The next episode came up for everyone to see.
Title Card: Kick the Bucket List.
"Who knew some episode titles would make for very good puns?" Luan asked.
"Wouldn't kicking a bucket hurt?" Lana asked.
"Yeah," Clyde said. "But a bucket list is a certain list of fun things to do. We learned not to put so many to do in one day".
Lincoln giggled along, realizing what the episode was about.
[Lincoln comes out the door in a tracksuit and does some stretches.]
"Going jogging?" Margo asked.
"That would sound fun," Leni said.
"And old school," Lynn Sr said.
Lincoln: [to the viewers] "I know this looks a little weird, but I'm doing it for a reason. Today's the first day of spring break, and to ensure we make the most of it, Clyde and I came up with this!" [holds out a very grody mouthpiece; takes notice and shakes it off.] "Ew! Note to self: don't ever borrow Lynn's tracksuit again. I meant, we came up with this!"
"Ew is right," Miguel said.
"That was you who took my tracksuit?" Lynn asked.
"Sorry, Lynn," Lincoln said.
"Glad you learned your lesson about that," Luna said.
[holds out a very long list]
"Clincoln McLoud's Totally Awesome and Rad Spring Break Bucket List (Patent Pending). It's a totally awesome and rad list of all the rad and awesome things Clyde and I wanna do over the nine days of spring break." [rolls up list and puts it away]
"That is one long list," Albert said.
"We know," Clyde said. "Probably a little too long".
"We've been working on this baby since Christmas break ended, and that's why I'm stretching. With so many activities to get through, we can't afford to cramp up." [crouches and sprains something; groans in pain] "That's enough stretching for now." [waddles inside]
"That's gonna leave a mark," Rita said.
"Total mark," Laird commented.
"And everyone thought I was the one always having a rough day".
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
[The McBride house. Clyde is wearing a tropical shirt and carrying a roll-on briefcase. Enter Lincoln.]
"Nice shirt," Lynn Senior said.
"We should've picked up shirts like that during our vacation".
"It was last minute," Clyde said.
Lincoln: "Hey, buddy! Where's your tracksuit?"
Clyde: "Uh, Lincoln..."
Lincoln: "It's cool. I brought a spare." [pulls it out] "I also took care of breakfast."
Clyde: "Uh, Lincoln..."
Lincoln: [pulls out a bag of doughnuts] "Doughnuts!"
"You couldn't have just gone for a fruit salad?" Arturo asked.
"It was going to be a long Spring Break," Lincoln said.
Clyde: "Lincoln!"
Lincoln: [not listening] "Yes, yes, I know, Clyde. You need your fiber, and that's why I packed fruit, too."
[As Lincoln reaches in for the fruit, Clyde pulls out an air horn and blares it in Lincoln's ear, startling him.]
"Not so loud Clyde!" Howard said.
"You almost broke my eardrum," Lincoln added.
Clyde: "Lincoln, my dads and I are going to Hawaii for eight days. They just surprised me."
Lincoln: [after a beat] "What?!"
Clyde: "Oh. Sorry about the air horn."
"It's okay," Lincoln said. "And tell your dads I owe them a big thanks for the last minute surprise that put our Spring Break in jeopardy".
"We had no idea," Harold said.
[Lincoln gets down on his knees in despair.]
Lincoln: "NOOOOOOOOO!" [suddenly realizes] "Wait. Did you say eight days? Spring break is nine days, which means we'll still have one day left when you get back to do everything on our list!"
[The boys smile hopefully]
Lincoln and Clyde: "YES!"
"Have fun going through that," Stella said.
"You're so gonna need it," CJ said.
"Not even any friends we have would be able to do that".
Clyde: "Of course, we'll have to pare down the list a little."
Lincoln: "Of course."
Lincoln and Clyde: [hold up their pencils] "List Pare-Down Mode activated!"
"Handling challenges is my middle name," Clyde said.
"I thought it was mine," Lincoln said.
"I thought it was mine," Lori said.
"I thought it was Marie," Leni said.
"You think the middle name of your whole family is Marie," Miguel said.
Lori gave Leni a pat on her head.
