Fanfic / Life of Pets

The best doggone animals a family could ask for.

Life of Pets is a Loud House fanfic series by Inkuma the Bewear. It's a collection of one-shot stories intended to be cute, wacky and crazy all in one fanfiction series that appeals to everyone alike as it focuses on the Loud family's four pets: Charles, Cliff, Geo, and Walt, embarking on their adventures through their perspectives of being pets in a large family whenever no one is around.

The series began its debut on June 24, 2018 and it is available to read on The Loud House Encyclopedia here. The series is now complete at 50 chapters as of October 11, 2020.

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These gosh dang pets provide examples of:

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• A Boy and His X: Lincoln and Charles in "A Boy and His Dog".
• Absent Animal Companion: Chester, and many of the pets' friends were one-offs for one story.
• Action Pet: The pets successfully outwitting a burglar in “The Guard Pawsition”.
• Afraid of Needles: "Cage Fright" reveals that Charles and Cliff are afraid of them, hence why they spent most of the story trying to avoid Mr. and Mrs. Loud who assure them it's just a checkup. This was played straight when the vet mentions about having the two vaccinated.
• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: In "Chester", Charles and Cliff do this to convince Mrs. Loud to keep the kitty they found, even after they were told not to bring another thing in the house.
• Alliterative Title: "The Party Pound", and "System of a Shakedown".
• Ambiguous Gender: "Chester" has never revealed if Chester (who's a kitty) is a boy or a girl.
• Amplified Animal Aptitude: Charles and Cliff know how to drive a van, operate human appliances, watch over Lily, cook some food, host a party, you name it.
• An Aesop:
  • "Bone Sweet Bone": Even if someone's actions are completely justified, everyone is still entitled to their opinions.
  • "The Guard Pawsition": Anything can happen whenever you're not at home, and it's best to have security measures or train your pets on guarding it.
  • "Laughingsock": You shouldn't be unappreciative with what you get, even if you may not like it. It's the thought that counts.
  • "Post-Terrier": No matter what you have to go through to do a job, it's always rewarding in the end.
  • "Hugh & Me": Fighting for a human being isn't worth destroying your friendships.
  • "Fame & Watch": Getting popular isn't everything. It takes time to get discovered.
  • "Go Dog, Go!": It's not right to pressure someone into doing something, especially if it's worth putting their life or yours at risk.
  • "Don't Worry, Be Angry": Don't beat yourself up by taking your problems out on everyone else. You're perfect just the way you are.
  • "Feliz Navi-dog!": Sometimes things happen, and it's not your fault.
  • "Slow Learn": Be patient with people. Everybody has their own pace of learning.
  • "Home Worked": Get important things done early, and keep your dog away from your homework.
• Angry Fist-Shake: Charles does this when he says he'll have squirrels for lunch if anything happened to their last batch of patties.

• Animal Jingoism: Subverted. Charles and Cliff get along well, despite that they'll fight sometimes.
• Animal Talk: The pets and other animals are given dialogue so whoever's reading can understand their thoughts better. They can even talk to you as well.

• Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag: Charles and Cliff can stand and walk on their hind legs like a human sometimes.
• Anti-Climax: In "Silent, But Dreadly", Cliff manages to obtain the dog whistle in a quick enough time as he and Charles set out a plan to get rid of it. It was hanging out of Lincoln's pocket when he stopped to tie his shoes.

• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking:
  Cliff: I'm sorry! I was the one who ate the leftover fish!
  Walt: It's my fault that I poked a hole through the front door!
  Charles: I didn't mean ta leave that present in yer litterbox!
  Geo: ...I really love SMOOOCH! (the three pets glance at him) What?

• The Atoner: Charles and Cliff can be sometimes sympathethic towards people and will do anything to heal anyone's wounds.
  • In one instance (although they had nothing to do with it), helped Lily's babysitter conquer her cynophobia.
  • After their terrifying mistake of brutally attacking Mr. Loud thanks to a misleading commercial, they plan to make things up as soon as they're allowed back inside the house.
  • "Amending Fences" has Cliff trying to make things right with Lincoln after realizing how unsympathethic and unlikable he's been acting towards him.
• Attack Animal: “The Guard Pawsition” has Charles teaching the other pets how to guard their home.

• Babysitting Episode: "Purrental Control" and "Chester".

