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* Jeff's obsessiveness and jealousy over being forced to share his birthday party with another boy in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" culminate in him starting a fistfight at a bowling alley, and then standing over the other boy with a bowling ball in his hands, as if ''getting ready to smash the kid's skull in with it''. Jeff can be very disturbing when he doesn't get his way. Also, Gilben's unnatural posture-- arms stiffly akimbo, perpetual rictus grin, open, unblinking eyes-- looks like a cross between a mannequin and someone with a bizarre neurological disorder and seems quite unsettling.

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* Jeff's obsessiveness and jealousy over being forced to share his birthday party with another boy in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" culminate in him starting a fistfight at a bowling alley, and then standing over the other boy with a bowling ball in his hands, as if ''getting ready to smash the kid's skull in with it''. Jeff can be very disturbing when he doesn't get his way. Also, Gilben's unnatural posture-- arms stiffly akimbo, perpetual rictus grin, open, unblinking eyes-- looks like a cross between a mannequin and someone with a bizarre neurological disorder and seems quite unsettling.unsettling, not to mention that he thrown a punch without even moving!.
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** To quote a Tumblr comment:
-->I’m glad he was fine in the end, but this really makes me wonder about Clarence. I mean, let’s admit it. Missing half of 1 recess is pretty trivial. Sure maybe to a 4th grader recess means a lot more, but Clarence way over reacted to that timeout, to the point it was frightening. This really makes me wonder what Clarence would be like as a teenager. I mean, if something trivial like that brought him to that horrid emotional state, then just imagine if something REALLY traumatic happened in his life. It would be much worse than what we saw here.
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* Jeff's obsessiveness and jealousy over being forced to share his birthday party with another boy in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" culminate in him starting a fistfight at a bowling alley, and then standing over the other boy with a bowling ball in his hands, as if ''getting ready to smash the kid's skull in with it''. Jeff can be very disturbing when he doesn't get his way. Also, Gilben's unnatural posture-- arms stiffly akimbo, perpetual rictus grin, open, unblinking eyes-- looks like a cross between a mannequin and someone with a bizarre neurological disorder and seems quite unsettling.

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* Jeff's obsessiveness and jealousy over being forced to share his birthday party with another boy in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" culminate in him starting a fistfight at a bowling alley, and then standing over the other boy with a bowling ball in his hands, as if ''getting ready to smash the kid's skull in with it''. Jeff can be very disturbing when he doesn't get his way. Also, Gilben's unnatural posture-- arms stiffly akimbo, perpetual rictus grin, open, unblinking eyes-- looks like a cross between a mannequin and someone with a bizarre neurological disorder and seems quite unsettling.unsettling.
* Lots of the parts in "In Dreams", especially when Clarence realizes he's dreaming and everything goes ''completely'' crazy. Also, the narrator of the dream show Clarence watches is also seriously unnerving, what with the blank stare and creepily monotone voice...
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** Lets not forget how far Clarence crosses into the DespairEventHorizon either.

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** Lets Let's not forget how far Clarence crosses into the DespairEventHorizon either.
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* Jeff's obsessiveness and jealousy over being forced to share his birthday party with another boy in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" culminate in him starting a fistfight at a bowling alley, and then standing over the other boy with a bowling ball in his hands, as if ''getting ready to smash the kid's skull in with it''. Jeff can be very disturbing when he doesn't get his way. Also, Gilben's unnatural posture-- arms stiffly akimbo, perpetual rictus grin, open, unblinking eyes-- look like a cross between a mannequin and someone with a bizarre neurological disorder-- seems unsettling.

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* Jeff's obsessiveness and jealousy over being forced to share his birthday party with another boy in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" culminate in him starting a fistfight at a bowling alley, and then standing over the other boy with a bowling ball in his hands, as if ''getting ready to smash the kid's skull in with it''. Jeff can be very disturbing when he doesn't get his way. Also, Gilben's unnatural posture-- arms stiffly akimbo, perpetual rictus grin, open, unblinking eyes-- look looks like a cross between a mannequin and someone with a bizarre neurological disorder-- disorder and seems quite unsettling.
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** Lets not forget how far Clarence crosses into the DespairEventHorizon either.

