The Loud House and The Casagrandes have a series of flashbacks to events that occurred in the past off-screen. They are usually brought up by Lincoln, and on other occasions, another character will bring up a past event.
Rita tells the kids that they can't use their father's new massage chair, saying that they have a history of destroying his new belongings. She first brings up how Lincoln bent Lynn Sr.'s Father's Day spatula.
Second, she brings up how Luna and Luan broke the new TV remote.
Lastly, she brings up how Lynn used his new exercise bike, which fell apart and made her zoom off.
Lincoln explains how hard it is to watch a show when everyone fights over the remote.
When the others remind Lisa not to use them as test subjects, Leni calls back to the last experiment she partook in, which resulted in her head swelling to a gargantuan size and breaking out in boils.
Lincoln explains how meddlesome his sisters can be by recalling the time they took care of him when they thought he was sick, but he just had a paper cut.
The sisters make up stories of Lola doing terrible things to them for minor inconveniences. Lynn makes up the Pudding Incident where Lola popped her soccer ball for eating the last pudding...
...Leni makes up the Tiara Crisis where Lola gave away all her stuff for breaking her tiara...
...Lori makes up Sneeze-ageddon where Lola cooked her phone for not saying "bless you" when she sneezed...
...and Lana makes up the Frog Fiasco where Lola killed and buried her supposed frog Seymour after the frog prematurely went ribbit and ruined her makeup.
Lola reveals that she knew about Lincoln's Noise-B-Gone earbuds, told the other sisters, and got them to join in her scare tactic.
Lincoln tells about his sisters' past sleepovers and how they forbade any future sleepovers. First, at Lynn's sleepover, she played soccer in the house and kicked the ball through a window.
Next, at Leni's sleepover, she and her friends plugged in so many hairdryers and curling irons that it caused a neighborhood blackout.
Lastly, at Luna's sleepover, she performed a concert for her guests, and Chunk kicked Lynn Sr. out because he wasn't on the guest list.
Lincoln tells how he convinced his parents to let him have a sleepover.
The rest of the sisters warn Lincoln not to let Luna know about the SMOOCH concert, fearing she'll come along and ruin it for him, like how she ruined Lori's first Boyz Will Be Boyz concert...
...Lola and Lana's first Blarney the Dinosaur concert...
...and Lisa's first opera.
Luna tells the story of how she became the girl she is today.
It is revealed that Luna was singing in the shower about all the attention and respect she got at Clyde's house as the other sisters eavesdropped on her.
Lincoln explains how he and his sisters turn everything into a competition. First, there was the time to see who could get up the stairs for bedtime first. Lynn won.
Next there was the time to see who could carry the most grocery bags into the house. Luna won.
Then there was the time to see who could belch the biggest. Ironically, Lola won that one.
The kids have a secret secrets club to confess some secrets that they promise to keep among each other. Lori confesses to the time she scratched Vanzilla with her rhinestone purse.
Luna confesses to the time she plugged up her amps and caused a blackout.
Lucy confesses to the time she dyed Rita's wedding dress dark to marry Edwin.
It is revealed that Lola bugged her tiara to eavesdrop on her siblings' conversation.
Lisa explains to Lincoln why she moved to his class: Kindergarten was a waste of her time, with her interrupting the class counting monkeys in a book while working on a cure for strep throat.
Lisa performed laser surgery on her eyes the previous night.
Lincoln explains how rough and chaotic Ronnie Anne can be with examples such as the time she shoved a sloppy Joe down his pants...
...the time she got in the way to score the winning point in Volleyball...
...and the time she knocked him and Clyde aside while listening to music and not paying attention.
While giving her "Toby Rochelle II", Lincoln tells Ronnie Anne that he went back to the school yesterday to ask Mrs. Johnson for a second chance at looking after an egg baby after breaking the previous one, and because he found out about RA's true personality.
Principal Huggins tells Lincoln and Clyde that Ace Savvy coped with his childhood when he was lonely, which was why he wanted to win the competition and meet Bill Buck.
