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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-universe, Ginny feels great sympathy and fondness for Gin Rummy Prime, who most of the Ace Savvy fan base sees as nothing but a villain.
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* {{Bittersweet Ending}}: Lincoln is found and brought home safe and sound, but not only is the “Full House Gang” movie been put on hold, but Ginny is arrested helping the sisters find Lincoln, and even standing up to her father. But because she aided him in kidnapping Lincoln, she must face the consequences. But even then, Lisa assures both her and Lincoln that with the right help, she could get more fare better punishment.
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* {{Bittersweet Ending}}: Lincoln is found and brought home safe and sound, but not only is the “Full House Gang” movie been put on hold, but Ginny is arrested helping the sisters find Lincoln, and even standing up to her father. But because she aided him in kidnapping Lincoln, she must face the consequences. But even then, Lisa assures both her and Lincoln that with the right help, she could get more fare better punishment.
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* Bound and Gagged: Lincoln is found in one of Dirk’s trailers bound to a chair.

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* Bound {{Bound and Gagged: Gagged}}: Lincoln is found in one of Dirk’s trailers bound to a chair.
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*Bound and Gagged: Lincoln is found in one of Dirk’s trailers bound to a chair.

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* FoodAsBribe: Lola gets Mr. Grouse to drive her and Lana to the pageant by offering him muffins.

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* FoodAsBribe: Lola gets Mr. Grouse to drive her and Lana to the pageant hall by offering him muffins.



* RelativeButton: Hawk and Hank taunt Lynn about Lincoln's disappearance to throw her off her game.


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* RelativeButton: Hawk and Hank taunt Lynn about Lincoln's disappearance to throw her off her game.

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* ShutUpHannibal: Lily [[spoiler: stuffs one of her diapers in Dirk's mouth]] after his whining proves too much for the sisters to handle.

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* ShutUpHannibal: Lynn quickly reaches her limit with Dirk's VerbalTic in the final act:
-->'''Lynn''': Oh, go cut yourself!
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Lily [[spoiler: stuffs one of her diapers in Dirk's mouth]] after his whining proves too much for the sisters to handle.


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* VerbalTic: Whenever something doesn't go according to plan, Dirk yells, "Cut!"
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* NotSoStoic: Lynn is miserable about having to skip looking for Lincoln to play in her football game but holds up decently. Then Hank and Hawk taunt her about Lincoln's disappearance and suddenly Lucy needs to pull her off the field before she ends up in hysterics.


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* RelativeButton: Hawk and Hank taunt Lynn about Lincoln's disappearance to throw her off her game.
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* MissingMom: Ginny's mother is never even mentioned.

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* DisappointedByTheMotive: Lynn is disgusted that her team got sold out over a part in the Ace Savvy movie.

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* ChekhovsGun: Lisa's tracking device. After her panic attack over its failure, it's set aside for most of the story. Then Dirk mentions it and the Loud girls suddenly realize that it wasn't that the device wasn't functioning properly that caused the failure; Lincoln was just out of range.
* DisappointedByTheMotive: Lynn is disgusted that her team got sold out and Polly was threatened to the point of [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristic terror]] over a part in the Ace Savvy movie.



* {{Handwave}}: In-universe example; Lynn asks Dirk how her school could feature in an Ace Savvy movie as it takes place in an alternate reality where most locations from the in-universe real world don't exist only for Ginny to explain that [[BizarroUniverse the Casino-verse]] in the comics is implied to be our world so all Dirk would have to do is claim a scene in a real world location is taking place there.

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* {{Handwave}}: In-universe example; Lynn asks Dirk how her school could feature in an Ace Savvy movie as it takes place in an alternate reality where most locations from the in-universe real world don't exist only for Ginny to explain that [[BizarroUniverse the Casino-verse]] in the comics is implied to be our the real world so all Dirk would have to do is claim a scene in a real world location is taking place there.
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* ButNowIMustGo: After Lincoln is rescued, Ginny turns herself in to the police to face justice for helping kidnap him.
* ButThouMust: Dirk believes everything and everyone should follow his scripts ''to the letter,'' and anyone who steps out of line is wrong. His stubborn adherence to this trope ultimately proves to be his undoing.


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* SmugSnake: Dirk. O. Donnell. His smugness drips off of every word of dialogue he has, ''especially'' in the final act.

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* LuredIntoATrap: Dirk's original plan for getting his hands on Clyde.



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened and even before that, had Lincoln kidnapped.

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened and even before that, had Lincoln kidnapped.kidnapped and intended to [[LuredIntoATrap lure Clyde into a trap]].
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* You AreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Leni says this to Ginny after the latter spills everything about her [[AbusiveParents toxic home life]] and what her father made her do.

