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Luna Loud
The Loud House character
First appearance"Bathroom Break" (2013)
Created byChris Savino
Portrayed bySophia Woodward (A Loud House Christmas and The Really Loud House)
Voiced byNika Futterman
In-universe information
SpouseSam[1]

Luna Loud is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Loud House and it's resulting multimedia franchise on Nickelodeon. Luna was voiced by Nika Futterman and portrayed by Sophia Woodward in A Loud House Christmas and The Really Loud House. Luna first appear in the series pilot created by Chris Savino and released by Nickelodeon.

Luna is the third child of the Loud family and Luan's roommate. Luna owns and plays several instruments, including a purple Dean ML electric guitar, her signature instrument. In "L is for Love", Luna revealed to be bisexual,[2] because she is attracted to a female classmate and her friend Sam. According to an interview, she was Chris Savino favorite character in the series.[3]

Role and development

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Luna is a 15-year-old (16-year-old season 5 onward and The Really Loud House) third child of the Loud family and Luan's roommate. Luna is an anglophile[4] musician who owns and plays various instruments including her signature instrument, a purple Dean ML electric guitar. She wears a purple shirt with a skull, a lavender skirt, a white belt, high purple boots, black paperclip earrings, three bracelets, and a choker. Luna was described as loud, boisterous and freewheeling sister.[5]

Luna was named after a pet dachshund Chris Savino's mother-in-law owned.[6] Early in development, Luna alongside her family was going to be depicted as a humanoid rabbits, but this was terminated when an executive, Jenna Boyd suggested Savino to make him human.[7] Luna was voiced by Nika Futterman in most of her appearances and portrayed by Sophia Woodward in A Loud House Christmas and The Really Loud House.[8][9][10]

Reception

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EW writer Nick Romano interview with Michael Rubiner, the showrunner of the series who he plans to continue the arc of Luna but he doesn’t have any end point in mind for the two of them but "with 10 girls in the family", he felt natural "to explore one of them being LGBTQ."[11] As of the episode "Racing Hearts", Luna and Sam are officially dating.[12]

Kevin Sullivan, the writer of the series told Insider that he wasn't barred from using the word "lesbian" in dialogue when writing the storyline for Luna and her crush Sam and said that "we just can't say those words because of how young our audience can skew but the joy of the episode, that I was proud of was that it wasn't an coming out episode. The entire family accepted her, there was no having to come out."[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Undercover Mom". The Loud House. Season 5. Episode 11. Nickelodeon.
  2. ^ Queen, Jewel (2019-03-06). "We Need to Raise the Bar for LGBTQ+ Animated Shows". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  3. ^ Jones, Mustafa (2017-04-07). "Chris Savino Discusses His Hit Animated Nickelodeon Show 'The Loud House'". The Inquisitr. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  4. ^ Anne, Valerie (2017-06-16). "I Have a Lesbian Crush on This "Loud House" Storyline About Girls Having Crushes on Girls". Autostraddle. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  5. ^ The Loud House #1 There Will Be Chaos. Nickelodeon, The Loud House Creative Team. May 9, 2017. p. 5. ISBN 9781629919515.
  6. ^ Liu, Ed (2019-07-07). "Interview: Building "The Loud House" with Chris Savino - Anime Superhero News". Anime Superhero. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  7. ^ Galas, Marj (2016-04-21). "Nickelodeon's New Toon 'Loud House' Harks Back to Classic Style". Variety. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  8. ^ "Breaking News - Nickelodeon's New Original Animated Comedy Series, "The Loud House," Opens Its Doors, Monday, May 2, at 5:00p.m. (ET/PT) | TheFutonCritic.com". The Futon Critic. March 28, 2016. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (2021-08-23). "'A Loud House Christmas': Nickelodeon Sets Cast For Live-Action Movie". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  10. ^ Petski, Denise (2022-03-24). "'The Loud House' Live-Action Series Greenlighted By Nickelodeon; Original Show Renewed For Season 7". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  11. ^ Romano, Nick (August 22, 2018). "From 'Steven Universe' to 'Voltron': The fight to bring LGBTQ characters to kids' shows". EW. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  12. ^ "Racing Hearts". The Loud House. Season 3. Episode 39.
  13. ^ White, Abbey; Chik, Kalai (June 15, 2021). "TV animators were forced to scrap LGBTQ-inclusive storylines due to a culture of fear. Experts say fans are changing that". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-06.