The Fool Who Cried Foul
is a fanfic based on The Loud House by Metool Bard, the author of Missing Linc.
After the Louds organize a week devoted to their talents called the "Loud Week to Shine," a series of mean-spirited pranks begin to ruin their performances, and all signs point to Luan being the culprit. Lincoln and Clyde aren't convinced, so they begin to investigate.
The Fool Who Cried Foul contains examples of:
- Abhorrent Admirer: LuanFan41. She dedicates her pranks to Luan even though they're both unfunny and dangerous, and then she tries to ruin her life after her prank channel is deleted.
- All Part of the Show: When Lincoln's magic show is sabotaged, he improvises and makes it appear like everything LuanFan41 does was part of the act.
- Big Sister Instinct: Luan is adamant that Lincoln shouldn't get involved with LuanFan41 because she doesn't want him to get hurt and she was equally protective of Lucy as she had figured out who was behind the sabotage by that point, though unfortunately this backfires on her.
- Bittersweet Ending: The Loud Week to Shine is a bust, but Luan's name is cleared and LuanFan41 is arrested thanks to Lincoln and Clyde's efforts.
- Clear Their Name: Lincoln and Clyde don't believe that Luan is behind the pranks ruining everyone's performances and investigate, which ultimately pays off.
- Cool Big Sis: The fic opens with Luan mentoring Lincoln in stage tricks for his upcoming magic act; she's incredibly sweet throughout and it's clear he appreciates everything she's doing.
- Crying Wolf: The whole Loud family sans Lincoln believes that Luan is the one behind the sabotage because every trick resembles all the over-the-top pranks she pulls on April Fools Day. It doesn’t help that her only evidence of innocence is her saying "Not Me This Time".
- Deadly Prank: The pranks on LuanFan41's video channel were these, with the final straw being her phoning in a fake bomb threat to a high school. Luan reported the video and denounced her behavior on her channel, and it wasn't long before LuanFan41's channel was deleted.
- Disproportionate Retribution: LuanFan41 sets out to frame Luan and ruin her reputation and life... all because she was mad that her prank channel got deleted.
- Engineered Public Confession: LuanFan41 finds out she was the victim of this during Lincoln's magic show. She tries to pull a "Just Joking" Justification to weasel out of it, but no one buys it.
- Everyone Has Standards: Luan may go overboard with her pranks sometimes, especially on April Fool's Day, but pranks meant to put people in danger are out of bounds (most of her more potentially dangerous pranks have some kind of fail-safe) and having said pranks dedicated to her disturbs her deeply and when LuanFan41's pranking spree culminates in a fake bomb threat, Luan reports her.
- Evil Doppelgänger: Suzanne Hedger, aka LuanFan41, to the point that she dresses exactly like Luan herself.
- Friendly Tickle Torture: At the end, Luan puts a “Tickle me, I’m a hero” sign on Lincoln’s back, resulting in Leni tickling him.
- Humiliation Conga: LuanFan41 is dealt one during the finale of Lincoln's magic show as she's bombarded and punished with all the pranks she used to ruin the Louds' performances during the week.
- "Just Joking" Justification: LuanFan41 tries to pull this off after her plan is exposed to Lincoln's school, but no one buys it.
- Loony Fan: LuanFan41.
- Prank Punishment: LuanFan41 gets hit with this hard after her attempt to sabotage Lincoln's magic show.
- Serial Escalation: Luan is deathly afraid of how much worse LuanFan41's pranks will get if Lincoln gets involved.
- Shout-Out: To Aladdin's defeat of Jafar:Lincoln: So, you wanna be Luan so bad? You got it!
LuanFan41: What?!
Lincoln: And everything that goes with it! - The Show Must Go Wrong: All of the Louds' performances during the Week to Shine end up being a total disaster.
- Luna's concert opening for SMOOCH is disrupted by a bunch of chickens, which she is deathly afraid of.
- Lola's ribbon dance routine during the Little Miss Sweetheart pageant goes awry when the ribbon behaves more like a whip and strikes her competitor Chinah across the face.
- Lucy's poetry slam is derailed after a paint bomb drenches her in pink.
- LuanFan41 attempts to do the same with Lincoln's magic show, but he improvises and makes it look like her attempts at sabotage are All Part of the Show.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Lincoln gives an amazing one to LuanFan41 when she's at his mercy.LuanFan41: Y-you ruined the entire joke! Th-this isn't funny!
Lincoln: Yeah, well... neither are you. - The Stool Pigeon: Lindsey Sweetwater is literally turned into one thanks to a glue and feather bomb after she tells Lincoln and Clyde about her role in pranking Lola.
- A Taste of Their Own Medicine: What LuanFan41's Humiliation Conga consists of.
- You Are Grounded!: Luan is grounded and forbidden from performing at the Chortle Portal after seemingly ruining Lucy's poetry slam.
