'Toon Reviews 4: The Loud House Season 1 Episode 24

Funny Business

 

 

 

As fun of a character Luan is for her love of comedy and ability to fit in a joke to any situation, I have to admit that she does it so much that throughout the season, she felt more like a joke machine than an actual character.  Then, this cartoon comes along to really flesh her out as someone that people who are passionate about certain things can relate to.  Luan needs an assistant to help her with clown duties at birthday parties, and following a hilarious montage of how many of the Loud siblings who took on the role before failed to live up to expectations, she appoints Lincoln.  We’re left with the impression that Lincoln might not be a good fit as Luan’s assistant either, but he surprisingly becomes a big hit at his first party after accidentally putting on a pratfall while trying to assist Luan.  If that’s not all, Lincoln feels so confident as a clowning assistant that he adds his own pratfall acts at all the birthday parties he and Luan attend, getting big laughs each time.  The biggest strength here is how one’s emotions are played with.  It’s easy to feel glad for Lincoln for knowing what he’s doing, as if he found something he’s good at, but you’re still able to feel for Luan.  As previously established, comedy is something she takes very seriously, almost down to treating it like an art.  For her own brother to treat it like it’s nothing by only needing to fall on your butt to generate laughs must be pretty hard for her.  She really comes off as a character with her own world view, and that really helps increase the appeal of this cartoon.  Since Lincoln doesn’t understand this when Luan first confronts him, he soon does when he takes on a birthday party on his own.  With the audience being a crowd of emo tweens, Lincoln’s pratfalls do nothing to entertain them.  It’s only after Luan comes in to help when everything works out, and it delivers a good message to anyone wanting to go into the entertainment business.  You have to know your audience.  Don’t just rely on gimmicks and standards.  To really make this cartoon a strong work, we end with both Lincoln and Luan getting something to learn.  We’ve already covered what Lincoln learned, but Luan also learns to be more patient with beginners since it’s not uncommon to find difficulty with getting your first laugh.  This cartoon really makes me feel good for naming Luan as one of my favorite Loud siblings and is aided by impactful messages and one of the show’s best portrayals of love between siblings.  It’s easily some great and, of course, funny material. 10/10

Snow Bored

 

 

 

 

If you like watching characters having fun in the snow, this is a cartoon for you.  Much of what we see here features the Loud siblings getting up to all kinds of snow day activities, and they all put their own appealing spin on what they do.  There are even some nice Peanuts references here and there, very fitting given the show’s comic-like aesthetic.  The plot that all these charming moments revolve around involves the Loud siblings trying to show Lisa how fun snow days can be so to convince her not to use special salt to ruin it.  Now, so far in the season, Lisa honestly hasn’t shown much to prove herself as one of the most entertaining Loud siblings.  In fact the most interesting thing about her is the type of character she is.  There’s a lot of uniqueness in a four-year-old girl being the smartest one in the family, and it’s great to see such a character come to life before our very eyes.  However, nothing else makes Lisa stand out .  This cartoon, however, does allow a lot more of Lisa's character to shine as well as fit in some decent entertainment.  Her siblings having fun in the snow greatly clashes with her intellect that deflates any potential fun she could be having and much of it is pretty funny.  Also, while we’re so accustomed to seeing Lisa act as a genius, we hardly ever see her literally act her age.  She finally gets a sense of how fun snow days can be when her siblings get her involved in a snowball fight.  In fact, she enjoys it so much that she has the snow day last for another day just so she can take part in more snowball fights which seems believable for a common 4-year-old, and when you add in her genius status which includes her ability to build highly functional snowball launchers, her snowball fights are another comedic highlight.  Plus, the rest of the siblings trying to hide from Lisa’s snowballs have a lot of humor to them which prevents their fear of getting pelted from being hard to watch.  The conclusion is a satisfying one where Lisa respects her siblings having enough of snow days which she now loves, and agrees to call them off while also cleverly stating to herself that this was all part of the plan, showing that she may be a genius, but like any child, there’s a trickster in her.  On the whole, this cartoon is a charming watch for its snow day atmosphere, and the ways it expands on Lisa’s character. 9/10

The Ranking

1.      For Bros About to Rock

2.      A Tattler’s Tale

3.      Undie Pressure

4.      Project Loud House

5.      Funny Business

6.      Space Invader

7.      A Fair to Remember

8.      Driving Miss Hazy

9.      Left in the Dark

10.  Toads and Tiaras

11.  Picture Perfect

12.  Dance, Dance Resolution

13.  House Music

14.  Save the Date

15.  Sleuth or Consequences

16.  Hand-Me-Downer

17.  No Guts No Glori

18.  Roughin’ It

19.  Attention Deficit

20.  Changing the Baby

21.  Along Came A Sister

22.  Snow Bored

23.  April Fools Rules

24.  A Novel Idea

25.  Sound of Silence

26.  Butterfly Effect

27.  A Tale of Two Tables

28.  Cereal Offender

29.  Cover Girls

30.  It’s A Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud House

31.  The Waiting Game

32.  Overnight Success

33.  Raw Deal

34.  In Tents Debate

35.  Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru

36.  Out on a Limo

37.  Linc or Swim

38.  The Sweet Spot

39.  Heavy Meddle

40.  Get the Message

41.  Come Sale Away

42.  Ties that Bind

43.  One of the Boys

44.  Making the Case

45.  Chore and Peace

46.  The Loudest Yard

47.  Two Boys and a Baby

48.  The Green House

Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode where Lincoln becomes a nervous wreck after seeing a scary movie thus paying "The Price of Admission" and the flu causes a zombie apocalypse in the Loud House in "One Flu Over the Loud House."