When trying to figure out who the secret admirer is, the kids recall meeting some new crushes. Luan remembers meeting Benny while they acted like mimes.
Lana remembers Skippy lending her his wrench.
Leni recalls when Chaz helped her pick out a sweater.
Lola remembers when Winston gave her a 10 on her performance.
Lucy recalls meeting Silas at Embalm Con.
Lincoln remembers when Paige gave him a thumbs up.
Lisa recalls when David cleaned her glasses.
Lynn remembers shaking hands with Francisco after a softball game.
Luna recalls jamming with Sam and friends.
And Lily remembers cuddling with her teddy bear.
Later, the kids sent a signal of interest. Luan put a whoopee cushion under Benny's seat during rehearsal for a play.
Lola gave Winston a 10 for his descent down the slide at the playground.
Lucy's siblings explain to her that they're painting the bathroom pink because that's the color they chose at the last sibling meeting which she didn't attend.
Lynn shows Rita a video of how she and her team lost the boat race.
Lincoln shows Lynn Sr. the fiasco in the MMORPG he, Clyde and Rusty were playing.
Lucy's siblings then explain to her that they lost their voices because they overcheered for Albert at his shuffleboard game, not because of her spell.
The family's various contributions to earn enough money to afford a vacation are shown. This ranges from Lana and Lola selling lemonade...
...Luna singing to passersby...
...Lori and Lynn Sr. running a taco food truck...
...Rita working overtime at the dentist's office...
...Leni giving away good fashion advice...
...Lynn shoveling snow off the neighbors' driveways and walkways...
...Luan performing at kids' birthday parties...
...Lucy holding a funeral service for the kindergarten class' recently deceased pet goldfish...
...Lincoln delivering newspapers...
...and Lisa break-dancing to the sounds Lily makes on her soundboard.
When Lynn Sr. discovered his wristwatch got damaged, he wonders how that happened. It turns out when he was trying to get his suitcase full of puzzles during the plane chase, one of the suitcase's wheels landed on his watch, breaking it.
Lori explains to Leni that Carol has a reputation of upstaging her (Lori) in nearly everything she does. This includes selling more cookies than her when they were Bluebell Scouts...
Rita explains that having a bathroom all to herself and her husband is a bad idea, and proves this by bringing up the time they bought an adjustable bed for themselves, and the kids played on it, destroying it in mere seconds.
Luan tells Lucy her story of her road to success. When she was young, she started out by hosting the birthday party for the family pets (which resulted in Charles peeing on her shoe).
When she tried to do her stuff in public at the local bowling alley, everybody hated her performance, and proceeded to throw curly fries at her.
When Luan explains that she still had a lot to learn about comedy, she enrolled at a clowning academy, and once she graduated...
...she started her own clowning business: Funny Business, Inc.
When Lisa couldn't zip up her footie pajamas, she remembers how Leni would do that for her.
Later, when Lisa has trouble falling asleep, she remembers how Lori would read a story to Lily to make her fall asleep, and Lisa, listening in, would fall asleep as well.
Lincoln and Clyde remember that they have gotten too big for their costumes.
Lincoln and Clyde remember how their love for Ace Savvy was what brought them together.
Later, when it was shown that Lincoln and Clyde still love Ace Savvy, they brought up memories of how their love of the franchise highlighted some of their best moments together. First, they were trying to figure out who tracked mud in the house. They examined Charles...
...Cliff...
...and Lana, who was the real culprit.
Second, Clyde was helping Lincoln fix his broken Ace Savvy action figure.
Lastly, the two told Lynn Sr. that Cliff ate the bologna, and Lynn Sr. congratulated them for solving the case.
A majority of the episode is one big flashback, as the episode is about Lincoln explaining to the viewers on how he and his sisters got to their current situation in the present.
When Lola said that she wanted to skip out on the pageant out of fear on losing, Lori brings up the time where she had the same feeling as Lola. She states that she almost skipped out on homecoming out of fear that she wouldn't win the title of homecoming queen. Nonetheless, she sucked it up, and went anyway.
