History WesternAnimation / Clarence

From former ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' storyboard artist and [=CalArts=] grad Skyler Page comes this Creator/CartoonNetwork original about the SliceOfLife antics of a bunch of elementary school-aged kids from the suburbs of Aberdale, focusing mainly on the chubby, perpetually optimistic and endearingly awkward C
The series marks an interesting change of pace for the network. In contrast to the wild, surreal shows Cartoon Network has in its post-CN Real/"New Thursdays" days (''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', and often involving his two best friends, neurotic goody-goody Jeff and mischief-maker Sumo.

The series marks an interesting change of pace for the network. In contrast to the wild, surreal shows Cartoon Network has in its post-CN Real/"New Thursdays" days (''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUnilarence, and often involving his two best friends, neurotic goody-goody Jeff and mischief-maker Sumo.

From former ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' storyboard artist and [=CalArts=] grad Skyler Page comes this Creator/CartoonNetwork original about the SliceOfLife antics of a bunch of elementary school-aged kids from the suburbs of Aberdale, focusing mainly on the chubby, perpetually optimistic and endearingly awkward Clarence, and often involving his two best friends, neurotic goody-goody Jeff and mischief-maker Sumo.

The series marks an interesting change of pace for the network. In contrast to the wild, surreal shows Cartoon Network has in its post-CN Real/"New Thursdays" days (''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', and of course ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''), ''Clarence'' is more down-to-Earth, culling humor from real-world situations, mostly those associated with the little things experienced in childhood (mostly school-related) and only delves into surreality because the protagonist is a child with an overactive imagination and a bizarre perspective on the world. Think of this series as a throwback to those mid-to-late 1990s kids' cartoons that showed kids going to school and having more realistic adventures, often learning a life lesson in the process[[labelnote:e.g.]]''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Detention}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', etc[[/labelnote]].

* ABoyAndHisX:
** "Chimney": Clarence takes in a stray dog.
** "Boy Bird Man": Sumo has a pet roadrunner he names Hot Sauce.

*** Adding to this, one of the men comes back in "Hairence" as a hairdresser.

* IdiotHoudini: Clarence and Sumo regularly commit crimes without realizing it and get no punishment. Semi-justified because they're children and they probably don't know any better. Still.

It was announced in April 2017 that [[http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/clarence-ending-no-season-four-cartoon-network-tv-series/ Clarence will end on its third season]], with episodes continuing into 2018. The final episodes aired on June 24, 2018.

It was announced in April 2017 that [[http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/clarence-ending-no-season-four-cartoon-network-tv-series/ Clarence will end on its third season]], with episodes continuing into 2018.

* IdiotHoudini: Clarence and Sumo regularly commit crimes without realizing it and get no punishment. Semi-justified because they're children and they probably don't know any better.

* SlipperySwimsuit: In "Pool's Out For Summer", Sumo once lost his swim trunks after jumping off the diving board. This time he brought suspenders, and made the jump perfectly, but when he attempts to jump off the ''big'' diving board, the suspenders get tangled on it and he lies hanging over the pool. With no other resource, he simply takes off his pants and jumps completely naked.

* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall Wirt and Greg]] make a brief appearance in "Lil Buddy". [[spoiler: If one looks closely, their silhouettes are seen in the background.]]

* In "Belson Has a Girlfriend", Clarence tries to make Belson and his girlfriend eat a slice of pizza together like this.

* ShowWithinAShow: Cartoon sci-fi legal procedural ''Supreme Court Squad Extreme'', supporting a [[MerchandiseDriven toyline]].

* '''RealityEnsues''': The show utilizes this trope to maximum effect in order to subvert all the cliched premises, tropes, and character types seen in children's slice-of-life shows.

The series marks an interesting change of pace for the network. In contrast to the wild, surreal shows Cartoon Network has in its post-CN Real/"New Thursdays" days (''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', and of course ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''), ''Clarence'' is more down-to-Earth, culling humor from real-world situations, mostly those associated with the little things experienced in childhood (mostly school-related) and only delves into surreality because the protagonist is a child with an overactive imagination and a bizarre perspective on the world. Think of this series as a throwback to those mid-to-late 1990s kids' cartoons that showed kids going to school and having more realistic adventures, often learning a life lesson in the process[[labelnote:i.e.]]''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Detention}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', etc[[/labelnote]].

