This episode will be Picture Perfect… not…

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Guest 2 - Don't worry, they'll be mad at Rita for not listening to Lincoln and the girls for messing around.

Anyways, enjoy!


Title card: Picture Perfect

"Wonder what the perfect picture's about." mused Sam.

Lincoln suddenly went pale.

"Oh no…" he said.

"Lincoln? Are you ok?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Next to the trophy this is my greatest shame." Lincoln sighed.

Lincoln: [to the viewers while making something] "The key to the perfect anniversary present for your parents is simple: know your audience. And since my folks love what I bring to the table, I make them the same thing every year: this awesome coffee mug!" [raises a "coffee mug" which doesn't look complete.]

Some people cringed at the work.

"Well… it's a start." Agnes said awkwardly.

"Don't worry. Pottery isn't my strong suit either." said Sid.

Lincoln smiled a bit.

Lori: "Coffee mug? I thought it was a paperweight."

Lynn: "Paperweight? That thing is definitely a pencil holder."

Lisa: "Negatory. Clearly it's a bust of German philosopher Immanuel Kant."

"Very famous philosopher." Carlos said in agreement.

"Girls, there's no need to make fun of Lincoln's work." Lynn Sr. lightly chided.

"It's fine Dad." said Lincoln. "I'm better at different versions of art. Pottery isn't one of them."

Lincoln then narrowed his eyes at his parents.

"But then again, at least I wish the hard work I attempt to put into it would be much appreciated every year." he said in an even tone.

Rita and Lynn Sr. traded nervous glances, which everyone noticed. The sisters looked worried.

"What is he talking about?" asked Rusty.

"Let's watch to find out." said Liam.

Luan: [in her gag glasses] "I Kant even tell what it is!" [laughs; All the other sisters walk in the scene to their brother.]

"Good one!" Benny chuckled.

Lola: "Clearly no one can figure out what that thing is. No wonder Mom and Dad just throw all your old gifts in the attic."

[The girls gasp at what Lola just said and Luna shuts her up.]

Lincoln: [flabbergasted] "WHAT?!"

"You did what?!" Rosa exclaimed, everyone looking shocked. Lynn Sr. and Rita looked nervous and guilty.

"Did I hear that correctly? You throw your son's gifts to you in the attic?" Maria asked with a stern look.

"I hope Lola was just joking." Harold said sternly.

Lola began to get nervous.

[The attic. Lincoln is looking around for evidence of what Lola just said.]

Lincoln: "Lola must've been messing around with me. Mom and Dad love my paperweights. I mean, coffee mugs." [notices a box] "What's this? "DO NOT OPEN!" Okay." [opens it and finds that Lola was telling the truth and gasps.] "It's true… Mom and Dad do hate my gifts!"

Everyone was shocked, not believing their eyes and ears. They glared at the sweating Loud parents.

"Busted!" Sergio squawked.

"You put your son's gifts to you in the attic?!" Howard exclaimed in outrage.

"In a box labeled 'Do Not Touch' of all things?!" Hector added in anger.

"Rita, how could you do this to your own son?!" Albert asked, angry that his daughter would put aside Lincoln's gifts like they were nothing.

"Dad I-" Rita began.

"It doesn't even matter if they look good or are poorly made." Frida huffed. "What matters is the heart and hard work that is put into them! That's what makes them true pieces of art!"

"And true gifts from the heart!" Arutro added in agreement.

"And that's exactly what your boy did!" scolded Rosa.

"When Lincon told me about this, I couldn't believe it." said Clue before glaring. "Now I do."

"All of us kids try so hard to make our parents good gifts." Rusty said with a glare.

"Yeah, even though we're not complete art experts like DaVinci or Picasso, we still try." Zach said in agreement.

"And Lincoln tries so hard to make everyone in his family happy!" added Liam.

"Especially you two since you have to take care of 11 kids, which shows something." Stella added with arms folded.

"Putting them in a box was one thing, the least you could've done was write something like, Lincoln's gifts to parents for safekeeping." Girl Jordan frowned.

"But writing 'Do Not Touch' on it like if it was poison in there was just wrong." Mollie added in agreement.

"You better give us a good reason as to how you could've been so dismissive of gifts of love from your son and making your daughter's lie about it." Maria said angrily.

Lynn Sr. and Rita gulped nervously.

"I'm sure they will afterwards." Albert said in a stern tone. "But for now, let's watch."

Through the glares from everyone who didn't live in the Loud House didn't go away, they faced the screen again.

[Luna and Lucy are looking at the mug Lincoln worked so hard on.]

Luna: "If you turn your head to the side and squint, it almost looks like Aunt Shirley."

[An image of Aunt Shirley shows up and a scream of horror is heard upon her appearance.]

