The following is a transcript for the episode "Force of Habits."
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[Leni enters the Loud House to find a sobbing Lynn Sr. practically suffocating Lori in an embrace] Leni: "Lori!" Lynn Sr.: "My Lori-Lou is home for the weekend! I'm so..." [resumes sobbing] "Happy!" Lori:[not appreciating the hug] "Help me..." [Leni grabs a couch cushion, shoves Lori out of Lynn Sr.'s grasp, and slips the cushion in his arms instead.] Lynn Sr.:[oblivious] "Lori, I'm never letting you go..." [Lori and Leni hug] Leni: "What are you doing home?" Lori: "Bobby is literally meeting with a new produce vendor tomorrow, so I promised I'd go with him. We have a dinner date tonight. And speaking of dates, were you just out with Gavin again?" [Leni nods in confirmation. Lori squeals and drags her to their room. Lynn Sr. continues to sob while hugging the cushion as Todd enters.] Lynn Sr.:[still oblivious] "Lori, Lori, Lori..." Todd: "THIS FAMILY KEEPS GETTING WEIRDER." [leaves] [Lori and Leni enter their room and share a squeal.] Luna: "I thought I heard a Lori squeal. Welcome home, dudette! Leni, how was your date with the Gav-man?" [starts drumming with hairbrushes] Leni: "You guys, Gavin is totes awesome. Today we went rollerskating." [Flashback to them rollerblading at the Royal Woods Roller Rink] "We had such a good time together. It's just..." [Back to the present] Lori and Luna: "It's just what?" Leni: "Well, um, he has this one annoying habit." [Back to the flashback. Gavin and Leni trip on the rink, and share a laugh over it. However, Leni notices Gavin snorting while he laughs, and cringes over it. Back to the present.] "How do you guys deal with Bobby and Sam's annoying habits?" [Lori and Luna laugh it off, to Leni's annoyance] Lori and Luna:[noticing] "Oh." Lori: "Uh, Bobby doesn't have any annoying habits. He's literally perfect." Luna: "Sam, too. Sorry we can't help you, sis." Leni: "That's OK. I'll go to my usual place for answers to life's most serious questions: Sixteen 1/2 Magazine." [takes out an issue]
[Jean Juan's French Mex Buffet] Bobby: "Thanks for meeting me this weekend, Babe. It's great to see you." Lori:[sighs wistfully] "It's great to see you too-" [But before Lori can continue, Bobby suddenly breaks into song] Bobby: "♫ I'm with my girlfriend, out to dinner. Looking at the menu, crab suiza is a winner. ♫" Lori:[surprised] "Huh. Have you always broken into song for no reason? I'm surprised I never noticed before." Bobby: "♫ We're learning about each other all the time. Now you know that I'm good at rhymes. ♫" [As Bobby gestures, his outstretched arm takes out a waiter. An embarrassed Lori covers her head and cringes]
[The movie theater. It is nearly 8pm. Sam is at the snack stall, whilst Luna anxiously watches the clock] Sam: "Hmm, what do I want? Popcorn?" [changes her mind] "Noooo, a hot dog." [and again] "No, wait! Gummy worms!" Luna:[flustered by her girlfriend's indecisiveness] "Sam, the movie's about to start!" Sam: "OK, gummy worms it is." [receives her gummy worms and walks away. Luna breathes a sigh of relief... only for Sam to race back] "I'll take a pretzel instead. No, caramel popcorn!" [Sam receives her popcorn, but begins pondering her decision again. Luna then pushes Sam away and pays for the popcorn] Luna: "Keep the change!" [They rush to the theater room, just as the door is closed] Movie Employee: "Sorry, movie's started. You can't go in. The next show's in two hours." Sam:[unbothered] "That gives me time to go back for the gummy worms instead!" [She walks back to the snack stall, to Luna's annoyance]
[Back at the Loud House, Leni is putting eyeliner on Tanya] Leni: "Purple polka-dot eyeliner totes makes your eyes dance." [holds up a mirror] "Look!" [An annoyed Lori and Luna walk in] "Hey guys, how were your dates?" Lori:[groans] "Literally awful." [sits on the bed, while Luna groans and faceplants] "Did you guys ever notice that Bobby sings everything he does?" Luna: "Sam's even worse. She can't make up her mind. It took her fifteen minutes to pick a seat on the bus! By the time she sat down, we'd arrived at our stop!" Leni: "Those sound like annoying habits to me. But don't worry, Sixteen 1/2 Magazine didn't let me down tonight." [opens up the magazine and reads it] "Listen: 'Your partner is a work in progress. If they have annoying habits, it's up to you to get rid of them and make your partner more fabulous'." Luna: "I like that." [holds out her hand] "I'm in!" Lori:[Adds her hand] "I'm in!" Leni:[Adds both her and Tanya's hands] "And I'm Leni!" [The three girls raise their hands and cheer, knocking Tanya off the bed in the process]
