Review: The Loud House “Puns and Buns/Food Courting”

Overview (Spoilers Below):

Puns and Buns

Benny struggles to rein in Luan and her practical jokes when she becomes his co-worker at the Burpin’ Burger.

Food Courting

When Leni realizes Miguel has a crush on Gavin, the new food court employee, she sets out to help Miguel woo him.

Our Take:

I hope you’re still hungry after having your delicious dinner because we got another set of Loud House shenanigans that’ll satisfy your hunger. First, we have Luan joking around at her new job, and then we experience love at first sight for one of Leni’s friends. The question is, which one is more delectable than the last? Spoiler alert: it’s both. 

The first episode sees Luan working at the Burpin’ Burger to be with her boyfriend, Benny. Unfortunately, her constant pranks are angering the customers and threatening Benny’s promotion as an assistant manager. So when his boss Andre wants Benny to fire her, he attempts to hide her by giving her different tasks outside the restaurant.

Most of the humor consists of Luan stalling the guests with her puns and pranks, including giving them fake dog poop whenever they order a “number two”. Get it? Because number two refers to poop. It also has Benny distracting Luan with tasks, including cleaning out the dumpster. Eventually, Andre finds out, and Luan admits she went way overboard with the jokes. However, instead of firing her, Andre has Luan on sign spinning duty since she specializes in costumes.

The second episode isn’t food-related like the previous one, but it does have one of Leni’s friends hungry for love. I suppose that counts as something. The plot in “Food Courting” has Leni attempting to help Miguel talk to his crush, Gavin. Unfortunately, Gavin is only interested in Leni, so she has to prevent her friend from getting his heart broken. Miguel eventually finds out but is okay with Leni getting to know Gavin more. He would then go out with a different boy from the food court.

The humor in this one sees Leni’s attempts to help Miguel overcome his nervousness to speak to Gavin. They include using earphones to help him communicate and trying to get them to sit together on a cheese boat ride. Later, Leni tries to keep Miguel from seeing Gavin holding a boombox like John Cusack in “Say Anything” by her house.

Overall, both episodes are entertaining enough to satisfy our hunger. “Puns and Buns” offers a humorous plot with Luan learning about the balance between pranks and work. “Food Courting” delivers a decent “love at first sight” scenario that provides another small representation of an LGBT relationship in Miguel.