Everyone cringed.

"That's disturbing." muttered Clyde.

"She needs some work done!" Sergio said.

Lucy: "Or an inflamed liver."

Lori: "When he's this pathetic, it takes all the joy out of making fun of him."

"Lori!" Rita and Lynn Sr. exclaimed.

"That wasn't very nice, young lady!" Rita scolded.

Lori nervously fiddled with her hair.

"Look who's talking." Stella said bluntly.

Lynn Sr. and Rita winced at that remark.

Lincoln: [insulted] "I CAN HEAR YOU!"

Sisters: "WE KNOW!"

"Wow, really nice." Carlota deadpanned.

"Yeah, way to make your only brother feel better after finding out that his gifts didn't mean anything to his parents." Ronnie Anne added sternly.

"Did you even try to cheer him up?" Girl Jordan asked.

The Loud sisters traded nervous glances.

"Apparently not." Mollie huffed.

[Lincoln facepalms in anger.]

Lincoln: "Mom and Dad's anniversary is tomorrow. What am I gonna do?"

[He sits down on a box that causes a flash to occur. He examines it and finds Dad's old camera and finds out there's still some film in it.]

Lincoln: "Oh, I think an idea's developing!" [walks backwards and falls down the stairs]

"Licnoln were you ok?!" Lynn Sr. asked in worry.

"I was fine. No worries." Lincoln said.

"I've figured out the perfect present for Mom and Dad!" [holds up camera] "Ta-da!"

Lana: "You're giving them Dad's old camera?"

Lola: "Wow! You are cheap."

Lincoln: "No! Not the camera. A photograph of all of us!"

Lori: "Why use that old thing when you can just use a cellphone?" [holds up her phone]

Lincoln: [defensively] "Because that would be like painting the Mona Lisa with a crayon."

Lori: "Wow. This may be the year you don't fail miserably and crush Mom and Dad's souls."

"LORI!" Rita and Lynn Sr. shouted in anger and outrage at their oldest. Everyone else was shocked and disgusted by that as they glared at Lori, making her sweat bullets.

"How could you say that to him?!" Bobby said in anger.

"He just found out that his parents didn't like his gifts and that's what you say?!" Ronnie Anne exclaimed angrily.

"How could you be so mean?!" CJ asked, pointing an accusing finger.

"That was just stone cold." Zach said in disgust.

"Even we wouldn't do something as dark as that." Haiku said with a glare, the Morticians club nodding in agreement.

Clyde glanced at the Loud sisters. "And why didn't you say anything in Lincoln's defence?" he asked with a frown.

The girls traded guilty glances.

"Because…" Luan began.

"You knew it was true in your own minds?" Liam finished with a frown.

The girls began to sweat.

"It doesn't matter how bad the mugs looked." Maria said sternly. "Siblings are supposed to support each other, especially when one's feelings are crushed."

"We'll be talking about this later young lady." Lynn Sr. said sternly.

Lori looked over at Lincoln in guilt.

"LIncoln I-" she began.

"We'll talk when this is done." he said firmly before sighing. "Besides, you weren't the only jerk that day."

Everyone traded glances, but the girls and Clyde knew what Lincoln was talking about as they gave worried looks at the white-haored boy.

Lincoln: [sarcastically] "Thank you for the vote of confidence."

"Yeah, really supportive." Carl said indindalty, making Lori wince.

Lincoln: [confidently] "Everyone, to the backyard!"

[They head on out.]

[The backyard. Lincoln is focusing the camera to make sure everyone, kids and pets, stays perfectly in the frame.]

Lincoln: "Okay, that's it. Leni, scooch to the left." [Leni moves to her right which is Lincoln's left.] "Your other left." [Leni gets it right.] "Perfect! Someone grab Lily." [Lucy grabs her and puts her back in the frame.] "Thank you. Good. Just gotta set the timer, and..." [sets it and joins the others in the shot.] "Everybody, say cheese!"

Loud Kids: [while holding big smiles] "Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."

[The camera still hasn't gone off.]

Lynn: [holding her smile] "When is it gonna flash? My jaw's cramping up!"

Loud Kids: "...eeeeeeeeeeeeee..."

Lincoln: [holding his smile] "Give it a second!"

Loud Kids: "...eeeeeeee..."

"Oh yeah I always hated those cameras." said Arturo. "They took too long."

"Not unless you set the timer to be faster." Lynn Sr. pointed out.

Lori: [gives up] "Yeah, I knew he'd blow it."

"Really Lori? Really?" Bobby frowned as Lori looked down in guilt.

Lori: [gets out her phone] "Let's do selfies instead."

Leni: [gets out hers] "Totes!"

Lincoln: "No, wait!"

[Lori and Leni take a selfie with Lincoln getting caught by the flash and feeling dazed from it.]

