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* LeFilmArtistique:
** Joan's entry in the film festival, a surreal film about her declaring her love for Abe. Heavy on the TrueArtIsIncomprehensible part.
** Let's not forget [[FreudWasRight Sigmund Freud subsequently down in front hopping up and down singing 'Haw-haw-haw-haw-haw, you love A-Abe, you love A-Abe!']]



* InadequateInheritor: A recurring theme. Few if any of the clones are able to live up to the superlative standards set by their predecessors, which they themselves are very much aware of, and are often shown stuggling to either live up to those standards or distinguish themselves from them.



* LeFilmArtistique:
** Joan's entry in the film festival, a surreal film about her declaring her love for Abe. Heavy on the TrueArtIsIncomprehensible part.
** Let's not forget [[FreudWasRight Sigmund Freud subsequently down in front hopping up and down singing 'Haw-haw-haw-haw-haw, you love A-Abe, you love A-Abe!']]

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Zig-zagged in the finale: [[spoiler: Abe decides to ask Cleo to the prom, leaving Joan alone and heartbroken. Joan then decides to go to prom with JFK, whom she had initially rejected, to make Abe jealous - [[GreenEyedMonster and it works.]] Abe begins to regret his choice but sticks it out with Cleo anyway, while Joan is left alone at the prom, as JFK is too busy with his other dates (Catherine the Great and the Brontë sisters) to spend time with her. Abe compliments Joan and begins to suggest a RelationshipUpgrade, but is interrupted by Cleo, to whom he decides to lose his virginity, once again crushing Joan. However, when Abe can't stop calling Cleo [[WrongNameOutburst by Joan's name]], he realizes that he's actually [[LoveEpiphany in love with Joan]], breaking Cleo's heart. At the same time, Joan bonds with JFK, who tells her that he likes her as she is, and that Abe doesn't deserve her if she has to change herself for him to notice her. This leads to Abe, Cleo, and Gandhi walking in on Joan and JFK [[CoitusInterruptus post-coitus]], just before being frozen and putting the entire plotline to a complete halt.]] The only people who come out the other side of prom in a better place are [[spoiler: Gandhi and Marie Curie, who have developed feelings for one another but decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait before dry humping for the first time.]]]]

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Zig-zagged in the Season 1 finale: [[spoiler: Abe decides to ask Cleo to the prom, leaving Joan alone and heartbroken. Joan then decides to go to prom with JFK, whom she had initially rejected, to make Abe jealous - [[GreenEyedMonster and it works.]] Abe begins to regret his choice but sticks it out with Cleo anyway, while Joan is left alone at the prom, as JFK is too busy with his other dates (Catherine the Great and the Brontë sisters) to spend time with her. Abe compliments Joan and begins to suggest a RelationshipUpgrade, but is interrupted by Cleo, to whom he decides to lose his virginity, once again crushing Joan. However, when Abe can't stop calling Cleo [[WrongNameOutburst by Joan's name]], he realizes that he's actually [[LoveEpiphany in love with Joan]], breaking Cleo's heart. At the same time, Joan bonds with JFK, who tells her that he likes her as she is, and that Abe doesn't deserve her if she has to change herself for him to notice her. This leads to Abe, Cleo, and Gandhi walking in on Joan and JFK [[CoitusInterruptus post-coitus]], just before being frozen and putting the entire plotline to a complete halt.]] The only people who come out the other side of prom in a better place are [[spoiler: Gandhi and Marie Curie, who have developed feelings for one another but decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait before dry humping for the first time.]]]]



* BackForTheFinale: All the celebrity guests that appeared throughout the series reappear in the finale. It's implied that they were somehow involved with the Board Of Shadowy Figures and their ultimate plan for the clones. What that plan was, we will probably never know...

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* BackForTheFinale: All the celebrity guests that appeared throughout the series reappear in the Season 1 finale. It's implied that they were somehow involved with the Board Of Shadowy Figures and their ultimate plan for the clones. What that plan was, we will probably never know...



* BeautifulAllAlong: Parodied and {{Deconstructed}} with Joan in the finale; she is given an UnnecessaryMakeover [[RuleOfThree three times over]], with the last one (done by [[AlphaBitch Cleo]]) being the most successful due to it being the most scantily clad. However, she hates the makeover and is still quite depressed over losing Abe, so she [[StepfordSmiler plasters on a fake smile and bubbly personality]] instead to cover it up. It's only at the end of the night, when she switches back to her normal clothes and personality, that [[TheCasanova JFK of all people]] drops the StockAesop on Joan that she is perfect as she is, and that if she needs to be someone else to get Abe to like her, he doesn't deserve her at all.
* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Mocked in the finale, along with UnnecessaryMakeover - to make Abe jealous, Joan begins playing the part of vapid and ditzy, including a [[CleavageWindow very revealing prom dress]], while at prom with JFK. While this does succeed in getting Abe to notice her, it makes her miserable and she still ends up spending the majority of the night alone. See BeautifulAllAlong below.

