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Me: Aloha, everybody! It is I, Dandy Andy. ... Has it really been a year since it started already?

The Loud House

Where exactly has the time gone? It's already been a year since Nickelodeon's show, The Loud House, about a boy surviving in a family of nothing but sisters premiered and it brought back a good chunk of Nick's viewers since it premiered. And what can I say? I called it when I said this show was gonna be good. I thought that back when I looked at the pilot, and something else to go along with it, for a little analysis. And here it is. The biggest Nicktoon since Avatar: The Last Airbender to really get the crowd going after SpongeBob started being the only Nicktoon that gets shoehorned into the ground. The Loud's beat SpongeBob in the ratings before, though not at the Kids' Choice Awards, though I think it needs more time before it can do that, and...

Emily: Did you know the show is getting a movie?

Me: Wait. What?

Emily: (shows me the movie announcement) See?

Me: Yeah. Apparently it's gonna have a movie launched into theaters. This was before today. Who would have thought that was gonna happen? The point is, this Nicktoon has really brought back what Nick was missing and it's probably a scene that they're gonna get their act together and start giving us good quality stuff again. Heck, there's also another Nicktoon coming out next year called Glitch Techs, which we don't know much about, and that's already looking promising, too. So, congratulations. You finally got out of your slump with a good show and may be on the road to recovery after milking the SpongeBob Cash Cow until its udder dries up and not letting The Fairly OddParents come to its long overdue end. Of course, while the Loud House has come up with a lot of memorable episodes, there are some moments where the show did have a few rotten eggs here and there. So, in honor of the show's first year anniversary, I'm gonna look back at the first season and talk about the top 10 worst and 20 best episodes it had to offer. First, let's do the Top 10 Worst and get the bad taste out of our mouths right away. That's what I like to do. Worst first, best second.

Alexis: Manly chest third.

Me: Yeah. Right. Let's get started. Here are the top 10 worst Loud House Season 1 Episodes.

The Top 10 Worst Loud House Season 1 Episodes

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Number 10

Lily: Poo-poo.

April Fools Rules

Me: April Fools Rules. Okay, this one I'm actually kinda not that mad about and I only put this one on the list because while I don't think it's as bad as everyone else does, it does portray one of my favorite sisters, Luan, in a pretty harsh light. Every April Fools Day, Luan, being the comedy powerhouse that she is, goes overboard and becomes a pranking torturer with all sorts of pranks. One of the most insane being getting her siblings stuck in a giant glob of gelatin.

Luan: Aw, look at the Loud family gettin' jiggly with it! (laughs)

Me: How she got them in there and they got out, I don't know. Lincoln decides that in order to avoid getting pranked, he'll stay locked in his room until the day after Luan's pranks of doom. However, he gets a text from Ronnie Anne saying she'll be coming over tomorrow to give him a gift, and knowing what could happen to him if those pranks happen to her, he begs, Luan to stop the pranks so Ronnie Anne won't suffer, but she refuses.

Luan: Lincoln, you know the April Fools Rules. Anyone who sets foot on our property is fair game.

Me: See? It's not her family alone that would suffer her Aprankalypse. So, he and his other sisters resort to plan b, which is trapping her in a cage and sealing her fingers in Chinese finger traps. But that doesn't work because she SOMEHOW manages to break free and escape! How did she do that? Fearing the worst, they hide in Lincoln's room and Lincoln remembers about Ronnie Anne and goes to set off every prank in the house before she arrives while the others stay in his room. However, Lana eats all the rations. And this goes into a pretty funny joke regarding Leni's stupidity and the term of drawing straws.

Leni: I'll just go. I know I'm gonna lose. I'm a terrible artist.

Me: Sure, Cow and Chicken did a joke like that, but you gotta admire the way they write an idiot's dialogue here. She notices a sign that points to the kitchen being outside the house and as natural for her, she follows it off into the city. Meanwhile, Lincoln has set off every prank with Clyde coming over to clear out Lori's room because you-know-why. Soon, Ronnie Anne arrives and Luan reveals to Lincoln that he set him up so that he would set off the pranks because he knew he would protect RA no matter what and had her in on the final prank. She holds out a pie...but hits Luan instead out of gratitude toward Lincoln for saving her from the pranks.

