White Hare
When Lincoln tries to come up with a plan to introducing himself to a new girl at school, his sisters catch him, so he tries to avoid them and dreams where he is a rabbit called Warren, trying to impress a new girl with help from his enormous group of 25 sisters (Betty, Beverly, Blair, Brenda, Barbara, Bodhi, Bebe, Bippa, Bailey, Bella, Bernadette, Beulah, Beatrice, Blanch, Bethany, Brie, Bernice, Bertha, Bianca, Brooke, Belinda, Birdie, Beth, Brandy and Bridget).
This episode includes examples of:
- Aesop Amnesia: In "Back in Black", the sisters tried changing Lucy to impress a crush and Lincoln's the one who realized that Lucy needed to be herself. Here, he's the one who learns that lesson and his sisters are the ones who teach it.
- Alliterative Family: All of the rabbit sisters have names that start with a B, even the ones not mentioned aloud in the episode. Only Warren breaks the rule.
- Alternate Species Counterpart: While hiding in the woods from his sisters, Lincoln finds a rabbit who has a very similar familial situation as his own. He then has a dream in which he is this rabbit. In this dream, Clyde also has a counterpart named Danny who’s a beaver. All of the Loud girls (except Lily) have their own bunny counterparts too:
- Betty = Lori
- Blair = Leni
- Barbara = Luna
- Babe = Luan
- Bailey = Lynn
- Bella = Lucy
- Bernadette = Lola
- Belulah = Lana
- Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Regardless of how much clothing they wear (being either half-dressed or fully clothed aside from the feet), almost none of the Funny Animal characters from Lincoln's dream wear shoes. The only exception is Beulah, who wears brown boots.
- Be Yourself: Lincoln plans to impress the new girl by donning a "cool guy" persona, but his sisters show him he doesn't have to change himself to impress others and should, in Lori's words, "just be you".
- Bookworm: Birdie, one of Warren’s sisters.
- Characterization Marches On: The sisters reveal they were never going to force their own plan onto Lincoln and the only advice they were going to give him was to just be himself, indicating they've gained more respect for him and realized they no longer have to meddle in his personal business.
- Continuity Nod:
- The sisters still want to meddle in Lincoln's love life, despite how bad previous attempts to do so went in the Season 1 episode "Heavy Meddle". There’s even a flashback to that episode. Subverted in that in reality, the sisters only wanted Lincoln to be himself with the new girl instead of trying to impress her with a cool guy persona.
- Betty, the bunny version of Lori, is wearing the same outfit as she does in "No Guts, No Glori”.
- Danny daydreaming about Betty hopping through the forest is a reference to Clyde imagining Lori running on the beach in "One of the Boys".
- Dream Episode: The majority of the episode takes place in a dream Lincoln has, wherein he and his family are rabbits.
- Ears as Hair: Beulah has her ears styled like a braided ponytail.
- The End of the World as We Know It: This is referenced when Brooke fears about the possibility of the world ending tomorrow.
- Explosive Breeder: The rabbit version of the Loud family, which the show was originally going to be.
- The Faceless: While the new girl is seen fully in the dream sequence, we never get to see her face in the real world.
- Fitness Nut: Two of the rabbit sisters have a passion for sports (Bailey) and gym fitness (Bertha), respectively.
- The Freelance Shame Squad: All the kids on the school bus, except for the new girl, laugh at Lincoln when he misses the bus and has to run after it.
- Furry Female Mane: Bella, Lucy's direct rabbit counterpart, does not have a full mane, but still has Lucy's eye-covering front hair. This is unusual for Bella, as every other animal character either has no representation of hair, a Tuft of Head Fur (as in Warren's case), or uses their Ears as Hair (Beulah).
- Furry Reminder: Danny, a beaver, unwraps a frozen treat, but then ends up throwing the popsicle part away and chewing on the wooden stick.
- Granola Girl: Bodhi, Warren’s hippie sister.
- Greaser Delinquents: Lincoln's looks are based on one. Lisa even lampshades it by pointing out he looks like a stereotypical Hollywood representation of a 1950s greaser.
- Hypochondria: Warren’s sister Blanch definitely has this.
- Innocently Insensitive: Clyde when he tells Lincoln “And you only get one chance to make a good first impression. If you blow this, you’ll have to wait for another girl to move to town, and who knows when that’ll be!”Lincoln: Thank you for that added pressure.Clyde: Don’t mention it!
