Running gags

This is a complete list of recurring gags throughout the Shorts, and from seasons 1, and 2 of the series.

Frequent Running Gags

 * Lincoln: Breaking the fourth wall to explain what's happening in each episode, and coming up with long operation names.
 * Lori: Texting/calling Bobby with her phone, or saying "literally".
 * Leni: Having ditsy moments.
 * Luna: Speaking in a British accent, or quoting song titles, and lyrics.
 * Luan: Telling bad puns and jokes for every situation.
 * Lynn: Always engaging in sports, or rough activities, turning everyday things into a sport, and roughhousing with her siblings (particularly Lincoln).
 * Lucy: Always appearing suddenly, and scaring her siblings, or other people.
 * Lana: Either having gross habits, or eating gross things.
 * Lola: Being bratty, and performing mean acts towards her siblings.
 * Lisa: Talking in technical terms.
 * Lily: Saying "Poo-Poo".
 * Clyde: Talking about how beautiful Lori is, and how he wishes to have a date with her, or acting like a robot, and bleeding from his nose when he's around her.
 * Rita and Lynn Sr.: Not showing their faces. (This gag ended at the end of Season 1, as their faces were finally revealed in the Season 2 premiere "11 Louds a Leapin'".)
 * All Louds: Saying "Dang it."

Fourth Wall Breaks not by Lincoln


Although Lincoln speaks to the viewing audience in most episodes, characters in bold have been observed doing so as well while others look at the fourth wall, not speaking to the audience, but breaking the fourth wall nonetheless.

Season 1

 * Space Invader: Lori
 * Undie Pressure: Lisa
 * Ties That Bind: Luan
 * Hand-Me-Downer: Colonel Crackers
 * Butterfly Effect: Charles
 * For Bros About to Rock: Luna
 * It's a Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud, House: Lynn Sr.
 * Two Boys and a Baby: Billy, Clyde
 * A Novel Idea: Fisher
 * April Fools Rules: Luan
 * Cereal Offender: Lily
 * Come Sale Away: Lily, Neighbor with hose
 * Raw Deal: Lucy
 * Dance Dance Resolution: Ronnie Anne
 * A Fair to Remember: Flip
 * A Tattler's Tale: Lola
 * One Flu Over the Loud House: Clyde
 * Snow Bored: Lisa
 * Funny Business: Gary, Lisa, Luan

Season 2

 * 11 Louds a Leapin': Luan
 * Suite and Sour: Lisa
 * Lock 'N' Loud: Lana
 * Kick the Bucket List: Luna
 * Pets Peeved: Cliff
 * The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos: Ronnie Anne
 * Back Out There: Liam

Season 1

 * Left in the Dark: Operation Distract My Sisters So That I Can Get to the TV First and Watch the Special Live Season Finale of ARGGH and Think of a Shorter Name For This Operation.
 * Come Sale Away: Operation Pretend You've Never Met Me And Are Really Interested In My Stuff So Other People Will Buy It And Also Think Of A Shorter Name For This Operation.
 * Homespun: Operation Paint The Peeling House To Give Mom And Dad The Greatest Anniversary Gift Ever And Also Think Of A Shorter Name For This Operation.

Season 2

 * 11 Louds a Leapin': Operation Scale the Fence and Retrieve Big Red Before Mr. Grouse Finds It and Takes It Into His House Forever and Also Think of a Shorter Name For This Operation.
 * The Whole Picture: Recreate All My Most Cherished Memories & Think Of A Shorter List Title, List.
 * Out of the Picture: Operation Sneak Into a Yearbook Group Photo So We're Not Forgotten Like Marty What's-His-Face. / Operation Get Coach To Hire Us So We Can Edit Ourselves Into The Yearbook Photos.
 * Fool's Paradise: Operation Find Our Family and Get Back at Luan for Causing Years of Emotional Damage and Also Think of a Shorter Name for This Operation. (Lynn Sr. made this long operation name, not Lincoln.)
 * Health Kicked: Operation Get Mom and Dad Out Of The House and Into Shape.

Other media

 * Promotional video for Lost Control: Operation Track Down Which Of My Sisters Has The Remote So I Can Watch My Favorite Show And Think Of A Shorter Name For This Operation.
 * Commercial bumper for Lincoln Loud's Ultimate Year End Countdown-a-thon: Plan Count Down This Year's Top 3 Mission Fails and Hope That This Plan I'm Making Right Now Doesn't End Up on the List.
 * Kids' Choice Awards 2017 Instagram post: Operation Let's Win a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon While Keeping Slime Out of My Hair and Also Think of a Shorter Name For This Operation.

Season 1

 * Project Loud House: Lucy asks Lincoln for a word that rhymes with "choose".
 * Project Loud House: Lucy asks Lincoln for a word that rhymes with "stuck".
 * Project Loud House: Lucy is about to ask Lincoln for another rhyme for another word in her poem, he replies "Same! Blame! Game! Fame!"

Season 2

 * Baby Steps Lucy asks Lincoln for a word that rhymes with "tomb".

Lori saying "literally"
This list recounts all the times Lori says the word "literally".

Leni's dumb moments
This list recounts all the times Leni says or takes things the wrong way.

Luna's song references
This list recounts all the times Luna's dialogue references a song title or song lyrics.

Luan's jokes and pranks
This list recounts all the times Luan has delivered a joke or pulled or a prank to her siblings or to others.

Lynn's sports
This list recounts all the times Lynn has been playing a sport of some kind.

Lucy's pop-ups
This list recounts all the times Lucy popped out of nowhere and causing her siblings to get jumpscared.

