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C

• California University: Since the Season 5 premiere "Schooled!", Lori attends and resides at Fairway University, which was first seen in the Season 4 episode "Don't You Fore-Get About Me". Fairway University is stated to be between Royal Woods (by three driving hours away) and Great Lakes City (by a few miles away).
• Call-Back: Leni exploits the fact that every sibling has the clothing, wigs and accessories necessary to dress up as any of the others, first shown in "Cover Girls", for her plan to help Clyde in "Change of Heart". In the same episode, after complaining repeatedly throughout the series about Leni stealing her clothes, Lori steals Leni's clothes to dress up as her.
• Calling Your Bathroom Breaks:
  • Lana says she has to take a leak in one of the podcasts, and Lola says she needs to tinkle in another.
  • Lana says she has to pee in "Mall of Duty".
  • Luan says she has to pee in "Room with a Feud", which prompts an uncontrollably hysterical response from Leni. She uses it again as an excuse to not have to kiss Benny in the play in "Stage Plight".
• Can't Take Criticism:
  • In "Face the Music with the Casagrandes", Sergio THREATENED to scratch Bobby with his talons after he told him he was "too sharp."
  • In "Force of Habits" the three oldest Loud siblings criticize their romantic partners' habits, in the hope they would stop them. They did, but when the three of them returned the favour and criticized the Louds' habits, they did not take the criticism well.
• Cargo Ship: Various In-Universe examples.
  • Two of the sisters (Lucy and Leni) have crushes on inanimate objects (a bust of Edwin and a training dummy, respectively).
  • Lily has a crush on her teddy bear, as "L is for Love" shows. Justified, as she's just a baby.
  • Luan refers to her ventriloquist Mr. Coconuts as her "soulmate".
• Carry the One:
  • In the pilot, Lincoln reminds Lisa to carry a one.
  • In "Road Trip: Mountain Hard Pass," during a mountain hike, the Loud’s have an encounter with angry mountain goats where they lose their map. Lisa calculates their odds of survival at 35%, then realizes she forgot to carry the one, and recalculates their odds at 5%.
• Cats Are Mean: Zig-zagged. Cliff sometimes acts mean, but he's mainly nice. Cleopawtra (Clyde's cat) is feisty, but nice deep down, and Nepurrtiti (his other cat) is not mean at all.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • Lincoln tends to say "But in a family as big as mine..." when talking to the audience. He's also said, "Let's do this" on occasion.
  • Whenever Luan makes a pun, she usually follows it up by laughing and saying, "Get it?" Occasionally, when she makes a pun in a serious moment, she will add, "But seriously..."
  • Lily frequently says, "Poo-poo!", and it's not just whenever she soils herself. It's very much downplayed in Season 5 onwards as she's potty-trained by then, though she still says it very, very occasionally—specifically, it's still part of her baby babble.
  • Leni - "OMGosh!", to the point where it's her campaign slogan in "Electshunned."
• Character Development: Most, if not all of the major characters, have gone through some much-needed development over the course of the series:
  • Lori has gone from being the Big Sister Bully who would boss her younger siblings around, and play the first-born card to get her way, to being a Cool Big Sis who the younger siblings will actually go to for advice and support.
  • Luna has gradually shown more signs of having a hidden insecure side when it comes to both her personal life, and as far as the future of her aspirations of being a rock star.
  • Luan has also gradually shown more layers as well, including not only an insecure side in regards to her personal life like Luna, but also a compassionate and supportive side toward her younger siblings like Lori.
  • Lynn started as a typical cartoon Jerk Jock, and was eventually shown to be a more sympathetic character, attributed mostly to the Backstory she received of being bullied when she started middle school, and that taking on her tough and aggressive personality was her way of standing up for herself.
  • Lucy, while always stoic and morose, has gradually shown she is not so emotionally withdrawn from her family as she seems, and has had a number of moments where she shows she really does care about them.
