Top 10 Worst Things Lynn Sr. and Rita Loud Have Done on The Loud House
It's no secret that the parents on The Loud House aren't always the best. Then again, you could make the same argument for most parents in cartoons. While they do try their best to be good parents to their 11 kids, they don't always set the best examples. More often than not, they choose to do nothing when things escalate with their children, or they try too hard to be good parents, only to do more harm than good.For this list, we will be looking at the worst things that Lynn Sr. and Rita have done on The Loud House, either together or individually - times when they were terrible parents or simply terrible as individuals.
By far the worst act they committed. Not only do they buy into the idea of Lincoln being unlucky, but they also go as far as barricading the door to his room and forcing him to live outside.
Even after Lincoln confesses to faking being unlucky just to get out of his sisters' activities, they still refuse to believe him. It isn't until later that they finally believe him, but they add insult to injury by telling him they sold his furniture.
During the episode, Rita and Lynn Sr. act pretty awfully when the Casagrandes come over for Thanksgiving. At the same time, the Casagrande family - Rosa, Hector, Frida, Carlos, and Maria - aren't any better, as they compete and try to upstage one another in showing they can throw the best Thanksgiving.
They all act rudely towards each other. At one point, after Lola attacks Carl when he unplugs Luna's guitar, Frida tells Rita to control her children. In response, Lynn Sr. orders her to upstage Hector, and Rita rudely tells Frida that if she doesn't like it, she's welcome to leave, though Bobby can stay. This later leads to the families getting into a massive food fight, driving Bobby and Lori away. They later call out both families for their behavior and threaten not to spend Thanksgiving with either of them. The families finally realize how badly they acted.
Instead of being responsible parents, Rita and Lynn Sr. go along with the sister fight protocol, choosing to do nothing and letting Lori and Leni resolve their conflict on their own. When things get more out of control, thanks to Lincoln's interference, they still do nothing about it.
This is despite the fact that in previous episodes, they have been shown to stop the kids' fighting whenever it got out of control.
It was pretty pathetic parenting.
After being forced to do community service due to unpaid parking tickets, Rita begins to enjoy her new stress-free time. She starts getting tickets on purpose just to have a break from her kids. However, this horribly backfires. Due to committing so many violations in a short time, she is forced to serve time in jail.
The irony is that she could have simply volunteered for community service instead of committing so many petty crimes to get tickets. Though she gets out early after the officer who arrested her is driven crazy by her family's antics when they come to visit, he simply allows her to go free.
Well, this moment speaks for itself.
Tired of sharing one bathroom, Lynn Sr. and Rita decide to build their own private bathroom just for themselves. They secretly build a bathroom in their closet, but things quickly blow up in their faces.
They become so desperate to keep the bathroom a secret from their kids that they go overboard with the security, accidentally locking themselves in. This forces the kids to come to their rescue.
I actually understand their reasoning for doing this.
They all want two bathrooms. I don't like this one.
After Luan has the family stranded at a run-down hotel filled with her traps, Lynn Sr. reveals to Lincoln that he was helping her the whole time. Luan had promised him a prank-free decade in exchange for his help pranking the family.
Even though he regrets it, selling out your own family just to avoid Luan's pranks for a decade is pretty awful.
I hate all of the April Fools' Day ones.
It's no secret that Lynn Sr. and Rita aren't the best parents all the time. In this episode, Lincoln goes on strike, refusing to take out the garbage until one of his sisters trades chores with him. This leads all the sisters to go on strike, refusing to do their chores until Lincoln gives up his strike.
Rather than put a stop to it, Lynn Sr. and Rita choose to do nothing and let the kids solve the problem on their own, though they at least take Lily with them. As the chores remain undone, the whole house becomes filled with garbage, and the parents still do nothing. Eventually, the kids come to their senses and end their strike. However, they soon strike again, this time wanting to be paid for doing their chores, and once again, Lynn Sr. and Rita do nothing.
Rita attempts to land a parenting advice column job for the newspaper from chief editor Jesse Hiller. When she expects her kids to be perfect during the interview at home, rather than telling Jesse the truth, she bribes the kids by promising to take them to Jean Juan French Mix Buffet if they act perfectly. Rita gets the job but is too embarrassed to be seen in public with her kids, not wanting people to know she isn't a perfect parent. When the kids remind her of the promise she made, she tries to go back on her word. However, she ultimately takes them to Jean Juan's at 3 o'clock, thinking the place will be empty.
To her surprise, Jesse is there with a couple of coworkers who sit nearby. The kids' antics upset Jesse as she recognizes them and is shocked that they're not the perfect children she was led to believe. Rita is forced to come clean, confessing that she isn't the perfect parent Jesse thought she was.
When Luan is forced to enroll in a culinary class, Lynn Sr. uses it to share his passion for cooking. At first, things are fine, but Lynn Sr. begins going overboard, pushing Luan further and further. He wants her to take over the family restaurant, which takes all the fun out of cooking for her.
He even shows up at Luan's school, embarrasses her in front of her friends, and almost sets the school on fire while trying to light his Baked Alaska. Luan finally snaps after he takes away Mr. Coconuts, insisting she focus more on cooking.
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After everyone is forced to tell the truth due to Lisa's lie detector cameras, the family admits to Lynn Sr. that they didn't like his cooking the night before and instead ordered takeout. Lynn Sr. throws a tantrum, throwing out his dish and storming into the kitchen.
He grabs a couple of cereal bowls and forces the family to eat cereal for dinner.
This makes Rita a hypocrite. Back in the episode "Fed Up," she chastises the kids for not appreciating their father's cooking after they complained about having the same meals day in and day out.