User blog:CartoonFan14/Cliche Clash 2: It's a Loud Loud Loud Loud House vs The Check

SPOILER WARNING: Watch “The Check” before reading this, because the story will be spoiled.

Since the first installment did so very well, I decided to put out another one. Welcome to Cliche Clash number 2! In this one we put The Loud House’s very own “It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House” vs The Amazing World of Gumball’s episode “The Check". Unlike the last episode, which was great vs great, my plan for this one is a good episode with an episode I find merely ok. The rules are essentially the same. So I don’t feel the need to repeat them.

Round 1: Comedy
Round 1 is comedy. Ok, you know I think the Loud House has some hilarious episodes, but Gumball is the current king of humor in cartoons currently airing. I think we would be able to guess the outcome here. However, the episode here today, is what I believe to be one of the most hilarious episode of the show, so you know what, I think It’s worth talking about.

In “It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House”, the slapstick is on point, the floorboard gag, despite being done three times, was just as funny the third time as it was the first time, the sisters interactions during the search for the money were all amazing. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the slapstick here was perfect, and I ate it all up. However, what really killed it for me, was that gosh darn fighting! No, I didn’t get enraged by it, but it was BORING! It killed what was a contender for the funniest episode of the show, but even then it only brought it down to around top 5. Overall, a really humorous episode that had a problem with it’s fighting.

“The Check”, an episode that like all Gumball episodes, doesn’t fail to amaze me with how hilarious it is. The kids vision for using the money, while would be very helpful in concept, in execution just wouldn't work, and I think it’s hilarious that they showed it. Then we have what gave this episode the edge over the Loud House episode, the fight during the race to the bank, it WORKS, it’s amusing seeing this invisible car chase going down, and it's hilarious, it blends a fight and slapstick humor perfectly. This is how it’s done, and we have a clear winner this round.

Winner: The Check

Round 2: Writing
Ok, so this is where things get rough. I think both episodes were written decently, but they have flaws, and these flaws are hard to ignore.

“The Check” is about the Watterson kids receiving a 5000 dollar check from their Grandpa Louie, and the kids decide what to do with it. They seem to want different things, Gumball wants to be a president, which ends in disaster, because he made horrible decisions. Anais wants to eliminate money and valuing material things, but this ends in disaster because animals overpower them, and Darwin wants to start a charity dedicated to helping people, but this ends in disaster because after covering all the expenses there’s no money left to do charitable deeds, and the world falls into an apocalypse. Realizing they can’t agree, they decide to split the cash. Now the issue comes here. After deciding to split it, they go ballistic and want it all to have it all to themselves over the fact that it doesn’t split evenly. Then the parents find out about it and join the brawl too. What? Just What? The episode fell apart here, and it’s unfortunate because up until then the writing was very solid.

Let’s check out the Loud House episode, which once again, was decent, but it fell apart. The problem here is that the episode starts with them fighting on the couch over money, only to get sent to the attic. Then, just for the sake of furthering the plot, they fight over money on the couch again, only to get sent to the attic again. So you’re here to tell me that you can’t fill up an 11 minute time slot effectively? You have to result reusing something you just did minutes ago? You couldn’t think of a more original and possibly funnier way to send them back to the attic to find the clue? I hate it when people fail to effectively use their time, and when they do that I lose hope in the episode.

One episode had them fighting over a penny and have the parents join in. The other had them fighting over a quarter and couldn’t use it’s time to it’s advantage. In the end though, the point goes to Loud House’s “It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House”.

Winner: It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House

Round 3: Characters
Finally, once again, it all comes down to this round. The Loud Family vs The Watterson’s.

And I’m just going to say it right here, after losing the last one, the Loud Family takes the cake here. The simple reason here is that they learned their lesson, that fighting would get them nowhere, and they came together. Meanwhile the Watterson’s don't learn, Larry tells them to split it 5 ways and they just agree. They have to be told to learn the lesson, and that’s why today’s winner is “It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House”

Winner: It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House.

Verdict
By a score of 2-1 “It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House” has proven that it used the greed is evil cliche better than Gumball’s The Check. However I find the Check a better episode than It’s a Loud Loud Loud Loud House, but it used the cliche worse. If that makes any sense. Hope you enjoyed Cliche Clash #2!

Next Time On Cliche Clash
It's another Gumball vs Loud House installment, it's Gumball’s “The Curse” vs Loud House’s “No Such Luck” in the battle of Bad Luck stories!