• Be Yourself: In "Don't Worry, Be Angry", despite all the things the pets had to go through, they ultimately imply this aesop onto Walt after comforting him.
• Berserk Button: Don't call Charles a "dumb mutt".
• Big Ball of Violence:
  • One instance in "System of a Shakedown" where Cliff gets in a scrap with Charles over a bowel joke.
  • Happens twice in "Hugh & Me" when Cliff attacks Lincoln and later with Charles and Walt.
  • It becomes a Running Gag in "Slow Learn".
• Big Eater: The pets, mostly Charles.
• Bilingual Bonus: In "Hugh & Me", Cliff's monologue to Hugh begins with "Je t'aime", which is French for "I love you".
• Bird-Poop Gag: "The Feast of These" has an instance where a bird poops on the pets' patties during near-completion.
• Blackmail: In "The Guard Pawsition", Cliff threatens Charles by posting an embarrassing video of him on the web if he didn't teach the others how to become guard pets.
• Black Comedy: In "Chester", Charles and Cliff watch in horror as they are led to believe that the newborn kitty is being grinded into cookie batter. Of course, the kitty is okay.
• Black Comedy Pet Death: It's implied that Cliff ate a couple of the Loud's fish without them knowing.
  • Out of fear of witnessing the current Geo's death, Charles, Cliff, and Walt go out of their way to protect him in "Ranger Endanger".
• Bland-Name Product: On "Fame & Watch", there's a site called Mewtube.
• A Bloody Mess: Cliff thought Charles was covered in blood in "System of a Shakedown", but it's really just tomato sauce.
• Bottle Episode: Just about every story could count, since most of (if not all) the stories takes place at the household.
• Bowdlerise: The stories published from Fan Fiction.net and the Encyclopedia may sometimes differ with word choices, or parts of the story that were cut.
• Break the Cutie: Charles and Cliff burst into tears after they're led to believe that Chester has been killed and grinded into cookie batter.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Charles and Cliff do this pretty much most of the time.
  Cliff: (mellow) I suddenly remember that this is... a kid's show.
• Brick Joke:
  • Halfway in "Webcome to the Jam", Cliff finds a photo of Charles' butt on Lincoln's laptop. Up until the end of the story, the latter kisses a photo of another dog he thought he mistakenly printed out, until Cliff reveals that he kissed his own butt.
  • In "Silent, but Dreadly", Charles and Cliff mention that they don't have a Fear of Thunder at some point. "System of a Shakedown" proves their statement wrong.
  • In "The Feast of These", Charles uses an umbrella to protect the patties from the oncoming rain, only for it to get stuck by lightning and blow up the grill. The end of the story has Mrs. Loud asking where her umbrella is.
  • In "Nowhere to Hydrant", Cliff mentions about a game he had planned with Walt in the middle of the story, only for Charles to make him change his plans and help him sniff out who marked his territory. The end shows Walt chasing Cliff down with no qualms at all.
• Broken Bird: The babysitter in "Purrental Control". She mistakenly neglects Lily on the couch after Charles and Cliff confront her due to talking on her phone, then later reveals why she was avoiding the two pets.
  • It's revealed that she has cynophobia ^note (the fear of dogs) because of an incident that left her with a bleeding arm and having to relocate to another neighborhood where they don't allow any pets for the safety of her behalf.
  • Walt, literally. The reason why he's been angry with everyone around him was all because of a careless man who knocked him out of his tree, putting his life on the line as he's forced to encounter a savage dog and an alley of cats, leading to a cut wing and two fallen birds (one was a friend of Walt's, and another who was there to protect him). He breaks out into tears after he mentions how cruel the world is.
• Brooklyn Rage: Minus the rage part, Charles and Cliff talk like this.
• Burping Contest: In "Party Pound", Charles challenges his friend Ajax to see who can burp louder.
• Butt Biter: Charles becomes this in the end of "The Guard Pawsition" and serves as a plot in "Post-Terrier".

• Butt Sticker: In "Hugh & Me", Walt becomes one after a direct hit on Charles' butt thanks to Cliff.
• Call-Back:
  • Charles talks about how the smell of bacon led right to a burglar's butt in "The Guard Pawsition", referencing Lock 'n Loud.
  • Charles retells the exact events of Baby Break from the Family Tree comic in "Laughingsock".
  • Walt mentions how Cliff hangs with the one that shaved the pets completely nude in "Post-Terrier", referencing the infamous April Fools Rules.
  • In "The Party Pound", Walt's line "One year, four months, and two weeks" is a callback to Pets Peeved. ^note Makes perfect since since the episode aired May 15, 2017, and the story was published September 29, 2018.
• Cats Are Magic: Played with in "Magic Kit". Cliff performs some magic tricks for Charles, Geo and Walt.
• Cats Hate Water: Subverted. As Cliff finishes up lathering Lily, Charles accidentally douses the cat with the water hose. He bluntly points at Lily covered in suds afterwards.
• The Chain of Harm: "Don't Worry, Be Angry" is this when you think about it. His past reveals that he received harm from someone else, so Walt brings that same harm right upon Charles, Cliff and Geo as seen at the beginning.
• Character Focus: There are a select amount of chapters that's dedicated to each of the family's pets.

• Cheer Up Episode: Basically the main plot of "Feliz Navidog". The pets do everything they can to get Lily out of a slump after Charles inadvertently destroys her teddy bear.
• Chew-Out Fake-Out: Happens in "The Party Pound". Lily, of all people crashes the party by showing up without warning before she tears off her diaper in front of the animals, yelling "Party!".
• Christmas Episode: "Secret Santa Paws" and "Feliz Navi-dog!".

• Closed Circle: The entire story of "Trapped!" revolves around this, where the pets are trapped inside Vanzilla.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Charles to some degree. Sometimes Cliff.
• Continuity Nod:
  • In "Bone Sweet Bone", Geo gets used as a can opener, just like in Fed Up.
  • In "Post-Terrier", Walt still remembers that there's no pleasing everyone with what anybody does in canon events, as learned from "Bone Sweet Bone".
  • In "Chester", The pets stack themselves on top of each other to get the pet food for themselves, just like in Pets Peeved.
• Contrived Coincidence: The very first story, "Make Roomba Four" becomes this. It's about the pets discovering and playing with a vacuum robot. Over a week later came the Loud House short, “So Long, Sucker” premiering in Herbrew where the premise is the same, the only difference is that the pets set out to destroy the vacuum robot instead. This caught the author completely off guard, he actually makes a reference to it soon after in “Webcome to the Jam”.
  • "The Feast of These" shares a similarity to the comic piece "Feeding Frenzy" from the Livin' A Casa Loud graphic novel.
  • "Puppy Love" shared a similar premise to "Love Birds" when it premiered eight months later, except the show gives it a focus on Walt, not Charles.
  • "The Show-Fur" seemed to have became a reality half a year later when "A Mutt Above" premiered in the series with just about the same premise.
• Conversation Cut: One instance.
  Pets: Let's... (transitions to the party) PARTY!
• The Couch: The family's pets are seen sitting on the couch multiple times.
• Covered in Kisses: Happens to the kitty in "Chester" once the pets find out that he's alive.

• Crush Blush: Cliff gets one in "Hugh & Me" as he gives a monologue to Hugh.

