Clyde McBride

Clyde McBride is a main character in The Loud House.

Biography
Clyde is an only child and Lincoln's best friend. He has two male parents, Howard and Harold, who tend to his every whim. He has also mentioned having a grandmother and a cat named Cleopawtra. Clyde lives in a single-story house located across the street from the Loud House.

Early in the show's development, when the Loud family was composed of anthropomorphic rabbits, Clyde was a beaver.

Personality
Clyde is awkward and nerdy, but sweet and supportive at the same time. Lincoln can always count on Clyde to help him with a plan. Like Lincoln, he has a passion for comic books, video games and science fiction movies.

Although he does not seem like it, Clyde is quite intelligent. He knows how to do taxes and about table manners as seen in "A Tale of Two Tables" and knows how to take care of babies. According to his parents, he cannot consume nuts, meals with too much sugar, meals with gluten, or orange juice. In addition, he seems mildly rich through his parents given his nice house and his lifestyle as shown in "Attention Deficit" and "Roughin' It". He can be mildly socially awkward like in "Waiting Game" but ultimately is a very friendly kind person. He seems to be patient as well given he can handle and even enjoys the company of all of Lincoln's sisters, which could come from the fact he is an only child and can get pretty lonely.

In addition, one of the running gags of the show is Clyde's crush on Lori which borders on obsession. Smelling, hearing, or even seeing her could cause him to freak out, bleed profusely through a nose, and faint. Sometimes, eh acts like a malfunctioning robot when around her. He has candid pictures of her and even treasures stuff she gives him or has touched.

Nick Description
"Clyde is Lincoln's best friend and wingman. As an only child, Clyde is jealous of Lincoln's full house and is always willing to play his part in a crazy scheme. He has a big crush on Lori and can't act normal when she's around. Clyde spends so much time at the Loud House; he's almost an honorary sibling!"

Appearance
Clyde is a dark-skinned boy who wears circular glasses with thick black rims and blue-tinted lenses. He has freckles and black hair styled into an afro. He is normally seen wearing black pants and a yellow-and-blue striped shirt with a white collar. He normally wears black tennis shoes with three white stripes and white laces.

Howard and Harold
Clyde loves his parents. They are much too overprotective of Clyde, since he is their only child. They tuck him in every night, are very attentive towards him, and always help him with school projects. As seen in "Roughin' It", they will not let Clyde out of their supervision unless he is at school.

Loud Family
Clyde has a nice relationship with all the Loud family siblings. He is the only boy in Royal Woods that tolerates Lincoln's sisters' antics. Because Clyde is an only child, he feels a little alone. This is why he usually spends his time with the Louds and is considered an honorary member of the family.

Lincoln
Clyde is Lincoln's best friend, so both of the boys are very close with each other. Clyde is endlessly loyal to Lincoln. The only thing about Clyde that annoys Lincoln is his obsession with Lori, but this never gets in the way of their friendship. Because of their closeness, Clyde has called Lincoln his brother-in-law (in the Polish dub).

Clyde accompanies Lincoln to the SMOOCH concert in "For Bros About to Rock". In "The Waiting Game", Lincoln and Clyde dance the tango together three times. They also hold hands twice. As seen in "Left in the Dark" and "Cover Girls", Lincoln and Clyde love to watch television together.

Aside from each other, Lincoln and Clyde do not have any real friends. Because of this, both Lincoln and Clyde are quick to get jealous when they see each other hanging out with other people. In "Changing the Baby", Clyde spies on Lincoln and thinks he is replacing him with Lily. This makes him sad and prompts him to dress up as a baby in an attempt to win Lincoln back. In the end, Lincoln tells Clyde that he will never replace him and that they are friends forever. In "Overnight Success", Lincoln and Clyde plan a sleepover. Lincoln gets mad when Clyde wants to spend time with his sisters and cancels their slumber party in an outburst. Later on, Lincoln realizes that Clyde is the only person in town who is not scared of the Loud House, so they make up and watch a movie with the entire family.

In "Two Boys and a Baby", Lincoln's whole life flashes before Clyde ' s eyes, showing that Clyde knows his best friend so well that he has practically lived the same life. Clyde has a tendency to unnecessarily hug Lincoln when he assumes the worst (for example, in "Making the Case").