Lincoln: "DOI!"

"Ooh!" everyone winced.

"I hate it when that happens to me." Bobby winced.

"Same here." Clyde said in agreement.

"Still, you girls could've had patience." Lynn Sr. said, shaking his head.

The sisters looked away with a wince.

Luan: "I nose just what this picture needs." [puts on her gag glasses and laughs.]

Lincoln: "Come on, Luan. You can't wear those in the photo."

Luan: "Oh, don't be such a Groucho." [laughs and squeaks a fake cigar.]

"She does have a point." Sid admitted as Lincoln looked down.

Luna: [with her guitar] "What this photo needs are some tunes."

Lincoln: "No, no, no, no, no. Photographs don't have-"

[Luna plays a loud chord and blows Lincoln away.]

Lincoln: "-SOUND!" [thuds]

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry bro!" Luna said in shock.

"It's fine Luna." Lincoln said dismissively.

Lola: "You're ruining the picture! Maybe you should take off that gross hat."

Lana: "Maybe you should take off that gross face!"

[Lana throws mud at her but Lola ducks and the mud hits Lincoln instead.]

"Somehow he always gets involved in their fights." Girl Jordan mused.

"Unintentionally." Persephone nodded in agreement.

Lincoln: [seeing a naked Lily] "Lily! Where is your diaper?!"

"How does she keep getting out of her diaper?" Leni asked.

"You got me." shrugged Lynn.

[The photo shoot goes out of control with the girls and pets being themselves.]

Lincoln: "GUYS, PLEASE! CAN WE ALL JUST SETTLE DOWN?!"

[The camera takes the picture.]

"Oof, tough luck man." Rusty said in sympathy.

[Lincoln is looking at the photo that was taken with worry.]

Lincoln: "Look at us. We're like a vision of insanity. I can't give this to Mom and Dad."

"Way harsh bro." Luna said, hurt at that remark.

"I know it was." Lincoln sighed.

Lincoln: [holds up the coffee mug] "That's worse than Aunt Shirley. Argh! I mean, my coffee mug! I gotta give them a better picture." [gets an idea] "The perfect picture! Time for a do-over."

"An unnecessary do-over." Lincoln sighed.

"Whaddya mean?" CJ asked.

"Just watch CJ." Lincoln replied.

[Lola and Lana's room. Lola has worked on her face.]

Lola: "Mirror, mirror in my hand. Who's the prettiest in the land?"

[Lana emerges from their closet covered in mud.]

Lana: "Not you, once Mudzilla gets a hold of you!"

"Lana, what did we say about tracking mud in the house?" Rita said sternly.

"Sorry." Lana apologized.

[Lana roars and Lola reviles in horror. Lincoln sprays Lana with the hose.]

Lana: [coughs] "Hey! You washed off my mud!"

Lola: "Ha ha! You got spray-"

[Lincoln sprays her too.]

Lincoln: "Perfect!"

Lola: "Hey! You washed off my makeup!"

Lincoln: "Good news, guys! We're taking another family photo!"

Twins: "But we already did one!"

[Lincoln ties up them with the hose and drags them back into the backyard.]

Lincoln: "Stay right here. And no more mud or makeup."

Twins: "WHAT?!"

Lincoln: "Thank you for understanding."

"I get trying to get them out, but there was no need with the garden hose." scolded Lynn Sr.

Lincoln sighed as he looked at his feet.

[The twins pout. Lincoln is talking to Lily.]

Lincoln: "Look. I'm all about self-expression, but this new picture needs to be perfect, so I'm gonna need you to keep your diaper on." [Lily babbles] "Thanks for understanding." [puts her diaper on]

Lily: [takes off diaper and throws it at Lincoln] "Poo-poo." [toddles around]

Lincoln: "Let's just put a pin in this for now..."

"A lot of us had that happen to us numerous times." Maria mused.

"You can say that again." said Carlos.

"Sowwy Linky." Lily said with a sad look.

"Aww, it's ok Lily." Lincoln said as he ruffled the little tuft of hair on Lily's head, making her giggle.

"At least it wasn't dirty." Clyde pointed out before shuddering. "Unlike that one time…"

Lincoln and Clyde shuddered at a certain memory while everyone, except Lily, gave them looks of confusion.

[Lisa is working on her studies.]

Lisa: "If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is the mean proportional between segments, then-"

Lincoln: "Hey, Lisa! We're doing another family picture. How about we lose the glasses and do something with your hair?" [fixes up Lisa's hair in different styles such as a shaggy wild do, an afro, and even a horned style until he settles on her normal style.] "Or just lose the glasses." [takes her glasses]

Lisa: [blind] "But, Lincoln, my astigmatism!" [falls down the stairs] "It's okay! It's just a hairline fracture!"

