"The Boss Maybe"
With Lori now in college, Leni has to adapt to being the eldest sibling in the house.- Aesop Amnesia: Lincoln apparently forgot what happened last time he watched a horror movie.
- Badly Battered Babysitter: Leni becomes this since she can't keep her siblings under control like Lori. She gets better later by using her skills at handling customers at her job.
- Brutal Honesty: During Leni's first day at her job, she offended a customer by saying that the shirt he was interested in buying was not his color.
- Call-Back: Mr. Grouse still has his IT know-how from "Job Insecurity", allowing him to fix the Louds' router.
- A Day in the Limelight: Leni is the star of the episode.
- Deer in the Headlights: Leni gets like this whenever she is shocked.
- Employee of the Month: The episode begins with Leni being awarded Employee of the Month. Leni, being The Ditz, believes that it's for her birthday.
- Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films: Lincoln and Clyde watch a scary movie called The Disemboweling, which naturally leaves them terrified.
- Knighting: Lynn Sr. "knights" Leni with a chicken drumstick to appoint her as the Louds' new babysitter.
- Literal-Minded: Leni, as per usual. When Mrs. Carmichael tells her she's come so far, Leni simply tells her the break room is not too far from the register, and when told to split Lola and Lynn's money, Leni comes by with a pair of scissors and cuts it in half.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Leni is in over her head (which is to say, any situation that Lori was able to handle with ease), she freezes up in her place with her eyes dilating.
- Pet the Dog: Mr. Grouse, who is typically annoyed by the Louds' antics, nevertheless comes to Leni's aid when she becomes overwhelmed.
- Rule of Three: There are three moments in which Leni has to call Lori at college to get advice towards wrangling her siblings. The third time, Lori's in a lecture, so her professor confiscates her phone, forcing Leni to resort to other means.
- Shout-Out:
- Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: The title of this episode is a pun on The Boss Baby.
- When Leni reads Lincoln and Clyde a story, the book appears to be a nod to Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- Mr. Grouse invokes the name of Bing Crosby while demanding to know what the Loud kids are up to.
- Smelly Skunk: Lana brings a skunk into the house.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Since Leni is generally very kind and doesn't have years of experience being in charge of her younger siblings, she naturally struggles with taking care of them since it's the first time she's been in charge.
- Tomato Skunk Stink Cure: After Lana gets skunked, Leni gives her a tomato juice bath.
- Verbal Backspace: Lucy's hands are stained red when she approaches Leni for help:Lucy: Leni, do you know how to get blood- I mean, ketchup off the ceiling.
- Whole-Plot Reference: To the Stuck in the Middle episode "Stuck with a Diaz Down".
"Family Bonding"
When new neighbors move in next to the Loud House, Lincoln and Clyde suspect them of being spies and investigate them David Steele-style.- Accidental Truth: Lincoln keeps telling the family that the new next door neighbors are spies, and even believes they work for S.U.S.P.E.N.S.E, a secret organization that sabotages the economies of cities that export any fruits other than Georgia peaches. However, his family doesn't believe him, and even after finding out he was wrong, he accepts it. Except that it's revealed that his predictions were actually true after he throws his walkie-talkie that unintentionally hits a button that reveals the neighbors' secret, a cherry destroying doomsday device.
- Big Damn Heroes: Lincoln and Clyde fall into this after they reveal that the neighbors were actually spies.
- Big "NO!": Lynn Sr. cries this out after his cherry soufflé pops.
- Conspicuous Trenchcoat: Mr. Miller meets with a woman wearing a trenchcoat and a fake mustache at the library. She gives him a book on growing Georgia peaches.
- Crying Wolf: Whenever a new neighbor moves in, Lincoln and Clyde accuse them of being something based on whatever fad they're into at the moment, be it either supervillains, ghosts, or aliens. So, when they accuse the newest neighbors of being spies, no one believes them. They discover later that they were right.
- Does Not Like Spam: The Millers hate cherries so much that they intend to destroy all the cherries in Royal Woods.
- Endangered Soufflé: Mr. Loud's soufflé falls flat due to Lynn yelling about there being new neighbors.
- Facepalm: All of the Loud family (including Mr. Coconuts) does this the exact moment after Lincoln emerges to tell everyone his theory that their new neighbors are spies.
- Fun with Acronyms:
- M.A.L.I.C.E.: Masterminds Acting Lawlessly In Committing Evil
- S.U.S.P.E.N.S.E.: Secret Underground Society of Peach Entrepreneurs Nixing Sour Exports
- M.A.S.O.N: Masterminds Acting Superior tO Nobody.
- Garbage Hideout: Lincoln hides in a trashcan when spying on Mr. Miller entering the library.
- Properly Paranoid: Lincoln turns out to be right that the Millers were Evil All Along.
- The Reveal: The Millers are actually evil spies and wanted to get rid of the cherries in Royal Woods.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Clyde does this after seeing that he and Lincoln's mission to get a color changing spoon from Lola fails after she gets woken up and beats up Lincoln.
- Smoke Out: When the Louds are about to report the Millers to the FBI for their crime, Ryan used a peach-shaped smoke bomb to allow him and his parents to vanish and escape capture.
- The Stool Pigeon: Lola as usual. When she caught Clyde in the bush, she squealed on both him and Lincoln, causing the rest of the Louds (along with the Millers) to come running over to their neighbor's house:Lola: (pulls out a bullhorn and shouts through it) Hey everybody! Lincoln is sneaking around the neighbor's house!
- String Theory: Clyde and Lincoln make one of these when connecting the evidence about what the Millers are up to.
- Subverted Suspicion Aesop: Just when it seems like Lincoln and Clyde were wrong about the Millers being spies, it turns out that they were absolutely right.
- Toilet Humor: While Clyde and Lincoln are discussing the Millers in a bathroom stall at school, Clyde mentions that "something stinks". Turns out Liam was using the toliet in an adjacent stall, an after effect of eating homemade yogurt.
- Tricked-Out Shoes: When confronting the Millers to stop their plan, Lincoln uses shoes that spray grease on the floor, causing the Millers to slip.
