Review: The Loud House “Only Mime Will Tell”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

Luan tries out for Varsity Mime Team and must be silent the whole day.

OUR TAKE

We’re LOUDLY starting on the last week of Loud House premieres before the premiere of No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie later this Friday. That means one more handful of ten minute episodes about random characters from this surprisingly successful cartoon franchise, and we’re SIGNING (eh? eh? eh?) on with our first of the four, this time giving the stage to the comedic Luan Loud. If you’ve only just started watching this show a couple weeks ago because you were assigned to review it for a cartoon review site…then wow, that is a very specific set of variables and circumstances because that’s why I started watching it too. But if you’re like me, then the last time you saw Luan in any prominent use was last week’s episode about having her be a fake real estate agent in order to keep eldest sister Lori at home longer. This time, she gets the episode spotlight pretty much just to herself, in which she must navigate a series of hilarious mishaps with no means of speaking. Not because she can’t actually talk, but because she is so committed to her comedic craft, which can actually be funnier if you handle it right, which I think they do.

While I guess this means Luan’s voice actor, Christina Pucelli, doesn’t get as many lines this episode since her character is trying to stay quiet, it also ends up being a good way of highlighting other characters and their own respective bits, which sends Luan ping ponging across her house and the town with her limited means of communication. It probably would’ve solved some of these issues if she had texted her parents or siblings about this ahead of time, but then it wouldn’t be as funny, so you can see why they didn’t do that. This, of course, culminates in her breaking her vow of silence in order to keep her teacher from eating spoiled lobster at her family’s restaurant, which turns out to be a sign that Luan is actually perfect for being a mime, because the M in mime stands for morality I guess. This is a good lesson to have at the end, that being committed to your respective artform shouldn’t stop you from helping other people, especially if you’re the only one who can prevent it, and it ties a black and white bow on a pretty decent episode. Three more to go and then the movie!