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"Potty Mouth" is the twenty-second episode of the second season and the seventy-fourth episode of The Loud House.
When the children hear Lily curse, they become worried that they have been a bad influence on her.
Synopsis[]
As the kids are enjoying themselves in the living room, Rita and Lynn Sr. are heading off to the mall, because Dr. Shuttleworth of the Daycare Academy, is coming to interview Lily, and Lynn Sr. needs a more appropriate tie. Once they head out, Lynn changes the TV channel, because Dessert Storm is on right now, and Lily suddenly exclaims "dannit." This causes her siblings to gasp in horror, because they think that Lily has just said the "D" word. The siblings fear that Lily learned the word from them, because in past experiences, the kids have gotten into some predicaments that led to them uttering the "D" word in anger (except Lisa, who was simply rapping along to a song that has profanity in it), and Lily was there to witness them saying it. Because of this, the siblings are worried about potentially being a bad influence on Lily, and fear that if Lily says the "D" word in front of Dr. Shuttleworth during the interview, she won't get accepted into the daycare academy she runs. After opposing Lisa's idea of removing Lily's vocal cords, Lincoln comes up with a much better and safer idea: if Lily imitates their bad behavior, they should come up with better (and nicer) behaviors for her to imitate, and that way she won't say the "D" word in front of Dr. Shuttleworth (and possibly their parents).
To everyone's surprise, Lily says a "bad word".
The plan is set into action. Each of the siblings are tasked on reenacting the action that led them into saying the word. Throughout all of these, their faces would turn red, and are on the verge of saying the word, but they would say something else in hopes that Lily would mimic them. After nearly an hour of doing these actions, the siblings believe that Lily has forgotten all about the word. At that moment, Rita and Lynn Sr. arrives back, and begin prepping things up for Dr. Shuttleworth's arrival. One of the things they do is set a tray of snacks on the table. Lily tries to get one, but Lori tells her the snacks are not for Lily, causing her to exclaim "dannit" again, making the siblings realize that the plan didn't work.
Dr. Shuttleworth arrives, and is ready to interview Lily. Dr. Shuttleworth gives Lily several things to play with, such as a hardware set, a guitar, and a ball, but the siblings fear that Lily would do something that could lead to her yelling out the word, prompting them to confiscate the toys. When the kids become too bothersome with their meddling behavior, the parents tell the kids to leave, but Dr. Shuttleworth tells them that they should leave too, as she just wants to be with Lily so she can see how the infant does by herself. The siblings huddle up, and says that they need a plan to get Lily out of the room. Lincoln suggests on making Lisa take Lily's place, because of the fact that she wears a wig after a nuclear experiment gone wrong, and wearing dentures. Luan, with a whoopee cushion prank, takes Lily away under the guise that she soiled her diaper, and put Lisa, disguised as Lily, in Lily's place. However, Lisa begins displaying some of her smart-aleck attitude, like painting complex formulaic equations, doing an impressive xylophone solo, and able to tell Dr. Shuttleworth what type of condition her eyes are in, just by looking at her glasses. This prompts Luna to tell Lisa that she needs to act more like a 1 year old, which she does by intentionally soiling her diaper.
Later, Dr. Shuttleworth is done interviewing Lily, and concludes that due to the things Lisa did, she's allowed into the academy. Just before Dr. Shuttleworth leaves, she takes the snacks on the table with her, causing Lily to exclaim "dannit." Everybody is left horrified at this action, and the remaining siblings come to her defense by pleadingly explaining to Dr. Shuttleworth that Lily didn't mean to say that word, and say that they've been a bad influence on her. Dr. Shuttleworth, however, laughs at this, explaining to them that Lily wasn't saying the "D" word--according to Dr. Shuttleworth, Lily was apparently just trying to say "doughnut," and with some help, Lily pronounces the word correctly after being given a doughnut by the doctor.
Now Lily curses.
After Dr. Shuttleworth leaves, Lynn Sr. and Rita start cheering about Lily getting into the daycare academy, while the kids are glad at the fact that they apparently weren't a bad influence on their youngest sibling. However, as they cheer, Charles comes by, and snatches Lily's doughnut out of her hand, causing Lily to cry out an actual, more offensive curse word in fury (which is bleeped out), causing the family to look on and gasp in sheer horror.
