No Laughing Matter

"No Laughing Matter" is the thirty-ninth episode of the second season and the ninety-first episode of The Loud House.

Plot
When Luan overhears her siblings complaining about her comedy, she decides to give it up.

Synopsis
As the siblings go about their day, Luan arrives, and begins pulling pranks on them (all while also announcing her upcoming comedy gig at the Chortle Portal), such as:
 * When her brother comes into the kitchen and she offers him some punch, she hits him in the face with a boxing glove on a spring before shocking him with a joy buzzer.
 * Lori, Leni, and Luna are all using the bathroom--Luan makes some makeup-related puns with her two oldest sisters and then flushes the toilet while her roommate's in the middle of taking a shower.
 * After tricking Lisa into saying "pi," Luan throws an actual pie in her face.
 * She does a knock-knock joke with Lucy and uses a whoopee cushion on Lynn.
 * She makes a tofu-related pun with Lola.
 * Offscreen, she's plays on egg-related prank on Lana.

After pranking all ten of her siblings, Lincoln and the rest of the sisters start venting on how obnoxious Luan can be with her jokes, puns and pranks. Unfortunately, Luan was heading downstairs at the time of their venting and overheard everything they said--heartbroken to learn what her siblings really think of her, Luan heads back upstairs.

The next day, Luan begins acting normal towards her siblings, such as: After Lola goes to the kitchen to tell her siblings about her exchange with Luan, all ten of them realize that Luan's been acting very out-of-the-ordinary--Leni seems kind of worried about Luan, but she and the rest of her siblings ultimately decide to celebrate by eating pie, since it means they can get a break from the pranks (such as getting pies in their faces).
 * Actually giving a glass of punch to Lincoln when he walks into the kitchen.
 * Asking Lori and Leni if they know where he hairbrush is and not flushing the toilet while Luna's taking a shower (although Leni ends up doing so after they comment on how weird Luan's acting).
 * Complimenting Lisa on solving a difficult math equation that her second-youngest sister claimed was "a piece of cake," despite Lisa initially expecting Luan to throw an actual piece of cake in her face.
 * Asking Lynn and Lucy for a dollar, which they don't respond to as they initially assume she's making a knock-knock joke.
 * Asking Lola for a dollar, which she actually does respond to after initially assuming that she was making some kind of pun.

Later, as Lincoln begins to collect everyone's trash, he discovers that Luan has thrown away her Chortle Portal flyers. When Lincoln informs Luan of this, she says that she threw them away on purpose, saying that she's giving up on comedy after hearing their venting the previous day. Lincoln tries to apologizing for what he and the rest of their sisters said, but Luan beings tossing out all of her props, even Mr. Coconuts. This causes Lincoln to break the news towards the rest of the sisters, who are shocked, especially with how excited Luan was to partake in her gig at the Chortle Portal. As a result, they begin to devise a plan on how to get Luan into comedy again.

The next day, the siblings attempt make Luan get into comedy by setting up jokes so Luan can finish the punchline, but Luan just simply gives them rational answers instead of making jokes about them. Realizing that plan didn't work, they go with a second plan, which involves doing a spit takes at anything Luan says, even if it's not a joke. Luan, getting fed up with her siblings after realizing their intentions, calls them out on it, saying that no matter how hard they try, she's not going to go back to comedy.

Later, Lisa has revealed that she has made a time machine to transport themselves to the past two minutes before Luan overheard them venting about her. At the same time, Lincoln arrives with all of Luan's thrown away props, saying that he has a plan of his own. After Lisa explains that a side effect of her plan would be their butts and faces switching places and Lincoln explains what his idea is, the sisters decide to go along with Lincoln's plan (although Lana doesn't seem to mind the idea of her butt and face switching places).

At the Chortle Portal, the sisters have offered to let Luan come with them, saying that even if she's given up on comedy, she can still at least enjoy the presentation. The host announces that the first comedian to appear on stage is Lincoln, much to Luan's befuddlement. Lincoln appears onstage, holding one of Luan's comedy journals. As Lincoln begins to recite the jokes written in the journal, he suddenly starts screwing up on the punchlines. Luan, getting more and more stressed out at Lincoln's failures, rushes onstage, and corrects Lincoln's slip-ups. Suddenly, the audience begins laughing, finding Luan's humor funny. Pleased with the reception, Luan begins doing her gig, while Lincoln sits down with the rest of his sisters, happy that the plan worked.