- KidAnova: Lincoln is really starting to become one, as this episode introduces the fourth girl he has feelings for, the previous ones being Cristina, Ronnie Anne, and Paige.
- Limited Wardrobe: Lampshaded by Luan, when she retorts to Lincoln asking why he can't wear something new for a change.
- Long List: Warren’s sister Bethany carries a long to-do list that seemingly dictates her life.
- Look Behind You: Lincoln distracts his sisters by claiming there's free pizza so he can escape.
- Warren also distracts his sister Brandy by pointing at the ceiling and saying, “Look, shiny object!”
- Love Be a Lady: Belinda, the biggest Shipper on Deck for Warren and the new girl in the dream, is obsessed with romance. In terms of appearance, she wears a pink shirt with a red heart on it, has a red heart accessory with a yellow arrow, earrings shaped like smaller hearts, and is once seen carrying a bow like Cupid.
- Lucky Rabbit's Foot: Bernice gives Warren a rabbit's foot as a lucky charm for impressing his crush. It doesn't appear to work at all. And given that the characters in question are rabbits themselves, this can cause some confusing implications.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: Poor Warren has this even worse than Lincoln, being the only male rabbit with 25 sisters.
- Missed the Bus: After finally learning from his sisters that he should just be himself around the new girl, Lincoln nearly misses the school bus and has to chase after it.New Girl: Um, I didn’t think you were gonna catch the bus!Lincoln: Yeah, good thing I’m dressed like a caution cone or the driver never would’ve seen me!
- Mythology Gag: This episode is based on the abandoned concept of the family being a family of rabbits, as Chris Savino had first intended.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Clyde when trying to give Lincoln advice. First, he makes Lincoln even more nervous by pointing out he only gets one chance. Later, he accidentally reveals to Lincoln's sisters that Lincoln is about to meet a new girl.
- Odd Name Out: Warren is the only one of the rabbit siblings whose name does not start with a B.
- "Oh, Crap!" Smile: Lincoln (and Warren) when his sisters catch him trying to sneak out of the house.
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Warren does this all over the place in his first conversation with the new girl, including telling her she’ll grow into her big ears, that he’d hate to see her covered in “pus-filled blisters” due to being allergic to his smoothie, and that she needs a new dress because it’s color clashes with her fur.
- Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females: Warren, Danny and the cool guy at the end only wear clothes on their upper body, but no pants. Meanwhile the sisters, and the new girl, are all either wearing skirts, dresses, or shorts.
- The Paranoiac: Warren’s sister Brooke seems to panic about everything and asks tons of paranoid questions.
- Punny Name: Lincoln as a rabbit is named Warren, a reference to where rabbits live in the wild.
- Also Brie, Warren’s sister that’s characterized as a chef.
- Sequel Episode: Can be viewed as one to "Heavy Meddle", as the episode focuses on Lincoln's lack of trust in his sisters due to the events of the prior episode.
- Shout-Out:
- "What's the sitch?"
- The Sonnets of Shakesphare, the book Birdie hands Warren to read to the new girl, features a rabbit version of William Shakespeare. Warren later reads Sonnet 18, one of Shakespeare's most well-known sonnets.
- Sleepyhead: Warren’s sister Beth seems to fall asleep frequently and is even shown wearing pajamas.
- Sneaky Tip-Toes: Lincoln (and later, Warren) does this as he tries to sneak out of the house without his sisters’ noticing.
- Spit Take: Warren spits out the smoothie one of his sisters gave him to impress his crush, because it tastes like manure. Unfortunately, he happens to be facing her when he does it and spits the green gunk all over her.
- Split-Screen Phone Call: Lincoln and Clyde have one via their walkie-talkies to discuss Lincoln introducing himself to the new girl at school.
- Squirting Flower Gag: Babe has a water-squirting flower on her dress, just like Luan does.
- Sympathetic Wince: The girls do this Universal Group Reaction during a Flashback in which Lincoln gets a black eye from following their romance advice.
- Tastes Like Feet: Warren says the kelp smoothie his sisters gave him tastes like manure.
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: While most of the usual tactics are averted (aside from the above Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females), the female bunnies all have pink noses while the males have black ones.
- That Came Out Wrong: When Warren meets the new girl for the first time, he tells her “I’ve been watching you for days”.
- Tuft of Head Fur: Warren has a tuft on his head, whereas most other animal characters lack any sort of hair presentation.
- Unexplained Accent: Bippa is the only one of Warren’s sisters that speaks in a British accent, probably due to her anglophile personality.