Lana's gross moments
This list recounts all the times Lana has done something that is considered unruly.

Lola's mean moments
This list recounts all the times Lola has done something horrid, directly towards her siblings or not.

Lisa's experiments and inventions
This list recounts all the times Lisa has created a new invention or try to test her experiments on her siblings.

Lily saying "Poo-Poo"
This list recounts all the times Lily has uttered "Poo-poo".

Clyde's Lori moments
This list recounts all the times Clyde swooning over Lori.

Season 1

 * "Making the Case" - Lynn's sports certificate reading "Kicks A+", a subtle reference to the phrase "kicks a**".
 * "A Tale of Two Tables" - Clyde says "Don't worry beautiful, I'll share my buns with you" to the cardboard cutout of Lori.
 * "In Tents Debate" - When Lincoln wanted to have another day to decide, Lola was about to yell at him. She was on the verge of swearing.
 * "Space Invader" - Lynn: "You know, I'm noticing a complete lack of balls in this room." [Lincoln makes a discomforted face at that remark]
 * "Ties That Bind" -
 * Lori finds out Leni is wearing one of her shirts, and angrily demands her to take it off. Leni responds she can't, as there are boys present. The only "boy" present is Mr. Coconuts, who raises its eyebrows causing Luan to cover its eyes.
 * Lynn Sr. talks about getting rid of "the one with the white hair" which he doesn't even know if it's his. He's actually talking about a tie that's designed like a rabbit (hare), but Lincoln thinks he's talking about him.
 * "Butterfly Effect" - Luna was about to say that the family is on a highway to hell, but before she said "hell", she got interrupted, and said "hello" instead.
 * "Two Boys and a Baby" - The scene where Lily's dirty diaper is flung into the ceiling fan is a subtle visual pun on the phrase "sh*t hits the fan".
 * "A Novel Idea" - Lincoln: "I can see Uranus from here", and boy, "is it gassy."
 * "A Tattler's Tale" - When Lindsey Sweetwater tells Lincoln Lola's secret, he almost says "Holy s**t" but it switches to Luan saying "shamoley".

Season 2

 * "11 Louds a Leapin'" - During the third song Luna was singing, she was about to say "p***ed".
 * "Suite and Sour" - The Louds were actually kicked out of the resort due to Rita and Lynn Sr. skinny dipping in the pool. However, it is implied that they did much more than skinny dip.
 * "Back in Black" - Lincoln: Did you bring Uranus?, Rusty: Never leave home without it.
 * "Lock 'N' Loud" - When Lucy imagines the burglar stealing her bust of Edwin, the burglar is shown turning the bust around before stealing it. The way the burglar does this resembles someone snapping someone else's neck.
 * "Cheater by the Dozen" -
 * When Lincoln and Clyde were viewing the footage from the dog, Bobby is seen taking off his pants, and Clyde quickly shielded his eyes. The way this scene plays out is that Clyde was given the implication that he was watching an erotic film.
 * In addition, Pam's line, "Why don't you slip out of those clothes and we'll get started!" implies that something inappropriate will occur.
 * Lincoln and Clyde watch as Bobby goes with different girls, then with an older woman, with a dog, and then with a man; thus implying they thought Bobby was a gerontophile (sexual preference for the elderly), a zoophile (sexual preference for animals), and a homosexual (sexual preference for the same gender).
 * "Frog Wild" - When one of the classmates asks what two of the frogs are doing, Mrs. Johnson quickly covers them with a map of the United States, which implies they were doing something really inappropriate.
 * "The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos" - Sergio says that he's naked.
 * "Back Out There" - The bird flies over and poops on the suits.
 * "Job Insecurity" - Mr. Grouse: "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date with two hot dishes..." [the siblings become disgusted] "...of lasagna, for Pete's sake!"
 * "Change of Heart" - When Lola heard Lori talking to herself in the bathroom, Lola, who was horrified at what she heard, remarks "I don't think I need to tinkle after all.", which seems to imply that she wet herself.
 * "Health Kicked" - Lori and Leni witnessed their father's skinny jeans slip off, they quickly shielded their eyes in disgust, giving the implication that they were exposed to his private areas.

Characters Saying "Dang It"

 * "Undie Pressure"
 * Lana, when Lincoln informs her that she can't play in the mud.
 * Lucy, after she gets eliminated.
 * "Sleuth or Consequences" - Lucy, when the poster falls off her wall exposing Princess Pony.
 * "One Flu Over the Loud House" - Lisa, when Lucy sneezes on her. Also Lincoln after he sneezes on Leni.
 * "Homespun" - Whenever somebody breaks a knob. Also Leni when she was plugging all the leaks in the walls, and her phone started vibrating.
 * "Back in Black" - Lincoln, when he drops his solar system after Fangs scares him, and again when Rusty faints at the end of the episode.
 * "Lock 'N' Loud" - Bobby, after Rita points out that he said her and Lynn Sr.'s names and business, which he was asking them for.
 * "L is For Love" - All the Loud siblings who did not have brown hair (except Lily and Lori) when they realized the letter wasn't for them. Also Lana whenever she swallows her gum.
 * "Garage Banned" - Luan to Luna, after the latter's fog machine warps Mr. Coconuts' face, and later Mr. Grouse, after he knocks down his garage.
 * "Health Kicked" - Rita, when she drops her keys.
 * "Future Tense" - Rita, after she and Lynn Sr. see the Yates save a turtle.
 * "Lynner Takes All" - Lisa after her beaker explodes.