"Lincoln, you know that Lisa needs her glasses to see!" Rita exclaimed.

"Lisa, were you ok?" Lynn Sr. asked.

"I was fine, father." Lisa replied. "As my past self said, it was just a hairline fracture."

"And what was wrong with her hairstyle anyway?" asked Stella.

"Yeah, it looked fine to me." Dante said in agreement.

Lincoln buried his face in his hands.

Leni: "Did I hear we're taking more photos? Yay!" [her shades drop over her eyes] "Uh-oh. Guess we'll have to wait till after the solar eclipse."

[Lincoln just looks exasperated and removes her shades.]

Leni: "Whoa. You're like a wizard. Or a weatherman."

Everyone facepalmed.

"You can't see a solar eclipse indoors Leni." Lisa muttered.

"Really? Wow…" Leni said in amazement.

[Lincoln gets an idea of switching the glasses around and gives Leni Lisa's glasses.]

Lincoln: "Maybe you should wear these for the picture, Leni. They make you look...um...even smarter than you already are."

Leni: [blind] "Wow! Thanks!" [falls down the stairs] "I'm alright! I landed on Lisa!"

Lisa: "Okay, now it's a break!"

"They weren't even her prescription!" Rita shouted.

"And what's wrong with the way Leni looked? Becky asked. "I thought you said she was fine just the way she was."

Lincoln couldn't answer as he avoided their eyes.

[Lincoln facepalms and drags the two blind opposite minded sisters to the retake.]

Lincoln: "Okay, just stay here." [heads off]

Leni: "But..."

Lincoln: "Here's some ice packs and a bandage!" [tosses them to his blind sisters who are still waiting, unaware of that.]

Leni & Lisa: "Okay! Throw them!"

"You couldn't just hand the stuff to them?" Ronnie Anne deadpanned.

"Luckily, I heal fast." said Lisa. "Time in a lab like mine will often do that to you."

"How smart is she?" Carl asked in amazement.

"Probably smart enough to give Einstein a run for his money." shrugged Carlos.

[Lucy and Lynn's room]

Lincoln: "Okay, guys, time to take a new picture."

Lynn: "A new picture? No way."

[Lincoln grabs her football and she starts acting like an eager dog.]

Lincoln: "You ready, Lynn? Fetch, girl!"

[Lynn runs on all fours out to the retake. Lincoln tosses her the ball and she catches it in her mouth.]

Lincoln: "Good, Lynn! Now stay!"

"Wow, and I thought only Lana acted like a dog." said Lori.

"What can I say? I love catching a ball." Lynn shrugged.

"Just like charles." said Lana as she petted the family dog. Charles barked in response.

"You're pretty cute as a dog." Francisco sommented.

"And pretty funny." Margo giggled.

Lynn blushed and chuckled sheepishly.

[He grabs Lucy's macabre book and holds it with her, escorting her to the retake.]

Lucy: [unaware of her surroundings] "When did we get grass in our bedroom?"

"How did you not notice that dudette?" Luna asked.

"I get so involved in my books I hardly notice a thing." Lucy replied.

"All of us have been there before." said Morpheus.

[Luna and Luan's room]

Lincoln: "Time to take a new picture!"

Luna: "Sweet! Let me just grab my axe."

Luan: "And I'll get my funny nose and glasses."

[However, they find out that their items are gone.]

Luna: "Dudes! Where's my axe?"

Luan: "And where are my glasses?"

Lincoln: "Uh...silly props are not going to be in this picture. You'll get them back after we get the shot."

Luna: "You took our stuff?"

Luan: "Then we're not gonna be in your picture!"

Lincoln: "Hmm...sure would be a shame if something happened to your things."

[Luna and Luan strike shocked poses and head to the retake in those exact same poses.]

"What did you do to their stuff young man?" Rita asked with folded arms.

"Nothing I swear!" Lincoln exclaimed.

"He's right." said Luna. "They were just hidden in his room."

Luna: "This picture thing has changed you, dude."

"In a very bad way." Lincoln said in agreement.

Lori: "Which is exactly why I'm not going to be in it."

Lincoln: "Which is exactly why I took the liberty of replacing you."

Lori: [angered] "You what?!"

[The doorbell rings and Lincoln answers it. There's a girl who looks kinda like Lori in a way at the door.]

Lincoln: [smugly] "Oh, Lori. I believe you know Carol Pingrey. Didn't she beat you out for homecoming queen?"

[Lori slams the door on Carol.]

Lori: [reluctantly] "Let's get this over with."

"So that's why you invited me over." Carol said, now getting the idea.

"Lincoln you were gonna replace Lori in your own family photo?!" Clyde exclaimed.