The next day, as the siblings get their breakfast, Luan arrives, happy and content. The siblings congratulate her on a successful gig last night, and apologize for making her lose interest in her favorite thing. Luan forgives her siblings and promises to tone down her pranks. Suddenly, Luan trips over Lana, and tries to resist the urge to make jokes, but the siblings tell her that she can go ahead and crack a few. As Luan beings making breakfast related puns, the siblings leave, happy that Luan is back to doing what she loves most, while Luan couldn't be any happier to do what she likes.

Cast
Lily and the Unnamed Brunette Woman have no lines in this episode.
 * 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
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
 * Jim Meskimen as Announcer

Trivia

 * This episode was confirmed by Collin Dean on Instagram.
 * The title card is designed to look like Luan's clothing. The yellow represents her skirt, the white represents her shirt, and Lincoln's head is in her gag squirt flower.
 * This is the second episode since "Attention Deficit", where Luna is in the shower.
 * This episode reveals Luan has bad handwriting because Lincoln could not read it.
 * A leaked storyboard showed Luan with a broken leg. This scene is not shown in the final aired episode.
 * Luan makes the most jokes in this episode.
 * This is the eighth episode where all of the supporting characters are completely absent. The first was in "Space Invader", the second in "Funny Business", the third in "Intern for the Worse", the fourth in "Patching Things Up", the fifth in "Pulp Friction", the sixth in "Out of the Picture", and the seventh in "Lynner Takes All".
 * Lola apparently keeps money hidden in her teddy bear.
 * This episode brings back Lincoln's chore of collecting trash.
 * Izzy makes a cameo during the sibling meeting.
 * This and its sister episode both start with "No".
 * It is revealed that Luan has a diary, and that Lola read(s) it.
 * This is the second time Luan makes the joke about lettuce and a tomato having a race. The first was in "Overnight Success", where she told it to Clyde.
 * The Dine'n' Dance waitress from "The Old and the Restless" can be seen working at The Chortle Portal.
 * This is the thirtieth episode where Lincoln does not speak to the viewers.
 * This is the second time Leni puts on makeup.
 * The trick were the Louds laugh at Luan despite not telling a joke to get her back is commonly used to stop comedians from delivering the punchline.
 * Even though she gave up comedy, Luan did not remove her gag flower from her outfit, which is used as a comedy prop.
 * Karma: The siblings complained about Luan's pranks and jokes, so she quit comedy, and became more serious with what she says.
 * Irony: Lincoln's poor performance got Luan to return to comedy, though it's obvious his intent was to put on a successful performance so Luan would see the audience laughing at HER jokes, and realize that she was funny.
 * Innuendo: When the Louds attempt to make jokes so Luan can finish with a punchline, Lori and Leni say that its "wet" outside, possibly so Luan can say "That's what she said!", but Luan doesn't comply.
 * Moral:
 * Don't overreact to criticisms and give up your interests; just keep practicing.
 * Just because other people don't believe in you, it doesn't mean you should lack faith in yourself too.
 * Accept people for who they are.

Errors

 * When Luan is about to open Lucy's coffin to give her a flyer, her right arm is disconnected.
 * Lily has visible eyebrows during the sibling meeting, and when Lisa is explaining how her time machine works.
 * When Luan says "That's the wrong punchline!", the eyelashes on Lori's right eye are disconnected.
 * Luan's face was covered with soda after Leni did a spit take on her, but when she headed downstairs, her face is completely clean, despite not being shown to wipe the soda off of her face.
 * Lincoln's hair tuft disappears after Luan says she's "out of the comedy game", but when he runs over to her, it comes back.
 * When Luan says "Want some punch?", Lincoln's bags are missing.
 * In one scene, Lori's left eyelash is slightly curved.
 * When Leni flushes the toilet while Luna is in the shower, Lori's eyelashes are missing.

Running Gags

 * Luan cracking jokes.
 * The siblings trying to make Luan get into comedy again.
 * Which also leads to Luan not buying it.
 * The siblings doing spit takes in somebody's face (mostly Luan's face).
 * Someone hurting Luna accidentally by flushing the toilet when Luna was in the shower (happens twice).