Characters appearing in this Alternate Universe Fic, which includes the main family (except Lily) and some minor characters from The Loud House alongside Original Characters from the author.

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Loud Family

The family itself, as depicted in this Alternate Universe Fic.

In General

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: The individual relationships between the siblings have never been well-defined in the show, where they usually defaulted to just fighting or getting along as a group depending on what the plot called for. This story gives several of them more clearly defined dynamics, as part of the course with this being an Alternate Universe Fic.
- In general, most of the sisters keep to themselves and don’t actively hang out with each other, due to a lack of common ground, with few exceptions. Because of that, they tend to be rather antagonistic towards each other when they do interact and their lack of mutual commonalities often fuels their fights and arguments. By contrast, many of the sisters are shown to have a high opinion of Lincoln (Lynn, Lucy, Lisa) or at least consider him more tolerable and approachable than their fellow sisters (Lori), and none of them seem to have any clear issues with him in particular. Though Lola does start to harbor disdain for her brother after he stops cowing down to her will, as does Lori, once he starts actively meddling with her affairs.
Adapted Out: Lily doesn't exist in this universe, as the author considers her a pointless addition to the family.
Age Lift: Minor example, as all the Loud siblings are a year younger than their canon counterparts. This was done so the author could fully embrace the Alternate Universe Fic angle and work towards a different status quo.
Alliterative Name: All the siblings have names with the initials L.
Cast Herd: Lincoln, Lynn, and Lucy are almost always together (alongside Ryan) as the focal characters, with Lisa being an unofficial member of the team, as The Smart Guy. Likewise, Lana will most frequently be shown with Lynn as the resident Tomboy duo, while Lucy has a similar relationship with Luan, as the oft-ostracized oddballs of the family, and Lori and Leni are typically together as the archetypical Smart Jerk and Nice Moron pairing.
Childish Older Sibling: Pretty much all of the older sisters are this compared to the rational, empathetic, and mature-minded Lincoln. Luan is obsessed with childish pranks, lacks social skills and can be very obsessive and/or sulky, Lori is a catty Bratty Teenage Daughter with a severe Never My Fault attitude and is prone to throwing tantrums, Leni is a Kindhearted Simpleton Cloudcuckoolander, and even Lynn, despite Taking a Level In Kindness is still an incredibly temperamental and short-sighted Leeroy Jenkins. Luna is the only one to largely avert it, despite her faults.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: Their depiction in this fanfic highlights everything flawed about The Loud Family as a concept; the destructive dysfunctionality, the sisters' entitlement and bratty behavior, and the parents' lax and off-hand attitude in regard for their children, which will doom the family in the near future if they keep that way.
Demoted to Extra: The other Loud sisters fall in and out of focus, while the main focus of the fics are Lincoln, Lynn, and Lucy as a Four-Man Band with Ryan Taylor, namely dealing with the other sisters' antics, the original antagonists, or both. Lisa gets arguably the most focus out of the secondary Loud siblings, and Leni the least.
Nice Mean And In Between: Lincoln and Leni are nice, Lori and Lola are mean, and everyone else is in-between.
Pathetically Weak: They can handle themselves in sibling fights, but with the exception of Lynn, they tend to do very poorly against other opponents, who aren’t inclined to hold back, with Ryan, Lyle, and especially Renee having little difficulty manhandling them. With Lucy, Lisa, and the twins, it’s mainly due to their young age and small stature, whiles with Lincoln, Lori, Luna, and Luan, it’s down to their laziness and lack of athletic prowess (Luan gets subdued and Bound and Gagged by Renee, while the latter has one arm and leg in casts, her neck in a brace and walking on crutches), while Leni is simply too dumb to realize when she’s in trouble. Though Lincoln and Lucy have garnered enough experience and exercise to become Action Survivors and Guile Heros.
Roommate Drama: Addressed and dealt with in Second Chance. The story points out how incompatible some of the sisters who share a room are, most of all Lynn and Lucy, and how that only fuels the friction between them. So, halfway through the story, the siblings make a mutual agreement to swap roommates, with Lucy going with Luan and Lynn going with Lana (see Birds of a Feather), while Lisa reluctantly takes in Lola (largely out of guilt), while Luna is left to have her old room to herself. Leni, however, enjoys being roommates with Lori, so their old accommodations (as well as Lincoln’s) remain as they were.
Sibling Rivalry: While some of the sisters are quite close (Lucy and Luan, Lynn and Lana, Lori and Leni), they generally don’t get along at all and are indifferent about each other at best, and actively hostile at worst. Specific rivalries include Lynn and Lucy, due to their polar opposite personalities and prior history of bad blood, Lori and Lynn, with the latter hating the former’s Big Sister Bully tendencies and the former hating the latter for interfering with her affairs, Lynn and Luan, mainly due to their mutual crush on Ryan (though Lynn was no fan of Luan, to begin with, due to the latter’s pranks), and Lori and Lola, ironically due to the two of them being Too Much Alike.

Lincoln Loud

The middle child of the Loud family, only son, and the most empathetic and well-adjusted of the bunch. His main goal is to restore some semblance of order to his Dysfunctional Family or at least keep his sisters from making things worse.

Actual Pacifist: He doesn’t just preach pacifism and tolerance, he is very determined to never resort to violence or blackmail himself when trying to get his sisters to cooperate. However, his teammates don’t see it the same way, and sometimes have to pull him out of going full Good Is Dumb. When he does consent to their more aggressive tactics (which he often has to), he tends to be an Apologetic Attacker.
Adaptational Nice Guy: Virtually any of his canon counterpart's vices are gone, as he’s depicted as an unconditionally altruistic Nice Guy whose prime objective is to help others (namely his family) and he never looks for any personal gain. He’s also hard-pressed to muster up hatred for anyone, even Lori or Lola. In fact, he’s such a boy scout that it gets Played for Laughs, as even his closest companions are annoyed by his frequent refusal to think outside his Always Lawful Good mindset. Justified, since (like Lynn) he has seen a future where his selfish and inconsiderate behavior had severe consequences and is dead set on not repeating his mistakes.
Adaptational Personality Change: Besides the above, he's also a lot more mature and sensible overall, and he spends most of Second Chance being very somber and serious, rarely showing a jocular side and being squarely focused on his mission to fix the future.
Break the Cutie: He already went through it in the previous timeline, leaving him as a Love Martyr trying his best to fix his family’s future, though some of the things he and his team go through seem tailor-made to break him even further.
Cool Big Bro: Despite being a stereotypical Geek, he has been one to Lucy all her life, spending time with her and playing along with her macabre games whenever he could (even if he didn’t necessarily enjoy it), which led to Lucy developing a great deal of respect for him and trusting his judgment almost unquestionably. He also tries to be this to the rest of his younger sisters, though they don’t necessarily notice or appreciate it, especially Lola.
The Determinator: Like Lynn, nothing discourages him from continuing on with his mission to fix the Bad Future in Second Chance, no matter how insane or dangerous things get. Though he’s certainly left shell-shocked by some of it.
Dumbass No More: While he wasn't exactly stupid in the show, he was prone to major lapses in judgment, letting his vices get the better of him or simply holding the Idiot Ball. That's all gone here, where he's more competent, serious-minded, and self-aware of his own shortcomings, and he won't let himself get distracted by any frivolities, as demonstrated when he willingly gives away a new volume of Ace Savvy comics given to him as a gift by Lynn Sr., which even shocks Lucy.
Love Martyr: A familial example. Unlike Lynn and Lucy, he absolutely refuses to show hostility or even disdain towards his sisters, no matter how terrible they might be. Downplayed, in that he’s not ignoring their faults, but instead of getting into inane fights, he does everything he can to try and reform them and make his family’s home life easier, usually by using his intimate knowledge of each of his sister to try and appeal to their better nature. He will also instantly step in to stop his sisters if they’re about to do something that could have serious repercussions. Over the course of Second Chance, his efforts slowly start to bear fruit.
Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Shares this dynamic with Lynn. She’s a boisterous, sport-loving Lad-ette and Femininity Failure, while he’s a sensitive and mild-mannered Geek who is In Touch with His Feminine Side.
Non-Action Guy: Unlike Lynn or Ryan, he’s not very athletic and admits to being a wimp, but he’s nonetheless resourceful and quick-witted, and most of all, strong-willed and driven, given how some of the things he goes through in Second Chance would have certainly traumatized any child, and yet he remains relatively well-adjusted.
Not So Above It All: Occasionally, usually Played for Laughs. The one time he falls for Kathleen’s temptations in Second Chance is when the latter appeals to Lincoln’s inner gamer by showing him that she has an arcade in her hotel, with Lynn having to snap him back to his senses. And later, when Ryan forces him to beat up a captured Lola under the threat that he’ll do it himself, Lincoln concedes but ends up enjoying pummeling Lola too much and is promptly horrified with himself for deriving any joy from it.
Only Sane Man: Compared to Lynn’s Leeroy Jenkins, Ryan’s Mr. Vice Guy, and Lucy’s Creepy Child, he’s easily the most normal and mild-mannered of the group and serves as the de facto leader that keeps everything together. The same applies when juxtaposed with the rest of his dysfunctional family.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He’s usually hard-pressed to feel genuine hatred and disdain for anyone and seldom gets truly angry, or tries avoiding hostility altogether because he finds it counterproductive. But when Lisa (accidentally) almost causes a flue Zombie Apocalypse, Lincoln loses it, yells at her, and (in his anger) seriously considers cutting all ties with her, though he does eventually find it in himself to forgive her. It highlights how Lisa’s shenanigans have the potential to be far more dangerous and destructive than the other sisters’ tomfoolery.
Straight Man and Wise Guy: Being straight-laced and serious most of the time, he naturally has that dynamic with Ryan Taylor.
Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Less wacky and more just incompetent. He and Lynn end up having to give their father very obvious and basic pointers about parenting and pushing him towards growing a spine and asserting his authority in Second Chance, because Lynn Sr. is just too milquetoast to think of it himself.
Wise Beyond Their Years: He shows a remarkable amount of maturity, responsibility, and competence for a 10-year-old. Circumstances effectively forced him into being this way, as he carries the burden of keeping his family from tearing each other apart, and has to educate and parent both his sisters and his own parent.

Lynn Loud Jr

A hotheaded but well-meaning Tomboy with a passion for sports of any kind and the fifth-oldest of the Loud sisters. She’s Lincoln’s main ally, fueled mainly by guilt over her past actions.

