User blog:AnimationFan15/Episode Ideas of Mine

Inspired by PIEGUYRULZ's "SpongeBob Episode Ideas: Plankton Episodes" video, I thought it would be a fun idea to show some episode ideas of mine for The Loud House. One of the best perks of being an artist is that you can be highly creative, and simple ideas can blossom into something cool. I also couldn't help but make my own title cards for these ideas, since the show's title cards are one of my absolute favorite things from this show.

I only have four ideas at the moment, and if I ever come up with more, I might consider doing a second round.



Twinning Plot: When Lana and Lola struggle to complete their class assignment, the family starts feuding with each other when they decide to help them out.

Lana and Lola's class assignment is that they need to describe a typical day at their house, and how their family behaves. While they both agree that everyday at the Loud House is chaotic, they start to disagree with how the family likes to behave (Lana thinks that the family likes to be messy, while Lola thinks that the family likes to be precise). They decide to ask them themselves (without telling them that it's part of their assignment), and of course, the family is split when they decide to step in. Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lily and Lynn Sr. side with Lana because of how messy they can be (Luan does a lot of messy pranks, Lynn's athleticism can be damaging, Lucy's interest in fake blood, Lily with her dirty diapers, and Lynn Sr. being the house cook means a really messy kitchen), while Lori, Leni, Luna, Lisa and Rita side with Lola because of how meticulous they can be (Lori and Leni with their passion for fashion, Luna with her music [hitting the right keys is pretty crucial], Lisa with her experiments, and Rita with her attention towards her novel). Eventually, while split up, some of the family members say some hurtful things behind their back, and when they eventually find out about these hurtful truths, they transform the entire house into a giant war zone, attacking each other with every slight move that is made. Eventually, when the fight escalates to new heights, Lana and Lola suddenly disappear, and when the family tries to find them, they see them in their room, where they say that they come to the conclusion that the whole family likes to break out in fights. Realizing they got duped, the family (sans the twins) start to reflect at what their actions have transformed their house into, and start to talk things out with each other, saying that they try to respect each other's style of living, and attempt to fight less. As they reconcile, Lincoln and Clyde, who have spent their whole day together, arrive home and see the transformed house, and question what just happened. When Rita and Lynn Sr. decide to tell the story, the episode ends.

Notes: The way I see this episode is similar to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Battle of Bikini Bottom" (one of my favorites) and the Catscratch episode "A Line in the Litterbox". One idea that really interests me is turning a mundane setting into a war zone, since it sounds like exaggeration of an argument at its finest. If you haven't noticed, I decided to exclude Lincoln in the conflict for a few reasons: 1) I think Lincoln has been the subject of too many "picking sides" stories (canon or non-canon). 2) I don't want to use the obvious routes, and those are the "In Tents Debate" conflict, with Lincoln being indecisive on which team to side with, and 3) I don't want Lincoln being the one suffering that snaps the family out of their fighting (since it sounds like a St. Linc concept). As for the ending, I'll leave that up to you. For me, I see one of these two endings: 1) after the family explains what happened, Lincoln and Clyde suggest they (the family) get back at the twins for making them fight, or 2) Lana and Lola present their assignment to their class the next day, and is met with mixed results, which leads to the class brawling with each other when they say that the presentation was cool or bad, and Lana and Lola eventually join the fight.

Balloonatic Plot: Luan's fascination with balloon animals could be a potential hazard towards her family.

The episode would start with Luan hosting a birthday party for some kid, and entertains them by making balloon animals for all the guests for only a couple bucks. Once the party ends, Luan heads back home, and while counting her money, she suddenly feels tempted to make more balloon animals because of how easy it is. Eventually, Luan makes so many balloon animals, they start to crowd the house, and is starting to become a annoyance towards her family, such as the constant squeaking being ear-grating, constantly getting electrical shocks whenever family touches each other, or constantly falling over. The family decides that they need to get Luan to stop, since she's been hypnotized by a habit. Lincoln, Lori, and Rita attempt to snap Luan out of her trance before something bad would happen to her, but she harshly tells them to buzz off, since she's doing something she loves to do. Days pass, and Luan has made enough balloon animals to completely litter the entire first floor of the house. Suddenly, Luan passes out, and the family sees this as an opportunity to help Luan out. Luan later wakes up in a hospital bed, where her family tells her that her that she has made so many balloons, her lungs collapsed. With Luan back to her senses, she apologizes to her family for being a burden because of her habit, and the family forgives her. When Luan asks what the family is going to do with the horde of balloon animals, the family says they have an idea. They decide to sell them for a few bucks each towards people who pass by, and manage to get over $500, which they split for each family member. They prank Luan by saying that she's not going to get a share of the money because of the trouble she caused, but give her a share by saying that she did make the balloon animals. When the family shares a laugh, Luan clenches her chest in pain, and says that her lungs are still healing.

Notes: Believe it or not, I got this idea from a rather unappreciated episode: "Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru". Luan got a stash of money for making balloon animals, and when Lincoln and Clyde tried to do the same, they were unsuccessful because of their lack of knowledge on how to make a balloon animal. I also think most of the humor of this episode would come from the family's various reactions towards the balloons, and how they can be a burden to their usual activities. One joke that I'd like to see in this idea is someone waking up, only for a balloon animal to fly right into their mouth, making them choke.

Dressed for Disaster Plot: Lincoln is forced to wear a dress after losing a bet, but finds out it's not as bad as he thought.

