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Luna Loud
The Loud House character
First appearance"Bathroom Break!" (2014)
Created byChris Savino
Portrayed bySophia Woodward (A Loud House Christmas, The Really Loud House and A Really Haunted Loud House)
Voiced byNika Futterman
In-universe information
NicknameLunes
RaceWhite
GenderFemale
FamilyRita Loud (mother)
Lynn Loud Sr. (father)
Lori Loud (eldest sister)
Leni Loud (older sister)
Luan Loud (younger sister)
Lynn Loud Jr. (younger sister)
Lincoln Loud (younger brother)
Lucy Loud (younger sister)
Lana Loud (younger sister)
Lola Loud (younger sister)
Lisa Loud (younger sister)
Lily Loud (youngest sister)
Albert Reynolds (maternal grandfather)
Myrtle Reynolds (honorary maternal grandmother)
Leonard Loud (paternal grandfather)
Lance Loud (paternal uncle)
Sharon Loud (paternal aunt by marriage)
Shane Loud (paternal cousin)
Shelby Loud (paternal cousin)
Shiloh Loud (paternal cousin)
SpouseSam Sharp[1]
NationalityAmerican

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 appeared 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's 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 them human.[7] Luna was voiced by Nika Futterman in most of her appearances and portrayed by Sophia Woodward in A Loud House Christmas, The Really Loud House and A Really Haunted Loud House.[8][9][10][11]

Sexual orientation

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Following the introduction of the series' first LGBT couple, Howard and Harold McBride, the writing staff discussed the possibility of establishing one of Lincoln's sisters as LGBT. Kevin Sullivan, who had previously written the McBride fathers' debut episode, "Overnight Success", was tasked with writing the episode "L Is for Love", which introduced Luna's girlfriend, Sam Sharp. Sullivan 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 a 'coming out' episode. The entire family accepted her, there was no having to come out."[12] In order to positively establish that Luna is a member of the LGBT community, the writers laid out three principles for her (and Sam's) characterization in the episode: to give her crush a gender-neutral name to make it less obvious that her crush was female, to include a male musician[note 1] in all shots featuring Sam to hide the surprise that Sam was female until the end of the episode, and that whenever Luna mentions Sam to her family, they know that she is referring to a girl and do not have any issues with it.[13]

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."[14] As of the episode "Racing Hearts", Luna and Sam are officially dating.[15]

Following the introduction of Luna as LGBT, some fans of the series theorized that she was bisexual[16][17] due to a previous episode depicting her as attracted to a young man named Hugh.[18] However, Savino has stated that Luna is not the type to label herself[citation needed], and Sullivan told Insider that he would not "push" the use of LGBT-specific terminology into the dialogue because "[Luna] becomes representative of so many more young people struggling with their identity." Furthermore, Lisa Diamond, professor of psychology and gender studies at the University of Utah, has gone on record to say that "young viewers generally aren't assigning sexuality labels to themselves before 12 anyways, but...they also aren't associating those labels with 'what people do to one another.' Instead, their understanding of LGBTQ identity is 'couple-centric,' with little recognition of visual or verbal innuendos and a better understanding of the romantic symbolism they see in marketing."[12]

