'Toon Reviews 16: Hey Arnold Season 3 Episode 20: Parents Day + Final Thoughts

Parents Day

Some people may wonder why there was so much demand for The Jungle Movie to be made.  One reason ties into a huge mystery of what happened to Arnold’s parents.  This special observes this mystery and the emotional toll of their absence, so when the movie finally aired in 2017, it would give a powerful sense of closure for longtime fans.  The mystery’s reveal makes what we would get as big as it is as well as serve as an amazing tribute to what makes this show so great. 

By now, Arnold has a good-hearted, optimistic kid.  However, with missing pieces of his family, even the most basic nice characters have hidden depths as shown right at the beginning when he hears a story about one of his parents’ exciting jungle adventures from Grandpa.  In addition to wanting to know what they were like, the story also reveals the problems of being without parents for Arnold when his class’ annual family-style field day event called Parents Tournament Weekend arrives. 

Arnold, who only has grandparents, isn’t too keen on going knowing that everyone else has regular parents.  He’s both relatable to anyone feeling left out for any reason, yet still greatly respects his grandparents and the great things they can do for their ages.  For the most part, this is apparent when Arnold and his grandparents attend the first day of the tournament consisting of a fun collection of scenes of families of many kids in the cast taking part in various extracurricular activities.  Then during one of the games, Helga’s dad, Big Bob, who’s only in this for the trophy, goes way too far by relentlessly calling Arnold an “orphan boy”.  Through great characterization, Arnold doesn’t flat out say that he’s hurt, but his sad expressions and lack of motivation to do the next day of the tournament sell how lost he is without his actual parents. 

It even works on his grandparents who put aside their eccentricities and show sincere concern.  Grandpa tells him what he needs to hear, the true story of how his parents met and what they were like.  Through interactions, sharing interests, and even saving each other, you easily get the appeal of Arnold’s parents as a couple.  The story ends with them giving a heartfelt farewell to their infant son as they leave for another jungle mission.  The sad part is that they seem so confident in returning, but as we know they never come back to him.  The emotional weight doesn’t even stop there. The story makes Arnold dream about how lost and scared he was as a baby without his parents.  However, the sadness is lightened when he soon dreams about Grandpa and Grandma comforting him and joining him for their own adventures. Even if he still feels left out without his mom and dad, he truly is happy to have two grandparents who love him. 

So the next day of the Parents Day tournament, featuring even more exciting activities, goes a lot better for Arnold.  As for Big Bob, his mean words to Arnold grants him what he has coming for him when Grandpa ultimately beats him in the final challenge, with the help of Helga too just to make things even more awesome and fun.  The special ends with a scene of Arnold dreaming of flying a plane like the one his parents flew which combines his continuous optimism alongside his still apparent wonders of if he’ll ever find his parents. 

Right there that’s the shows greatest strengths.  It shows just how complex even the most seemingly basic characters are and the internal conflicts they face feel so genuine.  Yet, there’s also hope to find true happiness which can inspire many things worth reaching the sky for.  Along with fun moments during the tournament and interesting and endearing new information on Arnold’s family, I call this special one of the show’s absolute best works. 10/10

The Ranking

1. Parents Day
2. School Play
3. Helga Blabs it All
4. Harold the Butcher
5. Cool Party
6. Grandpa’s Birthday
7. Crabby Author
8. The Flood
9. Mr. Hyunh Goes Country
10. Road Trip
11. Helga Vs. Big Patty
12. Arnold’s Thanksgiving
13. Hey Harold!
14. Curly Snaps
15. The Aptitude Test
16. Pre-Teen Scream
17. The Pig War
18. Olga Gets Engaged
19. Oskar Gets a Job
20. Arnold and Lila
21. Phoebe Takes the Fall
22. Best Man
23. Career Day
24. Helga’s Show
25. Gerald’s Tonsils
26. Grand Prix
27. Rich Kid
28. Dangerous Lumber
29. Casa Paradiso
30. Arnold’s Room
31. Helga and the Nanny
32. Roller Coaster
33. Stinky Goes Hollywood
34. School Dance
35. Sid’s Revenge
36. Girl Trouble
37. Arnold Betrays Iggy

Final Thoughts

As another look at a Hey Arnold season comes to a close, I’m astounded by how many cartoons and specials left such a huge impression.  It continues the show’s prominent strengths of telling stories with mature themes designed for anyone to understand and offering lots of layers and depth to nearly everyone in the huge cast, proving that the show has found its niche and is on fire with proving just how great it can be.  In fact, Season 3 demonstrates what this show is good at so well, I’m inclined to call it my favorite one for this show.

