Pets Peeved

"" is the seventy-third episode of The Loud House.

Plot
When Lana brings home a new pet who the children adore, the four original Loud pets scheme to get rid of him.

Synopsis
While trying to get a treat from a hard to reach cabinet, Charles, Cliff, Geo, and Walt are informed that the kids are home, prompting them to dash over to the front door, where immediately, the kids begin to lavish them with love and affection. As they play along with the pets, Lana suddenly arrives, and reveals that she found a lost dog. In an instant, the kids love it to death, leaving the four original pets disappointed.

The four pets try to get the kids' attention, but they're all too distracted giving the new dog lots of love. When bedtime comes, all of the kids want to sleep with the new dog, but Lisa says that with 11 kids, and 8 hours of sleep, each one will sleep with the new dog for an allotted amount of time. The four original pets want to substitute for the kids, but they all deny them access, obviously wanting the new dog to be with them. Fed up with the kids' attention towards the new dog, the four pets decide to hold a meeting in Charles' doghouse, where they scheme to make the kids hate the new dog.

The next day, the four pets decide to create some damage around the house, and make the new dog get blamed for it, such as breaking a vase, eating Lynn Sr.'s cooking, and track mud all over the house. However, all of these attempts only make the family love the new dog even more, since the vase that the new dog supposedly "broke" was something Rita has always wanted to do but could never bring herself to do it, the dish Lynn Sr. made is never appreciated enough, and the kids are excited to give the new dog a bath. As the pets begin to pack their bags, seemingly giving up, Charles resorts to one last tactic: call the pet sanctuary. After calling the pet sanctuary, the four pets manage to lock the new dog out of the house, allowing Schmitty, an employee from the pet sanctuary, to capture the new dog. As the pets decide to relax by watching TV, an infomercial for the pet sanctuary appears, and as they watch it, the four pets immediately begin to regret getting rid of the new dog, prompting them to hold another meeting. This time, discussing on rescuing the new dog.

After arriving to the pet sanctuary via big rig, the four pets sneak in, distract Schmitty and manage to locate the new dog and set it free. However, as the five pets begin to escape, Schmitty notices them escaping, but the five pets manage to escape. Unfortunately, another worker named Corinne captures them. As Corrine begins to head back to the pet sanctuary, the five pets try to escape, but Corrine tries to make them lose progress by swerving side to side, crashing the van in the process. As the pets attempt to flee, Corinne captures the four original pets, but the new dog manages to escape. After arriving back to the pet sanctuary, the new dog appears, having come back to rescue his friends. The new dog pounces onto Corinne and the four pets manage to get free. Once freed, the five pets dash back home at full speed.

At the Loud House, the kids are seen making missing posters for their pets, upset at the fact that they're gone. As the kids begin to cry that their pets are gone, the five pets arrive back. The kids quickly lavish the four original pets, and the new dog is allowed to join in on the hug. Just as they declare the new dog an official member of the Loud family, a young girl named Claire arrives, saying that she lost her pet dog since it slipped out of its leash. Claire says that they have the dog, whose name is revealed to be Watterson. As Claire begins to cuddle Watterson, the kids are happy that Watterson is reunited with his original owner, but also sad at the fact that they can't keep him. Despite this, Claire applauds them for taking care of Watterson. Just before Claire and Watterson leave, Watterson decides to lick his new pet friends in gratitude. Once Claire and Watterson leave, Lincoln decides to give the pets a treat. As they eat their treats with pleasure, Lisa exclaims, "Why is my projector screen in Charles' doghouse?", prompting the four pets to look at each other apprehensively.

Cast

 * Collin Dean as Lincoln
 * Catherine Taber as Lori
 * Liliana Mumy as Leni
 * Nika Futterman as Luna
 * Cristina Pucelli as Luan
 * Jessica DiCicco as Lynn / Lucy
 * Grey Griffin as Lana / Lola / Lily
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr. / TV announcer
 * Jill Talley as Rita
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Charles / Cliff / Schmitty / Semi truck cat
 * Juliet Donenfield as Claire
 * Jan Jones as Corinne / Narrator

Trivia

 * This is the fourteenth time Lincoln didn't speak to the audience.
 * Season 2, Episode 11 is the third time Lincoln does not speak to the watchers in either segment.
 * At the beginning, the Loud Children's faces are hidden. This also happens at the end.
 * This is the first time where the Loud Children's faces are hidden for a brief moment.
 * This is the ninth time Lincoln isn't the main focus of an episode (instead, the Loud family pets are).
 * This is the second episode that focuses on multiple characters other than Lincoln (after "Patching Things Up", which focused on Lana and Lola).
 * This is also the first time that none of the main characters play a big part.
 * This is the second episode where a pet has a big role in it (in this case, all four of the Loud family's pets). The first was Charles in "Butterfly Effect."
 * This episode is the second time the Loud siblings cry together. The first time was in "The Green House".
 * However, unlike that episode where only the sisters cried, Lincoln cries with them this time.
 * This episode mentions Aunt Ruth.
 * The newspaper with the headline "Crowd Loves Loud" once again appears from the episode "The Loudest Yard".
 * 4th Wall Break: Cliff scratches away the thought balloon of the pet auction.
 * Innuendo: Whenever the pets hold a meeting, the first slide that appears on screen would depict something personal to Charles, prompting him to shield the screen in embarrassment. The two items depicted were a fire hydrant, and a female poodle.
 * When Luna tried to give Watterson a treat off-screen, she puts the treat in his butt instead of his mouth.
 * Moral: Every pet deserves an equal amount of love. / Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
 * The meaning of the second moral is "you can't expect to achieve anything if you never take any risks".

Errors

 * Brian Stepanek, who plays Lynn Sr., wasn't listed in the credits.

Running Gags

 * The kids adoring Watterson.
 * Charles, Cliff, Geo, and Walt trying to get rid of Watterson by making him look bad.
 * Luna mistaking Watterson's butt for his face.