User blog:TheMaximumMatt/Thoughts on Infamous Loud House Characters

One of the things that makes the Loud House stand out as one of the greatest shows are the characters. They’re all so diverse in personalities and work so well together it’s hard to not enjoy them. Whether it be the dim-witted but lovable Leni to the bratty but hilarious Lola, we’ve all come to love a lot of these characters. Key words being a lot of.

As much as it pains me to say this, there are a few characters in the Loud House that have gotten an infamous reputation of being some of the most hated characters in the show. After I saw a blog post asking about the viewer’s most hated characters, I got the fun idea of looking at all of the infamous characters from the show and giving my thoughts on each of them one by one. If you disagree with my thoughts on this list, that’s alright. This is only my opinion after all. Without further a do, let’s get on with the list (in no particular order)!

Chandler
Kicking off our list is Chandler, from the episode, the Waiting Game. Chandler is a freeloader who is very conceited about his father working at the Sewage Plant. He hands out tickets to a party at the Sewage Plant to his fellow students and Lincoln and Clyde aren’t invited, so they end up doing all of these tasks for him so they can get the tickets. Most people consider him the worst part of the episode, as he is been called obnoxious and unlikable for taking advantage off of Lincoln. Personally, I know I’m going to be in the minority when I say this, but I actually kind of like Chandler, for reasons you might find interesting. Chandler is a freeloader, but what makes him interesting to me is his subtle ways of taking advantage of Lincoln.

Most bully characters in this situation would, in a very obnoxious and obvious way, bribe Lincoln for the tickets, saying that they’d only give him tickets if he does as they say. However, Chandler, instead of saying that word for word, doesn’t mention anything about the tickets when he first meets Lincoln at the arcade. Rather, Lincoln is already stooping down to giving him what he wants when he didn’t even ask him for anything. The way I see it, this is Chandler realizing that Lincoln is already becoming his slave without him having to do anything. He knows Lincoln is doing this for the tickets, but instead of saying anything, he chooses to be quiet and not say anything about the tickets, because he knows Lincoln is already going to do these tasks for him without him mentioning them, until the scene where he actually hands them the tickets. This kind of subtlety in bullies is very rare. Most bullies would be obvious to the protagonist about their methods, but Chandler is different. Chandler is quiet and manipulative. He’s a freeloader, but he’s subtle about it. I love antagonists who are subtle like this, so much so that one of my OC’s, Mackenzie, was actually inspired by these kinds of manipulative characters. If the writers continue to write Chandler like this, you bet I’ll be there to enjoy his episodes. I’m not even joking right now.

Nurse Sue
Next up is Nurse Sue from The Old and the Restless. Sue is no-nonsense girl who clearly has anger issues and is quite vicious when it comes to her orders. Like Chandler, I’ll probably be in the minority when I say that Nurse Sue is actually an enjoyable character, but unlike Chandler, it’s for a different reason.

Whereas Chandler Can be interesting character-wise, Sue is more enjoyable comedic-wise. If I’m going to be honest, it’s like the writers took Lola Loud, turned her into a nurse, and amped up her overly villainous, angry persona to 11. She is so over-the-top with her no-nonsense, angry, antagonistic behavior and with her vicious facial expressions, it’s hard not to get a laugh at how overblown her reactions are. She has a comedic charm similar to that of Lola Loud. If they ever decide to bring her back, please make her a more comedic character like this. There’s so much you can do with her.

Hawk and Hank
Next batch are Hawk and Hank from the episodes, The Loudest Yard and Tricked. The two are a duo of bullies who... actually that’s all you really need to know.

Yeah, in terms of being bully characters, these two are pretty lame. They’re not funny nor are they clever really. They’re just your standard bully characters who pick on kids smaller than them because “ha, ha, ha bully characters”. They also have a lot of gross out jokes about them, which is nothing new. Gross bullies have been a thing in the past before, and these two add nothing new to the table. Most people hate them for being annoying. I mildly dislike them for being forgettable and boring.

