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Lincoln eavesdrops on his parents and thinks they have decided to get rid of their children.
Synopsis[]
Lincoln overhears his parents, believing that they'll get rid of them.
One typical Saturday morning at the Loud house, in which Lincoln maneuvers and dodges his sisters' destructive antics on his way to the bathroom, he hears his parents having an argument through the air vent. Rita is demanding that Lynn Sr. should get rid of "all eleven" by tomorrow for garbage day. Lincoln believes that she's talking about him and his sisters, and runs out of the bathroom to tell them. What he doesn't know is that Rita is really telling Lynn Sr. to get rid of his collection of novelty neckties, even though he loves ties.
The girls refuse to believe him, believing it to be paranoia, only to become convinced when Lincoln brings Lori into the bathroom, and has her listen to the argument out of context. Believing their wild and crazy natures are to blame, they decide to work together to give up their vices and clean up the house. Afterward, they hear their parents again through the vent, and it appears that Rita has decided that she won't get rid of them all...instead, she will only let Lynn Sr. keep one. As they decide which ones to get rid of, they single the kids out one by one until it apparently leaves Lincoln as the one they'll keep.
Lincoln is ecstatic that he'll finally get to be an only child, much to his sisters' offense and fury. As they leave to pack up their things, Lincoln hears Lynn Sr. saying that he can't pick a favorite, because it's hard, and Rita begs him to get rid of one. Lynn Sr. decides to get rid of "the one with the white hair" (in reality, it's a "white hare" tie from Easter). Believing that he's getting kicked out, Lincoln sadly goes to pack up his belongings and prepares to run away from home, but he gives his sisters all of his most prized possessions.
The girls angrily defend Lincoln from his parents, thinking he is getting kicked out of the house.
Feeling sorry for their only brother, the girls decide to confront their parents about the issue. When they go into their parents' room, the kids finally find out that they were really talking about ties. They confess to their parents about their assumptions, and they reassure their children that they wouldn't think of getting rid of them. As they leave the room, Lincoln sees Lynn Sr. in the Easter tie and thinks that he should get rid of it. The next Saturday, Lincoln and his sisters resume their usual antics, having learned never to eavesdrop again. However, when Lincoln hears his father complaining about his wife having "a bun in the oven", he assumes the worst, and runs out to tell his sisters (not knowing that Lynn Sr. meant it literally, as he can only eat gluten-free foods).
This episode reveals that Lana is older than her twin Lola by two minutes.
This episode shows how Leni is truly accepting of Lincoln's white hair.
When Rita says they have ten children instead of eleven, and Lynn Sr. reminds her, she said nervously, "Yep, right". This would suggest that not all eleven Loud children are the biological kids of her and her husband.
However, it is also possible that she might have been counting the twins' birth as one instead of two by mistake.
It is also possible that Rita thought Lily wasn't born yet seeing that she is still a baby.
Only a few of the Loud children are confirmed to be biological, since Lori and Lincoln were revealed to be natural born Louds in "Potty Mouth" and "Not a Loud" respectively, and Lucy looks exactly like her great-grandmother Harriet. Lola and Lana might also be biological (not just to each other) since "Strife of the Party" shows them in utero.
Luan spends much of the episode dressed like a mime, and doesn't speak a word after she puts away Mr. Coconuts as punishment for her parents deciding to send one of the kids away. But she speaks at the end of the episode (also having gotten Mr. Coconuts back, and she's back in her regular clothes).
Clyde appears in Lincoln's "only child" fantasy.
At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Lynn Sr. can only eat gluten-free foods.
Lynn Sr. and Rita's descriptions of the former's ties which relates to something about each of their children:
Lincoln - The one with the white hair (hare)
Lori - The first one
Leni - The dumb one
Luna - The musical one
Luan - The funny one
Lynn - The one with the hockey sticks
Lucy - The dark one
Lana - The filthy one
Lola - The pink one
Lisa - The gifted one
Lily - The littlest one
Innuendo:
Lori finds out Leni is wearing one of her shirts, and angrily demands her to take it off. Leni responds she can't, as there are boys present. The only "boy" present is Mr. Coconuts, who raises its eyebrows causing Luan to cover its eyes.
