History Characters / ClarenceMainCharacters

* {{Expy}}: To [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Richard Watterson]].
* FatIdiot: A chubby {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* FatSlob
* KavorkaMan: The dude looks like a giant ape in a tank top (or what happens when you combine Homer Simpson from ''The Simpsons'' with Greg from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''). And he is somehow dating Clarence's mom, who doesn't look like a, well, ape.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Eric Edelstein

* AmbiguouslyBrown: It may be due to his tan or his natural skin color or even both.

* TheChick

* VomitDiscretion: It is revealed in the episode "Plane Excited" that she suffers from airsickness.

* KavorkaMan: The dude looks like a giant ape in a tank top (or what happens when you combine Homer Simpson from ''The Simpsons'' with Greg from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. And he is somehow dating Clarence's mom, who doesn't look like a, well, ape.

* OneOfTheKids: Gets along great with Clarence and his friends. In the episode "Dinner Party", he opts out of socializing with the grown-up's at a dinner party hosted by Breehn's parents, and instead joins in on an adventure with the kids in the attic.

[-[[Characters/{{Clarence}} Index]] | [[Characters/ClarenceMainTrio The Main Trio]] | ''' Main Characters ''' | [[Characters/ClarenceSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/ClarenceKids Kids]] | [[Characters/ClarenceOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]

* BumblingDad: Although not Clarence's biological dad, for sure he still counts.

Clarence's mom's slobbish, but amiable live-in boyfriend. Acts as a father figure to Clarence.

* CloudCuckooLander: Chad can be rather spacey.

* FatSlob: Subverted. A bit close to Homer Simpson's type.
* KavorkaMan: The dude looks like a giant ape in a tank top (or what happens when you combine Homer Simpson with Greg from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''[[note]]who already looks like a mix between Homer Simpson and Carl from ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''[[/note]]). And he is somehow dating Clarence's mom, who doesn't look like a, well, ape.

%%* PermaStubble

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* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Speaks with a Jersey-ish inflection, though sometimes sounds like a JewishMother.

* OneOfTheKids: Gets along great with Clarence and his friends. In the episode "Dinner Party", he opts out of socializing with the grown-up's at a dinner party hosted by Breehn's parents and joins in on an adventure with the kids in the attic.

* OneOfTheKids: Gets along great with Clarence and his friends. In the episode "Dinner Party", he joins in on an adventure with the kids in the attic of Breehn's house and opts out of socializing with the grown-ups at the dinner table.

* OneOfTheKids: Gets along great with Clarence and his friends.

[[folder:Clarence Wendle]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Skyler Page (season one), Spencer Rothbell [[note]](parts of "The Forgotten", "Patients", and "Bedside Manners"; full-time starting with "Goldfish Follies")[[/note]], Nick Pitera (singing voice, "Jeff Wins"), Creator/TomKenny (superhero Clarence, "Goldfish Follies")

The titular, happy-go-lucky main character of the series.