One thing that sets Season 3 apart from the others is the amount of particularly creative ideas for the stories.  Rather than mostly focusing on the characters doing a simple activity, much of what we get center on unconventional ideas the crew has in mind and through the great characterizations and storytelling, they all come together as highly entertaining and impactful.  There’s personality changes from an aptitude test mix-up, Curly going mad while hitting everyone with kickballs, Arnold dealing with a crabby author, Mr. Hyunh astounding everyone as a talented country singer, Grandpa spending his birthday week preparing for his death, Helga stuck with her dead-beat mom in the middle of nowhere, and more.  This is the kind of imaginative set-up that is totally tailored to the medium of animation in which anything can happen, and the writing never has anything get too ridiculous to not fit within the show’s world. 

The stories aren’t just creative idea-wise.  Some also provide an interesting behind-the-scenes basis such as a whole cartoon based on Gerald getting his tonsils removed to tie into his voice actor hitting puberty.  This can also apply to cartoons that teach messages about the truth of show business such as how our idols aren’t always as great as their material, the importance of playing to your strengths and avoiding selling out to stay relevant, and trying to understand why a style of humor you don’t like can be considered funny.  As it stands, the stories of this season are some of the absolute best of the show filled with value, entertainment, and especially great imagination.

The thing that makes the stories as great as they are is the cast of characters.  It’s true that we’ve seen a lot of them and their personalities for two seasons now, but as the storytelling grows accustomed to playing to the show’s strengths, the characters stand out better than they ever did before each one bringing a special flare to different cartoons.  There’s Curly showing how far the absolute lengths his psychotic mindset can go, Rhonda’s judgmental habits giving her appropriate consequences to her social life, Grandpa feeling the stress of housing eccentric boarders while also remaining positive and caring of his grandson, Mr. Simmons striving to stay positive when teaching even in difficult times, the list goes on. 

Even minor characters have brief, yet memorable escapades that develop their characters throughout the season.  They include Coach Wittenberg learning to choose his wife over trying to be the best, the Jolly Olly Man struggling to be friendly with his customers while being prone to disturbing outbursts, and the boarders like Mr. Hyunh and his aforementioned singing talents and Oskar learning the burdens of a job, as well as the family dynamic of them together.  There are also many cartoons with some of the most solid portrayals of bully characters that show that they aren’t mean for the sake of it and are more complex than they let on which is a more believable scenario. There are several plays on Harold’s soft side whether he goes along with a test erroneously saying he’s a genius, discovering a possible career path after stealing a non-kosher ham out of mindless hunger, and forming a strong bond with Big Patty.  Speaking of her, it’s astounding that two of the strongest cartoons go to great lengths to show her social awkwardness and anxieties that believably fuel her not so pleasing demeanor around others. 

Of course, Helga is the bully character who simply shines throughout the season, further showcasing herself as the most complex member of the cast.  Her usual shtick of acting mean around Arnold only to dramatically express her huge crush on him in private continues this season.  In fact, it makes for some very memorable cartoons such as hiding in the boarding house walls to get a tape with her confession on it, and unintentionally starting a trend of Arnold crushing on perfect little Lila out of panic.  However, many strong entries in the season show her as the prime example of bullies not being as mean as they seem with her bonding with Arnold over bad Thanksgivings, going to great lengths to be by his side, even if it is in a play, and even finding the strength to help him and his family over winning something for her blowhard dad.  In a way, Helga’s monumental moments of Season 3 also have the benefit of strengthening a central element of the series, her relationship with Arnold with him even suggesting that she’s not as bad as she seems at one point, which make them stand out even more.  Helga’s good side is even strong enough to go beyond her crush with her finding the strength to be helpful towards her mother and sister despite the burdens they have on her, and several moments of being a very good friend to Phoebe.  With the ingenious story ideas brought to life combined with characters major and minor being fleshed out better than ever, it’s no wonder I’ve ended up loving this season as much as I do.

