History Recap / TheLoudHouseS2E21NoLaughingMatterNoSpoilers

* FireBreathingDiner: Flip eats a very spicy subs made by Lynn, which makes his face turn red and steam come out of his ears.

* WayPastTheExpirationDate: The milk that Flip brings as a "gift" for being invited to the party, and that he himself ends up drinking after eating one of Lynn's spicy subs.

* WayPastTheExpirationDate: The milk that Flip brings as a 'gift' for being invited to the party, and that he himself ends up drinking after eating one of Lynn's spicy subs.

* CannotTellAJoke: Lincoln unintentionally invokes this when performing at The Chortle Portal, constantly messing up the punchlines of jokes from Luan's own joke book which causes Luan to come onto the stage and correct him

-->'''Lola:''' That was a big deal for her. She wrote about in her diary.

* CannotTellAJoke: Lincoln unintentionally invokes this when performing at The Chortle Portal, constantly messing up the punchlines of jokes from Luan's own joke book which causes Luan to come onto the stage.

* ContinuitySnarl: It's AllThereInTheManual, but Luan is said to consider knock-knock jokes to be the lowest form of humor. Yet she makes one on Lucy in this episode.

* ExactEavesdropping: Luan overhears her siblings right when they begin to scathingly criticize her personality.
* ExtendoBoxingGlove: Used by Luan on Lincoln after he answers yes to her question if he wants some “punch”.
* {{Facepalm}}: The siblings does this when Leni continues to exaggerate even after their plan fails.
* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Luan flushes the toilet while Luna is in the shower. When Luan decides to give up comedy, Leni flushes for her.

* ItsAllJunk: Luan fills a garbage bag with all her comedy props and notebooks.

** Later, Lisa assumes that it's going to happen again when Luan overhears her using the phrase "piece of pie", and quickly puts on a gas mask.

** Then, Lincoln, in his attempt to help Luan, makes six cream pies for her and tries to get her to throw them in his face.
** And finally, Lincoln does this to himself during his stand up comedy at the Chortle Portal while using the wrong punchline to a joke, to which Luan storms onto the stage, corrects his error, and throws another pie in his face.

* SpitTake: Luan's siblings try to get her to feel good about herself by spitting out their drinks and laughing at everything she says. All this does is get on her nerves, since she keeps getting wet from them.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Averted; we don’t get to hear Lincoln's first plan to get Luan to like comedy again until the siblings put it in motion, but it fails to work.

* ContinuityNod: Among the guests in the failed surprise party, there is [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E17HouseMusicANovelIdea Dr. Feinstein, Mrs. Loud's boss]]. When she organizes the party herself, Leni invites Aunt Ruth and Pop Pop among others.

* FireBreathingDiner: Flip eats a very spicy subs made by Lynn, which makes his face turn red and steam coming out of his ears.
* ParachutePetticoat: A variation, Leni claims she has parachute pants for when Lincoln wants to jump down the stairs again.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Leni hears Luna tripping over Luan’s chattery teeth prop and dropping her cymbals, Lincoln hastily claims that he “didn’t hear Luna drop her cymbals”. [[OhCrap He immediately realizes his error]] but is too late to correct himself as Leni already walks away to take a look.
* WayPastTheExpirationDate: The milk that Flip brings as a 'gift' for being invited to the party, and that he himself ends up drinking after eating one of Lynn's spicy subs (see FireBreathingDiner above).

* {{Facepalm}}: Everybody does this at the end of the episode when Leni reveals that she plans on inviting her dad to his surprise party.

* ContinuityNod: Among the guests in the failed surprise party, there is [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E17HouseMusicANovelIdea Dr. Feinstein, Mrs. Loud's boss]]. [[spoiler:When she organizes the party herself, Leni invites Aunt Ruth and Pop Pop among others]].

* {{Facepalm}}: Everybody does this at the end of the episode when Leni reveals that she plans to invite her dad to his surprise party.

