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The Loud House

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The Loud House is an Canadian-American Flash-animated television series that was produced by Nickelodeon. The Loud House aired on May 2, 2016. The show was banned in Kenya in 2017. The show was banned in Türkiye in 2017, and returned in a censored form in which characters were edited out.

The series is about Lincoln, the only boy who has ten sisters and his friend Clyde who needs help.

Censorship[]

American censorship[]

Nickelodeon USA censorship[]

Season 1[]
  • Episode 1b
    1. The audio of Lincoln shouting at Lori on the phone was censored by Luna's guitar. This could be possibly a brief swearing joke and not actual cursing.
  • Episode 25a
    1. The episode was pulled from airing in 2020 due to being paired with One Flu Over the Loud House.
      • As of 2021, this episode has been re-airing on Nickelodeon US by itself, however it is rarely aired.
  • Episode 25b
    1. The episode was pulled from airing in 2020 due to the plot involving the sickness, blending in the real-life COVID-19 pandemic, which can cause worry to children knowing that the Coronavirus might turn them into zombies (Although when you get COVID, you don’t turn into a zombie). However, the ban was lifted in 2022.
Season 2[]
  • Episode 12a
    1. The audio of Lily cursing at the end of episode "Potty Mouth" is bleeped out. This could be innuendo within the episode based on not to use foul language. This is hinted to be a joke because the show is rated TV-Y7 and TV-G on Google Play Movies and TV (now Google TV) and cursing or adult material is not permitted to this series.
    2. Despite the audio of Lily cursing being all bleeped out, it was replaced by Lily yelling "No".
  • Episode 19b
    1. The scene that shows Lynn brushing her teeth with four toothbrushes at once was modified in the final cut. In a earlier version according to a storyboard, her gums would bleed. In the final cut it was changed to one of her teeth falling out.
    2. However in the BGM airings, it was changed to the normal storyboard version of the scene so that way her gums would bleed.

Asian censorship[]

Some of the episodes of the show are currently banned in Asia (mostly due to Howard and Harold and Sam's presence as well as Luna and Sam's relationship). However, a few of them are censored. India is probably exempted from this as it started localizing content from 2013, except Nick HD+, although new episodes are only aired about 4-5 years after the show's airing in the United States.

The blood coming out of Lynn's teeth in Lynner Takes All was replaced with one of her teeth falling out of her mouth.

Nickelodeon Asia censorship[]

Season 2[]
  • Episode 1
    1. The scene where Howard and Harold spoke were cut, despite them appearing in the song.
  • Episode 3a
    1. The first and last parts of this episode were cut.
Season 4[]
  • Episode 12a
    1. The scene featuring Howard and Harold is cut.
Season 5[]
  • Episode 9a
    1. Harold is edited out of the scene where he wraps the car.
  • Episode 10b
    1. Luna's line "My girlfriend Sam and I..." was changed to "My female friend Sam and I..." to remove any references to their relationship.

Philippine censorship[]

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Season 1[]
  • Episode 15b
    1. The scene where Ronnie Anne kisses Lincoln was cut.

Sri Lankan censorship[]

TV Derana[]
Season 2[]
  • Episode 1
    1. All songs were cut.
  • Episode 5a
    1. The scene where Lisa starts a food war was cut.
  • Episode 6b
    1. The scene with the unknown innuendo was cut.
  • Episode 9a
    1. The scene at the start of the episode was cut.

South Korean censorship[]

  • Sam Sharp, Luna's girlfriend had her gender changed from female to male and is now referred to Luna's boyfriend.

European censorship[]

Central and Eastern European censorship[]

Some episodes are banned on the CEE feed similar to the Polish feed.

The following episodes were banned from being broadcast on Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe:

  • Season 1: episodes 9a, 16a, 19a, 20a, 20b
  • Season 2: episodes 27, 29a, 35a, 38b, 43a, 44b, 52a
  • Season 3: episode 76b
  • All of Season 4
Season 5[]
  • Episode 10b
    1. Luna's line "My girlfriend Sam and I..." was censored to "My female friend Sam and I..." to remove any references to their relationship.

