User blog:DandyAndy1989/How Homespun could have been forgettable

I'd just like to say that I consider Homespun the second best episode of the first season because it teaches a nice lesson about how you shouldn't take your home for granted as it is your home, especially one that you've grown attached to. There are good times and bad times, and it's always nice to look back on the pros and cons along the way. That's what the kids learned when they were suffering from the tornado watch. But would you believe me if I said this episode could have been... TERRIBLE ?!

Think about it. Think about it. There's one way that the first season could have ended with the kids looking back on their times in the Loud House in a way that would have made it one of the more forgettable episodes of the series, and it's also very simple. This episode could have been a clip show. Clip shows are often used as a way of having the characters look back on what they did before and are mostly a filler piece when the creators need to fill in the season's package. Some people actually don't mind it because at least there's a plot outside the clips that are happening, but they don't have much advancement outside said clips if you ask me.

Now, it's not just the fact that Homespun could have been ruined by simply being a clip show that would have ruined it. No, it's the fact that this was supposed to be the season 1 finale, but was not saved for it. Nick, for some reason, thought it was a good idea to have it play as a normal episode by putting it in as the 43rd episode out of all 52 of the first season, leaving nine episodes that had yet to air at the time.

-April Fools Rules

-Cereal Offender

-Raw Deal

-One of the Boys

-Funny Business

-Snow Bored

-The Price of Admission

-One Flu Over the Loud House

-Study Muffin (its sister episode)

Let that sink in for a moment. If Homespun was gonna be a clip show and have all the good times be events that actually happened on-screen that we know about, what if they brought up any events from those nine episodes that had yet to air at the time? Granted, for the scheduling that time, April Fools Rules premiered the day after, but the other eight were still at large. It could have gone like this for their memories.

Examples

Lucy: Please. You can't expect to have privacy in this house.

(Insert such clips like Lincoln trying to find places to get peace and quiet in Sound of Silence, avoiding his sisters in Heavy Meddle, having to bunk with Lynn and getting sprayed by the shower with Lori in Space Invader, and Lori yelling at him to stay out of her room in Get the Message)

Bobby's first visit would have been his first on-screen appearance of the show as a meta joke.

Lucy: My point was that everyone likes to come in when they're not wanted.

Leni: Yeah! Not to mention, bump into you!

(Cut to Leni bumping into walls, her siblings, and other things from past episodes)

Lori: At least it's not flooding like when Lincoln clogged the toilet.

(Cue clips from Sleuth or Consequences)

And that's where Luan would do her bathroom joke.

Lana: Not as much trouble as we were from you on April Fools Day.

(Cue clips from April Fools Rules}

Lisa: Or that ordeal of all of us being under quarantine.

(Clips from One Flu Over the Loud House}

As for the good times...

Lori: But it wasn't all bad. Remember when we had fun with Clyde at that sleepover?

(Clips from Overnight Success)

Lola: That was almost as fun as the time that hunky tutor came to our house!

(Clips from Study Muffin)

Luna: Dudes! Remember when we formed a band for the family fun fair?

(House Music clips)

Luna: Now that was rockin'!

Lynn: So was that one Friday night when Lincoln failed to be in charge in Lori's place.

(No Guts, No Glori clips)

Lincoln: And there was that blackout during the ARGGH! season finale.

(Left in the Dark clips)

Lily's flashback would be from either Project Loud House or, to go with the anniversary motif, Picture Perfect.

Basically, it's not the matter of them using clips that would have worried me, it's the fact that there were still then unaired episodes and they could have potentially used clips from them even though we hadn't seen them yet. I really wish it was saved for the finale, but at least it wasn't a clip show. If it was, then it could have been one of the most forgettable episodes of the show. Kinda harsh, wouldn't it have been?