• A Day in the Limelight: For Charles, Cliff, Geo, and Walt.
  • Watterson, Cleopawtra, and Nepurrtiti, just to name a few in "The Party Pound".
  • Charles gets a couple spotlights in "A Boy and His Dog" and "Charles' Purpose".
  • Cliff and Lalo gets theirs in "Ailalophobia".
  • Geo gets one in "Super Hamster Bros." as Walt gets one in "Gallinorms".
• Deadpan Snarker: Walt. Sometimes Cliff.
• Declaration of Protection: Charles and Cliff devote themselves to protect Lily at all costs, as well as Chester for just one story.
• Denied Food as Punishment: Mr. Loud does this to Charles and Cliff at the end of "Ain't That an Itch?" after he caught the two rolling around in oatmeal, even throwing in a hot scalding bath.
• Denser and Wackier: The series started off as funny and wholesome but slowly developed to this overtime.
• Diabolical Dog Catcher: Corinne, who works at the Green Mile Pet Sanctuary is mentioned and crudely drawn with stink lines in "The Party Pound". The picture gets penetrated by Walt as it was part of a party game.
• The Diaper Change: Charles attempts to change Lily after he and Cliff can't bear another second of her smelly diaper. The aftermath shows that Lily's naked and her face covered in baby powder, but she still stinks.
• Didn't Think This Through:
  • In "Post-Terrier", Cliff and Geo were so focused on trying to stop Charles from attacking a postman by putting him on a leash, that they forgot that he could just simply take the collar off of his neck and charge at the man.
  • In "Hugh & Me", it's revealed that Geo was the one who drove Hugh away from the house by phone call, only to not realize that it would lead to yet another problem, where Lincoln would call the pets out on the situation as soon as he notices that Hugh's gone.
• Disproportionate Retribution:
  • The babysitter's father sentenced her for babysitting work over something trivial.
  • In "Silent, But Dreadly", Charles urinates on the family couch over the annoying sound of the dog whistle Lincoln bought.
  • Charles biting a postman's butt in "Post-Terrier", because the latter taunted him by shaking his butt in his face. He also bit Cliff's butt as well before getting called out by him, because he restrained him with a leash to stop his senseless attacking to the postman earlier.
  • At one point. Charles pees on Mr. Grouse's flowers over his bone getting stolen from him.
• Dissonant Serenity: In "The Party Pound", Charles is somehow calm when he notifies everyone at the party that the Loud parents were on their way home according to Lori. He starts Suddenly Shouting not a moment after to clear the house.
• Diving Save: Charles saving Lily's fall from the couch in "Purrental Control". He also saves Lincoln from a broken cookie jar in "A Boy and His Dog".
• Do a Barrel Roll: Walt does this before crashing into a picture of Corinne.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: Charles excited reaction as he gazes upon several dog breeds in "Webcome To The Jam".
• A Dog Ate My Homework: "Home Worked" is this, where Lincoln, Lana, and Lola rely on Charles on eating their math homework.
• A Dog Named "Dog": So far, the pets only refer to the others by their species.
• The Dog Bites Back: After finding out Lincoln faked his sickness, Charles and the others set up a scheme to expose the boy for the liar he was to his family.
• Dogs Hate Squirrels: Played for Laughs in "The Feast of These". A squirrel treats Charles like a riding horse and gets him to crash their cookout. In the end, he never gets any comeuppance.
  Charles: If anythin' happens ta those last four patties, I'll have that darn squirrel fer lunch!
  • In "Squirrel Pool", Charles and his pals work together to get rid of a bunch of squirrels that took over their swimming pool.
• Downer Ending: For Charles in "Loo the Coup".
  • "Go Dog, Go!" may count since the authorities are still in search of Vanzilla, while Mr. and Mrs Loud are using it.
• Dramatically Missing the Point: Charles and Cliff are trying to brainstorm what to do after they overhear that they're getting fixed. Because of their accent, Charles asks Cliff to "tink", only for him to do just that in his litterbox.
• Drill Sergeant Nasty: In "The Guard Pawsition", Charles is this to Cliff, Geo, and Walt as he trains them to protect the house.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: In "Charles' Purpose", Charles went out of his way to run for miles (despite being a young puppy), following the Loud family whever they went just so he could be together with Lana again. Because of that, Mr. Loud decides to adopt him and finally become part of the family.
• Eating the Eye Candy: Charles' reaction as he comes across a site filled with several dog breeds.
• Eek, a Mouse!!: Said word from word by Mrs. Loud in "Chester".
• Embarrassing Old Photo: Charles' hairless butt on Lincoln's laptop.
• Embarrassment Plot: "Laughingsock" could count.
• Empty Fridge, Empty Life: Subverted in "The Feast of These". The story reveals that the fridge only has citrus fruit, frozen meat and Mr. Loud's leftover casserole. The end reveals that there weren't any food in the pantry for the pets.
• Establishing Character Moment: Charles and Walt get their ovation in a unique way, in "Charles' Purpose", and "Don't Worry, Be Angry".
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • An instance in "Mint Condition" where Cliff manages to get Charles to sniff a burlap toy that mellows him out. The latter takes offense when the former mentions if it smelled better than butts.
  • In "The Feast of These", Walt feels somewhat offended when Charles suggests cooking some bird. ^note (frozen turkey)
• Exact Words: "Pitbull Daycare" has this exchange:
  Captain Mike: Just for that runt, you drop and give me twenty!
  Charles: (literally drops down and pulls out a $20 bill)
• Explosive Breeder: Gary, at the end of “The Party Pound”.
• Expressive Ears: Sometimes included with the descriptive part of Charles and Cliff's mood.
• Extra-Long Episode: "The Party Pound", "The Show-fur", and "Feliz Navi-dog!".
• "Everybody Laughs" Ending: Sans Cliff in "Post-Terrier".
• Evidence Scavenger Hunt: "System of a Shakedown".
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin:
  • "Mint Condition" (Cliff becoming high off catnip)
  • "Post-Terrier" (Charles biting postman butts)
  • "A Boy and His Dog" (Lincoln and Charles)
  • "Puppy Love" (Charles falls in love)
• Failure Montage: In "The Feast of These", the pets' patties are ruined by a bird pooping on the first batch, a squirrel controlling Charles to crash the second, and thunder and explosions ruining the third.
• Fake Interactivity: Played with in some chapters where the pets (usually Charles or Cliff) would ask the reader questions.
• Fake Rabies: In "Party Pound", Charles hatches a plan that involves the use of whipped cream to scare off the pizza delivery man in order to get the pizzas they ordered for free.
  • Charles does this again to fool Mrs. Loud in "Chester", but it doesn't work.
• Fainting: Mr. and Mrs. Loud does this in "The Party Pound" after finding Luna and Luan's room filled with baby rabbits.
  • Charles and Cliff does this at the end of "If It Ain't Broke".
• Feud Episode: "Hugh & Me" is this for Charles, Cliff, and Walt. "Slow Learn" could also count.
• Flea Episode: "Ain't That an Itch?"
• Food as Bribe: Cliff convinces Charles to be brave and fight the monster with him using a bacon-flavored doggy treat in "System of a Shakedown".
• Food End: "Cage Fright".
  • Subverted in "The Feast of These" when Mrs. Loud asks the pets where her umbrella is after the pets finally get something to eat to satisfy their hunger.
• The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: At one point, Charles gets so happy that he licks your screen, leaving a trail of saliva behind, followed by Cliff cleaning your screen soon after.
• Freudian Excuse: The babysitter's cynophobia story in "Purrental Control".
• Furry Confusion: Chester (who's a kitty) never utters any dialogue apart from mewling.
• Furry Reminder: Some actions spread across the stories will remind you that the pets are still just normal, domesticated animals.
  • Charles drinking out of a toilet when he was younger and dragging his butt across the floor.
  • Cliff playing with his ball of yarn, and acting High on Catnip.
  • Geo once questioned why Charles sniffs butts.
• Gasshole: Charles farts a couple of times, as well as burping.
  • Virginia (Liam's pet pig), lets one loose in "Go Dog, Go!" after Charles tells Cliff to hit the gas.
  • In "Ailalophobia", Lalo farts during an exercise with Cliff.
• Get Out!: In "Chester", Mrs. Loud takes Charles and Cliff outside after Charles wastes whipped cream to trick her into thinking he's rabid.
• Gone Horribly Right: In "Home Worked", Lincoln, Lana, and Lola's ruse worked a little too well when they're given a breather on their homework. Thinking that he'll still get rewarded for helping out, Charles munches on their homework only to get called out upon out of nowhere, leading to their parents discovering what they did.
• Good All Along: Charles' realization about the postman.
• Good Parents: Charles and Cliff in "Purrental Control", from saving Lily from her fall off the couch, to feeding her, changing her diaper and giving her a bath.
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Sometimes, the pets use the phrase "dang it" just like the Louds in canon.
• G-Rated Drug: The burlap toy Cliff plays with in "Mint Condition".
• Group Hug: Done several times across a good portion of the series.
• Growling Gut: Happens to the pets in "The Feast of These" to the point it becomes a Running Gag.

