Cartoon fans there are so few shows that show how far we've come as a society and one of those shows is the hit show The Loud House and i've read the title of this review then you know that i'm going to talk about and that will mean talking about the Chris Savino situation so here we go with the review.
The premise of the show is Lincoln Loud is the only boy and middle child in a family of eleven children. He has ten sisters with distinctive personalities bossy eldest child Lori, ditzy fashionista Leni, musician Luna, comedian Luan, athletic Lynn, gloomy goth Lucy, polar-opposite twins Lana and Lola, child genius Lisa and baby Lily. Lincoln occasionally breaks the fourth wall to explain to viewers the chaotic conditions and sibling relationships of the household, and continually devises plans to make his life in the house better. Yes this show is fairly episodic i'm saying fairly because there are episodes that call back to previous episodes so you'd need at least a basic understanding of the show but overall the setup is pretty fun.
The show stars Collin Dean and Grant Palmer as Lincoln , Catherine Taber as Lori , Liliana Mumy as Leni , Nika Futterman as Luna , Cristina Pucelli as Luan , Jessica DiCicco as Lynn Jr and Lucy , Grey Griffin as Lana , Lola and Lilly , Lara Jill Miller as Lisa and Caleel Harris and Andre Robinson as Clyde. The actors playing Lincoln and Clyde have to different listed actors altho Lincoln technically as three but that was the pilot so yeah i'm not counting that and that's because the show does mainly use actual kids for those two roles which does mean they'll have to recast the parts in the future.
The acting from all of the actors I felt was pretty solid considering that like I said two of the cast members are children and kid acting generally isn't that good but here I felt like it worked since it allowed those voices to sound more natural and for a while I honestly thought that was Tara Strong doing Lana and Lola the voices for the two were that good.
Someone most have ordered a giant elephant because there's one right here in the room with me and well I kinda have to talk about it for those that aren't a where Chris Savino the creator of the show and it's main director was fired on October 19th 2017 due to there being allegations of sexual harassment.
I should point out that no further news has come out about him so these are to be treated as rumors it is sad knowing what someone behind the scenes of your favorite show was up to but at the same time it shouldn't effect peoples opinion of the show but it's sad because now whenever someone does decide to talk about the show they will now also have these allegations in the back of there minds.
I don't really think this needs saying but the show was animated by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and I think it's pretty obvious what shows they've worked on so i;m not going to mention them here but I can say that the show has rightfully been getting praise for it's animation because it is truly fantastic for me this is what The Peanuts would look like if it was being made today and that's not a surprise given that one of you know who's influences was The Peanuts.
When I started watching this series I kinda had a mental checklist of things that I wanted to talk about one of them was the Savino situation and the other occurs in the episode L Is For Love and this is where the show truly stands out because it is a well written and funny episode and also because it does something no kids show did before it and that's have a female character be in love with another female and i'm glad that this show did it because it's a risky move for a kids show to make and they did it with such care.
Honestly I couldn't find all that much wrong with the show at all and thats kinda frustrating since it means that this review could come across as biased which yeah it kinda is since I did watch the show when it started airing but I think all reviews should be well balanced and that means finding faults even in things you love and the closest thing to a fault I could find is the fact the episodes are two short and even that's more of a nitpick.
This show is really freaking funny I laughed out loud at least once per episode and that's extremely rare for me even the bad jokes got a snigger out of me that's how funny this show is and it's hard to say who's the funniest character because every episode it was someone else who made me laugh damn why did this show have to be so good I need to say something about it and quick.
Overall I highly recommend this show to just about anyone it's that good and people really do love it because a spin-off called Los Casagrandes which will follow siblings Bobby and Ronnie Anne Santiago as well there extended family living together and there was also a feature film in development I give this series a 9.5 out of 10.