* ContinuityNod: Among the guests in the failed surprise party, there is [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E17HouseMusicANovelIdea Dr. Feinstein, Rita's boss]]. [[spoiler:When she organizes the party herself, Leni invites Aunt Ruth and Albert among others]].

* CannotKeepASecret: Leni, who has a habit of ruining surprise parties for the family, including sending out an invitation to the one the surprise party is for.

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* AccidentalPublicConfession: Lola accidently admits to all her siblings that she read Luan’s diary, and hastily tries to cover it up:

* SureLetsGoWithThat: This is Lincoln's reaction when Luan believes that he was pretending to mess up at The Chortle Portal.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Averted; we don’t get to hear Lincoln's first plan to get Luan to like comedy again untill the siblings put it in motion, but it fails to work.

-->'''Lola:''' That was a big deal for her. She wrote about in her diary. *{{Beat}}, while everyone falls silent and glares at her* ''Probably!''

* ContinuityNod: This isn't the first time Luan gave up comedy, though it's the first time in reality.

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* {{Facepalm}}: The siblings does this when Leni to exaggerate after their plan fails.

* AccidentalPublicConfession: Lola accidently admits to all her siblings that she read Luan’s diary, and hastily tries to cover it up.
-->'''Lincoln''': No, she’s not doing the Chortle Portal.
-->'''Lola''': That was a big deal for her. She wrote about in her diary. *{{Beat}}, while everyone falls silent and glares at her* ''Probably!''

* CannotTellAJoke: Lincoln unintentionally invokes this trope when performing at The Chortle Portal, constantly messing up the punchlines of jokes from Luan's own jokebook which causes Luan to come onto the stage.
* ContinuityNod: This wasn't the first time Luan gave up comedy, though it's the first time in reality.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lincoln and his sisters when they find out that Luan's decision to give up comedy was their fault.

* PieInTheFace: A RunningGag in this episode, with the trope getting played straight, averted and everything in between:

* CannotTellAJoke: Lincoln intentionally(?) invokes this trope when performing at The Chortle Portal, constantly messing up the punchlines of jokes from Luan's own jokebook in hopes of getting Luan to come onto the stage.

** And finally, Lincoln does this to himself during his stand up comedy at the Chortle Portal while deliberately using the wrong punchline to a joke, to which Luan storms onto the stage, corrects his error, and throws another pie in his face.

* PieInTheFace: A RunningGag in this episode, with the trope getting played straight, averted and everything in between. First, Lisa suffers this after Luan tricks her into saying the word “pi”. Later, Lisa assumes that it’s going to happen again when Luan overhears her using the phrase “piece of cake”, and quickly puts on a gas mask. Then, when the siblings realize Luan stopped her pranks, they use this opportunity to finally have some cake without getting it thrown into their faces. Then, Lincoln, in his attempt to help Luan, makes six cream pies for her and tries to get her to throw them in his face. And finally, Lincoln does this to himself during his stand up comedy at the Chortle Portal while deliberately using the wrong punchline to a joke, to which Luan storms onto the stage, corrects his error, and throws another pie in his face.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Averted; we don’t get to hear Lincolns’ first plan to get Luan to like comedy again untill the siblings put it in motion, but it fails to work.

* CannotTellAJoke: Lincoln intentionally invokes this trope when performing at The Chortle Portal, constantly messing up the punchlines of jokes from Luans own jokebook in hopes of getting Luan to come onto the stage.

-->'''Lincoln''': ''No, she’s not doing the Chortle Portal.''
-->'''Lola''': ''That was a big deal for her. She wrote about in her diary.'' *{{Beat}}, while everyone falls silent and glares at her* ''Probably!''.

* BananaPeel: Lincoln tries to get Luan to slip on one, but the now-humorless girl walks around it instead.

* SpitTake: Luan's siblings try to get her to feel good about herself by spitting an laughing at everything she says. All this does is get on her nerves, since she keeps getting wet from them.

'''No Spoilers:''' To make sure their parents' surprise party goes off without a hitch, Lincoln and his siblings try to keep loose-lipped Leni at bay.