Lynn Loud Sr.

Lynn L. Loud, Sr. is the father of the Loud children and husband of Rita. He is a supporting character in the first season, and a major character from Season 2-present.

Personality
Lynn Sr. is stern, and often calls a halt to his kids' fights, but he loves and cares about them. He also loves his wife, and often acts playfully romantic towards her. He has been shown to have a childlike side at times, even sometimes taking part in his kids' antics, when it's all in good fun. He's also the more sensitive of the two parents, often necessitating his wife, and stepping in whenever he needs to pull himself together.

On a side note, he seems to enjoy jokes and dancing. He is shown to dance on occasions in episodes such as "The Loudest Yard", "Ties That Bind", "Come Sale Away", "House Music", and "Lock 'n' Loud". In addition, it is mentioned in "A Tattler's Tale" that he won a dancing contest and received a disco ball that Lincoln broke. In addition, in "Sleuth or Consequences" he mentions enjoying karaoke. On occasion, he enjoys Luan's jokes, and tries making his own, which appeal to Luan as well, as shown in "Raw Deal".

He's also shown to be quite a coward, as he screams and faints at the sight, sound, and idea of spiders, Lana's mud wrestling, horror movies, and Halloween.

Appearance
Lynn Sr. wears a sea green sweater over a light green checkered collar and cuffs, brown slacks, and brown shoes. He has a long pointy nose, brown eyebrows, and curly brown hair that is thinning on the top.

In "House Music", when he is playing the cowbell, he wears a yellow-striped shirt, and green pants which his underwear was seen. In his youth, he sported a mustache, though he seems to have shaved it by the time he met Rita. His hair was also straighter and parted in the middle.

Absences

 * Total episodes: 60

Shorts

 * "The Loud House (pilot)"
 * "Deuces Wild!"

Season 1

 * "Left in the Dark" (mentioned)
 * "Get the Message"
 * "Heavy Meddle" (heard off-screen)
 * "Making the Case"
 * "Project Loud House" (mentioned)
 * "Sound of Silence"
 * "Space Invader"
 * "Undie Pressure"
 * "Linc or Swim"
 * "Changing the Baby"
 * "Hand-Me-Downer" (mentioned)
 * "Butterfly Effect"
 * "For Bros About to Rock"
 * "Save the Date"
 * "Out on a Limo"
 * "Cereal Offender" (mentioned)
 * "The Waiting Game"
 * "Dance, Dance Resolution"
 * "A Fair to Remember"
 * "Funny Business"
 * "Snow Bored"

Season 2

 * "Intern for the Worse"
 * "The Old and the Restless"
 * "Baby Steps"
 * "Back in Black"
 * "Patching Things Up"
 * "Cheater by the Dozen"
 * "Frog Wild" (mentioned)
 * "Kick the Bucket List"
 * "Shell Shock"
 * "Pulp Friction"
 * "The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos"
 * "Out of the Picture"
 * "Room with a Feud"
 * "Back Out There"
 * "ARGGH! You for Real?"
 * "Change of Heart" (mentioned)
 * "Lynner Takes All"
 * "No Laughing Matter"
 * "Snow Way Down"
 * "Snow Way Out" (mentioned)

Season 3

 * "White Hare"
 * "Selfie Improvement"
 * "City Slickers"
 * "Fandom Pains"
 * "Teachers' Union"
 * "Pasture Bedtime"
 * "Shop Girl" (mentioned)
 * "What Wood Lincoln Do?"
 * "Crimes of Fashion"
 * "Absent Minded"
 * "Be Stella My Heart" (mentioned)
 * "Sitting Bull"
 * "The Spies Who Loved Me"
 * "Everybody Loves Leni"
 * "Middle Men"
 * "Jeers for Fears"
 * "Tea Tale Heart"

Trivia

 * Lynn Sr.'s entire face was never shown during the first season. His face was revealed along with Rita's face in the Season 2 premiere "11 Louds a Leapin'".
 * He is the first character in the series, apart from Lincoln, to speak to the audience. This instance occurred at the end of "It's a Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud, House".
 * It is revealed in "House Music" that he used to be in a band, but got kicked out due to playing his cowbell too much, even when they were not practicing.
 * According to "The Loudest Yard", he used to breakdance.
 * According to "The Price of Admission", he's afraid of horror movies.
 * There are several episodes that reveal Lincoln and his sisters have inherited some of Lynn Sr.'s habits:
 * Lincoln - Coming up with strange ideas ("It's a Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud, House", "Fed Up", and "Fool's Paradise").
 * Leni - Fear of spiders ("Along Came a Sister" and "Tricked!").
 * Luna - Love for music ("Attention Deficit" and "House Music"), Love of Mick Swagger ("House Music"), and British accent ("Study Muffin" and "L is for Love").
 * Luan - Sense of humor ("It's a Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud, House", "Cover Girls", "Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru", "Raw Deal", and "Homespun").
 * Lynn Jr. - Love for sports ("Toads and Tiaras" and "Attention Deficit").
 * In "Fed Up", it is revealed that Lynn Sr.'s astrological sign is Libra, which means he was born on or somewhere between September 23 and October 22.
 * The colors and styles of clothing that the Loud and McBride parents wear correspond with each other. Lynn Sr. and Harold both wear sweaters and brown loafer shoes. They also both have thinning hair.
 * In "Job Insecurity", it is revealed that:
 * Lynn Sr. is older than 40.
 * Lynn Sr. needed a.
 * Lynn Sr. forbids Leni to get her belly button pierced.
 * His dream job is to be a chef.
 * He has a band with Kotaro called The Clang with Lynn Sr. on the cowbell and Kotaro on the keyboard.
 * In "Rita Her Rights", it is revealed that he doesn't know how to spell "menu", and he thought that there was a letter "Y" in that word.
 * In "Tripped!", it is revealed that he always carries his cowbell with him.
 * "A Tattler's Tale" is the only episode where he appears without any dialogue.
 * Dub facts:
 * His Polish name is Henryk.
 * Lynn Sr.'s Greek dubber, Christos Thanos, also voices Hunter Spector and Bobby.
 * Lynn Sr.'s Russian dubber, Radik Mukhametzyanov, also voices Bobby Santiago.
 * It's the same in the Hebrew, Korean, and Spanish dubs.
 * According to the episode "Missed Connection", Lynn Sr. and Rita had to separate at least one point in their marriage, because he had.
 * It is shown is in the eleventh episode of Listen Out Loud that Lynn Sr. is scared of going to the dentist.