Action Girl: Due to starring in an Actionized Adaptation, Lynn gets to show off her chops a lot more, especially when Lyle or One Eye are involved or when she dons her ninja suit.
Adaptational Nice Guy: A much more consistently Lovable Jock than her canon counterpart and more sober and considerate, as her main goals are to help her parents and make up for all the years where she took their love and support for granted while actively making their lives miserable. Her Competition Freak tendencies are also very downplayed. Like Lincoln, she matured in-universe, after learning that her selfish actions had consequences the hard way, though she remains a Leeroy Jenkins and something of a braggart.
Adaptational Wimp: She might be a very strong and athletic Action Girl but she’s still just a 12-year-old girl and is physically defenseless against larger opponents, such as Hank and Hawk, or One Eye. She’s also the only Loud sister who is capable of handling herself in a real fight, implied to be due to years’ worth of schoolyard and sports field scraps.
Ascended Extra: She’s a focal character here, being more prominent than all the other siblings sans Lincoln and serves as the latter’s main ally, and naturally, the story has more emphasis on their relationship.
The Atoner: Like her brother, Lynn sees their mission in Second Chance as a means to redeem herself for taking her loving parents and comfy lives for granted, the latter even more so, due to having been far more destructive, inconsiderate, and unpleasant in the past than Lincoln. She also deeply regrets mistreating Lincoln and aims to be a better sister to him.
Berserk Button: Mentioning her past and/or saying that she's a terrible daughter/sister is a major sore spot for her and will set her off.
Boyish Short Hair: Lisa helps to undo her Traumatic Haircut with an experimental hair-growing cream, but it only makes Lynn's hair grow by a few inches, much to her displeasure and adding to her Lady Looks Like a Dude problem.
Clingy Jealous Girl: She does not take it well when Ryan and Luan start getting chummy, and it spurs a heated rivalry between her and Luan.
Cool Big Sis: She becomes one to Lana, as they bond over being rough and tumble tomboys with no interest in traditionally feminine activities, and towards the end of Second Chance, they become roommates. She also serves that role to Lincoln, as she feels the closest to and is very protective of him, though her little brother is still the more mature and sensible one.
Dumb Jock: Lynn is an incredible athlete but book smart she is not. This is emphasized when she combats Luna in a trivia quiz during the sibling duel, where she screws up very basic questions like who the first American president was. She also subverts Women Are Wiser big time, as both of the main men in her life (Lincoln and Ryan) are certainly shrewder and more knowledgeable than her, as well as having a better handle on their tempers, and often have to hold her back from making impulsive decisions.
Dumbass No More: Downplayed compared to Lincoln, as she's still a Book Dumb jock who struggles with her temper and impulsiveness, but Lynn still has matured and grown more self-aware of her own shortcomings and tries not to succumb to them. Her Competition Freak and Unsportsmanlike Gloating tendencies, in particular, have largely been fazed out.
Let Me at Him!: Made into a Running Gag, with Lynn losing her shit (usually due to Lori, Lola, or Kathleen’s taunting) and having to be restrained by Lincoln and Ryan.
Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: With Lincoln. She’s a boisterous, sport-loving Lad-ette and Femininity Failure, while he’s a sensitive and mild-mannered Geek who is In Touch with His Feminine Side.
Morality Pet: She serves as one to Ryan, as his crush on her was the main catalyst for his original Heel–Face Turn, and his main reason for helping her and Lincoln fix the Bad Future is Lynn’s happiness, as he and Lincoln aren’t the best of friends and he actively loathes most of the Loud sisters that are destined to leave with Rita. Downplayed though, since half the time, Lynn is more inclined to agree with Ryan’s Pragmatic Hero methods than Lincoln’s Always Lawful Good viewpoint, especially if it involves getting revenge on those that wronged her (like Lori, Lola, or Kathleen).
Odd Friendship: With Lincoln, as they both know that they have basically nothing in common. Despite that, Lynn feels the closest to Lincoln, since they used to be roommates and he was her closest confidant by default, since she naturally gravitated towards her only brother instead of her more traditionally feminine sisters (even if her brother isn’t the manliest guy). Lynn claims that the most pleasant thing about their mission in Second Chance is that it’s an opportunity for them to spend quality time without either being forced into doing something they dislike (sports for Lincoln, nerd culture for Lynn).
Red Is Heroic: She dresses in red sports clothes, admits that red is her favorite color, and is more openly heroic here.
Reformed, but Rejected: Lynn really wants to be a better person, but her past of being an uncompromised and destructive Jerk Jock Competition Freak with a Hair-Trigger Temper has left many people (including her own mother) habituated to seeing the worst in her. Even Lucy, who knows that Lynn is trying to do the right thing, has a hard time shaking off her disdain for her due to Lynn's past as a Big Sister Bully. Though this does not stop Lynn from trying to prove them wrong.
Snark-to-Snark Combat: Usually how she and Ryan express their affection for each other.
Traumatic Haircut: Lynn receives one towards the end of Second Chance, after getting darted by a diluted version of the Psycho Serum that gave Lyle his Super-Strength, resulting in her ponytail and the rest of the hair on her scalp falling off. This forces her to wear a beanie to cover it, until No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: She and Lucy don’t get along, to put it mildly, but they nonetheless manage to work together for the benefit of their family. It doesn’t stop them from snidely insulting or trying to undermine each other all the way through.
Wrestler in All of Us: Like in the show, she’s a fan of professional wrestling and her Lunatic Lynn persona is given the spotlight twice in Second Chance, first when she spars with Ryan (giving him his own persona, Ravage Ryan) and later during the first challenge of the sibling duel, where she fights Lori (as Chica Grande, for which Lynn mocks her long after the match).

Lucy Loud

An introverted and put-upon goth girl with a fascination for the macabre and the third youngest of the Loud sisters. Sharing a strong bond with Lincoln, she frequently joins him on his escapades, despite not getting along well with Lynn.

Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Though she hides it well most of the time, it is shown time and time again that her status as a Bully Magnet has taken its toll on her, leading to her usual pessimism as well as a general distrust in other children, and at the worst of times, being bullied and harassed causes her to have a nervous breakdown, like when she gets ambushed by Chandler and his goons in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, where she barely manages to regain her cool and stand up for herself.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In contrast to the show, Lynn and Lucy here are on very frosty terms, thanks to their clashing personalities and Lynn’s history of being an uncompromising Big Sister Bully. Because of that, Lucy tends to view Lynn as a boorish Jerk Jock, while Lynn sees Lucy as an Annoying Younger Sibling. Once they are forced to work together on the same team in Second Chance, both parties take delight in belittling and undermining each other whenever the opportunity arises, and are all too eager to ditch each other as roommates.
Ascended Extra: Second only to Lynn, Lucy gets the most attention out of the Loud sisters and more emphasis is put on her bond with Lincoln. By No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, she’s a full-time member of their team, along with Ryan.
The Baby of the Bunch: Due to being much younger than her main allies, Lucy tends to get this treatment and it frustrates her to no end, with Lincoln and Ryan being reluctant to include her in certain missions, while Lynn mainly uses it as an excuse to exclude her as much as possible due to her dislike of Lucy (though protectiveness is also implied to be a factor). After a talk with Luan, Lucy begrudgingly accepts that at the very least, this shows that they truly do care about her, unlike the rest of her family, who tend to ignore her.
Big Brother Worship: Lucy holds Lincoln in high regard, as he has always been one of the sanest of the Loud siblings and the only one who ever gave her the time of day while they were growing up, while her sisters either ignored her or lowkey bullied her (like Lynn). As a result, she puts a lot of faith in his judgment and it’s one of the main reasons why she believes him when finally lets her in on his secret in Second Chance. She also starts viewing Ryan as a cool older brother figure as they both have a fondness for Halloween and share macabre interests in general, along with Ryan treating her fairly from the moment they met. Ironically, Lincoln and Ryan don’t get along with each other and have very polarizing ideals.
Catchphrase: "Sigh" and "Wicked".
Creepy Child: Much like in the show, Lucy is a Nightmare Fetishist goth with a fascination for the dark and macabre. When she first learns of One Eye, she’s intrigued and eager to meet him (while also assuming he’s a werewolf), even getting consumed with fascination when he has her and Lincoln cornered against a boulder.
Creepy Monotone: Less so than in the show, as she frequently shows a wide array of emotions but her default tone remains hoarse and subdued most of the time.
Deadpan Snarker: Not as much as Ryan, but she’s easily the most sardonic of the siblings, with most of her digs being aimed at Lynn and Lola.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Though here, it led to ridicule and ostracization from her family and peers. She bonds with Ryan over having similar weird complexions.
Extreme Doormat: Her creepy tendencies aside, Lucy is actually fairly timid and insecure and allowed her classmates and her more mean-spirited sisters to walk all over her for years, when they didn’t just pretend like she does not exist. Though there is a benefit to it, as it curbed any chance of Lucy developing an ego early on and made her a lot more lucid and thoughtful.
Friendless Background: This version offers a more realistic interpretation of how someone like Lucy would be perceived by her peers. Much like Luan, Lucy has no friends whatsoever and is actively bullied at school for her odd appearance and being a Nightmare Fetishist, which leads to Adaptational Angst Upgrade.
Hidden Eyes: Like in the show, her eyes are obscured by her bags, though they are shown on multiple occasions with little fanfare. Most notably during the “One Long, Lousy Day” arc, where is stuck with cornrows for most of the day after letting Leni do her hair as a distraction.
Morality Pet: Along with Lynn, she’s this to Ryan. Lucy’s notably the only character he's never mean towards, as even Lynn isn’t spared from his Deadpan Snarker tendencies and Lana sometimes grates on his nerves with her foolishness, and he always gives Lucy positive reinforcement and tries to build up her confidence, with the implication that he sees himself in her when he was Lucy’s age.
Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite only being 7 at the start of the story, Lucy is remarkably mature and introspective and has an impressive vocabulary.

Lisa Loud

The youngest of the Loud sisters and a toddler prodigy and Omnidisciplinary Scientist, capable of inventing anything on a whim. Unfortunately, her unquenchable desire to play god with science tends to blow up in her face and put her family (sometimes the world) in mortal danger, so she decides to expunge her great intellect and become normal.