* AffectionateNickname: Chad tends to call Clarence "Buddy".
* AllLovingHero: A more lighthearted version of this trope. He makes friends with everyone, from obvious jerks like Belson to the OddFriendship he struck up with Old Clarence in "Neighborhood Grill." Matches with FriendToAllLivingThings listed below, and exemplified in "Zoo" when he explains to Belson that "everything is like a baby dolphin to me."
* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have slight mental retardation and/or ADHD.
* BerserkButton: Despite his gentle demeanor, don't mess with Clarence's recess.
* 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 based on ignorance.
* BigFun: A chubby little ball of fun.
* CannotKeepASecret: Has trouble keeping Jeff's secret in "Jeff's secret". However 'trouble' in this case means that things keep getting in the way of him blurting it out for everyone to hear. He calls his mom and says he should be able to tell the secret if he wants to, and rather than listen to his mom telling him to respect Jeff's wishes he tries to arrange circumstances so he can tell it in a way that it won't be made a big deal.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Naive and trusting.
* {{Crossdresser}}:
** Briefly, in "Clarence Gets a Girlfriend".
** He dresses as a stereotypical Eighties girl in "Belson's Sleepover" to lure Belson out of hiding.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: From sending written invitations before introducing himself to being asked to shave another kid's head to cracking open a piñata filled with bees, it's safe to say that Clarence has strange ideas about making friends and having fun.
* TheDitz: He’s not very bright at all.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: He hates the new "Cinnamon Ranch" sauce, so much that he basically [[spoiler:writes an elaborate FanFic how the stuff brainwashes anyone who eats it and mutates them into alien chickens.]]
* EasilyImpressed: Clarence goes out of his way to find marvel in everything. Even the unappealing activity of trash disposal.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Clarence's speech pattern falls into this.
* FanDisservice: Clarence gets the most amount of shirtless scenes as well as scenes of him being pantsless also includes having his buttcrack shown from almost time to time in nearly every episode.
* FatIdiot: He's obese and stupid.
* {{Flanderization}}: However with him being naive and clueless was always his sole deeming personality, but however in early episodes had him personally went from being a rather naive imaginative child with few sets of standards, however overtime his rather naivety became over exaggerated in later episodes of the second half of first season (depending on the writer where he became ostensibly stupid plus often becomes over saturated with KarmaHoudini, where he gets into trouble-making, especially with Sumo as sole subject and often get away without facing any consequences or some type of punishment to start with.
* {{Foil}}: Clarence to Belson. Both have mothers who care about them but where as Belson's mother lets him get away with everything and is a pushover Mary is sweet but stern with Clarence. They both also have missing fathers though Clarence's dad is out of the picture for unknown reasons (implied to be divorce) he has a "Chad" to replace him while Belsons dad isn't around only because of work and has no fraternal substitute. He is also an optimist who loves everything while Belson is a pessimist who wants to see others bellow him.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: In "Rise and Shine", he feeds the raccoons in the neighborhood, and tries to help a mountain lion to escape from a park ranger's tranquilizer gun. In "Pretty Great Day With a Girl", he's greeting every dog in the neighborhood as he passes by.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego.
* FunPersonified: Everything about the kid screams "Good times."
* {{Gasshole}}: Oddly enough, Clarence can be like this whether if its implied or intentional, in "Nature Clarence", he accidentally slipped one while landing Joshua while falling off while trying to rescue Joshua from the cliff, but he did ''Right On his nose'', and in "Detention", he ripped a very huge one in class in order to get into detention. While he did one in "The Breakup", "The Boxcurse Children", and "Freedom Cactus".
* HeroicBSOD: Clarence has one when he misses recess and "kills" his Lil Buddy doll. This results in [[spoiler: virtually changing everything in his life and becoming even more of a juvenile delinquent than he was before]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sumo.
* IdiotHoudini / KarmaHoudini: He became like this as whenever he appears in episodes to where accidents are likely to happened, He moreover pays no attention to it nor receive any punishment.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He'll usually receives it depending on what episode may had occur to his plans and intentions being backfired.
* NiceGuy: A stand out example. He doesn't seem to have a bad bone in his body.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He likes to stand real close to people.
* ProtagonistTitle: "Clarence" is the series' title and his name is "Clarence".
* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:To Sumo and Chelsea, after they kissed in "Too Gross For Comfort".]]
* ShirtlessScene: Takes off his shirt a lot, and he's shown to have a shirt tanline.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rough Riders Chicken.
* TwoFirstNames: Either "Clarence" or "Wendle" can be used as a first name.
* WideEyedIdealist: Always sees the positives in everything.
* WouldHitAGirl: In "Slumber Party" he punched Malessica a bunch of times, but it was intended to be in a playful way (but still a little too hard).

[[folder:Jeffrey "Jeff" Randell]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Sean Giambrone