• Hand-or-Object Underwear: Charles performs this trope after tearing off his clothes in "Laughingsock". He even blushes after doing so.
• Hate Sink: Charles' mother is written to be unlikable and unsympathetic towards him. By rejecting Charles over his black spots and leaving him in a box alone, isolating him from his family. In the end, we see that she was captured by animal control when Corinne rushes in to take Charles away from the Louds.
• Heat Wave: The main problem for the Loud pets inside the van in "Trapped!".
• Heel–Face Turn: Walt starts to tone down his anger, especially towards the pets after discussing his behavior to Cliff.
• Heel Realization: In "Laughingsock", Charles and Cliff realize they were being unappreciative to Lori and Leni after they tore off the clothes they were forced to wear.
• Help, I'm Stuck!: Lincoln gets in a rather humiliating predicament where he's left dangling by his underwear after he loses his balance trying to reach a cookie jar, forcing him to rely on Charles for help.
• Here We Go Again!:
  • The ending to "Mint Condition", where Charles and Cliff mellow out once again.
  • In "Puppy Love", Cliff, Geo, and Walt all fall in love with another one of their kind.
  • The ending to "Go Dog, Go!" has the Mr. and Mrs. Loud unknowingly become part of an ongoing police chase, after Charles and Cliff took it out for a reckless joyride.
• Hey, You!: Charles says this exactly to address the reader and other characters.
• High on Catnip: Cliff in "Mint Condition".
• Homage:
  • The entire premise of "System of a Shakedown" is a dead ringer to Scooby-Doo, with Charles acting as Scooby, and Cliff acting as Shaggy.
  • Feed the Kitty has been parodied in "Chester". Geo has even lampshaded it at some point.
  Geo: I swear, I know I've seen this somewhere before.
• Horse of a Different Color: Lily gets a ride from Cliff back inside the house at some point.
• Horsing Around: Poor Charles is treated like a horse in "The Feast of These" when a squirrel decides to take him on a joyride. He tries his best to thwart the animal but he accidentally ruins the pets' patties in the process.
• I Am a Monster: Charles thinks he's this in "Post-Terrier" after Cliff talks to him to try and figure out why he keeps relentlessly biting a postman's butt.
• I Call It "Vera": Mellowed out, Cliff calls his toys "Karen" and "Heaven".
• I Kiss Your Foot: When Mrs. Loud decides to keep Chester for a while, Charles and Cliff does this to her.
• Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Just like canon, "Trapped!" counts.
• Imagine Spot: In "Go Dog, Go!", Charles pictures how he would attract animals at the park by driving a vehicle around.
• Implied Death Threat: "Hugh & Me" has but one instance between Cliff and Walt.
  Cliff: (growling) Ya better watch it bird before the next thing I'm gonna hunt fer is bird meat!
• In Another Man's Shoes: "Bait and Switch" shows Charles acting like a cat and Cliff acting like a dog to show whose lives are better as part of a bet.
• In-Series Nickname: Geo is called "Ham", by Charles and Cliff.
  • At some point, Charles is called "Mutt" behind his back by Cliff and Walt.
• Incompetent Guard Animal: In "The Guard Pawsition", Charles admits that he loves being a lazy dog and that he wasn't willing to help Cliff, Geo and Walt become guard animals too. He changes his mind after Cliff blackmails him.
• It's All My Fault:
  • Charles blames himself for the postman quitting his job in "Post-Terrier".
  • In "Chester", Charles and Cliff burst into tears when they failed to save Chester from getting grinded into batter. ^note To really hit home, Cliff says that Chester was like a son to him, along with Charles, but turns out he's alright.
  • In "Feliz Navi-dog!", Charles beats himself up to the point of crying after mistakenly destroying Lily's teddy bear. He even had nightmares about the family shunning him out because of it.
• It's What I Do: Charles seems to justify the actions he does such as biting butts and dragging his butt across the floor, simply because he's a dog.
• Jerk Justifications: In "Bone Sweet Bone", Walt claims that his actions towards Lincoln in What Wood Lincoln Do? was completely reasonable.
• Jumping-to-Conclusions Diagnosis: Coincidentally in "Bad Influenza", Walt somehow inadvertently made it look like he obtained all of the symptoms of the bird flu, thus causing to be isolated from Charles, Cliff, and Geo.
• Kafka Comedy: In quite an unfair matter, Walt endures this from "Bad Influenza" through a series of coincidences that caused him to be isolated from his pals as well as the family.
• Keet: Charles and Geo.
• The Killjoy: Walt (sometimes).

