Now we all experience Attention Deficit.
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Title card: Attention Deficit
"Sounds like an attention situation." said Carlota.
"Sounds like things will be pleasant." Ronnie Anne deadpanned.
[Inside the Loud House, Lucy and Lisa are eating frozen dinners in the living room and Charles is pulling on Lily's diaper because she has his bone. The entire living room is a mess and Lincoln is working on something in the dining room. Lola bursts into the house in her princess car and sends Lily and Charles flying and snatches Lisa's dinner fork with a piece of salisbury steak on it.]
Lisa: [to Lola] "SALISBURY STEAK STEALER!"
"Lola, that was Lisa's dinner." Lynn Sr. scolded.
"Salisbury steak stealer indeed." said Lucy.
"Sorry Lisa." Lola apologized.
"Took you a year. I'll accept it anyway." said Lisa.
Rita: [serves Lincoln a frozen dinner] "Here's your dinner, Lincoln!"
Lincoln: "Thanks, Mom. Hey, will you help me with my science project? I have to build a volcano."
Rita: "Sure, honey. Just give me five minutes. Leni and I are gonna practice putting on makeup."
"I remember when I learned how to put on makeup the first time." said Carlota. "And now I'm able to make a career out of it."
"I've read your blog, totes love it." said Leni.
Carlota smiled at that.
[Leni comes in with her lipstick on her eyes and her eye shadow on her lips and Rita takes her upstairs. Lynn and their father come walking by.]
Lincoln: "Hey, Dad, can you help me with my volcano?"
Lynn Sr.: "Sure, son. Just give me five minutes while I give Lynn some baseball pointers." [tosses a ball at a fragile object which breaks and scares Cliff.] "And there's your first pointer, Lynn: never play ball in the house."
"Nice teaching Loud." Mr. Grouse said sarcastically.
[They head outside and Leni and Rita return.]
Rita: "Well, you're doing much better, Leni, but you're still venturing into...clown territory."
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with looking like a circus clown." said Luan.
"If that's your career." Albert pointed out.
"And not if they're afraid of clowns." added Carlos.
Luan nodded in understanding.
Lincoln: "Mom, can we work on my volcano now?"
Rita: "Oh, five minutes, honey. I promised Lori I'd take a magazine quiz with her." [goes upstairs with Lori]
"Rita you promised Lincoln." Albert scolded.
"I know that but it's just that Lori grabbed me when I was with Leni and showed me the quiz." Rita defended.
Albert raised an eyebrow. "A magazine quiz over your son's homework?"
"Thought would end quickly." Rita said with a guilty look.
Lincoln: [getting frustrated] "But I could really use some help! Dad, can you-"
Lynn Sr.: [with Luna and a saxophone] "Five more minutes, pal. I promised Luna I'd help her lay down some funky grooves."
Albert looked at Lynn with a judging expression.
"Hehehe…" Lynn Sr. said nervously. "Oh come on! You know I love playing with the kids!" he protested.
"You were throwing balls with Junior. How is that you pass from that to play music WITHOUT going through Lincoln´s homework first?" Albert asked.
Lynn Sr. began to sweat more. "I… really love music?" he said.
"I like music as much as you and your daughter and her band do, but if my kids and grandchildren ever need help with anything important, that would be more important." said Hector.
[The toilet flushes]
Lana: "Hey, Dad! I clogged the toilet so you could teach me how to fix it!"
Lynn Sr.: "Five minutes, Lincoln! I mean, Lana!" [starts playing sax which scares Cliff who tosses Lynn's baseball right at him to stop.] "Ow!"
"Clever cat." chuckled Carl.
"Ok responding automatically to Lincoln is NOT a good signal." Albert said as he looked at both patents. "Did any of you PLAN to help him with his homework at any time?" he asked with his arms folded.
Both parents flinched.
"We were really… we only needed to find free time." Rita replied.
"I know finding time can be difficult in a big family, however I feel schoolwork has priority over playing the sax or doing magazine quizzes." said Carlos.
Clyde turned to Lana. "Didn't you already know how to unclog the toilet?" he asked.
"This happened before the Princess Pony incident." Lana replied.
Clyde nodded.
"Still, intentionally clogging the toilet isn't a good idea Lana." said Sam. "Other people in your home need to use it."
