Harold McBride
The calm, collected adoptive father of Clyde McBride.
Harold McBride is a fictional supporting character in the American animated television series The Loud House and its resulting multimedia franchise on Nickelodeon. He was voiced by Wayne Brady until 2022 when he was replaced by Khary Payton. Harold first appeared in "Overnight Success", following an episode in which he was only mentioned ("A Tale of Two Tables"). He is one half of the first married gay couple to be featured in a Nickelodeon animated series, and the couple is notably also an interracial couple. Harold is the adoptive father of Clyde McBride, a main character and the best friend of protagonist Lincoln Loud.
Quick Facts
- Series
- The Loud House
- Race
- White (Howard), Black (Harold)
- Gender
- Males
- First
- "Overnight Success" (2016)
- Creator
- Chris Savino
- Kevin Sullivan
- Darin McGowan
- Nationality
- American
- Nickname
- Howie (Howard); Hare-Bear (Harold)
- Children
- Clyde McBride (adopted son)
Lore & Background
Harold's parenting style contrasts with Howard's; he is calm, collected, and concerned with Clyde's safety and health above everything else, but also a little more willing to be lenient. The McBrides serve as foils to Lincoln's less worrisome parents. A running gag is the McBrides' impractically large and ever-expanding repertoire of hobbies and former jobs, which increases to include any skill set that an episode's plot demands. The only constant hobby is Harold's talent for preparing home-cooked meals for Clyde and Howard, particularly one of Clyde's favorite foods: Swiss chard frittatas. Both of the McBrides have a fondness for cats and have adopted two, Cleopawtra and Nepurttiti (named after Cleopatra and Nefertiti, two Egyptian queens).
Reader's Guide
Harold is straightforward and even-tempered, the opposite of Howard's sensitive and neurotic demeanor. Whenever one of the Loud children learns something new from Howard and Harold, they will simply say that "Mr. McBride" taught them, leaving it intentionally ambiguous as to which dad possesses each skill. The McBrides are helicopter parents to Clyde and tend to be overprotective of him. Harold's demeanor is the opposite of Howard's; he is straightforward and even-tempered. The characters have been met with praise from television critics and fans for being a positive representation of an interracial gay married couple. Positive reviews have also called attention to the lack of focus placed on their sexual orientations, as well as their depiction as fit and capable LGBT parents.
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