User blog:Thomperfan/LH episode commentaries- Left in the Dark (transcript)

OK, guys, since I'm still trying find out how to get actual footage and audio of the Loud House, my video's gonna take longer than expected. So, I've decided to give you guys something special. I'm going to be releasing my transcripts on this wiki, so you guys can still see my commentaries, if they get taken down by the evil people at Viacom. So, I hope you enjoy it.



Hello everyone, my name is Thomperfan. Over the past few years, I’ve been thinking about what my first YouTube video would be, but now, I’ve finally came to a decision. I recently found out about these videos from this guy called The Nitpick Critic, he made videos where he did a commentary for every single episode of Thomas and Friends. They are really nice to watch and I suggest you check them out. I’ll leave a link in the description. But, anyway, I thought to myself for a while and then I decided I should do the same thing, but on a different cartoon. And what cartoon is that? The Loud House. Now when I originally found out about this show, I thought I was going to really dislike it, but after a few episodes I actually really enjoyed it, and since the show is just starting it’s third season, I’m sure I’ll have enough time catch up on all the other episodes. And who knows, by looking back on the episodes I may realize some episodes are not as good or bad as they may seem. So, let’s start off this video by rewinding back to the very first episode, Left in the Dark.

Hunter Spector: "Do you believe in ghosts? Join me, Hunter Spector, spectre hunter, leader of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters, or ARGGH! As I descend into the scariest place in any home, the basement! Sunday night at 8 PM! Don't miss it, or you'll be left in the dark! ARGGH!"

Whoa. That was a weird way to start of the first episode. I thought I was watching a show about a boy and his ten sisters, not a show about ghost hunting!

But anyway, we then cut to our main man, Lincoln Loud, who’s in his room marking that is the live season of his favorite show, he then talks to the audience and tells them that he knows with ten sisters, watching his favorite show is next to impossible, but he’s not worried because he has a plan. This is one of the things that makes Lincoln such a great character, throughout the series, he always comes up with great plans, sure they might fail, but still it takes a lot of effort to do stuff like that.

Lincoln: [Breaks out his walkie talkie] "Cadet Lincoln calling Cadet Clyde, do you read me?"

Clyde: "This is Cadet Clyde, I read you loud and clear!

That’s Clyde, who’s Lincoln’s best friend and also a fan of the show Lincoln wants to watch. Lincoln then informs the audience that Lincoln and Clyde decided to watch their show separately, he then tells them that Clyde has a huge crush on one of Lincoln’s sisters, Lori, and that it gets awkward. You’ll see what I mean as the episode goes on. Clyde tells Lincoln that his show is on, and Lincoln puts his plan into action.

Lincoln: "It's time to put Operation Distract My Sisters So That I Can Get to the TV First and Watch the Special Live Season Finale of ARGGH and Think of Shorter Name For This Operation into action."

Wow. Clever title. So if you couldn’t already tell, Lincoln is going to distract his sisters, and that means we get to see all of them. First we have the twins, Lana and Lola who are complete opposites, Lola is really girly and likes tea parties, and Lana is more tomboyish and likes frogs, next we have Luan, who’s into comedy and funny videos, next is Lisa, who’s pretty much a certified genius, and Lily, who’s just the baby, then we have Lynn who’s athletic and loves sports, then Leni, who’s beautiful, but also very ditzy and gullible, (And also my favorite of the siblings), next is Luna who’s the rock ‘n’ roll musician, and lastly Lori, who is the oldest and pretty bossy, each of them have their chance to be on screen and show their personalities, and Lincoln is totally on top of things, knowing exactly what his sisters like and what will distract them, he’s got serious experience.

Lincoln: [Sees Lily sleeping, lays her in the laundry basket and kisses her.] "And that makes 10."

Wait a minute, Lincoln. Let me just make sure of that. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine- Wait, that’s not ten. I feel like we’re forgetting something, or someone.

Lucy: "You forgot me."

''Lincoln: "Ahh!" [As an organ pipe plays, he falls to the ground after getting startled by his sister.] "Lucy! I always forget about Lucy!"''

Ah, there we go. That’s Lucy, the creepy, spooky gothic girl of the family, who’s sometimes forgotten about by her family. I know, pretty sad. I mean, who could forget someone like this? I know I couldn’t.

Lucy tells Lincoln that she wants to watch her vampire show, and when Lincoln pleads to let him watch his show, she breaks some unfortunate news.

Lucy: I was here [in slow motion] first."

Lincoln: "NOOOOOO!"

Man, don’t you hate it when that happens. I know I sure do. Lucy starts talking about a vampire on her show that she likes and says she wishes he wasn’t from another century, which gives Lincoln an idea.

Lincoln: "Another century! That's okay, Lucy. You watch your show on the big color TV. I'll just go watch my show on Dad's crummy, old, black-and-white TV."

Lucy: "Black and white are my favorite colors."

Lincoln: "Yeah, it'll make watching my show a little bit more... spooky!"

Lucy: "Spooky is also my favorite color."

Lincoln: "Well, enjoy your vampires."

Lucy: "Wait! I'll take the old TV!"

Man, Lincoln is on the BALL today! It’s times like these that make me feel glad that we have multiple TVs in our house. So anyway, Lincoln tries to plug in the T.V. but accidentally knocks out the power. Which gets the attention of all the sisters.

Leni: "Guys! I can't see anything! I think I've gone blind!"

(laughs) Oh Leni, you never fail to make me smile. So Lincoln comes out explains what happened.

Lincoln: "I was just plugging in the old TV for Lucy and it must've made the lights go out."

Lori: "Of course it was your fault, Lincoln."

[All the other sisters complain about what their brother did.]

Whoa, girls, calm down. Lincoln didn’t mean to make the lights go out. The last thing he wanted to do is be left in the dark.

