Driving Miss Hazy

"Driving Miss Hazy" is the fifth episode of the first season of The Loud House.

Plot
Tired of doing favors for Lori to get her to drive him around, Lincoln tries to help Leni pass her driver's test, which will not be an easy task.

Synopsis
Since Lori's the only one of the Loud children to have a driver's license, she's the only one (aside from their parents) who can drive her siblings to wherever they need/want to go, provided they do her chores and other favors for her in return. Lincoln's tired of doing Lori favors just to get her to give him a ride, and is surprised that Leni has to do it as well, especially considering that she's legally old enough to drive. Leni explains to her brother that she doesn't have an official driver's license yet, and that she's failed the road test twelve times before, and nobody's willing to teach her how to drive anymore. Seeing an opportunity, Lincoln decides to help Leni get ready for her next road test, figuring that if Leni had her license, she wouldn't force him and the rest of their sisters to do favors for her in exchange for rides like Lori does.

Lincoln tries to train Leni with a video game that utilizes a wireless wheel controller. Leni keeps losing at first, but Lincoln gives her motivation by saying that they're going to the mall. This helps Leni win the game, and she feels confident to take her test again, but she is brought home by the police for driving recklessly like in the game.

On Lincoln's next attempt, the rest of the sisters (minus Lori) decide join in and help their brother get Leni ready for her road test--as it turns out, Leni and Lincoln's eight other sisters are just as tired of doing stuff for Lori in exchange for rides as Lincoln is. Lincoln and the sisters fashion a makeshift car to help Leni learn good driving habits, but Leni doesn't understand the technical names for things, like the wheel and turn signal (calling them the "spinny thingy" and "blinky blink," respectively). Lincoln realizes that he has to talk down to her level to get her to understand. By using simple terms and fashion lingo, Leni's able to drive the fake car, and then the lawnmower, flawlessly, and again feels ready to ace her next road test. But Lori, not wanting her siblings to weasel out of doing stuff for her, wants to make sure that Leni fails her test. Later that night, Lori slips on a pair of headphones onto Leni's ears, and plays a tape that teaches bad driving habits.

The next day, after Leni leaves to take her test, Lincoln refuses to do Lori's laundry for a ride since Leni will give him (and the rest of their sisters) rides without forcing them to do favors for her, but Lori reiterates by saying that Leni won't pass because she assured it, accidentally revealing her treachery. When a suspicious Lincoln threatens to shrink her favorite Bobby-sweater, Lori confesses to her sabotage--ultimately, she claims that she did it because she's worried that Lincoln and the rest of their sisters won't need her for anything if Leni ends up getting her driver's license. Lincoln calls Lori out on her selfishness, pointing out that because of what she did, Leni could get herself and others seriously hurt (or possibly even worse). Realizing the severity of what she did, Lori (now greatly worried about Leni's safety) drives herself and Lincoln to the local DMV to stop/help Leni.

After arriving there, Leni comes out of the building-- as it turns out, Leni's perfectly fine, but she did fail her driver's test again, this time due to the bad instructions from Lori. After some insistence from Lincoln, Lori confesses to Leni about what she did, and to make it up to her, she agrees to help Leni train for her next test, which proves to be far easier said than done.

Cast

 * Grant Palmer 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 / Mrs. Jelinsky
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa / Nun
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr. / Police Officer

Trivia

 * The title card of the episode is similar title card of "No Spoilers".
 * The Loud family's address is revealed to be 1216 Franklin Avenue, Royal Woods, Michigan.
 * Royal Woods is a take on Royal Oak, Michigan, the birthplace of show creator Chris Savino.
 * In this episode, Leni had no problem with training to drive by playing a video game, but in "Changing the Baby", she thinks they will rot your brain.
 * This is the first episode to have one of Lincoln's sisters be depicted on the title card.
 * This is also the first episode to play the standard title card music.
 * This is the first episode where Clyde is absent (aside from the pilot).
 * This is the second episode where Lori acts in an antagonistic way throughout it, with the first being "Get the Message".
 * This is the only episode where Grey Griffin voices Mrs. Jelinsky. Susanne Blakeslee takes over her role in later episodes.
 * This is the first time Lincoln says a pun.
 * This is also the first episode where someone else other than Luan says a pun. Others were "Roughin' It" with Clyde telling a pun, "April Fools Rules" with Lynn, Lori, and Lana telling crate puns and "Raw Deal", "Cover Girls", "Suite and Sour", "Fed Up", and "Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru" with Lynn Sr. telling puns, and "Frog Wild" with Mrs. Johnson telling frog-related puns.
 * Irony:
 * The more Lincoln tried to teach Leni by the book, the less effective it was.
 * In the end, Lori tried to teach Leni how to drive, even though she was a threat to her.
 * Karma: Lori kept using her siblings to have favors for driving them, so all the siblings left her and searched for an alternative.
 * Moral: One way of learning isn't better than another. After all, everyone is unique.
 * Timeline: After "Undie Pressure", since in that episode, Lori and Bobby were celebrating their six-week anniversary.

Errors

 * Leni's eyelashes are missing when she was saying good night to Lori.
 * Also, when Lori says "Click", her earrings are missing, but when she puts the headphones on Leni while she's asleep, Lori's earrings returned.
 * When Lynn says "Ah, you're teaching Leni to drive?", the closed-captions says "Ah, you're teaching Lenny to drive?".
 * Plot Hole: In "Sound of Silence", Lola had her princess car, which was revealed to work on real gasoline, as shown in "Intern for the Worse", so it's unknown why Lola would have to ask Lori to drive her.
 * When Lori said "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!", her eyelashes were missing.
 * As Lori and Lincoln arrive at the DMV to pick up Leni from her driver's test, many features on Vanzilla (door handles, bumpers, gas door, mirrors) were left uncolored - appearing completely black, sharply contrasting the rest of the van.

Running Gags

 * Leni constantly failing her driver's test.
 * Lori making her siblings do favors and chores for her in order to get a ride.
 * Lincoln trying to teach Leni how to drive.
 * Leni failing to understand basics of driving.
 * Leni getting distracted or scared during her driving lessons.

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