The Loud House (franchise) explained

Creator:	Chris Savino
Origin:	The Loud House
Owner:	Viacom International
Years:	2016–present
Novels:	List of novels
Comics:	List(s) of graphic novels
Tv:	The Really Loud House (2022–2024)
Website:	www.theloudhouse.com

The Loud House is an American multimedia franchise created by Chris Savino and owned by Viacom International under the Nickelodeon brand. It began with the series of the same name which started in 2016. It is based on Savino's own childhood growing up in a large family, with the art style largely influenced by newspaper comic strips. The franchise also includes a spin-off series The Casagrandes, airing from October 14, 2019 to September 30, 2022, and the live-action television series The Really Loud House, which premiered November 3, 2022. The franchise expanded to film with The Loud House Movie on August 20, 2021, followed by A Loud House Christmas on November 26, 2021, A Really Haunted Loud House on September 28, 2023, The Casagrandes Movie on March 22, 2024, and No Time to Spy on June 21, 2024.

The franchise primarily focuses on Lincoln Loud, the only boy and the middle child in a family of eleven children (with ten sisters of distinctive personalities) residing in the fictional town of Royal Woods, Michigan, who occasionally breaks the fourth wall to explain to the viewers the chaotic conditions and sibling relationships of the household, and continually devises plans to make his life in the Loud House better. Since its debut, the franchise has gained high ratings, with the original series becoming the top-rated children's animated series on American television within its first month on the air,^[1] further receiving considerable media attention and nominations at both the 28th and the 29th GLAAD Media Awards for its inclusion of Howard and Harold McBride, two supporting characters who are an interracial gay married couple.^[2] In May 2017, the characters of Lincoln Loud and Clyde McBride were featured on the front cover of Variety as an example of diverse characters in children's television.^[3]

Background

Creation

Chris Savino conceived of the idea for The Loud House based on his own experiences growing up in a large family.^[4] Early in development, the Loud family was going to be composed of rabbits, but this was terminated when an executive, Jenna Boyd, asked Savino to make them human.^[5] ^[6] The idea of the Loud family being rabbits became used as Lincoln's dream in the Season 3 episode "White Hare". He pitched the idea to Nickelodeon in 2013 as a -minute short for their annual Animated Shorts Program.^[7]

Main characters

See also: List of characters in The Loud House franchise. The main characters of the franchise are the members of the Loud household, which consists of parents Rita and Lynn Loud Sr., their one son Lincoln and ten daughters Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn Jr., Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, and Lily. According to Chris Savino, the family lives in the fictional town of Royal Woods, Michigan.^[8]

Television series

The Loud House (2016–present)

See main article: The Loud House.

The Casagrandes (2019–2022)

See main article: The Casagrandes.

The Really Loud House (2022–2024)

See main article: The Really Loud House.

Films

No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie (2024)

See main article: No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie. The third animated film in the franchise, was first unveiled on April 26, 2024 on Nickelodeon’s Instagram page.^[9] It premiered on June 21, 2024 on Nickelodeon, while it also simultaneously streamed on Paramount+.

Literature

Graphic novels

The Loud House has spawned a graphic novel series by publisher Papercutz. The graphic novels are by either crew members or other incoming artists, and dive into the world of the show and the characters within. They are usually anthology comics, however, others are arranged on certain themes, while others have overarching storylines.