- The Un-Reveal: The name and face of Lincoln's new crush.
- Unwanted Assistance: Lincoln is apprehensive towards his sister's helping him approach the new girl, as the last time he took their girl advice, he got a black eye. However, when he sees the female bunnies help their brother, he decides to go to them for help after all.
- The Voiceless: Of all of Warren's sisters, Bridget only speaks through phone text messages. The other 24 were all credited for the episode.
- Wrong Assumption: When Lincoln's sisters find out about the new girl, Lincoln assumes they're going to interfere and force him to follow their own plan on how to approach her, hence why he runs away. When he later decides to come to them for help, they reveal they only wanted him to be himself when talking to her.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Due to his sisters' history of meddling in his business, particularly in "Heavy Meddle", Lincoln assumes they're going to interfere with his plan to meet the new girl and goes out of his way to avoid them. When he does decide to hear their advice, they reveal they just wanted him to be himself when talking to her.
- Wrong Side of the Tracks: Beatrice asks Warren why he’s “dressed like a hoodlum from the wrong side of the forest”.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: The sisters explain to Lincoln that he's perfect just the way he is and doesn't need to change himself to impress others. They each highlight his positive qualities, culminating in Lily saying, "You Lincoln Loud".
Insta-Gran
Pop-Pop introduces his new girlfriend to the family, and she seems great until she starts showing up uninvited.
This episode includes examples of:
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Or step-grandparent in this case. Myrtle interrupts Lisa while she’s giving a live lecture through a video connection.
- Birthday Episode: The episode features Myrtle’s birthday. It’s during her party the Loud kids learn she has no family other than them.
- Black Comedy Pet Death: Myrtle kills three spiders in Lynn and Lucy's room, only for it to turn out that they're Lucy's pets. Upon finding this out, Lucy goes to lay down on her bed and mourn.Lucy: Elijah, Amaria, and Little Jojo. May they rest in peace.
- Continuity Nod: The trophy cabinet from "Making the Case" is seen again, and among the trophies is the Most Improved Brother cup Lincoln got from his sisters in that episode. Also among them is the comic that won the writing contest in "Pulp Friction".
- Cuteness Proximity: After cleaning the dirt and makeup off of Lana and Lola’s respective faces, Myrtle says they’re so cute she could eat them up with some steak sauce.
- Didn't Think This Through: The kids didn't realize that their plan to break up Myrtle and Pop Pop by making it look like she was having an affair could lead their grandfather to try to attack his supposed love rival.
- Easily Forgiven: Seymour immediately forgives Pop-Pop for accusing him of trying to steal Myrtle away and attacking him in a fit of jealous rage.
- Facepalm: Lori and Leni both do one after Myrtle deletes their recorded episodes of the Show Within a Show Nail Polish Wars.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: Looking closely at Myrtle's schedule reveals that, aside from Lisa's conference in Sweden, all of Lynn's games, and Lori's date with Bobby, her plans also include yet another hair cut for Lincoln, one of Luna's gigs, Lana's dog shows, Lily's baths, and Geo.
- Gag Haircut: Myrtle gives Lincoln a bowl cut - literally. When he leaves the bathroom, she’s seen in the background holding a bowl and a pair of scissors.
- Graceful Landing, Clumsy Landing: While trying to follow Lynn’s athletic and graceful lead, Lincoln clumsily falls while trying to do a backflip and while lowering himself from a rope attached to the ceiling.
- Green-Eyed Monster: After seeing the fake photo of Seymour kissing Myrtle, Pop-Pop hunts him down and starts physically fighting him.Scoots: Geezer fight! I’ve got $50 on Al!
- Hated Item Makeover: Myrtle gives the bedroom of two of her boyfriend's granddaughters, Lynn and Lucy, a complete makeover. She does their laundry, cleans away the cobwebs, and kills the spiders. The girls disapprove because Lynn deliberately kept her sports jerseys dirty for good luck, and Lucy hates pink rooms, likes the cobwebs, and was keeping the spiders as pets.
- Homemade Sweater from Hell: Myrtle makes identical, tacky pink sweaters for the kids that say "Life is sweeter with a gran-gran". They are clearly not pleased with this.
- I Have to Go Iron My Dog: After realizing they shouldn’t have tried to break Myrtle and Pop-Pop up, Lori excuses them from Myrtle’s birthday party by telling her they have to go to the bathroom…all of them…together. Amazingly, Myrtle believes them.
