#Crashing through the crowded halls, dodging girls like ping pong balls#

#just to reach the bathroom on time, leaping over laundry piles,#

#diapers you can smell for miles, guys.#

#Gotta do what you can to survive in the Loud house,#

#in the Loud house.#

#Duck, dodge, push and shove. That's how we show our love.#

#In the Loud house, in the Loud house.#

#one boy and ten girls. Wouldn't trade it for the world.#

#Loud House.#

Poo-poo.

(Upbeat music)

Okie dokie. We're recording.

This is Stella Zhou reporting.

Someone's been letting their pet go potty here

and not cleaning it up.

Well, the Action News team is here to reveal the perpetrator.

Oh, here they come now.

Kangaroos! Time to bust some scum.

Whoa whoa whoa.

This is a Katherine Mulligan news exclusive.

I'm unmasking the serial pet pooper.

The owner is sick, and the pet pooper is Gilly!

Jumping jackalopes. How in the world did she steal our story?

(Guitar sound)

The Action News team has received a tip that somebody famous is hiding

out here disguised as an old lady.

Prepare to have your minds blown.

I'm Catherine Mulligan, exposing this little old lady as Mick

Swagger in disguise.

He's holed up here as he writes songs for his new album,

Mick or Treat.

Hey, that was our scoop.

Nobody punks us Brit boy! Pudding him!

(Pudding thrown)

This is the story of the century.

It's cool of Gus to tip us off. He's discontinuing spaghetti pizza.

(CRIES)

It's a dark day for the culinary world.

(all) Oh, no.

This is the last bite of the last slice of the last

spaghetti pizza Gus will ever serve.

I'm Katherine Mulligan, reporting that you'll never know just how

delicious that was.

I don't get it. How does Katherine Mulligan keep scooping us?

Someone has to be leaking to her.

My cousin Derek studying to be a plumber.

He says you have to find a leak and plug it or it gets worse.

Rusty's right. If we don't do

something, this could be the end for us.

Wait. Can we have a moment of silence for spaghetti pizza?

(Soft sad music)

And then he told me in my science project.

Can you believe it?

The leak has to be somebody here at school.

Someone who's eavesdropping on us.

Oh, do you think it's Meryl?

Oh, betcha it is!

She's probably sneaking out our stories in that beehive.

What do you think, rusty?

Rusty? Huh?

Sorry. My dad's texts are blowing up my phone.

He's going on a date tonight with his new mystery, boo.

And he wants to know what he should wear. This or this.

Wow. Uh, I go for the turtleneck with that jawline.

I reckon he's better off with the tux.

Guys, focus.

Oh, no. Liam's right. The tux for sure.

(GASPS)

Chef Pat seems to be always wiping that table when we're eating lunch,

so that means chef Pat is probably the leak.

But we need to find out for sure. Follow my lead.

You guys, I just got a hot tip.

There's a meatloaf shortage in Royal Woods.

Oh, wait, that sounds like a mighty exclusive

(GASP)

Yeah. That's it. Okay.

(Door opens)

So, Patricia, who are you calling?

Could it be. Oh, I don't know.

Someone with the initials K.M.?

Actually, yeah.

Kielbasa. Mark, my meet guy.

If there's a meatloaf shortage, he can hook me up.

Then I'm sure you won't mind if I talk to him.

Tell me, Mr. Kielbasa, what's the going rate for me?

Mhm. And that's wholesale?

Wow. Boneless chuck roast is 387 a pound.

Mark says that's a steal.

We'll show ourselves out.

So if it's not chef Pat who could be tipping off Catherine.

Oh, Mr. Miele, the art teacher.

He was on Clyde's Culture Corner last week demonstrating paper mache.

And I saw him scoping out our studio while he was raiding

the complimentary snacks table.

(all) Hmmm.

Drink it in Roma, Rusty in the hizz-house.

Hmm. An interesting interpretation of rusty, Miss Zhou.

Gosh. Sorry, Mr. Mew, I can't get this exclusive story out of my head.

The food and fuels closing.

Me too. The story is huge.

Oh, sorry.

I got swept up in artistic passion.

Rusty. Such a great muse.

Uh, keep creating, mes petites artists.

I need to make a call.

(Struggling efforts)

I've discovered something you'll be very interested in, I promise you.

Is there any room left in your art exhibit?

