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Welcome back, folks. This is the series where I go through each child of the Loud family, from my personal least favorite to absolute favorite, and analyze and give my thoughts on them. Without further adieu, here's number eight!

Lana Loud
Lana Loud is the fourth-youngest child of the Loud family, being just two minutes older than her twin sister Lola. However, despite being identical twins the two couldn't be less alike. While Lola is a bossy, bratty pageant queen, Lana is the quintessential 6 year-old tomboy. She loves playing outside, getting absolutely filthy in mid, and plays games with her pets. Dubbed "Queen of Risks" by her brother, there is nothing too gross for her to handle. Despite being six, Lana has also shown extreme talent in plumbing, and in many episodes is called in to unclog toilets, patch leaks, and fix showers. In fact, she always carries around a variety of tools in case she is needed. Lana is also quite the animal whisperer, having great relationships with each of the family's pets, and even has a few of her own, her favorite being her frog, Hops, whom she met while playing in a pond one day.

Closest to Innocence
In this show, I am sure we can all agree that none of the younger sisters barring Lily act realistically for their age most of the time. Lola has been shown to be very intelligent and manipulative when she wants to be, to the point of putting her teenaged siblings into a corner and forming plans to prank the daylights out of her brother. Lucy is far too dark for any average 8 year-old. I shouldn't even have to explain Lisa. Lana is not exempt from this entirely either. After all, what six year old is out fixing toilets? While these traits give each of these sisters their own unique personalities and characterization, ultimately benefitting them as characters, it comes off as greatly unrealistic for characters their age. With this in mind, I believe it is Lana who is the most characteristic of any of the younger children in terms of actually acting their age most of the time, particularly with her love of all things gross. Her infatuation with playing in the mud is definitely a childish behavior, and one that she expresses often. Another great example is her in Toads and Tiaras. In this episode, it is shown that Lana does not know what a dress is. She also enters the pageant (which she clearly hates) in Lola's place just so she could win two season passes to an amusement park. This is a very childish reason for doing such a thing. Finally, her talent at the very end is one of the most immature things possible: playing her armpit. Lana here is shown being the one thing that Lucy, Lola, and Lisa don't tend to be quite as often: a kid. Sure, I will concede that these points could also be attributed to her being a tomboy and not a girly girl. However, even if this was the case these are still things that a little boy would do or say, so the point still stands.

The Cutest Loud
I'll just come out and say it; To me, Lana is the cutest Loud. I've said "dawwwww" towards her more than I do Lily. It is through her innocence, her motherly love towards her animals, and her unadulterated childlike glee when playing in filth that just tugs at me. I can truly believe that I am watching a little girl enjoy her youth when I watch Lana, which is something I don't feel when watching Lucy, Lisa, and Lola, which is an especially great accomplishment for Lana considering that the first two are higher than her in my rankings.

Ew
With all that being said, I've never been a fan of gross-out. While Lana is not by any means the worst gross-out part of a show I've ever seen, I still cringe a bit when she speaks of fecal matter, eating food from the garbage, and dreaming of clogging the toilet. I'm willing to excuse most of this at least somewhat (again, she's six, and that ultimately reinforces the fact that she acts her age), and it's also important to acknowledge that it isn't the one thing Lana has as a character, but it still doesn't take away the fact that it's a gross-out joke, the lowest form of humor, and it's for that reason why she's held back from placing any better in my rankings.

Conclusion
Lana's greatest strength in my opinion is her actually behaving like a kid more often than the other talking younger siblings, and it is a strength that even her flaws and overall personality reinforce. While not entirely childlike (again, who's fixing leaks at six years old?), Lana has certainly displayed the most realistic persona of a child compared to the other three, and it is for this reason why I consider her the cutest Loud. However, she is ultimately held back for me by her love of gross-out, which just isn't something I particularly like. If you do, more power to you. But it just makes me cringe with considerable annoyance.