [[Demoman Robot]] voice responses.
 
**Another Horsemann animatronic can be found propped up against a [[Necro Smasher]] at the Pumpkin Smash attraction. Hitting it will cause it to play various unused [[Pumpkin bomb]] voice responses.
 
* In the gift shop, license plates reading "BORT" can be found. This is a reference to a joke in the [https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Land "Itchy & Scratchy Land"] episode of [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']].
 
* Posters for "Yeti Cakes" and "Moffitt Tops" can also be found within the gift shop. These are a reference to similar posters featured in the game [[Wikipedia:Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee|''Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee'']]
 
* A green skull wearing a [[Pyromancer's Hood]] can be found behind the Madd Manor building on the roof. This skull bears a resemblance to [https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Skeletor Skeletor], the main antagonist of the [[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|''Masters of the Universe'']] franchise.
 
* A skull with red eyes tipping an [[Ebenezer]] can be found in the queue area above the gift shop. This is a reference to the titular character of the [[w:Internet meme|internet meme]] [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mr-bones-wild-ride "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride"].
 
* Another skull is on the roof under the Ferris wheel, wearing a [[Ye Olde Baker Boy]].
 
* A skeleton wearing a blue [[Foul Cowl]] can be found peeking out of a coffin in the Monster Basher.
 
*Outside the Tunnel of Love near RED spawn, two [[Archimedes]] doves can be found on the rails close to the rooftops, with the Cloud 9 [[Unusual]] effect over them.
 
*The [[Environmental death|crocodiles]] that swim underneath the control point each wear a team-colored [[Sydney Straw Boat]].
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Koth slaughter event skull.png|The skull behind BLU spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event merasmus.png|Robotic [[Carnival of Carnage|fortune teller]] ([[Merasmus]])
 
File:Koth slaughter event croc.png|[[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodile hazard]]
 
File:Laughter outside.jpg|Beach under the pier and city skyline
 
File:Laughter ride.jpg|[[w:Log flume (ride)|Log flume]]/[[w:Old Mill (ride)#Tunnel of love|Tunnel of love]]
 
File:Koth slaughter event hhh.png|Broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann|HHH]] animatronic under RED spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event joel.png|Skull on the log chute loading area
 
File:Koth slaughter event vinny.png|Vinny's Water Ice
 
File:Koth slaughter event jelbertson.png|J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow
 
File:Dynamite Balloons.jpeg|[[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloon|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
File:Laughter skele2.jpg|thumb|Skull on the roof of Mad Manor
 
File:Koth slaughter event yeti cakes.jpg|thumb|Yeti Cakes poster in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter skele1.jpg|thumb|Skull in the queue<!-- queue is a line --> above the Gift Shop
 
File:Koth slaughter event bort.jpg|thumb|"BORT" license plates in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter RE.jpg|"Dog ending" easter egg in the Funhouse
 
File:Laughter skele3.jpg|Skeleton on the roof under the Ferris wheel
 
</gallery>
 
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{{Map infobox
 
  | game-type                  = King of the Hill
 
  | file-name                  = koth_slaughter_event
 
  | map-image                  = Laughter main.jpg
 
  | developer                  = [https://steamcommunity.com/id/void001 Aeon 'Void' Bollig]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/divadan "Diva Dan"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/fuzzymellow "juniper"]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/SexyRobot Zoey Smith]
 
  | release-date                = October 10, 2019
 
  | last-updated                = October 18, 2019
 
  | map-environment            = Carnival / Halloween
 
  | map-setting                = Night
 
  | map-hazards                = [[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodiles]], [[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloons|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
  | map-underworld-hazards      = [[Environmental_death#Health_drain|Health drain]], [[Environmental_death#Bomb_Head|Bomb Head]],<br/>[[Pitfall]]s <small>(only in certain rooms)</small>
 
  | map-stamp-link              = https://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/3833395
 
  | map-health-pickups-small    = 6
 
  | map-health-pickups-medium  = 7
 
  | map-health-pickups-large    = 0
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-small      = 6
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-medium    = 4
 
  | map-ammo-pickups-large      = 2
 
  | map-special-pickups-pumpkin = yes
 
}}
 
{{quotation|'''Laughter''' publicity blurb|The ride never ends... no refunds!<br><br>Laughter is a fast-paced King of the Hill event map with a focus on chaos and interaction. With a handful of fully-functioning carnival games, exploding balloons, and an otherworldly Funhouse, there's something for everyone on the pier - after all, you can't spell Slaughter without... Laughter!}}
 
 
 
'''Laughter''' is a community-made [[King of the Hill]] map of the '''Laughing Tides Amusement Park and Boardwalk''', released during the [[Scream Fortress 2019]] update. It is a [[Halloween maps|Halloween version]] of the [[custom map]] [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1712845210 Slaughter].
 