"Even if she didn't want to do it, that still wasn't very nice." Maria chided.

"I know I know!" Lincoln said in guilt. "That was low even for me. I just wanted Lori in the picture. I guess I went the wrong way of getting her to do it."

Lori gave her brother a sympathetic look. While she didn't like the idea of her being replaced, let alone by her previous rival, she now saw why he did that.

[The retake. The girls are not happy about going through with this.]

Lincoln: "Okay, everyone excited? So am I!" [notices Lily wandering around naked.] "Ah! There you are!" [picks her up and tapes her diaper tight.] "You aren't getting that diaper off now! Okay, pets, move on in!"

[Enter the reluctant pets.]

"Even the pets?" Sid asked in surprise.

"Wow, if the pets are that annoyed, Lincoln must be really taking this too far." Carl commented.

"What was your first clue?" Haiku deadpanned.

Lincoln: "Okay, almost there. Just a few more fixes." [takes out a package of marshmallows and takes out two of them.] "Open up!"

[Lola opens her mouth and Lincoln puts them in the gap where her two front teeth would be.]

Lincoln: "You too!"

[Lincoln does the same to Lana as he did to Lola. The twins notice how ridiculous they look with these fillings.]

Twins: [with a lisp] "You look thilly!"

"They'll grow back eventually." said Rita. "It takes time."

"Carl still has a way to go too." added Frida.

[Lincoln puts a pacifier with a big smile print onto Lily's mouth.]

Lincoln: [coaxing Lynn] "Okay, give it here, girl."

[Lynn growls in refusal and Lincoln gives her the "drop it" command and she acquiesces. He then looks at Luna's hair.]

Luna: [bitterly] "What?"

Lincoln: "That hair."

Luna: "What about it?"

[Lincoln puts a big long wild wig on her.]

Luna: "But this hair isn't me, dude!"

"Yeah I like her hair." said Sam.

"Me too!" said Clyde. "She pulls off a good a good pixie cut."

"Yeah, it's part of the image that shows her as Luna Loud." Carlota nodded in agreement.

Luna smiled at those words while Lincoln rubbed his arm in guilt.

Leni: "And this glasses isn't I, either."

Lincoln: "Trust me. You guys look great. Okay, Lucy, I'm gonna need you to smile."

Lucy: "I can't see that happening."

"But it did happen eventually." said Luan.

"And now we see it sometimes." added Leni.

"It's literally sweet." Lori smiled.

Lucy gave a small smile at that.

Lisa: "I can't see anything happening!"

Lincoln: [coaxing Lucy] "You know, some folks think taking someone's picture actually steals their soul."

Lucy: "Oh?"

Lincoln: "Yeah! Just think of it. Your soul trapped and tormented inside a camera for all eternity."

[Lucy gives a small smirk.]

"How did I fall for that?" Lucy asked in embarrassment.

"You were only 8 Luce." said Lynn.

"And I was being such an idiot." Lincoln grunted.

Lincoln: "Close enough. Okay, I think we're ready." [checks] "Hmm...still needs something to pull it all together. I know!"

[Everyone is now wearing matching sweaters.]

Frida gasped. "The whole family wearing matching outfits?! It's so beautiful!" she exclaimed before crying.

Lincoln: "Now this is a perfect picture."

Lori: "What was wrong with the other one?"

Lincoln: [nervous] "Oh, well, uh...it was kinda...you guys were a little..."

Lori: [curiously irked] "A little what, Lincoln?"

Lincoln: "...yourselves?"

[The girls are offended by that reason and chastise Lincoln for it.]

Lori: "So, that's what this is all about! You don't like us the way we are."

Lincoln: [with his tongue tied] "Well, I-you see, that is to say-I, uh..."

Everyone, excerpt the Loud sisters, gave Lincoln shocked looks.

"You don't like your sisters for the way they are?" CJ asked.

"I-" Lincoln began.

"What's wrong with who they are?" asked Stella.

"Nothing!" Lincoln exclaimed.

"Then why do it in the first place?" demanded Carlota.

"Nobody's perfect, but it's who they are that defines them." added Girl Jordan.

"I just-" Lincoln began. "I just… I was just…"

"You what?" Ronnie Anne demanded.

"Are you embarrassed by your sisters?" asked Liam.

"What?! No of course not!" Lincoln exclaimed. "It was only for the picture!"

"I think they would've looked fine in the picture just the way they were." said Kotaro.

"Yeah, I wouldn't want to see my grandkids change themselves into people they're not." said Albert.

Luna cringed at that, remembering the time she became Lulu.

"I get that now!" Lincoln exclaimed. "And I was wrong to do that!"

"How about we just finish the episode?" Clyde suggested.

Everyone stopped looking at Lincoln and looked back at the screen. Lincoln just looked at his feet in shame as tears began to appear in his eyes.