  • Lola's spoiled and bratty personality has also gradually been toned down, and while she does still have her moments where she thinks mainly of herself and getting her way, she also has more moments of showing a more empathetic side.
  • Clyde's Precocious Crush on Lori has virtually disappeared altogether, and has eventually shown more interest in girls closer to his own age.
• Characterization Marches On: In "Hand-Me-Downer", we are introduced to the bratty biker trio of Papa Wheelie, Rusty Spokes and Flat Tire; starting in "Dance, Dance Resolution", Rusty has left the group and become a part of Lincoln's gang.
• Character Tics: Leni walks with her hands drooping down in front of her and her eyes shut.
• Cheated Angle: Even though Lola's cowlick is combed at the right, it sometimes alters between shots.
• Cheeky Mouth: This fairly regularly shows up any time someone is talking when viewed from the side.
• Cheerful Child:
  • Lana is characteristically a happy 6-year-old, especially when in the presence of gross surroundings.
  • Darcy, one of Lisa's classmates, is a typical playful Girly Girl.
  • Lincoln himself is a quick-witted imaginative kid, which especially adds up when he roleplays as Ace Savvy.
  • Generally, Lily's pretty cheerful.
• The Chew Toy: Lincoln's Butt-Monkey status is mostly done for laughs, as is Clyde's.
• Childish Older Sibling:
  • Leni, who is sixteen, is ditsy and uncoordinated, so she comes off as less mature than most of her nine younger siblings, especially Lincoln (who's eleven and he's very strategic and logical) and Lisa (who's four but a genius).
  • Because Lisa is a genius and because she hardly expresses emotion, even the most mature of her older siblings sometimes appear childish in comparison. Lucy, another stoic, sometimes makes her older siblings appear childish in comparison but not as often as Lisa.
  • Downplayed for Lynn, who's older than Lincoln, Lucy, the twins, Lisa, and Lily. She can sometimes act childish (like being a bad winner and riding her bike indoors) but usually acts her age, and again, she more only seems childish in contrast to Lincoln, Lucy, and Lisa.
• Child Prodigy:
  • Lisa—she's only four and she's already finished school up through getting a PhD. She's also constantly running experiments, cures strep throat and does the family's taxes.
  • David is in Lisa's kindergarten but he can do chemistry. He's not into biology like Lisa, but it's still pretty impressive.
• Children Are Innocent:
  • Lana. She has a playful outlook on unsanitary nature.
  • Darcy is a typical Cheerful Child who's always up for fun.
• Christmas Episode: "11 Louds a Leapin'" takes place on Christmas Eve and Christmas.
• Civilised Animal: The promotional videos "The Pug House" shows the Louds and Clyde (and presumably Bobby since he and Lori are still dating) as pugs. They're played by live-action pugs, eat dog food, and play fetch, but they still wear clothes and live in a house.
• Closet Sublet: Lincoln's bedroom is actually a converted walk-in linen closet—and while he has sometimes complained about having a smaller bedroom compared to his sisters and their parents, Lincoln's at least happy that he's able to have his own room. It also appears to be a fairly large closet, because in most episodes, it's shown to be able to not only fit Lincoln, all of his stuff and at least one other person (usually Clyde), but it can also fit all eleven of the Loud siblings (and still with room to spare).
• Cloudcuckoolander:
  • Leni, while mostly The Ditz, is also pretty eccentric too, with Lincoln even having to resort to using "Leni speak" to make her cooperate.
  • Luan is a huge goofball who unleashes many pranks at the most unexpected of times.
  • Even for a girl her age, Lana's obsession with unsanitary particles and bringing home animals is a bit too strange. It gets to the point where she even collects poop.
• Clueless Aesop: "Heavy Meddle": If a kid of the opposite sex is bullying you, that just means they like you, even if the abuse causes you constant physical pain and humiliation.
• Cold Ham: Lucy talks very dramatically but is stoic.
• Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere: In "Deal Me Out", Lincoln and Clyde try to give up Ace Savvy because they're afraid they're too old, but then they see kids playing with Ace Savvy toys or watching it, a man dressed as Ace, and the comic store selling Ace Savvy comics.
• Color-Coded Characters: The opening shades each of the Loud sisters in a specific color, which is reflected in their character design:
  • Lori is light blue.
  • Leni is seafoam.
  • Luna is purple.
  • Luan is yellow.
  • Lynn is red.
  • Lucy is gray.
  • Lana is blue.
  • Lola is pink.
  • Lisa is green.
  • Lily is lavender.
  • Meanwhile, Lincoln himself is linked to orange.
  • These colors also correspond with the clothes the siblings usually wear (e.g. Lori wears a light blue shirt and eyeshadow, Leni a seafoam dress, Lucy wears black and white clothes, Lana wears grayish blue overalls, Luan a yellow skirt, etc). Lily's the only one whose color doesn't match with what she usually wears (a single white diaper), but she does often carry a lilac blanket and is seen wearing a purple shirt in "Project Loud House".
  • The parents also have associated colors too. In this case, it's dark green for Lynn Sr. and coral for Rita.
• Comedic Underwear Exposure:
  • Lincoln gets his pants pulled down by a bully at school in "Heavy Meddle". There's also the Running Gag of him reading comic books in his undies.
  • Luna splits her pants in "Making the Case".
  • Lana is forced to flee the bathroom with her overalls down after being ambushed by Lisa in "Snow Bored".
  • In the beginning of "Shop Girl", Leni is wearing a messed-up dress that exposes a part of her underwear.
• Comedic Work, Serious Scene:
  • A Grave Mistake is mainly a Black Comedy episode, dealing with the death of a chicken and his botched funeral. However, when his funeral is redone, it's played seriously, complete with sad song by Luna.
  • Insta-Gran is mainly a funny episode focusing on Pop-Pop (the Loud children's grandfather) getting an overly-nurturing girlfriend. However, one scene towards the end reveals that the reason she's overly-nurturing is because she has never had friends or children all her life despite wanting them desperately.
• Company Cross References: In one episode, the kids are fighting over the TV remote and constantly switching channels. One of the programs that pops up on the TV for a split second features a yellow sponge and a pink starfish, representing another Nickelodeon cartoon.
• The Compliance Game:
  • In "Along Came a Sister", Lincoln gets Lynn to stay still by tapping her and saying, "Freeze!".
  • In "The Crying Dame", Lily is Too Unhappy to Be Hungry after her siblings throw out her toy. Leni tries to do the "here comes the plane/train" trick (though, being The Ditz, she gets it wrong and says, "Open your airplane. Here comes the tunnel.") but Lily's still not hungry.
• Conforming OOC Moment:
  • In "Heavy Meddle", the Loud sisters all squeal in excitement when they think their brother Lincoln might have an admirer... including the stoic Lucy and Lisa. Lisa lampshades it by pointing out that she's usually above "inane human emotions".
  • In "Linc or Swim", when Lisa invents a potion that removes urine from water, but it causes all the water to evaporate due to the high amount of it, all of her sisters except Lily blush, implying they all peed in the pool. This is out of character for Leni (who hates getting dirty), Lucy (who's squeamish about bodily functions), Lana (who probably would pee in the pool, but due to her grody nature, it's weird for her to get embarrassed about it), and especially Lola, who's a total Neat Freak usually and in the very same episode didn't even want to get her swim gown wet.
  • In "Health Kicked", the Loud parents make their children exercise a lot, which leaves them all tired, including Lynn Jr., who usually exercises that much anyway without getting tired.
  • In "Come Sale Away", Lincoln mentions that he and his sisters once had a burping competition, even prissy Lola. She even won. In the same episode, Lincoln and the rest of the sisters shake their rumps as a victory dance. Lisa and Lucy are among them, despite being unemotional and serious.