"Plus, unclogging it can take a pretty long time depending on how you did clog it." added Carol.
"Fair enough." said Lana.
Lincoln: [to the viewers] "In a family as big as mine, getting attention from your parents is no easy thing." [sighs and turns to his volcano] "How am I ever gonna finish this?"
"Aren't you good at schoolwork?" asked Sid.
"With the basic stuff yes, but projects are a different matter." Lincoln replied.
Sid nodded in understanding.
[Scene fades from Lincoln's volcanic standpoint to Clyde's which shows a diorama of him and Lori scaling it.]
Lincoln: "Wow! It's finished? Your volcano is awesome, Clyde! I even love how you put people on it."
Clyde: "Thanks. That's Lori and me. We're climbing down to get married 'cause Bobby fell in and is being devoured by lava."
Lincoln: "Ouch! It really did a number on his face."
Bobby paled at such a distributing thought while Howard, Harold, and Lori glared at Clyde, making him flinch.
Lincoln: "This project isn't due for a week. How'd you get it done so fast?"
Clyde: "My dads helped. We spent the whole weekend working on it."
"Wow, that's pretty cool." said Ronnie Anne.
"You guys did a cool job." praised Frida.
"Anything for our boy." smiled Harold.
Lincoln: "My parents never give me that kind of attention. They're always rushing off to help one of my sisters."
"Come on Lincoln. you're overreacting." scoffed Lynn.
"Mention one time they rush to help in any of my projects BEFORE any of yours." Lincoln challenged.
"Pshhh easy." scoffed Lynn. "How about...(thinks a little) ...or that time (thinks more) ...ehhh." she turned to her sisters. "Little help girls?"
"Ummmm well." Lori said as she tried to think. "Oh, how about when he tried football?"
"HA! See they did pass a lot of time with you!" Lynn smirked.
"And if you do remember that wasn't a project of mine. I was forced into it." Lincoln shot back.
Lynn's smirk disappeared.
"Lincoln, unfortunately has a point." sighed Lisa. "Approximately a roughly 60% of individual attention goes to each one of us, Lily takes 20% alone and the remain 10% is Lincoln (pulls out calculator) umm would need to re-check numbers using future episodes but think I'm 51% correct."
Albert looked at Rita and Lynn Sr., expecting an explanation.
Clyde: "Why don't you bring your volcano to my house after school? My dads will have plenty of time to help you."
Lincoln: "Really? That would be great!"
"Wow, if he's not getting any attention and all and turning to his friend's parents for help, then I sense minor child neglect." sair Principal Huggins. "Emphasis on 'minor.'"
"We don't do it intentionally!" Lynn Sr. exclaimed.
"But you would try to give attention to Lincoln like you do with your other daughters, correct?" Rosa asked with a raised eyebrow.
[They walk by Flip's juice cart.]
Clyde: "Oh, hang on, Lincoln. I'm gonna get volcano Lori a juice. Running from Bobby's tormented screams has made her thirsty.
Lori rolled her eyes.
"Wait, I thought Flip sold Flippies." Sameer said in confusion.
"The guy will sell anything for money." said Luna.
"So would I." smirked Carl. "Well, except my toys."
"What about the ones you got for doing those videos?" asked Bobby.
"That's different!" Carl huffed.
[Clyde's house]
Lincoln: [exhausted] "Oh, these long school days, man."
Clyde: "Tell me about it. But at least we're home now."
[They enter and look on at the fabulous décor.]
Lincoln: [enthralled] "Wow...I always forget how different your house is from mine!"
Those who hadn't seen the McBride house before were amazed.
"Wow, your house is really nice." commented Carol.
"I love the white carpeting." said Frida.
"Well we try to give what's best for our boy and our cats." smiled Howard.
Clyde: "Uh...you're shouting, Lincoln."
Lincoln: "Oh, right. Sorry. Force of habit."
"Yeah, a habit I can hear on the farthest side of my house." huffed Mr. Grouse.
"You ain't the only ones." said Ronnie Anne. "Sometimes Sid has trouble controlling her voice."
"CONTROLLING MY WHAT?" Sid called, the force over her voice blowing Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, Clyde, Zach, Liam, Rusty, Stella, Girl Jordan, Mollie, and Haiku away. (1)
[Enter Clyde's dads]
Howard: "Hi, fellas. Come on in."
