Lincoln Goes Gerber

"Lincoln Goes Crosswire" is the first half of the third episode in the third season of Lincoln Loud.

Summary
Lincoln and Luna rescue Jake Todd and become fast friends. But Lincoln’s other friends quickly grow tired of the new relationship.

Plot
Lincoln talks about how change works to the viewers, and how it can be a good or bad thing. He mentions how change was bad when Mrs. Porter tried a new dessert recipe known as Eggplant Gelatin in the cafeteria (Which only Clyde liked, of course).

He then mentions how he liked it when for one week, Lana thought she was a cat after watching too many Kitty Corner videos, and he got to treat her as his pet. He finishes by stating that if one changes too much, something must be done.

At school, the kids are dreading Mrs. Johnson's next project, as she apparently had been assigning a lot of them lately. She has them research any animal of their choosing and wants to know "where they live, what they eat, and anything that's unusual".

She assigns them in pairs and has Lincoln pair up with Luna, much to his and Clyde's disappointment. Luna takes Lincoln on her family's sailboat to go whale watching, but they only see water, lots of water.

Lincoln isn't very crazy about the trip afterwards, but Sid and Luan are ecstatic, wanting to know how it was while he and Clyde are at the Sugar Bowl. He says it was alright, and they say they would do anything to be on Luna's yacht.

He's due to take another trip that day, but when Clyde lies to Luna that Lincoln is sick, he suddenly gets up and goes with her, saying "anybody would pay to be on Luna's yacht", apparently taking what Luan and Sid said very seriously.

On the yacht, the two friends find nothing, but suddenly they run into a stranded boat carrying Jake Todd, who plays Ace Savvy! Jake asks for them to help him to shore, and they eagerly do so. Lincoln tells all of his friends the story, and they are all greatly impressed, especially when he mentions he and Luna will appear later on T.V. with Jake.

The next day, Lincoln tells his friends about his appearance, but Liam doesn't recall seeing it on the news. Lincoln corrects him saying it was on satellite T.V., not the news. He then obnoxiously points out that Liam doesn't have satellite T.V., and leaves with Luna, leaving his friends Liam and Clyde somewhat dumbstruck at his attitude.

Later, Luna and Lincoln set up a Jake Todd fan club, and Luan and Sid want to join. However, the two friends rudely turn them down, saying only people who know Jake personally can join, and that it's "friends only".

At a soccer match, Leni runs into her friends and asks them to play. Luna doesn't want to get her dress dirty though, so Lincoln rudely states that they'll play something where they don't get dirty.

At school, Lincoln drops his lunch bag and Luna criticizes him for eating something that's "been on the ground" (Even though the food is safe inside the bag), so he gives it to Clyde, who's as hungry as usual.

When school ends, Lincoln drops a book, but as he bends over to pick it up, Luna objects and Lincoln refuses to pick up something that's been on the ground, saying it's "vomitrocious". Liam and Rusty return the book to him at his house, but Lincoln thinks they want his autograph and signs the book for them to keep. Liam and Rusty realize Lincoln’s  gone haywire, or more appropriately, "Gerber"!

Later, Clyde invites Lincoln to the arcade to play "Planet Smasher", but he turns him down, saying he's going to a meeting for the Jake Todd Society, and refuses to let Clyde come because it is not an Ace Savvy fan club.

Everybody is worried about Lincoln as he is taking on all of Luna’s traits, and come up with a plan to snap him out of it. At a baseball game, they wait for Lincoln and Luna to show up.

At that point, they all act like Luna, refusing to run or touch anything dirty, complaining about their outfits, and refusing to let Lincoln come to the Ace Savvy fan club meeting, as it is not for Jake Todd's friends.

Lincoln realizes they are all acting like Luna, but she objects, saying they are acting like him. Lincoln then remembers all of his recent behavior, and sees Luna’s face in the place of his! Luna says she was amused that Lincoln copied her for a while, but tells everyone that there's only one Luna, and takes her leave.

Lincoln sees his face in a puddle and it becomes Luna’s and almost says "vomitrocious". Fed up with acting like Luna, he finally reverts to his old self, much to his friends' happiness. Everything is finally back to normal. But then, Rusty picks up his glove, and remarks that it clashes with his outfit, and obliviously remarks "Vomitrocious"!

Major

 * Lincoln Loud
 * Luna Gerber
 * Rusty Spokes
 * Liam Powers
 * Leni Silverstone
 * Luan Sullivan
 * Sid Chang
 * Clyde McBride

Minor

 * Agnes Johnson
 * Jake Todd
 * Lana Loud

Cameo

 * Archie
 * Zach Gurdle
 * Stella Zhau
 * Ronnie Anne Santiago
 * Molly Pappas
 * Ferdinand
 * Chase

Trivia

 * Luna says that her dress is new, but she wears the same thing every day.
 * However, that could've been a newly bought version of that same dress.

Cultural references

 * The Jake Todd Society’s pledge borrows from the Preamble to the United States Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Episode connections

 * This whole episode, like Lincoln's Baby/Lana's Baby, has both segments taking place at the same time but from different points of view.

Errors

 * Lincoln's mouth doesn't move when Lana is feeling his legs.

Home video
DVD:
 * Lincoln Goes Gerber
 * Lincoln Loud: The Complete Series 4