How I’d fix them? Have them be a mockery of the whole jock/bully cliche. Make the show make self-aware jokes that they are lame bullies and mock characters who are like this. Maybe you can have these two be really bad at being bullies and have characters point out their flaws in how they bully.

Tetherby
Tetherby is next. He first appeared in “Out on a Limo”, where he at first has a liking to Lincoln when he gains his limo and has Lincoln participate in activities with him, which causes Lincoln to miss out on Burpin’ Burgers. Tetherby has been seen as unlikable, due to his behavior.

This is another character who I dislike, just not as much as everyone else. To me, he’s just your typical snooty, rich guy who looks down at the poor and gets his comeuppance in the end. He doesn’t do anything new or is that clever really.

To be honest, I can see Tetherby being more manipulative. Look at how easy it was for him to convince Lincoln to start acting more snooty with him. Maybe you could’ve had Tetherby form some kind of bond with Lincoln. Considering how Tetherby really seemed to like Lincoln, have Tetherby, in a subtle way, force Lincoln into being like his son by making Lincoln like him. Once Lincoln sees what it’s like to be rich, Tetherby can try to make Lincoln forget about his old, poor family and make Lincoln like he is. Just something that makes him seem smarter and clever instead of being hypocritical and predictable.

Loud Brothers/Genederbent Loud Siblings
Oh boy... these guys. What a waste of potential.

These guys are the genderbent Loud family from One of the Boys. Everything that has been said about these character has been said before. They are nothing but obnoxious stereotypes we’ve seen before who are gross, boring, and just plain unfunny.

What makes it worse is that these characters are what the show coul’ve been. Think about it. The show is about a boy living with 10 sisters. The show could’ve gone the direction in making the characters act more like stereotypes rather than characters. They could’ve turned out something like this, but instead, the sisters and even Lincoln are giving diverse, interesting, likable personalities. The Loud brothers are nothing but stereotypes, something the show tries to avoid. They’re also all the same character, which is not interesting. Why?

What makes them worse is that they are a real waste of potential. They could’ve been interesting. I really do want to know how the lives of the sisters would play out if they were boys, like Lori, Lola and Luna’s counterparts, but no, they’re glossed over and are made into... this.

Mr. Enter made a video discussing One of the Boys, and he goes much more into depth about it than I do. Watch it. He basically destroys the episode saying everything hat can be said about it ever.

Clyde McBride
And last, but not least, we have one of the most despised of the main characters, Clyde McBride, Lincoln’s best friend and sidekick. Clyde has gained quite the controversy over the year. Whether it be with his crush on Lori or him being a second version of Lincoln, fans just can’t seem to be appealed by this kid, and I’m sorry, while I don’t hate Clyde myself, I have to understand where Clyde’s hate comes from.

One of Clyde’s main purposes on the show is supposed to provide an outside perspective on the Loud Family. How someone outside of the family would react to them. Unofrtunately, the show has never really done much with this. It seems like they’d rather have Clyde just be with Lincoln all the time instead of making him react to the big family. Another problem with Clyde is how uninteresting he is. All he comes off as is just a less interesting, kind of annoying clone of Lincoln. He doesn’t have much on his own in character. He can also feel quite shoehorned in and forced, which is especially annoying if you don’t like to watch Clyde all the time. His crush on Lori isn’t funny either. It’s a running gag that gets old really fact and wasn’t really funny to begin with. Clyde can even be excessively creepy at times with this crush on Lori and not in a funny way.

I don’t hate Clyde. He can be a good friend to Lincoln and he really does show care for him, but the show seems to get Clyde wrong so many times. I want to like Clyde more, but the show doesn’t do much with Clyde other than just make him a cheap comic relief with almost no character on his own. Give Clyde some character development. Maybe explore more into his life on his own. Maybe explore his role as Lincoln’s sidekick. Just some ideas I’m throwing.

Well, that’s it from me. I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts on some of the most hated characters on them show. Feel free to tell me your thoughts about these guys in the comments below. Salutations everyone!