With all these strengths though, there are a couple of weak points.  While practically all the characters are fleshed out, that doesn’t mean that all the characters turn out good.  What I mean is that some characters are fleshed out to be major hindrances on the show’s entertainment, so when there’s a cartoon focusing on them, it’s not particularly strong.  For example, Sid and Stinky were never that strong before, but through expanding on the very minimal interesting traits they have, they don’t come off as very likable.  Sid has lots of hyperactivity that can be funny, but many of his starring roles make him so crazy and irrational for how much he jumps to conclusions that it’s hard to really enjoy them.  Stinky, on the other hand, tries to show some interesting traits in his starring roles such as trying to find something he’s good at, but as usual, nothing much stands out from him apart from his dialect, so while he’s not bad, he’s not too interesting either.  However, both he and Sid tend to get some pretty despicable moments when they’re together starring alongside another character through threatening the appeal of Harold’s new friendship with Big Patty and initiating the frustrating conflict of the notorious “Arnold Betrays Iggy.”  I’m sure the crew sees some appeal in these characters and they’re far from the worst characters I’ve seen, but on the whole, this season proves that cartoons with major focus on Stinky and/or Sid are not ones to look forward to at least to me. 

Other characters that prove problematic in their appearances are Eugene, especially when he’s blind to how honestly bad certain situations are, and Lila who gets particularly cloying as an overly-nice character devoid of the depth of her debut appearance and only existing to be Arnold’s crush for the rest of the show’s run.  These weak points could ruin the experience, but I only bring them up for the purposes of dissecting the season as a whole, and they’re only a few weak characters in a cast of predominantly strong and interesting ones, and any weak cartoons are grossly outnumbered by an abundance of strong ones.  In fact, the cartoons that are strong are so strong that they pretty much rule out any weak ones.  After all, a great show isn’t one without flaws, but one that can still largely impress regardless of any flaws.  As a result, while I acknowledge that there are some rough patches in the long line of cartoons, because so much of it ranges from very good to amazing, I can forgive those patches.

Whenever I think of Hey Arnold, the works of Season 3 stand out the most with creative story ideas and the characters being more fleshed out than ever before.  This is all I need to say to entice you to look into this season too, so check it out on your preferred form of media be it physical, digital, or on the air, and see what greatness you get out of it, Football Heads.

Highly Recommended

Now that all three of the originally scheduled review sets are completed, here's the schedule for three newly planned ones appearing on this blog for the time being:

• Rocko's Modern Life Season 1: Saturdays and Sundays
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Season 1: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays
• Star vs the Forces of Evil Season 2: Wednesdays and Fridays

So tomorrow, stay tuned for the next Rocko's Modern Life review.  Until then:

Stay Animated Folks!

'Toon Reviews 13: The Loud House Season 2 Episode 26: Snow Way Out/Snow Way Down + Final Thoughts

Snow Way Out

For the last two cartoons of this season, they're given the special treatment of taking place during winter, which almost always gives an appealing atmosphere, especially for slice-of-life shows like this.  At the same time, it offers impactful and genuine character growth and maturity for, of all characters, one of the younger Louds, Lana.  As one of the characters to get significant attention this season, Lana has been impressively utilized to show that while she’s a messy and eccentric little girl at heart, she’s filled with relatable childlike endearment.  This cartoon continues that trend by balancing out both sides with her character.  Her interests in messy mechanics are the driving force of the plot when she convinces her siblings to go to Burpin’ Burger to take part in a contest held by her favorite racecar driver, Bobbie Fletcher.  The goal is to find a special wrapper to earn a spot on Bobbie’s pit crew.  The catch is that when the kids go out to Burpin’ Burger, snow starts falling and gets heavier as the night goes on.  However, since Lana is so bent on finding the winning wrapper, even needing to pull off elaborate stunts to get more burgers when it doesn’t show up with the first batch, not only does everyone get sick of burgers quickly, but they also leave themselves at the mercy of the snow.  Through helping Lana, they don’t take the time they need to get back home to safety, and when Lana finally does get the winning wrapper, so much snow has fallen that the kids can’t leave Burpin’ Burger.  To make this dilemma even more intense, they’re left all alone and the power goes out, putting the Louds at the risk of freezing which makes for some emotional and legitimately threatening moments as they fear the inevitable.  Through it all, Lana puts in a lot of effort to rescue everyone whether it’s by using any random object behind the Burpin’ Burger counter, or relying on her knowledge of mechanics and animal senses.  However, during her attempts to free everyone, Lana’s endearing side to her character shines through when she sees how bad her siblings are suffering while freezing in the powerless Burpin’ Burger.  She realizes how putting so much attention to her personal desire put her loved ones in danger, and it’s an especially powerful moment on account that I believe that anytime a little kid recognizes that the world doesn’t just revolve around him/her is a beautiful sign of growing up.  This really applies to Lana when, after trying to avoid it through her own rescue attempts, sacrifices the very thing she went to Burpin’ Burger in a snowstorm for in the first place to get her siblings the ride home they need.  While it is true that the man she does give the wrapper to, Flip, has been a total jerk as usual and was partially responsible for trapping the Louds, it still shows that Lana is valuing her siblings’ desperate needs over her frivolous one, making her one of the most mature kid characters, further increasing her appeal.  Plus, her endearment proves even stronger when she even gets Bobbie Fletcher to safety after Flip passes her and her broken down car by, and her kindness is rewarded by her idol inviting her to join the pit crew when she’s 18 bring her development full circle.  As a result, this cartoon is a solid starring role for Lana that helps me appreciate her as a strong, lovable character even more, and through working in an effective snowy atmosphere and legitimate stakes, it’s a truly commendable entry for the season. 10/10

