# Lyla in the Loop

Lyla in the Loop (stylized in all caps) is a children's animated television series created by Dave Peth. It premiered on February 5, 2024, on PBS Kids. The series is produced by Mighty Picnic and Pipeline Studios using 2D software.

## Premise

The series centers on Lyla Loops (a 7-year-old young African-American/Jamaican girl), her sidekick Stu (a fuzzy blue hyrax-like creature), and the rest of the Loops family. The other Loops family members include Luke Loops (Lyla's 5-year-old younger brother), Liana Loops and Louisa Loops (Lyla's 12-year older twin sisters), Lydia Loops (Lyla's mother) and Louis Loops (Lyla's father and Lydia's husband). Lyla's family runs a local diner named Loops Lunch. According to Lyla, each adventure will introduce and explore foundational computational thinking concepts, leading to some comedic disasters and creative solutions, while helping others in their community.

## Characters
### Main

* Lyla Loops (voiced by Liyou Abere): Lyla is a young African-American/Jamaican girl. She is 7 years old (later 8 years old). Her best friends are Everett and Ale and her catchphrases for Stu are "Hey Stu", "Stu, Stop", and "Go Stu Go", and her other catchphrases when she calls her friends are "Ev" "Everett" and "Ale".
* Stu (short for “Something Truly Unique”; vocal effects by Izzy Woodbury): Stu is a fuzzy blue hyrax-like creature and Lyla's sidekick. He was born in a far away planet. He doesn't have an age.
* Luke Loops (voiced by Elijah Lindo): Luke is Lyla's younger brother. He is 5 years old. His catchphrase is "Oof-Fa-Loof!".
* Liana Loops (voiced by Eden Cupid): Liana is one of Lyla's older twin sisters. She is 12 years old.
* Louisa Loops (voiced by Shechinah Mpumlwana): Louisa is one of Lyla's older twin sisters. She has the same age as her twin sister Liana, and shares a name with another character from the previous show.
* Lydia Loops (voiced by Morrissa Nicole, the voice of Camille on Skillsville): Lydia is Lyla's mother and Louis' wife. She (Lyla's mother) and Thi (Everett's mother) are 40 years old. Lydia is older than her husband Louis.
* Louis Loops (voiced by Joseph Motiki): Louis is Lydia's husband and Lyla's father. He is 38 years old and is younger than his wife. His catchphrases are "Lil' Loops" and "Lil' Man Loops".

### Recurring

* Everett Phan (also called "Ev" for short, voiced by Isaac Ng): Everett is Lyla's best friend of Vietnamese descent. He is 7 years old. His catchphrases are “Hi Lyla” and "Hey Lyla".
* Thi Phan (also called "Miss Thi" in "The Case of the Mysterious Cake", voiced by Tea Nguyen): Thi is Everett's mother. She has the same age as Lydia (Lyla's mother), and lives across the hall. She works at Phan's Hardware Store. She is also a cook.
* Kibbles Phan: Kibbles is Everett and Thi's pet cat. She doesn't have an age. She lives with Thi and Everett.
* Alejandra "Ale" Alvarez (voiced by Lynea Perez): Ale is Lyla and Everett's new friend of Hispanic descent. She is 7 years old (later 8 years old). Her catchphrases are "Lylaloo", "Hi Lylaloo" and "Hey Lylaloo".
* Carlos Alvarez (voiced by Juan Romero): Carlos is Ale's older brother who likes to tap dance.
* Santiago Alvarez (also called "Papi", voiced by Carlos Jimenez-Rauda): Santiago is Ale's father.
* Jia (voiced by Kari Wong): Jia is a woman who works as an employee at Loops Lunch.
* Emmaline (also known as Miss Emmaline, voiced by Yanna McIntosh): Emmaline is Lyla and Stu's friend.
* Bidzill (voiced by Leo Hynes): Bidzill is a skateboarder.

## Development

The series was greenlit in October 2020, under the working title of Liza Loops, and was developed as part of a $24 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
However, on January 16, 2023, during the Television Critics Association Press Tour, it was announced that PBS Kids would begin its production on the series, now titled Lyla in the Loop.