Lincoln: "Hi, Mr. McBride. Hi, Mr. McBride."
Harold: "Ooh, nice structure, Lincoln. Ready to get to work?"
Lincoln: "You mean like now?"
Harold: [takes the volcano and chuckles] "Of course."
"Wow, you guys waste no time." commented Principal Rivers.
"I know the feeling." said Rosa. "Being the manager of the building I and mi familia live in, if there's ever a problem, I'm always on the scene."
"Yeah, she's great with fixing stuff just like Lana." said CJ.
"Wow, think you can give me some extra tips?" Lana asked.
"Of course!" Rosa smiled.
[Lincoln's eyes beam and he runs across the floor, but Howard stops him.]
Howard: "Oh, hang on, Lincoln. You have a loose button on your shirt."
Lincoln: "Oh. Well, I, uh..."
Howard: [chuckles] "No worries." [sews the button back on tight]
Lincoln: "Thanks, Mr. McBride."
"Your dads have keen eyes." commented Rusty.
"Without much to do in the house, you notice a lot of things." said Harold.
Harold: "Great good heavens! It looks like the sole of your shoe is about to fall off!"
Lincoln: "Oh, that's just-"
Harold: "No worries." [takes Lincoln's shoe off] "I'll just give it a little tappity tap."
Lincoln: "Wow. You're not gonna just use a stapler on that?"
"You use staplers to hold your shoes together?" asked Joey.
"Well new shoes can be expensive." said Rita.
"Can't argue with that." said Albert, knowing that the whole budget thing wouldn't have much effect on that one.
Howard: "Hold up, Lincoln. Your sideburns are uneven."
Lincoln: "I know. Usually, I just tilt my head."
Howard: "No worries."
[Howard and Harold give Lincoln's sideburns a little trim to make them even.]
Harold: "Perfect!"
Howard: "Hot towel?" [as he and Harold offer one to Lincoln.]
"You have your own hair-cutting section in your house?" Carlota asked in surprise.
"It saves us money on barber shop cuts." said Howard.
"Man Lincoln, you're having it better than a cat being groomed." said Liam.
"Hehe, guess I am." chuckled Lincoln.
[Dinnertime]
Howard: "Sorry dinner's nothing fancy. Just roasted organic chicken with a homemade marinade."
Harold: "And vegetables from our garden. Help yourself, Lincoln."
Lincoln: "There's no foil to peel back?"
Harold: [chuckles] "Foil. LOL. That's a hot one, Lincoln."
"There's something unsettling about adults using LOL." said Miguel.
"I know right?" said Fiona.
Howard: [dims the lights and turns on the music.] "Clyde, how was your day?"
Clyde: "It was great. I lasted 37 seconds in Dodgeball."
"Sorry if I was the reason for that Clyde." said Girl Jordan.
"Oh it wasn't you that day." said Clyde. "I think it was someone on the softball team."
Howard: "Did you hear that, Hare Bear? Thirty. Seven. Seconds."
Harold: "Good job, son. And Lincoln, how was your day?"
Lincoln: [coughing a little at that response] "What? Me? You wanna know how my day was? Now?"
All the parents raise an eyebrow at Lynn Sr. and Rita.
"For two years I lived miles away from my kids in Peru for my job, but every time I call make sure to ask them about their lives." said Arturo. "How is it that you in the same house tend to forget to ask one of yours?"
"It's not that we forget, it's just...well…" Rita began, trailing off.
"He is the middle one so if you ask by age you have to reach him before your young ones." said Carlos.
"We... don't ask them by age." said Lynn Sr., sweating nervously.
"Ok so you just pick them random?" Maria asked.
"Well… more or less…" Rita replied.
"Jow so? If you pick them randomly then Lincoln has the chance of being first at some point." said Maria before looking at them. "Or you mean you always let Lincoln be last?"
Lynn Sr. and Rita didn't know how to respond to that.
[He looks on with ecstasy and a choir suddenly starts playing.]
Choir: "HALLELUJAH!"
[But it turns out it was Howard's phone's ringtone.]
Howard: "Oops. Sorry." [turns phone off]
Howard blushed as several people chuckled.