Snow Way Down

Following another winter-themed cartoon, and one that was similarly titled at that, we close the season with a cartoon built around a fairly basic plot which isn’t the best one to end with, but still stands out as pretty dang great for what it does for the characters involved.  The story is that Lincoln is going on a vacation with Clyde and his dads, Harold and Howard, to a log cabin in the mountains.  Now, it’s been shown in the past how orderly and loving of their son Clyde’s dads are, but it rarely felt like they’d be too extreme.  That, however, turns out to be the case here.  Every time Lincoln and Clyde set out to have fun in the snow, Clyde’s dads are always quick to stop them out of fear for their safety.  It’s in line with their established caring nature, but their protective ways get overbearing very quickly, not to mention really ridiculous.  They overdress the boys when they go outside, level the hills so they can’t sled down, block the boys’ snowballs destroying the purpose of snowball fights in the process, take the hot out of hot chocolate, and even put seatbelts on the couch.  Basically, Clyde’s dads’ safety precautions are constantly stripping Lincoln and Clyde’s activities of everything remotely fun.  It gets tiresome after seeing it repeatedly and doesn’t feel fair to Lincoln and Clyde who just want to enjoy themselves.  Thankfully, what’s been going on is seen as a problem which Clyde eventually understands, and the rest of the cartoon is set on getting his dads to let up on their protectiveness a little.  Clyde, who’s normally orderly and obedient, is firm with his dads about their issues stating that he can take care of himself, and they agree to try and let go.  However, when they’re still over-protective and interfere with the boys’ fun, Clyde is understandably fed up with this, and it would make sense for the audience to feel this way too.  At the same time, you have to wonder if Clyde is right to be against his dads’ over-protectiveness since he’s saying he can take care of himself without having proof which would make the cartoon concerning for saying Harold and Howard were right to strip the vacation of fun.  Fortunately, the rest of the cartoon provides that proof.  Lincoln and the dads eventually get word that Clyde is going to sled a dangerous ski jump built up through the whole cartoon called the Ramp of Insanity.  When they try to stop Clyde, they get stuck at the top, and Clyde is nowhere to be seen, allowing the cartoon to grow in intensity.  It turns out that Clyde stopped himself from doing something stupid when he saw how dangerous the ramp was.  However, with everyone else now trapped on the ramp, Clyde takes immediate action to climb up and save them.  What follows is an exciting sequence of Clyde braving the elements, taking precautions to prevent potential blunders on his way up, and when he reaches the top of the ramp, it all ends with everyone riding a sled down as the structure collapses and then falling to safety thanks to a parachute Clyde installed.  The scene is great fun, but it’s also rewarding to see Clyde at his most awesome and resourceful, as well as his dads seeing their son’s point, and it’s capped of perfectly by a final moment of them letting him and Lincoln have the winter fun they’ve been wanting to have.  The over-protective moments may be too much ridiculousness to take in, but the payoff that satisfies both sides with a few enticing intense moments makes what didn’t work earlier work in the long run.  In all, the cartoon ends the season with a fun adventure that builds itself up to become something noteworthy and impactful. 9.5/10