Acting Your Intellectual Age: Acts much more like an adult than a child, to the point that she can find no joy in stereotypically “childish” activities such as playing frivolous games of any sort and being unable to truly connect with her peers or siblings.
Ascended Extra: The third most prominent Loud sister after Lynn and Lucy, and gets her own subplot in Second Chance, which extends into and gets its conclusion in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
The Atoner: She becomes this after her careless experiments nearly caused a Zombie Apocalypse, becoming far humbler and more compassionate in the aftermath of it. Lincoln does find it in his heart to forgive her eventually, but Lynn and the others aren’t as forgiving. Sadly, history repeats itself, thanks to Lola stealing one of Lisa’s experimental serums and accidentally giving Lyle Super-Strength, thus allowing him to kidnap and try to kill Lincoln, Lucy, Luan, Lola, and Lisa herself, after which Lisa decides that her family can only be safe if she permanently rids herself of her high IQ.
The Baby of the Bunch: Due to Lily being Adapted Out, she effectively takes the role of the youngest Loud child of the bunch. Far more so once she's Brought Down to Normal.
Blessed with Suck: She’s a Child Prodigy Omnidisciplinary Scientist who could likely solve many, many world problems, if not for her chronic habit of making dangerous oversights that lead to her inventions going haywire and putting herself, her family, and sometimes even the world in danger. And on a more mundane basis, her supreme intellect and inability to find joy in frivolous activities leave her unable to form any sort of bond with her siblings and peers. Her nearly causing a Zombie Apocalypse is what fully convinces her that her IQ is a curse and that she needs to get rid of it.
Brought Down to Normal: He ultimate goal and she starts working on an IQ-tampering helmet that can turn her into a normal kid. Despite One Eye’s unforeseen attack that damaged her helmet and subjected her to painful shock therapy, it ends up working and she becomes a normal 3-year-old.
Disappointed in You: She has the dubious honor of being the only sister in Second Chance that manages to enrage Lincoln enough that he disowns her and deems her a lost cause, if only temporarily.
Does This Remind You of Anything?: Towards the end of Second Chance, Lisa starts working on a brain-tampering helmet so she can reduce her own IQ to being average, deeming it and her obsessive need to play god with science hazardous to her family and the world, and she’s visibly suffering from depression, becoming reclusive, disheveled and self-loathing, and is well aware that lowering her IQ to normal could cause a Death of Personality. It essentially comes across as her trying to commit suicide. This comes full circle in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, where after finally realizing that something is off with Lisa, Lincoln, Lynn, and Lucy think that Lisa is actually trying to kill herself (Lucy is the one to put all the pieces together) and try to stop her from using her IQ-tampering helmet (thinking she's trying to fry her brain with it).
Easily Forgiven: Completely subverted. Lisa’s main role in Second Chance is to emphasize how people won’t just give you a slap on the wrist if you screw up royally, even if they are your family. Her first screw-up causes everyone, even Nice Guy Lincoln, to despise and ostracize her.
Mad Scientist: She tries to be a legit one but her track record of creating dangerous inventions that more often than not go haywire firmly cements her as one of these (with Ryan, in particular, referring to her as one). It ceases being humorous once her exploits wind up putting her own family in danger.
Odd Friendship: Subverted with her and Darcy. When they first meet at a children’s hospital, Lisa is well aware that they have nothing in common, and are very different in terms of emotional maturity (though Darcy’s sunny disposition offers Lisa some much-needed alleviation after being spurned by her family), but since her meeting Darcy coincides with Lisa’s plan to be Brought Down to Normal, Lisa pegs the cheery and bubbly girl as a good candidate for a best friend once the former expunged her great intellect, helped by Darcy taking an instant shine to Lisa. Once Lisa does become normal in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, she and Darcy immediately become perfectly compatible best friends.
Reformed, but Rejected: She’s truly regretful about almost causing a Zombie Apocalypse but the protagonists remain frosty and dismissive towards her, even after she starts helping them out, though Lincoln does eventually find it in his heart to forgive her. Said Zombie Apocalypse being almost immediately followed up by Lyle getting dosed with a Psycho Serum (courtesy of Lola) and trying to kill half her family only makes things worse for her.
Secret-Keeper: Played with during the latter half of Second Chance, where she actively assists Lincoln and his team (mainly as a form of atonement) with some of their tasks (even being on Lincoln's team during the sibling duel), is briefed on several of their secret plans and all their suspicions about Kathleen, and she’s the first sibling beside her brother and Lynn to come face-to-face with One Eye and helps them in their attempt to poison him (which fails), but she’s kept Locked Out of the Loop on certain details, such as her being the one who allowed Lincoln, Lynn, and Ryan to (mentally) travel back in time (unlike Lucy). She also doesn't tell anyone about her own agenda, correctly guessing that they would try to stop her if they knew.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: As usual, she speaks like that, though it becomes less frequent as she’s suffering from depression and going through an existential crisis.

Lori Loud

The self-absorbed and domineering oldest Loud sibling who treats her family rather poorly and is mainly concerned with her own self-interests, leaving her at odds with the protagonists.

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Like in the show, Lori and Leni are the closest to each other (and roommates), but here Leni serves as an oblivious Minion with an F in Evil to Lori’s Alpha Bitch. Lori also frequently manipulates and browbeats her, though Leni takes it in strides.
Adaptational Dumbass: For all her bravado and superiority complex, Lori doesn’t have many discernable skills outside of being the only sibling with a driver’s license. She’s a Know-Nothing Know-It-All Smug Snake who is routinely outsmarted by her kid siblings, and is a pretty lousy team leader to boot.
Alpha Bitch: She’s this within her own family, with Leni as her Minion with an F in Evil Beta Bitch.
Beauty Is Bad: Along with Leni, she is depicted as the most conventionally attractive of the older Loud sisters but is also an entitled and condescending Jerkass.
Big Sister Bully: She acts as one toward all her siblings, constantly flaunting her status as the eldest sibling and generally being a condescending bitch to everyone. Her bullying ranges from passive-aggressive insults to open hostility depending on her mood. While she usually prefers verbal bullying, she can get physical if properly enraged.
Break the Haughty: Not as much as Lola, but she receives her fair share of it in Second Chance, especially during the final arc (“All or Nothing”), where she proves to be a severely incompetent leader for her team, losing a wrestling match to Lynn, getting attacked by fire ants during her pugil joust with Lincoln (courtesy of Ryan), which results in a tie, and ultimately losing a race back home against Lynn while getting banged up pretty badly along the way, and to make matters worse, she would have won the race (and the duel) if she hadn’t suffered a severe cramp just a few yards away from the finish line.
Eviler than Thou: Both Kathleen and Renee thoroughly outclass Lori when it comes to many of her worst qualities, especially Renee, emphasizing that for all her faults, Lori is far more benign and manageable, and has lines she won’t cross.
General Failure: Her role as team leader during the “All or Nothing” arc shows here to be this. She barks orders, browbeats her teammates and throws her weight around but is shown to lack any useful skills as both a leader and as a participant in the challenges. Any victories her team scores are due to Luna’s Hidden Depths and even Lola’s gall and determination, while Lori fails during the first two challenges she participates in, first getting defeated by a Lynn in a lucha libre match (who is 4 years her junior) and even when she hand-picks Lincoln as her opponent in the pugil jousting match, Lincoln manages to score a tie by taking her down with him.
Green-Eyed Monster: She’s immensely jealous of her classmate Carol Pingrey.
The Hedonist: Rita outright calls her a hedonist in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. For all their faults, the other sisters have individual hobbies that they are both passionate about and very good at. Lori’s main “hobby” is to be a Phoneaholic Teenager and to mooch off her Pushover Parents and submissive boyfriend Bobby, while also berating them at every turn. Lynn Sr. ultimately decides to change that by forcing her into accepting a summer job so she can learn responsibility.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: It's strongly implied that her aggressive and domineering personality is a result of Lori feeling inadequate compared to most of her sisters, who excel in a specific subject (music, sports, science, pageant shows, etc.) while she is just an average teenager who is good at golfing.
Teens Are Monsters: She does little to refute that stereotype, as she’s the most openly antagonistic of the Loud sisters along with Lola; being loud, selfish, entitled, conceited, judgmental, openly disrespectful to her parents, and throwing a tantrum over every minute inconvenience, along with being a massive Jerkass and bully to everyone in her family. Her one redeeming action so far has been coming to comfort Bobby in Great Lakes City while he was dealing with a family tragedy.

Leni Loud

A happy-go-lucky Brainless Beauty and the second-oldest Loud sister, who makes up for her lack of malice with her stupidity. She usually hangs out with Lori, blissfully unaware of her sister’s vindictive and self-serving nature.

Deconstructed Character Archetype: The story deconstruct Leni's character by pushing her traits to its logical conclusion. Her stupidity makes the problems worse, compensating her lack of malice as shown when she unintentionally started the flu-zombie apocalypse in the house, and her constant niceness pushes most characters away rather than lift their spirits up, and she is always used as a pawn by Lori. Rather than the charming ditz who is appreciated for her nice nature, she is actually shown to be an annoying and dangerous Dumb Blonde that most charactes has disdain for.
Demoted to Extra: She gets the least amount of attention out of all the siblings and remains static, mainly used for jokes (usually about her stupidity) or as a Minion with an F in Evil for Lori.
The Ditz: Even more so than in the series. She’s perpetually cheerful and seems entirely incapable of noticing anything negative around her, even if it slapped her right in the face.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Despite being a Nice Girl, Leni isn’t really liked by most characters, largely due to her stupidity (which sometimes veers into Lethally Stupid) and often cloyingly chipper attitude, and even the more mellow characters (like Luna) tend to get frustrated by her if they spend too much time in her presence. Even her closest friend, Lori, treats her more like a henchman.
Innocent Beta Bitch: To Lori, mainly because she’s too airheaded and cheerful to even realize how malicious Lori is and actively thinks that her roommate is a kind person.
Lethally Stupid: What she lacks in malice, she makes up for with this, with her stupidity sometimes landing others in very dangerous predicaments. Most notably, the near flu-zombie apocalypse in “One Flu Over the Loud House”, easily the most dangerous, horrifying, and high-stakes disaster the protagonists had to contend with, is Leni’s fault, as she stupidly fed a sick Lana a dangerous serum, believing it to be canned soup, which leads to Lana becoming Patient Zero.
The Pollyanna: She is described as “not having a single malicious bone in her body” and it shows. She’s the only Loud sister who is unflinchingly kind, generous, jovial, and never judges anyone. Unfortunately, she’s also Lethally Stupid, Oblivious to Hatred, completely unaware of how much both of the Taylor siblings loathe her and that even her own siblings sometimes find her annoying.

Luna Loud

A rock n roll enthusiast and the third-oldest Loud sister. She’s one of the least destructive of the Loud sisters, being generally chill and content with minding her own business, but is still stuck in her own bubble and tends to let others lead her astray.