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Segments | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Segments | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05) | TBA |

### Season 1 (2024-25)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | "Piece of Cake" | Huy Tran | Dave Peth & Tim McKeon | Kelly Erwin | February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05) | 101 |
| 1 | "Kibbles and Coins" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Albert Rodríguez | February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05) | 101 |
| When Lyla's mistake causes Stu to make a mess, she and Luke need to figure out how to get everything back in order for their older sisters Liana and Louisa's birthday before it gets ruined.Lyla loses Everett's coin and tries to get it back before he comes home.Note: This episode was dedicated to Loan Ngoc Chau. |||||||
| 2 | "The Mystery Puzzle" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Lev Voloshin | February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06) | 102 |
| 2 | "The Stu Express" | Huy Tran | Dave Peth | Austen Payne and Carles Puig | February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06) | 102 |
| Liana recruits Lyla to help put together a puzzle with over 1000 pieces in order to win a prize.Lyla and Luke make their dream of driving a train come true by constructing one they can ride in using household materials. |||||||
| 3 | "Every Sand-Which Way" | Huy Tran | Carleton Carter | Kelly Erwin | February 7, 2024 (2024-02-07) | 103 |
| 3 | "Growing Up" | Huy Tran | Joon Chung | Albert Rodríguez, Austen Payne, Lee Bird, and Troy Sullivan | February 7, 2024 (2024-02-07) | 103 |
| Lyla is coming up with a sandwich special for Loops Lunch, but when her siblings contribute their ideas, Lyla will need to lead the project before it crumbles.Lydia remembers her mother's vegetable garden. Lyla wants to carry on this tradition, so she and Lydia build their very own garden behind Loops Lunch. |||||||
| 4 | "Carnival for Luke" | Huy Tran | Astride Noel | Kelly Erwin | February 8, 2024 (2024-02-08) | 105 |
| 4 | "Rap Report" | Huy Tran | Genie Deez | Cassandra Parker | February 8, 2024 (2024-02-08) | 105 |
| Lyla, Everett, Liana and Louisa build makeshift carnival games for Luke using household and recycled materials. Louisa seeks help from Lyla, Luke and Stu to create a beat for her school presentation on Mae Jemison. |||||||
| 5 | "Lemonade Champs" | Huy Tran | Laurie Rabin | Austen Payne | February 9, 2024 (2024-02-09) | 106 |
| 5 | "Double Dutch Dilemma" | Huy Tran | Llacie Simmons | Camilo Román | February 9, 2024 (2024-02-09) | 106 |
| Lyla and Everett make a lemonade stand to raise money for the animal shelter.Lyla and Everett tackle learning Double Dutch to become a part of a neighborhood crew. |||||||
| 6 | "The Waffle Man" | Huy Tran | Utkarsh Rajawat | Kelly Erwin | February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12) | 107 |
| 6 | "Loopapalooza" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Cassandra Parker | February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12) | 107 |
| Lyla and Everett design a waffle costume for Stu, but they'll need to change it to withstand the elements like wind and pigeons.Lyla creates an original game to reignite everyone's interest in family game night. |||||||
| 7 | "How to Hamster" | Huy Tran | Ruth Morrison | Andrea Mercado | February 13, 2024 (2024-02-13) | 110 |
| 7 | "A Bad Case of the Beeps" | Huy Tran | Crescent Imani Novell | Camilo Román | February 13, 2024 (2024-02-13) | 110 |
| Luke is determined to have the best weekend ever with his class hamster.When Stu mysteriously starts beeping, Lyla and her family embark on a fun and inquisitive journey to figure out the meaning of the beeps and how to make them stop. |||||||
| 8 | "Operation: Rise and Shine" | Huy Tran | Dave Peth | Lev Voloshin | February 14, 2024 (2024-02-14) | 104 |
| 8 | "The Carrot Cake Dance" | Huy Tran | Roxana Altamirano | Austen Payne, Lee Bird, & Carles Puig | February 14, 2024 (2024-02-14) | 104 |
| Lyla and her siblings embark on a mission to “debug” their morning routine so they never miss the bus again.Lyla wants to learn a popular clap and dance sequence that everyone in her family can do but feels frustrated when she can't do it. |||||||
| 9 | "Loopstastic Mess Vacuum Test" | Huy Tran | Jehan Madhani | Andrea Mercado | February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15) | 108 |
| 9 | "How the Cookie Crumbled" | Huy Tran | Trina Sanyal | Camilo Román | February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15) | 108 |
| When the Loops vacuum breaks, Luke, Lyla and Everett test vacuums to pick the best one.When the Loops don't have the right ingredients to make cookies, the kids set out to make them using substituted ingredients. |||||||
| 10 | "Un-Make a Mess" | Huy Tran | Leanna Dindal | Kelly Erwin | February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19) | 109 |