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• Lame Pun Reaction: Walt and Geo facepalm after Cliff's denim joke in "Post-Terrier".
• Large Ham: Charles and Cliff tend to be the standing ovation when it comes to overreacting on certain situations.
• Largely Normal Animal: The pets are this. They can talk, solve their problems, and use human appliances.
• Laser-Guided Karma: In "Charles' Purpose", Charles' mother gets hers when it's revealed at the end that she was captured by animal control.
• Lecherous Licking: In the end of "Bone Sweet Bone", Charles does this to his bone. Cliff and Geo get uncomfortable just watching him lick it.
• Let's See YOU Do Better!: Pretty much the plot of "Bait and Switch", where Charles would act like a cat while Cliff would act like a dog until whoever caved first. It all ends with a draw.
• Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Cliff tells this to Charles after having to drag his butt across the rug to relieve his itching in "Ain't That an Itch?".
• Licked by the Dog: Charles acts docile around Lily's babysitter, rubbing at her legs and under her hands after they find out she has cynophobia.
• Lighter and Softer: The first few chapters of this collection could be considered this, as it's not as serious and wacky until later on.
• Like an Old Married Couple: Despite getting along very well, Charles and Cliff can be seen fighting with each other in a few instances.
  • "Make Roomba Four" has the two fighting over who gets to ride on the vaccuum robot.
  • "Mint Condition" has the two growling at each other from sharing an eskimo kiss before Geo and Walt stops their fight.
  • "System of a Shakedown" has Charles fighting Cliff after the latter makes a poop joke aimed towards him.
• Limelight Series
• Long List: Charles has one in "The Party Pound".
• Love Interest: Charles is given one in "Puppy Love".
• Mailman vs. Dog: The plot of "Post-Terrier" is this.
• Manipulative Bastard: Mr. and Mrs. Loud invoke this in "Cage Fright" by using bacon and salmon to attract Charles and Cliff into their hidden traps.
  • Lincoln becomes one, having Charles and Cliff cater to his every whim.
• Meat-O-Vision: In "The Feast of These", the pets' hunger gets so bad to the point where Charles and Cliff begin to and chew on a kitchen table, thinking it's bacon and salmon. Geo and Walt on the other hand, has a taste for Charles and Cliff.
• Medium Awareness:
  Cliff: Son of a—
  Charles: Don't say it, Cat! Not in front of the kids!
  • There's also this exchange from "Squirrel Pool"
  Geo: How are you two able to stand like that?
  (Charles and Cliff slip and fall)
  Charles: Ya know, it cost ya jack squat ta not say anythin' about dat, 'n yet ya did.
  Cliff: Yeah Ham, shut yer trap!
• Minimalist Cast: For the most part, it's only just the four pets. But there are some instances where some of the Loud family is involved.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: In "Pain in the Chest", Charles and the others turn on Lincoln the second they find out he was faking his illness to get out of a movie he didn't want to watch with his family.
• Mouse Trap: Cliff sets one off in "Chester", trying to retrieve the kitty that entered a mouse hole.
• The Musical: The climax of "The Party Pound" has Cliff, Cleopawtra, Nepurrtiti, Darin and David as the group named Feline Fever singing about how they're wild and rule as animals.
  • In "Feliz Navi-dog!", Cliff, Geo, and Walt break into a song in an attempt to cheer Lily up.
• Murder the Hypotenuse: Charles, Cliff and Walt openly fight each other for Hugh.
• Must Make Amends:
  • In "Purrental Control", after the babysitter tells Lily about her cynophobia, Charles and Cliff feel bad for her and want to make it up to her by helping her conquer it, through the form of somehow texting her and acting docile to her.
  • In "Laughingsock" Charles and Cliff make it up to Lori and Leni after they tore off the clothes they bought for them.
  • "Home Worked" has Charles offer a wishbone to Lincoln to make up for eating his homework (never mind that he convinced Charles into doing so in the first place).
• My God, What Have I Done?: Happens sometimes times throughout the series. But it's mostly aimed towards Charles and Cliff.
  • Charles realizing that the postman was only doing his job that he just quit because of him.
  • Charles and Cliff's Heel Realization that they were ungrateful for tearing off their clothes Lori and Leni bought for them.
  • Charles and Cliff lament after attacking Mr. Loud out of fear of getting fixed, unaware that he was really trying to do something nice for them.
• Naked People Are Funny:
  • Lily tearing her diaper off, waving it around like a shirt much to the amusement of the party animals in "The Party Pound".
  • Played with in "Laughingsock" when Charles covers up after taking off his clothes.
• Never My Fault: Charles' is a victim of this trope. In a flashback in "Silent, but Dreadly", Lori farts as she goes downstairs. When she's caught by Lynn, she quickly pins it on Charles. Lynn believes her and praises him, much to his dismay.
  • In "Hugh & Me", Charles is quick to pin the blame on Cliff and Walt after Hugh leaves the house.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Subverted. In a desperate attempt to prove his pals wrong in "Bad Influenza", Walt tries to approach the Louds at the dinner table but several coincidences strike to make him think he himself is causing the family to get sick.
• Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Cliff.
• Nightmare Sequence: "Feliz Navidog" shows Charles getting chastised as a bad dog to point of crying.
• No Antagonist: There's no apparent baddie the pets had to deal with throughout the series, aside from Charles' beef with squirrels.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: It mainly happens between Charles and Cliff sometimes, but they're not the only ones who give this treatment.
  • Out of fear of getting "fixed", Charles and Cliff attack Mr. Loud, not knowing about his good intention.
• Noir Episode: Played with in "Bone Sweet Bone". Geo acts as a detective to find Charles' missing milk bone.
• Non-Standard Kiss: At some point, Charles and Cliff rub noses together. Geo finds it cute while Walt is creeped out by it up until the effects of the catnip wear off.
