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*** Breehn seems to be getting this treatment as of late as well, due to his meekness and {{Adorkable}} nature.'

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*** Breehn seems to be getting this treatment as of late as well, due to his meekness and {{Adorkable}} nature.'



** And then there’s [[FoeYayShipping Clarence/Belson]], early on since “Zoo”, Clarence was relatively close to Belson most of the time despite of Belson not willing to reciprocate anything from Clarence.

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** And then there’s there's [[FoeYayShipping Clarence/Belson]], early on since “Zoo”, "Zoo", Clarence was relatively close to Belson most of the time despite of Belson not willing to reciprocate anything from Clarence.



* JerkassWoobie: Jeff and Belson, depending on who you ask. Also Ms. Shoop to a certain extent when we see how her childhood went in "Lost Playground". Joshua also deserves some sympathy since he’s the victim of random abuse and has no idea of why it keeps happening to him.

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* JerkassWoobie: Jeff and Belson, depending on who you ask. Also Ms. Shoop to a certain extent when we see how her childhood went in "Lost Playground". Joshua also deserves some sympathy since he’s he's the victim of random abuse and has no idea of why it keeps happening to him.



** Belson’s Dad, who was arrested in "Company Man", then left out of jail in "Big Game", as he didn't even bother interacting much with his son or his wife at all.

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** Belson’s Belson's Dad, who was arrested in "Company Man", then left out of jail in "Big Game", as he didn't even bother interacting much with his son or his wife at all.



** In "Big Game", [[spoiler:we get a short glimpse of Belson’s dad, who winds up leaving his son to Clarence and Chad while he takes off scot free.]]
** During the end of "Balance", where the character escapes and the ring leader and the others were not visible in the horse coach, with little to no knowledge of how he managed to escape past bars and seems to never return to get his revenge against Belson and Clarence, nor anyone will know where he’ll end up.

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** In "Big Game", [[spoiler:we get a short glimpse of Belson’s Belson's dad, who winds up leaving his son to Clarence and Chad while he takes off scot free.]]
** During the end of "Balance", where the character escapes and the ring leader and the others were not visible in the horse coach, with little to no knowledge of how he managed to escape past bars and seems to never return to get his revenge against Belson and Clarence, nor anyone will know where he’ll he'll end up.
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** A rather obvious one to the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' theme song is heard in Clarence's nightmare in ''Clarence's Millions'', as well as one to ''Battle Without Honor or Humanity'' during the Clarence Dollar-copying sequence.

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** A rather obvious one to the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' ''Franchise/DuckTales'' theme song is heard in Clarence's nightmare in ''Clarence's Millions'', as well as one to ''Battle Without Honor or Humanity'' during the Clarence Dollar-copying sequence.



** The chiptune songs in "The Tunnel" are riffs on the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Dungeon theme]], [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Ground Theme,]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Tal Tal Heights theme]], respectively.

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** The chiptune songs in "The Tunnel" are riffs on the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI Dungeon theme]], [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Ground Theme,]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Tal Tal Heights theme]], respectively.
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* LGBTFanbase: Thanks to the show's positive (and surprisingly casual) representation of gay people. It helps that one of the main characters HasTwoMommies.

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* LGBTFanbase: Thanks to the show's positive (and surprisingly casual) representation of gay people. It helps that one of the main characters HasTwoMommies.has lesbian parents.
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** Is Clarence really a WideEyedIdealist dimwit? Or is he just [[ObfuscatingStupidity faking being an idiot]] [[{{Troll}} just to mess with everyone for his own amusement]]? This can be considered since Clarence is a KarmaHoudini who pretty much gets away with all of the trouble in the world most of the time. Or does he have an AmbiguousDisorder?

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** Is Clarence really a WideEyedIdealist dimwit? Or is he just [[ObfuscatingStupidity faking being an idiot]] [[{{Troll}} just to mess with everyone for his own amusement]]? This can be considered since Clarence is a KarmaHoudini who pretty much gets away with all of the trouble in the world most of the time. Or does he have an AmbiguousDisorder? mental disorder?

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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Fans could assume that Clarence is autistic and Sumo has ADHD/Jeff has OCD.



* {{Fanon}}: Fans could assume that Clarence is autistic and Sumo has ADHD/Jeff has OCD.
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** In ''Straight Illin'', Clarence hangs out with his friends even though he is really sick. This could mean he could be so desperate to make other people happy at the expense of everyone, himself included.
*** The school being infected by Clarence draws parallels to the COVID-19 outbreak 5 years after the episode aired.
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** And then there’s [[{{FoeYay}} Clarence/Belson]], early on since “Zoo”, Clarence was relatively close to Belson most of the time despite of Belson not willing to reciprocate anything from Clarence.

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** And then there’s [[{{FoeYay}} [[FoeYayShipping Clarence/Belson]], early on since “Zoo”, Clarence was relatively close to Belson most of the time despite of Belson not willing to reciprocate anything from Clarence.



