You can definitely say that the Loud sisters really care for
their brother after watching this cartoon.
However, you can also say that they care for him a little too much which
makes the viewing experience a bit frustrating.
The main premise is that Lincoln is annoyed by how his sisters always
seem to barge in on his personal problems in an attempt to help him, but they
only make things worse, (which is uniquely personified as a tornado of sister
heads) and now he’s trying to prevent that by keeping them from finding out
that he’s being picked on by a girl named Ronnie Anne. After a set of pretty enjoyable moments of
Lincoln covering the truth, the sisters eventually find out, and we see
first-hand why their meddling is such a problem to Lincoln. They may have good intentions of helping their
brother in his time of need, but they never take to time to listen to him and
figure out the right way to deal with the issue. As a result, the rest of the cartoon features
the sisters grabbing any random boy without listening that it’s a girl who’s picking
on Lincoln, and when they find that out, they seek no ill-intention in the
situation and stick to the conclusion that Ronnie Anne likes Lincoln. The fact that these girls have such a
one-track mind of not listening in on the whole story or assuming one possible
reason for the bullying instead of all reasons gives the feeling that nothing
is being accomplished which costs the cartoon a good amount of
entertainment. That said, the payoff is
pretty decent where after getting a black eye when kissing Ronnie Anne,
Lincoln finally snaps and tells his sisters to stop with the meddling, but
later gets an apology note and things to heal his eye from Ronnie Anne, showing
that she really does like Lincoln. This
ends the cartoon with the sisters learning to not butt in when they’re not
wanted and Lincoln learning that sometimes meddling can help you. Plus, it’s a good start to Lincoln and Ronnie
Anne building a strong friendship later in the season. We’ll see a lot of
stronger moments of helping from the sisters later on too. As for this cartoon, it’s all right with some
strong enjoyable parts, but much of its frustrating qualities do not make it
one of the show’s best works. 7/10
Making
the Case
This cartoon follows a convention that makes me feel very
uncomfortable. The convention follows
normally good characters managing to intrude the privacy of people he/she is
very close to, exposing them to the public, and are then treated like they’re
evil and deserve to be shut out from life despite making one mistake. I never like good characters getting treated
like that. It all starts out
sympathetically when Lincoln desires to get a trophy for the family case like
most of his sisters after many failed attempts.
He gets the idea of entering a video contest, and after a talk
with Luan, he goes on to keep the camera running whenever he sees his sisters
do something funny. Some moments are
funny, but a few of them are kind of cringe-worthy, especially a set of moments
of Lori farting. Anyway, following the
convention I talked about, Lincoln posts the video of his sisters’ moments, it
becomes the most popular, but his sisters end up hating his guts because of the
humiliation it causes them. It’s not
just the sisters hating Lincoln that’s the problem, they also go way too far
with their hatred considering that Lincoln clearly shows them that he regrets
what he did, but they won’t give him a chance to fix his mistake even though
he’s usually a good kid. This point is
driven in so hard, it makes the cartoon kind of painful. However, there are some things that don’t
make this cartoon as painful as others that follow this convention. The sisters allow Lincoln to explain why he did
what he did, Lincoln did kind of bring the hatred on himself by ignoring Luan’s
tip to not post the video without permission (even though they later say she
didn’t say so because it’s the unspoken rule), and at least Luan is willing to
help Lincoln fix everything by providing him with embarrassing moments of
him. As for how this ends when Lincoln
posts himself in an embarrassing video to replace the old one, it’s not as
satisfying as it can be since after all that trouble, he loses to a hamster
video and has to make do with a makeshift trophy from his sisters, but I guess
it’s rewarding enough that his sisters genuinely love him again. This cartoon’s heart is in the right place
and does have some good parts to it, but its painful factors prevent it from
being one I’ll want to see again anytime soon. 6/10
The Ranking
1. Left in the Dark
2. Heavy Meddle
3. Get the Message
4. Making the Case
Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode where we follow Leni, the dumb blond, take up driving in "Driving Miss Hazy," and discover what a heavy dose of authority does for the Loud House when Mom and Dad are out in "No Guts, No Glori."
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