Graceful Loser: In contrast to Lori and Lola, Luna’s Jerkass Realization leads to her facing her time in servitude to Team Lynn with quiet dignity. She gets rewarded for it, as Lincoln and his allies take the opportunity to show her that they are her real friends and help her make amends with Sam. This also leads to Luna gracefully accepting that Sam and she are Just Friends and that Sam wants to date Sully.
Hidden Depths: While she’s not the studious type, she takes her schoolwork seriously enough that she manages to do surprisingly well during the trivia quiz in the “All or Nothing” arc and wins the challenge by a landslide.
Just Friends: Following her Jerkass Realization, she and Sam patch things up in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, with Sam admitting that she cares about Luna as her best friend but only as a friend, and Luna accepts it.
A Lighter Shade of Black: Along with Lana, she is one of the most bearable Loud sisters when contrasted with the unabashed Jerkasses Lori and Lola, the haughty and destructive Mad Scientist Lisa and the pranking menace Luan, being mostly just casually inconsiderate and self-serving, along with frequently getting her family noise complaint tickets. However, after Luan, Lisa and Lana perform their Heel Face Turns, Luna winds up as a designated member of the “bad sisters” team during the sibling duel, where she’s this trope once more.
Secretly Selfish: While she is generally very chill and affable, as well as more lucid than most of her sisters, Luna still prioritizes her own desires and shares her siblings’ myopic outlook, as shown when she tries to talk Lincoln into helping her escape to attend a SMOOCH concert while Renee has their house under lockdown, not even once considering how that could land her brother in hot water and offers nothing to him as compensation. Her crush on Sam is also presented as an Entitled to Have You situation, as she never takes into consideration whether Sam would return her feelings (or if Sam’s even into girls) and gets jealous when she notices that Sam is dating Sully. Though she finally has a Jerkass Realization at the end of the “All or Nothing” arc and regrets taking Sam and Lincoln for granted.
Something We Forgot: Happens to her during the “Candy Stripers” arc. After trying to give Renee the slip while being chained to Leni as punishment, Luna and Leni are locked in solitary confinement by Renee (the family’s bunker) with no lighting, and were meant to just stay there for the night, but once Kathleen pays a visit in the morning, and a series of mishaps result in Renee getting hospitalized and everyone else getting recruited into Kathleen’s “Teens of Tomorrow” volunteer group, Luna and Leni end up stuck in the bunker all day, with Leni’s nonstop talking driving Luna crazy.
Trauma Conga Line: She gets one during the second half of Second Chance, being kept as a prisoner by Renee and spending over 24 hours locked in the family bunker as punishment (which leaves her traumatized), getting rejected by Sam and finding out the latter’s dating someone else (which leaves her in a major funk), and finally, getting roughed up and humiliated pretty badly while serving as Lori's saboteur and ending up in Team Lynn’s servitude for 24 hours, along with getting Renee as their warden once more. But every cloud has a silver lining, and this ultimately leads to her sobering up about her own faults.

Luan Loud

A wannabe comedian and performer with a fondness for pranks and bad puns and the fourth-oldest Loud sister. However, beneath her eccentricities and jovial demeanor, she’s actually a Sad Clown with a less-than-humorous history.

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Lucy and her form an Odd Friendship, becoming quite supportive and protective of each other in the process, with Luan becoming a Cool Big Sister for the former.
Birds of a Feather: Despite ostensibly being as different from each other as you can be, she and Lucy bond over the fact that they are both eccentric mavericks who can't fit in with their more "normal" peers and family members, and with each other's support, happily embrace their weirdness. She also befriends and falls for Ryan over similar reasons.
Break the Cutie: She’s frequently subjected to this, with most of her sisters treating her with disdain while also wholeheartedly embracing her bully Kathleen, and the boy she’s crushing on chooses Lynn instead of her. She’s also mocked for her appearance and sense of humor, as well as having plain bad luck in general, leaving her as a Sad Clown.
Clingy Jealous Girl: She gains that attitude towards Ryan almost immediately, as he’s the first boy to ever like her unconditionally and show interest in her. This creates a wedge between her and Lynn.
Cope by Creating: She is an aspiring mime and when Luan’s in a state of serious depression, she falls into “mime melancholy” (as her siblings call it), where she takes a vow of silence and stays in her mime persona for the indefinite future. This happens in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, when her family accepts to stay at Kathleen’s summer home for a week and Luan's “protesting” (staying outside and roughing it) goes horribly wrong immediately.
Friendless Background: Much like Lucy, Luan has no friends whatsoever and is actively bullied by her peers for her perceived "weirdness", as well as her looks, namely her buckteeth and braces (which earned her the nickname Tin Teeth and Squirrel Girl). Having the wealthy and highly influential Kathleen Tisdale as her Arch-Enemy also contributes to her status as a pariah.
Prank Gone Too Far: More like the culmination of a long series of pranks gone too far, and a major reason why most of her siblings can’t stand her. Years of Luan’s large-scale pranks and her infamous April Fools tradition come to bite her in the ass at the start of Second Chance, when her sisters become completely fed up with it and gang up on her.
Pungeon Master: Like in the show, she’s prone to making lame puns that nobody finds funny (besides maybe Ryan, and even he has his limits), though she does it much less frequently, especially when she’s upset (which she is a lot in the stories).
Reformed, but Rejected: Ryan manages to talk her into retiring her Prankmageddon tradition after making her aware of its repercussions (like how it inadvertently got Lynn Sr. into trouble with Rita), and he and Lucy offer Luan a better outlet for expressing her inner turmoil, but her other sisters don’t care much for it and prefer sucking up to her wealthy rival Kathleen, while being quick to brush aside the latter’s history of bullying Luan.
Sad Clown: It becomes apparent over the course of Second Chance that Luan’s jocular persona hides a very lonely and depressed girl, due to being shunned and/or scorned by both her peers and her family. Her many pranks are implied to be a desperate plea for attention, but unfortunately, they have the exact opposite effect and only make her sisters dislike her more.
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: She has that dynamic with Ryan, though he actually likes her for her eccentricity (which compliments his own), but is still more shrewd and world-weary compared to the often naïve Luan.

Lana Loud

The second-youngest Loud sister, along with Lola. Much more affable than her twin, Lana’s a Wrench Wench Tomboy and Friend to All Living Things that doesn’t care so much about cleanliness. Naturally, she gets along best with Lynn.

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: She and Lynn are a lot closer here, due to being the only two tomboys in their family and not meeting eye to eye with their other sisters, which leads to Lynn becoming a Cool Big Sis to Lana and helps steer her into making the right choices.
A Lighter Shade of Black: Along with Luna, she is one of the most bearable Loud sisters when contrasted with the unabashed Jerkasses Lori and Lola, the haughty and destructive Mad Scientist Lisa and the pranking menace Luan, mostly just being a typical Bratty Half-Pint, albeit her Friend to All Living Things tendencies and lack of cleanliness still give her parents migraines, though her bonding with Lynn helps her be less inconsiderate and more aware about the strain she’s putting on her parents, and she makes a proper Heel–Face Turn towards the end of Second Chance.
Cheerful Child: She’s generally friendly, optimistic, and energetic, though also prone to being an Innocently Insensitive Bratty Half-Pint.
Friend to All Living Things: Like in the show, she positively adores animals, with a special fondness for amphibians and reptiles, and keeps many of them as pets. In No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, she helps a bunch of Woodland Creatures that got injured or are struggling with something, and even allows them to take shelter in Kathleen’s summer home (where the family is taking their vacation).
Innocently Insensitive: Unlike some of the other sisters, who are oftentimes willfully ignorant, Lana’s worst fault is being naïve and not understanding how actions can have severe consequences (mainly due to her young age) but starts sobering up thanks to Lynn’s intervention.
What You Are in the Dark: In Second Chance, Lori invites her to be part of their conspiracy with Kathleen to try and prevent Rita and Lynn Sr. from growing out of being Pushover Parents, and Lana is temped at first, especially after Lori intentionally tries to scare her into cooperating with Blatant Lies like claiming that their parents will permanently take away Lana’s pets to punish her, but after hearing Kathleen’s absurd and immoral proposition to fake their own disappearances, she runs away from their meeting and tearfully tells Lynn and her team what she knows, despite knowing that she could get into big trouble if her parents learned about her involvement in their conspiracy. Although the protagonist already knew about the conspiracy, due to Lynn and Ryan silently eavesdropping on the meeting, Lana’s action proves to them that she has indeed changed.

Lola Loud

The second-youngest Loud sister, along with Lana. Much crueler and more vindictive than her twin, Lola’s a prissy pageant queen and typical Tiny Tyrannical Girl with a penchant for Disproportionate Retribution, making her the most antagonistic of the sisters. Fortunately, she’s not very effective and tends to be more of a nuisance than anything.

Adaptational Dumbass: She’s ambitious and determined alright, and reasonably crafty. But she’s also just a 5-year-old and sheltered Spoiled Brat prone to lapses in judgment and her opponents are older and savvier, and thus always remain several steps ahead of her. No matter how hard she tries, Lola fails to be anything more than be a very persistent nuisance to the latter in Second Chance, with any real dents she makes being purely accidental (like the Lyle Psycho Serum incident), and becomes a full-fledged Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain towards the end, as she’s subjected to Lori’s mistreatment and a Trauma Conga Line.
Adaptational Wimp:Lola might be a Spoiled Brat with a Hair-Trigger Temper and a penchant for violent Disproportionate Retribution, but she’s only 5 years old and poses no physical threat to Lynn and Ryan, or even Lincoln, despite the latter admitting to being a wimp. Early on in the story, Lincoln stops cowing down to her demands, and afterward, Lola can do nothing to intimidate her brother or make him do her bidding, with Lincoln easily manhandling her when she falls out of line.
Birds of a Feather: This is what leads her to adopt Kathleen as a Cool Big Sis (with the feelings being mutual), but when it comes to her real big sis, Lori, their similar personalities actually cause them to clash more. Since they are both self-important, uncompromising, petulant, and foul-tempered jerks, their Teeth-Clenched Teamwork leads to disaster and makes the ice between them grow thicker, leading to them cutting ties by the end of Second Chance.
Break the Haughty: Basically her entire role in Second Chance is to be humiliated and torn down, usually due to her own actions. Just when she’s on the verge of finally realizing her faults, Kathleen swoops in to convince her that she did nothing wrong.
The Determinator: Much like how the protagonists of Second Chance are determined to do good, Lola is just as gung-ho about getting her way and crushing her opposition, no matter how many hurdles she has to overcome. It’s the closest thing she has to a redeeming trait. Unfortunately for her, she’s not very good at it and suffers lots of Laser-Guided Karma.
- As shown in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, she’s even ready to perform minor self-harm to avoid suffering punishment, as she willingly eats up a bunch of pineapple slices (to which she’s allergic) to avoid playing servant to the protagonists.
Hated by All: By the end of Second Chance, Lola’s Jerkass behavior and refusal to better herself has alienated her from everyone in her family. Most of her siblings didn’t like her to begin with due to her history of bullying and blackmailing them, her parents are growing tired of her Spoiled Brat behavior, Lana becomes fed up with her once Lola’s spiteful actions go too far, Lori has cut ties with her, and Lincoln resorts to a Batman Gambit as a last-ditch attempt to orchestrate a Scare 'Em Straight Heel–Face Turn. Likewise, after nearly getting both of them killed with her antics, the Taylor siblings go from casually disliking her to vehemently hating her. Her only remaining ally is Big Bad Kathleen Tisdale.
Ignored Epiphany: She’s a master at that throughout Second Chance, sticking to her old modus operandi through and through. Once she becomes a family pariah and almost gets Renee killed, however, Lola actually does start to question her actions, but unfortunately, Kathleen starts becoming a bigger presence in her life and keeps leading her away from the light.
Pink Is for Sissies: Subverted. Lola is certainly a prissy and spoiled princess with a strong prejudice for Tomboy activities, but as her role in Second Chance shows, lack of success aside, she’s anything but weak or timid and will gladly get her hands dirty if pushed to it.
Spoiled Brat: All of her worst canon traits are amped up here. Unfortunately for her, as the story goes on, her vile personality, Hair-Trigger Temper, and unflinching Never My Fault attitude sour her relationship with her entire family, to the point that even Lincoln starts doubting if she’s redeemable, and drive her further into Kathleen's clutches.