''Luan: "Hey! I know why the lights went out! Cause they liked each other! [laughs as her siblings sigh] "Get it? Get it?"''

Ah, leave it to Luan to lighten things up with a pun or joke. And that was the first of many she’ll be making throughout the entire show. Lisa gives Luan a cookie and when she eats it she starts glowing.

'Lori: Lisa, Mom and Dad said you're not allowed to use your siblings as experimental guinea pigs anymore!"

Leni: "Yeah! Not after what you did to me!"

''[Cut to flashback of Leni and Lisa with Leni experiencing side effects from Lisa's experiment. Her face is extremely swollen and covered in blemish like substances.]''

Leni: "My face feels funny."

Geez. What is that little genius making in that room of hers? I’d hate to if she does something like that on someone that’s NOT her family.

Lisa: "Classic. All I did was infuse the bioluminescent DNA of the Aequorea victoria jellyfish into a cookie. I call them Gloweos.

Gloweos? Oh that needs to be an actual thing! Seriously, Oreo company, make this a thing! I would buy this product. So the sibling decide to go turn the power back on, but first they have to do a headcount.

Lincoln: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and me, that's 11. Yep, that's all of us. We are all here and accounted for."

Lucy: "You forgot me."

[Lincoln screams and falls to the ground after getting startled by Lucy.]

Really Linc? Really? I thought you would’ve learned your lesson after what just happened with the remote. You really gotta work on your head-counting skills.

So the Lori tells the siblings that she’ll turn on the circuit box, which just so happens to be in the basement.

Lori: "Why am I the one who has to do this?"

Lori’s siblings: Because you’re in charge!

Yeah, Lori, you pretty much walked yourself into that one. I think your siblings would’ve been more easier on you, if you didn’t hammer in the message that you’re in charge and openly volunteer to do it. You may be the oldest, but you sometimes need to think things through. But just before they go down in the basement Luan stops glowing, and Lisa can’t give her another cookie because that one was just a prototype. Lori hears something coming from the basement and instantly gets scared, she and some of the other sisters start bickering while the twins freak out because they think there’s a ghost in the basement. Lincoln then realizes what he has to do.

''Lincoln: OKAY, QUIET!" [the girls stop] "Come here, you two. It's okay. There's nothing to be afraid of." [hugs the twins to comfort them] "Your big brother will protect you. In fact...I will protect all of you! For I am Cadet Lincoln!" "Highly trained student of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters! Or...ARRGH!"''

Leave it to Lincoln to make things right and help his sisters out, and that’s another thing that makes Lincoln such a great brother/character. He’s willing to protect his sisters when they’re in trouble. Lincoln calls up Clyde and tells him to come over, and when Clyde does make it, he does this.

[Enter Clyde]

''Clyde: "Cadet Clyde, reporting for duty." [notices Lori and gets aroused] "L-L-L-Lori?" [starts acting like a robot] "RED ALERT. RED ALERT. DOES NOT COMPUTE. CIRCUIT OVERLOAD. MUST ABORT MISSION." [leaves]''

Lincoln: [to the viewers] "I told you it gets awkward."

Yes, you did, Linc. As you can see, Clyde gets really nervous around Lori, but that was most innocent thing he did that was related to Lori, as we’ll see later on. So with Clyde gone, Lincoln decides he’s gonna have to go it alone. He tries using his goggles, but then remembers they’re just a toy. Luan tells him that he can use her video camera because it has a night vision setting. Lincoln then goes into the basement, with his sisters following close behind. They come across noises that are actually just things that you can normally expect in the Loud House, until they come across something that’s not like anything they’ve seen or heard before.

???:"Lincoln...LINCOLN..."

Lincoln: [terrified] "IT'S A GHOST AND IT KNOWS MY NAME!"

[The girls all start running around and every one of them except Lucy is screaming.]

''Lincoln: [bravely] "I'LL SAVE YOU, SISTERS!" [charges at the ghost]''

[The lights come back on and it turns out Lincoln is attacking the laundry basket.]

''Lincoln: Hi-yah! Take that, evil spirit!''

But it turns out it was just a pile of dirty laundry, and the voice was actually Clyde on Lincoln’s walkie-talkie.

Leni: [with her eyes closed] "Guys! I still can't see!"

Lisa: "Open your eyes."

Leni: [opens her eyes] "IT'S A MIRACLE!"

(sighs) Oh Leni, how I love you. (realizing) Uh, I didn’t just say anything! Moving on! Anyway, Lori says the first one to get to the T.V. is couch commando, and Lincoln beats his sisters, but then finds out that it just ended. As Lincoln mourns the loss of his show, his sisters go to comfort him.

Lori: [hands him some popcorn] "Sorry you missed your show, Lincoln."

''Luan: "But you just lived it. Check it out." [plugs her camera into the TV and shows him what he filmed.]''

[They watch and enjoy their little adventure on film and Lincoln is happy to have actually lived the show instead of just watching it.]

Lincoln: [To the viewers] "You know, I may have missed my show. But sometimes, it's not about being there first. Sometimes, It's about being there together. All of us."

Lucy: "You forgot me."

''Siblings: [Got startled by her appearance] "AAAHH!!!" [organ pipe plays]''

Ah, that’s our Lucy. And that was Left in the Dark, and I think it was a really nice way to start off the series. For me, a pilot episodes needs to introduce the main characters and the world that they live in, and this episode does just that, you get a sense of who Lincoln, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, Lily and Clyde all are, the relationships they have with each other and the world they live in. It also had a really nice message, it’s not about getting there first, it’s about getting there together, as a family. While the episode did start off kinda weirdly, it was still a very strong way to start off this season and the show. Get the Message is next. Thank you for watching.