User blog:Zman12346/Loud house character comparisons with other shows and games

It might just be me but I feel that a lot of the Loud House characters are very similar, if not almost identical to a lot of other well known characters from other popular shows and even games. Allow me to explain:

Lori Loud = Starlight Glimmer (MLP) Lori Loud has traits comparable to Starlight Glimmer, a former villain from MLP. Both are commandeering control freakish types of character who always want to be in charge, are very clingy with a friend to the extent that the thought of losing said friend will cause them to freak out. But ultimately with a little bit of help and guidance they can both become very good leaders and by extent very good people. In MLP, Starlight Glimmer in her debut episode "The Cutie Map" wanted to start a village where every pony except herself would not have a talent, and hence no Cutie Mark. As a parallel to this, Lori Loud in the episode "Driving Miss Hazy" did everything in her power to ensure that her younger sister Leni would not get her driving Licence and thus, Lori would continue to be the only child in the house with a license. This is very in line with what Starlight wanted. Both characters want others to have equal amounts of talent believing it to be better than if everyone had different talents (In Starlight Glimmer's case she wanted everyone else to have the same equal sign Cutie mark. In Lori Loud's case she wanted everyone else to be incapable of driving a car) But both were unwilling to give up their own talents or let others enjoy what they enjoyed themselves, and were very hypocritical (Starlight refused to give up her own Cutie Mark while Lori Loud only let her siblings take rides in the car with her after they did a ridiculous amount of favors for her).

Both Starlight and Lori have a friend that they will stop at nothing to lose. In Starlight's case "Sunburst" and in Lori's case "Robert Santiago, or Bobby". Both of them were guilty of doing very bad and selfish things when losing their ability to hang out with that friend. Starlight decided to start trying to persuade other ponies to give up their talents and their callings in life, going so far as to even start a sort of cult before deciding to go even more extreme lengths to try and exact revenge on Twilight Sparkle when her initial plan fell through ("The Cutie Remark") While for Lori Loud, she dragged an unconscious Clyde to the fair to try and make Bobby jealous and stop hanging out with Lincoln in the episode "A fair to remember". And forced Lincoln to go with her on a double date simply because Bobby was Ronnie Anne's sister and if Lincoln didn't treat Ronnie Anne well then Bobby would break up with her in an episode "Save the Date". In the former episode, Bobby just wanted to spend a bit of time with Lincoln after finding out they shared the same interests with no malicious intent of upsetting Lori whatsoever (and to be fair it is very rare for poor Lincoln to find anyone who shares the same interests as him or anyone to be friends with him so in my opinion Bobby was doing the poor guy a favor). In the latter episode, Ronnie Anne had remorselessly bullied Lincoln for several weeks and all Lincoln did to be "Mean" to her was say to his friends that he did not like Ronnie Anne very much. It wasn't even that bad an insult and he was at least mostly justified not to like her.

However both characters demonstrated beneath their bossy, clingy demeanors lie a good and confident leader who can take charge of others very well and very fairly if given the correct story arcs and lessons.

Leni Loud = Princess Rosalina (Super Mario Bros)

Now I know what some of you are thinking. Leni is a stupid piece of rubbish that would lose her head if it wasn't screwed onto her. I disagree. I blame not Leni but the writers for flanderizing her and deliberately writing her out to be stupid so as to satisfy the "Dumb blonde" stereotype. A stereotype that has been done to death many times over. And even if Leni wasn't the cleverest sibling (because lets face it, not everyone can all be geniuses like Lisa. You have to be born a certain way for that to happen) I don't find her stupidity malicious. She does do her best to be a good person and that's what makes her likeable. Leni's grades also do not seem bad enough to have an episode revolving around them and she can do things like build beds and pick locks. So I think that Leni is very clever but in a different way from Lisa and in a way that forces her to sacrifice other kinds of cleverness such as common sense (sadly). This is where I feel that Leni shares many things with Rosalina. Both of them are old characters in comparison to the other characters in their respective shows and both have absolute capacity in their own labs but are a bit lost in the outside world. For Rosalina this is probably because she's spent so long exploring space that she doesn't have very much time to learn about Earth customs (which makes sense) For Leni, probably because she knows so much about fashion and certain other very rare skills such as picking locks, making clothes and building things like furniture that she doesn't have as much time to be as well rounded as say, Lincoln or Lana. I like to think that sometime in the near future, Leni will lose one of her eyes. Possibly one of Luan's pranks or Lisa's experiments will go horribly wrong, possibly a bully will decide that she is an easy target because of her kindness and sweetness. All different possibilities. And then to prove to everyone that she too is gifted just in her own way, she will build a spaceship to go find the next planet that will be able to support human life. Just as Lisa will try to find a cure for Cancer. They will together try to find the next big step for mankind.