During a rerun of this and its sister episode on July 23, 2020, the viewers had the chance to answer trivia questions related to the episode with the Nickelodeon Screens Up app or on Nickplay.com for a chance to see their name on screen.
This is the second episode that involves swearing. There was a brief joke about it in "Get the Message".
The song Lisa raps to get Lily to mimic her from saying the "D" word is the Blarney the Dinosaur theme, first heard in "For Bros About to Rock".
Apparently, due to some experiments-gone-wrong (one of which being a nuclear experiment), Lisa:
Is bald, and has to wear a wig.
Has an extra toe on one of her feet.
Has to wear false teeth.
The closed captioning for the episode shows that Lily said "dannit", before her actual saying is revealed.
If one looks at the siblings' lips, they weren't saying "dannit". They were saying the actual "D" word.
Incidents that caused Lily's siblings to openly yell out the "D" word in front of her, as well as the sound that blocked off their shouting of the word:
Lincoln - Accidentally broke the TV; the TV breaking.
Lori and Leni - Ripped a sweater that they were fighting over; the washing machine buzzing.
Luna - Broke one of her guitar strings; a loud guitar riff.
Lynn - Her baseball landed in the neighbor's yard and, presumably, got destroyed by a lawnmower; the lawnmower whirring.
Lana - Banged her hammer against her hand; Lola honking the horn on her Princess Car.
Lola - Crashed her Princess Car; the airbag deploying.
Lisa - Sang a rap song that had the word; a squeaky toy.
Luan and Lucy were the only siblings not shown to have said the "D" word (possibly off-screen).
Lisa was the only sibling to say the "D" word for a non-emotional reason.
Lori and Bobby have apparently been dating for two years prior to this episode; Lori states that the sweater she and Leni were fighting over was given to her by Bobby for their second anniversary.
This is meant to be the first episode to show that Lisa is bald and wears a wig (as shown by Lincoln's reaction to learning it), but "Room with a Feud", which also shows this, aired before this episode.
There are clues that indicate that Lily was actually saying "doughnut":
When Lynn changes the channel to Operation: Dessert Storm, the cover title has doughnuts on it.
Lily attempted to get a doughnut from the snack plate, but Lori took her away and said that it was meant for Dr. Shuttleworth; she makes another attempt at reaching them when the Loud siblings and parents are ordered to leave after three foul strikes.
Lily was reaching out for Dr. Shuttleworth's purse, which had a doughnut.
It's possible that at the end of the episode, Lily may have said what's referred to as the "F-bomb" (or possibly the actual "D" word, or possibly the other one).
However, based on the way she moved her mouth, it is unlikely for her to have said the "D" word, since it would require her to open her mouth twice, when clearly she did only once.
When the Loud siblings apologize to Shuttleworth for being a bad influence on Lily, while everyone has their hands folded, Lisa has her arms crossed for some reason.
In this episode, Lisa wears a surgeon's outfit similar to the one in this episode's sister episode "L is for Love", albeit with a few differences.
Things Lily's siblings deliberately said instead of the "D" word:
Lincoln and Lana- "♫ Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh... ♫"
Lori - "And that's okay, because now we can share"
Luna - "Dat's all right love; I was done with that guitar."
Lynn - "Da da da da! Lynn Loud is the champion of the world!"
Lola - "Daniel Day-Lewis is a really wonderful actor, don't you think?"
Lisa - "Dance! Dance, dance, dance!"
Leni, Luan, and Lucy were Lily's only siblings who didn't make themselves say something instead of the "D" word.
Irony: Lily's misinterpretation of "doughnut" led to her older siblings believing that she was saying the "D" word meaning, Lincoln made his sisters reenact their scenes for nothing. Although Lily actually swears at the end of the episode.
Innuendo: While disguised as Lily, Lisa intentionally defecates herself in response to Luna telling her to "act like a one-year-old" and is rather unfazed committing the act as opposed to her siblings' disgusted reactions. As a result, Lincoln reluctantly goes to retrieve Lisa to change her after he losing to Nose Goes to the rest of his sisters (excluding Lily).
Cartoon Physics: During the predicaments where Lily's sisters said the "D" word, Lily kept popping up in random places. Some of them are understandably like on a couch, but others like the garage don't make much sense.
