Net Gains

"Net Gains" is the tenth episode of the third season, and the one-hundred-eleventh episode of The Loud House.

Plot
Lynn desperately wants to win a basketball championship, but gets drafted onto a terrible team.

Synopsis
Lynn is getting ready for basketball tryouts, because there's a championship game in a few days, and Lynn is desperate to win, since she has won the championship game in her system called FLIBBR (Football, Lacrosse, Ice hockey, Baseball, Basketball, and Roller hockey), except for basketball. Upon arriving to the gym, the referee announces that each team has one available spot, and their sponsor will decide on who goes to which team. Lynn wants to join the Brie Throwers, which is the best team attending, however, Flip, who is sponsoring a team called the Turkey Jerkies, chooses Lynn, causing Lynn to scream in despair, since the Turkey Jerkies is the worst team competing.

The next day, Lynn arrives to the gym to train her teammates. There's Maya, who has a tendency to fall asleep every so often, Paula, who has an injured leg and is required to use a crutch, Amy, an overweight girl who frequently gets calls from her mother, and Diane, whose palms get sweaty when playing. When Lynn tries to train them, they're not doing well, and Lynn, coming up with a new strategy, orders them to pass to ball to her whenever they grab hold of it. During the first game, Lynn ends up scoring all the points, while the Maya, Amy, Paula, and Diane just watch from the opposite side of the court. Despite winning the game, Lynn's teammates are not happy with her, since they didn't get a fair amount of play time. During the second game, the opposing teams discovers Lynn strategy, and use that to their advantage, causing the Turkey Jerkies to lose.

When trying to figure out what to do next, Amy gets a call from her mom, and Lynn gets the idea of getting a ringer, which is another basketball player, but more talented. When Flip is unsure about this, Lynn convinces him that if his team were to win the championship, it might improve business sales, and he immediately agrees with Lynn's plan. After a whole lot of searching, Lynn finds two players from Beaverton named Megan and Morgan. During the third game, Megan and Morgan end up doing all the work, while Lynn doesn't get a chance to play. Realizing that she just went through what her teammates went through, Lynn apologizes to her teammates, since she was so blinded by winning the championship, that she forgot the real reason why they play basketball: to have fun.

During the fourth game, the Turkey Jerkies play against the Brie Throwers, and Lynn allows her teammates to play along. When the game ends, the Turkey Jerkies begin celebrating, despite the fact that they lost 50-12. Nonetheless, they still congratulate Lynn for letting them play and have fun. Flip decides to celebrate by giving them a free Flippee (by which he means given them a single Flippee, and a straw for each one of them).

Cast

 * Jessica DiCicco as Lynn
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Loud Sr.
 * John DiMaggio as Flip / Pep
 * Maile Flanagan as Amy / Morgan
 * Chrissy Cannone as Diane
 * Kelly Jean Brugley as Maya
 * Cree Summer as Paula / Megan
 * Trevor Devall as Referee / Prisoner
 * Jamie Kaler as Announcer / Cop

Trivia

 * Staying true to what Chris Savino has promised for Season 3, this is the first episode where Lincoln does not appear at all. However, he is mentioned by Flip, not to mention still being on the title card.
 * This episode's debut is exactly one month after the debut of the previous episodes: "City Slickers" and "Fool Me Twice".
 * This episode reveals that the Announcer and Pep have been sports commentators for 20 years.
 * Each of the basketball teams are sponsored after a business that was established in the show:
 * Turkey Jerkies, sponsored by Flip's Food & Fuel
 * Abscessed Molars, sponsored by Dr. Feinstein
 * Garlic Nets, sponsored by Gus' Games and Grub
 * Belchin' Ballers, sponsored by Burpin' Burger
 * Brie Throwers, sponsored by Jean Juan's French Mex

Running Gags

 * Lynn doing all of the work, while her teammates do nothing.
 * Lynn persuading Flip.