• Noodle Incident: Several instances with the pets are scattered throughout, mostly with Toilet Humor.
• No Name Given: For most of "Chester", the name of the kitty was not revealed until the end of the episode where Cliff just decided to call him that name out of the blue.
• No Sense of Personal Space: In "Purrental Control" where Charles mentions that Cliff needs a shower.
  Cliff: Would ya quit sniffin' me back there?
  Charles: Sorry, force of habit.
• Not in Front of the Kid: In "Ain't That an Itch?", Charles says this word from word as he cuts Cliff off because he thought he would use profanity.
• Ocular Gushers: Walt (of all the pets) breaks down crying after revealing the origin behind his constant anger towards everybody.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: In "Purrental Control", As Charles and Cliff attempt to help the babysitter try and overcome her fear of dogs, it's somewhat implied that either Charles or Cliff knows how to send text messages to the babysitter.
• Oh, Crap!:
  • Charles before getting sprayed by a skunk, and at the end of "Webcome to the Jam", "The Guard Pawsition", and "Ain't That an Itch?".
  • All except Cliff in the ending to "The Party Pound".
  • The moment Mrs. Loud starts screaming and the kitty goes missing in "Chester".
• Oh, No... Not Again!: In "Post-Terrier", this is Cliff's reaction to Charles tearing his collar off his neck and running over to bite the postman again.
• Once is Not Enough: Clearly, the postman didn't learn his lesson from his first encounter with Charles.
• One-Episode Fear: Charles and Cliff play the Cowardly Lion role only for "System of a Shakedown".
• One-Shot Character: Chester.
• Only Sane Pet: Any of the pets, though it's mostly Geo or Walt.
• Origins Episode: "Charles' Purpose" is one for Charles.
• Out of Focus: As of now, every single Loud pet has been absent at least once through the collection of one shots.
• Out-of-Genre Experience: Some chapters tackle on a more serious and dark tone, such as immersing in the tragic backstories of the pets.
• Pain-Powered Leap: Happened to a postman at least once.
  • Charles gets this too in "Ain't That an Itch?" after he was forced into a hot bath by Cliff.
• Papa Wolf: Charles and Cliff play this role to the kitty in "Chester".
• Parental Betrayal: In Charles' Purpose, Charles' own mother is this to him.
• Parental Neglect: The babysitter does this for a rookie mistake as she's getting a formula for Lily to drink.
• Parental Substitute: Charles and Cliff step in to take care of Lily in "Purrental Control" after she's left alone by the babysitter.
• Pass the Popcorn: In "A Boy and His Dog", Charles grabs a bucket of popcorn off-screen and chows down while watching Lincoln climb his way up to reach a cookie jar.
• Phoneaholic Teenager: The babysitter in "Purrental Control".
• Playing Sick: Lincoln does this in "Pain in the Chest" to get out of watching a movie with his family.
• Poor Communication Kills: Veteran Cuts' advertisement was so vague to the point it had Charles and Cliff believing in complete fear that they're going to get fixed. It later put their trust in shambles with Mr. and Mrs. Loud because of it.
• The Power of Hate: Charles had every right to be angry at his betraying mother after she rejected him at birth.
• Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Charles provides one before attacking a postman.
  Charles: ''It's what we dogs do!''
• The Promise:
  • Charles keeps one to Lana in "The Guard Pawsition".
  • "The Party Pound" shows Walt keeping a promise to Kevin about pooping on Corinne the dogcatcher.
• Pun: Cliff used to do this early in the series.
• Pun-Based Title: Almost all of the stories have one.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Cliff does this as he's dragging Charles inside the house.
  Cliff: Stop it! Ya need. Ta get. Some help!
• Puppy Love: A story is named after this, and it's Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
  • Geo had no choice but to give one to Charles, Cliff and Walt in "Hugh & Me".
  • Lalo gives one to Cliff out of spite in "Ailalophobia".
• Record Needle Scratch: Used once in "The Party Pound" when Lily arrives at the party unannounced.
• Recycled In Space: This is basically The Loud House version of The Secret Life of Pets!
• The Reveal:
  • "Charles' Purpose" reveals that Charles' mother rejected him and left him stranded in the woods because of how different he looked from her litter. It also revealed that Lana was the one who found him at only two years old.
  • "Don't Worry, Be Angry" reveals why Walt's always angry. He held a lengthy grudge against someone that was irritated about him and his singing session with a friend of his and knocked him out of his tree with a rock, leading to almost getting mauled by a dog and a group of cats subsequentially after. He learned how to stand up for himself from another bird that came to his aid when it all seemed to be over for him, and witnessing a brutal fight that left her out cold, never getting a chance to see if she and his friend are okay after Lincoln brought Walt back to the house for treatment.
• Rhyming Episode: Believe it or not, "Secret Santa Paws" had the entire story in rhyme through the dialogue from the pets.
• Role Swap Plot: "Bait and Switch".
• Rule of Funny: In "System of a Shakedown", Charles is hiding from a monster in the bathroom. He's found in the tub washing his back before he screams and covers up (despite that he's always naked in the first place), hitting the monster with the brush before bolting out the room. Bonus points when you realize that this is a direct reference to Tom and Jerry.
• Running Gag:
  • The Time Skip used in “Purrental Control”. The last one points out how boring it was after it was used three times.
  • Cliff's awkward puns and Charles biting butts in "Post-Terrier".
  • Charles and Cliff trying to relieve their itching in "Ain't That an Itch?".
  • The pets' cookout constantly getting ruined, especially when their food was near completion in "The Feast of These".
  • Charles, Cliff, and Walt's attempts to impress Hugh in "Hugh & Me".
• Sanity Slippage: After their batch of patties were ruined three times, the pets all start to go crazy from hunger to the point of trying to eat one another.
• Sapient Eat Sapient:
  Charles: And if anythin' happens ta those last four patties, I'll have that darn squirrel fer lunch!