International edits[]
The "D" word is localized in other dubs:
In the Mandarin Chinese dub, the word is “可恶” [kě wù] which means "dang it" instead of the actual "D" word.
In the Croatian dub, the word is "kvrapcu", which means "dang it/darn it" but it can also be "kvragu".
In the Hebrew dub, the word is "באסה" [Basa], and Lily wants a "ביס" [Bis, meaning "bite"] of the doughnut.
In the Polish dub, the word is "orzeszku", which is a truncation of the phrase "ożeż ku***", but literally means "[you little] nut". Dr Shuttleworth tells Lily that the doughnut contains a nut.
In the Czech dub, the word is "safra", which means "dang it/darn it" but it can also be "sladkost".
The celebrity mentioned by Lola is localized in some dubs, replacing Daniel Day-Lewis:
In the Hebrew title card for the episode, the red grawlixes in Lily's mouth are not present.
Also in the same dub, Lisa's rap, "Moo goes the cow, oink goes the pig / Watch me do an Irish jig", is changed to "Moo goes the cow, meow goes the cat / Now you understand and there is no more confusion."
In the Latin American Spanish dub, when Lincoln loses the Dibs game, he shouts "Dem**os" (the D word in this dub), when in the original version he says "Dang it!".
In the Swedish and Hungarian dubs, Lily moaned while the beep was heard.
In the Filipino dub, Lincoln sings the Filipino folk song "Sasara ang Bulaklak, Papasok ang Reyna" in place of "Jingle Bells".
References[]
Potty Mouth - The title of this episode is a phrase that refers to a person who likes to swear/curse.
Grawlixes - The random characters used to cover up Lily's swearing on the title card are known as grawlixes, which are "typographical symbols standing for profanities, appearing in dialogue balloons in place of actual dialogue".
Wii - In his flashback of him swearing, Lincoln is seen using a game remote that highly resembles a Wii Remote. Lincoln accidentally tossing the remote into the TV references how most Wii owners damage their TVs or surrounding walls due to neglecting the use of the Wii Remote's wrist strap.
Jingle Bells - Lana and Lincoln sing this popular Christmas Carol as a euphemism for the "D" word.
Daniel Day-Lewis - After crashing her car again, Lola mentions the actor by name as a euphemism for the "D" word. This reference, however, is altered for some dubs (see above).
Errors[]
Plot hole:
Dr. Shuttleworth didn't notice significant differences between Lisa and Lily like the lack of hair and additional toe.
Possible: It's unknown how Lily learned her first swear. As seen in the episode, however, she may have learned it from one of her older siblings. She could have also learned it from her parents, the TV, or a visitor.
The nail in Lana's mouth disappears when she exclaims the "D" word.
After the flashbacks, Lily is on the table. However, when Lisa comes up with a "solution", Lily is not shown getting off of the table.
Mindy Sterling, Dr. Shuttleworth's voice actress, isn't listed in the credits.
However, she was credited in the Brazilian Portuguese dub.
The chemical that Lisa knocked down was not there before she started rapping.
Lisa reveals that she has an extra sixth toe. However, since characters in the show are depicted as having four toes per foot, that would mean she has two extra toes.
While Lily is saying "Da da da", like Lynn during the plan of making Lily forgetting the "D" word, her eyelashes were missing.
While Luna is drumming with Lily, her eyelashes are missing.
Luan said "swap Lisa for Lily", when she meant "swap Lily for Lisa".
This error is retained in many foreign dubs, though it is fixed in the Swedish dub.
When Lana is hiding in the bush with the rest of her siblings while observing Lisa, she has only two eyelashes on every eye instead of three.
In the Swedish dub, Luan calls Lily "him" when she says "Where the heck would she have learned that?".
When Lincoln gives thumbs up to Luna, he is lacking his chipped tooth.
When Lisa appears as Lily after taking off her dentures, her dentures are back in her mouth.
Videos[]
The Loud House The D Word Nickelodeon UK
Anytime Someone Says The "D" Word It Speeds Up! 'Potty Mouth' - The Loud House
20 Minutes of Baby Lily’s Naughtiest Moments! 😈👶 - The Loud House
1 Hour of Laughs with the Youngest Louds & Casagrandes! 🧸 - The Loud House
Notes[]
↑MBC 3 only. This episode was aired on Nickelodeon Arabia.