 
 
Laughter was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1872236402 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Features}}
 
== Attractions ==
 
=== Shooting Galleries ===
 
Each Spawn has a shooting gallery; stand on the footprints and shoot. Upon hitting ten enemy-colored targets in a row, the player is rewarded with a [[Halloween pumpkin]]. However, if the player hits a friendly-colored target, the game is reset with appropriate sound cues.
 
=== Throwing Games ===
 
Each side has a throwing game or two (Bottle Buster, Can-Can Ka-Blam, and Pumpkin Smash; respectively, [[w:Carnival game#List of carnival games|Carnival games ''Bottle Stand'', ''Tin Can Alley'', and ''Plate Break'']]); shoot the props to knock them around.
 
 
 
{{anchor|Fortune Teller}}
 
=== Misfortune Teller ===
 
Hit Robotic [[Merasmus]] up for a [[Halloween Boss voice responses#Merasmus|misfortune telling]].
 
 
 
{{anchor|Underworld}}
 
 
 
=== Funhouse ===
 
Similar to other [[Halloween map|Scream Fortress maps]], Laughter features an [[Underworld|Underworldly]] [[w:Funhouse|Funhouse]] section. Periodically, doors near the control point open, which contain a portal to the Underworld. This Underworld requires players to navigate down a randomly generated Funhouse, which will contain 3 of the following:
 
* A twisted room
 
* A rotating barrel room
 
* A room with bouncing pads that bounce with unusual direction and force*
 
* A room with zig-zagging floors and ceilings
 
* A room with slanted platforms and rings of fire in between them*
 
* A room with a conveyor belt moving backward*
 
* An upside-down room where players must climb on several mantles to exit
 
* A room with several different doors in a hallway
 
* A room that gets increasingly small as you go along, with the exit being so small players must crouch to fit through
 
 
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> = The room contains a [[Environmental death#Pitfalls|bottomless pit]] (which makes it possible to die)
 
 
 
There is a small chance for the [[Bombinomicon]] to place a bomb on your head if you stay inside it for too long. Players may not place [[buildings]] in these rooms. Stepping into the last portal instantly teleports the player back into the main map, granting [[Invulnerability]], a 200% [[Overheal]], a Speed Boost, and a [[Critical hits|Crit Boost]] for a limited time.
 
 
 
== Locations ==
 
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;Locations
 
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;RED Side
 
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;BLU Side
 
|-
 
|'''Spawn:'''
 
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|-
 
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* '''Shooting Gallery:'''
 
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* '''Badlands Bandito'''
 
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* '''Pirate's Plunder'''
 
|-
 
|<br>'''Spawn Yard:'''
 
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|-
 
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* '''Right Control Point [[Glossary of player terms#Flank|Flank]]:'''
 
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* '''Bottle Buster'''
 
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* '''Pumpkin Smash'''
 
|-
 
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* '''Midway:'''
 
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* '''Robotic Sideshow'''
 
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* '''Real Live Crocodiles'''
 
|-
 
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* '''Left Battlements Flanks:'''
 
** '''Stairs:'''
 
** '''High Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Low Left Flanks:'''
 
** '''Point Overwatches:'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Gift Shop''',  .
 
* '''Ride Queue''', .
 