• Season Finale: "The Party Pound", "The Show-fur", and "Feliz Navidog".
• Secret Santa: In "Secret Santa Paws", the four pets all participate to make each other gifts.
• Seen It All: Hugh asks himself this question as he observes the pets trying the best they can to win him over.
  • It happens again in "Go Dog, Go!", this time with a Burpin' Burger employee.
• Self-Deprecation:
  Cliff: Who writes dis stuff anyway? Not only dat, who even reads da stuff dat we put out?
  (The pets glance at the reader)
  Charles: Eh I dunno. But I know one tin', dat writer bettuh change it up fer once in da next episode or else we're gonna be da ones takin' ovuh dis dump.
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: "If It Ain't Broke" has an instance where a misleading pet commercial caused Charles and Clif go into immediate panic out of fear of getting "fixed". When Mr. Loud goes to retrieve the two pets, they start attacking him, not realizing that it was for a good cause, especially for them. The commercial in question, was actually a pet grooming service.
• Serenade Your Lover: In "Hugh & Me", at some point, Cliff tries to impress Hugh by strumming on a ukulele before getting tackled by Charles.
• Series Fic
• "Shaggy Dog" Story: In "Bad Influenza", it turns out that Walt's plans to try and fix things wasn't even necessary to begin with after he witnesses Charles sneezing after sniffing some flowers.
• Shaking the Rump: A skunk and a postman does this in front of Charles.
• Ship Tease: Charles and Cliff.
• Shot in the Ass: In "Hugh & Me", Cliff throws Walt directly at Charles' butt as he's holding onto Hugh's leg. You can probably guess how that turned out.
• Shown Their Work:
  • In "Silent, but Dreadly", Cliff mentions that dogs and cats can't see in color, only black and white.
  • "System of a Shakedown" has Charles sweating through his paws as he's hiding away from a monster in the bathroom.
  • "Ain't That an Itch?" shows that for some reason, oatmeal sometimes works with removing fleas.
  • In "Puppy Love", there is a legitimate reason why Charles said the chocolates Geo had was a bad idea.
• The Siege: In "Squirrelpool", the squirrels that took over the pets' swimming pool do everything they can to make sure the protagonists don't get it back, eventually leading to an all out liquid war.
• Silly Walk: "Laughingsock" has Charles and Cliff walking funny due to the socks they're wearing.
• Slap Stick: Moderate, mostly towards either Charles or Cliff.
• Slice of Life: The main genre of the series, just like the actual show. It's literally just the everyday lives of the family's pets living in a big house.
• Smelly Skunk: Charles encounters one that refuses to move out of his way in "Loo the Coup" after he accidentally dumps the contents of Cliff's litterbox on top of the animal, leading up to getting sprayed by it.
• So Much for Stealth: In "Post-Terrier", after the postman sneaks his way to the Loud residence to deliver some mail, a simple creek from the front porch was enough to catch Charles' attention and attack him.
• Song Fic:
  • Cliff sings "Nobody" by Keith Sweat at some point during "Mint Condition".
  • "The Party Pound" has an original musical number near the end of the story special sang by Cliff and his feline friends.
  • "Feliz Navi-dog!" also had original lyrics by the pets sans Charles in an attempt to lift Lily's spirits.
• So Proud of You: In "The Guard Pawsition", Lana praises Charles for keeping a promise at the beginning of the story by scaring off the bad guys when the family wasn't home.
• Spoof Aesop:
  • "The Party Pound": Pets can throw the wildest parties.
  • "A Boy and His Dog": Put some clothes on and keep them on at all times.
• Staircase Tumble: Happens in "System of a Shakedown" with Charles, Cliff, and the monster.
• Straying Baby: In "Purrental Control", Lily attempts to wander off after Charles and Cliff get her clean and puts her in a fresh new diaper, only for Charles to stop her from doing so.
• Stuff Blowing Up: "The Feast of These", when Charles hooks an umbrella to the grill to keep the patties from getting soggy, it gets struck by lightning along with the grill before it explodes.
• Suddenly Shouting: Charles tells everyone to clear the house after he mentions that Mr. and Mrs. Loud were on their way home.
• Super-Persistent Predator: "Don't Worry, Be Angry" shows Walt blowing a fuse where he would stop at nothing to give Charles and Cliff what for after being referred to as "bird-for-brains" as an insult.
• Surprise Jump: Charles and Cliff jumped up to the ceiling fan after the sound of thunder at some point.
• Swallowed Whole: Defied in "Hugh & Me". Cliff eats Walt out of jealousy and had to spit him out due to his pecking.
• Take That!:
  • Walt takes a jab at the people complaining about his behavior from What Wood Lincoln Do? in "Bone Sweet Bone".
  • There's a subtle jab to a certain part of the Loud House fandom, endlessly complaining about a certain episode in "Post-Terrier".
  • In "If It Ain't Broke", Cliff talks about how running away is such a tired trope that it's not even interesting anymore.
• Team Pet: Charles, Cliff, Geo, and Walt.
• Tempting Fate: In "A Boy and His Dog", as Lincoln's in a predicament from hanging by a pantry knob, he says that it can't get any worse. Cue a cookie jar shattering over the floor, putting him in more danger than before.
• That Came Out Wrong: Cliff gets some awkward looks from Geo and Walt when he asks Charles why he tore a postman’s pants off.
• Think of the Censors!: In "Webcome To The Jam", Cliff wants to make a joke involving a vacuum but he acknowledges the radar at some point. Charles tells him immediately after not to trigger it.
• Third-Person Person: Puga, the red-tailed black cockatoo.
• 30 Minutes, or It's Free!: Subverted. Technically, the pizza delivery man was a little late due to a Time Skip "The Party Pound" uses. Instead, Charles comes up with a plan to scare off the pizza man with the rabid foam trick to get the pizzas for free. Cliff was nice enough to throw the man a $2 tip however.
• This Is Unforgivable!: Lalo took Cliff's situation very seriously as he was very upset that he found out that Cliff went behind his back to have fun with the street cats for a while. He does regret lashing out at him in the end and tries to apologize but Cliff leaves with Lori and Lincoln before he could do so.