Clyde: "You know the rules, Dad: no phones at the dinner table!"
Lincoln: "Seriously? What about amps, or pitching machines, or toilet snakes?"
[Harold laughs at such notions.]
Harold: "You're so funny, Lincoln!" [offering Lincoln more food] "Here. Have seconds."
[Lincoln looks on ecstatic again and Howard's phone rings again.]
Howard: "Oh. I thought I turned this off."
Everyone chuckled again.
"You never have seconds?" asked Zach.
"Only when Dad cooks extra or when no one's feeling like eating." said Lucy.
"But amps, pitching machines, and snakes at the table?" asked Principal Ramierez.
Lynn Sr. and Rita smiled sheepishly. As did their daughters.
[Now they're relaxing in massage chairs with facial masks on and their voices wobble as they speak due to the chairs' vibrations.]
"Wow, you have massage chairs?" Becky asked in amazement.
"Good for relaxation after a long day." said Howard.
Howard: "Sorry we didn't finish your volcano tonight, Lincoln. Why don't you come back tomorrow?"
Harold: "It's Mani-Pedi Night at the McBride House."
Lincoln: "Ooh, I love Italian food!"
Harold: [laughs some more] "You are too much, Lincoln."
"It kinda does sound like food." said Rusty.
[Lincoln turns off his massage chair.]
Lincoln: [happily to the viewers] "I gotta say, getting some undivided attention is pretty sweet. And now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta give some undivided attention to my hammies." [turns the chair back on] "Awww, yeah."
"Why do I feel like it's not gonna last?" asked Stella.
"At this point, I feel like that always happens." said Ronnie Anne.
[Lincoln returns to his house where he witnesses Lori carrying Lily who has a stinky diaper and is crying over about it, Lana riding Lola's princess car...]
Lana: "YAHOO!"
Lola: "CAR THIEF!"
[...Luan chasing Lola with pies that she hits her with, Lisa carrying a radiating teddy bear with her tongs...]
Lisa: "Uh-oh! Uh-oh! Uh-oh!"
[...and an explosion from said teddy bear. The chaos in his house causes him to sigh with despair and slam the door.]
"Another normal day for you?" asked Dana.
"Pretty much." Lincoln replied.
[Enter Lynn playing football.]
Lynn: "Hey, Lincoln!" [examines him] "You look different."
Lincoln: "My sideburns are even."
Lynn: "No, it's more than that. Your skin is glowing, you look taller, and you smell like..." [smells him] "...organic Brussels sprouts? Okay, what gives?"
"How did you figure that out?" asked Margo, impressed.
"I can tell when someone hasn't spent a certain amount of time in our horse." said Lynn.
Lincoln: "I spent tonight at Clyde's. His dads helped me with my volcano and served me food with no foil and asked me about my day!"
Lynn: "Get out! That sounds amazing!" [thinks for a second] "Hey, do you think they could help me with my baseball swing?"
"Oh I'm starting to see where this is going." said Stella.
"Start with one wanting to come, soon the rest will follow." Mollie said in agreement.
"I thought you already knew how to swing." Paula said in confusion.
"Yeah, but I gotta keep up my game." Lynn replied.
Lincoln: "Sure. I think Clyde said one of his dads played ball in college. Why don't you come over after school tomorrow?"
Lynn: "Oh, that would be awesome!" [playfully punches his arm]
Lincoln: "Ow! Lynn, do you mind? Clyde's dads just gave me my vaccinations."
"You gave him vaccinations?!" Maria asked in surprise.
"We're legally certified," said Howard.
"Well you should be careful." said Arturo. "More than the necessary amount can make someone sick."
"Yes, you should run that by Mr. and Mrs. Loud next time." nodded Maria.
[The next day, Lincoln and Lynn are just leaving Clyde's house.]
Harold: "Goodbye!"
Howard: "Take care!"
Lynn: "I just can't believe Mr. McBride spent a whole hour coaching me! And how about that dinner? What was that special thing they cooked again?"
Lincoln: "Meat?"
Lynn: "Yeah. It was amazing. Ah, I'd punch you, but my arm is sore from the vaccinations."
"That does tend to happen." nodded Lisa.
"You've never eaten meat before?" asked Francisco.
"We only buy certain foods." said Rita.