Luna Loud = Princess Luna (MLP) A comparison that could not be more blatant or obvious if Chris Savino came forward and said that he watched some MLP himself and liked the characters there so much he decided to take inspiration. The color scheme of these two fun loving yet loudly characters certainly suggest a similarity. Apart from that, both these characters are very ready for some fun and exciting games. Both of them struggle with finding an indoor voice (for Princess Luna, this is called "The royal Canterlot voice"). Yet most importantly, both of them are very responsible people who are quick to repent their wrongdoings when they realize they have screwed up. (If you watch the episodes "House Music" and "For Bro's about to rock" you'll see what I'm saying) And sadly, neither Luna ever gets much chance to shine or solve the episode's conflict in either show because quite sadly they are too often taken up by their responsibilities. Princess Luna needs to run her kingdom and control the moon, while Luna Loud needs to get ready for her next gig so that it goes well and she can keep the family budget afloat with her earnings. Sad since both these very nice characters are much loved by the fandom. Its not a far stretch to imagine that Luna's love for music is so great that she'd want to do something like build a school so that other people could find the same joy she found that day when she went to that Mick Swagger concert which changed her life. And that when she got more famous as a musician that she would settle for being the vice principal of her school while giving the title of Principal away so she could have more time to practice for her next concerts.

 Luan Loud = Frisk (Undertale) I only found this comparison a few days ago. But the more I think about it, the more I wonder why I haven't found it earlier. Undertale is a game that as I'm sure you know can be played in many ways. You can be as good or evil as you want and you can be different every time you play. Luan is a character whose personality I feel is very unstable. She can be incredibly sensitive of the feelings of other people and do everything in her power to help them while bettering herself in episodes like "No laughing matter" (She stopped telling jokes and pulling pranks when she overheard the others talking about how hurtful they were) and "Head poet's anxiety" (She did her best to hold her jealousy in at the start of the episode, and put her jealousy aside entirely when she realized how much Lucy's dream meant to her). She can just as easily be one of the worst and most malicious bullies I have ever had the misfortune of meeting in mostly the April fool episodes (In "April Fools Rules" she took advantage of Ronnie Anne coming to visit in order to lure Lincoln out of his hiding place so she could play more hurtful pranks on him, while doing equally hurtful things to her other sisters. In "Fools Paradise" she took over an entire hotel in order to do horrible things to them like pouring bleach onto Lucy and dropping a bed onto Lily who was only a baby. And many others) She can also just be completely neutral. Not really doing anything that wrong but not really a good person either like in "Funny Business" where she was ready to let Lincoln be badly humiliated and only came to help when she saw her business was at stake and not because he was in trouble. As well as this, just look at the name "Frisk". It certainly sounds like a comedian or entertainer of some sort doesn't it? And not to mention that the player's attitude to Pranks and Practical jokes (During the parts with Sans and Papyrus) as well as entertaining others (During the Mettaton section) plays a huge part in how the ending in Undertale will play out. Luan is the type of person who for the most part will always think they are above consequences. All you can do when she comes around is roll a dice and hope this is one of her good days. Will Luan go on to use her Comedian talents to bring happiness for generations to come, or will she use her mean pranking talents seen during her April Fool day's to start a new DOOMSDAY? No one knows, and no one can stop her.