* FoeYay: In some perception in early episodes, Clarence seems to be more close to Belson, despite the latter's Jerkass tendencies; for example, in "Bedside Manners", he seems to be the only one that cares much about Belson even though Belson finds Clarence just annoying.
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* FoeYay: In some perception in early episodes, Clarence seems to be more close to Belson, despite the latter's Jerkass tendencies; for example, in "Bedside Manners", he seems to be the only one that cares much about Belsoneven though Belson finds Clarence just annoying.

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* FoeYay: In some perception in early episodes, Clarence seems to be more close to Belson, despite the latter's Jerkass tendencies; for example, in "Bedside Manners", he seems to be the only one that cares much about Belsoneven Belson even though Belson finds Clarence just annoying.

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!!YMMV Items with their own Subpages:
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* [[BaseBreakingCharacter/{{Clarence}} Base Breaking Character]]
* [[BLAM/{{Clarence}} Big-Lipped Alligator Moment]]
* [[HoYay/{{Clarence}} Ho Yay]]
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: [[BaseBreakingCharacter/{{Clarence}} Has its own page.]]
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[BLAM/{{Clarence}} Has its own page.]]



* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** The ''Join the Hug Force'' promo and banner ad are pretty tough to watch and look at once you've heard about the sexual harassment case involving creator & former showrunner Skyler Page which resulted in him being fired. As well as the episode where the scene itself comes in, ''Slumber Party.'' (there is also a part before the "hug force" scene where Clarence is playfully hitting Malessica, the girl with glasses, which can also be hard to see due to this). It should be noted that this episode as well as the others listed below, with the exception of ''Clarence Gets a Girlfriend'', first aired ''after'' the incident.
** ''Clarence Gets a Girlfriend'' is also kind of hard to watch itself after the aforementioned situation regarding Skyler Page. In the same episode, Jeff's rant about how he should have gotten a girlfriend first because he's a "nice guy", which is done with a very creepy tone, is much, much less funny in wake of Elliot Rodger's murderous rampage under a similar ideology, which ocurred around the time the episode first aired.
** Yet another scene that is awkward to watch after Skyler Page's firing occurs in ''Neighborhood Grill'', where Clarence attempts to break into the restroom stall Miss Baker is in and give her a hug in spite of her protests.
** ''Puddle Eyes'' features a scene where Jeff tries wrestling the blinded Clarence down to help him only for him to escape by losing his shirt and wandering the hallways crazily, much like a description of one of Skyler Page's mental breakdowns.



** The ''Join the Hug Force'' promo and banner ad are pretty tough to watch and look at once you've heard about the sexual harassment case involving creator & former showrunner Skyler Page which resulted in him being fired. As well as the episode where the scene itself comes in, ''Slumber Party.'' (there is also a part before the "hug force" scene where Clarence is playfully hitting Malessica, the girl with glasses, which can also be hard to see due to this). It should be noted that this episode as well as the others listed below, with the exception of ''Clarence Gets a Girlfriend'', first aired ''after'' the incident.
** ''Clarence Gets a Girlfriend'' is also kind of hard to watch itself after the aforementioned situation regarding Skyler Page. In the same episode, Jeff's rant about how he should have gotten a girlfriend first because he's a "nice guy", which is done with a very creepy tone, is much, much less funny in wake of Elliot Rodger's murderous rampage under a similar ideology, which ocurred around the time the episode first aired.
** Yet another scene that is awkward to watch after Skyler Page's firing occurs in ''Neighborhood Grill'', where Clarence attempts to break into the restroom stall Miss Baker is in and give her a hug in spite of her protests.
** ''Puddle Eyes'' features a scene where Jeff tries wrestling the blinded Clarence down to help him only for him to escape by losing his shirt and wandering the hallways crazily, much like a description of one of Skyler Page's mental breakdowns.



* HoYay: [[HoYay/{{Clarence}} Now with its own page!]]
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** Does Jeff want to be friends with Clarence and Sumo because he simply wants to or is he a troubled child who just wants two kids to torment, mock and constantly prove how "better" he is? He does act nice, but he does have a thing for beating Clarence up, contradicting his imaginative ideas and trying to be the smart, superior guy in an egotistical way.
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* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/{{Clarence}} Has its own page.]]

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* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/{{Clarence}} Has its own page.]]
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* CultClassic: Despite of being nearly niche like all other slice of life cartoon shows, it seems to have decent following.

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* CultClassic: Despite of being nearly niche like all other slice of life cartoon shows, it seems to have a decent following.



** Mostly Sumo And Chelsea, since they slapped an onscreen kiss after arguing.

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** Mostly Sumo And and Chelsea, since they slapped an onscreen kiss after arguing.



** ''Clarence Gets a Girlfriend'' is also kind of hard to watch itself after the aforementioned situation regarding Skyler Page. In the same episode, Jeff's rant about how he should have gotten a girlfriend first because he's a "nice guy", which is done with a very creepy tone, is much, much less funny in wake of Elliot Rodger's murderous rampage under a similar ideology.