[Over the course of the eight days, Lincoln and Clyde try paring down their list with Lincoln doing it at his doorstep and Clyde doing it during his vacation. Lincoln pares it down in that same spot in the dead of night with a headlight, in the rain with an umbrella hat, and even with a raccoon sleeping on his head while he sleeps. Rita gives him a blanket to keep him warm. Clyde pares it down while partaking in the activities in Hawaii with his dads while on the plane, during a volcano eruption, while sailing on a boat he almost falls off of only for Howard to save him in time, and even underwater. Soon enough, the eight days pass and Clyde returns from his vacation.]
"You know," Carl said. "Lincoln, why didn't you just go to Hawaii with them?"
"That's what I wanna know," Miguel said.
"Me too," Luna said.
"You must have had fun in Hawaii," Principal Huggins said.
"We did," Howard said.
Lincoln: "So, what'd ya cut?"
Clyde: [chuckles nervously] "Um...nothing. I actually added an activity."
Lincoln: "Well, you did better than me. I added two."
[They laugh]
Lincoln: "This is gonna be the most awesome and rad day ever!"
"At least we thought it would be," Clyde said.
"Maybe next year will be better," Lincoln said.
Rita: "Just make sure you're home before the streetlights come on; tomorrow's a school day."
Lincoln: "No problem, Mom."
Clyde: [checks his watch] "Hmm...that gives us eight hours. Think we'll be able to get all this done?"
Lincoln: [determined] "Clyde, we have to! Though we'll need to do more stretching."
[They crouch and sprain something] "
Ooh," everyone winced.
"That had to hurt," Fiona said.
"Wish I was there to help," Maria said.
"I know," Harold said.
Lincoln and Clyde: "OW!"
Lincoln: "One's good."
[They waddle away to start their list.]
[The boys are over at the TV.]
Lincoln: "First activity: Catch up on all the episodes of ARGGH! we've recorded."
Clyde: "Sounds awesome and rad to me."
"Sounds like you learned your lesson from that other episode," Fiona said.
"Why did you make him go to Hawaii with you?" Becky asked.
"I could've helped turn a viewing party into a way to cross one of their bucket list items off".
"Exactly," Lincoln and his friends said at once.
[Lincoln pops in the disc.]
Lincoln: [surprised] "42 episodes?! Hmm...we may have to speed things up a bit."
[starts the recording]
Hunter Spector: "Greetings, ghost hunters! I'm Hunter Spector, and..."
[Lincoln fast-forwards the recording at the highest speed as he and Clyde get dizzy trying to follow along and turn green in the face.]
"That's too fast," Clyde said.
"Sorry about that," Lincoln said. "It made me sick too".
Clyde: [retches] "Excuse me..." [runs off to throw up]
Lincoln: "I'll tell you how it ends!" [too nauseous] "No I won't!" [runs off to join Clyde in throwing up.]
"Not the sound you wanna hear when doing stuff like that," Ronnie Anne said.
"Nope," Maria said.
[The boys are now at Dairyland.]
Lincoln: "Okay, the awesome radness continues with item number two: Ride the newest ride at Dairyland, Fly Me To The Moo."
"I gotta check that ride out," Lola said.
"Me too," Sid said. "As long as you don't get stuck in the middle again".
Ronnie Anne blushed while chuckling.
[The ride's line stretches out pretty long with a sign for the wait time.]
Clyde: "Expected wait time from this point..."
Lincoln: "3 days?!"
"Who makes people wait in line for 3 days?" Jackie asked.
"I would've just found another ride to go on," Stella said.
"Me too," Benny commented.
[The boys are cutting in front of everyone.]
"That wasn't a school line, boys," Rosa told them.
"We saw soon enough," Clyde said.
Customers: "Hey!" / "What?" / "What are you doing?"
Lincoln: "Ride inspectors coming through. Excuse us."
[The boys get on the ride.]
Clyde: "It worked!"
Ride operator: "Alright, you two, no line cutting!" [grabs the boys and kicks them out of the park.] "And stay out!"
[The boys land right outside the gate.]
"Smooth move dudes," Sergio said.
"Real smooth," Lynn Sr said.
"Not helping," Clyde scolded.