Running series

Release date	Volume #	Title	ISBN
May 9, 2017^[10]	1	*There Will Be Chaos*	978-1-62991-741-2
November 21, 2017^[11]	2	*There Will Be More Chaos*	978-1-62991-824-2
March 20, 2018^[12]	3	*Live Life Loud!*	978-1-62991-862-4
August 21, 2018^[13]	4	*Family Tree*	978-1545800058
November 27, 2018^[14]	5	*After Dark*	978-1545801543
May 7, 2019^[15]	6	*Loud and Proud*	978-1545802106
August 20, 2019^[16]	7	*The Struggle Is Real*	978-1629917979
November 26, 2019^[17]	8	*Livin' La Casa Loud!*	978-1545803431
June 9, 2020^[18]	9	*Ultimate Hangout*	978-1545804056
August 11, 2020^[19]	10	*The Many Faces of Lincoln Loud*	978-1545804735
November 17, 2020^[20]	11	*Who's the Loudest?*	978-1545805589
March 16, 2021^[21]	12	*The Case of the Stolen Drawers*	978-1545806210
August 24, 2021^[22]	13	*Lucy Rolls the Dice*	978-1545807057
December 28, 2021^[23]	14	*Guessing Games*	978-1545807248
March 29, 2022^[24]	15	*The Missing Linc*	978-1545808689
September 27, 2022^[25]	16	*Loud and Clear*	978-1545808894
November 29, 2022^[26]	17	*Sibling Rivalry*	978-1545809792
July 4, 2023^[27]	18	*Sister Resister*	978-1545810361
October 17, 2023^[28]	19	*Bump It Loud*	978-1545810569
June 4, 2024 (Paperback)^[29] June 25, 2024 (Hardcover)^[30]	20	*Totally Not a Loud*	978-1545811412
September 3, 2024^[31]	21	*Howling Good Time*	978-1545801031
November 12, 2024^[32]	22	*Powered Up!*	978-1545812389
January 21, 2025^[33]	23	*Games and Gains*	978-1545816356

Seasonal/holiday series

Release date	Title	ISBN
October 6, 2020^[34]	*Winter Special*	978-1545806876
June 1, 2021^[35]	*Summer Special*	978-1545806920
December 7, 2021^[36]	*Love Out Loud*	978-1545808542
July 26, 2022^[37]	*Back to School Special*	978-1545808900
February 7, 2023^[38]	*Super Special*	978-1545810248
November 14, 2023^[39]	*Loud Spies*	978-1545810637
July 2, 2024^[40]	*Spooky Special*	978-1545801758

Chapter book series

The Loud House has produced a series of chapter books with original stories, initially published by Random House before switching to Scholastic.

Release date	Title	Author	Original publisher	ISBN
July 3, 2018^[41]	*Who Ghost There?*	Karla Sakas Shropshire	Random House (New York)	978-1-5247-7035-8 (Random House) 978-1-33868-152-9 (Scholastic)
July 3, 2018^[42]	*Arcade or Bust!*	Amaris Glass	Random House (New York)	978-1-5247-7036-5 (Random House) 978-1-33868-151-2 (Scholastic)
January 8, 2019^[43]	*Campaign Chaos!*	Mollie Freilich	Random House (New York)	978-1-98485-148-2 (Random House) 978-1-33868-153-6 (Scholastic)
October 6, 2020^[44]	*The Ultimate Party*	Mollie Freilich	Scholastic (New York)	978-1338681543
September 6, 2022^[45]	*No Bus, No Fuss*	Shannon Penney	Scholastic (New York)	978-1338847963

Video games

The Loud House: Ultimate Treehouse (2018)

A mobile game based on the series called The Loud House: Ultimate Treehouse was released on September 20, 2018, for iOS and Android.^[46]

The Loud House: Outta Control (2020)

The Loud House: Outta Control was released on Apple Arcade on February 14, 2020. In the game, the siblings try to get through to their goals without running into each other.^[47]

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix (2020)

See main article: Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix. Lincoln, Lucy, and Clyde appear as playable characters, with the rest of Lincoln's sisters appearing as unlockable pit crew characters, in the 2020 racing video game .^[48] Lincoln, Lucy and Clyde are confirmed to return in the 2022 sequel , with Bentley Griffin, Jessica DiCicco, and Jahzir Bruno reprising their roles and now new characters with Luna Loud and Lana Loud with Nika Futterman, and Micah Aliling, from the show.^[49]

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)

See main article: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Lincoln and Lucy are also playable in the 2021 title Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl;^[50] a patch to the game added voice acting with their roles being reprised by Bentley Griffin and Jessica DiCicco.^[51]

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023)

See main article: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2. Lucy returns as a playable character with Jessica DiCicco reprising her role. Lincoln appears in the game now as a background character in the Loud Castle stage.