[The next day at the Royal Woods Mall. Leni and Gavin are having a spaghetti meal at the Food Court] Gavin: "I snort-laugh? I didn't realize I did that." [chuckles weakly] "How embarrassing." Leni: "Oh, don't be embarrassed. I'm only pointing it out so you can fix it and be more fabulous." Gavin:[blushing] "Thanks, Leni. I appreciate that. I promise I will spa-get better!" [laughs at his own joke, then stops before he can snort] "Ah, see?" [He takes a bite of his spaghetti, whilst Leni smiles in delight that her plan is working]
[Meanwhile, at the Loud House, Luna and Sam are sitting together on the couch] Sam: "I had no idea my indecisiveness was so bad. I'm definitely going to work on it... or maybe I'll see a therapist... or should I journal?" [realizes what she's doing] "Oops, I'm doing it again." Luna: "But you caught it. You're already more fabulous." [Sam gratefully kisses Luna's cheek, causing her to smile too]
[Meanwhile, Lori and Bobby are talking on a park bench with ice creams] Bobby: "Wow! Most times I don't even know I'm ♫ siiiiiiinging! ♫" [catches himself and clears his throat] "Singing." Lori: "That's why you're so lucky to have me. I can point these things out and help make you more fabulous." Bobby:[hugs Lori] "Thanks, Babe." [Lori smiles as well]
[Lori, Leni, and Luna are dining at Lynn's Table, Luna drumming with a fork and spoon.] Lori:[sighs] "We were literally amazing today." Lynn Sr.:[shows up with three slices of cake] "Look at this. Not only is Lori home from school, but my three oldest kids are..." [breaks down sobbing] "HANGING OUT TOGETHER!!!" [keeps sobbing so much Kotaro has to carry him away while grinning sheepishly] "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!" Luna: "Aw, thanks, Pops. No better way to celebrate than with Dad's tear-soaked red velvet cake!" Leni: "Hold on. I totes need to post this on SwiftyPic." [takes a picture of the food] Lori: "And now that we've fixed our partners' annoying habits, we can start planning..." All three: "A triple date to Dairyland!" [They dig in]
[The three sisters have a triple date at Dairyland, starting at the entrance.] Leni: "Hold on, everyone. Before we go in, I need a photo for SwiftyPic." [takes a group selfie and the others enter without her] "Wait for me! I have to post this!" [runs into a wall] "Posted..." [The selfie is posted on her phone. Meanwhile, Lori and Bobby are at a Bottle Toss game. Lori is trying to throw the balls at the bottles, but due to throwing them too hard, they ricochet out of the booth, not hitting one bottle, nearly hitting the attendant. A fourth one causes the attendant to duck down to avoid being hit in the head.] Lori: "I literally haven't hit one bottle! This game is literally impossible!" Bobby: "Babe, I was thinking about that great thing you said yesterday." Lori: "Ooh, which one?" [resumes playing] Bobby: "About me being more fabulous. I really appreciated it. In fact, I want to make you more fabulous, too." [A surprised Lori accidentally throws a ball in the wrong direction and it ricochets across the park before ultimately hitting Tippy in the groin. He is then loaded onto a stretcher and taken to the hospital.] Lori: "Oh, of course. I mean, if you think you can." Bobby: "You use the word 'literally' all the time. Even when it doesn't make any sense." Lori:[hurt and eye twitching] "I did not realize that. Thanks for pointing it out. I will lit--" [realizes and clears throat] "I will be better about not using that word from now on." [Meanwhile, Gavin buys two candy apples, one for himself and another for Leni. But before they can dig in...] Leni: "Hold on. I need to post a pic of our candy apples on SwiftyPic." [begins to take selfies of the candy apples] Gavin: "You know, Leni," [selfie] "I really appreciated you--" [selfie] "--pointing out my snort yesterday." [selfie] "You were really helpful, so I wanna help you--" [one more selfie] "--be more fabulous, too." Leni: "I suppose that's OK." Gavin: "I just noticed that you take selfies all the time and never live in the moment. You might want to put the camera away...for a day." Leni:[hurt] "Oh. Uh, I was just trying to capture some lifelong memories. But totes awesome advice. Thank you." [Gavin leaves. As soon as he's off-screen, Leni lets her real emotions show and angrily takes a bite out of her candy apple before following him. Meanwhile, Luna and Sam are in line for an attraction, and Luna is scatting and drumming all over the place, including on her leg and Sam's shoulders.] Sam:[slightly uncomfortable] "So I was thinking that I want to help you be more fabulous too. By stopping you from doing this all the time." Luna:[hurt] "Um..." [growls]
