User blog comment:Dianecat98/The Whole It's Just a Cartoon Excuse/@comment-31022739-20170818214943/@comment-32202721-20170818222716

Ah, yeah, I guess I do. I just think that saying "it's just a cartoon" implies that it gets a pass specifically because it's animated, which discounts the fact that some cartoons are more grounded than others. But like I said, that's just splitting hairs.

In that regard, I think The Loud House is somewhere in the middle of the spectrum: not as zany as Ren and Stimpy or Animaniacs, but not as grounded as Rugrats or Doug.