However, as Lori predicted, she didn't win homecoming queen, as Carol Pingrey was crowned instead...
...but Lori says she's glad that she went, because if she hadn't come, she would've missed out on a fun night with Bobby.
Lori, Leni, Luna, and Luan bring up the times they babysat for the Fox quintuplets, who were a nightmare for them. Lori remembers when they pelted her with toys behind the couch.
Leni remembers when they locked her out of the house on a rainy night.
Luan remembers when they dumped a bucket of water on her when she was napping.
Luna remembers when they trashed the toilet.
Lynn tells her older sisters on how she managed to get the Fox quintuplets to behave. First, she says that if they ever go crazy, she will go ten times crazier.
Second, she would tire them out with athletic competition (a game of tug-of-war in this case).
Lastly, if they ever behaved, she would give them a horseback ride.
Lynn tells Lincoln and Clyde some advice about how to get around middle school. She advises them not to use maps, telling them the story about the time a sixth grader was purposely misled by eighth graders after asking where to go...
...which resulted in the student getting lost in the tunnels of the school.
Second, Lynn tells them that during homeroom, they should go for the best desk there is, telling them the story about the time a sixth grader got the worst desk there was, and she was so stuck...
...the school cook had to grease her to get her out.
Lastly, Lynn tells them to never own up to a mistake, telling them the story about the time a sixth grader was laughed at for farting during a standardized test, and was infamously nicknamed "Farty McStink Pants".
However, it turns out...
...all of the stories Lynn told...
...were actually about her, explaining that her first year of middle school was a horrible experience.
A majority of the episode is one big flashback, as the episode is about Flip telling the viewers the events that led up to where the episode is currently set at the moment (Lori and Bobby leaving their families to celebrate at his store).
Bobby tells Lori about the Thanksgiving he, Ronnie Anne and Maria would spend in the hospital cafeteria, where Maria (covered in cranberry sauce) made Bobby faint after thinking she was covered in blood.
When Lori has trouble holding her putter due to sweaty hands, Lynn tells her the story of when she had a similar problem. During a championship game, Lynn had to make the winning dunk during a tiebreaker, but because she was sweating so much, she couldn't hold onto the ball. She discovered that she had a bottle of talcum powder with her, and used that to dry to her hands enough to hold onto the ball, and give her team the winning dunk.
When Lori has trouble staying still, Luna tells her the story of when she had a similar problem. During a recital, Luna had the jitters, and needed a way to stay calm. She accomplishes this by reciting a personal mantra. With her jitters gone, Luna was able to play the harp without setbacks.
When Lori takes note on her rapid heartbeat and needing a way to slow it down, Lola tells her the story of when she had a similar problem. During the Little Miss Cheese Curd pageant, Lola had an incredibly racing heart. She combats this with a breathing technique called 4-7-8 (breathe in for four seconds, hold it for seven seconds, and breathe out for eight seconds). With her heartbeat slowed down, Lola was able to perform without getting too nervous.
Lucy tells her mom that Principal Huggins is the runner of the writing club, whose "fundamentals before fun" approach, which includes lecturing about apostrophes...
...assigning the students a writing assignment about semicolons...
...and teaching the proper way of holding a pencil, all bore the students, including Lucy.
Clyde remembers him and Lincoln going antiquing the previous year.
Lincoln realizes that while he enjoyed the last Amazing Brailster magic show, Clyde did not, where he (Clyde) was nervous, and ran out when he saw his shirt end up as part of the magician's handkerchief trick.
After realizing how good a friend Clyde is, Lincoln realizes that he lied to Clyde to get out of antiquing.
The family's not-so-easy journey to opening up Lynn's Table is shown. First, they had to find a building for sale, with a decrepit seafood restaurant the best they could find.
Once the place was purchased, they pitched in to fix it up, with Lynn handling demolition...
...Lana fixing up the restrooms...
...and Lisa helping Lynn Sr. get ready for health inspection.