"And I barely use them in my lasagnas." added Lynn Sr.
[They return home to find Luna out front.]
Luna: "Hey, dudes." [examines them] "Wait. You look different." [pulls in their arms] "Your nail beds are rockin'." [smells them] "And do I smell meat?" [suspicious] "What's going on?"
"You two Luna luv?" asked Chunk.
"Spend a lot of time in a crazy household and then you pick up on some stuff." Luna replied.
Lincoln: "We've been hanging out with Clyde's dads. They've been giving us all kinds of one-on-one time."
Luna: "Rad! Hey, you think they could jam with me? Dad's got a wicked canker and he can't blow the sax anymore."
"True that." huffed Mr. Grouse.
"Oh boy." muttered Casey.
"Do you think they can handle another one?" asked Laird.
"Guess we'll have to see." shrugged Nikki.
"Don't you have a band?" asked CJ. "You told us on Christmas."
"We didn't form our band yet." said Luna.
"Yeah, it was just solo gigs until Luna, Mazzy, Sully, and I decided to form one." nodded Sam.
"And I'm their roadie." added Chunk.
Lynn: "Sure. One of Clyde's dads told me he was in a band in college."
"Think we can jam someday?" asked Lynn Sr.
"I guarantee it." smiled Howard.
Lincoln: [sternly] "Okay, but this is it. If anymore of you find out about Clyde's dads, the undivided attention is going to get pretty divided."
Luna: [giving him a pinch on the cheek] "Don't worry, bro." [mimes sealing her lips, rolling down a car window, tossing a key out of it, and rolling it back up.] "That was a car window."
Lincoln and Lynn: "Yeah, we get it."
"Chaz doesn't get it." said Chaz.
"I got nothing." said Hector.
"I think she was saying that she sealed her lips and locked them with a key before tossing that key out of the window." said Leni.
Everyone stared at her in surprise.
"What? There's more to my head than just air you know!" Leni huffed.
[Cut to Luna jamming with Howard and assuring Lincoln everything's good. Lynn is practicing ball with Harold.]
Lincoln: "Well, this is okay. I can handle sharing with a couple of sisters. It could be worse."
[Suddenly, an uninvited guest appears.]
Luan: "And the woodpecker said, "That's why I tell knock-knock jokes"." [laughs as Howard accompanies with a rimshot.]
Lincoln: [confused] "Luan?"
"Wait, when did she get there?" asked Dana.
"And how did you not notice her come in?" added Polly.
[Enter Lori]
Lori: "Mr. McBride, would you say I'm more an Autumn or a Winter?"
Howard: "You are definitely a Summer."
Lori: "Literally, right?"
"Yeah, my summer." Bobby said as he looked at Lori.
"Aw, Boo-Boo Bear!" Lori gushed.
"And when did she get there?!" asked Giggles.
"Someone spilled the beans." said Sid with narrowed eyes.
Lincoln: [shocked] "Lori?!"
Clyde: [bursts in] "Lori? My future wife? Here with my dads?! What do I do? What do I do? Oh, I know!" [faints in Lincoln's arms]
"Well that's one solution." chuckled Carl.
"Really making yourself quite the candidate Clyde." Lisa deadpanned.
Clyde blushed.
[Enter Lana in Lola's princess car]
Lana: "YAHOO! MR. MCBRIDE, YO!"
[Enter Lisa in a radiation suit and holding a beaker.]
Lisa: "Oh, I can't believe you guys have sodium salicylate on the premises!"
"Now how did they find out?!" exclaimed Skippy.
"From everything that we've seen so far, this is not going to end well." said Winston.
[Enter Leni, Lola, and Lucy]
Leni, Lola, and Lucy: "MR. MCBRIDE!" [rush over to Howard]
[The girls are starting to overcrowd Howard.]
Howard: [panicking] "HAROLD!"
Howard began to pale as the memory replayed in his head.
"Girls, you're overbearing him!" Rita exclaimed.
Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lana, and Lola winced.
Harold: "What is it, Howie?" [gasps upon seeing the other girls.] "Great Betty Buckley..."
Lily: [crawling in naked] "Poo-poo!"
Howard and Harold: "THE CARPET!"
[Harold tosses the newspaper to Howard who then spreads it out to leave a trail for Lily.]