One of my students just painted a masterpiece.

(SIGH)

Whoa, oof.

We're never gonna find the leak.

At this rate, there are too many people to investigate.

We shouldn't be following the rat.

We should wait at the nest.

It wasn't the manure pile. Does that even mean?

Katherine is the nest, dawgs.

If we follow her, the leaker or rat is gonna come to her.

Then we'll have our culprit.

Rusty. That's a brilliant idea.

Looks like it's time for an Action News team

undercover investigation.

(Cat meowing)

8:02 Kathryn takes a bite of Danish.

Roger that. Sup, dudes?

Rusty. You're late. Oh, what's that awful smell?

I was helping my dad pick a Cologne to wow his gal pal.

We landed on undersea daydream.

Suspects on the move. Let's go.

Come on. Zack!

Rusty, you got your knee square in my gizzard.

Stop moving around, dog.

Shh! Aaaah!

Ah! Horseradish in the eye.

Katherine Mulligan wants to know.

Did this garbage can just talk?

yohoo? Today's forecast 100% chance of winning

for patchy drizzle.

I'm getting some developing news.

It ain't over till the last frame.

Don't mind us, sweetie.

We're just a couple of senior ladies bowling.

Katherine Mulligan wants to know, did that bush just bowl a strike?

Oh, we've been following the nest all day, and not one rat.

Well, guys, guess we might as well call it a day.

Wait, look who's coming.

What is Principal Ramirez doing here?

(WHISPERING)

I can't hear them.

See you here next week.

Principal Ramirez is the leak.

I never would have pegged her for a squealer.

I'm gonna give her a good old what for!

She'll just deny it.

We need to do is get some concrete evidence.

And I think I know how! Action News Team poses.

(Upbeat music)

Okay, so Stella made a notebook of some hot news leads, but they're

all fake. We accidentally drop it here by Principal Ramirez's car as

the rat. She finds it and takes it to the nest.

Any questions?

Can you go over that one more time?

I got lost in all the air quotes.

I'll explain as we hide.

(Soft music)

Oh, principal Ramirez, glad you could make it.

Gotcha. Principal Ramirez Action News Team.

Excuse me, principal Ramirez.

How much is Kathryn Mulligan been paying you to steal our news?

I don't know what you're talking\ bout.

We're asking the questions here.

The jig is up. Katherine.

Katherine shady Shader Mulligan, the book Principal Ramirez was

going to give you is a bunch of phony news leads we planted.

Bam! Passion under the Pompeii moon.

-Oh, oh! -You bet you're oh oh.

Miss Mulligan and I are in a book club together now.

Someone get me out of here.

We've been meeting to swap novels we're reading.

So you weren't leaking our stories?

Of course not.

Is this what you spend your time on? Making false accusations?

I can shut down the Action News team.

Please don't. Give us another chance.

I'm Katherine Mulligan, and I agree with these children.

Sure, they got the story wrong, but they've got real drive.

It reminds me of me when I was starting out.

I say they deserve a second chance.

Fine, fine.

But no more wild goose chases or knocking principles

in lakes.

It was Zack.

Thanks, Miss Mulligan, but we have to know.

How the heck have you been able to scoop us?

With help from my boyfriend.

He's a real sweetie.

But I had no idea he was getting them from you.

Oh, look, he's here to pick me up now.

Hey, my little mulberry!

Rusty, it's your dad.

Why didn't you say he was dating Katherine?

Dude, I didn't know.

He said he was seeing someone, but just called her his new boo.

Oh, and now I get it.

Hot rod, you didn't tell me those great tips you've been giving me

were from your son.

I've been accidentally scooping his news team the whole week.

Great tips.

I thought rusty was just giving us some good gossip.

Sorry, Russ, man, I only shared it with my news.

Boo when I ran out of convo starters.

And we're cool. Dad.

Oh, dad, as long as you never do that in front of me again.

Kids, let me make things up to you.

I noticed you're using phones for your reporting.

How about I donate some equipment from our newsroom to yours?

Awesome. Guys, I got a hot lead.

Lips painting.

Packing peanuts, Cyan, and selling them as cheese puffs.

Wow, that sounds big enough to be a joint scoop, miss Mulligan

Katherine Mulligan is happy to report she's in.

Action News Team pose.

(Upbeat music)