Lincoln's First Sleepover

"Lincoln's First Sleepover" is the first half of the thirtieth episode in the first season of Lincoln Loud. It is based on the book Lincoln's First Sleepover.

Summary
Despite Lana's warning of an alien invasion, Lincoln and his friends camp out in the backyard. A jealous Lana plans a prank to scare them off.

Plot
Lincoln, Clyde and Liam are all gathered in Lincoln’s backyard, and they are camping out. Lincoln remembers the time when he got scared of the dark. Clyde remembers when he was originally scared of the dark, but now he is more afraid of Rusty. Liam remembers when he was scared of a scary movie called Navy vs. The Nightworm. Lincoln and Clyde don't believe him and laugh, but get scared of a caterpillar crawling on the lantern.

Lincoln’s First Sleepover

Lincoln is preparing for his first sleepover and he attempts to build a tent, but his mother calls him inside to eat breakfast. At the kitchen table, Lynn Sr. reads an article in the newspaper about someone claiming that they saw a spaceship in Elwood City. This makes Lana want to find a spaceship for herself.

Meanwhile, Lincoln finds out that Clyde’s mom won't let him go to his sleepover, since she is worried that Clyde will be scared. Lincoln convinces his mom to call Clyde’s mom, and she soon agrees to let Clyde go.

Later that night, Clyde dreams about arriving at Lincoln’s sleepover, only to find out that Lincoln and Liam are actually aliens, and simply says, “That was scary.” Liam dreams about aliens intending to do an experiment on him once he fixes their ship. Lincoln dreams about Lana wanting to come to his sleepover, which scares him; when he screams, his mother turns to his dad and says, “I knew he’d have nightmares with all this talk of spaceships.”

The next day, the tent is set up and Lincoln tries to bring the TV outside using an extension cord, but his dad prohibits him from doing so. That night, Clyde and Liam arrive, and Lana wants to join, but Lincoln refuses to let her. They bicker for a bit before Lana is called to come inside.

Later on, as the boys are getting ready for bed, they see a light floating. They think the object is a spaceship, but it is actually Lana using a flashlight. The boys exact their revenge by making it seem like there is an alien outside of her window so they sneak into the shed to find a bowl, forks, kite rope, and other stuff then run back out.. Once Lana finds out that she has been tricked, she confronts the boys, only to find what she believes is a UFO. Liam, Clyde and Lincoln act like they are scared and then they peek out of the tent then when Lana sees it she takes a bunch of pictures and yells she's rich then Lincoln  tells Clyde to let the thing down so Clyde releases the string off the steak with his toe and then down the prank lands, but it's actually a floating tin plate with objects strapped to it. Then when Lana picks it up Lincoln, Liam and Clyde laugh.

Lana leaves, feeling hurt, but Lincoln and his friends were sorry, so Lincoln invites her to join them. She does, but she then leaves and the boys go back to playing with their trading cards.

Major

 * Clyde McBride
 * Liam Hunnicut
 * Lincoln Loud
 * Lana Loud

Minor

 * Rita Loud
 * Lynn Loud Sr.
 * Leni Silverstone
 * Luna Gerber
 * Zoe McBride

Cultural references

 * In the opening, Rusty looks similar to Frankenstein's monster.

Episode connections

 * Liam being scared of an old movie about giant worms could be partially why he got so terrified at the possibility of giant worms in "War of the Worms."

Differences from the book

 * The tent is relatively narrow on the inside, and it has canvas on the bottom, and the boys often slept with their feet sticking out. In the book, the tent was larger in size, and it did not have canvas on the bottom, allowing the boys to put their sleeping bags among other things on the grass.
 * The tent was reddish-orange; although in the book, it was yellow.
 * Zoe had blond hair in the book when she was introduced. In the TV version, like all other episodes of the show, her hair is black.
 * When Rita calls Zoe to whether or not Clyde may come over for a sleepover, Zoe was at work at the Elwood City Times; although in the book, it did not specify if Zoe was at work or if she was at home. Zoe also did not have any dialogue in the book, but a sentence said she did all the talking while on the phone.
 * In the book, when Lincoln was walking to school with his friends, Luan was walking with them; but in the TV adaptation, Luan does not appear in this episode.
 * Out of the pajamas that Lincoln, Clyde, and Liam were wearing: Lincoln was wearing his blue summertime pajamas, Clyde was wearing light blue summertime pajamas, and Liam was wearing a yellow shirt and orange and yellow striped pajama pants; although in the book, Lincoln was wearing a yellow shirt and blue and white striped pajama pants, Clyde was wearing a red shirt and white pajama pants with yellow polka-dots, and Liam was wearing a white shirt and blue pajama pants.
 * Lana was wearing her cream-colored summertime pajamas; although in the book, she was wearing pink two-piece footsie pajamas with dark pink polka-dots.
 * When the tent collapses, the boys stay in place; in the book, they run around until they hit a tree.
 * In the book, Lincoln mentions that he almost stopped breathing and Clyde mentions that he almost wet his pants when Lynn Sr. came to the tent to give the boys pizza; but the episode doesn't mention those incidents at all and Lynn Sr. only came to the tent to tell the boys that it was bedtime.
 * Liam’s lantern is red and white with a white lampshade; although in the book, the lantern was Lincoln’s and it was red and white with a white lampshade on the cover, and it was white and red with the CAMPLIGHT name on it and had a red lampshade inside the book.
 * In the book, the boys ate pizza and other snacks; but in the episode, they did not eat pizza, but only snacks.
 * In the end, Lincoln and his friends happily welcomed Lana into their tent, and then she decided she was better off in her room; although in the book, she stayed in her room.
 * Also in the end, the boys continued to play Go Fish after Lana left the tent, and then a firefly came by; although in the book, they started jumping around.

Errors

 * When Lincoln talks about when he was afraid of the dark, when he turns on the light, he wears a yellow shirt, but when the viewer sees him on the bed, he has green pajamas.
 * During Clyde’s nightmare, his skin turns gray, then brown when he freaks out over Lincoln and Liam.
 * When Lana finds the pretend flying saucer, there's no rope attached to it, but when Clyde flicks the tent rope with his foot making it land, the rope is attached to the flying saucer.

Home video
VHS:


 * Lincoln's First Sleepover (VHS)
 * Lincoln Learns To Be a Friend

DVD:


 * Lincoln's First Sleepover (2004 DVD)
 * Lincoln's First Sleepover (2008 DVD)
 * Lincoln Loud: The Complete Series One