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** ''Clarence Gets a Girlfriend'' is also kind of hard to watch itself after the aforementioned situation regarding Skyler Page. In the same episode, Jeff's rant about how he should have gotten a girlfriend first because he's a "nice guy", which is done with a very creepy tone, is much, much less funny in wake of Elliot Rodger's murderous rampage under a similar ideology.ideology, which ocurred around the time the episode first aired.



* GrowingTheBeard: Mostly for the second and third season, as many episodes are improved over the first season as the writers either fix some of the mistakes of the first season, with the focus on other characters and had introduced some new core ideas to experiment with, and had some of the main characters become less flanderized.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Mostly for the second and third season, seasons, as many episodes are improved over the first season as the writers either fix some of the mistakes of the first season, with the focus on other characters and had introduced some new core ideas to experiment with, and had some of the main characters become less flanderized.



* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Jeff (And Clarence Also) is often paired with Clarence, Sumo, Kimby, Amy, Malessica, Chelsea, Breehn, Belson, Cynthia (Belson's ''mom''), Ms. Baker, and even ''Nicolaus Copernicus'' (his hallucination from "Tuckered Boys").

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* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Jeff (And Clarence Also) is often paired with Clarence, Sumo, Kimby, Amy, Malessica, Chelsea, Breehn, Belson, Cynthia (Belson's ''mom''), Ms. Baker, and even ''Nicolaus Copernicus'' (his hallucination from "Tuckered Boys").



** In "A Nightmare on Aberdale Street: Balance's Revenge": [[spoiler:Anyone might think Balance would show up to get his revenge against Clarence and Belson, face to face, but unfortunately, the plot only involves Clarence and others facing against Balance, only during a dream, while Belson was absent throughout the entire episode.]]

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** In "A Nightmare on Aberdale Street: Balance's Revenge": [[spoiler:Anyone [[spoiler:anyone might think Balance would show up to get his revenge against Clarence and Belson, face to face, but unfortunately, the plot only involves Clarence and others facing against Balance, only during a dream, while Belson was absent throughout the entire episode.]]



* VindicatedByHistory: Early on, throughout the series run, it was receiving moderate to mediocre reception from most of the fans from other shows with larger fanbases. Meanwhile the titular character was criticized for his appearance and personality, not to mention the artstyle. The sexual harassment scandal involving the show's creator, Skylar Page, didn't help in the slightest. But towards the last year of its run and after it ended, it gained a few fans who think that even though the show may not be the greatest, it's not such a bad show after all.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Early on, throughout the series run, it was receiving moderate to mediocre reception from most of the fans from other shows with larger fanbases. Meanwhile the titular character was criticized for his appearance and personality, not to mention the artstyle. The sexual harassment scandal involving the show's creator, Skylar Skyler Page, didn't help in the slightest. But towards the last year of its run and after it ended, it gained a few fans who think that even though the show may not be the greatest, it's not such a bad show after all.

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** Clarence/Sumo, Mostly due to both often hang out with each other on a crazy hijinks, you see some fanart of both of them like that.

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** Clarence/Sumo, Clarence/Sumo. Mostly due to both often hang hanging out with each other on a to engage in crazy hijinks, you see some fanart of both of them like that.them.



* FandomRivalry: Well almost similar to other shows [[note]] such as ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', who in particular, shares the same hatred towards ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!''[[/note]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo almost goes without saying, really.]] The rivalry between ''Clarence'' and ''Teen Titans Go!'' only became even more heated when the former was quietly cancelled in 2017, leading to the ''Clarence'' fandom to accuse Cartoon Network (especially with Christina Miller being the sole responsible) by [[AdoredByTheNetwork their favoritism of]] ''TTG!'' getting ''Clarence'' cancelled sooner than it should have.
* FriendlyFandoms:
** Clarence had once paired up with ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' due being aired in the the same timeslots and having similar characters. If you go on Tumblr, you can usually find fan art of the two shows.
** There's quite a bit of mixing between the ''Clarence'' and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' fandoms due to the similarities in tone and the similar characters. Almost has it with other shows that share the same type.
** Also ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' ensues this, mainly due to having three main characters that may relate to the characters, based on similar personalities.

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* FandomRivalry: Well almost similar to other shows [[note]] such as ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', who in particular, shares the same hatred towards ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!''[[/note]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo almost goes without saying, really.]] The rivalry between ''Clarence'' and ''Teen Titans Go!'' only became even more heated when the former was quietly cancelled canceled in 2017, leading to the ''Clarence'' fandom to accuse accusing Cartoon Network (especially with Christina Miller being the sole solely responsible) by for [[AdoredByTheNetwork their favoritism of]] ''TTG!'' getting ''Clarence'' cancelled sooner than it should have.
* FriendlyFandoms:
FriendlyFandoms:
** Clarence had once paired up with ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' due to being aired in the the same timeslots and having similar characters. If you go on Tumblr, you can usually find fan art of the two shows.
** There's quite a bit of mixing between the ''Clarence'' and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' fandoms due to the similarities in tone and the similar characters. Almost has it with other shows that share the same type.
** Also ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' ensues this, ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'', mainly due to having three main characters that may relate to the characters, characters based on similar personalities.



