Funny Business

"" is an episode of The Loud House.

Synopsis
When Lincoln becomes Luan's clown assistant, he starts hogging the spotlight.

Plot
The story begins with Lincoln ready to read a comic book under a tree, when Luan appears asking for someone to help her with her party toys, and props. Lincoln helps her, and then she offers to make him her clown assistant, because the other sisters she contracted ruined each of the birthday parties she performed for. At first Lincoln declines, but when Luan tells him that the clown and her assistant receive free pieces of birthday cake, he accepts the job.

In the next birthday party, where he assists, Lincoln accidentally slips on a whipped cream can, and falls on the presents, something the kids see as hilarious. Flattered with the laughs and applause, Lincoln begins to hoard the show making pratfalls, and making the children laugh, and overshadowing Luan, who becomes jealous of him.

One day, Luan receives a call from a mother of the neighborhood to contract her as a clown in her daughter's birthday party, but Lincoln takes her place believing it's gonna be easy, as in the previous parties, and ignoring Luan's advise that being a clown is about more than just "falling on his butt". When he arrives at the party, he's surprised to see that all the kids are tween goths, and emos, and the birthday girl called Maggie, is 13 years old. He then begins to do his act, but the goth kids boo him, and don't find him funny. Humiliated, Lincoln calls Luan for help, but she denies, due to his inappropriate and selfish attitude towards her. He apologizes, and recognizes that she's the expert and he isn't, and also tells her that if she doesn't come, her clown business will have a bad reputation.

Luan comes to assist Lincoln, and after looking at the audience, she gets an idea. Afterwards, she and Lincoln perform a mime play, which all the goth kids enjoy, and clap to. On their way home, Lincoln thanks Luan for her aid and apologizes to her for his misbehaving. She forgives him and she apologizes also, saying she shouldn't been so harsh, and asks him if he will continue being her assistant, which he agrees. At the ending, they both enjoy the moment of laughing together, after they fall on some whoopee cushions.

Cast
Leni, Lynn, Lucy, and Lana have no lines in this segment. Although, Leni was heard cheering with the kids and Lynn and Lana was heard laughing after Lincoln did one of his pratfalls.
 * Collin Dean as Lincoln
 * Cristina Pucelli as Luan
 * Jessica DiCicco as Audience Kid
 * Grey Griffin as Maggie's Mom
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
 * Kari Wahlgren as Maggie / Mom #2 / Kids
 * Kimberly Brooks as Tween #1 / Kids
 * Charlie Schlatter as Dad #1 / Tween #2
 * April Stewart as Bratty Kid's Mom

Trivia

 * The title of this segment means unpleasant, or dishonest actions, which seems to describe both Lincoln and Luan's actions throughout the segment, and the fact that the segment's central theme is clowns.
 * Lori, Luna, Lola, and Lily are absent in this segment.
 * This is the first time that one of the twins is present (Lana), while the other is absent (Lola).
 * This is the second episode in which all ten supporting characters (both sets of parents, the Santiagos, and the four pets) are completely absent. The first is "Space Invader".
 * Bratty Kid's Mom, Female shopper from "Cereal Offender" and the female customer from "Come Sale Away" make an appearance in this segment.
 * This is the second time Luan is in her mime outfit, after "Ties That Bind", plus, she do the same mime trick when she calms Lily down and at Maggie's party to satisfy the emo tweets.
 * This is also the third time Luan is in her clown outfit, after "Cover Girls" and "Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru".
 * Lucy's signature is her name with a drawing of a bat in the end.
 * Lisa's writing style is digital clock typography.
 * On Leni's business ID card, she didn't write "assistant" in the position space. Instead, she used both the signature and position space to write her signature.
 * Because the Bratty Kid's Mom appeared during Maggie's birthday, there's a chance Bratty Kid has siblings who are Lynn's age.

Cultural References

 * The rainbow wig that Luan wears is similar to rainbow wigs worn by the characters in the 2012 animated film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.
 * The clown on Luan's phone resembles the classic Fleischer character Koko the Clown.
 * Inside of Luan's room, a blue poster resembling Ctrl Alt Delete's infamous "Loss" comic with stick figures can be seen.
 * This is the second time since "Cover Girls" that the Marx Brothers' "mirror routine" has been referenced.

Running Gag

 * Lincoln doing his pratfalls to make people laugh.

Errors

 * Lynn's business ID card shows that she has two freckles on her left cheek instead of three.
 * When Lynn and Lana are laughing at one of Lincoln's pratfalls, the FiOs captions said LENI and Lana were laughing, instead of LYNN and Lana.
 * While at the fifth birthday party with Lincoln, Luan gets angry, and when she shows her teeth, her braces are missing.