Lynn Sr. talks about getting rid of "the one with the white hare", referring to an Easter tie, which he doesn't even know if it's his. Lincoln, mishearing "white hare" as "white hair", thinks it's him Lynn Sr. is referring to.
At the end, when Lynn Sr. exclaims, "What do you mean we've got a bun in the oven?" (referring to a literalbun), Lincoln shouts, "You guys!" in shock. The phrase "bun in the oven" is a euphemism for pregnancy.
References[]
Ties That Bind - The title of this episode references the expression "the ties that bind us together", which refers to shared beliefs that link people together.
ABBA - Lynn Sr.'s musical tie plays a tune similar to this band's 1976 song "Dancing Queen".
The Lion King - The scene of Lincoln walking down the hallway with a large, transparent image of him superimposed over the shot parodies this 1994 film.
Calvin Harris - The music that plays while the Loud siblings are acting on good behavior is similar to the 2011 song "Feel So Close".
Errors[]
Lisa says that the only one left was Lincoln to stay in the house after Mr. and Mrs. Loud explained who to keep and who to toss. However, they also left out Lori, as they didn't say anything about a tie that is equal to her, yet Lisa did say "I believe that leaves us with Lincoln, but what do I know? I'm just the gifted one".
However, Rita said earlier that she didn't like the "first one", when Lori was listening in on their conversation, when she didn't believe Lincoln at first.
The kids could hear Rita and Lynn Sr. speaking normally through the vent, but their parents couldn't hear them.
In the beginning and end of the episode, Luna's guitar is in its old design. But when Luna is putting the guitar in the case, it's in its new design.
When Luna said, "Way harsh, Mom.", her right paperclip earring is missing.
In "Picture Perfect", the family portrait's picture frame was gold, but in this episode, the picture frame is brown.
Seems like Rita forgot to put on her lipstick for these sibilings.
In the scene where Lincoln and his sisters find out that Rita and Lynn Sr. were talking about their ties, Rita's lipstick isn't shown.
When Lincoln was in the kitchen the clock said it was 5:00 PM, but later when the kids went to the parents' room, the clock says 12:15 PM.
Possible: Lincoln is surprised that Lola can read, yet in "Read Aloud", she has difficulty when it comes to reading. However, Lola only had difficulty in reading, she wasn't straight-up illiterate.
Possible: In this episode, Rita and Lynn Sr. state that they will never kick out any of the children. However, they kick out Lincoln when they believe he is bad luck in "No Such Luck". On the other hand, they still allowed him in the yard in "No Such Luck", whereas in this episode, Lincoln was worried they'd kick him off the entire property.
Possible: Also, in this episode, Lincoln's sisters state that they will never get rid of him, as mentioned by Lana that "he's their only brother". However, they get rid of Lincoln, by slamming their doors in front of him, when they find out he embarrassed them in "Making the Case". However, they may just be using "get rid of" to mean "kick off the property", which is different from slamming the door.
In one scene, Luan was as tall as Lynn.
In one scene, when the siblings were in the parents' room, Luan's braces are missing, and Lola has front teeth.
"Oof. Dad really should get some patches for his sleeves."
Before Lynn Sr. turns around putting on his Easter tie, his patches are on his arms, but after he puts it on, they're both missing.
On the title card for the episode, Lisa has eyebrows which she normally doesn't have.
Notes[]
↑MBC 3 only. This episode was aired on Nickelodeon Arabia.
Videos[]
20 Minutes of Baby Lily’s Naughtiest Moments! 😈👶 - The Loud House
Every Failed Quiet Moment in The Loud House 🤫 w- Lincoln, Lori, Clyde & MORE! - The Loud House
Loud House Family Tries to Not to Be LOUD!!! - Compilation - The Loud House