One of Clarence's best friends. He is very uptight.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: "Detention" sees Jeff immediately abuse his power as hall monitor upon his induction as he allows the kids in detention to throw a massive party.
* {{Adorkable}}: On his better days.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He's most likely obsessive-compulsive, but it's never stated.
* BerserkButton:
** Don't ever steal Jeff's fries.
** Don't break his toys or take them out of the box.
** He doesn't like to be upstaged, as noted in "Breehn Ho", where Breehn is invited by Clarence and Sumo and in spite of playing poorly, Breehn becomes more popular, as compared to Jeff's anal-retentive nature. This also happens in "The Big Petey Pizza Problem", where Jeff and Gilben have the same birthday party at the bowling alley with Jeff resenting having to share a birthday with Gilben, and Jeff is unsympathetic to Clarence when they've run out of pizza. In addition, while Gilben has a bumper bowling lane, Jeff doesn't make things any better when he insists that they're going to be bowling strictly by the rules on an ordinary lane.
** And if things doesn't go by his way, he will react very badly. "Average Jeff" was a close example of this.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As usual, He's more well mannered than that of Clarence and Sumo, tends to give anyone respect, based on his intentions towards others, but if anything that comes against him, he will likely not be afriad to attack anyone if they try to prokove him at that point.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Sees himself as this but see below.
* EntitledBastard: Has a nasty habit of thinking he deserves things, such as a turn on Belson's new game system or being put in the advanced class.
* {{Expy}}: To [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Double D]].
* FreudianTrio: The Superego.
* {{Flanderization}}: Originally he went from being A OCD, yet a well intented boy with a few set of standards and morals to lay upon, to being borderline self-centered narcissistic, egotistic jerk, that would use Clarence as pawn just to being desperate to attention to all of the other kids, to whom they don't find him cool or that interesting at all. However in second and third season pretty much made him less of a jerk, sticking to his original roots of being moral to subjects, and had got used to Clarence and Sumo, based on their hijinks.
* HatesBeingTouched: Jeff is a ''huge'' germophobe and immediately disinfects himself after being touched.
* HasTwoMommies: Shown in "Jeff Wins" and outright stated in "Chimney" when he said his moms won't let him have a dog.
* IncrediblyLameFun: His ImagineSpot in "Man of the House" has him tying Clarence and Sumo up so he can clean the house.
* InsufferableGenius: A mild example. He is so prideful of his maturity and intelligence, that he grows flustered whenever someone else advances before him, like when Clarence has a girlfriend.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Jeff has a tendency to think about himself more than others.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jeff can be quite a control freak and selfish at times along with spouting some pretty hurtful things, but it's more than clear that he does care about Clarence and Sumo.
* NeatFreak: Due to being TerrifiedOfGerms.
* NervousWreck: Jeff is jumpy.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He willingly gets into some of Clarence and Sumo's schemes, and he's been directly responsible for a few of the trio's antics.
** A regular occurrence is for Jeff to end up acting much worse than Clarence or Sumo after spending the episode preaching against them.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: The usually clean and well-behaved Jeff has loosened up a bit in "Dinner Party", and he does not stop anyone from going into Breen's attic, and is actually intrigued by it (thinking Breen's parents might be hiding something). Perhaps even ''he'' finds the party boring.
* RealMenWearPink: Shows no embarrassment in wearing a pink apron in the kitchen or doing housework.
* SkewedPriorities: He's absolutely desperate for success in life, having once prioritised cleaning Clarence's eyes in ''Puddle Eyes'' just so the trio would have a chance at the vision bee, and receives a WhatTheHellHero moment from Ms Baker in ''Average Jeff'' for outright claiming that he wants his future to be better than those of his friends.
* TheSmartGuy: While Sumo is mostly quick and nimble, and Clarence being either strength, Jeff will serve as the brains of the trio.
* StealthPun: Jeff has a ''square'' head to match his square personality.
* SuperOCD: Jeff in a nutshell.
* TerrifiedOfGerms: He HatesBeingTouched because of his fear of germs.
* {{Tritagonist}}: Fills this role when playing StraightMan to Clarence and Sumo.
* VocalEvolution: His voice has started to crack and become deeper beginning in Season 2 due to his voice actor being in the middle of puberty. He still tries to speak in a higher resonant.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He's basically an uptight college student trapped in a body of a grade schooler.
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[[folder:Ryan "Sumo" Sumowski]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonMarsden (Pilot), Creator/TomKenny

