History Heartwarming / Clarence

* The episode "Plant Daddies", has "[[https://soundcloud.com/simonpanrucker/hush-little-seedling-for-cartoon-networks-clarence?in=simonpanrucker/sets/song-from-clarence-season-2 Hush Little Seedling]]" and "[[https://soundcloud.com/simonpanrucker/grown-to-love-you-for-cartoon-networks-clarence?in=simonpanrucker/sets/song-from-clarence-season-2 Grown to Love You]]". Despite being parodies of "Baby Mine" from ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' and "The Rose" by Music/BetteMidler, they're both soft and sweet songs about Sumo growing to love a plant he and Clarence had to care for class.

* Clarence's entire character in "Capture The Flag" is pretty adorable, with him freeing everyone from their Jail, and then he gives juice and water balloon freedom to everyone after he stops [[spoiler: Sumo]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Alright, guys, take it easy, you're gonna break my head."[[note]]Upon all hell they go through, they're still TrueCompanions, sticking together through thick and thin.[[/note]]]]

* In "Neighborhood Grill", Mrs. Baker, Clarence's teacher, is waiting for a blind date at the same restaurant as him. A handsome man walks in through the door, and she clearly thinks it's him. He then looks at her, shakes his head, and talks to the waiter... to then have another man walking straight up to him. The two then kiss each other on the cheek and go to their table. There's no big deal made of it (aside from a little joke with a song whose lyrics say "love is love, lovely love"), Mrs. Baker even states "well, that's good", and this is in a Cartoon Network children's show[[note]]Although ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' had two characters who acted like a gay couple, that was mostly PlayedForLaughs and the fact that they were a couple was mostly {{fanon}} speculation, even though Creator/RobPaulsen and Creator/MarkHamill pretty much implied that the fact that Larry and Tuddrussel acted like a gay couple was more-or-less Dave Wasson's intention[[/note]]. It also becomes a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the show and the channel, for showing a realistic gay couple, similar to what happened with ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}''.

** The fact that, like "Neighborhood Grill", they show a same-sex couple that's well-adjusted, are semi-recurring characters (they're Jeff's parents), and not the subject of some VerySpecialEpisode about homophobia or tolerance and acceptance of people different than you. Also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the show's staff, who are breaking down a common barrier seen in a lot of American entertainment (read: showing gays and lesbians as being equal to heterosexuals and not making a big deal of their sexuality).

* "Chad And The Marathon". Despite only running 2 miles of the half marathon, Clarence, Mary and generally the whole town come out to cheer for him. Even when he finishes dead last, and several hours into the night.

* The episode "Plant Daddies", has "[[https://soundcloud.com/simonpanrucker/hush-little-seedling-for-cartoon-networks-clarence?in=simonpanrucker/sets/song-from-clarence-season-2 Hush Little Seedling]]" and "[[https://soundcloud.com/simonpanrucker/grown-to-love-you-for-cartoon-networks-clarence?in=simonpanrucker/sets/song-from-clarence-season-2 Grown to Love You]]". Despite being parodies of "Baby Mine" from ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' and "The Rose" by Bette Midler, they're both soft and sweet songs about Sumo growing to love a plant he and Clarence had to care for class.

* In "Neighborhood Grill", Mrs. Baker, Clarence's teacher, is waiting for a blind date at the same restaurant as him. A handsome man walks in through the door, and she clearly thinks it's him. He then looks at her, shakes his head, and talks to the waiter... to then have another man walking straight up to him. The two then kiss each other on the cheek and go to their table. There's no big deal made of it (aside from a little joke with a song whose lyrics say "love is love, lovely love"), Mrs. Baker even states "well, that's good", and this is in a Cartoon Network children's show[[note]]Although ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' had two characters who acted like a gay couple, that was mostly PlayedForLaughs and the fact that they were a couple was mostly {{fanon}} speculation, even though RobPaulsen and MarkHamill pretty much implied that the fact that Larry and Tuddrussel acted like a gay couple was more-or-less Dave Wasson's intention[[/note]]. It also becomes a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the show and the channel, for showing a realistic gay couple, similar to what happened with ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}''.