* FoeYay: In some perception in early episodes, Clarence seems to be more close to Belson, despite of Belson's Jerkass equalities can comply, for example in "Bedside Manners", he seem to be only one that care much about Belson, to him its to the point where Clarence is very close to him to where Belson finds Clarence just annoying.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff : The series is somewhat relatively popular in Latin America, where they even have some unofficial merchandise, something that is uncommon in the US.
* GrowingTheBeard: Mostly for second and third season, as many find both far more improved than the first as the writers either fix up some of the mistakes that the first season failed to discover with the focus on other characters and had introduced some new cored ideas to experiment with and had some of the main characters become less flanderized for at least of anyone sanity. Although time will tell whether if it affected almost the series canoncity.

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* FoeYay: In some perception in early episodes, Clarence seems to be more close to Belson, despite of Belson's the latter's Jerkass equalities can comply, tendencies; for example example, in "Bedside Manners", he seem seems to be the only one that care cares much about Belson, to him its to the point where Clarence is very close to him to where Belsoneven though Belson finds Clarence just annoying.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff : GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is somewhat relatively popular in Latin America, where they even have some unofficial merchandise, something that is uncommon in the US.
* GrowingTheBeard: Mostly for the second and third season, as many find both far more episodes are improved than over the first season as the writers either fix up some of the mistakes that of the first season failed to discover season, with the focus on other characters and had introduced some new cored core ideas to experiment with with, and had some of the main characters become less flanderized for at least of anyone sanity. Although time will tell whether if it affected almost the series canoncity.flanderized.



** In ''Man of the House'', Sumo dreamed about sending missiles and bombing Florida. Later on in ''Too Gross for Comfort'', he said his grandparents live in Florida. This means that Sumo dreamed about bombing the state that his grandparents were in.
** ''Hurricane Dillis'' shows Clarence's grandmother presumably suffering from senile dementia. In the next episode to mention her (''Plane Excited''), it is revealed that she has died.
** In ''Straight Illin'', Clarence around his friends even though he was really sick. This could mean he could be so desperate to make other people happy that he'd risk his life.
*** With the school being infected by Clarence as the infection spreads through is being closely drawn to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, taken 5 years after the episode was released.

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** In ''Man of the House'', Sumo dreamed dreamt about sending missiles and bombing Florida. Later on in ''Too Gross for Comfort'', he said his grandparents live in Florida. This means that In other words, Sumo dreamed dreamt about bombing the state that his grandparents were in.
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** ''Hurricane Dillis'' shows Clarence's grandmother presumably suffering from senile dementia. In the next episode to mention reference her (''Plane Excited''), it is revealed that she has died.
** In ''Straight Illin'', Clarence around hangs out with his friends even though he was is really sick. This could mean he could be so desperate to make other people happy that he'd risk his life.
at the expense of everyone, himself included.
*** With the The school being infected by Clarence as the infection spreads through is being closely drawn draws parallels to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, taken outbreak 5 years after the episode was released.aired.



* JerkassWoobie: Jeff and Belson, depending on who you ask. Also Ms. Shoop to a certain extent when we see how her childhood went in "Lost Playground". Joshua also deserve some sympathy since he’s the victim of random abuse and as no idea of why it keeps happening to him.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Many people were quick to join the fandom upon discovery of it being one of the many children's cartoons to deal with LGBT and in a positive light too.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Jeff (And Clarence Also) is often paired with Clarence, Sumo, Kimby, Amy, Malessica, Chelsea, Breehn, Belson, Cynthia (Belson's ''mom''), Ms. Baker and even ''Nicolaus Copernicus'' (his hallucination from "Tuckered Boys").

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* JerkassWoobie: Jeff and Belson, depending on who you ask. Also Ms. Shoop to a certain extent when we see how her childhood went in "Lost Playground". Joshua also deserve deserves some sympathy since he’s the victim of random abuse and as has no idea of why it keeps happening to him.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Many people were quick to join the fandom upon discovery of it being one of the many children's cartoons to deal with LGBT and in a positive light too.
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* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Jeff (And Clarence Also) is often paired with Clarence, Sumo, Kimby, Amy, Malessica, Chelsea, Breehn, Belson, Cynthia (Belson's ''mom''), Ms. Baker Baker, and even ''Nicolaus Copernicus'' (his hallucination from "Tuckered Boys").



* NauseaFuel: Clarence has some...interesting tastes. He eats a number of leftover pizza crusts in ''Money Broom Wizard'' and in ''Clarence's Millions", Jeff mentions that Clarence eats chewing gum stuck on the bottom of desks.
** In "Jeffery Wendle", Jeff accidentally spilled milk and tried to wipe it up, but Mary insisted on doing it, except she rinses the milk back to the cup, having all of the dirty stuff from the ground, causing Jeff to drink it as if he had no choice. Mary mentioned that Clarence usually does it all the time.

