Lincoln and his sisters make a bet on who can go the longest without engaging in their most annoying habits.
Synopsis[]
The Loud children are inside the house on a rainy day doing different things, and Lola is repulsed by Lincoln reading his comic book in his underwear, calling it an annoying habit, but Lincoln is quick to point out that she and the other girls have annoying habits of their own. This gives Lola the idea to call a bet to see who can go the longest without their habits, and if Lincoln loses, he can't ever read in his underwear again, but if the girls lose, they have to buy Lincoln a new pair of underwear he wants to buy. This means that Lincoln can't read comics in his underwear, Lori can't talk to Bobby, Leni can't say "like", Luna can't speak in a British accent, Luan can't tell bad jokes, Lynn can't make everything into a sport, Lucy can't suddenly appear and spook everybody, Lana can't play in the mud, Lola can't look in her hand mirror, Lisa can't do her fecal study (or any other "weird studies"), and Lily can't cry.
Leni is the first to lose, as she says "like" after only a second, followed by Lucy when she suddenly appears. As Lola tries to get the girls to stay focused, Lynn is the next to lose, as she can't resist folding laundry and not imagine socks as basketballs. And while Lincoln gets uncomfortable reading fully-clothed, he decides to change his pants and starts to wear Lori's leggings, only to realize that "they really ride up on ya". Luna is tempted to break the bet when she tries to win Mick Swagger tickets over the radio by doing her British accent; she tries whispering into her cellphone, away from her sisters, but she then shouts into it when the announcer can't hear her, causing her to lose.
When Bobby arrives at the house wondering why Lori won't answer his calls, Lola tries to keep Lori from speaking to him, but Lori breaks and lets him in, causing Lana to rush outside into the mud, Lori to congratulate Bobby on their six-week dating anniversary, and Luan to make punchlines out of Lincoln's question for Bobby's lateness. All three lose as a consequence. After Lori goes upstairs to the bathroom (thanks to Bobby giving her the very same milkshake from their first date), Lisa breaks her end of the bet by following her to further her fecal study.
With Lincoln and Lola apparently the only two left, Lola tries to make Lincoln, who is now wearing sweatpants, lose by turning up the thermostat to get him to take off the pants. Lincoln sees through her ploy, and he tries to get Lola to lose by cleaning every shiny surface in the living room to get her to see her reflection. Lincoln finally gets Lola to look in a mirror by tempting her to see what she looks like in her uneven makeup; she looks at her reflection in a doorknob, and she immediately bolts upstairs to fix herself, losing her part of the bet. Believing he's won, Lincoln rips off his pants and gloats that he'll now be getting his "victory undies". However, he soon realizes after that he forgot about Lily, and that she hasn't cried once, Lily is declared the winner, and Lincoln can't read in his undies ever again.
Later on, Lola is enjoying herself with her mirror when she sees Lincoln, uncomfortable and miserable reading in his clothes, and she takes pity on him. The next day, Lincoln gets a package in the mail: his victory undies. Lola explains that she bought them for him, saying it's unfair for him to be unable to indulge in his annoying habits while she and the others can indulge in theirs. Lincoln is touched by her generous act, and he proceeds to enjoy his comic in his new undies along with his sisters doing their antics. Outside, Bobby is chasing a chicken in the rain asking about crossing the road.
‣Pop Punk - Doug Rockwell [Title card] ‣Transformation - Jeff Bennett [Song Luna listens to] ‣ ? [Lucy scares Luna] ‣ ? [Lincoln strips from his pants] ‣ ? ["Oh, really?"] ‣ ? ["YEAH!!"] ‣Pop Punk - Doug Rockwell [Lincoln describes the rules] ‣ ? [Lucy scares everyone] ‣ ? [Remaining siblings trying to stay in the bet] ‣ ? [Lola smiles] ‣Bridal Chorus - Richard Wagner [Lori's ringtone] ‣ ? [Lana attempts to go outside] ‣Bridal Chorus - Richard Wagner [Lori's phone goes off again] ‣Happy Parade - Harry Bluestone [Lynn throws the clothes in the basket] ‣24 Preludes op. 28 - No. 4 in E minor - Largo - Frederic Chopin [Bobby appears] ‣ ? ["Bobby!"] ‣Quirksismo D - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [Lori stares at him lovingly] ‣ ? [camera pans to his muddy shoes] ‣Quirksismo D - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [Lana runs outside] ‣ ? ["NOOOOO!!"] ‣Dark Mansion - David Farnon [Lola looks down] ‣Another Big Surprise - Andrew Pearce ["A REAL PROFESSIONAL!!"] ‣ ? [Lincoln changes into grey pants] ‣Kids On The Loose (B) - Simon May, Simon Lockyer, John Brant [Lola raises the temperature] ‣Dark Mansion - David Farnon [mirrors are set up everywhere] ‣ ? [Lola freaks out; Lola places underwear on Lincoln's face] ‣Expectant Stab - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Give me a mirror!"] ‣Café Royale - Werner Tautz [Lola returns with her beauty] ‣Editor’s Announcement (a) - Dick Walter ["I WIN!!"] ‣ ? [Lola checking herself in her mirror] ‣ ? [Lola noticing Lincoln; Lincoln gasps] ‣Quirksismo D - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins ["My victory undies!?"] ‣ ? [Lola states the lesson] ‣Pop Punk - Doug Rockwell [ending]
Aside from a few exterior shots, most of the story takes place inside the Louds' living room.
