History Recap / TheLoudHouseS6E12TimeTrap

** They mess up with the timeline so badly that they cause a [[RealIsBrown bleak]] BadPresent where they do not exist:

** They must go back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong before [[RetGone they're erased from existence]][[note]] Curiously, this plot line [[AvertedTrope wasn't addressed]] in ''Fairly Oddparents'', but it was [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] with Timmy acknowledging his non-existence and him losing his original fairies, relying instead on their 1970s counterparts[[/note]], even if that means [[AllForNothing they'll restore the doomed object]] and face punishment.

* ShoutOut: Lisa converts Vanzilla into a time machine to take the Louds back in time. Hmm...a time-traveling car? [[Film/BackToTheFuture Where have we seen that before]]...?

* TimeTravelEpisode: The first episode in the series that uses time travel as the running plot device, after past episodes like "The Mad Scientist" only used it on occasion.

** In the altered future of the Loud House, Lori comments that it doesn't smell like Cliff or Lynn's farts. Lynn states she can make that happen. She only raises her leg to do so before she's cut off.

* ForWantOfANail: Due to the trouble the kids caused at the wedding, their parents swear ever having children. It takes Lily acting cute to consider the possibility.

* OutgrowingTheChildishName: In the alternate reality, Flip goes by his real name, Phillip, and explicitly notes how being called Flip is a blast to the past. As established in episodes focusing on his youth, he's gone by Flip in his youth.

* WorstWeddingEver: While trying to get rid of the vase, the siblings accidentally cause trouble at the wedding, which culminates in them accidentally launching the wedding cake onto the parents. When they leave, the wedding is left in ruins, and Rita is left a sobbing mess as Lynn Sr. tries to comfort her. This is what leads to the alternate present time without the siblings seen in the episode.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Louds' goal once they realize they have made their parents never want to have kids, aka them..

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Louds' goal once they realize they have changed the timeline.

* BetterIfNotBornPlot: Zigzagged. While Rita and Lynn Sr. are now happy in their new lives, they’re also a pair of stuck up, {{child hat|er}}ing [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], Lincoln’s friends have befriended Chandler and are now a group of rude bullies, and while Chunk and Flip are now worse off and better off, respectively, those had nothing to do with the Louds not being born and more to do with the time traveling Louds’ antics at the wedding affecting their careers. The only person who seems to be truly better off without the siblings is Mr. Grouse, as without their craziness, he’s more laid back and relaxed.

* DwindlingParty: The Louds slowly begin to fade out of existence in birth order. By the time they restore the timeline, only Lisa and Lily are left, although the others come back shortly afterwards.

* BadPresent: After ruining Rita and Lynn Sr.'s wedding, the kids end up in an alternate reality in which they were never born, Rita and Lynn Sr. are {{Child Hater}}s with a sleeker car and go on vacations more frequently, Mr. Grouse is more cheerful, Chunk works at a junkyard, Chandler has befriended Lincoln's friend group and corrupted them, Flip sells health food and goes by his real name, and Mr. and Mrs. Gurdle are convinced aliens exist.

-->'''Lucy:''' [[ItHasBeenAnHonor I bid thee farewell, sisters.]]

* ChildHater: After the Present Loud Siblings mess things up at their wedding, Rita and Lynn, Sr. swear off ever having kids. They were certainly quick to kick the siblings out of their (much cleaner) house when they meet in the new present.

** Back in "Study Muffin", Clyde feared that without Lincoln he would fall in with the wrong crowd and become a bully. This is exactly what happens in the alternate timeline the Loud Kids accidentally create.

* HeroicSacrifice: While she's fading out of existence, Lucy stays behind to distract Zach's parents so that the remaining sisters can go back in time to fix the wedding.

* CloseEnoughTimeline: At the end, just as it seems as though the timeline is back to normal, Lisa notices that Lily is visible in one of Lynn Sr. & Rita's wedding photos. Suffice to say, [[OhCrap she cringes when she realizes this]].