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* NauseaFuel: Clarence has some... interesting tastes. He eats a number of leftover pizza crusts in ''Money "Money Broom Wizard'' Wizard" and in ''Clarence's Millions", Jeff mentions that Clarence eats chewing gum stuck on the bottom of desks.
** In "Jeffery Wendle", Jeff accidentally spilled milk and tried to wipe it up, but Mary insisted on doing it, except she rinses the milk back to the cup, having all of the dirty stuff from the ground, causing Jeff to drink it as if he had no choice. Mary mentioned that [[{{Squick}} Clarence usually does it all the time.time]].



* NightmareRetardant: As mentioned on its [[{{NightmareFuel/Clarence}} page]], the scene in ''Rise And Shine'' with the mountain lion started out somewhat disturbing, but it's kind of reversed by the overall silliness of the speech Clarence gives to it at the end.
* OvershadowedByControversy: While [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] in that the show continues to be popular, mentioning this show anywhere online will inevitably have at least one person bringing up creator Skyler Page's breakdown/firing. This may also be the reason why CN ultimately lost interest in the series and quietly cancelled it.
* RootingForTheEmpire: While a few (to those who dislike/hate Clarence or Sumo) would root for Joshua as they may feel bad about him going through all of the pain that many in the eyes of the fans had seen throughout the series, making him suspectable to MutilationConga and CosmicPlaything, as with Sumo and Clarence being the main cause of his injuries, some had wished that he will get his revenge against both.
** While the same for Jeff and Belson, who either has both side by fans, as they may come off as self-centered [[{{Jerkass}} jerkasses]], but at least at times they understood them well not to go into doing trouble, making them at least a OnlySaneMan who had deal with Clarence and Sumo, [[{{TookALevelInDumbass}} as both comes off as excessively stupid and carelessly reckless]], [[{{Flanderization}} becoming moreover of troublemaker]] that goes upon with their KarmaHoudini status as they cause a amount of trouble just to make anyone the victim of it while both would not receive any type of punishment. Its to the point where some wanted both to get their comeuppance, for all the hell they had caused.
* SeasonalRot: Mostly the second half of Season 1, to where it had divided the fanbase to where many find some the episodes of the second half notably slow-paced, focused too much on a emphasis on being unrealistic, imaginative, and rather subpar, to where one of the main characters became [[{{Flanderization}} more flanderized]] with Clarence went from a naive well-intentioned person that focused on helping others into becoming excessively more incompetent than before, with Sumo went from a [[{{TheComicallySerious}} rather streetwise kid with set of standards]], to being no more than a accomplice to Clarence, while Jeff went from a rather stable moral person into a over-the-top selfish jerkass, and had some episodes becoming rather bizarre and uninteresting.
** Somewhat rectified by Season 2 and 3, as most of the episodes in them so far have been more grounded than the second half of Season 1.
* SelfFanservice: Many fans like making fanart of Clarence and friends being in relationships with one another and drawing Jeff in [[{{Crossdresser}} girl clothing]].

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* NightmareRetardant: As mentioned on its the aforementioned [[{{NightmareFuel/Clarence}} page]], the scene in ''Rise And Shine'' with the mountain lion started out somewhat disturbing, but it's kind of reversed only to be deliberately undermined by the [[Funny/{{Clarence}} overall silliness silliness]] of the speech Clarence gives to it at the end.
* OvershadowedByControversy: While [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] {{downplayed|Trope}} in that the show continues to be popular, mentioning this show anywhere online will inevitably have at least one person bringing up creator Skyler Page's breakdown/firing. This may also be the reason why CN ultimately lost interest in the series and quietly cancelled it.
* RootingForTheEmpire: While a few (to those who dislike/hate Clarence or Sumo) would root for Joshua as they may feel bad about him going through [[TheChewToy Joshua]] [[MutilationConga for all of the pain that many in the eyes of the fans had seen pain]] he suffers throughout the series, making him suspectable to MutilationConga and CosmicPlaything, as with series on account of [[IdiotHoudini Sumo and Clarence being the main cause of his injuries, some had wished that he will get his revenge against both.
Clarence]], with many wishing for nothing less than their comeuppance.
** While the The same goes to a lesser extent for Jeff and Belson, who either has both side by fans, as they may come in spite of coming off as self-centered [[{{Jerkass}} jerkasses]], but at least at times they understood them well not {{jerkass}}es, are a lot [[OnlySaneMan saner]], only to go into doing trouble, making them at least a OnlySaneMan who had deal with Clarence and Sumo, [[{{TookALevelInDumbass}} as both comes off as excessively stupid and carelessly reckless]], Sumo's [[TookALevelInDumbass escalating]] [[{{Flanderization}} becoming moreover of troublemaker]] that goes upon with their KarmaHoudini status as they cause a amount of trouble just to make anyone shenanigans]] at the victim expense of it while both would the former two but not receive any type of punishment. Its to the point where some wanted both to get their comeuppance, for all the hell they had caused.
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* SeasonalRot: Mostly the second half of Season 1, to where it had divided the fanbase to was divided: where many find found some of the episodes of the second half notably slow-paced, focused too much on a of an emphasis on being unrealistic, imaginative, and rather subpar, bizarre, to where one of the main characters became [[{{Flanderization}} more flanderized]] with Clarence went was {{flanderiz|ation}}ed from a naive but well-intentioned person that focused on helping others into becoming excessively more incompetent than before, increasing incompetence and dimwittedness, with Sumo went from a [[{{TheComicallySerious}} [[TheComicallySerious rather streetwise kid with a set of standards]], standards]] to being no more than a an accomplice to Clarence, Clarence's buffoonish antics, while Jeff went from a rather stable moral person into a over-the-top an over-the-top, selfish jerkass, and had some episodes becoming rather bizarre and uninteresting.
** Somewhat rectified by Season 2 and 3, as most of the episodes in them so far have been were more grounded than the second half of Season 1.
* SelfFanservice: Many fans like making fanart of putting Clarence and friends being in relationships with one another and drawing Jeff in [[{{Crossdresser}} girl clothing]].



