Some houses are quiet.
The Loud house has never been one of them.
After a decade of sibling chaos, ridiculous plans, family mishaps and more than a few lessons learned the hard way, Nickelodeon is keeping the doors open on one of its longest-running animated hits as “The Loud House” has been renewed for Season 11.
And honestly, at this point, would we expect Lincoln and his ten sisters to slow down?
First debuting in 2016, “The Loud House” quickly became one of Nickelodeon’s defining modern animated series, following 11-year-old Lincoln Loud as he attempts to survive everyday life as the only boy in a house with sisters Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lola, Lana, Lily and Lisa.
Ten seasons later, there is still no shortage of chaos waiting around the next corner.
Season 11 will be made-up of episodes originally produced as part of the second half of the ninth production season, continuing Nickelodeon’s more recent practice of splitting larger production orders into shorter seasons that better align with how animated series are consumed across streaming.
The new season officially kicks-off on February 27 with “Living the Dream Boat,” where Lori becomes the star of “The Dream Boat” in search of her soulmate. Naturally, Bobby is not exactly thrilled about that idea and goes undercover as one of the show’s contestants in an attempt to win her back from what sounds like some very serious competition.
But that is only the beginning.
Lucy is getting into more magical trouble when she casts a spell to keep the Morticians Club together in “Graveyard Rift,” while Lana finds herself investigating a missing frog and uncovering a family secret in “The Big Leap.”
Elsewhere, Dad’s generosity may finally catch-up to him in “Table for None,” when Lisa warns his approach to running the restaurant is threatening the business. His solution? Adopt a far more ruthless management style — which, naturally, might create an entirely different set of problems.
Lincoln also gets confronted by his younger self in “Kindergarten Flop,” as goals he set five years ago in a kindergarten time capsule suddenly come back to haunt him in front of the entire middle school.
And because this is the Loud family, things continue getting considerably stranger from there.
Luan brings Mr. Coconuts to life after her family asks her to stop treating the puppet like a real person. Mom and Dad panic over their children growing-up and begin crashing their schools and social lives. Lola falls behind on the latest trends. The Moon Goats discover a rival band performing the exact same song. Dad ends-up trapped inside a commitment to a “Blarney” mascot costume because Lily refuses to do anything without him.
You know. Normal family stuff.
Season 11 will also see Lincoln and the Glee Club competing on television, Lisa discovering that laughter might improve brain function, Aunt Ruth sending the siblings a sudden windfall of cash, Lynn and Luna getting involved in an ice cream truck rivalry and Lincoln making the deeply questionable decision to sell a vintage baseball card Pop Pop gave him for video game upgrades.
There is even an episode centered around the entire family becoming trapped upside-down on a malfunctioning roller coaster at Dairyland, forcing them to look back at some of their previous wild adventures while figuring out how to get down.
Which feels rather appropriate for a show heading into its eleventh season.
Because “The Loud House” has built quite the history to look back on.
With nearly 200 episodes, the franchise has expanded far beyond the original series through comic books, chapter books, music, the “Listen Out Loud” podcast, companion series “The Casagrandes” and multiple movies.
And more than ten years after Lincoln first invited viewers inside his very crowded home, the series is still finding new ways to turn the everyday madness of having a big family into an adventure.
Season 11 proves there are still plenty of plans left for Lincoln to make.
Whether any of them actually work is another story.
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