"Net Gains" is the tenth episode of the third season, and the one-hundred-eleventh episode of The Loud House.
Plot[]
Lynn desperately wants to win a basketball championship, but gets drafted onto a terrible team.
Synopsis[]
Lynn is getting ready for basketball tryouts, because there's a championship game in a few days. She is desperate to win, having won the championship game in each sport in her "FLIBBR" (Football, Lacrosse, Ice hockey, Baseball, Basketball, and Roller derby) except for basketball. Upon arriving at the gym, the referee announces that each team has one available spot, and their sponsor will decide on who goes to which team. Lynn wants to join the Brie Throwers, which is the best team attending. However, Flip--who is sponsoring a team called the Turkey Jerkies--chooses Lynn, causing her to scream in despair since the Turkey Jerkies are the worst team competing.
The next day, Lynn arrives at the gym to train her teammates. There's Maya, who has a tendency to fall asleep every so often, Paula, who has an injured leg and is required to use a crutch, Amy, an overweight girl who frequently gets calls from her mother, and Diane, whose palms get sweaty when playing. When Lynn tries to train them, they're unsuccessful at doing anything well. Noting this, Lynn comes up with a new strategy and orders them to pass the ball to her whenever they grab hold of it. During the first game against the Garlic Nets, Lynn ends up scoring all the points, while Maya, Amy, Paula, and Diane just watch from the opposite side of the court. Despite winning the game, Lynn's teammates are not happy with her, since they didn't get a fair amount of play time. During the second game, the Abscessed Molars discover Lynn's strategy and use that to their advantage, causing the Turkey Jerkies to lose.
When trying to figure out what to do next, Amy answers a call from her mom, prompting Lynn to tell her to "turn off [her] dang ringer." This causes Lynn to get the idea of getting a ringer--which is another basketball player, but more talented. When Flip is unsure about this, Lynn convinces him that if his team were to win the championship, it might improve business sales; he subsequently agrees to Lynn's plan. After a whole lot of searching, Lynn finds two players from Beaverton named Megan and Morgan. During the third game, Megan and Morgan end up doing all the work, while Lynn doesn't get a chance to play. Realizing that she just went through what her teammates went through, Lynn apologizes to her teammates, stating that she was so blinded by winning the championship that she forgot the real reason why they play basketball: to have fun.
During the fourth game, the Turkey Jerkies play against the Brie Throwers, and Lynn allows her teammates to play along. When the game ends, the Turkey Jerkies begin celebrating--despite the fact that they lost 50–12. Nonetheless, they still congratulate Lynn for letting them play and have fun. Flip decides to celebrate by giving them a free Flippee (by which he means give them a single Flippee, and a straw for each one of them).
Cast[]
- Jessica DiCicco as Lynn
- Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr.
- John DiMaggio as Flip / Pep
- Maile Flanagan as Amy / Morgan
- Chrissy Cannone as Diane
- Kelly Jean Badgley as Maya / Jean Juan Player
- Cree Summer as Paula / Megan
- Trevor Devall as Referee / Prisoner
- Jamie Kaler as Announcer / Beaverton Police Officer
Moral/Lesson[]
- Having fun and doing your best is more important than simply winning.
- Teamwork is important and everyone should be given a chance to play.
Trivia[]
- Lincoln appears on the title card as the basketball.
- Staying true to what Chris Savino promised for Season 3, this is the first episode in the overall series where Lincoln is physically absent. However, he is mentioned by Flip when he refers to Lynn as Lincoln's sister when he sponsors her team, not to mention still being on the title card as his face is shown on the basketball.
- Additionally, this is also the first episode in which one of the Loud sisters appears without any of the other main characters.
- As of this episode, every character in the show has been absent for at least one episode.
- Following "The Old and the Restless" and "Legends", this is the third episode where only one main character appears.
- This episode is omitted from Nickelodeon On-Demand on DirecTV for unknown reasons.
- This episode reveals that the Announcer and Pep have been sports commentators for 20 years.
- It is implied that Flip went to jail before, since one of the prison inmates knows who he is, and Flip quickly denies any association with him.