The Ranking

1. 11 Louds a Leapin’
2. L is for Love
3. Pulp Friction
4. Frog Wild
5. Yes-Man
6. Party Down
7. Friend or Faux
8. Room with a Feud
9. Lock n Loud
10. Fool’s Paradise
11. Snow Way Out
12. Fed Up
13. Out of the Picture
14. Job Insecurity
15. Potty Mouth
16. Mall of Duty
17. Anti-Social
18. The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos
19. Spell it Out
20. Snow Way Down
21. Baby Steps
22. Shell Shock
23. Suite and Sour
24. Back in Black
25. Legends
26. Future Tense
27. Patching Things Up
28. No Spoilers
29. Not a Loud
30. Tricked!
31. The Whole Picture
32. Read Aloud
33. No Laughing Matter
34. Health Kicked
35. Garage Banned
36. Back Out There
37. The Old and the Restless
38. Kick the Bucket List
39. Intern for the Worse
40. The Crying Dame
41. Lynner Takes All
42. Cheater by the Dozen
43. Pets Peeved
44. Making the Grade
45. Vantastic Voyage
46. Change of Heart
47. ARGGH! You for Real?
48. No Such Luck
49. Brawl in the Family

Final Thoughts

With all the cartoons of this season officially covered, we now return to the previous question; did Season 2 of The Loud House improve from the previous season’s weak points and make the whole show better?  Well, not only did it improve, but surprisingly, it really improved with several strong cartoons and very few weak ones.  In fact, this season has so much great material, it’s hard to believe that it didn’t really start out that great mostly due to a major lack of consistent quality.  Some cartoons were great, with the first one of the season being the best of the whole series as of now.  However, when a cartoon missed, it really missed, capitalizing on everything that didn’t work in Season 1.  The biggest offender was “Brawl in the Family” whose plot was fueled by many mean and stupid moments that presented the world around Lincoln as opposing forces trying to make life torturous, Lincoln getting pitted against his own family for weak reasons, and an extremely unwelcome downer ending.  To make things even more unfortunate, one or more of these factors frequently showed up in various cartoons of the first half, even good ones.  It was really debatable if such an inconsistent quality would ever be evened out.  Miraculously, after “No Such Luck,” the show finally hit a consistently good streak, working more off the better cartoons of the first half and seeming to actively go against the setups of the bad ones.  Instead of Lincoln primarily being pitted against all the girls, there was more of him and the sisters functioning as a team.  Instead of a lot of Louds going crazy with what they do in life, there were times where they were considerate of how their behavior affected others.  Rather than being brushed off as a hindrance in sibling discussions, Lincoln was taken seriously as the man with a plan a lot more.  Finally, when one person, or many people, had a problematic approach to life, it was treated like a big issue to stop and not to be brushed off as a normal part of life.  These cartoons showed off the show’s main idea of how family members can get along despite their distinct eccentricities better than ever before, toning down the mean-spiritedness and making the family love aspect more apparent.  In a way, the new season is a representation of how the Louds have matured and grown closer together over the course of the series, and it makes you wonder how closer they’ll be in seasons to come.  With all this in mind, it’s commendable that this show has proven to be one to keep getting better, as well as one with an interesting look at family bonding.

This season also has its own distinct strengths mainly through its developments of several characters, which is especially good for the Loud family as a whole.  In the prior season, Lincoln was the main focus with his sisters mostly playing supporting roles who at times, acted antagonistic towards him, making it seem like Lincoln was who the show was all about and the only character good enough to follow.  There were times when a sister got a staring role, but Lincoln easily dominated them all.  However, since the show is called The Loud House and not The Lincoln Loud Show, Lincoln's Chaotic Life, Hey Lincoln, or Lincoln: The Loud Boy, it’s just as much about the Loud sisters as it is about Lincoln.  This is why it’s great that we see a lot more cartoons with the sisters, offering different points of view on life in the Loud House and further depths of the characters.  We see Lori as a more considerate and vulnerable oldest sibling as opposed to a bossy one from her introduction, Leni’s ability to get what people like the best, Luna’s bisexuality, Lisa’s lack of social skills, and more eccentric sisters like spooky Lucy, messy Lana, and bratty Lola as endearing little kids with relatable anxieties.  The sisters getting significant starring roles make life in this big family more interesting than ever since they’re all interesting characters and offer more perspectives than those from an everyman like Lincoln.  It’s not just the sisters who get a lot of development.  We also start seeing a lot more of the parents this season, right down to their faces being completely shown after being hidden throughout the first season, which when you think about it, didn’t make much sense to happen since they showed the faces of the other adults.  Because of Mom and Dad being allowed to openly express themselves now, it’s easy to follow them and sympathize with them in cartoons where they strive to get relaxation from raising 11 kids or try to make them successful in the future or even share outrageous yet creative birth stories.  Dad is the parent who stands out the most though, getting cartoons completely devoted to him.  We learn more about his passion for cooking, watch him personally bond with the kids, and witness him go through events to help him be a better father.  The season’s great use of character even goes beyond the Louds through expanding the appeal of the show’s universe by developing supporting characters.  Many cartoons show a lot of Clyde’s attempts at self-improvement, Ronnie Anne’s lifestyle preferences, Flip’s jerky business practices, the teamwork of Lincoln’s other friends, Mr. Grouse being a grumpy yet loyal neighbor, and many more.  We even get new interesting and entertaining characters with lots of potential for the future like the Casagrande family which Ronnie Anne and Bobby move in with, Lisa’s new friend Darcy, and Luna’s love interest Sam all bringing out new sides to the respective characters.  Through focusing on characters apart from Lincoln, old and new, the show is vaster than ever and sure to entice newcomers to check it out.