Rita and Lynn Sr

The Loud siblings’ long-suffering parents. Lynn Sr. tends to be a neurotic Extreme Doormat, while Rita is more assertive but also jaded and overwhelmed by the maddening task of trying to keep ten children in line.

Adaptation Personality Change: Rita is much more cynical and disgruntled here, due to years of having to deal with her children’s maddening antics. She has grown so disillusioned with her daughters that she has become habituated to seeing the worst in them, leading to Cassandra Truth moments. Lynn Sr., on the other hand, amps up his Bumbling Dad tendencies, to the point of being comically meek and ineffectual and has to be guided by his own children (Lincoln and Lynn) into being more assertive and enacting his authority.
Adults Are Useless: Ultimately what the protagonists aim to change about them. Rita at least is showing more initiative than her husband, while the former is slowly starting to put his foot down and assert his authority over his misbehaved daughters.
The Alcoholic: Rita is shown to have become one due to the constant stress in her life, using wine to numb the pain.
Extreme Doormat: Lynn Sr. is this in spades, with Lincoln and Lynn having to actively push him to assert his authority in any way, as he otherwise lets his daughters walk all over him, partially because he’s afraid that doing so might create a rift between him and his children, as highlighted in one moment where Lori casually tells him that she’s going to have a wild party despite those being forbidden at home. Less so with Rita, who is far more willing to stand up to her children and punish them but is still overwhelmed with having to deal with 10 of them on a daily basis.
Like Father, Unlike Son: Rita is jaded and cynical, while Albert is jovial and good-natured and manages to keep his chin up even when things go wrong (like when he injures his back). Rita even expresses some envy for her inability to be like her father. Granted, Albert doesn’t have to deal with the kids 24/7, unlike Rita and her husband.
Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal: Subverted. By the time of Second Chance, Rita has fully accepted that her daughters are “lost causes” (her own words) who are hardwired to break rules and cause chaos and mayhem wherever they go, so whenever she hears that one of them got into some kind of trouble, Rita’s first instinct is to assume that her daughter started the conflict or was at least equally guilty. When she learns about Kathleen having bullied Luan at school, despite being aware that Kathleen is not as nice as she seems, Rita firmly believes that Luan was equally at fault for the feud.
Nervous Wreck: Lynn Sr. is very much this, given how much he has on his plate being a father of ten, and it only gets worse after he learns from Lynn and Lincoln that his wife is on the verge of divorcing him. Lynn, Lincoln, and Albert have to actively keep him calm so he won’t screw up their plans to improve their home life.
Parental Favoritism: While she refrains from showing it, Rita favors Lincoln over her daughters. This is shown when Lincoln and Lucy find her rambling while in a drunken stupor and Rita admits that she thinks of her daughters as “lost causes” who will never see the error of their ways, while considering her son the only good child she has.
Properly Paranoid: Due to their children’s history, both parents have become very distrustful of them, especially Rita. This eventually leads to Cassandra Truth, like when they misinterpret Renee’s Villainous BSoD as their children having tormented her to the point of breaking her spirit (when it was actually the opposite) and punish them by taking away their privileges for a week, prompting the latter (especially Lori and Lola) to rebel even more against them. Or when Luan punches Kathleen in front of her, Rita refuses to believe her own daughter and grounds her, and even after being informed about her feud with Kathleen, Rita remains convinced that Luan was either the instigator or was at least equally to blame for it.
Pushover Parents: Lynn Sr. and Rita are both this (more so the former), and have been like that for years, which is the root cause behind the rampant dysfunctionality within the Loud family and their daughters’ lack of discipline and respect for authority. Lincoln and Lynn are actively working to change that and are trying to get their father to grow a backbone, though their mother is shown to be bolder and more willing to punish her kids (especially when she’s pissed).

Albert

The Loud siblings’ maternal grandfather, who is always willing to lend them a helping hand.

Blind Without 'Em: Due to his advanced age, he has pretty poor eyesight but he stubbornly refuses to wear glasses or contact lenses, though he begrudgingly settles on the latter after deciding to help out his grandkids.
Cool Old Guy: He’s very laid-back and jocular and gets along well with his grandkids, who all genuinely like him, even the brattier ones. Even when Lori gives him lip, he remains calm. He also jumps at the chance to help Lincoln and Lynn save their parents’ marriage, having been well aware of their matrimonial issues for years and regrets not having done something about it sooner.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He’s the only adult in Second Chance that’s truly level-headed and reasonable, and keeps having to steer his son-in-law in the right direction and keep him from losing his nerve when things get troublesome. He also quickly catches on that Kathleen Tisdale is not what she seems to be.
Scatterbrained Senior: Shows signs of dementia from time to time, like mixing up words, spacing out, or forgetting where he is after a nap, though he usually remains lucid.

Charles

A playful and loyal if not-too-sharp bull terrier and the Loud family’s most prominent pet.

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Lynn seems particularly fond of him in this version. Given her personality, it makes sense that she’s a dog person.
Adaptation Species Change: Here he’s depicted as a bull terrier rather than a diminutive pit bull. ^note
Big Guy, Little Guy: With Cliff, the opposite of their canon counterparts.
David Versus Goliath: He always tries to protect his owners from One Eye. It doesn’t go well for him. In No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, he tries to stop the wolf from approaching his owner’s house, only to be ignored and then swatted away like a bug once he attacks, and gets K.O-ed.
Dogs Are Dumb: Charles isn’t the brightest pup but he is very happy-go-lucky and loyal to his owners.
Female Feline, Male Mutt: With Marceline, as the two are commonly seen together. Naturally, Marceline is the more sharp-witted of the two, though she also seems more fond of Charles than fellow feline Cliff.
Undying Loyalty: He’s very protective of his owners and will jump in to defend them without hesitation, despite lacking the muscle or stature to do much.
Unknown Rival: With One Eye out to get his owners, Charles develops a very personal animosity towards the wolf and is determined to stop him, but One Eye barely even registers his existence, so much so that during One Eye’s first visits to the Louds’ home at night, he completely ignores Charles, even after the dog repeatedly bites him and just swats him away like a fly. After the wolf marks the house as his territory, Charles grows even more pissed and now deems their feud an outright war.

Cliff

A black tomcat who prefers to lie around all day and the Loud family’s other pet. He tends to be very unlucky.

Butt-Monkey: Constantly subjected to abuse and slapstick comedy in Second Chance.
Extreme Doormat: Prior to his death, Walt (a canary) used to bully him by constantly pecking his head.
The Eeyore: Once we hear him speak, he's shown to be a Nervous Wreck and a sour, perpetual whiner. Not without reason though.
Jerkass Has a Point: He urges Charles to run away and leave the Loud family to their fate, but he isn't wrong that the Loud kids are a whirlwind of destruction that could very well send him and his canine friend to the pet cemetery with their manic and callous antics.
Lazy Bum: Cliff prefers lazing around than doing anything you’d expect a cat to do. As a matter of fact, he’s quite bad at being a cat. He doesn’t even know that meat comes from animals (he thinks it comes from cans).

Fang

A semi-domesticated bat who serves as Lucy’s companion, along with the rest of his flock.

Adaptation Name Change: Fangs in show, Fang here. ^note
Bat Out of Hell: Entirely subverted. He’s harmless, friendly, and a cool pet.
Shown Their Work: Unlike the show, he’s accurately depicted as a quadruped and Lucy notes that he only eats bugs, as vampire bats are only found in Latin America, though Lynn stubbornly refuses to believe her that Fang is harmless. Lucy also points out that bats aren't rodents.
Undying Loyalty: To Lucy.

Other Pets

Asshole Victim: Walt, who is stated to have been a belligerent Jerkass who picked on Cliff.
Black Comedy Pet Death: They get unceremoniously killed off over the course of Second Chance. Walt gets eaten by Marceline, Geo gets eaten by One Eye, and Hops gets vaporized by Fenton (because Hops was running amok after getting a taste of Lisa's Psycho Serum.) It’s all Played for Laughs.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: Only Lana really notices their absence while the others just move on with their lives none the wiser. Granted, most of the sisters lacked Lana’s Friend to All Living Things connection with the pets. Lynn and Lincoln do notice Walt's death but don't care much about it, and with Hops, they try to find a replacement without Lana's knowing.
The Ghost: Walt never physically appears in Second Chance.
Killed Offscreen: Walt's death is confirmed via Marceline burping out a yellow feather and Geo's via Charles and Cliff finding a crushed and saliva-covered hamster ball. Subverted with Hops.

Original Characters

Ryan Taylor

The new kid on the block, a sarcastic and eccentric boy with an unsavory look and lax moral standards, who becomes entangled with the Louds’ affairs. He serves as Lynn’s love interest, grows very fond of Lucy, and enjoys getting under Lincoln’s skin at every turn, becoming their constant companion.

