No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie

No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie is a 2024 American animated spy comedy television film based on the television series The Loud House. The film was directed by series veteran Kyle Marshall and stars the show's regular voice cast. The story follows the Loud family as they go to a tropical wedding celebration and get entangled in a super spy plot. It is the third animated film in The Loud House franchise following The Loud House Movie (2021) and The Casagrandes Movie (2024), and the fifth overall.

Whitney Wetta and Jeffrey Sayers wrote the screenplay. The series' writers room envisioned a Loud House spy story during production of the sixth season, but no plans were made until Nickelodeon said that they wanted to do another film based on the series. The film was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and animated by Jam Filled Entertainment. Jonathan Hylander composed the score.

No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie was released on Paramount+ on June 21, 2024, and was followed by a premiere on Nickelodeon later the same day.

Plot
37 years ago, Myrtle, as Agent 28, infiltrates the secret lair of supervillain Dr. Rufus Dufus, who has built a rocket armed with lasers that would destroy all of Earth's communication satellites in the hopes to launch his own. However, during the fight, Dufus trips and falls into the rocket. While Myrtle is able to shut down the rocket's weapons systems, she cannot stop the launch, and Dufus is launched into outer space.

In the present day, the Loud Family - consisting of young son Lincoln Loud; his ten sisters Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn Jr, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, and Lily; and parents Rita and Lynn Loud Sr. - are going on vacation to an unnamed tropical island, where Pop Pop, the kids' maternal grandfather, plans to marry Myrtle, while Mr. Grouse watches the house for the time being. Lincoln, an avid fan of the comic series David Steele, is intrigued by Myrtle's past as a secret agent and longs to become one himself. On the flight, Lincoln meets a woman named Fifi, who immediately gets annoyed by the Louds' antics.

The Louds arrive at the Thunderbolt Resort, run by Flip's cousin Flop. Soon, Pop Pop and Myrtle head out on a fishing trip, with Lincoln joining the two, but on the boat, he spots some suspicious activity and attempts to take some pictures with his camera but is spotted and ambushed by a group of henchmen. Myrtle is able to defeat all of them, but Lincoln's camera is lost in the process. Lincoln is amazed, having just seen Myrtle's fighting prowess, but she downplays it and discourages him from going on further spy missions. Myrtle contacts her boss, X, telling her that they need to leave the island, but Lincoln steals her phone and tells X she accepts. Outside, Lincoln runs into Fifi again, who gives back his lost camera to him.

Lincoln calls his best friend, Clyde McBride, to inspect one of the pictures he has taken of the suspicious activity. Clyde traces it to a nearby restaurant called Rubiner's. Lincoln heads there but is spotted by Myrtle, who has a bellboy named Owen disguised as her to cover for her bachelorette party. Lincoln enters the restaurant and meets with Fifi but soon overhears the henchmen from earlier discussing plans, sneaking away to listen in, but is pulled away by Myrtle, who tells him off once he confesses he had accepted the mission. Still, he tells her that the henchmen from earlier are planning to build a rocket for "Dufus", much to Myrtle's confusion. Dufus' henchmen soon spot the two, but Myrtle and Lincoln work together to defeat them all. The two leave the restaurant on a moped but are pursued by Dufus' remaining henchmen. While they are able to outrun them, they are soon ambushed by Dufus' old henchman, Ham Hand, who captures Myrtle while Lincoln escapes. The rest of the family finds Lincoln on the side of the road, and he explains what happened. Determined to save Myrtle, the family arms themselves with gadgets provided by Lisa.

The following morning, the family is able to deduce that Dufus' base is in a nearby mountain. Fifi arrives with a rental buggy, but its noise tips off the henchmen on patrol. Rita takes the buggy, which the henchmen soon swarm. The Louds manage to lose them, and the buggy stops inside a secret entrance. The Louds are forced to split up to find Myrtle's cell. Inside, Myrtle baits two guards into her cell, allowing her to escape. The Louds, unaware of Myrtle's escape, enter what appears to be her cell but instead stumble into a trap. Myrtle fights against Ham Hand and momentarily knocks him out as she finds out the other Louds are now trapped in a rocket. Fifi arrives and reveals herself to the mastermind and Rufus' wife, who was present when the accident happened. When she finds out about the wedding, she researches the family to find their weak link, Lincoln, and manipulates him to fulfill her plan to launch the Louds into space as revenge for Dufus' death.

Myrtle fights with Fifi for the remote, but time runs out as Fifi willingly falls off a cliff, with the rocket taking off. Seeing the plight they are all in, Lincoln falls into despair, but Myrtle manages to climb aboard and figure out a way to escape - using the rocket's septic tank as an escape pod. However, one of the Louds would have to stay behind to launch it; Myrtle offers to stay, but Lincoln, seeing the love Pop Pop and Myrtle have for each other, forces them out and launches the tank (inadvertently crushing Ham Hand in the process). However, on the ground, Lisa and Myrtle perform a risky tactic: they access the laser cannon back at the Loud House to blast a satellite into the rocket's path, knocking it off course and sending it back to Earth, where it crashes into the ocean near the island. Pop Pop dives in to save Lincoln, and the family joins in a loving embrace.