** Chances are if will be Clarence/Amy vs Clarence/Kimby, since Amy and Kimby, from all indications, are the foremost female characters besides Clarence's mom Mary, although the former is a one-time character and the latter only interacted with Clarence once.
** And after ''Clarence gets a Girlfriend'' there's Clarence/Ashley (who, like Amy, was an episodic character) and [[HoYay Clarence/Jeff.]]

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** Chances are if it will be Clarence/Amy vs Clarence/Kimby, since Amy and Kimby, from all indications, are the foremost female characters besides Clarence's mom Mary, although the former is a one-time character and the latter only interacted with Clarence once.
** And after ''Clarence gets a Girlfriend'' there's Clarence/Ashley (who, like Amy, was an episodic character) and [[HoYay Clarence/Jeff.]]Clarence/Jeff]].



* StrawmanHasAPoint: In ''Puddle Eyes'' Jeff points out how unfair the "vision bee" is for people who can't see well, which is only made worse when we find out that he's one of said people.
** The same with ''Average Jeff''. The entire episode has the class separated into two separate classes based on test scores, Quills and Crayons. It comes across as intelligence based segregation and Jeff is pretty disgusted at it (then again he wanted to be in the smart class for selfish reasons so it may be a moot point). Indeed, the segregated classes are disbanded at the end of the episode, although for allegations of gender bias.

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: In ''Puddle Eyes'' Jeff points out how unfair the "vision bee" is for people who can't see well, which is only made worse when we find out that he's one of said people.
the aforementioned.
** The same with ''Average Jeff''. The entire episode has the class separated into two separate classes based on test scores, Quills and Crayons. It comes across as intelligence based intelligence-based segregation and Jeff is pretty disgusted at it (then again he wanted to be in the smart class for selfish reasons reasons, so it may be a moot point). Indeed, the segregated classes are disbanded at the end of the episode, although for allegations of gender bias.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Most of the [[RecurringExtra classmates and the others]]. Because of the series having a large amount of characters, They are all way too recognizable in background roles, and several of them only get the spotlight once or twice a season. Heck, there’s a couple of other characters who haven't gotten any spotlight or development in the series at all, it doesn't have but the fact with the series that had ended, this pretty much cemented the idea entirely. Also, Amy Gillis, a good-natured character who actually bonded with Clarence, who was just written out after her only appearance.
** While fans felt disappointed for that Bella, who appeared in "Mystery Girl", [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome has not been seen since after her debut.]]
** Belson’s Dad, who was arrested in "Company Man", then left out of jail in "Big Game", as he didn't even bother interact much with his son or his wife at all.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Most of the [[RecurringExtra classmates and the others]]. Because of the series having has a large amount number of characters, They many are all way too recognizable in background roles, and several of them only get the spotlight once or twice a season. Heck, there’s a couple of other characters who haven't hadn't gotten any spotlight or development in the series at all, it doesn't have but the fact with the series that had ended, this already ending pretty much cemented the idea entirely. Also, Amy Gillis, a good-natured character who actually bonded with Clarence, who was just written out after her only appearance.
** While fans felt disappointed for that Bella, who appeared in "Mystery Girl", [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome has not been seen since after her debut.]]
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** Belson’s Dad, who was arrested in "Company Man", then left out of jail in "Big Game", as he didn't even bother interact interacting much with his son or his wife at all.