* '''Milk Toss'''/'''Hall of Mirrors'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|<br>
 
* '''Arcade'''
 
* '''Bumper Cars'''
 
* '''Bananarama'''/'''Can-Can Ka-Blam'''
 
* '''Balcony'''
 
|-
 
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'''Point Yard:'''
 
|
 
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|-
 
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* '''Point Buildings:'''
 
** '''Upper Point Flank:'''
 
** '''Lower Point Flank:'''
 
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* '''Sawmill ''of Love'':'''
 
** '''Log Loading'''
 
** '''Log Chute ''of Love'''''
 
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* '''Mad Mansion:'''
 
** '''Hall of Hales'''
 
** '''Monster Basher'''
 
|-
 
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* '''Crocodile Pitfalls:'''
 
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* '''Chomp'''
 
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* '''Croc'''
 
|-
 
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* '''Ticket Stands'''
 
* '''Conveyor Belts'''
 
* '''Funhouse Gates'''
 
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|-
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
'''Control Point:'''<br>
 
'''Train Ride''', above.<br>
 
'''Underpass''', below.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|-
 
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|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event RED spawn.png| The inside of RED spawn.
 
File:Laughter badlands.jpg | Badlands Bandito.
 
File:Laughter gift.jpg| Gift shop.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event BLU courtyard.png|The courtyard outside BLU spawn.
 
File:Laughter pirate.jpg | Pirate's Plunder.
 
File:Laughter arcade.jpg| Arcade.
 
</gallery>
 
|
 
|-
 
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|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter bottle.jpg| Bottle Buster.
 
File:Laughter sawmill.jpg | Sawmill of Love.
 
</gallery>
 
|align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Laughter pumpkin.jpg| Pumpkin Smash.
 
File:Laughter monster.jpg | Monster Basher.
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|
 
<gallery widths=140px heights=80px>
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor corridor.png|The entrance to the corridor with conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event conveyor.png|The main point, as seen from the conveyor belts.
 
File:Koth slaughter event underpass.png|The underpass under the control point.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
 
;Underworld
 
See [[Laughter#Features|Features]] for a full list of rooms.
 
<gallery>
 
File:Laughter under1.jpg|Rings of fire.
 
File:Laughter under2.jpg|A long hallway.
 
File:Laughter under3.jpg|Bounce pads.
 
File:Laughter under4.jpg|A series of hallways.
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
== Strategy ==
 
{{Community strategy stub link}}
 
{{main|Community Laughter strategy}}
 
 
 
== Update history ==
 
'''{{Patch name|10|10|2019}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2019]])
 
* Added Laughter to the game.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|11|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed players being able to survive and build in the crocodile pit.
 
* Fixed an issue with the conveyor in the Funhouse.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|16|2019}}'''
 
* Fixed a spot where players could spam the Underworld exit effect.
 
* Fixed a sightline into the [[Respawn#Respawn|spawn room]]s.
 
* Fixed players being able to perch on flood lights.
 
* Implemented additional prop fades to increase performance.
 
 
 
'''{{Patch name|10|18|2019}}'''
 
*Fixed a server crash exploit with the Shooting Galleries
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The old time spiral slide is a [[w:Helter skelter (ride)|Helter Skelter]] ride.
 
* A skull with a glowing blue eye with the upper part of a [[Paka Parka]] can be found in an inaccessible area on the terrace behind the BLU spawn. This is a reference to [https://undertale.fandom.com/wiki/Sans Sans], a character from the game [[Wikipedia:Undertale|''Undertale'']].
 
*A [[Sledder's Sidekick]] wearing a Scout's headset can be found looking at a group of monitors within one the ending sections of the Underworld. This is a reference to the secret [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDcSeUvkOw "Dog Ending"] of the game [[Wikipedia:Silent Hill 2|''Silent Hill 2'']]. The monitor screens show various locations from Slaughter, the original non-event version of Laughter.
 
* The map contains multiple Easter eggs referencing popular online streamers:
 
** One of the two shops behind RED spawn is named Vinny's Water Ice. This is a reference to streamer and founder of Vinesauce, Vinesauce Vinny.
 
** Behind the window on the upper floor of the RED tunnel, a skull with glowing red eyes can be seen, wearing a blue [[Toadstool Topper]] with [[Grenadier Helm]]'s horns. This is a reference to fellow Vinesauce streamer, Vargskelethor Joel.
 
** There is an attraction just outside of RED spawn called J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow. This is a reference to another popular streamer, Jerma985.
 
* There is a broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann]] animatronic in the sewer tunnel under RED spawn. Shooting it will cause it to play various [[Demoman Robot]] voice responses.
 
