He’s the grouchy next-door neighbor of the Loud family and he seems to get along well with them. After "11 Louds a Leapin'", he and Lincoln became friends. Like the Louds, he also has a big family, but lives alone, far from them.
He first appears in the episode "Chore and Peace", but his name wasn't revealed until "A Tattler's Tale". Not much is known about his past, but it’s revealed that when he was a child, his hair was brown and he still wore glasses.
In the episode "Lock 'n' Loud", it’s revealed that he's allergic to walnuts.
In "A Bug's Strife", Lynn Sr. once gave him a spare key for the Loud House in case there was an emergency. Not wanting the responsibility, Mr. Grouse snuck into the house to return the key while the Louds were out and enjoy a few trays of Lynn-sagna.
Personality[]
Bud Grouse is the typical grouchy old man of the neighborhood.
He doesn't like to see objects from the other neighbors in his yard, so he decides to keep them in his house and doesn't give them back. He can get upset by the Louds' constant noise and messes, and is frequently on a last-name basis with them.
He’s usually unhelpful when the Louds ask him for a favor. He agrees to help only when he gets food in return like Lynn-sagna or muffins.
It appears that whenever the Louds (possibly anyone) involve him in a plan, he'd usually explain the plan out when something goes wrong, as seen in "Lock 'n' Loud", when he said next time if he was going to pretend to be robbed, the muffins shouldn’t have been walnuts and in "Garage Banned", he also accidentally said that he crashed into his own garage instead of the Louds' garage.
Despite his grouchiness, it was shown that in "11 Louds a Leapin'" that he can be sincere and kind to others and that his grumpiness might stem from envy toward the Loud family, due to him not being able to visit his own family, which is just as big as the Loud family. In "Time Trap", It's likely Mr. Grouse became more grumpy when Rita and Lynn Sr. started having kids.
Although Mr. Grouse is somewhat persnickety, he's not completely above sloppiness as revealed in "Eye Can't", his car's glove compartment is full of chicken bones which he chews on to get the last of the meat off at stoplights.
Appearance[]
Bud Grouse is a heavy elderly man. He doesn't have hair (except for the two hair strands that he has on his head), he also has a white mustache.
He wears a white shirt under a black waistcoat, a blue necktie with dark lines, brown pants and dark brown shoes. He also has a golden pocket watch in his waistcoat's right pocket and a pair of little glasses.
In his prime, he had dark brown hair. During his childhood, he had lighter brown hair, bigger glasses and wore a dark jacket and a blue scarf.
In an alternate reality where Lynn Loud Sr. and Rita Loud never had kids, Mr. Grouse was still their neighbor, but looks younger and more fit with a full head of hair as a consequence of having never had to deal with the Louds' shenanigans. He wears a pink polo, blue shorts and black sandals.
He was simply referred to as "Neighbor" in the end credits from his debut episode until "A Tattler's Tale" (when he was first mentioned by name).
The word "grouse" means "complain" or "grumble", which matches with his personality, as seen in "11 Louds a Leapin'".
Several things about him are revealed in "11 Louds a Leapin'":
Mr. Grouse also has a large family, just like the Louds.
He knows Lincoln's first name (this is the first episode in which Mr. Grouse calls Lincoln by his first name instead of his last).
Until the events of the episode, he'd get even grumpier than usual around Christmas due to missing his family.
He owns a Fearsome Flyer 1000, which he had since he was a young boy and which he gives to Lincoln as a Christmas gift to make up for destroying his previous sled.
In "Chore and Peace" and "A Novel Idea", his eyebrows are black instead of white, his head is shaped differently, has no single strand of hair hanging from his head and doesn’t have a golden pocket watch.
In the former episode, it’s also revealed that Mr. Grouse is highly allergic to walnuts, as shown by the fact that he swelled up and got hives while he was eating the muffins Lynn Sr. gave to him.
In "Job Insecurity", he receives an IT job, and by Season 3, it’s revealed that he has kept the job, and has become a professional at it.
He still thinks there are only 48 states.[4] This would make his birth year sometime before 1959, the year Alaska and Hawaii were officially made states.
In "No Spoilers", he reveals that he likes to watch sports when he complains that the Louds don’t have a decent sport package on their television.
↑Grouse, Bud (June 3, 2022). "Time Trap!" (in English). The Loud House. Season 6. Episode 12. "That's why I got this youthful glow on the downhill side of 70."
↑Loud, Leni; Grouse, Bud (July 26, 2017). "Change of Heart" (in English). The Loud House. Season 2. Episode 18a. "Leni: 'Try doing what I do, Mr. Grouse. I'll name all 40 states, and by the time I'm done, I've forgotten why I was mad.' / Mr. Grouse: 'Well, actually, it's 48.'"
↑Grouse, Bud (July 20, 2018). "Scales of Justice" (in English). The Loud House. Season 3. Episode 14a. "Well, mustard gives me the toots, so I'll sign."
↑Grouse, Bud (July 30, 2018). "Breaking Dad" (in English). The Loud House. Season 3. Episode 12b. "I turned off my hearing aid, but I can still hear her [Lily]!"
↑ 7.07.1"Good Sports" (in English). The Loud House. Season 4. Episode 14a. November 16, 2019.
↑Loud, Leni; Grouse, Bud (September 18, 2020). "The Boss Maybe" (in English). The Loud House. Season 5. Episode 3a. "Leni: 'You remember when I styled you for the Veterans' Day parade?' / Mr. Grouse: 'Eh, the Ascot did add a touch of class.'"
↑Loud, Lola; Grouse, Bud (May 7, 2021). "Diamonds Are For Never" (in English). The Loud House. Season 5. Episode 13b. "Lola: 'How are you this fast?!' / Mr. Grouse: 'You get pretty fast chasing people off your lawn!'"
↑Grouse, Bud (May 7, 2021). "Diamonds Are For Never" (in English). The Loud House. Season 5. Episode 13b. "I eat a lot of fiber."
↑"For Sale by Loner" (in English). The Loud House. Season 5. Episode 23b. November 12, 2021.
↑Grouse, Bud (June 24, 2022). "Prize Fighter" (in English). The Loud House. Season 6. Episode 11b. "Do I have to be a corpse again for your [Lola's] spooky sister?"