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What's With All The TikToks About 'Pimp Lincoln'? The Weird 'Loud House' AU Story Explained
Fans of the Nickelodeon show The Loud House were not having a normal one this past week with one renegade Loud House fan making an alternate universe (AU) script in which the character Lincoln Loud becomes a "pimp."
TikToker @swagdoghot went very off script with their fan art this past week, creating an alternative Loud House storyline in which Clyde McBride hits on Lori even as Lincoln Loud, dressed in a garish purple outfit, sings, "Everything goes according to plan."
Here's why your TikTok feed might be getting inundated with fan art depicting Pimp Lincoln, the Loud House AU no one asked for.
Who Is 'Pimp Lincoln' And Who Made The 'Pimp Lincoln' AU Fanfiction?
TikToker @swagdoghot was the first to come up with the idea for "Pimp Lincoln," a version of the cute Nickelodeon character Lincoln from The Loud House. For those not in the know, The Loud House is an animated children's show about the chaotic Loud family, where Lincoln tries to survive living in a house with 10 of his sisters.
But while The Loud House highlights a young and innocent Lincoln's troubles coping with his overbearing sisters, TikToker @swagdoghot's AU story presents a starkly different picture. In a December 15th, 2024, video, she shows Lincoln's friend Clyd McBride hitting on his sister, saying, "Nice rack Lori," to which Lincoln responds by singing, "Everything goes according to plan."
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The backstory to this video might be even stranger than in the clip itself. In a TikTok posted the day after the aforementioned video went viral, @swagdoghot explains that in their AU, Mr. and Mrs. Loud passed away after gambling all of their money. The tragedy prompts the only living male member of the family, Lincoln, to pimp out his sisters to help their family survive.
How Did 'Pimp Lincoln' Become A Meme?
TikToker @swagdoghot continued to flesh out the lore of their alternate universe, even as several TikTokers began riffing off the meme, as seen in a video posted by TikToker @p1mplincoln in which they cosplayed as the made-up character.
@swagdoghot Meet the Louds.
@p1mplincoln I love this au @🎄 ur so sigma #pimplincoln #pimp #loudhouse #sigma #epix #amazing #hat #cosplay #boburnham ♬ YOU CAN LET BO BURNHAM BURN EM – [not bo!]
More TikTokers redrew the original viral Pimp Lincoln video, as seen in a TikTok post that showed Pimp Lincoln being rude to his bruised and crying sister Lori. But some TikTokers also got creative with their Pimp Lincoln recreations — shown in a genderswapped version of the AU posted by @kookylemon in which Clyde hits on Lincoln himself, even as his sister Lori sings, "Everything goes according to plan."
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7450426207583096095
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7450691010537082143
For the full history of Pimp Lincoln, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
