The Crying Dame

"The Crying Dame" is the forty-sixth episode of the second season and the ninety-eighth episode of The Loud House.

Plot
The children give Lily an old singing toy from the attic to help her stop crying, but it quickly drives them crazy.

Synopsis
Lily has been crying nonstop for an hour for no reason, and the other siblings are not sure how to cheer her up. Rita and Lynn Sr. explain that babies cry for no reason, and that she'll eventually tire herself out soon. Suddenly, Lori remembers that she used to have a toy called Fenton the Feel-Better Fox, a singing animatronic fox. After some digging up in the attic, Lori finds Fenton. She presses Fenton's foot, and Fenton begins singing. The song manages to cheer up Lily, and she stops crying. However, as the siblings watch Lily play around with the toy with pleasure, Rita and Lynn Sr. are horrified to learn that the toy is out. The parents warn their kids that the toy will eventually drive them crazy, but the kids simply believe their parents are overreacting, and they (the kids) don't see what harm the toy could do.

Unfortunately, Rita and Lynn Sr.'s suspicions were true, as Lily has started to make Fenton play the song nonstop, which drives everyone crazy. After three days, the siblings have had enough, and declare that they have to get rid of Fenton. The siblings hold a meeting, and Lincoln explains that Lily has Fenton no matter what she's doing. However, he explains that there's only one instance where Lily does not have Fenton: when she's getting a diaper change. He states that while Lily is getting her diaper changed, they'll use that distraction to take Fenton away. Later, as Luan changes Lily's diaper, the siblings manage to take Fenton away, out of the house, and tossed into the dumpster bin at Flip's Food & Fuel. After getting her diaper changed, the siblings commence the second phase of the plan: keep Lily from crying. The siblings attempt to keep Lily from crying by doing numerous activities with her, but she simply remains glum throughout all of them. After doing enough activities, Lily begins to fall asleep, and Lincoln concludes that if Lily can go to sleep normally, the plan would succeed. Lori places Lily in her crib, and she goes to sleep soundly.

The next day, the siblings are relieved that the annoyance is over, but when Luna brings Lily into the kitchen, she's extremely depressed. The siblings try to cheer Lily up by feeding her, playing with her blocks, and make a fort out of the sofa cushions, but none of them cheer her up. They eventually realize that Lily misses Fenton, and admit that even though they love the silence, they'd rather have Lily happy. The siblings check the dumpster where Fenton was tossed out, but Fenton is gone. They rush off to the junkyard, and manage to find Fenton, but it's too late, as the toy has gone through a trash compactor, destroying it in the process. As the siblings sadly head back home, they realize that Fenton's song had a pretty good hook, causing them to get the song stuck in their heads. This gives Lincoln an idea on how they can cheer up Lily.

At home, the siblings place Lily in the living room, and Lincoln arrives, dressed up as Fenton. Luna begins singing the song while Lincoln dances to it, successfully cheering up Lily. When Lily wants them to sing the song again, Lincoln admits that they might have to sing the song for the rest of their lives, but at least Lily can be happy. As all the siblings begin to sing the song, Rita and Lynn Sr., arriving home, witness their kids singing Fenton's song, prompting them to put on earmuffs, and run away in terror.

Cast
Becky and Whitney 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 / Lily
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr.
 * Jill Talley as Rita / Fenton

