Deal Me Out: Lincoln and Clyde worry that they may be too old to still be playing Ace Savvy.
Friendzy: Lincoln discovers that having a friend over means getting special privileges, and he takes advantage of that.
"Deal Me Out"
- Beef Bandage: Clyde uses frozen tilapia to treat his burns after his and Lincoln’s attempt to fix Vanzilla goes wrong.
- Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Downplayed, but Lincoln and Clyde spend a good part of the episode trying to figure out what they should do now that they quit Ace Savvy.
- Fan Convention: Lincoln and Clyde intent to visit the Ace Savvy convention at the start of the episode, but get second thoughts when two of their classmates make them realize they may be too old for this. In the end, they decide to go anyway.
- Happy Flashback: After giving up Ace Savvy, Clyde and Lincoln remember the good times they had when playing with their Ace Savvy toys.
- Heroes Gone Fishing: Clyde and Lincoln try fishing as one of their new hobbies. Clyde catches a monstrous fish that capsizes their boat and eats their lunch.
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: When Lincoln and Clyde have trouble giving up Ace Savvy but don’t want to admit this, they keep coming up with these kind of excuses to continue their hobby in secret. First, Clyde claims he forgot to put on some aftershave so he can join a young kid playing with Ace Savvy figures. Later, Lincoln claims a bug flew in his throat and he has to go to the bathroom so he can secretly go to the comic book store.
- Irony: Lori once made fun of Lincoln for his love for Ace Savvy, yet it’s revealed later that her friends, Becky, Chaz and Joey love Ace as well, despite their ages. Lincoln and Clyde even brace for teasing from them, only to be pleasantly surprised.
- Long List: When Clyde wants to ask Ace Savvy “a few questions”, he unfolds a large list.
- My God, You Are Serious!: When Lincoln asks Lana if he and Clyde can help her repair Vanzilla, she has a good laugh about it until she realizes that Lincoln is serious.
- New Job as the Plot Demands: Aside from running a gas station, Flip is revealed to also have a pawn shop and ticket booth under different aliases.
- Periphery Demographic: In-Universe: Clyde and Lincoln are apparently the oldest kids going to the Ace Savvy convention. It makes them wonder if perhaps they have outgrown the target audience Ace Savvy is meant for. Eventually though, they decide to embrace this and remain Ace Savvy fans despite their age. Once at the convention, they found out that some of Lori's friends also love Ace Savvy.
- Series Continuity Error: Clyde and Lincoln are shown having great trouble putting on their Ace Savvy and One-Eyed Jack costumes since they outgrew them. However, there have been several previous episodes where the two dressed up as their heroes, and their costumes fitted just fine.
- Stepford Smiler: Lincoln and Clyde do this to each other when they pretend to love their new hobbies, even though both miss Ace Savvy.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: When Clyde sees some of Lori's friends at the convention and Lincoln wonders how he knows this, he states that he "didn’t memorize her yearbook or anything".
- Throw the Dog a Bone: After missing out on an Ace Savvy convention two seasons ago, Lincoln and Clyde get to experience one in this episode.
"Friendzy"
- Adults Are Useless: When the situation starts to get out of hand, instead of limiting the number of privileges and how many friends the kids can invite over, Mr. and Mrs. Loud decide to flee the chaos and go to the mall with Lily, thus allowing things to escalate even further to the point where the police had to get involved. They at least bring baby Lily with them, showing they want her safe.
- Bad Vibrations: When Mr. Loud is done baking cookies, a shaking glass of water foreshadows all the Loud kids storming into the kitchen.
- Big Ball of Violence:
- The Loud kids' fights as usual.
- The Loud kids' many friends have one when they get into a fight over the remote, which ended up creating so much noise the police showed up to break up the fight.
- Everyone and their friends starts a violent noisy brawl in the house.
- Broken Aesop: The moral of this episode is to be considerate for others, however the parents were massive hypocrites inviting other people which throws that message out the window.
- The Bus Came Back: Haiku, Darcy, Giggles, and Sam return in this episode in minor roles.
- Continuity Nod:
- Among the various friends the Loud kids invite over, there are many familiar faces from previous episodes.
- The threat level chart from "Brawl in the Family" is used again by Lisa. Thankfully, it doesn't stay for too long.
- Death Glare: The siblings at the end when they discover their parents bought their friends over for dinner.
- Enemy Civil War: At first, the sisters work as one against Lincoln, inviting their own friends over to deny Lincoln the privileges that having a friend over brings. But when Lincoln sidesteps his sisters by inviting more friends, they soon start using it against each other as well.Luna: Dude! I thought we were on the same side!
Lynn: Yeah, well, Lincoln brought in two friends so I Did What I Had to Do.
Luna: Well, fine! I can call my friends, too! - "Eureka!" Moment: Lincoln when he realizes he can get what he wants if he has a friend over.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: When Clyde asks who Haiku is, an eagle-eyed viewer will notice that her normal frown slightly drops downwards as if signifying that she's hurt over the fact that Clyde doesn't remember who she is.
- From Bad to Worse: The whole plot goes like this as the number of people escalates.
- Gone Horribly Right: Lincoln's plan to invite Clyde over so he can have more privileges works. However, his sisters quickly catch on and start doing the same thing, resulting in chaos so big the police have to get involved.
- How We Got Here: At the start of the episode, the Loud kids and a whole bunch of other kids are fighting each other in the Loud house, with the police showing up to break up the fight. The bulk of the episode then consists of Lincoln telling the audience how things got out of hand so much.
- Jerkass Ball:
- The Loud siblings, especially Lincoln, are much bigger jerks than they usually are. Trying to hog all the special treatments for themselves.
- To a lesser degree, all of the Louds' friends, including Clyde, Haiku, and even Sam, have no remorse in trying to help their respective Loud companion have special treatment, not caring that others may want them too.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When Lincoln begins narrating how he and his siblings got into their fight, everything and everyone freezes except for him. Halfway through his narration, Lincoln actually steps out of the Big Ball of Violence and pokes some of his frozen sisters.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Lincoln, who started the whole mess, and his sisters, who arguably took it too far when they started to one-up each other, end up having to use their allowances to pay for the noise violation ticket as punishment for their antics.
- Not So Above It All: At the end of the episode, Mr. and Mrs. Loud invite two friends over, thus allowing them to decide what's for dinner.
- Out of Focus: Lily had no impact (or even any dialogue) in this episode, especially since Mr. and Mrs. Loud brought her along when they went to the mall.
- Running Gag:
- One of the parents using an air horn to break up their kids' arguing.
- The kids disagreeing on any subject leading to the parents eventually choosing what to do, resulting in none of the kids getting what they wanted.
- The Loud kids inviting more and more friends over to outnumber their siblings.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: The fight that the Loud siblings and their friends got into was so loud that the police had to intervene and put a stop to it. Afterward, the Louds get fined $200 for noise violation and the parents punish their children for the whole mess by making them use their allowances to pay it off.
- Waxing Lyrical: Luna (who else?) gives us two:
- What Happened to the Mouse?:
- Haiku and Giggles, two of Lincoln's dates from "Dance, Dance Resolution", reappear, but neither Polly Pain nor Tabby do.
- Carol Pingrey is missing, even though Lori had cleared away their rivalry in "Selfie Improvement".
- Writers Cannot Do Math: Rita said that there were 65 kids leaving the house. However, there were actually 86 kids leaving the house because 3 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 15 = 86.
