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Lots of people cite comics like Jim Carey as a very possible real world influence for Luan, and I don’t doubt that she would enjoy him and his influence, but there’s another lesser known comic actor that I could see her really liking.

John Ritter played a major role in this sitcom from the 70s called “Three’s Company” and then went on to a 90s sitcom called “8 simple rules” both shows are pretty good in their own right, but John’s performance screams Luan to me.

April Fools Day Persona aside…I actually see Luan as a very tame type of comic who always wants to keep things family friendly to an extent. It makes sense since she has always had young siblings that she’d kind of vibe the most with that audience. I know that “House Flipped” kind of implied that sitcoms weren’t Luan’s style or ida of entertainment…but I think it could be argued that was just because it was Flip forcing her to perform on demand (and read directly from his bad scripts).

I could actually see Luan getting her big break as a comic relief character on a family sitcom and I think the way John Ritter was kind of aggressively over the top goofy, while always maintaining a certain degree of family friendliness, and giving his all to every role he was in…I think it suits Luan to a tea.

One last fact just for the fun of it…I knew John Ritter as the voice of Clifford the big red dog from the 2000s animated series on PBS. He brought so much warmth and care and energy to a show made for the youngest of young kids (that Clifford series actually had a STACKED voice cast that all brought their A-game) but that’s a little off topic.

Honestly, at this point in the series, I am not expecting them to make a design change regarding Luan getting her braces off. Hopefully, an eventually finale gives us a good glimpse of what Luan looks like as an adult, but even that is kind of up in the air.

I did have what I think would be a fun/interesting theory about that development though, and I thought I would share it. In every flashback we have seen of Luan, she has always looked really cute, but she has also been...for lack of a better term...funny looking.

Her teeth have always been crooked, and her sense of style has always leaned more towards looking comical as opposed to looking traditionally pretty. I kind of theorize that Luan decided early on in life to "lean into it". Like, maybe some of her peers at daycare would make fun of how she looked, and she decided that if they were going to laugh at her anyways...she might as well be the one controlling the laughter.

What if after Luan finally gets her braces off, for the first time in her life, she looks and feels traditionally pretty? She suddenly starts getting positive attention based on her looks and actually starts leaning into it. She starts wearing makeup and primping and maybe even acting like a typical popular teenager?

While Lynn Sr is devastated by the development...Rita actually REALLY likes it. She actually feels like she can connect to Luan for the first time because Luan is (finally) acting like a real teenage girl instead of a goofball?

Obviously, something would maybe happen to revert her back to the status quo (or heck, maybe Rita is getting some dental work done herself and the whole thing ends up being a dream induced by the laughing gas or something). I just think it would maybe be a fun "what if" status quo shift.