The Loud House Pilot: Bathroom Break!!

> Time to put the third P into action!
>
> Lincoln Loud figuring out how to escape his sisters to go to the bathroom

Bathroom Break!! (retroactively titled “The Loud House”) is the official Pilot for the series, The Loud House.

## Synopsis

The story opens up with an idyllic picture of a boy and his ten sisters. The boy, introducing himself as Lincoln Loud, tells the viewers not to let the picture fool them, as growing up in a big family isn't that perfect. With proof, he shows the chaos just outside his room. "Welcome to... **the Loud House**." Lincoln explains that surviving in a big family is a real challenge. One obstacle he endures is trying to get a turn in the bathroom. He informs the viewers of his Three P's to Go Poo and Pee, which are Patience, Perseverance, and finally, Problem Solving. They are sure to get him into the bathroom, especially if he goes in the last second. And with no time left, Lincoln feels the strain and gets ready to go.

He asks his big sister Luna, a musician, to play a little tune for him on his travels and she obliges. His younger sister Lucy, a gloomy gothic girl, wants to read him a poem, but Lincoln tells her to wait until he's done with his business. His older sister Luan, a comedian, tries to squirt him with her trick flower, but Lincoln ducks in time, knowing that trick all too well, but Luan squirts water from a flower on her shoes into his mouth. Suddenly, his older sister Lynn, a sports jock, comes careening down the hall on her motorbike, while playing sports in the house. He gets out of the way in time, just before she crashed into something. Just then, his little sister Lola, a pageant queen, wants him to play "Fashion Photographer" with her. If he doesn't, she'll tell their mother that he was reading comics on the roof in his underwear again. Not wanting their mom to know and wondering how she knows that, he accepts and takes some photos while Lola strikes poses. Just then, Lola's twin sister Lana, who is a bit more of a tomboy, and a handyman, comes by to show Lincoln her mud pie. But Lincoln's strain starts getting to him and he bolts for the bathroom. Lucy checks to see if he's ready, but he says he's not. He leaps over his little sister Lisa, a 4-year-old genius, and reminds her to carry the 1 in her mathematical formula she's writing on the wall. Lincoln's older sister Leni, a stereotypical dumb blonde, is trying to figure out how to turn on the vacuum and manages to do so while sucking up Lincoln's shirt and pants in the process. Lincoln is almost at the bathroom, but his older sister Lori, the first born, beats him to it. Lincoln tells her it's not fair, and that she cut in front of him, but Lori believes she gets first born privilege and shuts herself in. As Lincoln is forced to wait, Lucy comes by and thinks he's done with his business, and reads her poem to him, only to make Lincoln go even more because the poem is about water. Just then, Lincoln's younger sister Lily, a baby and the youngest, walks by with her dirty diaper, and he gets an idea on using the third P: Problem Solving, to get Lori out of the bathroom.

As Lori takes care of her business, Lincoln comes in and closes the door, containing something that disturbs Lori so much, that she gets terrified and runs out of the bathroom in fear. His other sisters look on in confusion, and Lincoln reveals to have gotten Lily's dirty diaper off her, and used it to shoo Lori out of the bathroom, to which they all cheer for his bravery. Lincoln throws the diaper away and says that surviving in a big family is a challenge, but not impossible and finally, goes to take care of his business on the toilet. However, he finds out that there's no toilet paper left. He asks his sisters for a new roll, but they can't hear him over the loud commotion and chaos they're causing.

(Credits goes to The Loud House Encyclopedia for the synopsis, as the text/synopsis above was typed by someone on that wiki, thus, it doesn’t belong to this wiki.)

## Trivia

* This is the first Loud House episode to be in the 2013 Animated Shorts Program
* It eventually picked up as a series in 2016.
* During the pilot, Lisa Loud has no voice lines.
	+ This is due to the series having troubles with her voice actor, Lara Jill Miller.
* This is the only piece of Loud House media to feature Sean Ryan-Fox as Lincoln.
	+ Sean later portrayed Jasper in fellow Nickelodeon show *Henry Danger*.

## Differences between the pilot and the series

* Lincoln is voiced by Sean Ryan Fox in the pilot, but is voiced by different cast members throughout the series.
* Clyde is one of the show's main characters, but does not appear in the pilot.
* Lucy has a lower hairline than in the series.
* Lisa's shirt has a lighter shade of green in the series.
* Leni's dress is darker than it is in the series.
* Lola's dress is more saturated and fuchsia-toned than it is in the series.
* Lori's shoes are a lighter shade of blue than they are in the series.
* Lynn has long back hair, while in the series it is shorter.
* Normally, the background has a paper texture within to give the feel of a newspaper comic. In this short, however, it cannot be seen. The backgrounds are also cruder than that of the actual series.
* The titular house has a drastically different design than in the actual show. Lincoln's bedroom has a square window as opposed to the round one in the series, the bathroom wall is green as opposed to white, the dots on the shower curtain are red instead of green, and the chimney has a drastically different design.
* For unknown reasons, the pilot was neither dubbed nor aired in Switzerland, Malta, Latin America or Brazil.

(Credits goes to The Loud House Encyclopedia for the differences, as the text/synopsis above was typed by someone on that wiki, thus, it doesn’t belong to this wiki.)

## Characters

* Lincoln Loud (Both the very first character to speak in the show, as well as the only male Loud kid and main protagonist of the show)
* Lori Loud (Both the oldest, as well as the bossy sister of the family which continues till the 4th season of the series when she goes to college)
* Leni Loud (The ditzy fashionista sister)
* Luna Loud (The musical rock n’ roll sister)
* Luan Loud (The comedian and prankster of the family)
* Lynn Loud (The athletic and sporty sister)
* Lucy Loud (The dark/gloomy sister, also being the oldest of the younger sisters)
* Lana Loud (The dirty/muddy and tomboy sister)
* Lola Loud (The pageant sister)
* Lisa Loud (The 'mad scientist' sister)
* Lily Loud (The youngest sister)

The Loud pets, Cliff, Charles, Geo, and Walt can be seen at the very beginning of the “Loud House Pilot,” and can be heard making animal sounds as they chase each other down the hallway of the second floor. However, due to the series being mostly a slice-of-life type of show, the Loud Pets can only make realistic animal sounds.

## History

On June 5, 2014, Nickelodeon held an Animated Shorts Program in which animators can share their favorite Nickelodeon show and see the pilot for that show.

(However, Chris Savino said that the pilot short would turn into a full series in 2016.)

## Errors

* When Luna says "1,2,3, GO!!" her eyelashes briefly disappear.
* When Lola pulls out her camera, the right side of her tiara appears to be floating instead of sitting on her head.
* In the scene where Lincoln mentions the lack of toilet paper, Luan's teeth are rectangular instead of the usual rounded shape.

## Videos

Animation Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CbkziCuCi1I

The Official Loud House YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=OBX8wmqG-K0