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* DuelingShows: Both this show and ''Series/{{Blossom}}'' have often been compared. Both shows began in 1991, and both shows had a young teenage actress in the lead role.
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** The first season got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. Though 35 episodes from the first four seasons did appear on [=iTunes=], no DVD set was ever released for the fifth season.

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** The first season got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Platform/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. Though 35 episodes from the first four seasons did appear on [=iTunes=], no DVD set was ever released for the fifth season.
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* EditedForSyndication: After the show's initial broadcast, the first season opening was replaced with the second season's.

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* EditedForSyndication: After the show's first season's initial broadcast, the first season its opening was replaced with the second season's.season's for all subsequent releases.
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* EditedForSyndication: After the show's initial broadcast, the first season opening was replaced with the second season's.
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* DuelingDubs: The series was dubbed into Italian twice. The first aired on Junior TV in the early '90s, while the second ran on Creator/{{RAI}}'s [=RaiSat=] subsidiary towards the end of the decade.
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* NewbieBoom:
** It aired on Noggin for a few years during the TurnOfTheMillennium, giving the younger generations more time to catch the series.
** Creator/ParamountPlus has made the show easily accessible for the first time in many years, creating a wealth of interest and new fans.
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** It aired on Noggin for a few years during the TurnOfTheMillennium, giving the younger generations more time to catch the series

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** It aired on Noggin for a few years during the TurnOfTheMillennium, giving the younger generations more time to catch the seriesseries.
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Not a trivia trope.


* MarketBasedTitle and CharacterTitle: In some markets, the show is just shortened to ''Clarissa''.
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* TheOtherMarty: In the original pilot, Marshall & Janet Darling were respectively played by Terry Layman and Nancy Youngblut, while Sam was played by Daren E. Higgins. For the series, they were respectively replaced by Joe O'Connor, Elizabeth Hess and Sean O'Neil, while Youngblut appeared as guidance counselor Mrs. Cheesebrow.

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* TheOtherMarty: In the original pilot, Marshall & Janet Darling were respectively played by Terry Layman and Nancy Youngblut, Youngblut[[note]]who would later appear as guidance counselor Mrs. Cheesebrow[[/note]], while Sam was played by Daren E. Higgins. For the series, they the roles were respectively replaced by recast with Joe O'Connor, Elizabeth Hess and Sean O'Neil, while Youngblut appeared as guidance counselor Mrs. Cheesebrow.O'Neil.

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* NewbieBoom:
** It aired on Noggin for a few years during the TurnOfTheMillennium, giving the younger generations more time to catch the series
** Creator/ParamountPlus has made the show easily accessible for the first time in many years, creating a wealth of interest and new fans.
* TheOtherMarty: In the original pilot, Marshall & Janet Darling were respectively played by Terry Layman and Nancy Youngblut, while Sam was played by Daren E. Higgins. For the series, they were respectively replaced by Joe O'Connor, Elizabeth Hess and Sean O'Neil, while Youngblut appeared as guidance counselor Mrs. Cheesebrow.



* TheOtherDarrin: In the original pilot, Marshall & Janet Darling were respectively played by Terry Layman & Nancy Youngblut (She also appeared in the episode "Misguidance Counselor"); Sam was played by Daren E. Higgins.


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** Nickelodeon announced a reboot of the series in 2018 with Hart reprising her role as the title character, but the project was scrapped before production began.
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** The first season got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has 35 episodes, all from the first four seasons. All but two episodes of the series have since been made available on Creator/ParamountPlus.

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** The first season got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has Though 35 episodes, all episodes from the first four seasons. All but two episodes of seasons did appear on [=iTunes=], no DVD set was ever released for the series have since been made available on Creator/ParamountPlus.fifth season.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The first season got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has 35 episodes, all from the first four seasons. As of 2021, all but two episodes of the series are available on Creator/ParamountPlus.

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The first season got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has 35 episodes, all from the first four seasons. As of 2021, all All but two episodes of the series are have since been made available on Creator/ParamountPlus.
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** ''This Is What "Na-Na" Means'', credited to [[FakeBand Clarissa and the Straightjackets]], was a 1994 tie-in album with the premise of Clarissa Darling fronting a teenage garage band, and featured a mix of original, AlternativeRock style {{Image Song}}s for Clarissa sung by Melissa Joan Hart, and short skits presented as phone calls to the listener and/or StudioChatter between Clarissa and her fictional bandmates. It was released on CD and cassette but never reached streaming outside of a fan upload to youtube.

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** ''This Is What "Na-Na" Means'', credited to [[FakeBand Clarissa and the Straightjackets]], was a 1994 tie-in album with the premise of Clarissa Darling fronting a teenage garage band, and featured a mix of original, original AlternativeRock style {{Image Song}}s for Clarissa sung by Melissa Joan Hart, Hart and short skits presented (presented as phone calls to the listener and/or StudioChatter between Clarissa and her fictional bandmates.bandmates). It was released on CD and cassette but never reached streaming outside of a fan upload to youtube.
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** ''This Is What "Na-Na" Means'', credited to Clarissa and the Straightjackets, was a tie-in album with the premise of Clarissa Darling fronting a teenage garage band, and featured a mix of original, AlternativeRock style {{Image Song}}s for Clarissa sung by Melissa Joan Hart, and short skits presented as phone calls to the listener and/or StudioChatter between Clarissa and her fictional bandmates. It was released on CD and cassette but never reached streaming outside of a fan upload to youtube.

