Rita Loud (née Reynolds) (credited as "Mom") is the mother of the Loud children and wife of Lynn Loud Sr.. She is a supporting character in The Loud House and a minor character in The Casagrandes.
In her youth, Rita attended and graduated from Royal Woods High School. As a young adult, she worked as a crossing guard at Royal Woods Elementary School. Around this time, she developed a crush on Lynn Sr., but was too shy to get his attention. One day, Rita saw Lynn Sr. again at the same crossing and slipped a love note into his pocket as he passed by asking him out on a date at Banger's & Mosh.
One autumn day, Lynn Sr. proposed to Rita and they got married. Rita was given two vases as wedding gifts; one from her aunt, Ruth, and one from an unidentified person. However, she only liked the latter.
Rita got pregnant with their first daughter, Lori. While pregnant with Lori, Rita and Lynn Sr. had signed their first child up for daycare in hopes of getting Lori registered but ended up on the waiting list for 17 years.
During Lori's infancy, Rita and Lynn Sr. almost ended up not having anymore kids due to Lori's toy, Fenton, driving them crazy, and eventually hid Fenton in the attic. Around this time, their second child, Leni, was born, during which Rita spent 38 hours in labor.
As time went on, she would give birth to threemoredaughters. Two years after the birth of their fifth daughter, Rita gave birth to their first and only son, Lincoln. In the following years, she would give birth to up five more girls: Lucy, twins Lana and Lola, Lisa and finally Lily, now having 11 kids in total.
At some point Rita and Lynn Sr. had to separate in their marriage, due to the latter catching mono from a contaminated microphone. She once got very furious with Lynn Sr. when he forgot their anniversary. Sometime between Lucy's and the twins births, Rita began writing on a novel based on her personal life.
Personality[]
Rita is caring towards her children, but isn’t afraid to punish them if they go too far. She and her husband act playfully romantic towards each other, though she is apparently more level-headed than him. An example of this is when she's concerned about Lincoln playing video games too much and tells him to do some sport outside in "The Loudest Yard".
Rita is an aspiring novelist, but initially seemed to lack a creative side. Prior to "A Novel Idea", her novel was about a bored dental assistant talking to her fish, based on her own experiences, before being inspired by Lincoln to write about a thrill seeker with white hair, based on his own adventures.
Rita can make big decisions from realizing just one detail. In The Loud House Movie, she agreed to move to Scotland only from Lincoln mentioning how their house in Royal Woods has only one bathroom.
Nick Description[]
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When you’re a mom to eleven kids, you tend to wear many different hats. Rita is organized and keeps the family running like a well-oiled machine. She’s always ready to jump into action during a crisis. When she’s not wrangling everyone together, she writes a column for the Royal Woods Gazette.
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—Nickelodeon, 2021
Appearance[]
Rita is taller than all of her children, with the closest to her in height being Lori, however, she is not the tallest member of her family, with her husband Lynn Sr. being slightly taller than her.
She has medium length blonde hair and just like Lincoln bags under her eyes.
She wears light blue eyeshadow, red lipstick, white pearl earrings, a salmon buttoned shirt with a white collar and cuffs, dark mauve pants, and black flats.
In her teenage years, she had freckles, and wore a multicolored hoodie, a yellow plaid skirt similar to Luan's, blue sneakers, white large earrings and her blonde hair was tied back into a large ponytail held by a blue scrunchie.
Around the time Rita was pregnant with Lincoln, her hair was much longer, and she wore a salmon shirt, mauve brown pants, and black flats.
Alter Egos[]
In the alternate universe Royal Woods (Time Trap!), she and Lynn Sr. are rich and wealthy. In addition to this, she and Lynn Sr. never had any kids and despise them due to their children traveling back in time and ruining their wedding day.
She also appears to be stronger than Lynn Sr. himself, as she was able to turn the wrench when taking out the tire from Vanzilla, while he couldn’t in "Lana Loud".
The colors and styles of clothing that the Loud and McBride parents wear correspond with each other. Rita and Howard both wear red button-up shirts, with collars and rolled-up sleeves.
Rita is the third named character who had a birthday onscreen, after Chandler and Maggie.
Rita's birthday occurs a few weeks before Lynn Sr.'s half-birthday.[7] Since Lynn Sr. is a Libra,[8] that means her birthday is somewhere in March, making her a Pisces or Aries.
She knows how to fly a plane, because Albert told her stories of when he was in the navy and got the necessary knowledge on how flying a plane works.[9]
Rita and Lynn Sr. had to separate at least one point in their marriage because Lynn Sr. had infectious mononucleosis, which he caught from a contaminated microphone.[10]
It’s shown that Rita can make some dental jokes in "Rita Loud".
Rita doesn’t like Thessalonikian sheep dip, as she finds it too "gamey."[8]
She had a girdle at some point, which was then fashioned into one of Lori's many identical blue tank tops.[11]
When Lynn Sr. cannot speak properly due to his fear, she understands him.[12]
She bought a tankini on her and Lynn Sr.'s honeymoon, but has since gained weight and no longer fits it.[13]
She is the only person whose lap Charles will sit upon.[14]
Rita herself believes that she and her relatives from her side of the family were all born in Royal Woods.[15]
It's also unknown if her mother is still alive since neither she nor Albert mentions her whereabouts.
As of December 2024, it's never been revealed if any of Rita's relatives on her side of the family besides Albert, her sister and Ruth are still alive or if they're living in Royal Woods.
She was best friends with Chef Pat, Mrs. Gurdle and Flip back in high school. [16]
During her time at Royal Woods High School, Rita and her friends swapped their food with each other at lunchtime like Lincoln currently does.
She has been married to Lynn Sr. for 21 years.[15]
Before Lily was born, she registered her kids for daycare but had been on the waiting list ever since she was pregnant with Lori. [17]
Although she went to Royal Woods Middle School and Royal Woods High School,[18] it's currently unknown if she attended Royal Woods Elementary School during her childhood.
She can play the the tambourine and the piano skillfully as seen in "House Music" and "Tripped!".
She graduated Royal Woods High School in the 1990’s, so it's likely she was born in the 1970’s.
She and Lynn Sr. were given a vase on their wedding day, which their children have broken several times.[19]
She has a box of her old maternity clothes in the attic.[20]
She owns a particular type of expensive perfume, which she only wears while on dates with Lynn Sr.[21]
Once a week, she plans "enforced family fun" with her children, and she knitted Lynn Sr. a sweater for their first anniversary and Lana a toy alligator when she was a baby.[22]
Although her name is revealed, episode and TV guides still address her as "Mom".
↑Loud, Lincoln (May 10, 2016). "No Guts, No Glori" (in English). The Loud House. Season 1. Episode 3b. Nickelodeon. "Mom's expensive perfume. Which can only mean one thing: Date night!"