As you can tell, after such a shaky start, this season really pulled through and turned out to be really great constantly playing to the show’s strengths with little to no bad cartoons for the remainder.  It’s not perfect mind you since it still has noticeable flaws in some cartoons. Some characters like Lori, Dad, Clyde, and the younger Loud sisters got way too much screen time leaving little room for starring roles for other characters, especially Luna despite her apparent fan favorite status within a year of the show’s premiere.  Other characters were perfectly set up to get background on their personalities like Lynn in “Lynner Takes All” and Luan in “No Laughing Matter,” but by the end we’re left without reasons why Lynn needs to win and why Luan is so obsessed with making jokes respectively, leaving them in desperate need of development they never get.  Many plots also seem to rely way too much on characters reacting to misunderstandings or Dad going crazy with something new (sometimes with Mom) forcing the family to snap him out of it.  However, compared to the flaws the season had before, these are very minor that don’t hinder the viewing experience much.  While I would like to see more characters get more focus and development in later seasons, so long as the story and moments of the characters present are successfully entertaining, the show will remain as great as it’s been.  However, despite this season making this show grow to be something so great, it’s debatable if this greatness will continue.  A few months before the season ended, the creator of the show, Chris Savino, was fired for reports of sexual harassment.  It’s not that I blame Nickelodeon for letting him go.  He was causing harm to people in the workplace and deserves to pay the price for it, so we can at least say that the people working on the show now have a safer job environment.  Even so, being the creator, Chris was the heart of the show and oversaw the production of every cartoon, even directing the majority of them.  Yes, he also oversaw major duds like “Brawl in the Family” and “No Such Luck,” but since the show majorly improved after those cartoons, he was involved in the consistently good quality that remained all the way through.  Without him, the quality could very well go down as more seasons are produced.  However, it must also be known that Chris didn’t write or storyboard that many cartoons, meaning other people dreamed up most of the story ideas and character developments.  Given that many cartoons following the biggest disasters appeared to try and go against everything that didn’t work in the show in the past, this seems to suggest that the crew can get by and allow the show to remain good even without the original creator.  For all we know, the show could get even better with him gone, and considering many of the Season 3 cartoons that have aired at the time of this posting, this seems to be the case.  After all, Chris may have thought of the idea for The Loud House, but he probably wasn’t the best person to be in charge of it, and not just because of his sexual crimes.  Again, it’s debatable if the show will continue to work off of the greatness set by this season, but it’s still easy to have hope that the crew Chris left behind will remain strong and talented and never stop improving.

At this point, it’s more of a personal preference that The Loud House isn’t in my top 10 favorite animated shows of all time, but after Season 2, it’s pretty dang close to that status.  The stories are more interesting, the characters are strong, and there’s apparent effort to improve from prior flaws and become something better than ever.  I had a lot of fun with this season, and I bet that if you liked the show the first time around, you’ll like it even more after watching the second set.  So look into an eventual DVD release and/or purchase the season’s highest ranked cartoons on digital, and I’ll be looking forward to talking about the next season and many more to come, hopefully regarding just how great the show will potentially get.

Highly Recommended

If you want to stay updated for more reviews, become a follower of this blog, click here to like the official Facebook page, and click here to follow me on Twitter.

If you would like to check out other Loud House reviews on this blog, click here for the guide made especially for them.

And with that, another set of Loud House reviews has successfully been shared.  The show will be visited again some time after Season 3 is completely finished airing.  For the next set though, we'll be covering several episodes of my pick for the greatest animated series of all time via its first DVD volume.  What show is it? You'll just have to wait until the first review is uploaded.  Until then:

Stay Animated Folks!