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* BeautifulAllAlong: Parodied and {{Deconstructed}} with Joan in the Season 1 finale; she is given an UnnecessaryMakeover [[RuleOfThree three times over]], with the last one (done by [[AlphaBitch Cleo]]) being the most successful due to it being the most scantily clad. However, she hates the makeover and is still quite depressed over losing Abe, so she [[StepfordSmiler plasters on a fake smile and bubbly personality]] instead to cover it up. It's only at the end of the night, when she switches back to her normal clothes and personality, that [[TheCasanova JFK of all people]] drops the StockAesop on Joan that she is perfect as she is, and that if she needs to be someone else to get Abe to like her, he doesn't deserve her at all.
* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Mocked in the Season 1 finale, along with UnnecessaryMakeover - to make Abe jealous, Joan begins playing the part of vapid and ditzy, including a [[CleavageWindow very revealing prom dress]], while at prom with JFK. While this does succeed in getting Abe to notice her, it makes her miserable and she still ends up spending the majority of the night alone. See BeautifulAllAlong below.



** When JFK [[NatureHero summons woodland creatures to help clean up litter]] in "Litter Kills Literally", [[KillerRabbit Geshy]] from "A Shot In the D'Arc" is among the animals that show up. Geshy is also seen hiding in the rafters during a "blink and you'll miss it" moment in the finale.
** In the finale, Skunky Poo and Crabby Cakes from "Plane Crazy" appears in a crowd scene.

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** When JFK [[NatureHero summons woodland creatures to help clean up litter]] in "Litter Kills Literally", [[KillerRabbit Geshy]] from "A Shot In the D'Arc" is among the animals that show up. Geshy is also seen hiding in the rafters during a "blink and you'll miss it" moment in the Season 1 finale.
** In the Season 1 finale, Skunky Poo and Crabby Cakes from "Plane Crazy" appears in a crowd scene.



* CutShort: Aside from and due to MTV bailing out mid-season, the finale (of the season and the series), [[spoiler:in which the Secret Board, having been officially told of Scudworth's plans, attempt to take back the clones at the Winter Prom, leading to the LockedInAFreezer ending]] was a CliffHanger.

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* CutShort: Aside from and due to MTV bailing out mid-season, the finale (of the season and the series), original run), [[spoiler:in which the Secret Board, having been officially told of Scudworth's plans, attempt to take back the clones at the Winter Prom, leading to the LockedInAFreezer ending]] was a CliffHanger.



* EyeScream: Scudworth stabs John Stamos in the eye with the prom king crown in the finale.

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* EyeScream: Scudworth stabs John Stamos in the eye with the prom king crown in the Season 1 finale.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: JFK has his moments, but this is especially true in the finale; he is the only person to tell Joan that he likes her how she is, and that Abe is an idiot for not seeing it.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: JFK has his moments, but this is especially true in the Season 1 finale; he is the only person to tell Joan that he likes her how she is, and that Abe is an idiot for not seeing it.



* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Joan and Cleo, respectively. Ends up {{inverted}} in the finale when [[spoiler: Cleo, the "Whore," ends up rejecting Abe for sex after realizing he's in love with Joan, while Joan, the "Madonna," ends up losing her virginity to JFK, a HandsomeLech she originally despised).]]

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* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Joan and Cleo, respectively. Ends up {{inverted}} in the Season 1 finale when [[spoiler: Cleo, the "Whore," ends up rejecting Abe for sex after realizing he's in love with Joan, while Joan, the "Madonna," ends up losing her virginity to JFK, a HandsomeLech she originally despised).]]



* ObliviousToLove: Heavily parodied with Abe and Joan. Joan's feelings for Abe are so transparently clear that, when Abe asks Gandhi if there's any chance of her returning his feelings in the finale, Gandhi simply gives him a DisapprovingLook, followed by a DopeSlap.

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* ObliviousToLove: Heavily parodied with Abe and Joan. Joan's feelings for Abe are so transparently clear that, when Abe asks Gandhi if there's any chance of her returning his feelings in the Season 1 finale, Gandhi simply gives him a DisapprovingLook, followed by a DopeSlap.



** Happens again in the finale, this time with Abe:

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** Happens again in the Season 1 finale, this time with Abe:



** PlayedWith in the finale. The entire episode is building up to Abe's first time with Cleo, which Cleo is clearly looking forward to and which Abe is both anxious and excited for... but when the time comes, [[spoiler: Abe's repeated [[WrongNameOutburst Wrong Name Outbursts]] make it obvious to Cleo that he's in love with Joan. When he tries to kiss her after the fact, she slaps him and covers her chest in disgust while exclaiming, "Do you seriously think I'm gonna go through with this now?"]]

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** PlayedWith in the Season 1 finale. The entire episode is building up to Abe's first time with Cleo, which Cleo is clearly looking forward to and which Abe is both anxious and excited for... but when the time comes, [[spoiler: Abe's repeated [[WrongNameOutburst Wrong Name Outbursts]] make it obvious to Cleo that he's in love with Joan. When he tries to kiss her after the fact, she slaps him and covers her chest in disgust while exclaiming, "Do you seriously think I'm gonna go through with this now?"]]