Lincoln: But why'd you do that?

Ronnie Anne: You took all those pranks for me. It's the least I could do. Come on, let's draw some eyebrows on you and go get a milkshake.

Me: And just as they leave...

Luan: That girl's a keeper.

Me: What did she mean by that? She's not upset that RA betrayed her? Was she...oh, never mind. The others come out of hiding and see that it's over but find that Leni's gone and decide to go and look for her, only for a blue paint bomb to splatter them the minute they turn the car on.

Luan: Aw, the end of April Fools always make me feel a little blue. (laughs) Get it?

Me: Now, I'll give this episode credit. I did think the pranks were rather original and clever, if not a little bit harsh. And hey, Ronnie Anne was happy for what Lincoln did for her. Plus, some moments were pretty funny. But, I will admit Luan did go above and beyond with this and that's what made a lot of fans dislike her a bit more. Plus, some say RA betraying her wasn't enough karma for her and she needed to suffer more. I'm sure she got grounded after the others found Leni. We just didn't get to set it. All in all, it's kinda bad, but not horrifically bad. And don't forget about that deleted scene with the water cup prank. If that had gotten in, that would have been her worst prank imaginable. Trust me.

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Number 9

Lily: Poo-poo.

Sound of Silence

Me: Sound of Silence. Back at the beginning of the series, a lot of people were afraid Lola was gonna end up as one of those evil, whiny, conniving brats that care more about themselves than their family. And this was the first example of her acting as such. But I'll get to that as we go along. Lincoln is trying to find a nice quiet place to enjoy his new comic book, but everywhere he goes, one of his sisters interrupts him with something.

Lincoln: Sheesh! Is it too much to ask for a little peace and quiet so that a guy can read his comic in his undies?

Me: It is when you word it like that. Just then, an ad on TV plays for a new pair of earbuds that can cancel out any noise. So, to get his peace and quiet that he desires, Lincoln sets out for a same day delivery for a pair and gets it on. Naturally, it works, but his sisters want to talk to him about something, but we don't get to hear it because we hear the noise drawing out sounds that the earbuds make as if we're listening from Lincoln's perspective. So we don't know what they wanna talk to him about. However, one particular sister comes in and...well, we'll get to that in a couple minutes. The next morning, Lola comes in and reminds Lincoln to do something for her by 3:00, but she doesn't say specifically what it is and he doesn't know what she's talking about. Just then, Lincoln gets dragged into doing tasks for his sisters, like sparring in kickboxing with Lynn, being Leni's mannequin for her latest fashion design, which I'll admit is a pretty funny scene, and being used as a footrest for Lori while she paints her toenails. Hey, it was back before they really let her better side shine more often than her mean side, I'll let it pass. They each remind Lincoln "You know what happens when you make Lola mad", and tell him about some horrible things she did to them over minor inconveniences. She popped Lynn's soccer ball for eating the last pudding, gave away all of Leni's stuff for breaking her tiara by accident, and cooked Lori's phone for not saying "gesundheit" when she sneezed. But hey, you should always say "gesundheit". And when Lincoln goes to Lana for advice and brings up something called the Frog Fiasco that is morbidly dark given what Lola could be capable of, Lana suggests that Lincoln think of everything Lola might want him to do and then do it. So, with no other choice, he does it, but it doesn't seem to work because Lola is pissed at him, but she reveals that she knew about the earbuds. Yesterday, she was asking him if she was using too much mascara, but since he couldn't hear her over the earbuds, she didn't know why he was agreeing with her, and she found out about the earbuds by seeing the package and informed everyone...well, not everyone, about the earbuds, so the sisters got in on a scare tactic to teach Lincoln a lesson about ignoring them. But I think the following line was a bit of a flub.

Lincoln: So, all that stuff you guys made me do today...that was all made up?