Lori
Lori dislikes Clyde because of his obsession with her. Whenever he is around her, he involuntarily acts like a robot ("Does not compute! Circuit overload!") and bleeds from his nose.

In "Left in the Dark", Lincoln and Clyde decide that it is best to watch the show separately, because Clyde will obsess over Lori if he comes over. Later, Clyde asks Lincoln if his sister will be intrested in dating younger men (obviously referring to himself) which Lori overhears and answers directly to him "never gonna happen."

In "Butterfly Effect", Lori dates Clyde after breaking up with Bobby. At the end of the episode, they can be seen riding a bike together, apparently having gotten married. This is used as a gag, happening only in what appears to be Lincoln's imagination, and is not mentioned in further episodes.

In "Two Boys and a Baby", Clyde tells Lily a story in which he is a knight who ends up living happily with "Princess Lori". In "Heavy Meddle", Clyde mentions that Lori gives great advice, such as when she told him to "never be himself" which he doesn't seem to mind.

In "A Fair to Remember", Lori tries to make Bobby jealous by spending the day with Clyde. Since he is unable to function around her, he is unconscious for the entire time. Lori ends up having to carry him around like a doll. She reunites with Bobby later on and thanks Clyde by sending him a gift box full of photos from their day out.

Leni
Clyde and Leni's friendship seems to be pretty good. In "Overnight Success", she asks for his help on a new facial cream she needs to test on before trying it. She also seems to enjoy his company at the sleepover.

In "Along Came a Sister", Clyde recalls one time on Halloween when Leni mistook his spider costume for a real spider and sprayed him with bug spray. Of course, this was just her arachnophobia getting the better of her.

Luan
Clyde seems to enjoy Luan's jokes, unlike her siblings.

Lynn
In "Overnight Success", when Lynn offers Clyde to play with her in a simple game of hackysack, he enthusiastically accepts it.

Lily
Clyde and Lily seem to get along pretty well at times. Just like Lincoln and his sisters, he can't resist the baby of the family.

In "Changing the Baby", Clyde fears that Lily will replace him as Lincoln's new best friend and tries to win Lincoln back by dressing up as a baby. When he realizes how cute Lily is, Clyde admits that he can't stay mad at her and decides to spend some time with her.

In "Two Boys and a Baby", Clyde helps Lincoln babysit Lily, thinking it would be an easy task only to find out that it's much more difficult than intended. Lily at one point tears off strands of Clyde's hair while she throws a tantrum.

Bobby
Due to his obsession with Lori, Clyde despises her boyfriend, Bobby. In "Two Boys and a Baby", Clyde's above-mentioned story ends with Bobby getting eaten by a monster, and in "Attention Deficit", Clyde mentions that on his volcano project, Bobby is inside the volcano boiling in hot lava. In "Save the Date" he repeatedly tries to humiliate Bobby while he was on his date with Lori, but to no avail. Bobby does not feel the same way towards Clyde, as seen in "For Bros About to Rock" when he acts kindly around him.

Haiku
In "Dance, Dance Resolution", Clyde covers for Lincoln by dancing with one of his four dates: Haiku, a friend of Lucy. Clyde admits to Haiku that he is smitten with "an older woman," Lori. Haiku explains to him that she is also hoping to enter an impossible relationship with a 200-year-old vampire boy. They smile and have a conversation about unrequited love. Haiku tells Lincoln later in the episode, "I enjoy Clyde. We share the same pain." She and Clyde share a slow dance together at the end, all while looking at photos of their respective crushes.

Trivia

 * Many of Clyde's international voice actors are female.
 * A running gag is that Clyde will mention his crush on Lori at random.
 * It is unknown whether or not Clyde was adopted.
 * Clyde's voice actor, Caleel Harris, also voices Franklin in the 2014 Peanuts TV series. Creator Chris Savino took inspiration from Peanuts while creating The Loud House.
 * In "A Tale of Two Tables", is revealed that Clyde has a knowledge about good table manners and also he helps his parents do the taxes. It is also revealed that Clyde has been at the grown-up table his whole life.
 * In "Overnight Success", he proved to be a very good hackysack player.
 * Clyde's ideal superpower is to not get a nosebleed every time Lori walks near to him.
 * Clyde's name in the Polish dub of the series is Cezary, with the nickname "Czarek."
 * Clyde's frequent nosebleeds are a nod to the anime trope when a character will get excited around their crush.