Lily: [crawling on the paper] "Poo-poo, poo-poo..."
"Clever idea." commented Frida.
"Well carpet cleaning is expensive." said Harold.
"Seriously, how does Lily keep getting out of her diaper?" asked Sid.
"No idea." said Lincoln.
Lily gave a sheepish look.
Lincoln: [angrily turns to Luna] "Hey! You blabbed our secret to everyone?"
Luna: "No, bro! I would never do that! But… I may have sung it in the shower."
[Flashback to Luna taking a shower and singing.]
Luna: " Undivided attention / So good, but it can't be mentioned / One-on-one time is totally cool / Hangin' with Clyde's dads after school "
[It's revealed that the others overheard this and got the idea. End flashback.]
"LUNA!" Rita and Lynn Sr. exclaimed.
"Your brother trusted you with the secret and you slipped it?!" Sam exclaimed.
"Not cool, mate." Tabby frowned.
Luna winced as she turned to an unhappy Lincoln. "I'm sorry bro, I didn't mean to. I was just so happy that I just had to sing about it."
"I don't mind you singing in the shower but you need to be careful what you're singing about." Lincoln said sternly. "May I remind you that we have thin walls in our house?"
"I'll keep that in mind." Luna nodded.
"And you girls decided to ALL go at the same time?" Lynn Sr. asked sternly.
"That is just overbearing to people who haven't taken care of so many kids before." added Rita.
The girls, barring Luna and Lynn, winced at that.
"Looking back now, that wasn't a smart idea." said Lola.
Luna: "Sorry. I was just so amped."
[Cut to a practice funeral held by Lucy with Howard as the corpse.]
Lucy: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered today to say goodbye-"
Leni: "Guys, I can't find my bedroom!"
Howard: "Remember, Leni, you're not in your own house."
Lucy: [silences him] "No talking at your own funeral."
"You actually agreed to that?" Principal Huggins asked.
"I didn't want to be rude!" Howard exclaimed.
[While the girls are having fun at Clyde's house, Lincoln is still struggling to get his volcano finished.]
Lincoln: "Mr. McBride, can you help me with my volcano? It's due tomorrow."
Harold: "Sure thing, Lincoln. Just give me five minutes. Luan wants me to try out this pie."
Lincoln: "Hey, Mr. McB, wanna help me with my volcano?"
Howard: "Absolutely. Uh, just give me five minutes while I help Lola with her double pageant wave."
[Lincoln sighs and Luan splatters Harold with her pie.]
"Oh for the love of fractions, now it's happening there too!" exclaimed Mrs. Johnson.
"This is exactly what Lincoln was trying to get away from so he could complete his project!" said Zach.
"Yep. Didn't last long." Ronnie Anne muttered.
Harold: [face covered in meringue] "So, that's what she meant by 'try out this pie'." [trips] "Just give me five minutes, Lincoln. Gotta get this meringue out of my eye."
"That's reasonable." said Arturo.
Howard: [with Lily on his head] "Quiz Lori, jam with Luna, find Lily..."
"How did you not see her on your head?" asked Kotaro.
"And how did she even get up there in the first place?" added Norm.
Howard shrugged.
"And once again, Lincoln has no one to help him." said Grant.
Harold: [face now clean] "There we go. Now, who was it that needed my help?" [hears an explosion] "Lisa!" [runs off]
"So much help needed that day…" Harold mumbled.
"So… many… needs…" Hoard mumbled as well.
Lincoln, Clyde, Lynn Sr., Rita, and Albert glared at the girls, who flinched at their looks.
[Lincoln is joined by his best friend while sulking that he's back to square one.]
Lincoln: "This stinks, Clyde. I finally get some attention and my sisters come over here and hog it. They all gotta go."
Clyde: "I totally agree. Except for Lori." [holds up her magazine] "I'm studying all her quiz answers, and if I change everything about myself, we'll be soulmates!"
"I thought you didn't like cheating." said Girl Jordan.
"It was for love… at the time!" said Clyde.
"Love sadly not returned." said Haiku.
"Though understandable at the same time." added Dante.
Lincoln: "You know, if you wanna impress Lori, you can just talk to her."
Clyde: "Yes. Talk to her. That's a valid-" [suddenly faints again]
"I'm just glad Dr. Lopez sorted you out." said Lori.
