The Loud House Nickelodeon
Episode 12a:Bye Bye Birthday
I will point out this is the third birthday ...cough....fourth birthday episode they've done with this show. Third with a Loud kid. I will point out that this show seemed have been in a strange post of the ages of characters since when season 5 was announced to have Lori...golf college... Lincoln...middle school... and toddler Lilly in preschool because apparently that happens now. That every character was going be +1 the age the show started them with, but (big but) that didn't feel that way. In season 5, only the twins had a birthday marker to say hey, they are 1 year older now, and Lisa has an episode where it's explicitly mentioned that she's 5. Lincoln gets a birthday episode in season 6. So therefore, yes, this is pedantic hours. Also. also, we have more. In this episode Lucy is hanging out with her morticians club because it's a Lucy episode after season 3. They added one back to the club too. (another one?! oh my) She is concerned because the next day is her birthday because she's alive, and that apparently her family has traditions for birthday. I'm confused why these traditions exist here, when we've not seen them in the other two kid birthday episodes. There no Lincoln wearing a birthday sash, there was no bounce house thing at Lola and Lana's party, so what am I watching? (And yes, I'm taking off 1pt for the Lana booger thing, and for using her other gross things this episode, I'm tired) I can't even think they are traditions for Lucy only because the bounce house has names scratched out of other Louds. I can at least thinks he might be bothered by the birthday singing. (Luna singing in French might be more annoying, you already sang Happy Birthday, you don't need to do it twice!)
Because it's a Lucy episode there's also spells, that work, or something because reasons. Now of course she could just tell her family what she would like her birthday to be like, I think Lincoln had, and the twins seem to have set up their own party so... oh she's just doing a spell. She brings the table outside for the family to eat before sundown. ( I prefer before High Noon) Oh she's trying to do the spell but family members keep not being able to stay at the table. (Good. What? I'm not on the side of Lucy being able to put a spell on her family)
She was able to do her spell, which I think is to have her family forget her birthday. The next day, it seems that her birthday has been forgotten by her family. Oh, then it starts where she starts to miss some stuff that does happen on her birthday... like already right now, a very second after being happy... now the episode is already in hyperdrive to make it where she realizes she misses some of the things that happen on her birthday.
She calls her friends for a meeting because she wants her birthday back. So now there's another spell that has to be done before sunset (not another one!) She's able to do the new spell and has her family remember her birthday.
I don't know, the episode does a part where they really are like the family has birthday traditions that apparently don't always show up from the past two episodes that were birthday episodes, it just happened to be here. Lucy goes straight from yeah birthday bad to woah I miss some stuff, pretty quickly. It's a very by the beats episodes, actually something this series used to do more and it kind of cut back on, where it's a character wants something, gets it, then finds out it's not what they wanted, and then works to change it back. In fact, the strange difference is a spell is the answer to the problem and cause of the problem because spells exist. The episode just kind of hits the beats and the only really interesting things are they they found a way to not have Lucy be with her club the full episode, and that it was nice to see Lucy remembering the nice things that happened on her birthdays. Though, it's somehow an episode where Lucy is still "ugh I'm a goth, don't like 'normie' stuff" and then tries to show that sometimes she is at least somewhat appreciative of things. I give the episode 6.8/10
More after the jump
Episode 12b: Tough Guise
Lincoln's news team group are trying to find story ideas. (If it bleeds, it leads, so they are going to get a pipe and break some legs) Then Zach gets an alien alert and the episode follows him and he thinks and alien took down Mr. Bolhofner - there is not. (there are no aliens, but there are spells) He gets 2 days detention. The other kids are scared for him because apparently middle school detention is scarier. (Don't make me look up are wedgies really a thing done?) Then Rusty decides to teach him how to survive detention, yet has he been himself?
This part is pretty funny since Rusty isn't seen as a tough kid, and that his script isn't very good. Also Zach shouldn't listen to him. Zach decides to listen to Rusty, this was a bad idea. I also like how he brings a boombox because it's 1987 in the Loud House. And He has sunglasses and a leather jacket, because Rusty's knowledge comes from "Westside Story" (the original one).
The episode found the kids from that bus episode and brought them to be used in detention. Zach tries the boombox, but we get the wrong song being played because funny. He tries to establish dominance but the sunglasses are too dark and he probably not be able to see correctly since he is always wearing glasses and stuff. He lies to the other kids and tells them that he beat up the teacher. They don't believe it until Bolhofner shows up and he complains to Zach about the black eye, that showed up apparently later.
Zach gets the approval of the other kids ... I wonder what will go wrong? The next day, the other kids want him to do something with them in detention. (Homework?) They are able to escape the room and break into the teacher's lounge to booby trap the space. Zach, being Zach, is like noo don't do it. Later, when detention is over, Zach decides to go and un booby trap the room. (not de-booby trap?)
I thought he was going to get caught by a teacher, but instead he gets caught by Taylor, Anderson and the Pablo, the kids from detention. (He figured out their names here and used it now) Zach tires to lie, but they, except Pablo, see right through this one. The episode also goes for Zach admitting the truth and standing up for himself makes them appreciate him. Cool.
This is a good Zach led episode, it's not as strong as his first, but I liked it. Zach is good character and it's good they even found an episode that doesn't fully focus on his love of the aliens/paranormal. Though it still used it as a guide to the plot. It was pretty interesting to see the old bus bullies in a different spot and seems to give them a spot where they really aren't so bad after all, hope that holds. Rusty was being a good friend even though his advice probably wasn't the best, it at least didn't cause Zach harm. I like how Zach's good state stayed through out. This was a fun one. 8/10.
That's it for now, tune in next time when Zach gets detention with these kids:
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