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** Lets not forget how far Clarence crosses into the DespairEventHorizon either.either.
* Jeff's obsessiveness and jealousy over being forced to share his birthday party with another boy in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" culminate in him starting a fistfight at a bowling alley, and then standing over the other boy with a bowling ball in his hands, as if ''getting ready to smash the kid's skull in with it''. Jeff can be very disturbing when he doesn't get his way. Also, Gilben's unnatural posture-- arms stiffly akimbo, perpetual rictus grin, open, unblinking eyes-- look like a cross between a mannequin and someone with a bizarre neurological disorder-- seems unsettling.
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*** Ms. Baker and her students are very creeped out about that commercial, and Clarence's little buddy.

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*** Ms. Baker and her students are very creeped out about that commercial, and Clarence's little buddy.buddy.
** Lets not forget how far Clarence crosses into the DespairEventHorizon either.
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** The Lil Buddy commercial plays out like those classic 80s commercials for a doll for boys. The boy in the commercial dressed as Lil' Buddy plays with his Lil Buddy doll in the commercial along with another boy who looks very unsettling playing with the boy and his creepy doll.

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** The Lil Buddy commercial plays out like those classic 80s commercials for a doll for boys. The boy in the commercial dressed as Lil' Buddy plays with his Lil Buddy doll in the commercial along with another boy who looks very unsettling unsettled playing with the boy and his creepy doll.
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** The title card alone is creepy as all hell, with Clarence on a backdrop of the surface of a CreepyDoll.

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** The title card alone is creepy as all hell, with Clarence on a backdrop of the surface of a CreepyDoll.CreepyDoll.
** The Lil Buddy commercial plays out like those classic 80s commercials for a doll for boys. The boy in the commercial dressed as Lil' Buddy plays with his Lil Buddy doll in the commercial along with another boy who looks very unsettling playing with the boy and his creepy doll.
*** Ms. Baker and her students are very creeped out about that commercial, and Clarence's little buddy.
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* Oh god, where to start with "Little Buddie"...

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* Oh god, where to start with "Little Buddie"..."Lil Buddy"...
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* In "Hurricane Dillis", Clarence's grandmother visits, and her manic, erratic behavior (including being missing for two days, messing up the house, and thinking her daughter is still with Clarence's biological father) seems to indicate the onset of senile dementia... [[AdultFear a very real concern for the adult children of aging parents]].

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* In "Hurricane Dillis", Clarence's grandmother visits, and her manic, erratic behavior (including being missing for two days, messing up the house, and thinking her daughter is still with Clarence's biological father) seems to indicate the onset of senile dementia... [[AdultFear a very real concern for the adult children of aging parents]].parents]].
* Oh god, where to start with "Little Buddie"...
** The title card alone is creepy as all hell, with Clarence on a backdrop of the surface of a CreepyDoll.
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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be. Likewise, after having an eye impaled by a fork in "Neighborhood Grill", later episodes show him wearing an eyepatch. In "Chimney" he appears to be manifesting symptoms of schizophrenia as he talks to a dog while riding the rails like a hobo... then falls, possibly to his death or severe injury, from a moving boxcar.

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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be. Likewise, after having an eye impaled by a fork in "Neighborhood Grill", later episodes show him wearing an eyepatch. In "Chimney" he appears to be manifesting symptoms of schizophrenia as he talks to a dog while riding the rails like a hobo... then falls, possibly to his death or severe injury, from a moving boxcar.boxcar. Next we see him, in "Chalmers Santiago", he has a hook prosthetic where his right hand used to be.
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**Clarence nearly falling through the weakened floor of the attic. Luckily, Chad was there to save him.
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* In "Hurricane Dillis", Clarence's grandmother visits, and her manic, erratic behavior seems to indicate the onset of senile dementia... [[AdultFear a very real concern for the adult children of aging parents]].

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* In "Hurricane Dillis", Clarence's grandmother visits, and her manic, erratic behavior (including being missing for two days, messing up the house, and thinking her daughter is still with Clarence's biological father) seems to indicate the onset of senile dementia... [[AdultFear a very real concern for the adult children of aging parents]].

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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be. Likewise, after having an eye impaled by a fork in "Neighborhood Grill", later episodes show him wearing an eyepatch.
* In "Straight Illin'", Clarence becomes increasingly sick from being dared to eat 500 devilled eggs, to the point where his appearance starts becoming infected and zombie-like.