* BetterIfNotBornPlot: Zigzagged. While Rita and Lynn Sr. are now happy in their new lives, they’re also a pair of {{child hat|er}}ing [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], Lincoln’s friends have befriended Chandler and are now a group of rude bullies, and while Chunk and Flip are now worse off and better off, respectively, those had nothing to do with the Louds not being born and more to do with the time traveling Louds’ antics at the wedding affecting their careers. The only person who seems to be truly better off without the siblings is Mr. Grouse, as without their craziness, he’s more laid back and relaxed.

The Loud kids travel back in time to their parents' wedding day to replace a vase

* BetterIfNotBornPlot: Zigzagged. While Rita and Lynn Sr. are now happy in their new lives, they’re also a pair of child-hating [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], Lincoln’s friends have befriended Chandler and are now a group of rude bullies, and while Chunk and Flip are now worse off and better off, respectively, those had nothing to do with the Louds not being born and more to do with the time traveling Louds’ antics at the wedding affecting their careers. The only person who seems to be truly better off without the siblings is Mr. Grouse, as without their craziness, he’s more laid back and relaxed.

* BadPresent: The kids create an alternate reality in which Rita and Lynn Sr.'s wedding was ruined, and thus never had kids. As a result, Rita and Lynn Sr. have a sleeker car and go on vacations more frequently, Mr. Grouse is more cheerful, Chunk works at a junkyard, Chandler has befriended Lincoln's friend group and corrupted them, Flip sells health food and goes by his real name, and Mr. and Mrs. Gurdle are convinced aliens exist.

* DwindlingParty: The Louds slowly begin to fade out of existence in birth order. In the end, only Lisa and Lily are left, although the others come back once the timeline is restored.

* SerialEscalation: The flashbacks reveal that the kids have been grounded for breaking the vase for exponentially bigger periods of time: one night, then a week, then a month. The kids worry that means when they break it again, they'll be grounded for a year... except they're just grounded for two months instead.

* SerialEscalation: The flashbacks reveal that the kids have been grounded for breaking the vase for exponentially bigger periods of time: one night, then a week, then a month. The kids worry that means when they break it again, they'll be grounded for a year... except they're just grounded for ''two'' months.

* TookALevelInJerkass: It's brief, but with Lincoln gone from the timeline, Clyde and the rest of his friends became [[TheBully Chandler's]] gang, making them much ruder and meaner than they are in the normal timeline.

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When the kids break Mom and Dad's priceless vase, they decide the only thing to do is go back in time to their wedding day, and prevent them from ever receiving it.

* BetterIfNotBornPlot: Zigzagged. While Rita and Lynn Sr. are now happy in their new lives, they’re also a pair of child-hating [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], Lincoln’s friends have befriended Chandler and are now a group of rude bullies, and while Chunk and Flip are now worse off and better off, respectively, those had nothing to do with the Louds not being born. The only person who seems to be truly better off without the siblings is Mr. Grouse.

* BetterIfNotBornPlot: Zigzagged. While Rita and Lynn Sr. are now happy in their new lives, they’re also a pair of child-hating [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], Lincoln’s friends have befriended Chandler and are now a group of rude bullies, and while Chunk and Flip are now worse off and better off, respectively, those happened due to the Loud siblings meddling with the past and preventing their birth. The only person who seems to be truly better off without the siblings is Mr. Grouse.

* OutgrewTheChildishName: In the alternate reality, Flip goes by his real name, Phillip, and explicitly notes how being called Flip is a blast to the past. As established in episodes focusing on his youth, he's gone by Flip in his youth.

* BadFuture: The kids create an alternate reality in which Rita and Lynn Sr.'s wedding was ruined, and thus never had kids. As a result, Rita and Lynn Sr. have a sleeker car and go on vacations more frequently, Mr. Grouse is more cheerful, Chunk works at a junkyard, Chandler has befriended Lincoln's friend group and corrupted them, Flip sells health food and goes by his real name, and Mr. and Mrs. Gurdle are convinced aliens exist.
* BetterIfNotBornPlot: Zigzagged. While Rita and Lynn Sr. are now happy in their new lives, they’re also a pair of child-hating [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], Lincoln’s friends are now a group of rude bullies, and while Chunk and Flip are now worse off and better off, respectively, those happened due to the Loud siblings meddling with the past, rather than them never being born. The only person who seems to be truly better off without the siblings is Mr. Grouse.