[Luna's face is still in the same expression as the six are eating lunch together, with Leni and Lori also still visibly angry. Their partners are oblivious to this] Bobby: "Today's been so fun." Sam: "Yeah, it was a cool idea to do a triple date." Gavin: "Especially at Dairyland." [Leni begins eating] Lori: "Wait, Leni, you haven't posted a pic of your lunch yet." Leni: "Oh, I'm not doing that anymore. Some people think I don't live in the moment enough, even though those people should know I already live in Royal Woods." Gavin: "Wait, are you mad about what I said?" Leni: "Why would I be mad?" [hands two breadsticks to Luna] "Here, Luna, I saved you two breadsticks for your drum solo." Luna: "No, thanks. Some people think it'd be better if I limited my musical solos to Moon Goats shows." Sam: "Wait, was that a dig at me?" Lori: "No. A dig would be telling someone they say 'literally' all the time. Some people have suggested as much to me." Bobby: "Seriously, Babe?" Lori:[sarcastically] "Oops, I'm sorry. Did I say the word again? I guess I'm literally out of control. Literally, literally, literally, literally..." [Luna and Leni then resume their own annoying habits. Luna resumes drumming with her utensils and scatting to annoy Sam, while Leni shoves Sam out of the way and resumes taking selfies.] Lori: "...literally, literally, literally, literally, literally..." Leni: "And post, and post, and post!" Bobby: "How come it's OK for you guys to point out our annoying habits, but when we point out yours, you get mad!?" Lori: "Because you only did it to get back at us!" Gavin: "No we didn't." Sam: "We were really just trying to be helpful, like you were with us." The Loud Sisters: "Yeah, right!" Gavin:[at his limit] "Y'know what? I don't think I wanna be on this date anymore." Bobby: "Me neither." Sam: "I'm with you guys. C'mon." [The three turn and begin to leave] Lori: "No, you guys, wait." [Bobby, Gavin and Sam stop and smile hopefully] "BECAUSE WE ARE LITERALLY LEAVING FIRST!" [The sisters angrily storm off, much to their partners' shock. After a short pause, they grumpily walk away in the opposite direction]
[Later, the three sisters are riding the Sea of Cheese ride and still furious] Puppets: "♫ Dairy binds the world together, dairy binds us all... ♫" Leni: "Boy, they had a lot of nerve!" Luna: "They don't even realize how hurtful they were being!" [The two sulk. Lori suddenly realizes something] Lori:[regretfully] "Oh, now that I think about it, if what they said to us was hurtful, maybe what we said to them was hurtful too." Leni: "OMGosh, you're right! We never should have pointed out their annoying habits in the first place!" [gasps] "Which means Sixteen 1/2 Magazine was... wrong!" [fans herself in desperation] "Ah, I'm gonna need a moment!" Luna: "You're right, dudes. If you care about someone, you gotta learn to accept them for who they are. I should have known! That's the lyrics to so many songs!" Lori: "We owe them an apology, like, right away." [Leni and Luna give a determined nod. At that moment, the ride comes to a stop with a shuddering jolt. Tippy makes an announcement over the intercom] Tippy: "This is an udder-ly temporary setback, folks. Cheese stay seated, we'll have you moo-ving again soon." [The sisters groan in annoyance] Luna: "How can we apologize if we're stuck here? What if they leave the park because they're so mad at us?" Bobby:[off-screen] "Great! We're stuck!" Leni:[looking behind her] "Wait! There they are! They're stuck too!" [Bobby, Gavin and Sam are sitting in the second boat behind the sisters, equally annoyed] "Bobby, Gavin, Sam! We're sorry for acting like such jerks!" Lori: "We were so focused on your negatives that we lost sight of all your positives!" Luna: "Yeah! You dudes are already fabulous, and it was wrong to try and change you!" [Their partners glance at each other in surprise] Bobby: "It's OK, Babe!" Sam: "We forgive you!" Gavin: "Yeah! Let's get back to our triple date!" [The sisters are delighted] Leni: "But how can we do that if the boats aren't moving?" Luna: "I know! Paddle!" [The three sisters begin to paddle their boat back towards their partners, who also paddling their boat forward. They then climb onto the boat between them and happily greet and hug each other, much to the confusion of the two women already in the boat. Unfortunately, the boat cannot take the weight of eight people and they're spun off. The six teens crash into the cheese-stream, whilst the two women fall back into the boat. After a short pause, the teens laugh at their situation] Gavin:[snorts as he laughs, then covers his mouth] "Oops, sorry." Leni:[puts her hand on his shoulder] "Don't be. That's what makes you, you." [Bobby then starts singing again whilst backstroking] Bobby: "♫ I've got cheese in my underwear. How will I ever get it out of there? ♫" Luna: "Dude, that's rad! Sing it again!" [begins drumming on the women's boat] All six: "♫ I've got cheese in my underwear. How will I ever get it out of there? ♫" Lori: "This is literally the strangest date I've ever been on." [The sisters and their partners all laugh, with Gavin snorting once again. A cheese-shaped iris closes in on the two women, confused and annoyed by the situation]