• Those Two Animals: Charles and Cliff grab the spotlight in a few stories.
• Thought Bubble Speech: Charles and Cliff get one in "Laughingsock" where Lori and Leni would be very mad at them for tearing up the clothing they bought for them.
  • The pets get one again in "Secret Santa Paws" where they envision their pals being satisfied with their homemade gifts.
• Throw the Dog a Bone:
  • Charles was kind enough to get Lincoln some clothes after he was rendered naked trying to get some cookies in the kitchen.
  • Subverted example, where Walt and Geo try to be nice by getting Lola to help "fix" Charles and Cliff, only for them to faint shortly after.
• Time Skip: At least one is used in almost every story.
• Title Drop: Cliff does just that in "Ain't That an Itch?" and "Chester".
• Toilet Humor: Given the nature of the original show, there's no doubt this too would sneak in a few filth fighters.
  • In "Silent, but Dreadly", Charles pees on the couch after getting annoyed by the sound of a dog whistle.
  • Cliff thinking he ripped a good one after landing on a Whoopee Cushion in "Mint Condition".
  • In "Post-Terrier", Cliff tries to talk to Charles about him biting a postman. The latter points out a smell in the room they're in to which Cliff responds that it must be a dutch oven before he quickly realizes they're getting off-topic.
  • Cliff mentions how Charles attempted to “mark his territory” on the couch, he also even joked about his farting at some point.
  • "The Party Pound" has Walt’s friend making a suggestion to poop on Corinne, to which he keeps as a promise.
  • "System of a Shakedown" has Charles wetting himself on the couch after getting spooked by a horror film the pets were watching. Cliff furthers his humiliation by asking when his "bowel movement" will take its course.
  • A bird poops on the pets' first batch of patties much to their aghast in "The Feast of These".
  • Walt threatens to "paint Cliff's head white" in "Hugh & Me", but he instead does it to Charles as they were fighting over Hugh later in the story.
• Toilet Training Plot: Geo teaches Charles and Walt how to use the toilet in "Loo the Coup".
• Took a Level in Badass: Charles' ability to drive a van from "Go Dog, Go!".
  • Charles also upped his status in "Naughty by Nature" after Cliff teaches him to act like a misbehaved dog.
• Totem Pole Trench: In "Chester", the pets stack themselves on top of each other to steal food from the pantry.
• Trauma Conga Line: In "Laughingsock", Charles and Cliff fall victim to this trying to remove their uncomfortable clothing. It's made even worse for them when Lori and Leni decide to snap pictures of them in the wardrobe and later post them on their social media.
• Troubled Fetal Position: Charles curls up and rocks around all while he whines after hearing that Mr. and Mrs. Loud are going to fix them up.
  • He does it again after being broken over a teddy bear that he destroyed.
• True Companions: The family's pets, clearly.
• Understatement: After Charles fails to change Lily's diaper.
  Charles: I don't got it.
  Cliff: Clearly. She still stinks too!
• Unexpectedly Dark Episode: "Chester" is this.
• Ungrateful Bastard: In "Laughingsock", Charles and Cliff realize they become this after they tore off their clothes that Lori and Leni got for them.
  • In "Amending Fences", after Lincoln tried to do everything to receive Cliff's forgiveness, the feline himself delivered a vicious attack to his face after accidentally provoking him one last time.
• Unusual Euphemism:
  Walt: Take that you good for nothing son of a cur!
• Urine Trouble: In "Silent, but Dreadly", Charles urinates on the family couch out of spite after getting irritated by Lincoln's dog whistle.
  • Later on in "Pitbull Daycare" he inadvertently urinates on the carpet as well as on Mr. Loud.
• Verbal Tic: Charles' "Hey You."
• Vocal Tag Team: Exaggerated. Cliff, Cleopawtra, Nepurrtiti, Darin, and David all contribute and sing a song they made up at the last minute.
• Was Too Hard on Him: In "Don't Worry, Be Angry", after regretting about lashing out at Walt for his temper, Charles and Cliff try another tactic after a moment to recuperate, talking it out.
• Watch the Paint Job: In "Go Dog, Go!" Charles gets annoyed about the paint splatters to Vanzilla from two groups.
• Wedgie: Happens to Lincoln in "A Boy and His Dog". Bonus points if you realize it's a Call-Back to The Whole Picture.
• We'll See About That: This is Cliff's response when he and Geo conduct a plan to stop Charles from attacking the postman the next day.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Chester has yet to be seen again after "Chester".
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • In "Post-Terrier", Cliff and Geo call out Charles for biting a postman for doing his job, yet again. Especially since he hadn't done anything to him in the first place.
  • In "Hugh & Me", Geo had no choice but to call Charles, Cliff, and Walt out over their senseless scrap over Hugh.
• Whole-Plot Reference:
  • "System of a Shakedown" to Scooby-Doo.
  • "Super Hamster Bros." to Super Mario Bros.
  • "Trapped!" to the Series/Victorious episode, "Survival of the Hottest".
  • "Cliff Notes" to Blue's Clues.
• Whoopee Cushion: Cliff falls on one after losing his balance on his ball of yarn in "Mint Condition".
• Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: Happens (in good detail) whenever the pets are excited, shocked or scared.
• Wunza Plot: "Super Hamster Bros." is this for Geo and Walt as they work together to retrieve a missing earring for Leni.
• Yet Another Baby Panda: It turns out, Charles and Cliff get exactly what they wanted at the end of "Fame & Watch" when a news channel reports on their video they uploaded, stating it's one of the cutest videos to ever hit the web, garnering over 350,000 views.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Cliff tries to cheer up Charles after what he's done to a postman doing his job, telling him he's a sweet, docile pet that everyone in the family loves.
  • Charles, Cliff, and Geo solace Walt with their affection to cheer him up, even as far as saying they still love him the way he is after seeing him break down.
• Zany Scheme: The pets are always up to something the minute the family isn't around them.