Lola: Yep.

Me: Uh...shouldn't Lincoln be asking if all the stuff Lola did to them in the past was all made up? Granted, I don't think they'd make him spar in kickboxing, pose as his mannequin, or be used as a footrest, but that line still bothers me, as if the Pudding Incident, the Tiara Crisis, Sneezeageddon, and the Frog Fiasco really did happen. What's up with that? And Lisa comes in and tells Lincoln about an experiment he forgot to help him with. He thinks she's in on it, but she wasn't because she was the only sister Lola didn't tell about the earbuds. She grabs them and puts them as her experiment leaves a deafening explosion on the other sisters for doing what they did to Lincoln as some form of karma. So, yeah. While Lola has gotten a lot better over the course of the show at this point, this episode can be kinda hard to go back to after all that. She really showed off her evil side in this one the most. Plus, it seemed like Lincoln was the one who had to learn the lesson of not ignoring his family when he could have just told them he needed some time to himself. Still, they got what they deserved from the exploding experiment, so I don't think it's a total dud.

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Number 8

Lily: Poo-poo.

The Waiting Game

Me: The Waiting Game. Unlike Sound of Silence, this one is missing something very important. Lincoln and Clyde are excited because their schoolmate, Chandler, is giving out invitations to his birthday party at the sewage treatment plant his dad works at. However, they don't get any at all and are left hanging while everyone else is going to the party. At the local arcade, they're wondering why Chandler didn't invite them. And there's also this little sub-plot. Lori got a job at the arcade to earn enough money for a new dress she's going to wear to her school's dance Friday night. And because Lincoln was the one who helped her get the job, she is so grateful to him that she gives him her tokens that an employee like her gets for free and serves him a free lunch. She is very thankful toward him and gives him a couple of freebies. Where is this about Lori being a totally unlikable bitch again? When Chandler comes by, Lincoln decides to use his freebies he got for Lori as bribery to get Chandler to invite him and Clyde to the party. And that's pretty much how most of the episode goes. Lincoln asks Lori for free stuff, but Lori tells him she can't keep giving the stuff for free as she could get fired, but Lincoln keeps playing the guilt card on her with how he got her the job and he gets what Chandler wants him to get and gives it to him, but Chandler keeps extorting this until finally he gives the boys their invites. And because Lori had to give Lincoln all that free stuff, her boss makes her work overtime the night of the dance. Seeing how upset she is and feeling guilty, Lincoln decides to bail on going to the party and work Lori's shift for her so she can go to the dance. He gave up his chance to go to the coolest birthday party to keep his sister happy and realized that Chandler was extorting that little freebie thing Lori was doing earlier. And Clyde decides not to go because it wouldn't be fair if Lincoln had to miss out on it. So, why do I dislike this episode? Easy. Because Chandler extorts Lincoln's little "privilege" that Lori was giving him earlier until she needed to stop, and we don't see him get any karma for it unlike the sisters at the end of Sound of Silence for tricking Lincoln. There's a moment at the end where there's a big sewage backup in the men's room that Lincoln has to clean up, and while it is implied that it could be from the sewage treatment plant, we don't know for sure. It could be that Chandler's party got wrecked, but we would want to SEE it happen, which we don't get to. So, Chandler probably got off scot free for extorting Lincoln, and that's not right! Oh, and this reminds me of another forgotten Nicktoon called Robot & Monster. It had an episode called "Ogo's Birthday" which was about Robot and Monster's stalking neighbor Ogo celebrating his birthday only for Robot to make up an excuse by saying he and Monster were going to the sewage treatment plant that day. Strange how this reminds me of a forgotten one in the Nick library. But if Chandler did get covered in sewage, I hope he was showering for months. You don't take advantage of Lincoln like that. And his name is Lincoln, not Larry!

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Number 7

Lily: Poo-poo.