Lincoln is watching a football game, but then his sisters arrive, and tell him that the team he's rooting for will most likely lose, due to the team's recent losing streak. When Lincoln remains firm that this team will win, the sisters decide to raise the stakes by placing a bet: if Lincoln wins, the sisters are forced to buy Lincoln another set of victory undies, but if the sisters win, Lincoln must wear a dress Leni has made for a whole day, and can't tell anyone why, since the sisters will force Lincoln to keep the dress on longer. Unfortunately, the team Lincoln was rooting for loses, and a result, he's forced to wear the dress Leni made. When Lincoln is forced to wear this dress at school, he is of course the laughingstock of the whole school. However, Lincoln realizes that the dress allows him to move his legs more freely, and manages to defeat the girls in a game of dodgeball during gym class (especially the dreaded Girl Jordan). As a result, Lincoln is now hailed as a idol at the school, since he managed to beat the girls at dodgeball for once. Even the girls see him as an idol now, since they basically see Lincoln as someone who's not ashamed to wear something intended for the opposite sex. When the sisters realize that Lincoln is being hailed instead of humiliated, they start to feel a bit jealous. The next day, while eating lunch, the students tell Lincoln to break it down on the dance floor, and Lola, jealous of the attention Lincoln is getting, hurls some food at her brother, which stains the dress. Seeing the stain, every student in the cafeteria glare at the younger sisters with fire in their eyes, making them flee. Wanting their brother back to the way he was, the sisters attempt to persuade Lincoln into getting back into his regular clothes by wearing them themselves, but Lincoln claims that it's not that effective, since it's common for a girl to wear boy clothes. The sisters soon come up with the idea of all of them wearing the dress, and Lincoln, thinking that the dress is not that special anymore since other people are wearing it, decides to stop wearing his dress, explaining to his fellow classmates that some things just come and go, and that he'd go back to his regular outfit, since it truly defines who he is, to which the classmates agree to. The sisters apologize to Lincoln for making him wear the dress in the first place, and making him a laughingstock, and Lincoln forgives them, saying that he was very close to letting the fame get to his head. The next day, Lincoln arrives at school, and sees a fashion trend happening around the school, but eventually decides to not partake in it, since he'd rather be what he wants to be instead of following the crowd.

Notes: The entire premise of this episode started out as a dare. Someone created a blog asking the users "What's the worst possible idea for an episode you can imagine?" I came up with this idea, since it has two elements that almost every LH fan does not like: it's a sisters against Lincoln episode, and Lincoln being a laughingstock. I just wanted this premise to be a simple joke, but ever since I thought it up, I couldn't stop thinking about it, and started to add more and more elements to the episode. To me, I can see this episode being a satire of all the tropes the LH fans on't like. I based the ending on one of my all-time favorite episodes of South Park: "Chinpokomon", with how the kids stopped liking Chinpokomon because their parents liked it now. I thought it was a better idea than my original idea: the sisters destroy the dress. I can already think of two problems with this original ending: 1) it makes the sisters look like heartless people who want to ensure that Lincoln is never popular, and 2) it makes the sisters look like they're forcing Lincoln to change. At least in the new ending, the sisters actually care for Lincoln, and like him when he was his normal self. I also based the ending partially on another one of my favorite South Park episodes: "South Park is Gay", with the overall message being that you should be who you are, and not what is cool.

Playtime Plot: After causing trouble at the Royal Woods Theater, the Loud family is required to put on a play, lest they be banned from the theater.

The family is watching a play at the Royal Woods Theater. However, while they watch the play, Lana suddenly chokes on some popcorn, forcing Lynn to perform the Heimlich maneuver on her. She succeeds in getting the popcorn out of her throat, but it flies right onto the face of one of the actors, causing the actor to stumble, and destroy the set pieces, ruining the play. When the theater owner tells them that they are banned from setting foot in the theater, the owner makes them a deal: if they can come up with a play to make up for their mistakes, she might reconsider on the ban, and the family, not wanting to be forbidden from coming to the theater, agree. Rita and Lynn Sr. work on the script, and when they complete it, the siblings must attempt to learn their roles as soon as possible, as well as needing to build the set pieces. As Lincoln struggles to make the set pieces, the sisters begin to argue with each other when they struggle with their respective parts. Eventually, the pressure builds up, and half of the sisters quit the project, and lash out at their respective partners for their incompetence. As the begin to head home, they begin to feel guilty about what they said, and imagine some worst case scenarios where their lives are a wreck without their partners. With the guilt overpowering them, they head back to the theater to apologize, and the sisters who stayed, who were helping Lincoln out with the set pieces, forgive them, and both sides learn that patience and better understanding will help them out much faster. After weeks of getting things ready, the family has completed their play, and are prepared to present it. On opening night, the siblings start the play, which is titled "Glorious", and is about a boy and a girl (played by Joey and Lori) struggling to get their respective families (played by the other siblings) ready for their upcoming wedding. The play is also accompanied by an original song. Once the play ends, it is met with overwhelming success, and the theater owner, pleased to see the show a success, revokes the ban, much to the family's happiness. Although the family is pleased to know that they're no longer banned, they had such a fun time with the play, they decide to perform a few more showings before they stop.

Notes: If there's one thing about this show I like, it's how the titles either have a ridiculous pun to them, or being very misleading. My favorite example is "Fed Up": in hindsight, it sounds like an episode where one character has finally reached their boiling point, but it's actually about eating, and I think that is a pretty genius idea. When trying to come up with a title that can be misleading, I immediately came up with "Playtime", because the word mean to play around and goof off, but the episode is actually about a theater play. I based this idea on my (sort-of) newfound interest in Broadway plays, because of the SpongeBob SquarePants musical that was released last year.

Those are my ideas. Thoughts on them?