** In "Merry Moochmas, [[spoiler: Most of Clarence's friends didn't get much screentime, but rather wasted on Belson and his cousin.]]
** in "Sumo Goes West": [[spoiler:The construction site around where Sumo’s House is at, never got mentioned in any of the later episodes, that had the land remain untouched, and there were no explanation on the purpose of removing three kids to another school.]]
** In "Rock Show" [[spoiler:Clarence's father Damien finally shows up, only to have about a minute of screentime, and didn't even bother to stay a little longer to see Clarence [[note]], His so-called biological son [[/note]] or Chad.]]
** In "Big Game", [[spoiler:We get a short glimpse of Belson’s dad, who winds up leaving his son to Clarence and Chad while he takes off, scot free.]]
** During the end of "Balance", where the character escapes and with the ring leader and the others were not visible in the horsecoach, with a little to no knowledge of how he managed to escape past bars and he seems to never return back to get his revenge against Belson and Clarence nor anyone will know where he’ll end up in.
** In "A Nightmare on Aberdale Street: Balance's Revenge": [[spoiler:A lot would thought that Balance was gonna to show up to get his revenge against Clarence and Belson, face to face, but unfortunately, the plot only involves Clarence and others facing against Balance, only during a dream, while Belson was absent throughout the entire episode.]]
** In "Animal Day, after seeing Dustin being transformed into a odd looking werewolf, when everyone left after he was chased off by Sumo, However while he still remains in the forest transforming again with no one willing to know of how Dustin winded up like that or even if anyone willing to bother looking back for find him.
* ToughActToFollow: This series is a victim of this, as the series progresses overtime by the quality of each episode within the season overall, has a hard time trying to live up its expectations, to all of the popular CN shows [[note]] That being, WesternAnimation/RegularShow, WesternAnimation/AdventureTime, WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse, And WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball[[/note]], in terms of gathering attention from the network and more of the fans itself.

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** In "Merry Moochmas, [[spoiler: Most [[spoiler:Most of Clarence's friends didn't get much screentime, but rather wasted on Belson and his cousin.]]
** in "Sumo Goes West": [[spoiler:The construction site around where nearby Sumo’s House is at, was never got mentioned in any of the later episodes, that had the land remain episodes. The area remained untouched, and there were with no explanation on the purpose of removing three kids to another school.]]
** In "Rock Show" [[spoiler:Clarence's father Damien finally shows up, only to have about a minute of screentime, and didn't even bother to stay a little longer to see Clarence [[note]], His [[note]]His so-called biological son [[/note]] son[[/note]] or Chad.]]
** In "Big Game", [[spoiler:We [[spoiler:we get a short glimpse of Belson’s dad, who winds up leaving his son to Clarence and Chad while he takes off, off scot free.]]
** During the end of "Balance", where the character escapes and with the ring leader and the others were not visible in the horsecoach, horse coach, with a little to no knowledge of how he managed to escape past bars and he seems to never return back to get his revenge against Belson and Clarence Clarence, nor anyone will know where he’ll end up in.
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** In "A Nightmare on Aberdale Street: Balance's Revenge": [[spoiler:A lot would thought that [[spoiler:Anyone might think Balance was gonna to would show up to get his revenge against Clarence and Belson, face to face, but unfortunately, the plot only involves Clarence and others facing against Balance, only during a dream, while Belson was absent throughout the entire episode.]]
** In "Animal Day, after seeing Dustin being transformed transform into a odd looking werewolf, when everyone left after he was chased off by Sumo, Sumo. However while he still remains in the forest forest, transforming again with again, no one willing to know of knows how Dustin winded up like that or even if anyone willing to will bother looking back for find him.
* ToughActToFollow: This series is a victim of this, as the series progresses overtime by the quality of each episode within the season overall, has having had a hard time trying to live living up its expectations, to the legacies of all of the popular main CN shows [[note]] That being, WesternAnimation/RegularShow, at the time [[note]]WesternAnimation/RegularShow, WesternAnimation/AdventureTime, WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse, And WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball[[/note]], in terms of gathering attention from the network and more of the fans itself.WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball[[/note]].



** Clarence is a chubby, misshapen, gap-toothed little guy who lacks ears. It's hard to find him ''physically'' adorable but he can still come off as cute thanks to his free-spirited personality.

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** Clarence is a chubby, misshapen, gap-toothed little guy kid who lacks ears. It's hard to find him ''physically'' adorable but he can still come off as cute thanks to his free-spirited personality.



** Sumo, despite he's being placed as a {{JerkassWoobie}}, but after we see what his home life is like in "Dream Boat". It's obvious that his dad legitimately cares about him to some extent but his family is so big that the man doesn't have much time to focus on him. That's not even getting into the fact that everyone in that family lives in a trailer near the town dump.
** Ms. Julep from "The Substitute" clearly has anxiety issues and she spends almost the whole episode being mistreated by the students. When she returns in "Clarence and Sumo's Rexcellent Adventure", she is visibly hurt when the kids don't remember her at all.
* VindicatedByHistory: Early on, throughout the series run, it was receiving from moderate to mediocre reception from almost most the fans from other shows with larger fanbase. Meanwhile the titutal character was criticized from appearance to his personality and as well as the artstyle can detest on. The sexual harassment scandal involving the show's creator, Skylar Page, didn't help in the slightest. But following towards it's last year of it's run and after when it ended, it gained a little more than a few, who think that the show may not be the greatest, but think that it's not a bad show after all.