Study Muffin

Me: Study Muffin. Okay, this episode itself isn't too bad, but it does have somethings that bother me about it. And I'll explain it after I'm done going over this episode. Lincoln is starting to fail in his class when he's usually a good student. So, he's the exact opposite of Calvin. Fearing of being held back, he tries to ask Lisa to help tutor him, but she's too busy teaching the other sisters for the week, so she suggests hiring a tutor from the community college, which he agrees to. Then he gets his tutor, who is someone he probably should have switched out for someone else. His name is Hugh, a charming British college student who looks like he's in his late teens, like 19. I don't care what anyone says! Eighteen and nineteen have the "teen" suffix in there, I'm sticking by that! And just as he and Lincoln begin their session, the sisters, minus Lily, all come in, gaze at Hugh, and fall madly in love with him. Yes, even Lori.

Sisters: Bah...bah...bah...

Me: Yeah, that's a running gag right there that won't get tiresome. The sisters constantly stalk Hugh while Lincoln needs him for his session. Oh, and their dad takes a liking to Hug as well because in his college days, he took a course somewhere in England. Everywhere Lincoln and Hugh go, his sisters always butt in to interrupt and propose their "undying love" for the tutor until Lincoln tells them and his dad to leave him alone until they're done with the session. But when they finish up, Lincoln does just fine in every subject he's studying and can't understand why he was failing. And just as Hugh is about to leave, the sisters and their dad beg him not to go and chase him down the street.

Sisters: NO! / You can't leave! / I want a lock of your hair! / MARRY ME!!!

Me: I think Bugs Bunny was wrong on this one in Rabbit Romeo. However, the next day, Lincoln STILL fails his test, and the girls decide that Hugh should come back while fighting over who gets to call him. Then Lincoln brings up that he has a substitute named Ms. DiMartino, a very hot looking teacher who the boys can't take their eyes off of. She was subbing for Mrs. Johnson after she broke her leg from riding a mechanical bull. Between you and me, I think Mrs. Johnson might be the best written teacher character in this day and age. They suggest that Lincoln ask her to retake the test, but he can't if he keeps looking at her, so Lisa suggests finding a way to keep her out of his line of sight by experiment with Lori trying to give Bobby's full name while being distracted by a picture of Hugh. Only when the image is deleted can she do it.

Lisa: Don't worry, guys. I have more photos of Hugh saved in the cloud.

Me: So, Lincoln retakes the test via Lisa's advice and passes this time. However, Mrs. Johnson comes back, so he doesn't have to worry about failing her class anymore, but now Ms. DiMartino is subbing for Coach Pacowski because Mrs. Johnson ran over his foot with her wheelchair. There they go again. Okay, there are two major problems involving this episode that relate to Hugh. First of all, Lori goes ga-ga over him even though she's in a relationship with Bobby. If he saw her flirting with Hugh, he would think that she was cheating on him and break up with her. And you know what? Lori doesn't seem bothered about what she did. She took one look at Hugh and was under Cupid's curse. I mean, the other sisters I can kinda understand because they don't have confirmed boyfriends, and thankfully Lily wasn't there because a baby crushing on him would have been even more disturbing. And this was before Back in Black when Lucy met Rocky, but she still had her imaginary love Edwin. And Lisa, being the youngest of the sisters who appeared in this one, has a very creepy smile and is in kindergarten. Yeah, I know about what was said before. That's for another time. But Lori is the biggest offender here because she was flirting with someone else behind Bobby's back and didn't seem to regret it. Fans didn't like her doing that. If there's a reason for you guys not to like her, I think this should be it. I still like her since she's not a stereotypical bossy jerky oldest sibling, but still, this was almost as bad as what she did in Driving Miss Hazy, although she did regret that. Second, the girls don't get over Hugh at all and still seem to have their crushes on him. If he ever comes back later in the show, I'm hoping it'll be an episode where they write off their crushes and Lori regrets what she did. But until then, cheerio, you lovesick fools.

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Number 6

Lily: Poo-poo.