After fixing up the restaurant, Lynn Sr. needed to find employees. A dinner theater actress named Mrs. Bernardo...
...an irresponsible teen...
...and Mr. Grouse (who only came to tell Lynn Sr. that Charles took a dump in his yard) were candidates, but were rejected.
Eventually, Kotaro and Grant were chosen.
Lastly, Lynn Sr. needed his family to taste test the food and give detailed points about them, but they were unable to resist the food's beauty, and gobbled it all up without hesitation.
Lynn Sr. and Mildred explain to Lincoln and Clyde that they actually know each other, since Mildred was his home-ed teacher who taught him everything he knows about cooking.
Leni, Fiona and Miguel bring up times when Ms. Carmichael was a strict boss to them. Fiona recounts how she made her take away all the sweaters she just folded because they were cotton and not rayon.
Miguel recounts how she made him take off all the clothes on the mannequins, even though he just put them on, and being reminded to iron everything on them, including the insides of pockets.
Lastly, all three recount how she wants them to hurry up when unpacking the boxes while also telling them not to damage them.
Zach tells his friends the story of the Rat Beast. One night, a lab experiment went wrong and it caused the three lab rats in the lab at the time...
...to mutate into one monstrous entity with glowing eyes and many tails.
When it turns out that the Rat Beast is not the monster the gang was expecting, Norm tells them the real story. Ten years ago, while he was cleaning up in the lab room...
...he unknowingly left the supply closet open and when Cinnamon (the real name of the Rat Beast) attempted to climb up the shelves to get a bag of corn chips, he got into an accident that led to his mutated appearance.
Clyde explains to Lincoln how Cleopawtra and Nepurrtiti are natural born hunters by bringing up the time they destroyed his fathers' pair of bunny slippers.
When Clyde discovers the note his dads left and their suitcases missing, he suddenly thinks about a joking comment he made two nights ago where he suggested that they should travel to Brazil to visit Tiago.
When Rita sees that the kids have dented Vanzilla for the fourth time, she brings up the past three incidents. The first incident involved backing the van into another vehicle at a green light.
The second incident involved backing the van into the Burpin' Burger sign.
The third incident involved backing the van into a chicken coop, as there was a chicken in the van.
The Loud family bring up the times how Lynn's superstitious attitude is a major annoyance during hockey games. They first bring up how Lynn brought along stinky-smelling jellyfish.
Next, they bring up how Lynn obnoxiously dances in front of Lana and Lola with their bodies being completely painted red and yellow.
Finally, they bring up how Lynn made Lori do the jellyfish dance, and got her completely humiliated when her actions were played on the jumbo-screens.
Ms. Carmichael recounts that Leni had a few bumps when she first started working at Reininger's. On one of those bumps, she insulted a customer who was planning to buy a yellow shirt by telling him yellow was not his color.
Rita recalls how Leni had sold Lynn Sr. some scarves, which he regards as making him look hip.
Rita recalls the times Lincoln and Clyde were suspicious of new neighbors while on their latest kicks, including when they thought the neighbors were supervillains...
As "Yodel Boy", Stella fabricates a story about how "he" yodeled for "his" middle school's talent show, but the audience mocked "him", resulting in "his" nickname and the loss of "his" reputation.
Lincoln talks about some of the pranks Luan pulled on past April Fools Days. He first brings up the Great Mustarding that occurred three years ago, where the house was flooded with spicy brown mustard.
Second, he brings up the Mass Hairwaxing Disaster. However, Lincoln is too traumatized to show it, so he instead plays the audio.
Lastly, he brings up the time when she got the house floating down the Kalamazoo River.
Leni says that because of her internship with Mayor Davis, she learned how to fix a copier (however, her method of "fixing" the copier, which ran out of toner, was by adding toner makeup and lipstick to it).
Girl Jordan explains the reason why she framed Rusty. The two were home ec partners, and their final project was baking a sponge cake...
...but Rusty bumped into the oven and opened the door, accidentally causing Girl Jordan's cake to sink and go flat...
...then Mr. Bolhofner gave her an F grade.