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* You AreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Leni says this to Ginny after the latter spills everything about her [[AbusiveParents toxic home life]] and what her father made her do.
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* YoureBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Leni says this to Ginny after the latter spills everything about her [[AbusiveParents toxic home life]] and what her father made her do.

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* YoureBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: You AreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Leni says this to Ginny after the latter spills everything about her [[AbusiveParents toxic home life]] and what her father made her do.
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* ForcedIntoVillainy: Dirk did this to Ginny, forcing her to help him kidnap Lincoln [[spoiler: and would have had her help him kidnap Clyde as well if circumstances hadn't intervened]].

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* ForcedIntoVillainy: ForcedIntoEvil: Dirk did this to Ginny, forcing her to help him kidnap Lincoln [[spoiler: and would have had her help him kidnap Clyde as well if circumstances hadn't intervened]].

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* AntiVillain: Ginny helped her father kidnap Lincoln but she felt sick about it and started interfering as soon as she found a way and given the way Lincoln calls out to her when his sisters find him, she clearly treated him pretty well while her father was holding him.



* ForcedIntoVillainy: Dirk did this to Ginny, forcing her to help him kidnap Lincoln [[spoiler: and would have had her help him kidnap Clyde as well if circumstances hadn't intervened]].



* ReluctantVillain: Ginny helped her father kidnap Lincoln but she felt sick about it and started interfering as soon as she found a way and given the way Lincoln calls out to her when his sisters find him, she clearly treated him pretty well while her father was holding him.

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* DontCallMePaul: Ginny insists that no one call her "Gin". [[spoiler: This is to distance herself from her love for Gin Rummy Prime, Ace Savvy's BizarroUniverse counterpart, and how she feels she's nothing but a coward, unlike him.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Ginny ends up free from her father and with a reduced sentence because of her circumstances and winds up with Leni as a friend.

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* DontCallMePaul: DoNotCallMePaul: Ginny insists that no one call her "Gin". [[spoiler: This is to distance herself from her love for Gin Rummy Prime, Ace Savvy's BizarroUniverse counterpart, and how she feels she's nothing but a coward, unlike him.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Ginny ends up free from her father and with a reduced sentence because
Subverted by the end of her circumstances and winds up with Leni as a friend.the story.]]
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* DisappointedWithTheMotive: Lynn is disgusted that her team got sold out over a part in the Ace Savvy movie.

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* DisappointedWithTheMotive: DisappointedByTheMotive: Lynn is disgusted that her team got sold out over a part in the Ace Savvy movie.

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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: In this universe, Chandler's HeelFaceTurn after the House of Terror didn't stick and he's involved in Lincoln's kidnapping.
* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next. next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]].
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-universe, Ginny feels great sympathy and fondness for Gin Rummy Prime, who most of the Ace Savvy fan base sees as nothing but a villain.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Ginny turns completely on her father because Leni treats her gently and kindly.



** Lynn extends this instinct to Polly when the latter is terrified the people who threatened her will hurt her, saying that she'd like to see them try to mess with Polly because she'll make sure they don't succeed.
** Leni likewise becomes extremely protective of Ginny after finding out about how her [[AbusiveParents father]] treats her.



** Lindsey nearly succeeds at doing this to Lola by implying she cares more about the spotlight than Lincoln but Lana helps snap her out of it.



* CharacterTic: Ginny plays with her ponytail when she's both distressed and lying.
* DisappointedWithTheMotive: Lynn is disgusted that her team got sold out over a part in the Ace Savvy movie.
** None of the Loud sisters are happy that their brother was kidnapped just to prove a point about how Dirk supposedly knows how to work with Ace Savvy characters better than the creator of the series.



* DontCallMePaul: Ginny insists that no one call her "Gin". [[spoiler: This is to distance herself from her love for Gin Rummy Prime, Ace Savvy's BizarroUniverse counterpart, and how she feels she's nothing but a coward, unlike him.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Ginny ends up free from her father and with a reduced sentence because of her circumstances and winds up with Leni as a friend.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Lucy openly admits to loving the macabre and having surrendered to the darkness but between him kidnapping her brother, trying to force everyone to share his opinion and [[AbusiveParents the way he treats his daughter]], Dirk's ''very existence'' disgusts her.