Two Boys and a Baby

Me: Two Boys and a Baby. I have seen a lot of babysitting episodes in my time, and they're all pretty much formulaic. Okay, not all of them, but most of them have a lot of the same gags. So in this one, Lincoln finds out he'll be spending the day at Aunt Ruth's house, a place that tortures them whenever they visit, because they have to watch boring slides, eat moldy pudding, clean up after her cats, and rub her bunions. Lily doesn't go because Ruth doesn't trust her around her cats, so their dad watches her. So, to get out of going, Lincoln volunteers to watch Lily in his dad's stead, which his mom agrees. And this is where it gets really bad. When Clyde comes over to help, despite saying he's good with babies, the minute they start taking care of Lily, they act like it's a bigger job than they can handle. It pretty much goes like this. Baby refusing to eat the food the sitter's trying to feed them and making a mess out of it? Check. Baby getting a stinky diaper that needs changing? Check. Putting baby down for a nap only to wake up from something and start crying? Check. Not knowing how to get baby to stop? Check. Taking baby to the park only for shenanigans to occur? Check. Mistaking another baby for their own? Check. Getting baby back nice and home? Check. Exhausted from the ordeal? Check. And it turns out that the baby they mistook for Lily had the chicken pox and they got infected. And Ruth already had the chicken pox. So, basically, Lincoln's little tactic was pointless and he ended up going to the place he was trying to get out of going in the first place. What a waste. It has every babysitting cliche in the book and Lincoln's efforts were all for naught. I don't dislike it because Lincoln gets tortured or anything. I dislike it because it doesn't do anything new with this kind of plot. Although, there was one part that gets me chuckling every time I hear it.

Clyde: That was weird. Your life flashed before my eyes.

Me: How that happened, I don't know. I wonder if he got a few slow motion replays on the Lori moments.

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Number 5

Lily: Poo-poo.

The Sweet Spot

Me: The Sweet Spot. It's funny how this is one of the first episodes I got to see since it was shown as a special sneak peek release with its sister episode in preparation for the premiere last year. But this episode has a similar problem with our previous entry. Lincoln is getting ready for the big road trip, and considering the conditions of Vanzilla and its seats having all sorts of problems, Lincoln knows of one seat that is perfect and wants to sit in it for the trip. He calls it what this episode is called. While he has it secure, Clyde reminds him of some key issues: who will sit next to him and behind him. Lincoln decides Leni will sit next to him since she can get dazed from a bumpy ride and Lisa will be behind him because it's the safest area for in case the car comes into contact with an accident of some kind. But Lisa will sit there only if she's not sitting next to Luna whose singing annoys her.

Lisa: Where's a low flying plane when you need one?

Me: So, Lincoln makes a seating arrangement to position each of his sisters as according to where they want to sit and who they don't want near them. But just all seems well, the sisters find out about the spot and ask him why he's in it. He tries to say it's the worst seat so they wouldn't have to suffer only for Lisa to explain why it's the best. So, naturally, the sisters demand Lincoln hand over the spot to one of them, each of them fighting for it until their mother tells them to go back inside until 7:00 AM. They try to stay awake so they can get the best seat in the car and when 7:00 AM arrives, they rush out and have an all out brawl for it that virtually destroys the van in the process. So, the road trip is canceled and the kids are grounded to the living room for the weekend until they learn to get along. But we go into a here we go again kind of ending with Lincoln talking about the best seat on the sofa and making sure he gets it. The problem with this episode is that it's rather pointless. That's the word that sums it up. "Pointless". The kids fight over something ridiculous and end up destroying the car in the process, and it looks like they're gonna do it again. It's not like how in It's A Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud, House, an episode that I think it's getting too much flack now, where they realized their greed overcame them. They just let one seat go to their heads and would do anything to get it. Of course, Vanzilla is fine in future episodes, but still, I think a sequel to this might be in order like with Study Muffin. But until then, this one is just pointless to watch.

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Number 4

Lily: Poo-poo.