Bad "Bad Acting": When impersonating Bobby on the phone to lure Lori back home, Ryan’s way of impersonating him is by talking like a character from a telenovela, complete with Gratuitous Spanish. Even when Lincoln gets him to dial it back, he’s still being incredibly melodramatic.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Being a disillusioned cynic, his modus operandi is to only trust people who have earned his trust and treat him fairly. Naturally, the naggy, judgmental and condescending Lori and Lola don’t give him a fair chance even before learning about his less desirable traits, so he quickly becomes a Sitcom Arch-Nemesis to them. Meanwhile, despite their obvious philosophical differences, he can never bring himself to truly hate Lincoln and will instinctively help him when the chips are down.
Blood Knight: He enjoys a good fight and relishes the thrill of danger, being the only major character who actually finds enjoyment in the life-threatening situations they find themselves in, though he has his limits. It’s defiantly a major reason why he finds himself so drawn to Lynn and finds her eccentricities attractive, whereas most boys would be put off by it.
Card-Carrying Jerkass: Just as much as Lincoln wishes to be a good boy, Ryan is determined to keep his bad boy image and takes great pride in being a self-serving and snide Jerkass, even if half of it is posturing.
Chivalrous Pervert: He's a Dirty Kid who has no calms about ogling girls or making sleazy remarks, but as his interactions with Lynn and Luan show, he does genuinely care for the girls he’s hitting on and will go to great lengths to help them. And while he may superficially give off misogynistic vibes (down to frequently using terms like “tutz” and “bimbo”), he actually shows a great deal of respect to girls who show agency, individuality, competence and self-reliance and is more inclined to be antagonistic and inconsiderate towards girls that lack those attributes.
Deadpan Snarker: Very much his defining trait. Ryan is a jaded and cynical kid who takes few things seriously enough not to make at least one sarcastic remark, even when he’s in mortal danger. Though it's heavily implied to be a facade and coping mechanism to avoid showing vulnerability.
Early-Installment Weirdness: In the author’s original (now deleted) LH fics, Ryan was fairly normal-looking outside of his crooked teeth, had a younger brother named Roy and was depicted as being physically stronger than Lynn, all of which got changed/nixed with Second Chance.
- Also, out of the younger Loud sisters, he was initially the closest to Lana while Lucy did not have the highest opinion of him and Ryan largely ignored her.
Face of a Thug: His Gonk-ish face frightens everyone upon first meeting him, and to an extent, his looks aren't deceiving. But if you get to know him and treat him fairly, he quickly reveals a Hidden Heart of Gold.
Freaky Is Cool: Certainly has this mindset, which is why he gravitates towards Lucy almost instantly in Second Chance. While others are creeped out by whatever macabre idea she expresses, Ryan almost always wholeheartedly agrees with her. Similarly, he finds Luan's wacky personality and penchant for pranking very appealing.
The Gadfly: He enjoys getting under people’s skin whenever the opportunity arises, with Lincoln, as well as Lori and Lola being his favorite targets.
Her Code Name Was "Mary Sue": While being stuck as the storyteller for the hospitalized kids in “Candy Stripers”, Ryan recounts a very embellished version of his first encounter with One Eye, where he frames himself as a muscle-bound Rambo copy and effortlessly beats up the wolf, here depicted as a behemoth with saber-teeth and spikes covering his back, after the latter kidnapped his friends, that being Lynn, here shown as a hysterical Damsel in Distress wearing a red dress, Lincoln, here depicted as wearing a diaper and suckling on a pacifier, and Lucy and Lana, who are manic, cheering fans who even dress like him.
Large Ham: Very much. He’s basically what you get when a Jerk with a Heart of Gold tries his hardest to maintain his Card-Carrying Jerkass image.
Lazy Alias: When he’s roped into visiting a children’s hospital in “Candy Stripers”, he puts on shades and a beanie to hide his identity and goes by the alias Brian Tyler.
Looks Like Cesare: With his pale skin, unkempt and spiky black hair, dark eye bags, and crooked teeth, he’s far from good looking, down to being considered a Gonk in-universe. He however insists that he has a “unique complexion”.
McNinja: In line with his sneaky nature, he has a fascination with ninjas. He somehow owns a whole arsenal of ninja weapons and dresses up as one when going off to do things he would rather keep under wraps. Subsequently, he and Lynn both don ninja disguises for several stealth missions, and Ryan comes up with the codenames Dagger (for himself) and Jinx (for Lynn).
Mr. Vice Guy: He’s rude, sarcastic, self-absorbed, and chatty, and also has fairly lax moral standards but he’s also unquestionably loyal to those he considers friends and will go to great lengths to help them when they are in trouble without asking for any compensation, though he will adamantly deny that he’s “nice”.
The Nicknamer: He has a penchant for giving nicknames to pretty much everyone, which also overlaps with Catchphrase Insult or Insult of Endearment (depending on the individual). He calls Lynn “Freckles” or “Red”, Lincoln “pipsqueak” or “Twinkle Toes”, Lucy “Spooky”, Lisa “Lizzie”, Lana “squirt” (though so does Lynn), Lola “Pinky” or “Princess”, Lori “Blondy”, Luna “Moon Girl” and Lyle “Mohawked/Monobrowed Moron”, and Lynn Sr. and Rita "Mr. & Mrs. L".
Pragmatic Hero: He firmly believes that you need to get your hands dirty to get things done, and unless you’re one of the few people he has affection for, he’ll gladly screw you over to further his own goals or if you’re standing in his way, though how far he will go depends on the person. If the people in question have crossed him or he harbors disdain for them, all bets are off.
Sarcastic Devotee: Usually serves this role to Lynn and Lincoln, especially Lincoln.
Ship Tease: He catches the attention of both Lynn and Luan. He and Lynn eventually become an Official Couple.
Signature Headgear: Always wears a red backward cap, in line with his cheeky personality.
Sinister Switchblade: He always carries a switchblade in his pocket and is quite handy with knives of any sort, though it mainly serves to assert his “bad boy” image.
Straight Man and Wise Guy: Given his smart alec nature, he takes a lot of joy in trying to get under the straight-laced Lincoln's skin.
Taught by Experience: Ryan is quite skillful, combining Lynn’s strength and athleticism with Lincoln’s resourcefulness, along with amazing stealth skills, shrewdness, and a knack for manipulation when he needs to, since he suffered Parental Neglect throughout his life along with growing up with an uncaring older sister, leaving him to fend for himself a lot of the time. Though he’s also prone to being Too Clever by Half, especially when he’s blinded by his ego or pushes his enemy’s buttons too far.
Token Evil Teammate: Lynn and Lincoln first met him as a Barbaric Bully in the original timeline, though he Took a Level in Kindness. In the new timeline, he's still the most morally lax of the main characters and prefers using underhanded tactics to accomplish his goals.

Renee Taylor

Ryan’s dour, anti-social, and tyrannical older sister who is obsessed with maintaining order, so needless to say, the two have a very strained and often hostile relationship. When not focusing on her studies, she works as a babysitter, much to the Loud kids’ dismay. She's one of the main antagonists (though less vindictive than the others).

Babysitter from Hell: To the Louds, though instead of being a sadistic bully, she's an authoritarian tyrant who will harshly punish her charges for even the slightest perceived offense.
Catchphrase Insult: She often calls her charges and children in general “miscreants”, and she uses it prominently when addressing the Loud kids.
Child Hater: She candidly admits that she can't stand children and only does babysitting for the money. Which is extra weird, since she herself is only 14, which several characters call her out on, but she seems to think that your level of maturity determines whether you count as a "child" or not.
Cold Ham: In contrast to her Large Ham brother. Renee and Ryan are both extreme personalities, but only one of them has a sense of humor.
The Comically Serious: With her being The Stoic, juxtaposed with a slew of Large Hams, this is inevitable, especially when she meets Leni.
Early-Installment Weirdness: In the original stories, she was dour and bookish but otherwise your typical “responsible older sibling” and her sour relationship with Ryan was implied to be due to the latter’s Jerkass nature, but like with Kathleen, her character traits got exaggerated in Second Chance.
Enemy Mine: In Second Chance, She and Lynn are forced to work together to catch an out-of-control Lana after the latter went crazy from drugged candy. After they successfully catch and restrain her, Lynn wonders if this experience helped them get a mutual understanding of each other, but Renee shuts that down, saying it changed absolutely nothing.
Friendly Enemy: While she often plays an antagonistic role, she can just as frequently be an ally to the protagonists, since, unlike the other antagonists, Renee isn’t motivated by greed, envy, or revenge but rather by a fanatical obsession with maintaining order. So as long as the protagonists don’t directly break any rules and meet her demands, she won’t harass them and will even be willing to cooperate with them.
Jerkass Has a Point: While her methods are extreme and she's quite condescending towards them, Renee is correct that many of the Loud girls (especially Lola and Lori) are spoiled, misbehaved brats who are in severe need of discipline.
Lack of Empathy: She shows just how apathetic she can be to other people’s suffering once she gets appointed as the Loud kids’ babysitter for two days, with a lot of her harsh disciplinary measures veering into wanton child abuse territory, and she’s no better (and arguably even worse) with her brother Ryan. Some of it gets Played for Laughs but other times it’s deeply unnerving.
Misanthrope Supreme: By default, Renee has nothing but disdain for other people and always sees the worst in any individual she meets. So when she meets someone as flawed and troublesome as the Loud siblings, it’s bad news for the latter.
Only in It for the Money: She freely admits to being a Child Hater and only does babysitting because that’s the only lucrative career someone her age can pursue.
The Perfectionist: She's a studious overachiever who strives to be perfect at everything she does, down to being obsessive. Failing to uphold that self-imposed standard in any way can lead her to have a Villainous BSoD and be left in a catatonic state.
Wardens Are Evil: She acts more like one of those than a typical cruel babysitter, often using disciplinary methods that can be charitably described as psychological torture, such as locking her charges in isolation if they misbehave.
Would Hurt a Child: She has no qualms about resorting to whatever brutal punishment she can think of to keep her charges in line, be it physical torture or psychological torture, regardless of how old they are. Lucy, Lisa, and the twins learn this the hard way when she first gets appointed as their babysitter.

Kathleen Tisdale

One of the major antagonists. She’s a typical Alpha Bitch; rich, popular, the head cheerleader at school, and very spiteful. But once you get to know her better, you’ll learn that she’s far worse than the sum of her parts.