* GrewASpine: In the second-to-last chapter, Ginny, bolstered by Leni and Lincoln's encouragement, stands up to her father and calls the police on him.
* GroupHug: The Loud siblings engage in one once they find Lincoln.
* {{Handwave}}: In-universe example; Lynn asks Dirk how her school could feature in an Ace Savvy movie as it takes place in an alternate reality where most locations from the in-universe real world don't exist only for Ginny to explain that [[BizarroUniverse the Casino-verse]] in the comics is implied to be our world so all Dirk would have to do is claim a scene in a real world location is taking place there.



* LiteralMinded: Leni. For example, she thinks that breakdancing literally involves breaking things.

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* LiteralMinded: Leni. For example, she thinks that breakdancing literally involves breaking things.things and freaks out about spiders when Lisa uses a metaphor about threads in a web.



** When Lynn meets up with Polly Pain during halftime after the latter slips her a note, she's openly unnerved at seeing Polly an utter wreck of nerves.



* ReluctantVillain: Ginny helped her father kidnap Lincoln but she felt sick about it and started interfering as soon as she found a way and given the way Lincoln calls out to her when his sisters find him, she clearly treated him pretty well while her father was holding him.



* SayingTooMuch: During Lynn's football game, she's taunted by Hank and Hawk that "football isn't your strong suit now that your brother's gone"; this ends up leading her and Lucy to figure out that they're involved in Lincoln's kidnapping because "Strong Suit" is Lynn's hero counterpart and unless they A) liked Ace Savvy and B) know about the current mess, they wouldn't have known to hit her with that.
** During his rant about how the Loud girls can't stop him, Dirk mentions some things that Lincoln told his kidnapper about his sisters...Problem is, how does he know that if he wasn't the kidnapper or involved with them?



* [[SheWillComeForMe They Will Come For Me]]: Platonic example with the Loud siblings; Lincoln repeatedly told Dirk his sisters would come for him and was proven very right.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Dirk is of this opinion.



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened and even before that, had Lincoln kidnapped.

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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-inverted with Rusty being ''insanely'' protective of Polly and being willing to throw down with Papa Wheelie and Flat Tire when they threaten her.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened and even before that, had Lincoln kidnapped.kidnapped.
* YoureBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Leni says this to Ginny after the latter spills everything about her [[AbusiveParents toxic home life]] and what her father made her do.

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* LiteralMinded: Leni. For example, she things that breakdancing literally involves breaking things.

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* LiteralMinded: Leni. For example, she things thinks that breakdancing literally involves breaking things.


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** Similarly, while Lily is a BrainyBaby, at the end of the day, she's still a baby and as the section from her POV demonstrates, she doesn't always understand things she sees or hears.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened and even before that, kidnapped Lincoln.

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened and even before that, kidnapped Lincoln.had Lincoln kidnapped.

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* [[YouDoNOTWantToKnow I Do NOT Want To Know]]: Luna thinks this about the NoodleImplements Luan threatens Chandler with.



* RuleOfThree: The red flags that pop up after Lincoln isn't home when expected come in a set of 3.

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* RuleOfThree: The red flags that pop up after Lincoln isn't home when expected come in a set of 3. 1) Lori's attempt to call him goes to voicemail; she's immediately worried [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness because Lincoln wouldn't do this outside of an emergency]] but doesn't completely panic. 2) She calls Clyde, who informs her Lincoln left 10 minutes before; she starts to panic. 3) Lisa's tracking device doesn't work; the entire family dissolves into panic.

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* GenreAdultery: In-universe example – Dirk O'Donnell, a director known for directing mature films, is directing the family-friendly Full House Gang movie.

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* GenreAdultery: In-universe example – Dirk O'Donnell, a director known for directing mature films, is directing the family-friendly Full House Gang movie. [[spoiler: He turns out to be trying to make the film more like his typical genre, to the displeasure of Bill Buck.]]



* ShutUpHannibal: Lily [[spoiler:stuffs one of her diapers in Dirk's mouth]] after his whining proves too much for the sisters to handle.

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** Outside of an actual in-use movie set or stage, people aren't going to stick to a script just because you tell them to. Especially if they're [[BerserkButton furious]] [[WouldHurtAChild you kidnapped]] [[BigSisterInstinct their brother]].
* RuleOfThree: The red flags that pop up after Lincoln isn't home when expected come in a set of 3.
* ShutUpHannibal: Lily [[spoiler:stuffs [[spoiler: stuffs one of her diapers in Dirk's mouth]] after his whining proves too much for the sisters to handle.



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened.

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened.intervened and even before that, kidnapped Lincoln.
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* BreakThemByTalking: Dirk attempts this with the Loud sisters in the final act, but it doesn't work.


