|
Howard and Harold McBride are the supporting characters of the Nickelodeon animated series The Loud House. They are adoptive fathers of Clyde McBride and notable for being the first pair of married same-gender characters in Nicktoons history. Due to their overprotective, they were played an antagonistic role in some episodes.
They are overprotective of their son and very rarely let him do anything unsupervised, treating him more like a bubble boy. Howard (who has red hair and buck teeth) has a tendency to get overemotional while watching Clyde grow up, to the point that his husband often needs to calm him down. Harold (who has thinning black hair and wears a sweater vest with a bow tie) is more calm and collected of the couple and is also a skilled chef.
Howard is voiced by Michael McDonald. Harold is also voiced by Wayne Brady in S1 E09A to S6 E11A and currently Khary Payton. In the live-action series, they were portrayed by Justin Michael Stevenson and Marcus Folmar in A Loud House Christmas as well as Stephen Guarino and Ray Ford in The Really Loud House.
Biographies[]
Howard and Harold live with their son Clyde and their two pet cats, Cleopawtra and Nepurrtiti, in a single-story building across the street from the Loud House. They drive a big red van with a license plate that reads "McRide" on it. Their surname is ironic because a bride is a newlywed woman, but they are two married men.
Often mentioned by Clyde, their first appearance was in "Overnight Success", in which they walk their son over to the Loud family's house for a sleepover. They are also the main protagonists of the episode "Attention Deficit", in which they try to help Lincoln with his science project, but get annoyed when the girls start asking for help. In "Baby Steps", Clyde overhears Howard and Harold talking and thinks they are going to adopt another baby. However, it ends up being a misunderstanding; they were really talking about getting another pet cat. They visit a bed-and-breakfast in "Roughin' It". In the episode, Lincoln and Clyde get lost in the woods and must work together to make their way back to the Dads.
It is revealed in "The Green House" that Howard and Harold care deeply for the environment and use solar panels on their house. "Hand-Me-Downer" shows that they own a tandem bicycle. In "ARGGH! You for Real?", they enlist Lincoln's help to restore Clyde's faith in ghost hunting after finding out that their favorite show, ARGGH!, is completely staged. In "Health Kicked", Howard and Harold train to compete in a Royal Woods ninja competition.
Appearances[]
Howard has buck teeth, reddish hair, a long pointy nose, and a long oval-shaped head. He also has bags around his eyes, probably from worrying too much. He wears brown slacks, white sneakers, and a red collared shirt with rolled-up sleeves and four buttons. In "Kick the Bucket List", he is shown to wear a blue sleep mask. In a live stream from Nickelodeon on February 2017, Chris Savino drew the Dads' original designs. Howard was shown with curly hair and otherwise identical features.
Harold is a round man, with dark skin and black hair. His hair appears to be thinning and is very short compared to Howard's height and his hair. He wears a blue/teal sweater vest, with a black bow tie, and a light blue shirt underneath. He also sports a pair of jeans and brown loafer shoes. In a live stream from Nickelodeon on February 2017, Chris Savino drew the Dads' original designs. Harold was shown to be bald and have no chin outline, but otherwise, his features were identical.
Antagonistic Acts[]
- "Tricked!": Howard and Harold threatens to lock up Clyde's candy and only bring out one small piece at a time if he brought it to their house from trick-or-treating.
- "Snow Way Down": Howard and Harold keeps Lincoln and Clyde safe from having fun at the snow. They later discovers that Clyde left a letter about him going to the ramp, which they feel guilty and decides to save him. After Clyde rescues Lincoln, Howard and Harold, they apologize to Clyde for being too hard on him and decides to let him and Lincoln have fun at the snow.
- "Exchange of Heart": Howard and Harold forbids Clyde to do things, like eating his egg hot or pickle, having hot sauce, watching Crow-Mageddon and playing video game all-nighter with Lincoln, which Clyde decides to invite Tiago in his house and have his father go out with him. Howard and Harold are overprotecting Tiago and refuses to leave Clyde alone which they decides to call Francois to look after Cleopawtra and Nepurrtiti. They forces Clyde to wear his mosquito hat to prevent him from walking too far. Later at the airport after Clyde explaining to his fathers what happened, Howard and Harold reveals that they have set up a security cam in their house to record Clyde's freedom which they watched him the whole time. At the end, they now let Clyde be independent by letting him to have pickles before breakfast.
- "Runaway McBride": Howard and Harold worries over Clyde hanging out with his gang more than them, so they decides to convince him and his friends to hang out at their house. After their first attempt, they decides to check out the places Lincoln and his friends usually go. They present Lincoln and his friends to them all of Clyde's favorite things, like food and arcade games from Gus' and Flip's Flippee machines, which Lincoln and his friends decides to skip the mall and stay at the McBride house. When Lincoln and his friends already have plans to go movies and roller skating, Howard and Harold have a new plan to get them hang out at their house. When Lincoln and his friends plan for going to a building demolition, Howard and Harold have to call Flip for demolishing their house. As Clyde turns off the wrecking ball, Howard and Harold confesses Clyde that they were scared of losing him. They also apologize to Clyde for overprotecting him and decides to accept his life of hanging out with his friends.
[]
 Antagonists
| ||
|
The Ren & Stimpy Show Rocko's Modern Life CatDog The Fairly OddParents Jimmy Neutron My Life as a Teenage Robot Drake & Josh Danny Phantom Avatar: The Last Airbender iCarly Barnyard The Legend of Korra 100 Things To Do Before High School See Also | ||
 Antagonists
| ||
|
Animated Features Live-Action Films Original TV Movies See Also | ||