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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be. Likewise, after having an eye impaled by a fork in "Neighborhood Grill", later episodes show him wearing an eyepatch.
eyepatch. In "Chimney" he appears to be manifesting symptoms of schizophrenia as he talks to a dog while riding the rails like a hobo... then falls, possibly to his death or severe injury, from a moving boxcar.
* In "Straight Illin'", Clarence becomes increasingly sick from being dared to eat 500 devilled eggs, to the point where his appearance starts becoming infected and zombie-like.zombie-like.
* In "Hurricane Dillis", Clarence's grandmother visits, and her manic, erratic behavior seems to indicate the onset of senile dementia... [[AdultFear a very real concern for the adult children of aging parents]].

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* "Neighborhood Grill" ended with [[spoiler:[[EyeScream Josh's eye impaled with a fork]].]]
* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be.

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* "Neighborhood Grill" ended with [[spoiler:[[EyeScream Josh's eye impaled with a fork]].]]
* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be. Likewise, after having an eye impaled by a fork in "Neighborhood Grill", later episodes show him wearing an eyepatch.
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* In "Straight Illin'", Clarence becomes increasingly sick from being dared to eat 500 devilled eggs, to the point where his skin become blotchy and infected.

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* In "Straight Illin'", Clarence becomes increasingly sick from being dared to eat 500 devilled eggs, to the point where his skin become blotchy appearance starts becoming infected and infected.zombie-like.
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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be.

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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be.be.
* In "Straight Illin'", Clarence becomes increasingly sick from being dared to eat 500 devilled eggs, to the point where his skin become blotchy and infected.
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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. The damage is permanent.

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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. The damage is permanent.Unlike most cartoons, which would have Josh's ear back the next time he appears, Josh's later appearances have him with a bandage over the hole where his ear used to be.
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* From "Too Gross For Comfort" we have the kid's story where he got bitten by an insect. [[spoiler: Said insect laid eggs in his arm and the doctor pulled an insect out of the boy's arm. ]]

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* From "Too Gross For Comfort" we have the kid's Julien's story where he got bitten by an insect. [[spoiler: Said insect laid eggs in his arm and the doctor pulled an insect out of the boy's Julien's arm. ]]
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* Josh's SanitySlippage in "Nature Clarence", where he began rambling about how he and the kids will have a happy home on Sheep's Bridge. In his underwear, with a very disturbing look on his face. Later in the same episode, [[BodyHorror a goat tears part of his ear off]]. The damage is permanent.
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* From "Too Gross For Comfort" we have the kid's story where he got bitten by an insect. [[spoiler; Said insect laid eggs in his arm and the doctor pulled an insect out of the boy's arm. ]]

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* From "Too Gross For Comfort" we have the kid's story where he got bitten by an insect. [[spoiler; [[spoiler: Said insect laid eggs in his arm and the doctor pulled an insect out of the boy's arm. ]]
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* From "Too Gross For Comfort" we have the kid's story where he got bitten by an insect. [[spoiler; Said insect laid eggs in his arm and the doctor pulled an insect out of the boy's arm. ]]



* "Neighborhood Grill" ended with [[spoiler:[[EyeScream Josh's eye impaled with a fork]].]]

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* "Neighborhood Grill" ended with [[spoiler:[[EyeScream Josh's eye impaled with a fork]].]]
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* "Rough Riders Elementary" is full of surreal creepiness. At first, Rough Riders Chicken comes to sponsor Aberdale Elementary. Then they take over the classes and brainwash the children using a special sauce. Soon the whole school is turned into a fast food restaurant with the children as mindless employees. Then it's revealed that Rough Riders Chicken is actually a ''cult'' that is converting the kids into followers. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's revealed that this is all just a story Clarence made up for a report]].

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* "Rough Riders Elementary" is full of surreal creepiness. At first, Rough Riders Chicken comes to sponsor Aberdale Elementary. Then they take over the classes and brainwash the children using a special sauce. Soon the whole school is turned into a fast food restaurant with the children as mindless employees. Then it's revealed that Rough Riders Chicken is actually a ''cult'' that is converting the kids into followers. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's revealed that this is all just a story Clarence made up for a report]].report]].
* "Neighborhood Grill" ended with [[spoiler:[[EyeScream Josh's eye impaled with a fork]].]]
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* "Rough Riders Elementary" is full of surreal creepiness. At first, Rough Riders Chicken comes to sponsor Aberdale Elementary. Then they take over the classes and brainwash the children using a special sauce. Soon the whole school is turned into a fast food restaurant with the children as mindless employees. Then it's revealed that Rough Riders Chicken is actually a ''cult'' that is converting the kids into followers. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's revealed that this is all just an ImagineSpot in Clarence's head]].

