A Fridge Too Far

"A Fridge Too Far" is the fifth episode of the third season and the one-hundred-sixth episode of The Loud House.

Plot
Lincoln wages war after his food is filched from the refrigerator.

Synopsis
At school, Lincoln is taking a test while also thinking about mac 'n' cheese bites he saved at home. At the Loud House, Lynn Sr. is getting himself ready for the arrival of a food critic/investor named Timothy McCole, and wants to make sure he gives off a good impression, because if he succeeds in impressing him, he might give Lynn Sr. an investment to let him open his own restaurant. Sometime later, Lincoln walks up to the fridge to get his mac 'n' cheese bites, but to his discovery, one of his three mac 'n' cheese bites is missing. Lincoln accuses his sisters, and they reveal that they have an occasion of stealing each other's leftovers, since they're a large family. This gives Lincoln an idea.

Sometime later, Luan arrives, intending to steal one of Lincoln's mac 'n' cheese bites, but upon grabbing the container, she tugs on a string that drops a large watermelon onto her foot, breaking it. Realizing that Lincoln is playing dirty, Luan decides to get in on the action as well. Soon afterwards, whenever one of the siblings attempt steal someone else's leftover, a prank is pulled on them, resulting in different forms of physical harm ranging from paint bombs, getting electrocuted, getting booby-trapped, or being exposed to radiation. Unhappy with all the injuries they're getting, Lincoln and Lisa propose an idea that's sure to satisfy everyone: they divided the fridge into 11 equal sized color coded compartments so they know whose food goes where. Approving of this system, the siblings decide on which of Lynn Sr.'s leftovers they want, and proceed to put them into their own portion of the fridge.

Lynn Sr., arriving back from the store, begins putting his ingredients into the fridge, but leaves when he forgets something. Luan and Lisa enter the kitchen, and prepare to feed themselves the leftovers they chose, but discover Lynn Sr.'s ingredients placed in their compartments, and throw them away, believing they came from one of the other siblings. As Lynn Sr. puts more and more ingredients into the fridge, the siblings toss them out as well. While driving back home, Lynn Sr. notices that Timothy McCole is at the front doorstep, waiting for Lynn Sr.'s arrival. Upon arriving home, Lynn Sr. escorts Timothy into the house, and is prepared to make a meal, but to Lynn Sr.'s horror, all of his ingredients are gone, and the siblings admit that they threw them away, believing they belonged to one of the other siblings. Luckily, the siblings propose that they give Timothy the leftovers they saved in favor of whatever Lynn Sr. was going to cook, and Lynn Sr. decides to go along with it. Giving Timothy the leftovers, he ends up liking it, since all of the other places where he has tried food was something fancy, like caviar, pâté, and uni. As a result, Timothy gives Lynn Sr. a large investment, and departs.

Later, as the siblings wash dishes, Rita decides to celebrate her husband's success by eating chocolate cake, but Lincoln informs them that there's no cake in the fridge. Rita reveals that she hid it under the couch, since she too has leftovers that she doesn't want others to touch. Lynn decides to get it herself, but gets hit by a paint bomb in the process, since Rita booby-trapped it.

Cast

 * Collin Dean as Lincoln
 * Catherine Taber as Lori
 * Liliana Mumy as Leni
 * Nika Futterman as Luna
 * Cristina Pucelli as Luan
 * Jessica DiCicco as Lynn / Lucy / Zach
 * Grey Griffin as Lana / Lola / Lily / Cheryl
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa / Liam
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr.
 * Jill Talley as Rita
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Mrs. Johnson
 * Bill Mumy as Timothy McCole

Trivia

 * The word "filch" means to steal something in a casual way.
 * This is the first episode, along with "Roadie to Nowhere", to air at 6 PM.
 * Both this episode and "Roadie to Nowhere" aired before the premiere of The Adventures of Kid Danger, an animated spin-off based on a live-action sitcom Henry Danger.
 * This is the eleventh time that the full episode premiered rather than airing the two parts of the episode separately. The other episodes to do this were "Left in the Dark"/"Get the Message", "Heavy Meddle"/"Making the Case", "Along Came a Sister"/"Chore and Peace", "Project Loud House"/"In Tents Debate", "The Sweet Spot"/"A Tale of Two Tables", "The Price of Admission"/"One Flu Over the Loud House", "ARGGH! You For Real?"/"Garage Banned", "Legends"/"Mall of Duty", "The Crying Dame"/"Anti-Social", and "Snow Way Down"/"Snow Way Out".
 * This is the second episode where Luan gets hurt with a watermelon. The first one is "Funny Business".
 * This episode reveals that Lynn Sr. dreams of opening a restaurant, and getting an investment was the first step.
 * This is the second episode to involve paint bombs, after "April Fools Rules".
 * Coincidentally, both episodes have blue paint bombs.
 * Lynn Sr.'s ingredients, and what the siblings mistook them as:
 * Uni (sea urchins) - one of Lori's health kick foods (Luan)
 * Beet juice - Lucy's homemade blood (Lisa)
 * Caviar - bait for Lana (Lori)
 * Duck liver pâté - a dissected animal from Lisa (Lola)
 * Siblings in order who fell victim to booby traps.
 * Luan - Took a watermelon to the foot, causing it to break.
 * Leni - Got hit by a spring loaded boxing glove.
 * Luna - Paint bomb (from Leni).
 * Lana - Got electrocuted.
 * Lori - Got her hand bitten by a turtle.
 * Lincoln - Got strung from the ceiling.
 * Lily - Got exposed to radiation.
 * Lynn - Paint bomb (from Rita).
 * Lucy, Lola, and Lisa were the only sisters who fell to victim in an unknown way.
 * Bill Mumy, the father of series regular, Liliana Mumy (the voice of Leni) guest starred in this episode.
 * Luan breaks her foot, but it wasn’t broken later on.
 * This could be that it was just a minor break, in which they heal quickly.
 * It could also be a case of cartoon logic.
 * Moral: Don’t steal from others.
 * Don't be someone you're not to impress people.
 * Timeline:
 * After "Future Tense", since the family still has the turtle they saved.

Running Gags

 * The siblings pranking each other as revenge for stealing each other's food.
 * The siblings tossing out Lynn Sr.'s ingredients, and Cliff eating them.
 * Somebody getting hit by a paint bomb (happened twice with Luna and Lynn).

A Fridge Too Far