In retaliation, Girl Jordan pulled off all the stops to disguise herself as Rusty, such as renting the same white suit Rusty wears to every school event...
...finding a red clown wig...
... and learning to imitate his voice.
It all culminated in her, disguised as Rusty, throwing the stink bomb in the gym.
Clyde recalls him getting a phone call the night before.
Nana Gayle tells Clyde that her friend Fleur DuPont has visited and happens to be the dean of one of the finest cooking academies in the world which where Clyde knows it's nearly impossible to get in has.
Lincoln recalls the times they've broken the vase. Lynn attacked Lincoln for trying to grab the last slice of pizza, destroying the vase and earning a grounding for the night.
Lynn attempted to show Luan and Lucy that the vase fits on her butt, but she farted so hard the bottle flew away and smashed into the wall, earning a grounding for a week.
El Diablo knocked an explosive chemical out of Lisa's hands, destroying the vase and earning a grounding for a month.
Lori and Lincoln recall that she didn't meet Arturo when the Louds visited the Casagrandes during Christmas because she had to rush to the bathroom as soon as they arrived, Arturo had to leave to get more masa before Lori left the bathroom, and the Louds left before Arturo got back. NOTE: This is the first Loud House episode to depict a flashback to a Casagrandes episode, in this case, during the ending of "A Very Casagrandes Christmas".
The Louds reveal that they can't leave the White House due to the things they did. Lynn accidentally tossed a bowling ball and broke the wooden floor of a bowling lane...
...the handle on one of the ice cream dispensers broke while Lana was eating ice cream...
...Lola accidentally ripped the First Lady's dress...
...Luna accidentally snapped one of the strings on the president's guitar...
...Lincoln hit a bust of his presidential namesake after spinning in the president's chair...
...and Lynn Sr. accidentally flung a spatula into the president's birthday cake.
Carlos recalls the times Carlota was distracted while playing Fashion Safari, when she didn't close the door for Frida and she got attacked by street cats...
...when she walks right over Bobby' and CJ's card tower like it’s a bridge...
When Ronnie Anne instructs Lalo to think of something really sad, he thinks of a moment in his pup days where he was playing with a ball, when it suddenly fell into a sewer drain, making him very upset.
Carlos recalls when Tony Hawk pushed him into a skate pool at the skateboarding championship that resulted in him breaking his body proceeded Tony to take the win for himself, but it turns out that Tony was actually trying to give him a high five.
It is revealed that Sergio accidentally blew his cover while he was spying on Tony Hawk's team.
Casey tells a story where he dunked on a 10-foot rim with a new pair of shoes, but actually he dunked on a plastic kiddie hoop, to the annoyance of onlookers.
Sid tells a story where she managed to stay awake for three straight days, but it was a dream she had where she did.
Ronnie Anne tells a story when she stopped a purse thief, but she only thought it was a purse thief, and it turned out to actually be the grandson of the woman whose purse he was trying to take to a repair shop.
Laird tells a story where he fought a shark, the only story that is actually real.
Sameer tells a story where he used water as a substitute for milk for his cereal when the cafeteria ran out of milk.
Hector recalls that when he went to acquire a dog for his family, he encountered a vicious puppy and inadvertently named him Malo for his bad behavior...
...only to adopt his brother, Lalo, for having the opposite behavior.
Lincoln recalls watching Rip Hardcore's show and finding out about the Midnight Marathon.
Lynn Sr. recalls that he was in the kitchen late at night, cooking for his half-birthday, when Lucy showed up and scared him.
The parents bring up that all of their kids have been responsible for several rules in the house. For instance, the kids get one normal-sized bowl of ice cream after the parents caught Lola sitting in a giant bowl of ice cream...
...and there can't be any stray pets after Lana brought home two strays one day.
The majority of the episode is one big flashback, as the episode is about Lincoln reading to Lily a bedtime story about how he and the family saved Flip's Food and Fuel.
Flip recalls himself writing letters to Walter asking for money, claiming they were for his "weekend family brunches"...