Clarence's best friend. A bald, raspy-voiced kid who lives in a trailer with his large family.
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* AmazonChaser: Particularly has a crush on the tomboyish Chelsea [[note]] Only in "To Gross for Comfort" [[/note]] and in "Attack the Block Party" he finds himself entranced by something on TV that has bodybuilding surfer girl in it.
* BaldOfAwesome: He ''had'' hair, but had Clarence shave it off in the pilot episode and remains bald since then. Though he's still got some stubble on his dome.
* BerserkButton: Despite of yet crazy personality, he has a lot:
** Never try to mess with him or his friends.
** Or if you're like Joshua, never try to bother being around him, due to having a habit of putting harm upon him.
* BigEater: He'll even eat a dead frog.
* CharlieBrownBaldness: It's mostly stubble after he and Clarence shaved it off.
* CloudCuckooLander: When he and Clarence first meet, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike the first thing they do together is shave Sumo's head. And thus, a lifelong friendship is formed]].
* CuteButCacophonic: An adorable weirdo, with a voice akin to [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Zorak]], WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants if he was a chain smoker, or [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis]] before he became a gross pyromaniac.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Dream Boat" gives us a day in the life of Sumo.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Subverted; he's rarely called Ryan, not even by his teacher and parents.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Well, he is Clarence's best friend.
* FreudianTrio: The Id.
* {{Flanderization}}: He originally started off as well intentioned streetwise kid who had no particularity of being a troublemaker (depending on the episode) to becoming a borderline insane freak and a troublemaker who along with Clarence will go through all kinds of hell just the shill to start trouble with nearly everyone around, although his over exaggerated insane instincts was always his sole defining trait that he has until at least recently.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Clarence. (only to be determined)
* HotBlooded: He can match both Clarence's energy and Jeff's hotheadedness.
* {{Keet}}: This guy is ''full'' of energy.
* LargeHam: He loves to chew the scenery, occasionally literally.
%%* TheLancer
* LeParkour: He is incredibly agile, being able to effortlessly jump and flip off walls.
* MassivelyNumberedSiblings: One of ''twelve siblings''. 10 brothers and [[OutnumberedSibling 1 sister]].
* MotorMouth: He's a fast talker, and never shuts up.
* NoIndoorVoice: He yells a lot.
* NonindicativeName: Sumo sure is puny for someone with that name.
* OffModel: PlayedForLaughs [[note]] But adds as part of his Flanderization [[/note]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is Ryan, but everyone calls him "Sumo".
* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly. But with Jeff being a complete neurotic and Clarence coming off as naive, he's the closest thing to a voice of reason the trio has.
* RunningGag: He starts getting all [[OffModel weird looking]] whenever he gets distressed, frustrated, or sometimes even minding his own business.
* RunningOnAllFours: He'll do this occasionally.
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Kisses Chelsea in the heat of their argument.]]
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's a lot more clever and resourceful than his wacky behavior lets on. He's particularly snarky around Jeff when the latter's being an InsufferableGenius.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His last name varies between "Sumowski" and "Sumouski" in some episodes.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He and Clarence are closest in the trio since they both share the same interests in crazy and weird activities.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite of having a rather raspy voice of a older person only justifies this.
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[[folder:Mary Wendle]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Katie Crown

Clarence's mother.
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* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Speaks with a Jersey-ish inflection, though sometimes sounds like a JewishMother.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The blonde to E.J.'s brunette and Sue's redhead.
%%* TheChick
* CloserToEarth: She's the most grounded member of her family by far.
* GoodParents: Mary's rare combination of patience, stamina, humor and unconditional support make her the perfect parent for Clarence. Mary is a very loving and caring mother to her high-energy son, Clarence. She keeps him in check, however.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Although not as high and mighty as most examples, she's not as grounded as she first appeared. Such as ''immediately'' switching gears to spy on "Chalmers Santiago" with Clarence.
* ParentsAsPeople: She's a very accurate portrayal of a lower middle class single mother.
* ParentalObliviousness: Has a habit of not noticing what mischief Clarence is getting into.
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She likes to make and eat "Pizza Poppers" as seen in the "Pilot".
* TwoFirstNames: Either "Mary" or "Wendle" can be used as a first name.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The Hot Wife to Chad's Ugly Guy, despite that both aren't married yet.
* WomenAreWiser: Downplayed as she's still likely mess around with her son or boyfriend.
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[[folder:Charles "Chad" Caswell III]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Eric Edelstein

Clarence's mom's slobbish, but amiable live-in boyfriend. Acts as a father figure to Clarence.
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** And if things doesn't go by his way, he will react very badly. Average Jeff was a close example of this.

** Don't break his toys either.

[-[[Characters/{{Clarence}} Index]] | [[Characters/ClarenceMainTrio The Trio]] | ''' Main Characters ''' | [[Characters/ClarenceSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/ClarenceKids Kids]] | [[Characters/ClarenceOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]

[-[[Characters/{{Clarence}} Index]] | [[Character/ClarenceMainTrio The Trio]] | ''' Main Characters ''' | [[Characters/ClarenceSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/ClarenceKids Kids]] | [[Characters/ClarenceOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]

* TheLancer

* TheChick

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

* PermaStubble

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