Making the Case

Me: Making the Case. So, in this episode, some of Lincoln's sisters have won trophies and awards that are put in a case for their achievements. But Lincoln hasn't won a single award before and vows to win the school video contest. First, he tries an extreme stunt video which gets ignored while Hamstacam, which is just a hamster playfully running in his wheel, starts to go viral. Just then, they find out that Luan has a video channel of her own dedicated to comedy. They go to her for advice and follow it while looking for something good to film. Then, after Lynn gets into an incident, Lincoln decides to film his sisters doing all sorts of embarrassing things. Like Luna splitting her pants, Lucy kissing Edwin, Lori farting, Lola sleeping with some kind of retainer, curlers, and a mud mask, Lisa bumping into a wall, Leni doing what Lisa did seconds later, and more of Lori farting with Clyde's crush on her having one of the creepiest moments regarding it. Trust me, that boy needs help. However, when Lincoln uploads the video, not only is it a hit with his schoolmates, but it comes at a price. His sisters find out about it and pretty much shun him and refuse to have anything to do with him for turning them into laughing stocks. And it's very understandable when it soils your rep, but this part always gave me feels every time I rewatched it, and I had to watch it in order to get the transcript up here! And he didn't follow Luan's rule of getting the person's permission before uploading it. Lincoln deletes the video and admits defeat to Hamstacam until he asks Luan for all the embarrassing footage of him she has, which he uses to apologize to his sisters...but he still loses to Hamstacam. But his sisters forgive him for doing that and give him a trophy they made for him as a token of their appreciation. Sure, it's a sweet ending, but at the same time, it does have its problems.

-Lincoln filming his sisters in their embarrassing moments and uploading it

-The scene where his sisters shun him

-Lincoln still losing to Hamstacam in the end

Emily: Well, you can't win them all.

Alexis: Besides, wasn't this still around the beginning?

Me: Yeah, but I just wanna give Lincoln a hug after going through that. Even if he did deserve all that shunning from not telling his sisters about it.

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Number 3

Lily: Poo-poo.

One of the Boys

Me: One of the Boys. I'll admit. This is one of the episodes I was looking forward to a lot before it premiered. I thought it would be interesting to see what Lincoln's life would be like if he wasn't the only boy in the family. So, here we go in talking about it. Seeing how his sisters don't appreciate his boy-like mannerisms, Lincoln wishes he wasn't the only boy and had brothers and recalls all the times his sisters' antics pestered him. So, hearing about this, Lisa shows him a dimension watch that allows him to go to an alternate universe where he has nothing but brothers so he can see what it would be like, but he has 24 hours to get back to his dimension or he'll be trapped there for all eternity.

Alexis: But no pressure.

Me: So, Lincoln goes in and finds his brothers, which, as you expect, is just the male versions of his sisters: Loki, Loni, Luke, Lane, Lynn, Lars, Leif, Lexx, Levi, and Leon. Yeah, Lynn keeps the same name. So, they basically do all the fun stuff Lincoln wanted to do before and have a blast. Lincoln thinks it's paradise at first until he finds that his brothers live like slobs and start harassing him. Oh, cruel irony. So, after having to put up with this, he decides to go back to his dimension after getting his watch back from the brothers and hops into the rift only to end up...in a dimension where he's now the only girl with 10 brothers. Oh, and it all turns out to be a dream. ... Excuse me for a moment.

(Cue to me silently ranting in my car)

Emily: What was that all about?

Me: Sorry about that. But come on. What a cop-out. Why did they have to reveal it to be just a dream? That's just the lazy way out of a solution that seems implausible. I mean, Butterfly Effect kinda did something like that, but it was more about Lincoln imagining in his head a worst-case scenario if he didn't tell Lisa what happened. It wasn't exactly a dream. His sisters come in out of concern from hearing him scream and comfort him, but he then breaks a watch that he thought was the one Lisa created, but it was really Lori's. Oh, and Lynn pantses him like the male version of her did in the dream because....well, Lynn just likes doing that to him for the heck of it. So, other than the dream cop out, there's also the matter of the boys just being a bunch of Lynn clones when there was just one already, and we don't get to the brothers until about three to four minutes in. We spend some filler time with Lincoln's problems with his sisters. This is an episode that should have been a full time slot episode instead of just an 11 minute short. The process with the bros seemed rushed here. Heck, if Lisa showed him a virtual reality simulator instead of this being a dream, that would have been more passable to me. But no, it was the biggest plot device that ends things right then and there as an emergency exit. High expectations, low results.