Clyde: "Well, we kinda flew there for a second."
Lincoln: "I'd say it counts."
[Clyde checks it off]
[They head over to the pet shop.]
Clyde: "Play with puppies. This should be rad."
Puppies are so cute," Sid said.
"They remind me of when Lalo was just a puppy," Hector said.
"Me too," Rosa said before hugging him.
Lalo licked Rosa's face.
"Someone loves you," CJ said.
Lincoln: "And awesome!"
[They head in and talk to the clerk at the counter.]
Clerk: "Sorry, boys. The puppies are being bathed right now. But you can play with Petey over there."
[Petey is revealed to be a feisty cockatoo.]
"I should do some volunteering there like in the animal shelter," Liam said.
"Me too," Sam added. "We both know how to handle animals".
Clyde: [nervous] "Maybe we should skip this one."
Lincoln: "We can't. It's on the list." [walks over to Petey a little uneasily and opens the cage.] "Pretty bird."
[Petey attacks the boys off-screen as they come out battered and bruised.]
"Told you we should've skipped it," Clyde said.
"I can see why, now," Lincoln said. "Just wasn't our day so far".
"You two have had worse days," Principal Rivers reminded.
Clyde: "Maybe we shouldn't have touched his egg."
Lincoln: "The important thing is, we can check it off the list."
[They are now going for a nice ride in the park on a carriage.]
Lincoln: [relaxed] "Ah, a leisurely carriage ride through the park was a great idea, Clyde. Glad you added it to the list."
"Wish I was there," Liam said.
"Me too," Girl Jordan said.
"Lori and I would love that," Bobby said.
"Literally love it," Lori said.
Clyde: "Thanks." [checks his watch] "But I think we're gonna have to pick up the pace a little." [He pulls out his air horn and blows it, startling the horse who bucks the carriage off and sends the boys careening down a nearby hill.]
"Not so loud Clyde," Lincoln said. "That's how you almost blew off my eardrums".
"Whoops," Clyde said while giggling.
Lincoln: "On the bright side, we're still technically riding a carriage through the park!"
[They crash into a fountain and Lincoln checks it off.]
"Who knew bucket lists could be so reckless?" Clyde asked.
"That's what I was thinking," Lincoln said.
[Lincoln's backyard. They're filling Paradise for One with gelatin mix.]
Lincoln: "This is awesome! I've always wanted to swim in gelatin."
Clyde: "How long does it take to set?"
"We wouldn't have enough time to finish in one day," Lincoln said.
"You could've let your sisters help you," Leni said.
Lincoln: [checking the instructions] "Let's see...20 minutes per 4 ounces of water, and this is a 100-gallon pool, so you gotta carry the 1..."
Clyde: [whacking box away with pool noodle] "HEY! It's spring break! We shouldn't be doing math."
Lincoln: "You're right. Besides, we have a list to get through."
"So you're gonna jump into the gelatin mix?" Miguel asked.
[The boys let out a cry and cannonball into the gelatin mix. Segue to them in the living room trying to get the mix off and checking its effect online.]
"You had to ask," Arturo said.
"Still would've been fun, though," Miguel said.
"If it was done completely right," Lisa added.
Lincoln: "The good news is, the internet says the color isn't permanent. The bad news is, it's 1:00, and we're not even halfway through the list."
Clyde: "Maybe we need to split up. Then we'll get the list done in no time."
Lincoln: "Good thinking." [tears the list in half] "You take the rad, I'll take the awesome."
[They both take their respective halves of the list. Enter Luan.]
"You're on," Clyde said.
"Have fun with that," Luna said.
Luan: "Orange you glad you thought of that? It's quite an a-peeling idea." [laughs] "Get it?" [the boys groan at her jokes and walk away.] "Oh, wait! Citrus self down! I was just getting to the juicy part! Okay, Vitamin C ya later! Man, I'm on fire!"
"I do," Giggles said.
"Me too," Fiona commented.
"Why didn't you add sharing jokes on your list?" Luan asked.
"That would be the first thing on our bucket list," Benny said.
"Yeah boy," Luan said while giving him a high 5.
[Lincoln is in the garage with a one-man band instrument.]