Lori: [spiteful] "Okay, guys, let's all put on perfect smiles for Lincoln's perfect picture, because heaven forbid we be our ACTUAL, LITERAL SELVES!"

[The girls put on the supposed smiles Lincoln wanted.]

Girls: "Cheeeeeeeeee..."

Lincoln: [talking over their cheese saying.] "Lori, I didn't mean..." [takes a look at their smiles] "Actually, that's pretty perfect."

[They all hold their smiles and the photo is taken.]

Lincoln: "Thanks so much, guys! I really appreciate your-" [sees that his sisters and pets are gone.] "Guys? Guys? Huh. Guess they must have had something else to do."

"Can't say I blame 'em." said Rusty.

"You got that right Rust." nodded Zach,

Lincoln put his head in his hands.

[Lincoln has gotten the photo framed.]

Lincoln: "My days of giving lame anniversary presents are over." [notices his sisters tossed all their matching sweaters in the trash but focuses on the photo.] "Mom and Dad are gonna love this! Look at us. We're like a vision of perfection."

"Only in my mind." Lincoln grunted in guilt. "Ugh, how could I be such an idiot?!"

The sisters gave him worried looks.

Lola: [having fixed herself up] "Mirror, mirror in my hand. Who's the prettiest in the land?"

Lana: [covered in mud once again] "Not you, after the mud monster gets you!"

[Lana roars and Lola screams. But rather than picking on each other, they're treating it like a game.]

"Now that is cute." giggled Carol.

"You can say that again." laughed Dana.

Lola and Lana smiled at each other.

"Then how come you guys fight whenever Lana does that now?" Lori asked.

"Only when it's in our room where it can get on my make up." Lola replied.

[Lincoln looks on and sees how much fun they're having and takes a look at their smiles in the perfect photo.]

Lincoln: [goes inside] "Hey, guys! I got the picture framed!" [sees Lucy reading her macabre book and looks at her smile in the photo.]

[Luan and Lily are playing and laughing together.]

"That's so cute." Sam gushed.

"Just like whenever we play with Carlitos." Carlota smiled.

Carlitos giggled.

[Lincoln sees them and reflects upon their smiles in the photo. He then sees Luna rocking out and looks back on her smile and wig in the photo. Lisa is continuing her studies.]

Lisa: "Computing of the original formulation. Okay, parameters..."

[Lincoln sees her studying and recalls how he made her smile and wear Leni's shades. Leni and Lori are taking selfies together and giggling with joy. Lincoln remembers how he made Leni wear Lisa's glasses and what Lori said to him and how she got everyone to wear the fake smiles. Seeing his sisters being happy to be themselves causes him to rethink his decision on the so-called perfect picture.]

"So you finally see that you were wrong to try to change your sisters?" Rita asked her son.

"Big time Mom. Big time." Lincoln sighed.

[It's their parents' anniversary.]

Loud Kids: "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!"

Rita: "Thanks, kids."

Lynn Sr.: "Ooh. Whose present should we open first?"

Lincoln: "Mine!"

[The girls and Charles resent this. Lincoln hands his parents his present.]

Lori: [mocking] "Oh, come on, girls. Let's all let Lincoln give his perfect little present."

Luan: [Also mocking] "Yeah. I sure hope it's perfect enough."

[It turns out Lincoln gave his parents the picture from the first take where his sisters are being themselves.]

Rita: "Oh, Lincoln, this is wonderful! It's the best gift we've ever gotten."

Lynn Sr.: "It's going above the mantle right now." [places it there]

[The girls are confused and unhappy with Lincoln's last-minute decision.]

Lola: "Lincoln, you bonehead! You gave them the wrong picture!"

Lori: "Yep! I knew you'd blow this, too."

Lincoln: "No, I gave them the right one. [The girls are shocked] The one that shows the real you. The perfect you.

[The girls embrace Lincoln in gratitude and happiness.]

Girls: "Aww! Thank you, Lincoln!"

Everyone smiled warmly at the scene as the Loud sisters smiled at their little/big brother, who managed a weak smile in return.

Lincoln: "By the way, you might all wanna put your presents for Mom and Dad in here." [shows them the box the discarded coffee mugs were once in, sneering.] "Since they'll all look super lame next to my awesome gift!"

[The girls are taken aback by that comment and start arguing with him, which puts a smile on his face.]

Lincoln: "Just perfect."

Lily: [throws her diaper at Lincoln] "Poo-poo."

"Yeah, I don't think that was necessary." said Clyde.

"I see that now." Lincoln noted.

"Hey Lincoln?" Lori called out. "Can we… talk to you?"

Lincoln looked nervous but nodded.

This time, all 10 sisters joined Lincoln as they walked a distance away from the group.