Alpha Bitch: Rich, beautiful, popular, head cheerleader and loves picking on the unpopular girl. It's all there, but Kathleen shows herself to be far more malicious and unhinged than your usual example.
Arch-Enemy: She serves as this to Luan at middle school. She eventually becomes one to Lynn as well.
Bad Boss: She treats Jenny and Amber very poorly, to the point of veering into Domestic Abuse territory, both physical and emotional, as Kathleen knows their personal insecurities well and uses them to break their spirits and keep them obedient.
Big Bad Ensemble: Along with One Eye, Renee, and Lyle, she’s one of the principal antagonists.
Crocodile Tears: She's quite good at it and uses it to earn sympathy as a means to more effectively screw over her opponents. Best exemplified when Luan punches her in front of Rita and Kathleen uses the opportunity to get her nemesis in trouble, and later in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, when she deflects blame from conspiring with Lori and Lola and makes Lynn look like she feels Irrational Hatred for her.
Cruel Cheerleader: Taken to eleven. She is the captain of her cheerleading squad and is not only a bitch, but also a Card-Carrying Villain with sociopathic tendencies.
Early-Installment Weirdness: In the original stories, she was a fairly standard Alpha Bitch but became more exaggeratedly evil and psychotic in Second Chance.
Evil Is Petty: Luan (the victim of her bullying), Lincoln, Lynn, Lucy, and Ryan not buying into her Villain with Good Publicity facade like sheep or being willing to sacrifice their dignity with her not-so-subtle attempts at bribery riles her up immensely and fuels her desire for vengeance.
Evil Mentor: She serves as one to Lola in Second Chance, under the guise of a Cool Big Sis, encouraging Lola to remain a Spoiled Brat with increasingly less subtlety.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She seems to genuinely care for Lola like a little sister, mainly since she sees herself in the young Loud. Lola is the only person she’s genuinely willing to help out.
Eviler than Thou: Along with Lyle, she’s this to Lori and Lola, to highlight that while the latter may be obnoxious and entitled Jerkasses, the former are the true villains.
Gaslighting: She often uses it to manipulate people, and also on her own lackeys Jenny and Amber, constantly demeaning them and playing on their personal insecurities, and even getting physically violent with them in order to keep them obedient. She also did this to Luan at school, doing everything to make Luan feel as worthless as her peers made her out to be.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Even worse than Lyle’s. Jenny and Amber often take the brunt of it.
Mood-Swinger: She can go from composed and cordial to throwing violent temper tantrums in a heartbeat if things don’t go her way. Depending on if victory is still salvageable, she can just as quickly snap back to being calm.
Rich Bitch: Obscenely rich, to the point that she can fund countless charity events and buy any lavish gift the Loud sisters could wish for, but is a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing.
Slave to PR: After her past actions catch up to her, she’s forced into this situation by her father, and has to prove to him that she has turned over a new leaf by becoming a young philanthropist. Using underhanded tactics, she manages to get most of the people she slighted and abused in the past to forgive her but hits a major road bump when her most prolific victim (Luan) refuses to forgive her, leaving Kathleen desperately trying to get the Loud family to publicly endorse her phony Heel–Face Turn.
The Sociopath: Kathleen is very much shown to be a budding sociopath. She has an inflated ego, views people as disposable tools, has plenty of superficial charm, and is good at manipulation and feigning emotions, but also has a fierce temper when things don’t go her way and will blithely do whatever it takes to do away with her opposition, like pushing Renee out of a second-story window or tricking Leni into dousing Lincoln with scalding water, without showing an ounce of remorse.
Shadow Archetype: She represents the kind of person Lola would grow up to be if she cast aside any of her scruples.

Lyle Owen

The local bully and another major antagonist. Very strong but not too bright, he harbors a massive grudge against the protagonists, fueled by his equally massive inferiority complex, eventually leading to him joining forces with Kathleen. Like her, Lyle is far worse than the mere Barbaric Bully he appears to be at first glance.

Barbaric Bully: Very much. Not only does he get off on violence and Disproportionate Retribution, but if properly enraged, he will even resort to kidnapping and attempted murder. Though given that he’s not the brightest bulb, he’s likely not forward-thinking enough to consider the consequences of such actions.
Big Bad Ensemble: Along with Kathleen, Renee and One Eye, he’s one of the principal antagonists.
Big Bad Wannabe: Despite being the most active antagonist early on in Second Chance, he doesn't measure up to Kathleen, Renee or One Eye, thanks in large part to his impulsiveness and lack of wit. Ryan loves mocking him for his incompetence and refuses to treat him as a serious threat, much to Lyle's growing frustration.
Big Ol' Unibrow: He sports one and one of Ryan’s Catchphrase Insult for him is “Monobrow Moron”.
Catchphrase Insult: Coupled with Ironic Nickname. He tends to call Lincoln "Ace" because the first time they met, Lincoln was in an Ace Savvy costume. Of course, Lyle (not unjustifiably) views Lincoln as a nerdy weakling.
Demoted to Dragon: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished sees Kathleen bailing him out of his legal issues following the Psycho Serum incident and recruiting him as her lackey. He is initially hesitant, not wanting to be this trope (and take orders from a girl) but Kathleen quickly convinces him otherwise by claiming that she’s actually proposing a partnership where the two are equals, and Lyle buys it.
Dumb Muscle: Not very bright, but strong and vicious enough to go toe to toe with Lynn and Ryan. Kathleen notes that this character makes him an ideal Mook.
Easy Amnesia: Suffers from this as a side effect of the Psycho Serum wearing off, making him forget about his feud with the Louds and Ryan. Unfortunately, Kathleen jogs his memory after she takes him as her lackey.
Evil Is Petty: Kicking his ass in self-defense will result in him becoming obsessed with getting even with you, as the main characters learn the hard way.
Eviler than Thou: Along with Kathleen, he’s this to Lori and Lola, to highlight that while the latter may be obnoxious and entitled Jerkasses, the former are the true villains.
No Honor Among Thieves: In No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, he hires Chandler to get rid of the apology gifts Lynn and Lucy are trying to bring home, which the latter succeeds at and then gets saved by Lyle from Lynn’s wrath. But Lyle only did it to get payback on Lynn and as soon as they escape, he refuses to pay Chandler as promised and instead beats him up and subjects him to a flagpole wedgie.
Politically Incorrect Villain: If him constantly trying to downplay how he lost a fight to Lynn and treating Ryan as his prime enemy didn’t tip you off, then the fact that he uses every single derogatory term used against women when insulting the Loud sisters should seal the deal.
Took a Level in Badass: When he accidentally gets doused with Lisa’s Psycho Serum, he gains Super-Strength and nearly kills the protagonists. Luckily, the effects of the serum are only temporary.
Would Hurt a Child: He has no qualms about assaulting kids much younger than him, including Lucy, the twins, and Lisa.

Fenton

An A.I. created by Lisa who pilots the clunky and creepy-looking body of an old children’s toy, serving as her lab assistant and undyingly loyal servant.

A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Played with. Several characters (especially Ryan) expect Fenton to go that route, and given some of his deadly arsenal and Trigger-Happy attitude, their worries aren’t unfounded, even more so given how Lisa’s inventions have a history of going haywire. But so far, he has been a Benevolent A.I. with Undying Loyalty to his creator, and even actively helps out the main characters in later chapters.
Brought Down to Normal: In No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, he reveals that Lisa had stripped him of all his weaponry off-screen, in case he “malfunctioned at the last second”. Too bad that’s when One Eye attacks them and damages Lisa’s IQ-tampering helmet.
Creepy Good: Suffice to say, he makes people very uncomfortable, but he remains loyal to Lisa and, by proxy, on the side of the good guys.
Do-Anything Robot: Besides being Lisa's robotic servant, he has various gadgets installed in him that pop up when it's convenient to the plot. At one point, he even transforms into a cellphone. Even the kids are dumbfounded by it at that point.
Killer Rabbit: He has the body of a children’s toy but he’s been upgraded by Lisa into possessing a whole arsenal of deadly weapons, including buzzsaws and electric prods that extend from his hands and laser eyes than can instantly vaporize any target they hit.
O.C. Stand-in: He’s an A. I. created by Lisa that’s by all accounts an Original Character, but he commanders the body of a toy from the series, Fenton the Feel-Better Fox.
Robo Speak: He talks in a typical robotic monotone, coupled with random and awkward pauses. Apparently, he never bothered to ask Lisa to build him a better voice box because he doesn't want to bother her.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Much like his master, and being a robot, he tends to speak like that.
Slasher Smile: Has a permanently frozen grin. Lisa later gives him optics that can open and shut like a camera lens, adding to his creepiness.
They Killed Kenny Again: He gets horribly mutilated and put out of commission on several occasions but always makes a quick recovery, due to being a robot. He’ll sometimes repair himself if his processor remains unharmed.
Undying Loyalty: It’s his programming to look out for Lisa, even if it leads to his own destruction.
Vocal Dissonance: In contrast to the original Fenton’s shrill and child-like voice, he speaks with a pleasant tenor. Done intentionally by Lisa, as she found the toy’s original voice unbearably annoying.

One Eye/Soto

A rogue, man-eating gray wolf who prowls the wilderness around Royal Woods and ends up crossing paths with the protagonists on multiple occasions, resulting in his growing obsession to hunt them down and kill them. He’s one of the main antagonists and easily the darkest one.

Ascended Extra: He only appears sporadically in Second Chance, as the protagonists are only running into him by chance, but by the end of that fic, he becomes determined to hunt them down, leading to him becoming a major antagonist in the Immediate Sequel.
Big Bad Ensemble: Along with Kathleen, Renee, and Lyle, he’s one of the principal antagonists.
Catchphrase Insult: He tends to refer to the protagonists as “runts”. Given that he’s a canine, that’s likely a very demeaning insult by his species’ standards.
Dark Is Evil: Along with his missing eye, his all-black pelt should clue you in that he's not a friendly wolf.
Egomaniac Hunter: He prides himself as a great hunter and it’s (at least partially) why he obsessively hounds the protagonists, because they keep getting away from him.
Evil Is Bigger: Not only is he a very large timber wolf but his main opponents are young children, so he easily dwarfs and outmuscles them. To the pets (Charles, Marceline, and Cliff), he's practically a Kaiju.
Eye Scream: Hence how he got his nickname, thanks to (accidentally) receiving a firecracker to the eye from Lyle.
Evil Sounds Deep: When we finally hear him speak, he has a deep, smooth baritone, complete with a Transatlantic accent.
Giant Eye of Doom: How he's introduced in Second Chance, when Charles and Marceline stumble into his cave.
Given Name Reveal: For all of Second Chance, he's only known as One Eye. It's not until the end of chapter 22 of No Good Deed Goes Unpunished that he gets called by his real name by his lackey Raza, and with the next chapter having the Woodland Creatures reaffirm that Soto is his name.
Implacable Man: He is shown to have incredible durability, easily shrugging off things like getting hit in the head by nunchucks, getting kicked by a horse, or getting slashed or stabbed by Ryan’s switchblade, meaning that nothing the kids can throw at him can stop him from pursuing them, especially when he gets pissed. Their only option is to run and evade him.
It Amused Me: He’s not above toying with his prey.
- In Second Chance, when Lincoln and Lisa accidentally teleport themselves to his cave, he pretends to be asleep while they try to sneak around him, then grabs Lincoln’s leg and starts nibbling on it (as if he’s dreaming of chewing on a bone), forcing Lisa to yank it out and replace it with an actual bone, and just when the siblings cleared past him, he gets up and attacks.
- In No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, when he locates the Louds and Taylors' homes at nighttime, he marks them as his territory, taking amusement in the fact that his soon-to-be victims cannot pick up this warning that their days are numbered. Marceline and Charles do pick up his scent and scramble to keep their owners safe.
It Can Think: Over the course of Second Chance, he reveals himself not to be a Non-Malicious Monster and starts actively stalking the protagonists to settle the score.
"It" Is Dehumanizing: He tends to refer to any human as “it”, emphasizing his hatred for them.
It's Personal: Along with the indignation of failing to catch them on multiple occasions, the kids trying to poison him towards the end of Second Chance not only fails to do the job but motivates him to shift his focus squarely on killing them.
Savage Wolves: Emphasis on savage. Though in this case, it’s due to harboring a burning hatred for humans and being an Egomaniac Hunter rather than just arbitrarily attacking people.
Super-Persistent Predator: Justified, as he's not hunting the kids out of hunger but to settle a score, plus, wolves are pursuit predators with incredible endurance (which gets alluded to in the story).
Uplifted Animal: Downplayed example. As a side effect of Lisa’s IQ-tampering helmet (previously a universal translator) blowing up, he gains the ability to talk with humans, though based on what we saw of him before, he was already quite sentient, though he does also display some more anthropomorphic gestures following the accident.
Would Hurt a Child: And stalk them. And tear them apart. And eat them. Same for adults. For him, any human is fair game.
Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: He is a wolf after all, so the eye color comes naturally.