Lincoln: "A-five, six, seven, eight!"
"That's cool," Luna said.
"I know," Lincoln commented. "I kind of regret leaving you out. We had a list to complete".
[He starts playing lousily and Luna pops in.]
Luna: "Yo, whatcha up to, little bro?"
Lincoln: [stops playing] "Having a jam session?"
Luna: "Righteous! I'll grab my ax."
"I still shred like there's no tomorrow," Luna said.
"You should join us one day, Lincoln," Chunk said.
"I would love to," Lincoln said.
Lincoln: "Sorry. It's a me and Clyde thing."
Luna: [confused upon not seeing Clyde anywhere] "You and Clyde? Uh...okay, bro." [leaves]
[As Lincoln resumes playing, he trips and gets caught on top of his drum and checks his jam session off his list.]
[Meanwhile, at the park, Leni is watching the twins play in the sandbox and notices Clyde at the teeter-totter with a rock that he drew a picture of Lincoln on.]
"Can I keep that rock?" Lucy asked.
"It kind of got lost," Clyde said.
Leni: "Hey, Clyde. Do you need a partner?"
Clyde: "No, thanks. It's a me and Lincoln thing."
Leni: [to the rock] "Oh. Hi, Lincoln." [leaves]
Clyde: "Here we go, buddy." [tosses the rock on the teeter-totter and gets catapulted right into the sandbox the twins are playing in.]
"Whoops," Clyde said, giggling again.
"It just so wasn't your day, huh?" Tabby asked.
Harold and Howard started looking embarrassed at each other.
Twins: "YOU RUINED OUR SANDCASTLE!"
[They beat up Clyde for doing that and he checks this activity off the list. Leni is talking to the Lincoln rock while feeling a strain.]
"Still no excuse to beat my best friend up," Lincoln pouted.
"And you know it," Lynn Sr scolded.
"Sorry about that," Lola said.
"No worries, girls," Clyde said.
Leni: "Lincoln, can you watch the twins? I have to go to the bathroom."
"I totes had to pee," Leni said. "You didn't wanna see the pee squirt out on you, right?"
"Definitely not," Lola gagged.
Everyone else just gave disgusted looks.
"Exactly," Leni said.
[In the kitchen, Lincoln is making a really long sandwich which Lynn takes notice of.]
Lynn: "Sweet. A 6-footer."
Lincoln: "Sorry, Lynn. It's a me and Clyde thing."
[He starts eating one end and notices Lynn eating the other end. She belches and laughs.]
Lynn: "Thanks, bro."
Lynn, that was not your sandwich!" Rita scolded.
"You know better than to take things without asking first," Francisco said.
"Sorry about that," Lynn said.
"All good, Lynn," Lincoln said.
[The remains on the sandwich have fallen on Lincoln and he checks the sandwich activity off the list.]
"And you couldn't have helped clean it up?" Lynn Sr scolded.
"It was a Lincoln and Clyde thing," Lynn said in her defense.
[In the woods, Clyde is with his rock buddy on the pier and Scoots comes rolling by.]
Clyde: "Excuse me, ma'am. Would you mind taking a photo of me and my best friend?"
Scoots: "Normally, I'd say no, but since your best friend's a rock, I kinda feel sorry for you."
[Clyde hands Scoots his phone and picks up Rock Lincoln to pose with while struggling due to the weight.]
"The old lady with a scooter?" Rosa asked.
"That's one reason they call her Scoots," Albert asked.
"What's the other?" Carl asked.
"Her scooter goes allegro when necessary," Albert told him.
"I wanna ride like that," Carl said.
Scoots: [confused with the phone] "How do you work this thing?"
Phone: "I'm sorry, Clyde. I didn't get that."
Clyde: [struggling to hold Rock Lincoln] "Uh...can you hurry? My friend is kinda heavy."
Phone: "Okay, I found three results for heavy."
"Talking phones?" Maria asked.
"That's a piece of today's times for ya," Lori said.
[Clyde loses it and drops Rock Lincoln into the lake.]
Clyde: "Ah! Rock Lincoln!"
Scoots: [takes the picture and gives the phone back.] "Well, here you go."