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* "Rough Riders Elementary" is full of surreal creepiness. At first, Rough Riders Chicken comes to sponsor Aberdale Elementary. Then they take over the classes and brainwash the children using a special sauce. Soon the whole school is turned into a fast food restaurant with the children as mindless employees. Then it's revealed that Rough Riders Chicken is actually a ''cult'' that is converting the kids into followers. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's revealed that this is all just an ImagineSpot in Clarence's head]].a story Clarence made up for a report]].
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* "Rough Riders Elementary" is full of surreal creepiness. At first, Rough Riders Chicken comes to sponsor Aberdale Elementary. Then they take over the classes and brainwash the children using a special sauce. Soon the whole school is turned into a fast food restaurant with the children as employees. Then it's revealed that Rough Riders Chicken is actually a ''cult'' that is converting the kids into followers. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's revealed that this is all just an ImagineSpot in Clarence's head]].

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* "Rough Riders Elementary" is full of surreal creepiness. At first, Rough Riders Chicken comes to sponsor Aberdale Elementary. Then they take over the classes and brainwash the children using a special sauce. Soon the whole school is turned into a fast food restaurant with the children as mindless employees. Then it's revealed that Rough Riders Chicken is actually a ''cult'' that is converting the kids into followers. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's revealed that this is all just an ImagineSpot in Clarence's head]].
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* Jeff's freakouts and creepy behaviour towards girls can be this for some viewers.

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* Jeff's freakouts and creepy behaviour towards girls can be this for some viewers.viewers.
* "Rough Riders Elementary" is full of surreal creepiness. At first, Rough Riders Chicken comes to sponsor Aberdale Elementary. Then they take over the classes and brainwash the children using a special sauce. Soon the whole school is turned into a fast food restaurant with the children as employees. Then it's revealed that Rough Riders Chicken is actually a ''cult'' that is converting the kids into followers. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's revealed that this is all just an ImagineSpot in Clarence's head]].
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** In "Dinner Party", poor Clarence touches fiberglass thinking it was cotton candy and his hand gets all swollen while he yells in pain.
** In "Rise and Shine", when Clarence encountered a very hungry, very angry, mountain lion in his back yard. The way the police man talked about a previous mountain lion attack moments before certainly didn't help.
** "In Puddle Eyes", Clarence running around the playground (and later the school) unsupervised while he's blinded by mud. The fact that he could have accidentally run into the road and gotten hit made the scene hard for people to watch.
*** Also Clarence imagining skin growing over his eyes.
** Jeff's freakouts and creepy behaviour towards girls can be this for some viewers.

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** * In "Dinner Party", poor Clarence touches fiberglass thinking it was cotton candy and his hand gets all swollen while he yells in pain.
** * In "Rise and Shine", when Clarence encountered a very hungry, very angry, mountain lion in his back yard. The way the police man talked about a previous mountain lion attack moments before certainly didn't help.
** "In Puddle * In "Puddle Eyes", Clarence running around the playground (and later the school) unsupervised while he's blinded by mud. The fact that he could have accidentally run into the road and gotten hit made the scene hard for people to watch.
*** ** Also Clarence imagining skin growing over his eyes.
** * Jeff's freakouts and creepy behaviour towards girls can be this for some viewers.
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** In "Dinner Party", poor Clarence touches fiberglass thinking it was cotton candy and his hand gets all swollen while he yells in pain.
** In "Rise and Shine", when Clarence encountered a very hungry, very angry, mountain lion in his back yard. The way the police man talked about a previous mountain lion attack moments before certainly didn't help.
** "In Puddle Eyes", Clarence running around the playground (and later the school) unsupervised while he's blinded by mud. The fact that he could have accidentally run into the road and gotten hit made the scene hard for people to watch.
*** Also Clarence imagining skin growing over his eyes.
** Jeff's freakouts and creepy behaviour towards girls can be this for some viewers.

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