Lynn Loud Jr = Princess Daisy (Super Mario Bros) "Hi I'm Daisy" Princess Daisy keeps saying again and again until the fans are so annoyed they make it a meme. "Lynner, Lynner chicken dinner" Lynn keeps saying until her family are fed up of her gloating and decide to team up against her to stop her winning another game by any means necessary. I like this comparison a lot even if its not one you'd notice right away. I also don't really feel I need to do much explaining. Two competitive and excited tomboys that both really love sports who say a catchphrase a bit too often. In some ways you could even say that Princess Daisy is in many ways a reformed Lynn who has gone through enough story arcs to learn that winning isn't everything and that the best sportsmen take pride from losing rather than trying to throw a big tantrum every time they lose while blaming it all on someone else rather than themselves. Chris Savino must really like playing Mario games.

Lucy Loud = Cassandra Cain/Batgirl (Batman) The quiet girl of few words dressed in black hides stealthily in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce on their target who deserves no mercy. A lot of people I see compare Lucy to Raven from Teen Titans, but I'm surprised why more people don't make the comparison I'm making. Two quiet girls from two rather sad backgrounds, though fortunately in Lucy's case hers is simply not being noticed or cared about quite as much as some of her sisters. They prefer the darkness more than the light but both of them have quite a soft and fragile center. And in Lucy's case even she needs a break from the darkness once in a while with some good old princess pony. Neither of them are given the fame or recognition for their deeds which they so badly deserve. Batgirl will always live in the literal shadow of her mentor Batman, while episodes like "Spell it out" and "Fandom Pains" show that Lucy might not be much better off either with how often she goes to look at a photo of her great grandma Harriet when she is feeling sad.

The family should start treating Lucy better and watching her more closely. It won't be long otherwise before they find she's escaped to places they might not even want to think about in their wildest nightmares.

Lola Loud = Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros) I'm sure you saw this one coming. Now I know a lot of people will say that the sweet and innocent main princess of the Mario Franchise is nothing like the snobby and spoiled brat that Lola Loud is. But here's the thing. They do have many similarities. Both of them are clearly very into fashion and style (Lola's title is even "a pageant Princess"). Both are the "traditional and stereotypical" sort of girly. Both of them obviously wear pink. And after the events of "Read aloud" where Lola eventually learns to read, both of them are very much into cooking and can cook the most delicious treats to ever tickle one's tastebuds. The only difference being that Lola cooks Pizza's while Peach cooks cake.

While Lola does have her bad days like "A Tattlers tale" and "Get the message", she is quick to relent and is very much ready to suffer the consequences of her actions like a good girl. Tattler's tale even has her taking a large portion of blame in addition to her promising not to tell on her siblings anymore. Episodes like "No place like homeschool" where she risks her own homeschool priveleges to help her lazy siblings and "Read aloud" where she cooks everyone some pizza to show her regret at not helping them win the reading competition also do show a much more altruistic and generous side to her quick tempered personality.

Not to mention that Princess Peach can be pretty intimidating and frightening at her angry moments which while rare, still do happen. Some time in the future, Lola may learn to become an even more generous and less quick tempered person which will help take her even further in the pageants career. It will be then that even with the prize money left after she has given most of it to good and charitable causes, that Lola will have enough to build a big and beautiful castle.

Such charitable and kind behavior however will make her much more of a target for certain Kidnappers... Then it will be time to call the plumber with the overalls and the red hat for help. But.