Having lost the wedding rings during the fight with Fifi, Lincoln presents Myrtle with a pair of bamboo wedding rings, having obtained them after selling his David Steele watch to Flop. Pop Pop and Myrtle get married, with Flop officiating the wedding as X is also in attendance. Later that night, Flop shows Lincoln that he has captured the surviving Fifi and Ham Hand, ready to send them to jail. With their problems solved, the Louds enjoy the rest of their vacation.

Voice cast

 * Bentley Griffin as Lincoln
 * Alex Cazares as Myrtle
 * Piotr Michael as Pop-Pop, Boat Henchman, and Karaoke Patron
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr., Todd, and Cargo Shorts Henchman
 * Amy Sedaris as Fifi
 * Jessica DiCicco as Lynn and Lucy
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
 * Jill Talley as Rita and Computer Voice
 * John DiMaggio as Mr. Grouse, Flop, and Henchman Mo
 * Grey DeLisle as Lola, Lana, and Lily
 * Paul Wight as Ham Hand
 * Catherine Taber as Lori
 * Chester Rushing as Owen and Guard #1
 * Jaeden White as Clyde
 * Sarah Niles as X
 * Nika Futterman as Luna
 * Dan Fogler as Rufus Dufus
 * Cristina Pucelli as Luan
 * Liliana Mumy as Leni
 * Khary Payton as Harold

Announcement
In late April 2024, Nickelodeon released a teaser promo for a new animated film based on The Loud House, titled No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie. In late May 2024, further details on the film were disclosed including the cast, crew, and release date. Series regulars Bentley Griffin, Alex Cazares, Piotr Michael, Jill Talley, Brian Stepanek, Catherine Taber, Liliana Mumy, Nika Futterman, Cristina Pucelli, Jessica DiCicco, Grey DeLisle, and Lara Jill Miller lead the voice cast. The film was directed by series supervising director and co-executive producer Kyle Marshall, and written by Whitney Wetta and Jeffrey Sayers. The film is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, and Jam Filled Entertainment provided animation. Michael Rubiner, who is an executive producer on the series, also executive produced the film.

Development
The basis for the film's story was set up in the season 6 episode "Pop Pop the Question". The idea bounced back and forth in the writers room, but no plans were made until Nickelodeon said that they wanted to do another film based on the series. The writers knew they wanted the story to center around a destination wedding between Pop Pop and Myrtle. This, in tandem with Myrtle's spy background that they set up in the series, led to them making a spy genre film. In the series, they had introduced the character David Steele as Lincoln and Clyde's new fan sensation, so they felt making a spy film felt natural. The crew were inspired by several James Bond films during production, and tried to reflect the pacing and structure of them, with the most obvious nod being the film's title, which is a play on the 2021 film (and Daniel Craig's final James Bond film), No Time To Die. The villain Ham Hand was inspired by Jaws who first appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

In regards to the out-there nature of the film in comparison to the early days of the series, Marshall made a comparison to the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons and said, "It’s kind of natural that we start to find some fresh territory to mine that we haven’t done before." He added, "But all the while, I would say that no matter how we expand the world or how crazy it gets, we do try to always have some kind of grounded character story that lies beneath it that’s still kid-related." To balance the film's large ensemble of characters, the filmmakers had them all ultimately work towards the same goal, regardless of side plots that had been set up.

Jonathan Hylander took heavy influence from John Barry's work in Thunderball (1965) when composing the film's score. Hylander also wrote the opening song in the film, after which Marshall and head of story, Ari Castleton, told board artist Toby Parry the direction they wanted for the opening visual sequence that it was paired with. David Vasquez edited the first cut, and Tony Molina, lead picture editor, finished it off. For the sequence, Jam Filled tried to push the look and movement of the characters in a more cinematic direction, while still fitting the tone of the series.

Release
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie was released on Paramount+ on June 21, 2024, and was followed by a premiere on Nickelodeon later the same day.

Ratings
On its Nickelodeon premiere, the film received 179,000 viewers, earning a 0.06 P2+ rating. In the 18–49 age demographic, it received 79,500 viewers, and another 0.06 rating.

Critical reception
Fernanda Camargo of Common Sense Media gave the film a 3 out of 5 star rating, and called it "a fun but flawed addition to the series, best enjoyed by those already familiar with the Loud family's tricks". David Kaldor of Bubbleblabber gave the film a 7 out of 10 rating. He commended it for its accessibility to new viewers and said, "Overall, it’s just a fun time for everyone and a fine enough way to spent [sic] seventy five to ninety minutes."