"Lincoln, we want to know." said Luan. "Is it true?"

"Were you really embarrassed by who we are that day?" Lucy asked.

Lincoln avoided their gaze.

"Lincoln, please answer us." begged Lori.

Lincoln sighed as his eyes became moist.

"If I'm being honest with you girls, maybe I was, but only that day." Lincoln said honestly. "All I wanted was a good picture to give to Mom and Dad for their anniversary. A different kind of gift to give them since mine were always considered crap to them and compared to your gifts."

Lincoln then dared to look at them. "But really, I was never ever embarrassed by you guys." he said honestly. "I was wrong to change you guys for who you are. You all have your own identities that make you more than just a Loud family member with nine sisters and a brother. And that's what makes you great." he added with a sad smile.

The girls smiled, touched by that.

Lincoln faced his oldest sister. "Lori, while it gets on all of our nerves when you're bossy and always on your phone, you do take good care of us and I know why sometimes you're a control freak. You really know how to keep our home standing. You still whenever you're home for college."

"Oh Lincoln…" Lori smiled, touched as tears began to form in her eyes.

Lincoln turned to the fashionista. "Leni, while you aren't the smartest tool in the shed, you make up for it with your big heart. You're always so helpful and kind to everyone you meet. And you know how to keep the house standing whenever Lori's away at college. And I know that your fashion designs are gonna go all the way."

"Aw Linky…" Leni smiled, her hand over her heart.

Lincoln faced his oldest tomboy sister. "Luna, while your music can be really loud and annoying at times, you got a great musical gift, both in singing and instrument playing. You really put the 'Loud' in Loud House, but that's a good thing. We all accept you for who you are in life as well. And I know that your music career is gonna be so good, that mick Swagger himself is gonna want to play for you himself."

"You're tugging at my heartstrings baby bro." Luna smiled with tears in her eyes.

Lincol turned to the comedian. "Luan, while your pranks and puns are annoying, not to mention you unleash hell on April Fool's Day, you still know how to make us laugh. I enjoy being your assistant in Funny Business Inc. and you always know how to cheer us up with your jokes. While we don't show it often, you are really funny. And that's a good thing."

Luan sniffed with a smile.

Lincoln faced his athertic sister. "Lynn, while your overcompetitiveness gets irritating and we don't like it when you turn anything into a sport, you really know how to toughen us up once in a while. When you're not showboating out getting involved in your stupid superstitions, you are an amazing athlete. And you are gonna amaze the world with your athletic skills in every sport."

Lynn smiled at that, trying not to cry.

Lincoln faced his spooky little sister. "Lucy, while sometimes your spooky nature is disturbing, you are very poetic indeed. I love helping you with your poems and you always make Halloween a blast. You may say that you don't have a heart, but I know that deep down you do. And it's filled with your love for your family and passion for poetry and scary stuff. And that's what makes you the spooky little sister that I love."

Lucy smiled at that. Actually smiled.

Lincoln faced the youngest tomboy of the family. "Lana, even though your love for being dirty is annoying, you make up for it in many ways. You help keep the house intact with your mechanical skills and you always show such love and compassion for every animal you meet. You're my muddy little sister with a clean heart. Bobbie Fletcher's gonna be happy to have someone like you on her crew."

"Aww, thanks big brother." Lana sniffed with a smile.

Lincoln turned to the princess of the family. "Lola, while none of us like your brattiness and deviousness, you make up for it in the heart that's as beautiful as you are. You work really hard for those pageants and I'm always happy to coach you for them. Even when some of the pageants are tough, you remain strong and brave despite it. I see a good future for you if you start training little girls for pageants in the future."

"T-Thank you Linky…" Lola said with a smile as tears began to pour out of her eyes.

Lincoln faced the genius of the family. "Lisa, while none of us enjoy you performing your experiments on us or even looking down at us just because we don't share your high IQ, you are an amazing genius despite your age. You manage to make amazing inventions and even give a bunch of college professors runs for their money when you give lectures at universities. I know that you are gonna change the world in the most amazing way possible."

"Normally I'm not one for human emotions, but…" Lisa began before smiling at her bog bother. "That… was very sweet of you Lincoln. Thank you."

Lincoln bent down to Lily's level. "And Lily, I can never be mad at you. While it was annoying for you to ditch your diaper and make it smell worse than the sewage plant Chandler hosts his parties at, you're still just a baby. And you're one of the cutest babies I know and I always look forward to watching you grow up."

Lily giggled at that.

Lincoln faced all of his sisters. "The things that make you guys who you are is what makes you such amazing sisters." he said before frowning in guilt as tears flowed down his face. "And I tried to change that, just because I was embarrassed by that picture. I should've just been satisfied with it in the first place. I can't believe I ever tried to change you guys into something you're not! What kind of a sibling does that?!"