Lana Loud = Princess Zelda (Legend of Zelda) The only game Chris Savino liked more than Undertale and Mario it seems, was Legend of Zelda. And this comparison even compared with the other ones for me, will be a lot of fun to make. I was thinking about comparing Lana with Mario since you know why. But for the animal loving handywoman who managed to win a pageant despite her personality being the complete opposite of what was usually expected for pageant winners, a title of a lowly and unimportant plumber is far too undescriptive. I never saw Lola as being more talented than Lana in terms of overall raw talent or the other way round. I see them as being equally talented pro's in their own rights. I do however see Lana as being a more well intentioned and overall more pleasant person than Lola. Episodes like "Toad's and Tiaras" as well as "Frog wild" show that she is sort of like a moral compass for Lincoln at least. And one thing I always really like about "Frog Wild" was how instead of trying to force or threaten Lincoln to go save the frogs, she was able to gently persuade him to go instead and even went with him knowing she could get in trouble as well. This is very different to how Lori made Lincoln go Lincoln on a double date in "Save the Date" or how Lynn practically threatened Lincoln to go to her game when he was already very busy in "No Such Luck". Lana also made it completely clear that if he did not go that though she would be sad, she would not do anything mean to him or hate him. Lana does not usually directly cause the problems in most episodes. She isn't the most quiet like Lucy or the most talkative like Luan, but says just enough to show her as a good girl that generally does not want to rock the boat. Its also implied that the reason Lincoln and his family are not so often threatened by Lola is because Lana helps keep Lola's wild temper at bay. The badly broken down house the Louds live in would also probably long have crumbled to pieces without Lana's hard back breaking work in keeping it repaired. Lana however is not the main character like Lincoln just as Zelda is not the chosen one in Legend of Zelda. No one listens to a filthy unwashed plumber without the intelligence of Lisa or the bossy attitude of Lori. Just as no one listened to their young princess when she tried to warn them that Ganondorf was on his merry way once again to invade the kingdom. Both Zelda and Lana's words have little weight on their family when trying to get them to do the right thing instead.

Lisa and Lily Loud are difficult to compare with other characters. I would say Lisa was a lot like Lisa Simpson or Daria but even they are too different. Lily is also too much of a generic baby that causes a lot of mayhem to really be compared to anyone.

Which means finally the moment I've long and painfully been awaiting...

Lincoln Loud = Link (Legend of Zelda) Do so few people see the blatant resemblence that I need to write an entire section on this already long article detailing it? It should be incredibly easy for anyone who has even remotely heard of Legend of Zelda to realize that it is Chris Savino's favorite game and that Link was his favorite character. So much he needed to make an entire character for his show based around Link, changing only his hair color and making him slightly more talkative and expressive to disguise that fact. Lincoln often nicknamed "Linc" is the link between us and the crazy world the Louds live in. Everything we are supposed to feel and identify with comes from his point of view. He may seem like a bland and dull character but this is because some parts of his personality must be downplayed for us to truly feel and understand the chaos of surviving in the big household he survives in. Like Link, Lincoln knows that even if someone somewhere was to write a book about the challenges he has gone through to get through day after day in his difficult life, they would try to give him as little recognition in that book as possible. (Since the series isn't called legend of Link is it?) And if he tried to write that book himself, his siblings would most likely call him selfish and make him change the title even though it is his book. Both these misunderstood and unexpressive recluses are the only characters to consistently take an active part in trying to tackle the problems that everyone else is either too lazy or too scared to try and tackle. Such kindness is not always appreciated though despite their best efforts as was the case for Lincoln in "Brawl in the family", "No such Luck" and countless other episodes where he is the butt monkey forced to do all the hard work. But Lincoln's apparent lack of talent only serves to make him a better rounded brother able to solve any problem his never satisfied sisters throw at him, just as Link will always be ready for whatever dirty tricks Ganon will try. But while Link has it easy and only has to spend his days rescuing one princess occasionally, Lincoln has to rescue ten Princesses every day. What an amazing brother that we should all try to be more like.

Please understand that I am only trying to express my own personal opinions and that it is completely fine if you disagree with what I am saying. I completely respect your opinion and only politely ask you to do the same for me. But from these comparisons, I came to the personal headcannon conclusion that Chris Savino's three favorite games of all time were "Undertale", "Mario" and "Legend of Zelda" with the latter being his absolute favorite and that he is also probably at least a little bit of a brony/MLP fan. He also probably spent some of his days away from the TV and Computer so that he could rest his eyes reading a good bit of batman and developed quite a bit of sympathy for the female heroine who he believed was never given enough of a chance to shine. What do you think?