  • In "No Such Luck", even the down-to-earth Lisa is easily convinced that Lincoln is bad luck. Also, Lucy, who at the time disliked the beach and only wanted to go in an earlier episode because of shark attacks, is keen to go to the beach and agrees with her sisters and parents that shark attacks are a bad thing.
• The Conscience: Due to being roommates and having a lot in common, Lori keeps Leni in place and acts nurturing in response to her stupidity.
• Consistent Clothing Style: Many characters have a tendency to wear certain colours, which is helpful for distinguishing the Massive Numbered Siblings at the center of the story:
  • Downplayed for Lincoln. He wears an orange polo shirt every day and also owns orange swim trunks, an orange tie, and orange pyjamas. However, when he changes his clothes, he's often not wearing orange.
  • Lori tends to wear sky blue— it's the colour of her tank top, her golf shirt, her bikini, her winter coat, and several of her nighttime outfits.
  • Leni wears many seafoam green garments, including her dress, nightie, and swimsuit. Her winter outfit is mainly pink, although the hat and boots are also seafoam green.
  • Luna favours purple even more than the other characters favour particular colours— her everyday clothes are all different shades of purple (save her accessories) and if she's wearing different clothes for whatever reason, she's relatively likely to still be decked out entirely in purple.
  • Luan likes yellow clothes— her skirt and scrunchie are both yellow, as are her pyjamas and swimsuit.
  • Lucy, being a goth, tends to dress in black, white, and grey.
  • Lola wears a lot of pink. In addition, both her dress and her nightie are floor-length.
  • Lisa seems to have a preference for light green. Her sweater is light green, as is her swimsuit, and in the winter, everything she wears is light green right down to her goggles.
  • Downplayed with Clyde. He leans significantly towards dark blue, as it's one of the two colors of his regular shirt, as well as the color of his night attire and formal suit jacket. However, like Lincoln, he deviates from this coloring quite a lot.
• Continue Your Mission, Dammit!: Sometimes crops up in the licensed games:
  • Downplayed in "Living Loud: Surprise Party". If you idle, the player character occasionally rolls their eyes, and Lincoln's non-Lori sisters will sometimes tell the player character (Lincoln, Clyde, Bobby, or Ronnie Anne) to hurry up, but only when they're clicked on.
  • Heavily downplayed in "Living Loud: Summer School". If you click on Luan at Flip's Food 'n' Fuel after her task has been fulfilled, she will say, "Y'know, you don't have to stay here if you don't want to. Flip's is a bit of a flop."
• Cool Big Sis:
  • Luna is established as one in her first appearance in the pilot. She's very mellow and has a good grip on reality, essentially cementing her as the sister with whom Lincoln gets along the most.
  • Lori has shown herself to be incredibly loving and caring of all ten of her siblings whenever she lets go of her irrational selfishness and egotism. She's in fact gradually veering out of her default Big Sister Bully role and more into this one as the series progresses.
  • Leni is incredibly helpful and kind to her siblings in spite of her ditzy nature.
  • Luan, despite behaving like a candy-riddled child most of the time, can very much be this to her younger siblings whenever they are in need of support. She also has a reputation as being popular with children, courtesy of performing for their birthday parties.
• Cool Old Guy: All the kids love Pop-Pop and he's very active in his old age, even skydiving in "The Old and the Restless".
• Costume-Test Montage: In "Can't Lynn Them All," Lynn is recruited to be a wrestler, and tries on various outfits to wear in the ring, one of which is just Lincoln's outfit, causing her to remark, "Who wears this?"
• Couldn't Find a Pen: In Listen Out Loud, a podcast about The Loud House, some ravens spell out "I AM" with their bodies. It turns out that Luan trained them to write that.
• Cracks in the Icy Façade: Lucy is introduced as a gloomy, aloof, cynical girl who is often portrayed as The Stoic around her siblings, initially seeming to only be interested in all things dark, mysterious, and grim, and often frightened or put off her siblings with her creepy habits and distant attitude towards everyone. But over time, Lucy is revealed to have more sides to her than her family realizes.