* WhamEpisode: "Litter Kills, Literally" - serving as a parody of one - and the finale, "You Got a Prom Wit Dat?" - serving as a straightforward example. The former is an AffectionateParody of shows like ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' with their tendency toward [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Episodes]], while the latter features [[spoiler: the Board of Shadowy Figures coming to claim the clones, Abe finally realizing his feelings for Joan only to discover she's already slept with JFK, and finally Scudworth freezing the lot of them in the meat cooler, leaving the show on a cliffhanger as Abe barely gets out the words "But Joan, I love y..." before being frozen.]]

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* WhamEpisode: "Litter Kills, Literally" - serving as a parody of one - and the Season 1 finale, "You Got a Prom Wit Dat?" - serving as a straightforward example. The former is an AffectionateParody of shows like ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' with their tendency toward [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Episodes]], while the latter features [[spoiler: the Board of Shadowy Figures coming to claim the clones, Abe finally realizing his feelings for Joan only to discover she's already slept with JFK, and finally Scudworth freezing the lot of them in the meat cooler, leaving the show on a cliffhanger as Abe barely gets out the words "But Joan, I love y..." before being frozen.]]
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Who am I?'' '''''Clone Hiiii-igh!'''''[[note]]The original series cast, from left to right: Vice Principal Butlertron, [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]], UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}}, [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]], UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Principal Scudworth, and [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]].[[/note]]]]

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Who am I?'' '''''Clone Hiiii-igh!'''''[[note]]The original series cast, from left to right: Vice Principal Butlertron, [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]], UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}}, UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra|VII}}, [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]], UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Principal Scudworth, and [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]].[[/note]]]]
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* DistaffCounterpart: "Cloney Island: Twist!" introduces Scudworth's long-lost lover Sandra Sandria and her robotic assistant Mrs. C. Aside from Sandria being a different ethnicity, they are more or less female versions of Scudworth and Mr. Butlertron.
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* IntimateMarks: "Cloney Island: Twist!" has Scudworth reunite with his long-lost lover Sandra Sandria, finding that it's indeed her when they show off the matching pi tattoos they have on their asses.


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** In "Money Can Buy Me Love: Stupid is as Cupid Does", Van Gough responds to Harriet and Touissant using the word "slo-mo" by correcting them that the proper term is "slomosexual".


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** "Cloney Island: Twist!" reveals that Scudworth's long-lost lover Sandra Sandria once had plans for a theme park based on Texas called Texasland, with her blueprints including jabs at the state's failing infrastructure and negligence towards gun control.

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* TakeThat: "Sexy-Ed" has one to {{Series/Riverdale}}'s TeacherStudentRomance between Archie and Miss Grundy. "Miss Grumble" is a DirtyOldWoman who [[OutWithABang dies]] trying to have sex with Abe, and Mr. B points out that the situation is statutory rape.

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"Sexy-Ed" has one to {{Series/Riverdale}}'s TeacherStudentRomance between Archie and Miss Grundy. "Miss Grumble" is a DirtyOldWoman who [[OutWithABang dies]] trying to have sex with Abe, and Mr. B points out that the situation is statutory rape.rape.
** "The Principal Principal: Sub Zero to Sub Hero" has Confucius spout out random phrases while trying to think of how he can win Harriet back from Touissant. When he says "son of a bitch", an image of Chief Justice Clarence Thomas is shown.
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* DontEatAndSwim: "Don't You Get It? Sports Are Huge in This Town" establishes that Scudworth used to be a champion snorkeler, only to fall from grace when he got cramps from eating ribs before a competition.


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* JokeOfTheButt: In "Blinded With Pseudoscience: Magnetic Distractions", Topher tries to decide on what kind of logo to use for when the Bleacher Creatures tag a building. One of the options suggested is to simply depict the gang's butts, and that's the design they go with at the end of the episode.
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Who am I?''[[note]]The original series cast, from left to right: Vice Principal Butlertron, [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]], UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}}, [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]], UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Principal Scudworth, and [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]].[[/note]]]]

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Who am I?''[[note]]The I?'' '''''Clone Hiiii-igh!'''''[[note]]The original series cast, from left to right: Vice Principal Butlertron, [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]], UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}}, [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]], UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Principal Scudworth, and [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]].[[/note]]]]

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Our angst is entertaining!''[[note]]The original series cast, from left to right: Vice Principal Butlertron, [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]], UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}}, [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]], UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Principal Scudworth, and [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]].[[/note]]]]

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Our angst is entertaining!''[[note]]The entertaining!\\
Clone High! Our lives are never boring!\\
Who am I?''[[note]]The
original series cast, from left to right: Vice Principal Butlertron, [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]], UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}}, [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]], UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, Principal Scudworth, and [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]].[[/note]]]]
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Oh yeah, did we mention the students all clones of historical figures?

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Oh yeah, did we mention the students are all clones of historical figures?
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Oh yeah, did we mention they're all clones of historical figures?

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Oh yeah, did we mention they're the students all clones of historical figures?
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Oh yeah, did we mention they're all clones of historical figures?
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'''Tonight, on a very special Clone High...'''

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'''Tonight, '''''Tonight, on a very special Clone High...'''
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