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* {{Hypocrite}}: Although Dirk keeps insisting the Louds are nothing but a bunch of immature kids, he utterly loses it and acts like a petulant child after his plan is ruined. Lori even lampshades it:
--> '''Lori''': Oh, who am I kidding? It's still pathetic. Because this is a grown man throwing a tantrum over not getting his way while screaming that we're a bunch of immature kids.
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* Manchild: Dirk O'Donnell. After the Loud sisters unravel his plan, he reacts with what amounts to a child's temper tantrum and throws a fit.

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* Manchild: ManChild: Dirk O'Donnell. After the Loud sisters unravel his plan, he reacts with what amounts to a child's temper tantrum and throws a fit.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Lily [[spoiler:stuffs one of her diapers in Dirk's mouth]] after his whining proves too much for them to handle.

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* DisqualificationInducedVictory: The Roosters win the big football game because Hazeltown is disqualified for stealing the Roosters' signals.

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* DisqualificationInducedVictory: The Roosters win the big football game because Hazeltown Hazeltucky is disqualified for stealing the Roosters' signals.


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* Manchild: Dirk O'Donnell. After the Loud sisters unravel his plan, he reacts with what amounts to a child's temper tantrum and throws a fit.


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* ShutUpHannibal: Lily [[spoiler:stuffs one of her diapers in Dirk's mouth]] after his whining proves too much for them to handle.
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* LockedInARoon: Lindsey Sweetwater locks Lana in a dressing room, forcing Lana to pull off an AirVentEscape.

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* LockedInARoon: LockedInARoom: Lindsey Sweetwater locks Lana in a dressing room, forcing Lana to pull off an AirVentEscape.



* NothingEverHappensHere: Lincoln mentions that not a lot happens in Royal Woods. A minute or so later, he is kidnapped.

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* NothingEverHappensHere: NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Lincoln mentions that not a lot happens in Royal Woods. A minute or so later, he is kidnapped.



* PuttingTheirHeadsTogether: How Lynn deals with Hank and Hawk.

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* PuttingTheirHeadsTogether: PutTheirHeadsTogether: How Lynn deals with Hank and Hawk.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to his Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened.

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to his hit Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13126664/1/Missing-Linc Missing Linc]]'' is a fanfic based on ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' by Metool Bard.

Shortly after learning that his Full House Gang comic will be made into a movie, Lincoln is abducted while on his way home from Clyde's. When his sisters learn that he is missing, they take it upon themselves to find him.

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!!Missing Linc contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Dirk O'Donnell is NOT a good father to Ginny.
* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Luna and Leni want to hurt Lincoln's kidnapper just as much as the other sisters do.
* BigSisterInstinct: All of Lincoln's elder sisters have this towards him. Inverted with the younger sisters.
* {{Blackmail}}: Lola gets Lindsey to tell her what Flat Tire and Papa Wheelie stole by threatening to tell everyone that Lindsey wet the bed at a slumber party.
* BookEnds: The story starts and ends with Lincoln narrating.
* BubblePipe: Luan uses one during her investigation.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory: The Roosters win the big football game because Hazeltown is disqualified for stealing the Roosters' signals.
* FoodAsBribe: Lola gets Mr. Grouse to drive her and Lana to the pageant by offering him muffins.
* GenreAdultery: In-universe example – Dirk O'Donnell, a director known for directing mature films, is directing the family-friendly Full House Gang movie.
* GoodCopBadCop: Lola and Lana argue over which of them is going to play which role.
* LiteralMinded: Leni. For example, she things that breakdancing literally involves breaking things.
* LockedInARoon: Lindsey Sweetwater locks Lana in a dressing room, forcing Lana to pull off an AirVentEscape.
* NoodleImplements: Luan threatens to use an umbrella and walnuts on Chandler if he doesn't talk.
* NothingEverHappensHere: Lincoln mentions that not a lot happens in Royal Woods. A minute or so later, he is kidnapped.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lisa has a panic attack when she fails to detect Lincoln on her tracking device.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police make no attempt to prevent Lisa from interrogating Flip and Tetherby.
* PurpleProse: Lucy uses graphic descriptions of being beaten up and injured to get Hank and Hawk to confess to kidnapping Lincoln.
* PuttingTheirHeadsTogether: How Lynn deals with Hank and Hawk.
* RealityEnsues: Lori is concerned about Lisa being able to look after Lily on her own. Lisa may be a genius, but she's still four years old.
* StepfordSmiler: Luan keeps cracking jokes in order to cover up how worried she is about Lincoln.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] has a breakdown when [[spoiler: the Loud sisters fail to act the way he planned them to in his script]].
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell]] was perfectly willing to his Lucy if Lynn hadn't intervened.

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