| 10 | "Hide and Go Stu" | Huy Tran | Andrew Blanchette | Cassandra Parker | February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19) | 109 |
| Lyla and Luke clean their room with a little “help” from Stu.Lyla, Luke, Everett and Stu play hide and seek in the apartment until they lose Stu. |||||||
| 11 | "The Case of the Mysterious Cake" | Huy Tran | Amy Keating Rogers | Kelly Erwin | February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20) | 111 |
| 11 | "Kibbles and Tricks" | Huy Tran | Ian Keteku | Cassandra Parker | February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20) | 111 |
| Lyla bakes a delicious cake without a recipe and needs to recreate it by figuring out the right ingredients.Everett teaches his cat new tricks using sounds and symbols. |||||||
| 12 | "The Four Little Pigs and Brucey" | Huy Tran | Kermit Frazier | Andrea Mercado | February 21, 2024 (2024-02-21) | 112 |
| 12 | "Handle with Care" | Huy Tran | Venessa M. Diaz | Camilo Román | February 21, 2024 (2024-02-21) | 112 |
| Lyla and Luke playfully create and act out variations on a fairy tale.Lyla, Louis and Stu explore the neighborhood to track down a lost package. |||||||
| 13 | "Sanitation Situation" | Huy Tran | Pilot Viruet | Kelly Erwin | February 26, 2024 (2024-02-26) | 113 |
| 13 | "Stu Rides the Bus" | Huy Tran | Dave Peth | Cassandra Parker | February 26, 2024 (2024-02-26) | 113 |
| When the neighborhood garbage truck malfunctions, Lyla, Lydia and Stu step in to save the day.Lyla and Louisa take a ride on the city bus and accidentally lose Stu in the process. |||||||
| 14 | "When Luke Became Stu" | Huy Tran | Monique D. Hall | Andrea Mercado | February 27, 2024 (2024-02-27) | 114 |
| 14 | "Secret Surprise Party" | Huy Tran | Carleton Carter | Camilo Román | February 27, 2024 (2024-02-27) | 114 |
| After feeling left out, Luke wants to swap places with Stu, but being Stu isn't easy.Lyla and her siblings throw their parents a surprise party, and to keep it a secret, they come up with signals their parents won't pick up on. |||||||
| 15 | "Finding a New Friend" | Huy Tran | Marty Johnson | Andrea Mercado | August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05) | 116 |
| 15 | "Lyla Bugs Out" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Camilio Román | August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05) | 116 |
| Lyla, Liana and Louisa return a forgotten tote bag by using the items inside it as clues to figure out who it belongs to and their location.Lyla feels jealous after Ale creates a project that gets her a lot of positive attention. |||||||
| 16 | "Stu's Up" | Huy Tran | Jennifer Cho Suhr | Kelly Erwin | August 6, 2024 (2024-08-06) | 117 |
| 16 | "Roll n' Scoot" | Huy Tran | Kris Marvin Hughes | Cassandra Parker | August 6, 2024 (2024-08-06) | 117 |
| Lyla and Louis train Stu to help at Loops Lunch.Lyla and Luke teach Stu how to ride a scooter so he can join them for the Roll N' Scoot community event. |||||||
| 17 | "Moon Rock Cove" | Huy Tran | Written by: Joon Chung Story by: Crescent Imani Novell | Andrea Mercado | August 7, 2024 (2024-08-07) | 118 |
| 17 | "Rainbow Collection" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Camilio Román | August 7, 2024 (2024-08-07) | 118 |
| Liana and Louisa compete to see who's the outdoorsiest twin, but sour the family camping trip in the process. The Loops are bored on their camping trip until Lyla comes up with a game to get everyone excited about being in nature again. |||||||
| 18 | "2 on 2 Plus Stu" | Huy Tran | Carin Greenberg Baker | Kelly Erwin | August 12, 2024 (2024-08-12) | 119 |
| 18 | "The Stu-Mobile" | Huy Tran | Andrew Blanchette | Cassandra Parker | August 12, 2024 (2024-08-12) | 119 |
| Lyla and Everett recruit Stu to play basketball against their moms, but they'll need to teach Stu to win.Lyla and Luke restore their old toy car to make it special for Stu. |||||||
| 19 | "Lyla's Lucky Strike" | Huy Tran | Kris Marvin Hughes | Kelly Erwin | August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13) | 121 |
| 19 | "Lyla Out of the Loop" | Huy Tran | Monique D. Hall | Cassandra Parker | August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13) | 121 |
| Lyla bowls a strike her first time bowling but feels frustrated when she realizes bowling isn't as easy as she thought it was.When Lyla feels left out from Everett and Ale's thriving friendship, she plans ways to get herself back in. |||||||
| 20 | "Uh-Oh!" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Andrea Mercado | August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14) | 122 |
| 20 | "The Puddle" | Huy Tran | Dave Peth | Camilio Román | August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14) | 122 |
| Lyla feels guilty when she causes a group project to break and doesn't take responsibility.Lyla's glider toy is stuck in a big puddle. Lyla, Everett, and Stu try different ways to get it out without getting wet. |||||||
| 21 | "Too Many Pumpkins" | Huy Tran | Sam Bissonnette and Fracaswell Hyman | Andrea Mercado | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) | 120 |