• Crappy Homemade Gift:
  • In "Picture Perfect", Lincoln makes his parents a coffee mug every year for their anniversary. However, he's no good at pottery, and the mugs look droopy. The parents like the sentiment, but they secretly hide the mugs in the attic. When Lincoln discovers the secret, he decides to make them a better gift: a family photo. The photo comes out looking wrong, with things like the twins fighting and Lily running around naked, but the parents love it as they think it sums the family up well.
  • Zig-zagged in "Season's Cheatings". Lincoln rigs the Secret Santa so that Lily will buy him a gift, knowing that she can't due to her young age so he'll actually get the gift from his parents. Only this time, the parents have Lily make the gift instead. Lincoln does not like the idea of receiving something that was made from scratch by a two-year-old, so he schemes to get what he actually wants. He gets the backpack he wants, but is forced to sacrifice it to get a gift for Lola. Lily, seeing his sacrifice, gives him a painting of herself giving him the backpack. It's actually well-drawn for a two-year-old who's implied to have done so with her fingers.
• Crazy Cat Lady: Ruth is a bit eccentric and has a lot of cats.
• Creating Life: Lisa creates a sentient trash monster in "Chore and Peace".
• Creative Closing Credits: The closing credits of "11 Louds a Leapin'" are shown over a snowy field, with the show's normal closing credits theme being replaced by an instrumental of "That's What Christmas is All About".
• Creepy Child: Lucy, especially when compared to the rest of her siblings. While a good character, she occasionally appears creepy due to her suddenly appearing, her gothic tastes, and (as a baby) her creepy stares and the fact that she hardly ever cried.
• Crying at Your Birthday Party: Twice in "Strife of the Party", though downplayed the first time. Lana is furious with Lola for ruining her party planning and tears up for a brief moment before cycling away on her bicycle. Lola then openly cries out of guilt until her makeup starts running.
• Cruel Twist Ending: Surprisingly common, though they happen less frequently as the show goes on:
  • In "Two Boys and a Baby", Lincoln and Clyde babysit Lily so that the former doesn't have to visit Aunt Ruth, who he finds to be repulsive. Though Lincoln and Clyde succeed in their job, they end up being exposed to chickenpox along with Lily. Since Aunt Ruth is immune, as she had it once before, Lincoln, Clyde, and Lily are all sent to her house to recover, though in Lily's case, she enjoys it.
  • "Cover Girls" ends with Lincoln forced to dress as Lily, and getting photographed by his classmates.
• Crush Filter: Clyde is madly in love with Lori, and regularly envisions her running in slow motion across the beach.
• Curse Cut Short:
  • From "Butterfly Effect":
    Luna: Check it, bro. I uploaded this song I wrote about our family going down the highway to — hello! I just got fifty more hits!
  • Happens to Luna again in "11 Louds a Leapin'", although it's not so much a curse as much as it is a word that's typically not allowed in a TV-Y7 show:
    Luna: Merry Christmas, honey/If you don't have a gift I'll gladly take money/I wrote it down on my Christmas list/If I don't get my prezzies I'm gonna get—
    Mr. Grouse: Louds! Knock off that racket!
  • In "Potty Mouth", the siblings almost say the 'D' word but change it to "Dashing through the snow", "Da da da", or "Daniel Day Lewis is a wonderful actor."
• The Cutie:
  • Leni is a naïve and idealistic Ingenue who's without a doubt the sweetest of the Loud kids, rarely if ever waltzing into Big Sister Bully or Alpha Bitch territory.
  • Luan is another innocent goody-two shoes who spreads happiness in the form of comedy and is generally naïve and sweet-natured.
  • Lana also qualifies owing to her naive and cheerful disposition in addition to her Childish Tooth Gap. However, it's downplayed due to her slobbish hygiene and association with unsanitary particles.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome:
  • Coach Pacowski hasn't appeared in the series since season 5.