Trivia

 * This episode has a similar sounding title to the Season 1 episode "The Waiting Game".
 * This is the first episode where the title consists of two colors instead of just one.
 * This episode reveals why Lucy's hair covers her eyes. When the siblings were babies, they all had a tendency to cry, but Lucy just silently stared at her parents, and the parents thought that if her bangs were to cover her eyes, she wouldn't be able to see them. However, Lucy states that she can still see though her hair, which petrifies her parents.
 * This is the fourth time Lincoln shares a title card with Lily, the first was "Changing the Baby", the second was "Two Boys and a Baby", and the third was "Potty Mouth".
 * This episode, along with its sister episode "Anti-Social", aired on Black Friday, right after Thanksgiving. They premiered simultaneously on Nickelodeon, TeenNick, and the NickToons network, marking the first Loud House episode to premiere on three networks at once (and also the first time The Loud House has aired on TeenNick).
 * Coincidentally, this is the second episode to premiere on Black Friday. The first is "11 Louds a Leapin'", and the third is "Anti-Social".
 * This episode, along with its said partner, served as a lead-in to the premiere of "".
 * Like the previous episode Alan Van Dyke wrote, this episode has a song (the song Fenton sings in this case).
 * The music that plays on the title card is a rock version of Fenton's song.
 * At the beginning, Lisa mentions that Lily's caterwauling is unbearable. Caterwauling is a shrill howl or wailing type of noise, particularly towards cats.
 * In Luna and Luan's room, a poster said "June 2", which means that this episode possibly happened that day.
 * This is the ninth time that the full episode premiered, rather than airing the two parts of the episode separately. The other episodes to do this were "Left in the Dark"/"Get the Message", "Heavy Meddle"/"Making the Case", "Along Came a Sister"/"Chore and Peace", "Project Loud House"/"In Tents Debate", "The Sweet Spot"/"A Tale of Two Tables", "The Price of Admission"/"One Flu Over the Loud House", "ARGGH! You For Real?"/"Garage Banned", and "Legends"/"Mall of Duty".
 * This is the tenth piece of Loud House media to be directed solely by Kyle Marshall. The others were the shorts "Slice of Life" and "Deuces Wild!", and the episodes "Frog Wild", "Pulp Friction", "Room with a Feud", "Garage Banned", "Change of Heart", "Friend or Faux?", "Mall of Duty", and "Snow Way Out".
 * This is also the first episode not directed by Chris Savino to have Lincoln break the fourth wall and speak to the viewers, not counting the two shorts above.
 * Fenton's song is sung a scathing sixteen times.
 * The first thirteen times were sung by Fenton itself, while the last three times were sung by the Loud kids.
 * This is the second time where Lori is shown as a baby, the first being in "Not a Loud".
 * Irony: The kids could have worn earmuffs or earplugs to avoid hearing Fenton's annoying song just like their parents.

Errors

 * When Lily is hugging Fenton in the attic, she has eyebrows, which she doesn't usually have.
 * This is the sixth time this error has occurred, the first five were "Changing the Baby", "Baby Steps", "Yes Man", "No Laughing Matter", "Mall of Duty", and "Tricked!".
 * There are numerous instances of detached eyelashes:
 * Lily's are disconnected when she is crying at the beginning, and when she droops her head on her high chair.
 * Whitney's are disconnected when she's leaving.
 * When Lily is looking sad while Luna is jamming, Luna's are disconnected.
 * When Lori is driving her siblings back from the city dump, the shift lever is in Park.
 * When Lori pulls out Fenton from the box in the attic, she presses the toy's button almost immediately. It shouldn't be playing the song, because the batteries would have been corroded by then, since its been there for almost seventeen years.
 * Fenton plays the song nonstop when the button isn't even pushed. Toys usually don't do this, unless it's possibly broken. Besides, the batteries would've run out of juice, since it went on for three days.
 * It is mentioned that Lily has Fenton with her during baths. Since Fenton is an electric toy, it should have shorted out, and stopped functioning.
 * When Lori looked at her reflection to see where Leni cut her hair, it is shown that she cut off the center portion of her hair, but when viewed from the front, the hair that Leni cut off is still on Lori.
 * When Lori's baby picture is seen, her eyelashes are disconnected from her eyes.
 * When Lily is looking glum after Fenton is taken away, she has two eyelashes instead of three during the montage of the sisters doing various activities with her.
 * When the kids are running through the dump, Luna's bracelets on her right arm are missing.
 * Possible: Fenton is missing his microphone when he gets dropped into the trash compactor. It could be possible it fell off beforehand.

Running Gags

 * Lily's sad expression.
 * Lily playing with Fenton.
 * Fenton singing.
 * The siblings getting annoyed with Fenton's singing.
 * The sisters leaving Lincoln whenever he gives off a rousing speech.
 * The parents feeling really scared every time they see or hear Fenton singing.

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