"Believe me Lori, we all were." said Lincoln.
Lincoln: [puts a pillow on his unconscious friend's face.] "I've had just about enough of this. Now listen up!" [fails to get their attention] "I guess I picked the wrong day to stop shouting." [gets louder] "I SAID-"
Lola: "Thank you, Lincoln! I got it! I am going to dominate the Little Miss Ambidextrous Pageant!"
"And I did!" Lola said proudly.
Leni: "You're the best, Lincoln. Clyde's dads really helped with my makeup. Now if I can just find my bedroom." [checks the grandfather clock] "Nope. That's Lisa's room."
Everyone facepalmed.
Lana: "Lincoln, did you know Mr. McBride put himself through theater school working as a plumber? He spent a whole hour teaching me about flush valves!"
"And that's how I was able to be the professional plumber you all know." said Lana.
Lincoln: [to the viewers] "Wow. Maybe I had it wrong. My sisters aren't trying to hog Clyde's dads. They just want a little attention, too. And you know what? I'm gonna let them have it." [takes his volcano and grabs a dinner dish.] "But not this leftover meat. That's coming with me." [takes the meat and leaves]
"THAT'S what this was all about?!" Ronnie Anne exclaimed as she glared at the Loud sisters. "You all wanted individual attention to yourselves?!"
"Why would you girls want more attention when your parents were already giving it to you?" asked Benny.
The Loud sisters traded glances.
"Well… Lincoln wasn't the only one who felt like he didn't have much attention." Lori replied.
"You all did too?" asked Sid.
"Pretty much." nodded Luan.
Everyone frowned.
"Well that's a load." huffed Carl.
"He's right." said Stella. "You girls always get attention from your parents while Lincoln is left in the dark."
"You don't even seem to realize that you're hogging them all to yourselves." added Bobby.
"That was the reason why I offered Lincoln to come over to my house in the first place." said Clyde. "So that way he could get proper attention to get what he needs done and won't have a thing to worry about."
"And the fact that you girls wanted more attention than you already have is pretty selfish of you." added Carlota.
The girls winced again.
"Yeah you're right, we were being selfish." Lynn muttered in guilt.
[The Loud House. Lincoln is resuming his volcano by himself. But this time, he gets some help.]
Rita: "Oh, Lincoln. There you are. I got some more materials for your volcano."
Lynn Sr.: [with a pot of sauce] "And I made my special marinara sauce for lava."
Lincoln: [elated] "Wow! Thanks! You guys remembered my volcano!"
Lynn Sr.: "Of course we did. We always planned to help. We just needed to find some time."
"And that time took longer than usual as it seems." said Albert. "But at least you're sticking to your promise now."
Rita: "We're sorry it took so long, honey. Did you do something to your sideburns?"
[Just then, a car comes careening down the street, drops something off, and drives away. Lincoln's sisters are home now.]
Lynn: "We broke Clyde's dads."
Rita: "You did what?"
Lori: "We were having a great time when all of a sudden they just snapped, herded us into their car and drove us home."
Lisa: "I have no idea what precipitated this. I simply suggested a sleepover."
"Good gravy are you guys oblivious?" asked Rusty.
"Some more so than others." sighed Lucy.
Lincoln: [to the viewers] "Not everyone can handle 11 kids like Mom and Dad can."
[Back at Clyde's house, Howard is stressed out from the ordeal that was the Loud Sisters.]
Clyde: "Hey, Dad, what did you think of my future bride, Lori?"
Howard: [traumatized] "Which one was she? There were so many..." [shudders]
Harold: [disappointed in himself] "I'm sorry. Frozen dinners were all I could manage."
[Clyde's dinner is still frozen and the fork is jammed in the ice surrounding it.]
Clyde: "Dad, I think you forgot to-" [notices his dads are exhausted and sleeping from what they were put through with the Loud Girls.]
"Wow, you really drove them through the ringer." said Margo.
Howard and Harold were palling at the memories not shown on screen but in their minds as they shook in trauma while Lynn Sr. and Rita glared at their daughters.
"Might I also add that in doing so, you made Clyde's night just as hard as well?" Carlos asked, making the girls flinch. They hadn't thought of that.