Marceline

Ryan’s pet Savannah cat and oldest companion, who is quite similar to her owner and usually paired up with Charles.

Cats Are Mean: Downplayed. While she gets a kick out of scaring and tormenting Cliff, she is very loyal to her owner and gets along surprisingly well with Charles (a dog). She also tries to hunt down any small animal she finds, including Fang and Lana’s pets, but that’s not treated as an amoral action but rather as just something cats are hardwired to do.
Cats Are Snarkers: When we finally hear her speak, she wastes no time expressing her irreverence towards Charles and Cliff. See Uncatty Resemblance.
Early-Installment Weirdness: In the original stories, she was a regular black cat before undergoing an Adaptational Species Change in Second Chance, partially to differentiate her from Cliff.
Female Feline, Male Mutt: With Charles, as the two are often seen together.
Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: With Cliff, as they are both cats but the former doesn’t have wildcat genes to boost his size.
Uncatty Resemblance: She clearly takes after her owner, being an aloof, independent, and street-smart Gadfly who can handle herself in a fight. It goes even further when we finally hear her speak, as she shares Ryan's Deadpan Snarker tendencies and even calls Cliff "pipsqueak".
Undying Loyalty: To Ryan. Throughout No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, she repeatedly tries to warn him that One Eye is alive and stalking him (though fails, due to being unable to talk with him), and when the latter attacks and pins down Ryan, she actually attacks the wolf to defend her owner.

Jenny and Amber

Kathleen's Girl Posse, whom she tends to be treated very badly.

Beta Bitch: They both serve as this to Kathleen, though it's shown to be anything but glamorous.
Black Best Friend: Jenny’s this to Kathleen, though “friend” is stretching it.
Butt-Monkey: They take a lot of abuse from Kathleen. Some of it is Played for Laughs, other times, not so much, like when Kathleen breaks Jenny's nose in a fit of anger.
Dumb Blonde: Amber is basically just a younger Leni and the two actually get along quite well when the Loud girls and Kathleen hang out in Second Chance.
Girl Posse: They form this with Kathleen, though she treats them more like disposable Elite Mooks and is always eager to remind them that they are replaceable.
Minion with an F in Evil: Neither of them is very malicious on their own, with Amber being very bubbly and Jenny rather mild-mannered.
Professional Butt-Kisser: It's pretty much the only way to stay in Kathleen's good graces.
Social Climber: Jenny flat out admits that this is the only reason they put with Kathleen's crap while being held hostage by ninjas (Ryan and Lynn in disguise).

Minor Characters

Mr. Grouse

The Loud family's cranky neighbor who can't stand them, and not without reason.

Adaptation Name Change: His first name is revealed to be Reginald instead of Bud (though the latter is likely a nickname).
Butt-Monkey: Living next door to the Louds, he tends to suffer a lot of misfortune, all of which is Played for Laughs
Grumpy Old Man: He’s a crabby old curmudgeon who lives on his own and constantly gets driven up a wall by the Loud kids’ antics.
Cranky Neighbor: Much more explicitly than his canon counterpart, as he loathes the Louds with a passion and relishes any chance to get away from them.
Jerkass Has a Point: As standoffish and cantankerous as he might be, he has every right to despise the Louds, since their children have spent years causing havoc wherever they go, often resulting in Grouse himself getting harassed, hurt, or having his property destroyed, and he rarely gets a moment of peace.
Pet the Dog: Subverted on two occasions.
- In A Second Chance, he’s the first one to tell Lynn Sr. to stop being in denial about his marriage being in tatters and that he needs to do something about it if he wants to avoid a divorce. He only did it because Lincoln bribed him with his favorite muffins.
- In No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, he agreed to check up on and feed Lana’s pets while the family went on their vacation, just so he could be rid of the Louds for a week.

Hank and Hawk Hogan

Two hulking, thuggish teenage bullies, who nonetheless love their mother a lot.

Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: They are vicious brutes who have qualms about beating up children, but they love and appreciate their mother.
Fat Bastard: Both of them are overweight bullies.
Momma's Boy: So much so that saying anything but about their mother is their Berserk Button.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: They might be huge Mommas Boys but they are still hulking brutes that could easily squash the main protagonists like bugs. After being tricked into going after Ryan, they were planning to string him up and beat him up with bats.
Related in the Adaptation: Here, they are specifically said to be brothers, and are given the last name Hogan.
Smarter Than You Look: Downplayed. They aren’t very bright but they do show more common sense than most Dumb Muscle types, or at least Hank does. After their initial encounter with Ryan, they figured out that Lyle had tricked them into going after Ryan (by lying that Ryan’s been trash-talking their mother) but Ryan still made enemies out of them by tricking them into clonking each other out with baseball bats and then writing “Dumb” and “Dumber” on their bellies.
Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Because their mother taught them to always be respectful to ladies. Too bad for Lynn that they keep mistaking her for a boy.

Darcy Helmandollar

A normal and sweet-natured toddler who befriends Lisa.

Baby Talk: She tends to pronounce the letters “L” and “R” as “W”, such as referring to Lisa as “Wisa”. Justified, since she’s only three.
Captain Oblivious: Due to her young age, she’s completely oblivious when she is in danger. When she accidentally sends herself, Lisa, and Lincoln on a teleporting adventure where they fall off a cliff, almost get run over by cars and a train, get attacked by a zoo polar bear, get shot at by Flip, and finally end up in One Eye’s cave, Darcy enjoys the whole experience and even tries riding One Eye like a horse, mistaking him for a Big Friendly Dog.
Children Are Innocent: Given her age, she has a very naïve and optimistic outlook on life. She takes an instant liking to Lisa despite having nothing in common, purely because the latter was appointed as her buddy in the “Candy Striper” arc while Darcy was still at the children’s hospital.
The Cutie: Very sweet and bubbly, and takes an instant liking to Lisa. She ends up being something of a Living Emotional Crutch while the latter goes through depression.

Sam Sharp

Luna's best friend and bandmate, whom she secretly has a crush on.

Adaptational Sexuality: She is straight here and is in a relationship with fellow band member Sully. Luna doesn’t take it well at first but they work things out.
Awesome McCoolname: Even Ryan admits that Sam Sharp is a really cool name.
Genre Savvy: When Luna finally admits her feelings to Sam, the latter runs away, seemingly appalled. But it’s later revealed that while Sam was caught off guard, the main reason she ran off was because most of Luna’s sisters were in the vicinity at the moment and Sam was worried that if they caught wind of their conversation, they would have judged and/or mocked Luna for being a lesbian.
Nice Girl: One of the few side characters who isn’t a jerk, and treats everyone with respect, even when they are acting weird or off-putting. When Luna ousts herself as a lesbian, Sam takes no issue with it and they remain best friends. She even offers to help Luna and her team build the treehouse at the start of No Good Deed Goes Unpunished to relieve her best friend of some of the workload.
The Generic Girl: She doesn’t have any notable quirks and comes across as fairly normal in a World of Ham.
Mellow Fellow: She’s very mild-mannered and friendly. She's not put off by Ryan's appearance and is friendly towards Luna's siblings, despite knowing that they are a bit crazy and not the nicest people.

Flip

A shifty conman and swindler.

Adaptational Villainy: Much more unscrupulous and criminal than his canon counterpart, down to being willing to harm children for his own benefit.
Conspicuous Trenchcoat: Tends to wear trenchcoats and fedoras, including in his first appearance.
Fat Bastard: Very overweight and an unscrupulous conman who only cares about himself.
Nothing Personal: Flip knows he’s a piece of shit and doesn’t deny it, hence he doesn’t take it personally when people hate him.
Trapped by Gambling Debts: It’s alluded to that he has a lot of gambling debts, hence why he spends all his time swindling and stealing, or else he’ll get the cement shoes.
Would Hurt a Child: His first appearance has him giving Lana drugged chocolate, so the latter can go bonkers and create a distraction while he steals a cash register. Later, when Lincoln, Lisa, and Darcy accidentally teleport to his trailer home, he shoots at them (though he thought they were cops coming for him).

Chandler McCann

A jerky kid who is Lincoln's rival at school, and who also bullies Lucy.

Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: He and Lucy have no meaningful interaction in the show. Here, he regularly bullies her at school, and it’s implied that she’s his favorite target, even more so than Lincoln.
Dirty Coward: He tends to bully those weaker than him, like Lucy, but when confronted by someone like Lynn or Lyle, he quickly resorts to pathetically begging for mercy.
Evil Redhead: He’s a ginger and a cruel bully.
Kids Are Cruel: He’s a crass and obnoxious Jerkass who enjoys bullying Lincoln and especially Lucy. He and his goons even tried to throw Lucy into a sewage dump for standing up to him.
Starter Villain: He was Lincoln and Lucy’s first enemy, though he’s a minnow compared to the main Rogues Gallery.

Maggie Morgan

A mysterious and emotionless emo girl who happens to be Lyle's cousin, and occasionally helps him out, without much enthusiasm.

Dissonant Serenity: She remains an Emotionless Girl through and through, even while getting waterboarded into a fountain by an enraged Lynn.
Creepy Monotone: She always speaks like that. Even when being brutalized.
Evil Counterpart: She has a lot in common with Lucy, but unlike the latter, Maggie has no noble qualities to speak of.
Ignored Expert: In A Second Chance, every time Lyle tries to take on Ryan and the Louds on his own, Maggie tells him that his plan will inevitably go south, only to be completely ignored.
Lack of Empathy: Her default mood is complete apathy and she doesn’t even flinch when Lyle smacks Lucy so hard that he knocks her unconscious, though she did half-heartedly tell the goth not to push Lyle’s buttons.
Named by the Adaptation: Her full name is revealed to be Margaret Morgan.
Punch-Clock Villain: She couldn’t care less about the Louds or Ryan, but she helps out Lyle anyway. It’s not made clear why she’s helping him at all, other than maybe because they are family.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Lyle accidentally gets Super-Strength from Lisa’s Psycho Serum and kidnaps half of the Louds, Maggie is tasked with leading Ryan to the final showdown. After they reach the abandoned warehouse where Lyle is residing, Maggie promptly runs off and hasn’t been seen since.

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