[The photo shows the moment Rock Lincoln fell into the lake and Clyde sighs.]
Scoots: "Sorry about your friend, but that piece of driftwood over there looks pretty lonely."
[Clyde takes notice of the driftwood Scoots is pointing at.]
"More wacky stuff?" Casey asked.
"Whatever it took to get through the list," Clyde said. "Not the best idea we had".
"But not the worst either," Luan reminded them.
[Cut to a montage of Lincoln and Clyde doing their best to get through the list. Lincoln is making water balloons and hits himself with one. Clyde is on a foot-pedal boat on the lake with the driftwood Scoots told him about now with a Lincoln drawing; the boat hits an alcove, tips over, and knocks them both off.]
"Isn't it a little early for swimming?" Carl asked.
"Says the one who was too nervous to swim," Carlota said.
"Don't remind me," Carl scolded in embarrassment.
Clyde: [swimming after his wooden friend] "Driftwood Lincoln!"
[In a circus tent, Lincoln is performing a trapeze act but has no partner to catch him since Clyde's not there and falls. At the arcade, Clyde is now playing Rip Ride with a pizza box with a pizza face Lincoln on it.]
"Now that's one way to recycle pizza boxes," Luan said.
"We should do that in our school," Mandee said.
"Ours too," Laird said. "As long as I don't get hurt as much as Lincoln and Clyde did".
"Just can't catch a break, huh?" Ronnie asked.
Clyde: "Eat my dust, Pizza Box Lincoln!"
"Pizza Box Lincoln": [played by Clyde] "Eat my crust, Clyde! Ha-ha-ha!"
[Clyde calls Lincoln on his walkie talkie.]
Clyde: "Lincoln, come in! I finished my half of the list and a whole pizza."
Lincoln: [on the other] "Great. I finished my half, too. Let's rendezvous at the predetermined location.
[Clyde gives Pizza Box Lincoln to a little girl.]
"We did it!" Clyde said.
"We completed the bucket list," Lincoln said.
"We're never doing that again, though".
"Thank you," all the parents said at once.
"You sure went through enough for one day," Luna said.
Clyde: "Hey, here you go. I know what it's like to need a friend."
"Pizza Box Lincoln": "Nice to meet ya!"
[Clyde leaves the box with the girl and the girl confused.]
[Lincoln and Clyde rendezvous at a bus stop and get on.]
Lincoln: [feigning] "What a day, huh, Clyde? So awesome."
Clyde: [also feigning] "And rad."
Lincoln: "Except when we threw up."
"Ew!" everyone grimaced.
"How was that rad?" Benny asked.
Clyde: "And turned orange."
Lincoln: "And Lynn belched in my face."
"So worth it," Lynn said.
Clyde: "And I fell in the lake."
Lincoln: "Let's not forget Petey."
Clyde: [groans] "I think I'd rather forget."
[They both come to admission]
Lincoln: "Come to think of it, today kinda..."
Clyde: "Wasn't rad?"
Lincoln: "Or awesome."
"Just wasn't your day, was it?" Sameer asked.
"Nope," Lincoln said. "Never going down that route again".
"Me neither," Clyde said.
Clyde: "How did that happen?"
Lincoln: "I guess we got so obsessed with finishing the list, we had no time to actually enjoy ourselves."
Clyde: "You're right. And now, spring break is over. We blew it."
"Thanks for making us blow our Spring Break at the last minute," Lincoln said.
"We're sorry guys," Harold said.
"We were so looking forward to that Hawaiian vacation," Howard said. "Maybe next time we'll think twice before throwing last minute wrenches in your activities".
Lincoln and Clyde agreed before giving those 2 a hug.
[At that moment, Scoots comes crossing the road as the bus approaches her. The driver takes notice and careens off a pothole and avoids her.]
Scoots: "Learn to drive, maniac!"
"There's Scoots again," Albert said.
"This was when we needed her the most," Lincoln said.
Bus driver: [looks out his window] "Aw, this is the berries! I've got a blown tire."
Lincoln: "A blown tire? How are we gonna get home before the streetlights come on?"
Clyde: "Look!"
"You're both gonna hitch a ride with her?" Miguel asked.