The girls looked at Lincoln in sympathy as tears flowed down their faces. Everyone else looked at him in sympathy.

Then, Lincoln said something they didn't expect him to say:

"I'm the worst brother ever…"

The girls gasped. Everyone else's jaws dropped. Tears flowed down the sister's faces even harder as Lynn ran up to Lincoln and held him by his shoulders.

"Don't say that! Don't you ever say that!" she said through tears.

"You are not the worst brother ever!" Luna said through her tears.

"You are the best little brother we could've ever asked for Linky!" Leni cried.

"And you are the best big brother we could've ever asked for!" cried Lola.

"And don't you ever think otherwise!" Lisa added.

Lori bent down to Lincoln's level and put her hands on his shoulders. "Lincoln, we all make mistakes in our lives. It's part of being human." she said before smiling. "But no matter what you do, we'll always love you. I know I have always loved you ever since Mom and Dad brought you home from the hospital. And we're always happy to have you in our lives."

"You really mean that?" Lincoln asked.

"I always do." Lori smiled. "Besides, if I'm ever stressed from being in charge, you always help me."

"And if I ever need a model, you are the first person I turn to." said Leni as she stroked Lincoln's hair. "And whenever I'm stressed from being in charge as well, you always help me."

"I love doing music sessions with you little bro." Luna smiled.

"I enjoy having you as my assistant in Funny Business Inc." added Luan with a reassuring smile.

"And I love having you as a playmate when we were babies and whenever you actually wanted to play sports with me." added Lynn with a soft smile.

"I always turn to you for help on my poems because I know you're quite the artist." Lucy smiled.

"I enjoy taking care of my pets with you, as well as whenever you help me fix stuff from the house to Vanzilla to just about anything." added Lana.

"And I love having you as my pageant coach Linky." smiled Lola. "Not only do we spend time together, but you help give me the confidence I need to go onstage."

"And whenever I don't use you for my experiments, I enjoy your presence when helping me with said experiments." smiled Lisa.

"We love you Lincoln!" Lily smiled.

Lincoln looked touched by his sisters' words. Everyone else was smiling at the scene, some wiping away their tears.

"Thank you girls." Lincoln smiled before frowning. "I'm sorry I ever tried to change you into something your not."

"Apology accepted baby bro." smield Luna.

Lori then frowned in guilt. "And I'm so sorry for what I kept saying about you blowing it for Mom and Dad's anniversary. Everyone was right, that was mean of me."

"And we're sorry for not being patient with you for the first picture." added Lisa.

"And for not comforting you when you found out that Mom and Dad tossed your gifts aside no matter how awful they looked." said Lucy. "It's like Ronnie Anne and Bobby''s aunt said, the true heart in a gift is the heart and thought that's put into it."

"Water under the bridge girls." Lincoln smiled.

"And speaking of which…"

The Louds turned and saw Rita and Lynn Sr. come up to them. It had been Rita who spoke.

"Lincoln, honey, we are so sorry that we tossed your gifts aside like that." Rita said in guilt. "But we want to let you know that we never meant to."

"Whaddya mean?" Lincoln asked. His sisters' shared his curiosity.

"You see son," Lynn Sr. began. "We always wanted to figure out a way to improve the mugs you gave us so we could use them. Because from what I read, you probably never let the pottery fully dry. Your Mom and I did eventually find a guy who could do that for us. And he improved the first two mugs you made us two years ago so we could truly use them."

"Really?" Lincoln asked in surprise.

"But wait, if you found a professional, how come the rest of Lincoln's mugs still looked undone?" asked Luan.

Rita and Lynn Sr. frowned.

"Because the man was a cheapskate." Rita huffed. "Not as bad as Flip though."

"There are a lot of people like that in the world." Hector muttered.

"Like you." Rosa huffed.

"So we decided not to do business with him again." said Lynn Sr. "We didn't want to hurt your feelings about it so that's why we put the rest in the attic and kept the first two in the cabinet."

"The girls overheard us while you were at Clyde's one day and we swore them into secrecy, which was wrogn of us." said Rita. "Either way Lincoln, we're sorry."

Lincoln smiled. "Apology accepted." he said as he hugged his parents, who gladly returned it. The girls joined in.

"This just keeps getting better and better for the family." Albert smiled.

"And I bet it'll get better for all of us too Al." Mr. Grouse said in agreement.

The Louds returned to the group as the next episode played.

To be continued...


Done!

Rita and Lynn Sr.'s explanation for the mugs being in the attic was based off the Fanfic "What Is A Person Worth?" by That Engineer

Special thanks to Gamelover41592 for the "Next to the trophy this is my greatest shame." line.

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