Dutch censorship[]

  • The show received a 6 rating due to violent and frightening scenes for children.

German censorship[]

Nicktoons[]
  • All LGBT-themed episodes are banned, but only on the German Nicktoons feed as of 2021.

Finnish censorship[]

In Finland, the show was rated S and 7 due to violent and frightening scenes for children.

Yle TV2[]
Season 4[]
  • Last Loud on Earth
    1. This episode was unaired for unknown reasons. However, this episode was aired on Yle Areena and released on Paramount+ (now SkyShowtime).

Polish censorship[]

Following the complaint submitted to the National Broadcasting Council (Polish: Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji) by Ordo Iuris about the LGBT themes presented in the series, several episodes were banned from reruns on Nickelodeon Poland in 2018. Since 2023 all of the episodes (include banned from TV emissions) are available in Poland with Polish dubs on the SkyShowtime platform. Before the banned episodes was featured from time to time in Nicktoons Poland.

The following episodes have been banned from airing in Poland:

  • Season 1: episodes 9a, 16a, 19a, 19b, 20a
  • Season 2: episodes 27, 29a, 29b, 35b, 38a, 38b
  • Season 5: episodes 8a, 8b
Season 5[]
  • Episode 10b
    1. Luna's line "My girlfriend Sam and I..." was censored to "My female friend Sam and I..." (translated from Polish) to remove any references to their relationship.
  • Episode 24a
    1. TBA

Turkish censorship[]

Following the airing of "L is for Love", the Radio and Television Supreme Council banned the show, and as a result Nickelodeon Turkey stopped airing the show due to Luna Loud having a girlfriend (Sam Sharp) at the end of the episode, making Luna bisexual and Sam a lesbian. However, the ban was later lifted but with some modifications, such as all LGBT episodes were skipped.

However, the following episodes featuring LGBT characters were aired in Turkey:

  • Season 4 episodes: 9b, 11b, 12a, 15a, 17b
  • Season 5 episodes: 19a, 20b
  • Season 6 episodes: 23b

MENA censorship[]

The socially conservative attitudes of Arabs prompt some episodes containing homosexual themes or content to not be dubbed in Arabic, skipping them from broadcast as well.

Nordic censorship[]

  • All LGBT-themed episodes were banned in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian feeds.

Pan-Arabian censorship[]

General[]

Howard McBride has his gender and voice changed to female and is referred to as Clyde's mother.

MBC3[]

Some episodes were skipped on MBC3 as they were never dubbed in Arabic:

  • Season 1: episodes 5a, 5b, 8a, 8b, 9a
  • Season 2: episode 1, 3a, 9a, 12a, 12b, 17a, 18a, 18b, 26a, 26b
Season 2[]
  • Episode 4a
    1. The scene where Rita Loud and Lynn Loud Sr. throw away their clothes from the pool security camera was cut to avoid nudity references.

Israeli censorship[]

Season 2[]
  • Episode 7b
    1. The blood that came out of Clyde's nose digitally removed.
  • Episode 12a
    1. When Lisa raps, the line is "Moo goes the cow, oink goes the pig / Watch me do an Irish jig", the "Oink goes the pig" part was changed to "Meow goes the cat" (translated from Hebrew) due to pigs being unclean animals and and labeled as treif in Judaism.

Kenyan censorship[]

  • The show was banned for supporting homosexuality, as it features LGBT characters Howard McBride, Harold McBride and Sam Sharp.

Netflix censorship[]

  • The show was given a 13+ rating due to LGBT characters as well as violence, language, fear and inappropiate name calling.

Where to find it uncensored[]

The American, Australian, Canadian and other airings were uncensored, and the DVD home videos are completely uncensored.

Trivia[]

  • In the Netherlands, the show received a 6 rating because of violent and frightening scenes for children.
  • In some countries, the show's songs were cut due to copyright issues.
  • In CEE, a show called Big Nate was also banned in Europe for unknown reasons.
  • In Netflix, it is rated 13+ due to LGBT characters (Clyde's dads, Sam, Lainey and Alice) and violence, language, fear and inappropriate name calling.

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