  • Leni's boyfriend Chaz hasn't been mentioned since the season 3 episode Really Loud Music.
  • Agnes Johnson, Principal Huggins and Mick Swagger weren't seen or mentioned once in season 7.
  • Since The Casagrandes have ended, The Changs haven't appeared or been mentioned since then. Sid, however, did appear in The Casagrandes movie.
  • Lincoln and Clyde's favorite band Smooch haven't been seen since season 2.
  • Lisa's former teacher Ms. Shrinivas hasn't appeared since season 4. She didn't even bother showing up in Save Royal Woods! which pretty much every character appears.
• Crossover:
  • Linc or Swim features cameo appearances by Lou Pickles, Iroh, Ms. Bitters, Miss Fowl and Phil Shortman.
  • Lincoln and Lynn Sr joined Legends of the Hidden Temple in the episode Legends.
  • The Loud Kids enter Double Dare in the episode How Double Dare You.

D

• A Day in the Limelight:
  • Each of the sisters gets an episode that focuses primarily on them. The vast majority of the episodes are told from Lincoln's perspective, commonly alongside one of his sisters. However, some episodes place Lincoln in a supporting role while one of his sisters takes the limelight, the first instance being "House Music", which focuses on Luna.
  • The Loud parents also have their episodes, such as "Rita Her Rights" for Rita, "Breaking Dad" for Lynn Sr., and "Suite and Sour" for both.
  • The Loud family's pets have received their own episodes as well, too, with "Pets Peeved" and the Hebrew-only short "So Long, Sucker".
  • "Clyde and His Dads", also a short exclusive to Hebrew, focuses on...well, Clyde and his dads.
  • Even Lisa's robots from previous episodes have their spotlight, the German-exclusive short "Robot Sitcom".
• Daydream Surprise: "Butterfly Effect" is revealed at the end to be Lincoln imagining what could happen if after he accidentally breaks Lisa's lab. Naturally with someone of his age, it's pretty outlandish.
• Denser and Wackier: While the show was pretty wacky to begin with, in the early seasons the most outrageous moments were either All Just a Dream or Imagine Spots. Season 5 features outlandish plots and plot elements such as Lisa using a working time machine to transport a dinosaur into her classroom, Lincoln going to school in Canada, Lincoln and Clyde discovering that the Loud family's new neighbors are peach-obsessed Georgia natives plotting to destroy all of the cherries in town, Leni running for mayor at 17, Flip being some sort of scientific experiment, Lori trying to banish a ghost in her college, etc.
• Depending on the Writer:
  • Lori's personality tends to switch with each episode she stars in; she can either be a Big Sister Bully, an actual kindhearted sibling, or even a bit of both. One could say that she's a complex character.
  • Leni is exactly as stupid as a joke or the plot needs her to be. The same girl who's confused about which sister is the "dumb one" is also keenly aware the others see her as a brainless airhead.
• Devastating Remark: In "Save the Date", several guys laugh at Lincoln for dating Ronnie Anne. To save face, he lies that he thinks she's "rude, gross and totally annoying" and that he'd rather lick the bathroom floor than kiss her. Then it's revealed that she was behind him all along and she takes off with a sad, angry look. Lincoln initially thinks nothing of it until Lori reveals that his statement made her cry. Later, when those same guys poke fun at Lincoln for the second time, he reiterates his exact words, and once again, Ronnie Anne is shown to have heard everything, and she turns away with tears in her eyes until he apologizes.
• The Diaper Change: Before Season 5, Lily, who was a baby by then, occasionally had her diaper changed.
• Diaper Check: Lily's basic schtick. It's justified since she is a baby and is too young to be potty-trained yet. While most people can smell it and don't need to check, sometimes they need to check.
• Disco Sucks: In the episode "Tattler's Tale" when Lincoln mentions that if his dad found out that he destroyed his disco ball, he'd be as dead as disco.