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** ''This Is What "Na-Na" Means'', credited to [[FakeBand Clarissa and the Straightjackets, Straightjackets]], was a 1994 tie-in album with the premise of Clarissa Darling fronting a teenage garage band, and featured a mix of original, AlternativeRock style {{Image Song}}s for Clarissa sung by Melissa Joan Hart, and short skits presented as phone calls to the listener and/or StudioChatter between Clarissa and her fictional bandmates. It was released on CD and cassette but never reached streaming outside of a fan upload to youtube.
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** ''This Is What "Na-Na" Means'', credited to Clarissa and the Straightjackets, was a tie-in album with the premise of Clarissa Darling fronting a teenage garage band, and featured a mix of original, AlternativeRock style {{Image Song}}s for Clarissa sung by Melissa Joan Hart, and short skits presented as phone calls to the listener and/or StudioChatter between Clarissa and her fictional bandmates. It was released on CD and cassette but never reached streaming, outside of a fan upload to youtube.

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** ''This Is What "Na-Na" Means'', credited to Clarissa and the Straightjackets, was a tie-in album with the premise of Clarissa Darling fronting a teenage garage band, and featured a mix of original, AlternativeRock style {{Image Song}}s for Clarissa sung by Melissa Joan Hart, and short skits presented as phone calls to the listener and/or StudioChatter between Clarissa and her fictional bandmates. It was released on CD and cassette but never reached streaming, streaming outside of a fan upload to youtube.
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** ''This Is What "Na-Na" Means'', credited to Clarissa and the Straightjackets, was a tie-in album with the premise of Clarissa Darling fronting a teenage garage band, and featured a mix of original, AlternativeRock style {{Image Song}}s for Clarissa sung by Melissa Joan Hart, and short skits presented as phone calls to the listener and/or StudioChatter between Clarissa and her fictional bandmates. It was released on CD and cassette but never reached streaming, outside of a fan upload to youtube.
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* FakeAmerican: Though the show is set in America, Janet Darling is played by Canadian-born Elizabeth Hess.
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* LateExportForYou: The show didn't reach Japan until 1998, when it aired on Nickelodeon.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Season one got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has 35 episodes, all from the first four seasons. As of 2021, all but two episodes of the series are available on Creator/ParamountPlus.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Season one The first season got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has 35 episodes, all from the first four seasons. As of 2021, all but two episodes of the series are available on Creator/ParamountPlus.


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* MissingEpisode: The second season episodes "Sam in Love" and "Total TV" are missing from Creator/ParamountPlus.
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* ActorInspiredElement: During her audition for the show, creator Mitchell Friedman asked Melissa Joan Hart whether she liked Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. She responded that she hated them and preferred quirky alt rock bands like Music/TheyMightBeGiants instead, and Friedman decided to utilize several of Hart's own personal tastes to inform the character.

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* ActorInspiredElement: During her audition for the show, creator Mitchell Friedman Kriegman asked Melissa Joan Hart whether she liked Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. She responded that she hated them and preferred quirky alt rock bands like Music/TheyMightBeGiants instead, and Friedman Kriegman decided to utilize several of Hart's own personal tastes to inform the character.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Season one got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has 35 episodes, all from the first four seasons.
** As of 2021, all but two episodes of the series are available on Creator/ParamountPlus.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Season one got a DVD release and is even popular enough that 7 episodes of it are on UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork's Playstation Store. The other 4 seasons? Not so much. [=iTunes=] only has 35 episodes, all from the first four seasons.
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seasons. As of 2021, all but two episodes of the series are available on Creator/ParamountPlus.
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* ActorInspiredElement: During her audition for the show, creator Mitchell Friedman asked Melissa Joan Hart whether she like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. She responded that she hated them and preferred quirky alt rock bands like Music/TheyMightBeGiants instead, and Friedman decided to utilize several of Hart's own personal tastes to inform the character.

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* ActorInspiredElement: During her audition for the show, creator Mitchell Friedman asked Melissa Joan Hart whether she like liked Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. She responded that she hated them and preferred quirky alt rock bands like Music/TheyMightBeGiants instead, and Friedman decided to utilize several of Hart's own personal tastes to inform the character.
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* ActorInspiredElement: During her audition for the show, creator Mitchell Friedman asked Melissa Joan Hart whether she like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock; She responded that she hated them and preferred quirky alt rock bands like Music/TheyMightBeGiants instead, and Friedman decided to utilize several of Hart's own personal tastes to inform the character.

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* ActorInspiredElement: During her audition for the show, creator Mitchell Friedman asked Melissa Joan Hart whether she like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock; Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. She responded that she hated them and preferred quirky alt rock bands like Music/TheyMightBeGiants instead, and Friedman decided to utilize several of Hart's own personal tastes to inform the character.

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