Although this episode reveals the Loud children's most annoying habits, some of the children's habits do not happen often, such as Leni saying "like", and Lily crying.
The order in which the Loud children are eliminated one-by-one, from first to last: Leni, Lucy, Lynn, Luna, Lana, Lori, Luan, Lisa, Lola, and Lincoln.
Lisa breaks the fourth wall in this episode by telling the audience, "I'm only human." after she was eliminated.
It's revealed Lincoln reads comics in his underwear because he claims reading comics with clothes on makes him uncomfortable.
This episode marks Bobby's full physical appearance as he was mentioned and heard from episodes produced before this.
It is revealed Lori and Bobby were dating for six weeks.
That fact places this episode before "Driving Miss Hazy" chronologically, since it was stated in that episode that they'd been dating for ten weeks.
Lisa's study of excrement is an actual science called scatology.
The siblings' annoying habits:
Lincoln - Reading comics while wearing only his underpants.
Lori - Talking to Bobby on her phone all the time.
Leni - Saying "like" all the time.
Luna - Speaking with a British accent.
Luan - Telling bad jokes.
Lynn - Turning anything into a sport.
Lucy - Appearing in front of her siblings and scaring them.
Lana - Playing with mud.
Lola - Seeing herself in a mirror.
Lisa - Studying unusual things (in this episode, it was human feces).
Lily - Crying all the time.
Innuendo:
Lisa notifies Lori that she "[has not] used the bathroom in quite some time," implying that Lori tends to postpone bowel movements.
After Lincoln says that he "can practically smell those victory undies," he immediately retracts said statement, as it could refer to the inappropriate act of smelling someone else's undergarments.
Lori mentions to Lincoln that her leggings "really ride up on ya," meaning that the leggings tightly fit around a wearer's buttocks.
After Bobby mentions the milkshake he gave Lori was six weeks old, a stomach rumble is heard from Lori followed by her rushing to the bathroom, implying that the milkshake caused gastrointestinal distress. Upon hearing that Lori would be having a bowel movement, Lisa chases after her to the bathroom, barging in on Lori to examine the latter's stool.
Upon barging into the bathroom, Lisa exclaims, "Sweet mother of discovery!", implying either that Lori excreted a large amount of feces or that the sickness caused the fecal matter to be different from Lisa's other samples.
Cartoon physics: Luan literally zips her mouth shut.
International edits[]
When this episode aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the word "bleeding" was cut as it is considered a mild swear word in the UK. However, it was uncut when airing on Nicktoons.
The scene where Luna uses a Swedish accent after being dared not to use a British accent was localized for several foreign dubs:
In the Finnish dub, she is dared to not use a Helsinki slang and speaks actual Swedish, instead of a Swedish accent.
In the Italian dub, she uses a German accent.
In the European Spanish dub, she doesn't use an accent, which isn't mentioned in the episode.
References[]
Undie Pressure - The title is a pun on the phrase "under pressure".
The title could also be a spoof of the 1981 song "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie.
Bridal Chorus - Lori's ringtone for Bobby is the well known musical piece Here Comes the Bride, by Richard Wagner.
Errors[]
Plot hole: Despite being eliminated, Lincoln never actually read his comic in his underwear. The bet was that Lincoln could not read comics with only his underwear on, but when he got eliminated he still had his shirt on, so he technically shouldn't have been eliminated yet. In addition, he wasn't reading comics, either, therefore, both Lincoln and Lily should've won. However, he got the prize that he wanted.
The end credits for this episode, credit Brian Stepanek as the voice of Lynn Sr., despite the character not appearing. Carlos PenaVega is also not credited for voicing Bobby.
Lincoln claims reading comic books with his clothes on is uncomfortable, but in "The Sweet Spot", he is shown reading comic books while dressed in the flashbacks, and does not struggle one bit.
When the girls are in a huddle, they can be heard whispering. However, their mouths do not move.
When Lola was running around screaming to resist seeing her face and hit her head on the chair and fell down, she appears to have front teeth.
In one scene, Luan was taller than Luna.
When Luna tries to win the radio station contest with her British accent, the camera is placed so it looks like the curtain is behind Luna, but when Lincoln and her sisters catch her in the act, the window is behind her, and the curtain is in front of her.
In some scenes, Lola's sash is on the wrong side.
When Lucy pops up and scares everyone after Leni is eliminated, she can be heard saying, "Nice going". But her mouth only shows her saying "Nice".
When Lincoln puts on Lori's leggings, he says the bet wasn't to have to "wear his pants", except he made the bet that he had to keep his clothes on at the start of the bet.
When Luna said, "I bloody love this song", her radio is in her left hand. In the next shot, before Lucy scared her, the radio is in her right hand.
In the Latin American Spanish dub, when Lola shouts, "Forever!", her voice is similar to Lana's.
Lincoln told Luan to give up telling "bad" jokes, and Lisa to give up doing "weird" studies. However, those adjectives are subjective, which means they are based on, or influenced by, personal feelings, tastes, or opinions, which doesn't fit well for Lincoln's requests.
In the Polish dub, when Lucy comes out from the fireplace while Luna freaks out, Luna's mouth moves, but the voice isn't heard as she says "Blimey!"
Videos[]
Lincoln Loves His Undies! - Undie Pressure ? The Loud House