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** Sumo, despite he's being placed as a {{JerkassWoobie}}, JerkassWoobie, but after we see what his home life is like in "Dream Boat". It's Boat", it's obvious that his dad legitimately cares about him to some extent but his family is so big that the man doesn't have much time to focus on him. That's not even getting into the fact that everyone in that family lives in a trailer near the town dump.
** Ms. Julep from "The Substitute" clearly has anxiety issues and she spends almost nearly the whole episode being mistreated by the students. When she returns in "Clarence and Sumo's Rexcellent Adventure", she is visibly hurt when the kids don't remember her at all.
* VindicatedByHistory: Early on, throughout the series run, it was receiving from moderate to mediocre reception from almost most of the fans from other shows with larger fanbase. fanbases. Meanwhile the titutal titular character was criticized from for his appearance to his personality and as well as personality, not to mention the artstyle can detest on.artstyle. The sexual harassment scandal involving the show's creator, Skylar Page, didn't help in the slightest. But following towards it's the last year of it's its run and after when it ended, it gained a little more than a few, few fans who think that even though the show may not be the greatest, but think that it's not such a bad show after all.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Subverted, Just much with any episode from the second half of first season or any episode in either season that doesn’t associates with realism, would had a few that pretended that none of it were canon due to series characterization has slightly fallen into DorkAge until after it ended.
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* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/{{Clarence}} Has its own page.]]

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*** Amy Gillis is also a favorite among fan artists, despite only appearing in one episode.



*** Amy is also a favorite among fan artists, despite only appearing in one episode.

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* {{Fanon}}: Fans could assume that Clarence was autistic and Sumo had ADHD or Jeff being canonically diagnosed with OCD.
* FanPreferredCouple: Mostly Sumo And Chelsea, since they slapped an onscreen kiss after arguing.

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* {{Fanon}}: Fans could assume that Clarence was is autistic and Sumo had ADHD or Jeff being canonically diagnosed with has ADHD/Jeff has OCD.
* FanPreferredCouple: FanPreferredCouple:
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Mostly Sumo And Chelsea, since they slapped an onscreen kiss after arguing.



** Also WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks ensues this, mainly due to having three main characters that may relate to the characters, based on similar personalities.

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** Also WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' ensues this, mainly due to having three main characters that may relate to the characters, based on similar personalities.



* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff : The series is somewhat relatively popular in Latin America, where they even has some unofficial merchandise thats something that is uncommon in the US.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff : The series is somewhat relatively popular in Latin America, where they even has have some unofficial merchandise thats merchandise, something that is uncommon in the US.



* JustHereForGodzilla: Many people were quick to join the fandom upon discovery of it being one of the many children's cartoons to deal with LGBT and in a positive light too.



* LGBTFanbase: Thanks to the shows positive (and surprisingly casual) representation of gay people. It helps that one of the main characters HasTwoMommies.

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* LGBTFanbase: Thanks to the shows show's positive (and surprisingly casual) representation of gay people. It helps that one of the main characters HasTwoMommies.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:
** The moral that Jeff learned in ''Average Jeff'' is that if you can't have a big ego about being smart, have a big ego about being normal.
-->'''Jeff''': My test results have shown that I am perfect: perfectly average. You know what that means? I may not be a quill, but I wish them the best, because they are flawed and I am not."
** In ''Jeff Wins'', the Ms. Randell are fine with cheating as long as it boosts Jeff's confidence.
** From ''Lil' Buddy'', if you feel you have been wronged you just need to lash out against society until someone finally listens to you.

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* NeverLiveItDown: Skyler Page being fired after his sexual harassment claims and mental breakdown...and the fact that the show is able to go on without him because he didn't have full creative control of it. His name as creator still appears on the series' opening titles, but he is hardly acknowledged by the series' crew and has since become a ReclusiveArtist.
** "Average Jeff" for, well, Jeff.
** "Lil' Buddy" for Clarence.

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* %%* NeverLiveItDown: Skyler Page being fired after his sexual harassment claims and mental breakdown...and the fact that the show is able to go on without him because he didn't have full creative control of it. His name as creator still appears on the series' opening titles, but he is hardly acknowledged by the series' crew and has since become a ReclusiveArtist.
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"Average Jeff" for, well, Jeff.
** %%** "Lil' Buddy" for Clarence.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Early on, throughout the series run, it was receiving from moderate to mediocre reception from almost most the fans from other shows with larger fanbase. Meanwhile the titutal character was criticized from appearance to his personality and as well as the artstyle can detest on. But following towards it's last year of it's run and after when it ended, it gained a little more than a few, who think that the show may not be the greatest, but think that it's not a bad show after all.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Early on, throughout the series run, it was receiving from moderate to mediocre reception from almost most the fans from other shows with larger fanbase. Meanwhile the titutal character was criticized from appearance to his personality and as well as the artstyle can detest on. The sexual harassment scandal involving the show's creator, Skylar Page, didn't help in the slightest. But following towards it's last year of it's run and after when it ended, it gained a little more than a few, who think that the show may not be the greatest, but think that it's not a bad show after all.

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