History Recap / TheLoudHouseS3E23HomeOfTheFaveHeroTodayGoneTomorrow

* AnAesop:
** Don't jump to conclusions.
** You can't please everyone.

* AnAesop:
** Always be supportive of your friends.
** You can't win at everything, and sometimes winning isn't worth what you lose in the process.

* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: It's revealed that when Lynn Sr. was a kid, his dad, Leonard, would play favorites and give him the short end of the stick. When he fears he is doing the same thing with his own kids with Luan, he makes a genuine effort to spend equal time with all his children.

* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: It's revealed that Lynn Sr.'s dad, Leonard, played favorites when he was a kid, giving him the short end of the stick. When he fears he is doing the same thing with his own kids with Luan, he makes a genuine effort to spend equal time with all his children.

** When Lynn Sr. tells Rita that he's going to spend more time with Lola, she tells him to not buy her another pony, since it didn't work out the last time he did that.

* SixIsNine: When Lola and Mr. Loud are playing pageant, Lola seems to give him a score of 9, but the card was upside down and his real score is 6, [[WellDoneDadGuy which he's okay with]].

* ApopheniaPlot: Lynn Sr. thinks his kids (except Luan) suspect him of playing favourites since they always look in his direction, or appear sad or angry whenever he's playing with one of them. Actually, Luna just broke her guitar pick, Lynn was disappointed because her favourite quarterback was injured, Lincoln was just looking at Lynn Sr. to acknowledge him, Lucy was just being herself, and Lola was just angry with the cashier at the supermarket. There was no reason given for Lori, Leni, Lana, Lisa, or Lily's unhappiness, but they assured Lynn Sr. that they didn't feel left out or think he was playing favourites.

** When Mr. Loud decides to spend time with Lincoln, [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS2E22LegendsMallOfDuty the two watch]] ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS2E22LegendsMallOfDuty together]]. Complete with wearing the Orange Iguana costumes they wore when they competed on the show in that episode.
** When Mr. Loud decides to spend time with Lily, [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS2E25TheCryingDameAntiSocial he dresses up as Fenton the Feel-Better Fox and dances for her]]. Which is ironic, since he was shown to be afraid of the toy fox in that episode.
* HereWeGoAgain: At the end of the episode, Charles, Walt, and Geo think that Mr. Loud is playing favorites with Cliff.
* HoldUpYourScore: Lola does this when she and Mr. Loud are playing pageant.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Mr. Loud and Luan make a lot of puns at the grocery store. This causes Lola to feel left out.

** When Mr. Loud tells Mrs. Loud that he's going to spend more time with Lola, she tells him to not buy her another pony, since it didn't work out the last time he did that.

* ParentalFavoritism: The main theme of the episode is that Mr. Loud thinks that he might be playing favorites, so he tries to give the kids equal attention. The episode also reveals that his own dad played favorites.

** In the end, it is revealed that the reason why Lola was upset when she, Mr. Loud and Luan went to the grocery store wasn't necessarily because of the time the latter two spent together, but because the lady at the check-out line wouldn't give her a free balloon, saying she didn't deserve it.
** Lynn wasn't jealous of Mr. Loud spending time with Lola instead of working out with her. She was just upset that her favorite quarterback was injured and would be out for the rest of the season.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: When Mr. Loud gets into a dress and plays with Lola.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Margo gives one to Lynn concerning the latter’s jealousy and not wanting to be in her shadow, even though the former could handle being in HER shadow.

* ShaggyDogStory:

* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Its revealed that Lynn Sr's father played favorites when he was a kid, giving him the short end of the stick. When he fears he is doing the same thing with his own kids with Luan, he makes a genuine effort to spend equal time with all his children.