- Improbable Weapon User: Pop-Pop beats Seymour with a pool noodle.
- Key Under the Doormat: The Louds keep a spare key to their house hidden in the thornbushes. Myrtle finds it and uses it to let herself in.
- Lampshade Hanging: After they attempt to get back the doctored of photo of Seymour and Myrtle, Lincoln notices Lynn suddenly has on her ninja outfit from earlier and asked when she put it on, to which she responds "What happened to your bowl cut?" His response? "Touché."
- Mistaken for Cheating: The kids deliberately invoke this to try and break up Pop Pop and Myrtle.
- Offscreen Teleportation: As Lana wonders what’s taking Lynn so long to deliver the photo, Lynn pops up in the van, scaring them all in the process.
- Oh, Crap!:
- The entire family get this reaction when Lisa accidentally drops her... fecal research samples down the stairs and on them. Lana is the the only one enthusiastically embracing it.
- The kids have this reaction when they get hold of Myrtle’s agenda, and realize she’s planning on coming to at least one of their events every single day. This even includes Lisa’s lecture in Sweden and Lori’s next date with Bobby.
- They also react like this when they realize they shouldn’t have tried to break Pop-Pop and Myrtle up and need to get their fake photo back before he sees it.
- One-Person Birthday Party: If the Loud children hadn't happened to be at the retirement home at the same time as Myrtle’s birthday party, Pop-Pop would’ve been the only other person there because Myrtle doesn’t have any family of her own.
- "Open!" Says Me: When Lynn and Lincoln have to get the fake photo of Myrtle “cheating” back, but find Pop Pop’s door locked, Lynn uses an old lady’s walker to break it open.
- Parent with New Paramour: For Mrs. Loud, and in case of the Loud kids, it’s grandparent with new paramour. They start off on good terms with each other before things turn sour when Myrtle keeps showing up at the house to meddle with the kids' lives. In the end, however, everything works out fine.
- The Pig-Pen: During the shot of the Louds screaming as Lisa's fecal slides are about to fall on them, Lana can be seen smiling with open arms, seemingly eager to be smothered in fecal matter.
- Please Keep Your Hat On: The haircut Myrtle gives Lincoln is so bad that his sisters make him put on a ski mask to cover it up.
- Pun: Myrtle has a talent for making these, much to Luan’s delight.
- Pun-Based Title: A play on Instagram and the fact that Myrtle became the Louds’ instant “Gran-Gran”.
- The Reveal: Myrtle reveals that she has no family due to being an only child. She also reveals that she enjoyed life to the fullest during her adult years. As a result, she wasn't interested in finding love and starting a family until a much later point in her life.
- Running Gag: Seymour’s left eye having a mind of its own.
- Special Guest: Jennifer Coolidge as Myrtle.
- Spy Catsuit: Lynn wears one to sneak the fake picture of Seymour and Myrtle kissing into Pop-Pop’s room.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: When Myrtle thinks the kids are at the retirement home to celebrate her birthday, they immediately agree.
- Symbolically Broken Object: Lincoln and Lynn try to retrieve the doctored photo from Pop-Pop’s room, but when they get there they can tell he’s already seen it due to him having ripped it in half.
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: Myrtle is this for the kids.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: A minor one, but if you look closely at the trophy cabinet, you see that Lincoln’s section contains more trophies than just the small “most improved brother” trophy his sisters gave him in Season 1, proving he’s no longer the only Loud with no real trophies.
- Toilet Humor: Myrtle mentions how Pop-Pop had told her about Lisa’s research regarding fecal samples. Lisa then asks if she’d like to see them, which her mother suggests should happen after dinner. Later, Lisa trips and accidentally drops her fecal research down the stairs onto the entire family. Thankfully the outcome of this isn't seen, but notice how Lana is the only one that looks like she actually likes this while everyone else is freaking out before contact...
- Unstoppable Rage: Pop Pop when he thinks Myrtle cheated on him with Seymour.
- We Will Not Use Photoshop in the Future: Played with. The kids do use photoshop to make a fake photo of Seymour and Myrtle apparently kissing, which Pop Pop doesn't question. It's reasonable to believe that Pop Pop, in his age, might not know about widespread photo editing software, even if he knows how to use a computer for communication.
- Wink "Ding!": Lana does this in an Aside Glance after she takes a picture of Seymour puckering up from drinking some sour lemonade.
- Pop-Pop also does this to the kids after reining Myrtle in from visiting them constantly.
