A Tattler's Tale

"" is an episode of The Loud House.

Plot
Lola wants to be a part of the siblings' secrets club, but they won't let her in because of her tattle-tale tendencies.

Synopsis
The Loud kids are having a secret meeting in Lori and Leni's room. They're discussing about their deepest secrets: Lincoln accidentally broke his Dad's disco ball with his remote-control airplane, Lori accidentally scratched the van with her bejeweled purse, Luna caused a citywide blackout during her jam session, and Lucy dyed Mom's wedding dress black. The kids are having a good time, and Lincoln explains to the viewers that everybody has secrets, and they need to let them loose somewhere. So they started their secret meetings to tell each other, since they could always trust each other... except for a certain someone. Lola enters into the room so she can join them, but everybody denies her access because she's a "tattle-tale". When she tries to tell them that she has changed, the doubtful siblings still deny her access, and in fury, she tosses her tiara aside and yells for her Mom. The moment Lola leaves, the kids go back to telling secrets.

The next day, Lincoln wakes up, and is horrified to see Lola in his room. She asks Lincoln if he would like to be her personal butler during her tea party. When Lincoln refuses to do so, Lola threatens him by telling Dad how he broke his disco ball. Not wanting to be tattled on, Lincoln is forced into doing Lola's favor, much to his frustration. Later that day, Lola is riding in her princess car and Lucy is sitting under the tree reading her poem book. Lola asks Lucy if she could drive the car so she can practice her pageant wave. When she denies to do so, Lola threatens to tattle on Mom for dying her dress black. Not wanting to be tattled on, Lucy is forced into doing Lola's task. Later, in the living room, Lori is on her phone, Luna is watching TV, and Lynn Sr. is reading the newspaper. Lola asks Luna if she can sit in the middle of the couch, but when she denies her favor, Lola threatens to tattle on her. Because they're right next to their Dad, Luna places Lola on the couch while she angrily sits on the floor. Lola asks Lori if she can scratch her head, Lori doesn't want to do it, claiming she needs both of her hands to text. When Lola threatens to tell Dad about her "scratching" accident, Lori is forced to do Lola's bidding. By now, Lola has forced all of her siblings into hanging out with or doing favors for her, such as Lana being her partner in her tea party, Lisa making the alphabet out of macaroni, Luna playing medieval music, Luan being her jester (by telling even worse jokes), and Lynn painting her toenails. Lola enjoys their service, but they don't.

That night, the kids are having another secret meeting and complaining about Lola. If they deny any of her requests, she'll tell Mom and Dad their secrets. Eventually, they get suspicious when they figure that someone is snitching on them. This results in the kids fighting. During their squabble, Lincoln falls out and notices Lola's tiara, which has a microphone attached to it. Realizing this, Lincoln orders the girls to stop fighting, saying that he knows who the real snitch is. It is revealed that when Lola tossed her tiara aside the night before, the microphone had caught everything the kids said. Lincoln suggests that if they want to get back at Lola, they must find a secret about her. Lynn tells him that the chances are unlikely because of Lola always being one step ahead, but Lincoln reassures them that everyone makes mistakes, even Lola.

The next day, as Lisa, Luna and Lynn pamper to Lola, Lincoln uses this distraction to snoop around Lana and Lola's room, hoping find some dirt on Lola. Unfortunately, as Lynn predicted, Lola is one step ahead of Lincoln, as every location he looks has a note saying that she would never leave a secret and to tell the reader to get out of her room. When Lincoln picks up one of Lola's tiaras and asks himself how Lola does it, he is warned that Lola is heading back into her room. This forces Lincoln to jump out the window. The Louds' neighbor, Mr. Grouse, sees Lincoln wearing Lola's tiara and asks him if he's going to participate in a beauty pageant. This inspires Lincoln to head to the pageant hall and ask Lola's competitors if they know any dirt on her. Unfortunately, Lola's competitors are too scared to give Lincoln anything. However, Lincoln notices one of Lola's competitors hiding in a closet. She knows a secret about Lola due to her deep malice towards her. She tells Lincoln the secret, who in turn, tells the other sisters. The sisters are so flabbergasted at this fact, that they decide to tell Lola they know it. Lola is shocked, because if she ever tells Mom and Dad about their secrets, Lincoln and the others will tattle on her too, leaving Lola at a stalemate.

That night, as the Loud kids have another meeting, Luan tells the others that she'd just seen Lola entering Mom and Dad's room. Fearing that Lola is tattling on them, they quickly head downstairs, only to find Lola sadly walking out of their room. Lola glumly tells her siblings that she decided to take the blame for all the things they did, which allowed them to get off the hook, but also got herself grounded for the next 30 days. When Lincoln ask Lola why she did this, Lola says that all she wanted was to join their group, and she made them do those favors just so she could spend time with them, but she realized she should've tried to earn their trust instead of exploiting their secrets. Lola then excuses herself, intending to stay in her room for the next 30 days and work on earning her siblings' trust again, while they look on with sadness.