** Surprisingly, Clarence has one: Don't mess with his recess or Seeing or being near Sumo if he’s on one of his rather aggressive mode.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In "Lil Buddy", Clarence became an even bigger deliquent than usual all because he missed one recess. Yes he did bad things before but that was from child ignorance. In "Lil Buddy", he purposely brought a skunk to school, tore down the school's sign and punched Belson and Dustin.

** Samuel is for "Pools Out for Summer".

* HalloweenEpisode: "Spooky Boo"

** Clarence's interactions with Jeff and Sumo are sometimes this.

** In "The Big Petey Pizza Problem", Belson remarks that he doesn't like bowling while playing a penguin bowling '''video game''' on his Game Boy.

*** Adding to this, one of the men comes back in "Hairence" as a hairdresser.

** Well Clarence is clarence se To this, especially from time to time with mostly Jeff, Belson, and Sumo. Well almost though.

It was announced in April 2017 that [[http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/clarence-ending-no-season-four-cartoon-network-tv-series/ Clarence will end on its third season]] though episodes will continue into 2018.

** Surprisingly, Clarence has one: Don't mess with his recess.

** Cartoon Network Latin America initially banned the episode "Neighborhood Grill" because of the scene where a man thought to be Ms. Baker's date turns out to be a gay man waiting for his date until January 2016. When it finally aired, that scene was cut.

* ColdOpen: "Lil Buddy" has one where Clarence brings his doll to show and tell. This is deleted in repeats of the episode where it is the second short in a half-hour slot.

* CringeComedy: Clarence often says or does embarrassing things in public, but like any young kid is far too immature to even notice.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In the second episode, Clarence and Amy are looking up pictures of an erratic, and Clarence being the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, is fascinated by it. His reaction is much further than a TV-PG rating should allow. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Not to mention that he soon says he has to pee from it.]] Along with what erratic is one tongue slip away from.
** In the same episode, Belson, Percy and Nathan mention several times that Clarence and Amy are probably going to make out because they are together, however, they don't seem to know what the term actually means.
** From "Dinner Party":
-->'''Jeff''': We can go explore Breehn's bedroom.
-->'''Sumo''': Or Breehn's ''parents''' bedroom.
** From "Dollar Hunt":
-->'''Clarence''': You're a cute little Dickins, aren't you? (referring to a piece of salami he decorated to look like a doll)
-->'''Chad''': [[MistakenForMasturbating Clarence, what'cha doin' in there, bud?]]
** In "Dream Boat", one of Sumo's older brothers excitedly takes the magazine Sumo was reading, only to be disappointed that it was about boats.
** "Average Jeff" got away with showing Mrs. Shoop reading a clear expy of ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' titled ''Tints of Brown''.
** "Jeff Wins" has two: a subtle one and a major one:
*** The subtle one:
--> '''Clarence:''' ... leave no ding-dongs un-dong-dinged!
** The major one: Jeff seemingly HasTwoMommies (though "Chimney" later confirmed this).
** Squirty's Moist Mountain Water Park in "Water Park".
** In "The Interrogation", Chelsea is seen reading a book which she mentions that the school nurse gave to her. The book is titled ''[[TheTalk Help!... Something's different!]]''
** In "Attack the Block Party", two teens Clarence befriends are all but outright stated to be stoners.
** In "Company Man", Clarence builds a small model city out of mailroom supplies and decides to call it "Brown Town."
** "Big Game" has EJ imply that she was betting on the titular game.

* TheGhost: Clarence's dog, Dennis. The character is mentioned several times and we even see their dog bowl and dog house on multiple occasions, but the dog itself is never present. Seems to have finally been averted in the season 2 episode "Dullance" when a yellow furred dog appears during the last few seconds of the episode, sleeping in what appears to be Clarence's room with a few action figures on its back. Only time will tell if this is actually Dennis, or if it was just meant to be a [[VisualPun visual joke for the phrase "Tired as a dog."]]

It was soon announced that [[http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/clarence-ending-no-season-four-cartoon-network-tv-series/ Clarence will end on its third season]] though episodes will continue into 2018.