History Recap / TheLoudHouseS1E10HandMeDownerSleuthOrConsequences

* AnAesop: You can have too much of anything.

* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place inside the Loud House, save for a brief shot of Clyde's room and a few outdoor shots.

* ForeShadowing: When Lincoln spreads his suspect cards on the table and goes: ''"One of you is the perp. But which one?"'' Lucy shows up right next to him, almost on cue.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Not even Lola wants to read something as sickeningly sweet as ''Princess Pony''. Ironically enough, Lucy enjoys it, as she usually reads it when she needs a break from the darkness.

!!Hand-Me-Downer

!!Sleuth or Consequences

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, Dad reminds Lincoln when he tried to flush the former's [=CDs=] during his karaoke night.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Lincoln takes the blame for clogging the toilet so Lucy wouldn't have to endure embarrassment from reading ''Princess Pony''.

* NegativeContinuity: Despite him giving the bike to Lana at the end, Lincoln will be seen riding th cool bike in future episodes.
* PoorCommunicationKills: This whole episode could have been avoided if the girls had explained to Lincoln about modifying the bike in the first place.

'''Sleuth or Consequences:''' When someone clogs the toilet, the kids are grounded until the culprit is found out, Lincoln tries to find out who did it so he can go to a comic book convention.

* KarmaHoudini: It isn't revealed who stole Lynn's bike.

* EurekaMoment: Lincoln finds out that the ''Princess Pony'' book that clogged the toilet belonged to Lucy when he reads a page of it featuring a quote that she shouted to Lola in an earlier scene.

* TemptingFate: When Lincoln accuses Lucy of tossing the ''Princess Pony'' book in the toilet, she claims he has no evidence against her, only for one of her posters to fall down, revealing an ''Princess Pony'' poster behind it:

* YouAreGrounded: Until the perpetrator of the clogged toilet is found, ''everyone'' is grounded. In the end, when Lincoln takes the blame for clogging the toilet, he himself is grounded and misses the convention.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Not even Lola would want to read something as sickeningly sweet as ''Princess Pony''. Ironically enough, Lucy enjoys it, reading it usually when she has her fill of the dark stuff for the time being.

** In one scene, Clyde makes an offhand mention that his parents are going antiquing for the day. At the end, Clyde brings back Lynn's stolen bike, saying that his parents found it while antiquing.

** Ace Savvy was mentioned again.

* {{Malaproper}}

* TastesLikeDiabetes: ''Princess Pony'':

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, Dad reminds Lincoln when he tried to flush Dad's CDs during his karaoke night.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The APM track "Caped Crusader" plays throughout the episode. This is a song frequently used on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSqaurePants'', usually in the episodes featuring Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

'''Hand Me Downer:''' Lincoln tries to impress a bike-riding gang by riding Lynn's cool bike rather than a pink, frilly, hand-me-down bike from Lori.

'''Sleuth or Consequences:''' When someone clogs the toilet, and the kids are grounded until the culprit is found out, Lincoln tries to find out who did it so he can go to a comic book convention.

* AnimateInanimateObject

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Besides Lincoln as usual, Luan's old ventriloquist dummy Colonel Crackers occasionally comes alive and talks to the viewer.
* BrickJoke
** In a flashback, Lincoln receives Lynn's old jockstrap as a hand-me-down. Later, when he falls painfully on her bike seat, he admits he should have worn it.
*** When Lincoln goes to confess to Lynn that he lost her bike, he puts on the jockstrap to protect himself from the expected reaction.

* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: The farmer covers his pig's eyes when Lincoln rides by them in his hand-me-down bike.

* KarmaHoudini: We never do find out who stole Lynn's bike.

-->'''Lynn:''' Crossover stoppie.

** Papa Wheelie getting annoyed at not upside as leader of the bike gang.

* TheToothHurts: In a flashback, a younger Luan bites into a juggling pin and loses two of her teeth in the process.

* WaxingLyrical: Luna a couple of times...

* BigBrotherInstinct: Lincoln takes the blame for clogging the toilet so Lucy wouldn't have to endure embarrassment from reading a sissy book.
* ContinuityNod: This isn't the first time Lincoln wears red underwear.

* HereWeGoAgain: At the end, when Lynn goes into the bathroom to relieve herself after eating too many spicy meatball sandwiches.

* PlayingCardMotifs: For the comic book convention, Lincoln and Clyde dress up as Ace Savvy and his sidekick One-Eyed Jack. Lincoln also attempts to imitate Savvy's trademark of posing while holding out a deck of cards.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The APM track "Caped Crusader" plays throughout the episode. This is a song frequently used on ''Spongebob'', usually in the episodes featuring Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

* ShoutOut

* TastesLikeDiabetes: ''Princess Pony'', "the touching true story of a delightful pony who changes the world with her horse sense".

* TemptingFate: When Lincoln accuses Lucy of tossing the ''Princess Pony'' book in the toilet, she claims he has no evidence against her, only for one of her posters to fall down, revealing an ''Princess Pony'' poster behind it.
-->'''Lucy:''' Dang It...

* YouAreGrounded: Until the perpetrator of the clogged toilet is found, ''everyone'' is grounded.
** In the end, when Lincoln takes the blame for clogging the toilet, he himself is grounded and misses the convention.

* RhymesOnADime: When Lincoln shows up at the park on Lynn's bike, he says, "Hey, guys, feast your eyes."