Health Kicked

"Health Kicked" is the eighty-sixth episode of The Loud House.

Plot
Worried that their parents are hurting their health from not being active, the children encourage them to exercise.

Synopsis
Lincoln and Clyde are playing Muscle Fish in Lincoln's room. After beating a boss, Clyde says that he has to leave. Clyde tells Lincoln that his fathers are competing in the Royal Woods Ultra Extreme Ninja Competition. He explains that it's the ultimate obstacle course that tests a person's strength and athletics. Clyde says that Howard and Harold are doing this because they want to have a healthy life so they can live long enough to see him grow up. After Clyde leaves by riding in a car being hauled by Howard and Harold, Lincoln discovers his mother and father sitting lazily on the couch. Lincoln tries to encourage them to go out for a walk, but they tell Lincoln that they're fine. Charles comes by, wanting to go for a walk. The parents play "Nose Goes", and both of them win, forcing Lincoln to take Charles out.

At night, the siblings hold a house meeting, and Lincoln shows his sisters how inactive their parents are, which is further explained when Lisa shows them their urine samples, and fecal study (the latter of which is quickly rejected). Lincoln says that he has a plan to get them into shape so they can be healthy enough to see their kids grow up, to which all the sisters agree with.

The next day, Rita and Lynn Sr. deny the fact that they don't need exercise. However, they're proven wrong when Lynn Sr. can't put on his socks, Rita is unable to bend over to pick up the van keys, and say they can't walk up the stairs. At a park, Lynn suggests that they try rock climbing, but are unable to get a good grip. Lana suggests mud wrestling, and single-handedly takes down Rita, causing Lynn Sr. to hide in the van. Lincoln suggests that they tone down their methods. Lisa suggests yoga, Leni suggests t-shirt folding (as a way to work on biceps), Lana and Lola suggest jump rope, Luna suggests guitar playing, and Lori suggests jogging, all of which Rita and Lynn Sr. can easily do (although, during Lori's jog, Lynn Sr. tries to chase an ice cream truck, but is tackled by Lana). Later on in the day, the parents thank their kids for introducing them to the joys of exercising, and decide to go a run around the block. Because of them being active now, the siblings declare that their job is done.

In the middle of the night, Rita and Lynn Sr. wake all of their children up, because they were so excited with all the exercising, that they want to do more. They also said that because the kids cared about their health, they thought they'd also cared about the their health in return. The parents make their kids go through exhausting exercises such as jumping jacks, weightlifting, and jogs around the block (just like Lynn Sr. yesterday, they chase after an ice cream truck, but the parents stop them). After the exercising, Rita and Lynn Sr. present the kids with onion-infused water and (actual) grubs, all of which (except Lana) find disgusting.

A week later, the siblings are extremely sore from all the exercising, and the sisters blame Lincoln for making the parents health crazy. Luckily, Lincoln says he has a plan to make them stop. He has the sisters fake that the parents are making excellent progress such as tampering with the scale, discretely swapping their clothes with bigger sizes, adding big numbers to their weights, and turning the clock back. When the parents fall for these tricks, they surprise the kids with a spaghetti dinner. They say that because they've made such great progress, that they get an exercise-free day tomorrow, much to their joy.

The next morning, the siblings wake up, completely relaxed. However, their moment of relaxation is cut short when Lincoln discovers a note their parents left behind. Lincoln reads the letter, and discovers that they're competing in the Royal Woods Ultra Extreme Ninja Competition. Fearing that they're fail the competition, they quickly rush off to the arena.

The siblings arrive to the arena, and discover their parents hanging precariously on a pole. After scaling the rock climbing wall, the siblings jump onto the pole their parents are on, and ask why they're competing in the competition. The parents say that they believed that they were fit enough to join the competition, but the siblings tell them that they were staged. They only wanted to make them look like they lost weight so that they won't have to exercise with them. Despite this, the parents won't punish the kids, but the tender moment is cut short when the pole they're hanging from breaks due to all of their combined weight.

Later, the Louds are exercising. When Rita tells her husband that they need to tone down their activeness, they witness an ice cream passing by, and begin to chase it down.

Cast
Lily, Harold, Howard, Seymour, Teen Girl and Steve 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 Lola / Lana
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
 * Caleel Harris as Clyde
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr. / Video Game Voice
 * Jill Talley as Rita

Trivia

 * The title card depicts Lincoln running in an orange sweatshirt and sweatpants, which is the first time he is seen in one since "The Loudest Yard".
 * However, the outfit he wore in that episode was blue, instead of orange, and it didn't have a hood.
 * This episode seems to be a role reversal of the episode "The Loudest Yard", as in that episode, Rita wanted Lincoln to get some exercise, but in this episode, Lincoln wanted Rita to get some exercise.
 * Lily was the only Loud who didn't help to get her parents to exercise, or be part of the plan of tricking them to think they made a great progress.
 * This is the third time Rita was referred by her name. The first time was in "A Novel Idea", and the second time was in "One Flu Over the Loud House".
 * One of the judges was the caricature of Loud House writer Karla Sakas Shropshire.
 * This is the last episode to use the 2009 Nickelodeon productions logo.
 * This is the 16th time the episode does not focus on Lincoln (instead the Loud parents are the main focus).
 * This is the second episode where Lynn Sr. is the main focus. The first was "Vantastic Voyage".
 * As of this episode, Lynn Sr. is the 5th character, besides Lincoln, to have an episode focused on him.
 * This is the fourth episode that focuses on a supporting character.
 * This is the 5th episode that focuses more than one character besides Lincoln. The other three were "Patching Things Up" (the Loud twins), "Pets Peeved" (the Loud pets), "Back Out There" (Clyde, Zach, Liam, and Rusty), and "Change of Heart" (Clyde, Lori, and Leni).
 * Season 2, Episode 18 is the 8th episode where both stories do not focus on Lincoln.
 * Lincoln's operation name: Operation Get Mom and Dad Out Of The House and Into Shape.
 * Innuendo: When Lori and Leni witnessed their father's skinny jeans slip off, they quickly shielded their eyes in disgust, giving the implication that they were exposed to his private areas.
 * Irony: The kids tried to encourage their parents into exercising, but they became fed up with exercising themselves.
 * Moral:
 * Don't push people too hard.
 * Having a healthy lifestyle will lead to a longer life.

Errors

 * Plot hole: Rita and Lynn Sr. are shown to be very lazy in this episode, despite having been shown to enjoy exercising in "The Loudest Yard", and "Suite and Sour".
 * Leni claims to not know what the word "fecal" means, despite her clearly leaving the pool along with the rest of her family when Lily has a "fecal incident" in "Linc or Swim".
 * Clyde says that his parents were training to sign up for "The Royal Woods Ultra Extreme Ninja Competition", but when its revealed that Rita and Lynn Sr. signed up for the same competition, the letter, by which they reveal their registration, refers to it as "The Royal Woods Ultimate Extreme Ninja Competition".
 * Even though the Royal Woods Arena was supposed to be hosting the The Royal Woods Ultra Extreme Ninja Competition, the marquee outside of the building reads "Ultimate Extreme Samurai Competition" instead.
 * The ice cream truck is driving on the left side of the road at the end of the episode. In America, vehicles drive on the right side.

Running Gags

 * The family chasing after an ice cream truck.
 * The parents becoming health crazy.
 * The siblings dreading the constant exercising.
 * Rita's tankini being mentioned.
 * Lincoln coming up with plans that end up working, but also backfire.