"Those 2 had to get home before the streetlights came on," Rita said.
"What else could we do?" Clyde asked.
"What about your bikes?" Liam suggested.
"You could've called us to come get you," Howard suggested.
"Or us," Lori added.
[They notice Scoots and get a ride on her scooter with Lincoln holding onto the back of her seat and Clyde riding in her basket as she takes off at breakneck speed.]
"That is one fast lady," Rosa said.
"Not even my skateboard can keep up with that," Ronnie Anne said.
"Or our bikes," Stella said.
Scoots: "Hang on, boys! I'm about to get on the freeway!"
[The high speed is too much for the boys as they yelp.]
Lincoln: "We're good here! Thanks for the lift!"
[Scoots drops them off in the farmlands and they notice some sheep which they ride all the way up to a river. The sheep are too scared to cross and the boys notice a canoe and ride the rapids through a tunnel, down a waterfall, and onto the beach. They notice a handcar and ride it down the railroad while going at top speed down a slope and struggling to get up a steep hill. At the end of the railroad, they notice some trash can lids and get an idea to ride them like sleds down a hill.]
"Now that we have got to try!" Carl said.
"You gotta show me how you did that," Stella said.
"Me too," Girl Jordan added.
"Next time we get a break from school, we'll show you," Clyde said.
Lincoln and Clyde: "YES!" [They fly off the cliff and end up back at the Loud House.] "We made it!"
[The streetlights turn on and they pant from exhaustion.]
Lincoln: "All that stretching really paid off."
Clyde: [realizes] "Is it just me, or was getting home totally rad?"
Lincoln: [realizes as well] "Yeah. The most awesome part of today wasn't even on the list."
Lincoln and Clyde: "Huh."
"Well, who knew?" Liam asked.
"I know," Lincoln said. "I wanna do it again".
"Can we join you?" Francisco asked.
"It would be one fun final thing to do before starting high school," Margo said.
Clyde: "Guess we didn't blow our spring break after all."
Lincoln and Clyde: "Clincoln McLoud!" [fistbump]
Clyde: "So, what's our plan for summer break?"
[Beat]
Lincoln and Clyde: "To not have one!" [toss the list aside]
Lincoln and Clyde gave each other a high 5.
"You tell 'em, boys," Carlos said.
Clyde: "Awesome!"
Lincoln: "Rad!"
[A sheep bleats]
Clyde: "Oh, my ride's here." [rides home on the sheep] "See you tomorrow, buddy."
[The sheep bleats once more and Lincoln steps inside only to find to his fright that Petey is in the house, angrily standing by the couch.]
Lincoln: [nervously chuckles] "Pretty bird?"
[Petey attacks Lincoln again and his sisters walk in.]
Luan: "It's probably just another him and Clyde thing."
[The sisters walk upstairs as Petey continues attacking Lincoln.]
"That I do wish you helped me with," Lincoln said.
"Sorry about that," Luan said.
"Some day, huh?" Bobby asked.
"I'll say," Clyde responded.
"Craziest day ever," Lincoln added.
"Still one thing I'm confused about," Lola said. "How did Scoots get a scooter that goes that allegro if you know what I mean?"
"I keep forgetting to ask her that," Albert said.
"Let's just hope she doesn't get caught by the police," Maria said.
"Your trip home was the best part," Laird said.
"I swear we have got to try that one day," Carl said.
"And what you did with that pizza box," Miguel added. "We should do something like that as well".
"It would be a great way to encourage people to recycle more," Lisa replied.
"We would be glad to show you," Lincoln said. "We just need some free time to do it".
"Without any last minute screw ups?" Ronnie reminded.
"Definitely," Clyde said.
He and Lincoln did that special handshake with Bobby.
"I can tell you two will remain besties for life," Jackie said.
The next episode - Party Down - adds on to why it's sometimes better to just go with the flow instead of having a sophisticated plan.
See you soon for that.
AN: After a bit of a hiatus, yes. I have returned. I needed a break after my grandma and uncle Edward passed away, as well as getting the Covid 19 vaccine. Since I got the first dose of the pfizer one, I need to go back on May 21 for the second dose. Just needed to get that out. Hope all of you understand.