Carol Pingrey

Carol Pingrey is a minor character in The Loud House. She is Lori's former rival, schoolmate, and best friend.

Biography
Carol is one of Lori's schoolmates. It is mentioned that she beat Lori for homecoming queen.

Her first appearance was in "Picture Perfect", where Lincoln tries to coerce Lori into being a part of his revised family portrait by threatening to replace her with Carol, due to her looking similar to Lori. Lincoln invited Carol and opened the door so Lori could see her while they talk. Outraged, Lori slammed the door in front of Carol's face, much to the latter's surprise.

She was possibly mentioned by Lori, during a phone conversation, in "Spell It Out", "Job Insecurity", and "Change of Heart". Although it's unclear if she meant the same Carol, the possibility is very high that this was the Carol she was referring to.

In "Selfie Improvement", Lori finds out that Carol's selfies are getting more likes than hers, and spends most of the episode trying to take a photo of herself to outdo Carol's. In the end, Lori ultimately realizes she shouldn't have obsessed over trying to compete with Carol and admits defeat to her. Carol, however, replies that she herself has always envied Lori, and the two become friends.

Personality
Not much known is about her except that she's Lori's rival, and defeated her as homecoming queen. She seems to like being better than Lori, or annoy her, as she agreed to replace Lori in Lincoln's family picture.

In "Spell It Out", Lori mentions that Carol was acting superior to her friends after getting eyelash extensions. Although it's unclear if she meant the same Carol, the possibility is very high that this was the Carol she was referring to.

In "Selfie Improvement", when Lori was about to return the stuff she bought at a store to compete with Carol, she spots her shopping in the same store and catches up with her. Lori apologized to Carol for competing with her and admit that Carol is better than her. Carol, a second later, said that of the exact opposite of what Lori admitted. Carol admits that she is jealous of Lori's golf skills and closeness with her siblings. After that, Lori and Carol become close friends, especially since they compete with another duo of best friends together. Carol is actually a kind and insecure girl, not that different from her now friend, Lori.

Appearance
Carol looks nearly identical to Lori, except she has longer blonde hair that points to her right side; she wears a blue headband, a blue shirt with white collars, brown skirt with a checker pattern, and brown shoes, with purplish-blue socks worn high. She had a minor redesign in "Selfie Improvement", with her shirt, socks, eyeshadow, and headband now being purple.

Season 1

 * "Picture Perfect" (cameo)

Season 2

 * "Spell It Out" (mentioned)
 * "Job Insecurity" (mentioned)
 * "Change of Heart" (mentioned)

Season 3

 * "Selfie Improvement"

Trivia

 * She resembles Kendall Perkins, Kick's rival/love interest from the animated show, .
 * Interestingly, Catherine Taber, the voice of Carol's rival, Lori, voices an adult Kendall in one episode "Rocked", the episode where the characters are portrayed as adults.
 * Lori mentions "Carol" in "Spell It Out", "Job Insecurity", and "Change of Heart" ("Carol said what?" to Bobby) during her phone conversations. No surname is specified, but this is the only Carol in the show.
 * Her earrings look similar to Maggie's.
 * Her shoes look similar to Cristina's, as well as Penelope's.
 * Her headband looks similar to what Lori was wearing in "The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos".
 * She has light blue eyeshadow, just like Rita, Mrs. Johnson, and Lori.
 * Her appearance looks similar to Lori, as shown in "Picture Perfect", where Lincoln chose her to replace Lori, mainly because they have similar appearances.
 * Her Polish name is Karolina Pilnik.
 * Carol returned in the Season 3 episode "Selfie Improvement" as a major role. But this time, she had lines that she spoke and was wearing a different color instead of her sky blue, which is purple.

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