Luna's queer orientation has widely been well-received by viewers, especially those who themselves are queer and/or did not grow up with similar representation.[4][19] The fan base has christened her and Sam with the couple name "Saluna", which the series' crew has acknowledged as emotional to them.[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Later revealed to be named Sully via the introduction to the licensed graphic novel The Struggle Is Real
  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. ^ a b 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. ^ https://deadline.com/2023/04/the-really-loud-house-renewed-season-2-nickelodeon-halloween-movie-nickelodeon-1235314955/
  12. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  13. ^ Sullivan, Kevin (2025-05-27). Introduction. The Loud House: Loudest and Proudest. By Falco, Phil; Calamia, Kat; Sullivan, Kevin; Sjursen-Lien, Kiernan; Fein, Caitlin; Watanabe-Rocco, Hannah; Uribe, Paloma; Fein, Amanda; Fein, Kara; et al. (The Loud House Creative Team). Brooks, Stephanie; Whitman, Jeff; Harper, Benjamin; Marts, Mike (eds.). The Loud House (seasonal/holiday series). Art by Daniela Rodriguez de la Peña, Jordan Koch, Izzy Boyce-Blanchard, Erin Hyde, Lee-Roy Lahe, Ron Bradley, Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, Lex Hobson, Olivia Walden, Zazo Aguiar, Karolyn Rocha, Joel Zamudio, and Alexia Valentine. Color by Daniela Rodriguez de la Peña, Jordan Koch, Izzy Boyce-Blanchard, Erin Hyde, Hallie Lal, Ron Bradley, Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, Lex Hobson, Olivia Walden, Zazo Aguiar, Joel Zamudio, and Erin Rodriguez. Lettering by Lucas Gattoni, Jordan Koch, Wilson Ramos Jr., and Ida Hem. Papercutz. p. 5. ISBN 978-1545818473. p. 5: It was crucial that we remained...nonchalant when revealing that Lincoln's sister, Luna, had a crush on a girl named Sam. The writers had been talking for some time about telling a story that introduced one of Lincoln's sisters as LGBTQ+. Again, I was honored to be asked to write the episode, "L Is for Love," where the kids track a love letter written to "L. Loud" and try to determine if it was meant for them. ... From the start, we knew three things: Luna's crush would have a more gender neutral name (in early drafts it was Max, later changed to Sam), all shots of Luna with Sam would also include a male musician so the audience wouldn't know Sam was female until the end of the episode, and, most important of all, when Luna mentions Sam to her family, they all know she is referring to a girl and it's never an issue for any of them. It was a powerful statement that Luna had already accepted herself and been accepted by her family.
  14. ^ Romano, Nick (August 22, 2018). "From 'Steven Universe' to 'Voltron': The fight to bring LGBTQ characters to kids' shows". EW. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  15. ^ "Racing Hearts". The Loud House. Season 3. Episode 39.
  16. ^ https://www.curvemag.com/blog/editors-film-pick/5-best-lgbtq-characters-on-kids-tv-and-why-they-matter/
  17. ^ https://www.themarysue.com/raise-bar-for-lgbtq-representation-in-animation/
  18. ^ "Study Muffin". The Loud House. Season 1. Episode 44. Nickelodeon.
  19. ^ "Luna on "The Loud House" Sends a Love Letter to a Girl | Overly Animated Podcast". 16 June 2017.
  20. ^ Sullivan, Kevin (2025-05-27). Introduction. The Loud House: Loudest and Proudest. By Falco, Phil; Calamia, Kat; Sullivan, Kevin; Sjursen-Lien, Kiernan; Fein, Caitlin; Watanabe-Rocco, Hannah; Uribe, Paloma; Fein, Amanda; Fein, Kara; et al. (The Loud House Creative Team). Brooks, Stephanie; Whitman, Jeff; Harper, Benjamin; Marts, Mike (eds.). The Loud House (seasonal/holiday series). Art by Daniela Rodriguez de la Peña, Jordan Koch, Izzy Boyce-Blanchard, Erin Hyde, Lee-Roy Lahe, Ron Bradley, Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, Lex Hobson, Olivia Walden, Zazo Aguiar, Karolyn Rocha, Joel Zamudio, and Alexia Valentine. Color by Daniela Rodriguez de la Peña, Jordan Koch, Izzy Boyce-Blanchard, Erin Hyde, Hallie Lal, Ron Bradley, Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, Lex Hobson, Olivia Walden, Zazo Aguiar, Joel Zamudio, and Erin Rodriguez. Lettering by Lucas Gattoni, Jordan Koch, Wilson Ramos Jr., and Ida Hem. Papercutz. p. 5. ISBN 978-1545818473. p. 5: After "L is [sic] for Love" aired, I was walking back to my office with our Social Media Manager [sic] and she was looking on her phone at the reaction to the episode. "Oh my god," she said with a huge smile on her face. "The Internet is blowing up!" The overwhelmingly positive response to Sam and Luna (couple name: Saluna) still makes me emotional.
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