(I don’t live in the Northern hemisphere, so please forgive me if there’s an error here or if I sound like I never went to school in the US… which I actually never did!)

The recent episode “Absent Minded” begins on November 3, as we see in Clyde’s journal. So whatever the year is, we know we are in November.

I’m assuming these labels are years, even when the apostrophe is in the wrong side. So I assume 04′ means the year 2004.



According to that, the 18′ in the image below means the year 2018. And I think we can safely say that this is an announcement regarding the Yearbook of 2018.

Let’s remember that in the United States the school year begins in August or September, and ends in May or June of the next year.



Could “Absent Minded” be set in 2016?

Very unlikely. As we know, the episode begins on November 3. Why would the school be publishing news about the Yearbook of 2018 in November 2016?

I used to believe The Loud House was officially set in 2016, but this represents a problem with that.

Could it be set in November 2017?

The Yearbook of 2018 includes the events on the school that take place during the school year of 2017-2018, which begins in August/September 2017, and ends in May/June 2018. So, it is possible that the school is communicating something about the 2018 Yearbook in November 2017. Maybe recruiting students to help with the Yearbook, or announcing other stuff.

2017 could be the year this episode is set in.

Could it be set in November 2018?

Usually, the Yearbook is distributed to students near the end of the school year. The Yearbook of 2018 would be given out before May/June 2018. However, some schools distribute the Yearbook after the school year ends, during Summer, and others even in Fall, which is already at the start of the next school year.

I’m not sure if the Yearbook of a previous school year would be distributed as late as in November. If that happens, maybe this scene from above could be Lincoln’s school advertising the Yearbooks from year 2017-2018 in November 2018. Making it possible that the episode is set in 2018.

For now, I don’t think that’s probable. Could somebody please say if this is something that does happen?

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It seems the logical conclusion is that “Absent Minded” is set in November of 2017.

Now, does this means The Loud House is set in 2017???