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Number 2

Lily: Poo-poo.

The Loudest Yard

Me: The Loudest Yard. Yeah, I don't really like football all that much, so it's come to no surprise that when they did an episode about the sport, it wasn't gonna be a good one. So, Lincoln is spending too much time cooped up inside, and Rita tells him to go outside and get some exercise, which he's not fond of. Every time he gets into an exercise activity, he finds a way to do something he likes doing at the same time. When Rita has enough, she signs him up for football without his acknowledgement. Because that's what a loving mother wants from her son, right? With no way out, Lynn coaches Lincoln in the sport, but we get a training montage that shows no progress with Lincoln whatsoever. He gets caught in the tires during the footwork exercise, throws up from drinking raw eggs which would be pretty realistic, takes a bus instead of jogging around the neighborhood, and is on the, no pun intended, receiving end of an homage of the classic football gag from Peanuts with goth girl Lucy by the Lucy here, because this show needs at least one Peanuts reference somewhere, right? When Lincoln hears about the town's rival team that is a bunch of brutes, the Hazeltucky Hockers, Lincoln decides that Lynn should play in his stead, and she agrees since she hasn't played football in a while. And with that, Lincoln can be lazy and Lynn can play for him. However, Lynn is so convincing, she turns Lincoln into a local hero in the games. Oh, that's just lovely. Now the family is gonna be attending the big championship game with Luna playing the opening ceremony. And eventually in the game, Lynn gets injured, their sham is revealed, and Lincoln tries to do the last play, but ends up going to the wrong end zone and scoring for the other team, thus costing his team the game. Yeah, I never really liked this episode all that much. Lincoln takes the coward's way out and has Lynn do all the work for him, and Rita forced him into playing on a team involving a sport he could get clobbered in. Now, look, I'm not saying Lincoln was in the right for doing so. I see what Rita was trying to do. Exercise is very important for kids. They shouldn't be cooped up inside all day. But signing him up for something that he would not be any good at and doesn't improve on during the montage? Let alone a sport where the players slam into each other like a bunch of barbarians? Really, Rita? You couldn't sign him up for some other sport, one that doesn't involve such physical contact? Well, then again, it's not your worst act as a mother on the show.

You know, I thought this was gonna be the worst episode of the season, but then I remembered one that I have always disliked from every time I watched this. And now, it's time to put the bad behind so we can get ready for the good stuff. Let's do this.

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And the number 1 worst Loud House Season 1 episode is...

Lily: Poo-poo.