As Lola lays on her bed (in a style similar to a prison cell), Lincoln invites himself into her room, saying that after a lot of thinking, and feeling sorry for her, she's allowed to be in the club. This causes Lola to jump off her bed in excitement. As the other sisters enter the room and tell their secrets, Lola looks on with pride, knowing that she's finally one with the group. Later, as Lincoln and the sisters leave, Lola proceeds to tell her stuffed dolls her siblings' secrets, telling the viewers that she's Lola Loud, she has to spill some secrets somehow.

Cast
Lynn Sr. has no lines in this segment.
 * 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 / Lindsey Sweetwater
 * Grey Griffin as Lana / Lola / Lily
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
 * Jill Talley as Rita
 * John DiMaggio as Mr. Grouse

Cultural References

 * Lola's silhouette on the title card resembles the character sprites from Nintendo's Game & Watch series, as well as the Mr. Game & Watch character from his appearance in Super Smash Bros.
 * When Lynn is painting Lola's toenails, her outfit resembles Cinderella's maid uniform.
 * Lucy's first shown book is called "Edgar Allan Poetry" a reference to Edgar Allan Poe.
 * Lucy's second shown book is called "H.P. Love's Crafts" a reference to H.P. Lovecraft.

Trivia

 * This is the first time Lucy and Lily are seen in their pajamas, meaning that as of this segment all of the Loud kids have been shown in their pajamas at least once.
 * How Lola made her siblings do menial things for her is similar of how the girls made Lincoln do menial things for them in "Sound of Silence."
 * This is the second segment where Lincoln noticeably sounds different, the first was "Come Sale Away". In this case, he has a new voice actor named Collin Dean.
 * At the end of the segment, Lola speaks to the audience, making her the next character apart from Lincoln to do so.
 * It is revealed that the neighbor's name is Mr. Grouse.
 * This is the second time Lana is seen wearing earrings, the first was "Cover Girls". This is also the third time she wears a dress. The first time was "Toads and Tiaras", and the second being "Cover Girls".
 * This segment reveals that Lola has won so many beauty pageants, her competitors fear her. In fact, one of Lola's competitors downright despises her due to always coming in second. We don't see who it is, but it's hinted that it's Lindsey Sweetwater, who was previously mentioned in "Making the Case".
 * The newspaper Dad holds is call Morgan News, which references Jared Morgan, a staff member of the show.
 * Also, there are various smaller headlines that reference others members of the show's staff, including "Savino trial takes a turn", "Rynda Quarantined", "One too many Jordan defenders claim", "Freilich finished burrito in record time".
 * Edwin, Lucy's vampire bust from "Making the Case", appears in the basement during Lucy's pretend betrothal.
 * This is the first time Luan is not seen being enthusiastic about telling a joke. This is because she was forced to tell it by Lola.
 * Luan wears different PJs in this episode.
 * It is never revealed what Lola's big secret that Lincoln found out was.
 * Lola choosing to take the blame for all the bad things her siblings did so they don't get in trouble is similar to what Lincoln did for Lucy in "Sleuth or Consequences".
 * The hat Lincoln wears when he's snooping around is the same hat he wore in "Get the Message".
 * Leni, Luan, and Lily were the only siblings who did not share a secret.
 * Leni and Lily are also the only siblings who weren't seen being forced to do something for Lola.
 * The scene of Luna turning her amp up to max and preparing to strum is reused from "No Guts, No Glori".
 * The Loud siblings' known secrets:
 * Lincoln - Smashed Dad's disco ball with his remote control plane.
 * Lori - Scratched the side of the van with her rhinestone purse.
 * Luna - Caused a citywide blackout by setting her amp to "super max" when jamming.
 * Lucy - Painted Mom's wedding dress black to use for her play in dark betrothal to Edwin.
 * Lana - Chewed Dad's boots.
 * Lisa - Burnt Mom and Dad's bedspread with one of her experiments.

Running Gags

 * Lola threatening her siblings into spilling their secrets, and then them saying "who told you that?"
 * The Loud siblings doing menial favors for Lola.
 * Lincoln unsuccessfully finding dirt on Lola, always finding a note from her saying to get out of her room.
 * Characters saying "Holy shamoley!"

Errors

 * When Luna is getting ready to tell her story her nightshirt has long sleeves, even thought it's short sleeved.
 * Luan has her bunny slippers on at the very beginning, but is barefoot when Lola enters, its possible she took them off.
 * When Lana hits Leni with her pillow, Lana's pigtail bands are the same color as her shirt, instead of red.
 * Lincoln is in his pajamas at the beginning of the segment, but the following morning, when he woke up to Lola right in front of him, he is in his underwear.
 * When the siblings were looking at Lola in disbelief when she claims that she is not a tattle-tale, Lori's eyelashes are missing.
 * When Lola is in her room playing the harmonica, we can see that her bed has no bed linen, but when Lincoln comes in and says that he and the rest of the sisters earned Lola's trust, Lola's bed linen has magically appeared.
 * Lucy claims she dyed her Mom's wedding dress black for her dark betrothal to Edwin, but the dress she wore in the flashback looks nothing like Rita's wedding dress (seen in "Come Sale Away"), also, the dress in the flashback is painted purple, not black.
 * When Lincoln tells his sisters to stop fighting when he learns Lola was the true rat, Lisa's glasses are intact. But when Leni assumed that Lisa was the rat, Lisa's glasses are cracked.