| 21 | "The Maybe-Sitters" | Huy Tran | Llacey Simmons | Camilo Román | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) | 120 |
| When Lyla asks customers for their leftover pumpkins, she gets way too many and the Loops find creative ways to make use of every last one.Lyla and Luke put Liana and Louisa through a babysitting test to see if they're ready to be babysitters. |||||||
| 22 | "Happy New Year, Lyla!" | Huy Tran | Astride Noel | Kelly Erwin | December 2, 2024 (2024-12-02) | 115 |
| 22 | "Everett's Summer Sale" | Huy Tran | Jonathan Hernandez | Cassandra Parker | December 2, 2024 (2024-12-02) | 115 |
| When family and friends want their own fancy pin, Lyla and Everett need to figure out how to make the pins for everyone in time for the New Year's Eve party.Lyla and Everett clash as they make a fun unboxing video for Phan Hardware's Summer Sale. |||||||
| 23 | "Lyla Gets a Grip" | Huy Tran | Joon Chung | Kelly Erwin | February 3, 2025 (2025-02-03) | 123 |
| 23 | "Rappin' Riddles" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Cassandra Parker | February 3, 2025 (2025-02-03) | 123 |
| With the help of Everett and Ale, Lyla overcomes her fear of rock-climbing.Liana and Louisa enlist Lyla and Everett's help to improve their riddle game about everyday objects made by Black inventors. |||||||
| 24 | "The Artist Formerly Known as Liana" | Huy Tran | Kermit Frazier | Andrea Mercado | February 4, 2025 (2025-02-04) | 124 |
| 24 | "Jamaica Day" | Huy Tran | Andrew Blanchette | Camilo Román | February 4, 2025 (2025-02-04) | 124 |
| Liana accidentally submits art that Stu made and she feels guilty taking the credit for Stu's work.Lyla and Luke perform an "Anansi" folktale puppet show for a Jamaica Day celebration in the neighborhood. |||||||
| 25 | "Runaway Tarantula" | Huy Tran | Genie Deez | Kelly Erwin | February 5, 2025 (2025-02-05) | 125 |
| 25 | "Rainy Day, Indoor Play" | Huy Tran | Ernesto Javier Martínez | Cassandra Parker | February 5, 2025 (2025-02-05) | 125 |
| Ale wants to show the Loops her pet tarantula, but it keeps escaping, so Lyla and Ale make an escape-proof container.Lyla and her siblings are stuck inside because of rain and escape boredom by recreating park activities indoors. |||||||
| 26 | "Miss Emmaline's Magic Trunk" | Huy Tran | Fracaswell Hyman | Andrea Mercado | February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06) | 126 |
| 26 | "Luke's Puppy" | Huy Tran | Nick "Rocket" Rodriguez | Camilo Román | February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06) | 126 |
| Lyla figures out how to do a magic trick with clues from her neighbor, Miss Emmaline.Luke finds a puppy and has to figure out what the puppy wants by watching and listening to it. |||||||
| 27 | "Happy Stu Day" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 19, 2025 (2025-05-19) | 127 |
| 27 | "Judge Lyla" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 19, 2025 (2025-05-19) | 127 |
| The Loops crew prep a Stu Day party, but Stu can't help but help people.Liana finds crumbs on Louisa's pillow and says she took the last cookie, but Louisa denies it. The twins get evidence and argue their case in front of Judge Lyla. |||||||
| 28 | "Crack You Up" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 20, 2025 (2025-05-20) | 128 |
| 28 | "Power Out Cookout" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 20, 2025 (2025-05-20) | 128 |
| The Loops have fun playing practical jokes on everyone in their family.A blackout moves Loops Lunch outside causing many problems, but through teamwork, the Loops find ways to keep Loops Lunch running and customers happy. |||||||
| 29 | "Soccer Practice Practice" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 21, 2025 (2025-05-21) | 129 |
| 29 | "Sibling Swap" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 21, 2025 (2025-05-21) | 129 |
| Lyla and Everett coach Luke, Stu, and Idris in soccer drills before their first practice. Liana and Louisa are tired of living with each other and decide to switch rooms with Lyla and Luke, but living with new roommates isn't easy. |||||||
| 30 | "Dr. Luke Loops" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 22, 2025 (2025-05-22) | 130 |
| 30 | "Let's Roll!" | Huy Tran | N/A | N/A | May 22, 2025 (2025-05-22) | 130 |
| After Luke gets a check-up, he plays doctor with Stu as a nurse and Lyla pretends to be different patients.Lyla, Everett, Luke, and Stu build a track to get a tennis ball down to the lobby using materials from home. |||||||

## Soundtrack

The theme song in the show is performed by students at Fanny Jackson Coppin School in Philadelphia.
Original songs are performed by the characters in some episodes.

## Broadcast

Lyla in the Loop premiered on February 5, 2024, on PBS Kids.
Each episode features two 11-minute stories, plus interstitial content. The interstitial content in between the two 11-minute stories in each episode feature Lyla and her family doing either steps to play or do something or singing a song.