The Green House

Me: The Green House. You know, usually, I don't like the reason for someone having something be what they like or dislike the most is because it's their first that made them feel that way about it, but in this case, I'll make an exception. Because this is the first episode of the show I truly hated when watching for the first time and never wanted to go back to outside my duties here. It's just...so hard to watch. So, Mrs. Johnson's class has entered a contest where they try to conserve as many resources as possible to keep their planet healthy and save a polar bear cub from meeting an untimely demise and, if they win, name it. And the polar bear is so sickeningly cute, Nermal would think it's nauseating. Naturally, since Lincoln is the only here who has a huge family, his eco footprint is so big, he has to scale it from the ceiling, and everybody, even his own teacher, chastises him for not being able to do his part in helping them win the contest. They put the contest before one of their own classmate who has to put up with living with ten sisters. They even go so far as to saying he'll be an outcast and his social life will be over if they lose the contest because of him. GEEZ! Why don't they just transfer him to another school while they're at it? Even Clyde doesn't seem to be likable because he would have to have his friendship with Lincoln be in secrecy if they lost and all that happened. Really, Clyde. He's your best friend. You can't do that. But hey, Lincoln's sisters are not that much better. They use a lot of sources as well that seem so wasteful to satisfy their own needs here and there. When Lincoln tries to tell them, they refuse at first until he shows him the polar bear, and that's pretty much the driving point here. Every time they aren't convinced to do something that's more efficient and requires no fuel whatsoever, they need to be reminded of the cub. Naturally, it works, and Lincoln's meter gets in the green, reducing his footprint. However, there's one thing that he forgot. He and Clyde were gonna participate in an online gaming tournament that day with some of their friends, and Lincoln keeps taking away some of the stuff that requires energy to use to keep his house in the green. Oh, and it turns out the other players are coming over to Lincoln's house because they don't wanna cost their class the contest either. So, their solution is to go to the house of the boy who was in hot water earlier to put him back in it? Really? Heck, they even say if it's not a good time for Lincoln, they'd understand, but Lincoln is so eager to participate in the tournament, that he takes all the other stuff to save the house from going in the red. Hey, Lincoln, why don't you just reschedule the tournament for after the contest? Wouldn't that be a possible solution to all of this? Naturally, the sisters find out that Lincoln isn't doing his part and decide that if he's not gonna, neither are they. So, he goes back to being in jeopardy of costing his class the contest. That is, until he gets a solution to power up the whole house with a pedal-powered generator. But that doesn't mean he can save on the water, fossil fuels, and aerosols that don't have that kind of way of being saved. So, he manages to lead his class to victory and...

Mrs. Johnson: Amazing work, class. We won the polar bear challenge. And I took the liberty of naming him...Mrs. Johnson.

Me: Oh, really, Agnes? You went and named the cub after yourself after everything Lincoln went through?

Lincoln: Well, I saved the polar bear, and I'm not an outcast. Though, technically speaking...my social life is out the window.

Me: Yeah, because you stink so much from that. But really, this episode of going green just left me red. Let's go over this one more time. Lincoln's class putting a contest before him is deplorable, Clyde would have to keep his friendship with Lincoln a secret if he was an outcast, the sisters don't get in on this until they hear about the cub, Lincoln has to keep reminding them about it, the classmates wanna use Lincoln's place for their tournament which they could have just rescheduled, and Mrs. Johnson names the cub after herself after everything Lincoln went through. Sure, Lincoln didn't exactly get the whole shaft here, but still, he had to go through a lot to save his social life which they put a lot of pressure on. Some say no characters are likable in this one, and I can see why. Not even Lincoln was considering he really wanted to play in that tournament so badly. And he didn't get properly rewarded aside from a round of applause for leading the class to victory in the contest. And that is the reason The Green House...is the worst episode of the first season. While I do care for our planet's condition, I don't care for this episode.

Phew. Finally, got the bad stuff out of the way. Come back for part 2 of this celebration, where we look at the top 20 best episodes of the season. See you then.

To Be Continued...

Betcha didn't know

 * Emily and Alexis here are from two series that I created over on Deviant Art. I often include them in my review deviations on that site, and this is actually a slightly edited version of this deviation in honor of the show's 1st anniversary.
 * Dishonorable Mentions
 * Get the Message (Mostly because it was the first episode and showed Lori a bit mean like in te pilot, and hey, it had an awesome censor joke)
 * In Tents Debate (The girls went a little too far in wanting to go to their places)
 * Sleuth or Consequences (Only because while I agree Leni and Luna making fun of Lincoln is out of character, that's the only problem I have with this and I can see past the others)
 * It's A Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud, House (Though I don't think it's as bad as others say it is)
 * Save the Date (Mostly because of how unlikable Clyde and Lincoln's classmates are, though it does introduce us to Ronnie Anne)
 * Out on a Limo (It's not Lincoln's fault he ditched his sisters; Tetherby influenced him)
 * Snow Bored (Lisa was only pretending to do what she did, but it still had some funny moments)
 * This is the first time I ever uploaded a deviation onto here.
 * The reason Lily kept saying "Poo-Poo" in both this and the 20 best is because it's like one of those online review videos where the reviewer has a creative way of transitioning the numbers to match the theme of the countdown. In this case, it's like if the show's logo was replaced with the numbers.