History Recap / CloneHighS1E12MakeoverMakeoverMakeoverTheMakeoverEpisode

* HahvahdYahdInMyCah: JFK's first step in turning Gandhi into GFK. "Fawuh suppah, I, er uh, want a pahty platta!"

--> '''Abe:''' Joan, you know the expression "Prom is the most important event of your life"? [...] Well, now you do! You wanna be president, Joan? Then you'd better go to prom [[InsaneTrollLogic 'cause they all sure did!]]

** And the Creator/BennyHill chase when JFK notices Cleo and Joan's pillow fight.
--->'''JFK:''' Holy Toledo! They’re fighting in their skivvies!

** When Gandhi tries to ask out Eva Peròn, she bludgeons him with a cross and exclaims [[Theater/{{Evita}} "You keep your distance!"]]

In part one of the show's two-part season finale, Clone High is preparing for prom season, with every guy going out of their way to make a spectacular "promposal." But while Cleo is dogging Abe for her's, Abe is concerned about his best friend Joan's inability to get her own date and sets about dolling her up to attract the perfect guy, still blissfully unaware that Joan is in love with him. Meanwhile, JFK, in a bet with [[ItMakesSenseInContext his own reflection]], takes Ghandi under his wing to turn him into a stone-cold ladies man and Principal Scudworth spirals into a deep depression after a call from his own high school rival, John Stamos.

* BeYourself: What Ghandi eventually realizes when he sees that his "GFK" persona is turning him into something he's not. Joan, meanwhile, doesn't want to be made over, but doesn't mind as soon as Abe says she looks good.
* BriefAccentImitation: Ghandi takes on JFK's HollywoodNewEngland (and his [[DontExplainTheJoke terrible joke-explaining]]) when he becomes GFK.

* HahvahdYahdInMyCah: JFK's first step in turning Ghandi into GFK. "Fawuh suppah, I, er uh, want a pahty platta!"
* HistoricalInJoke: When Cathrine the Great turns down his prom invitation, Ghandi tells her to "get off [her] high horse!"[[note]]There is a long standing rumor that she died while fornicating with a horse.[[/note]]
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: JFK delivers several to Ghandi when trying to get his attention in the cafetorium.

--> '''Ghandi:''' ''[glancing around]'' [[SincerityMode Are you talkin' to me?]]
* HypocriticalHumor: JFK makes fun of Ghandi for talking to himself in the mirror... then immediately gets into an argument with his own reflection, kicking off the b-plot.
* IAmWhatIAm: When Ghandi sheds his GFK persona, he looks JFK square in the face and says, in his normal voice, "My name is Ghandi."

--> '''Ghandi:''' I just want someone to love, dry hump, leave and then brag about. Is that so wrong?

* OverlyLongGag: Ghandi pulling out about ten socks from his crotch when he drops the GFK persona.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ghandi gives one to JFK.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Susan B. Anthony backs into a bathroom stall and tries to flush herself down the toilet when Ghandi asks her out. She later makes a second attempt after watching JFK argue with his reflection.

** The B-plot of JFK making Ghandi over into GFK is one to ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.
** When Ghandi tries to ask out Eva Peròn, she bludgeons him with a cross and exclaims [[Theater/{{Evita}} "You keep your distance!"]]

* SkywardScream: Courtesy of Ghandi when it becomes apparent that he'll be attending the prom...

-->'''JFK:''' Holy Toledo! They’re fighting in their skivvies!

* And the Creator/BennyHill chase when JFK notices Cleo and Joan's pillow fight.

-->"''Makeover, makeover''\
''Makeover, makeover''\
''Makeover, makeover''\

--> '''Joan''' (crying): I don't wanna be beautiful, Abe! I just want ''you''!
--> '''Abe''': ...to get you a prom date, I know!

--> '''JFK''': Hey you! Half-pint! Junior mint! Pipsqueak! Tiny Tim! Yardstick! Snak Pac! Wee fella! Brown leprechaun!
--> '''Ghandi''' (glancing around): [[SincerityMode Are you talkin' to me?]]

--> '''Ghandi''': I just want someone to love, dry hump, leave and then brag about. Is that so wrong?

--> '''Abe''': "Joan, you know the expression 'Prom is the most important event of your life'?? [...] Well now you do! You wanna be president, Joan? Then you'd better go to prom [[InsaneTrollLogic cuz they all sure did!]]"

** The b-plot of JFK making Ghandi over into GFK is one to ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

* SkywardScream: Courtesy of Ghandi when it becomes apparent that he'll be attending the prom... '''''STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG!!!'''''

-->"Two words: ''bo-ring!''"
-->(AsideGlance from Cleo)

'''Original Air Date:''' February 3rd, 2003

** "Are you thinking what I'm thinking? ''Makeover!''[[note]]'''Joan''': Suicide![[/note]]

!!"Are you thinking what I'm thinking? ''Tope edits!''":

* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: DoubleSubverted. JFK making a bet with his own reflection just seems like him being a pompous idiot until the punchline reveals that, yes, his reflection really does have a mind of it's own.

* BettyAndVeronica: Comes to a head in this episode where Abe is so obsessed with getting Joan a date ''and'' inviting Cleo to the prom that he becomes unsure of which girl he loves and which girl he really has feelings for.

In part one of the show's two-part season finale, Clone High is preparing for prom season, with every guy going out of their way to make a spectacular "promposal." But while Cleo is dogging Abe for her's, Abe is concerned about his best friend Joan's inability to get her own date and sets about dolling her up to attract the perfect guy, still blissfully unaware that Joan is in love with him. Meanwhile, JFK, in a bet with his own reflection, takes Ghandi under his wing to turn him into a stone-cold ladies man and Principal Scudworth spirals into a deep depression after a call from his own high school rival, John Stamos.

"''...for you and meeeeeeee!''"

!!"''Trope edits, trope edits, trope edits, trope edits... for you and me!''":

* UnnecessaryMakeover: All of them.

!!Tropes present in this episode:

--> ''Ghandi''' (glancing around): [[SincerityMode Are you talkin' to me?]]

--> '''Ghandi'': I just want someone to love, dry hump, leave and then brag about. Is that so wrong?

-->"Two words: ''bo-ring!''

* IAmWhoIAm: When Ghandi sheds his GFK persona, he looks JFK square in the face and says, in his normal voice, "My name is Ghandi."

* BeYourself: What Ghandi eventually realizes when he sees that his "GFK" persona is turning him into something he's not.
* BriefAccentImmitation: Ghandi takes on JFK's HollywoodNewEngland when he becomes GFK.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: While still played for laughs, Abe being totally unperceptive to Joan's feelings is gradually taken more seriously from this episode on.

-->(AsideGlance from Cleo)

--> '''Abe''': "Joan, you know the expression 'Prom is the most important event of your life'??"

** InUniverse, Scudworth claims that he was inspired to create Cloney Island after seeing ''Film/JurasicParkIII''.
* TemptingFate: As Mr. B points out, Scudworth probably shouldn't be making a documentary about his top-secret plans for the clones. [[spoiler:Indeed, it winds up in the hands of the Board of Shadowy Figures, who set out to seal the clones away from him and kill him.]]

** When Ghandi tries to ask out Eva Peròn, she bludgeons him with a cross and exclaims [[Theater/{{Evita}} "You keep your distance!"]]

* SeriousBusiness: Promposals. If you want a date for the prom, you ''have'' to make one, and it has to be perfect, even if your date is already your significant other. As is the case with most unwritten laws of high school, it just is... because.