| abstract | - Paul is the son of Lewis Loud and Gina and is the deuteragonist of the 2012 ITV special Panto!. He is 13-years-old and spent most of the year with Gina and her partner Tony and was arranged to stay a week with Lewis (who was rehearsing for his part as Jack the Lad in Dick Whittington) due to Gina and Tony going on holiday to Puerto Banús for Christmas. At first, Paul acted distant towards his father, due to him not taking his fatherly duties seriously (e.g. choosing to sit in a bath of baked beans for charity rather than see Paul in his school play, for not playing football with him since he was five (due to being busy working) and that he seemed to care more about his girlfriend Tamsin Taylor than him). Lewis's co-star Johnny Darby spoke with Paul about how he himself has been unable to keep in touch with his daughter and grandchildren in Australia. He is later seen watching Lewis and the cast on the opening night of Dick Whittington and laughing along with the audience. Later, Gina returns to take Paul home after the holiday got cancelled, but Lewis convinces her to let Paul, who expresses pride in his father, stay with him for the holidays and that she can visit on Christmas Day. After Tamsin quits the pantomime during the interval to take part in a reality show called Celebrity Sleigh Ride, Paul takes on the role of Tickles the Cat in the second half after Tickles' original actor Greg Chip replaces Tamsin as Dick, with Gina watching from the audience. After the pantomime's success, Paul is last seen watching Lewis broadcast his radio show, before going to play football with him.
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