[Back to the Loud House]
Lincoln: [to the viewers] "I guess I really underestimated my parents. Even if it takes a while, they eventually find time for all of us, everyday. No wonder Dad has a wicked canker."
"It may not look like it, but we try." said Lynn Sr.
[The girls start begging for a little attention from their parents.]
Loud Parents: "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold it! Five minutes, girls. We're helping Lincoln now."
"Now you know how Lincoln feels." said Clyde.
"I guess we do." sighed Luna.
FIVE MINUTES LATER
"Wow, it did take five minutes." mused Rocky.
"I guess you do manage after all." said Principal Huggins.
Lincoln: "It's finished! Ahem. Drum roll, please." [drum roll commences] "Three...two...one!" [presses a button, causing marinara sauce to splatter everywhere for an eruption on the first floor.]
"Ooh!" everyone said in awe.
"Next time you should make sure that you're careful with how much you put in." said David.
"I made a note of that." said Lisa.
"Still, impressive volcano Lincoln." said Ronnie Anne.
"Thanks. I got an A." said Lincoln.
"Getting sauce out of our clothes wasn't easy, I can tell you that." said Lynn Sr.
"How long did you two recover from that?" asked Hector.
"It took about a week." said Howard, calming down.
"And another week until we could be around the Loud sisters without feeling scared." aded Harold.
"Was it that bad?" asked Sid.
"Yeah, I had to call up Nana Gayle to have her come down and help me take care of them and the house." added Clyde. "And the both of us set up appointments with Dr. Lopez to help them as well."
Rita and Lynn Sr. turned to Lincoln.
"Son we're so sorry if you were feeling like we didn't give you enough attention." said Lynn Sr. "Believe us, we all try to give you 11 the proper attention you need."
"But from now on, we'll deal with priorities that come first before others like schoolwork or jobs so they can get done sooner." said Rita. She turned to her daughters. "I know that might not sound fair to the rest of you if you want me and your father to participate with you on something, but now we know that some things have to be done first when needed."
"Totally understand Mom." said Lori.
"And I think you girls owe four people an apology." said Rita sternly.
The girls nodded as they turned to Lincoln.
"Lincoln, we're so sorry that we were hogging both Mom and Dad and the McBrides." apologized Leni.
"I guess we were so caught up in our activities and wanting a parent involved in them that we were oblivious to hogging them." said Luan.
"We really should pay attention to more stuff around the house instead of getting too involved in our activities." added Lana.
"And I'm especially sorry for what I did bro." Luna apologized. "I should've been careful about what I'm singing about in addition to keeping a secret like that."
Lincoln smiled. "I'm glad you all realize that now." he said. "So I'll forgive you."
The girls turned to Clyde.
"Clyde, we're sorry that we hogged your dads to ourselves." said Lola.
"They're your parents first." said Lucy. "And you're their first priority."
"No worries. I can't stay mad at you guys forever." smiled Clyde.
Finally, the girls turned to Harold and Howard.
"We're sowwy Clyde's daddys." said Lily.
"Lily's right." said Lori. "We were so caught up in what we were doing that we didn't realize that we were stressing you out."
"Yeah, you never managed 11 kids like our parents have." said Lynn. "We put a lot of pressure eon you."
"Enough to have you go to your psychologist and have your son call up Nana Gayle." added Lisa.
The McBrides smiled.
"Well Dr. Lopez helped us calm down after that whole ordeal." said Harold. "And we know that you girls mean well. That's why we're able to forgive you like Clyde and Lincoln."
Howard turned to Lynn Sr. and Rita. "How do you two manage?" he asked. "How do you manage to raise 11 kids?"
"It isn't easy, I can tell you that." said Lynn Sr. "But we gained experience through the years as more children came into our lives."
"And no matter what stress that comes with it, we try our best to keep things steady because at the end of the day, seeing the smiles on our kids faces makes it all worth it." said Rita, smiling.
"Plus, our six oldest help us look after the youngest as well." added Lynn Sr.
Lincoln, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn nodded in agreement.
"And if me and Lynn ever need to unwind once in awhile, Dad helps us too." said Rita.
"I do!" chuckled Albert. "I love being around my grandkids!"
Everyone smiled at what the Loud parents said.
"Now let's see what's next." said Lori.
Everyone faced the screen again.
To be continued…
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