• Disembodied Eyebrows: Most of the characters' eyebrows can be seen through their hair.
• Disney Villain Death: In "Fandom Pains", Tristan, a character from the Show Within a Show The Vampires of Melancholia, dies when he falls off a cliff.
• Disproportionate Retribution:
  • In "Sound of Silence", Lola, with help from the rest of the sisters, schemes a nasty prank on Lincoln because he ignored them. Said prank invoked this trope, tricking Lincoln into thinking he made a promise with Lola and making him fear she'll do the worst to him if he fails to make good on it.
  • In "Schooled", Lynn Jr shoves her only brother into the locker because he was running in the hallway (on his way to class no less). She later does the same to Rusty and Zach for not having hall passes.
  • In the same special, Lincoln gets banned from Canada for not wanting syrup on his pancakes.
• Distinctive Appearances:
  • The youngsters of the family have circular heads, while the teenage sisters have bean-shaped heads.
  • The sisters' hair color is a good indication of their varying masculinity and femininity. The brunettes are the tomboys, while the blondes are the Girly Girls. The only exception to the latter case is blonde tomboy Lana, while the only exception to either of these is Lucy, who has Gothic black hair and is shown to be rather in-between.
• Distracted by the Sexy:
  • In "Study Muffin", the Loud sisters can't get even get a sentence out when in Hugh's presence. And it turns out Lincoln has been flunking his exams because he gets distracted by his sexy substitute teacher.
  • Clyde frequently suffered from this in the earlier seasons as a result of his crush on Lori.
• The Ditz: Leni is the least intelligent of the Loud family, being the Dumb Blonde and all.
• Divergent Character Evolution: Quite a few characters started off the same, but gradually became different from each other.
  • Lincoln and Clyde have always been seen as so similar to each other that it has attracted a lot of criticism from some fans who deem them an uninteresting duo. "Room with a Feud" even outright stated they have a 98% personality compatibility level. Yet some episodes have shown that they have minor differences. For example, Lincoln likes magic tricks while Clyde doesn't, and the opposite is true in regards to antiques. Clyde is also more neurotic, worrysome and emotionally fragile than Lincoln, but he's also the Voice of Reason when Lincoln gets carried away with his ideas.
  • Inverted with Lucy and Haiku, who still seem to be more or less the same goth girl archtype as of season four, not that this is an inherently bad thing, as the writers avoid this becoming a problem by not having many scenes featuring just Lucy and Haiku.
  • Luna and Sam are definitely a noteworthy example. Sam was introduced as a Satellite Love Interest and seemed to be just the same rocker chick character as Luna. "Racing Hearts" then came along and demonstrated that the two girls are actually quite different. Sam prefers outdoor activities and hobbies like sailing and rock climbing, while Luna prefers indoor stuff like dancing and laser tag.
  • Lynn and her sports bestie, Margo. Granted, there wasn't much to go on before "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow", but her initial cameos had her come across as a somewhat gross, aggressively passionate sports nut, similar to Lynn. Then she had a few larger roles and was shown to be more modest and soft spoken, and less egotistical. "Singled Out" also shows she is a girly romantic compared to Lynn's love hating tomboy.
• Double Entendre: This line from Lana in "Get the Message":
  Lincoln: Okay. Okay. I'll walk within the speed limit. I swear.
  Lana: NO SWEARING!
• The Dreaded: The Louds fear April Fool's Day because it's the one day Luan becomes vicious and uncaring, and unleashes a horde of pranks no one is safe from.
• Dream Deception: In "Pipe Dreams", the parents are building a secret bathroom in their closet. When one of their little daughters, Lola, goes down into their room after a nightmare and sees some of the construction, the parents lie to her that she's still dreaming.
• Dumb Blonde: Played straight with Leni (who's very dumb), but averted with the other blondes in the Loud family (who are average intelligence to smart).

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