**Another Horsemann animatronic can be found propped up against a [[Necro Smasher]] at the Pumpkin Smash attraction. Hitting it will cause it to play various unused [[Pumpkin bomb]] voice responses.
 
* In the gift shop, license plates reading "BORT" can be found. This is a reference to a joke in the [https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Land "Itchy & Scratchy Land"] episode of [[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|''The Simpsons'']].
 
* Posters for "Yeti Cakes" and "Moffitt Tops" can also be found within the gift shop. These are a reference to similar posters featured in the game [[Wikipedia:Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee|''Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee'']]
 
* A green skull wearing a [[Pyromancer's Hood]] can be found behind the Madd Manor building on the roof. This skull bears a resemblance to [https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Skeletor Skeletor], the main antagonist of the [[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|''Masters of the Universe'']] franchise.
 
* A skull with red eyes tipping an [[Ebenezer]] can be found in the queue area above the gift shop. This is a reference to the titular character of the [[w:Internet meme|internet meme]] [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mr-bones-wild-ride "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride"].
 
* Another skull is on the roof under the Ferris wheel, wearing a [[Ye Olde Baker Boy]].
 
* A skeleton wearing a blue [[Foul Cowl]] can be found peeking out of a coffin in the Monster Basher.
 
*Outside the Tunnel of Love near RED spawn, two [[Archimedes]] doves can be found on the rails close to the rooftops, with the Cloud 9 [[Unusual]] effect over them.
 
*The [[Environmental death|crocodiles]] that swim underneath the control point each wear a team-colored [[Sydney Straw Boat]].
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Koth slaughter event skull.png|The skull behind BLU spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event merasmus.png|Robotic [[Carnival of Carnage|fortune teller]] ([[Merasmus]])
 
File:Koth slaughter event croc.png|[[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodile hazard]]
 
File:Laughter outside.jpg|Beach under the pier and city skyline
 
File:Laughter ride.jpg|[[w:Log flume (ride)|Log flume]]/[[w:Old Mill (ride)#Tunnel of love|Tunnel of love]]
 
File:Koth slaughter event hhh.png|Broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann|HHH]] animatronic under RED spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event joel.png|Skull on the log chute loading area
 
File:Koth slaughter event vinny.png|Vinny's Water Ice
 
File:Koth slaughter event jelbertson.png|J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow
 
File:Dynamite Balloons.jpeg|[[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloon|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
File:Laughter skele2.jpg|thumb|Skull on the roof of Mad Manor
 
File:Koth slaughter event yeti cakes.jpg|thumb|Yeti Cakes poster in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter skele1.jpg|thumb|Skull in the queue<!-- queue is a line --> above the Gift Shop
 
File:Koth slaughter event bort.jpg|thumb|"BORT" license plates in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter RE.jpg|"Dog ending" easter egg in the Funhouse
 
File:Laughter skele3.jpg|Skeleton on the roof under the Ferris wheel
 
</gallery>
 
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he pier and city skyline
 
File:Laughter ride.jpg|[[w:Log flume (ride)|Log flume]]/[[w:Old Mill (ride)#Tunnel of love|Tunnel of love]]
 
File:Koth slaughter event hhh.png|Broken [[Horseless Headless Horsemann|HHH]] animatronic under RED spawn
 
File:Koth slaughter event joel.png|Skull on the log chute loading area
 
File:Koth slaughter event vinny.png|Vinny's Water Ice
 
File:Koth slaughter event jelbertson.png|J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow
 
File:Dynamite Balloons.jpeg|[[Environmental death#Dynamite Balloon|Dynamite Balloons]]
 
File:Laughter skele2.jpg|thumb|Skull on the roof of Mad Manor
 
File:Koth slaughter event yeti cakes.jpg|thumb|Yeti Cakes poster in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter skele1.jpg|thumb|Skull in the queue<!-- queue is a line --> above the Gift Shop
 
File:Koth slaughter event bort.jpg|thumb|"BORT" license plates in the Gift Shop
 
File:Laughter RE.jpg|"Dog ending" easter egg in the Funhouse
 
File:Laughter skele3.jpg|Skeleton on the roof under the Ferris wheel
 
</gallery>
 
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