History YMMV / CloneHigh

** "[[Recap/CloneHighS1E11SnowflakeDayAVerySpecialHolidayEpisode Snowflake Day: A Very Special Holiday Episode]]": The homeless person who may or may not be Creator/MandyMoore encounters Joan on the titular holiday to restore her Snowflake Day spirit. Showing Joan how her fellow homeless friends are able to enjoy the season merely through the company of each other, the homeless girl helps Joan find happiness in the holiday and reunite with her loved ones at Cleo's party. The homeless girl then uses a faulty van to simulate the sound of Snowflake Jake's signature cannonballs outside the house, herding the partygoers downstairs for their "safety" while her friends proceed to rob Cleo and Joan's families blind.

** Makeover Makeover, Makeover Makeover, Makeover Makeover... MAKEOVER!! [[note]]The RunningGag song used in "[[Recap/CloneHighS1E12MakeoverMakeoverMakeoverTheMakeoverEpisode Makeover Makeover Makeover: The Makeover Episode]]," which is frequently added to [[MakeoverMontage other scenes in which people get makeovers]].

** Adolf Hitler, who was absent in most of the first season and the second season, could've [[TheBusComesBack finally returned]] in the revival as part of the Bleacher Creatures due to him being the clone of the most monstrous person in history and being ostracized as well as having his name censored in the files for it. The angst and humor that could have been mined from being the clone of Hitler has remained unexplored and it would have been interesting if Hitler, if he's the same pacifist he appeared in the first season, be ironically the TokenGoodTeammate of the Bleacher Creatures outside of Joan.

%%** Makeover Makeover, Makeover Makeover, Makeover Makeover... MAKEOVER!!
%%*** ''*clap clap clap!*''
%%*** "For you and meeeeee."
%%*** "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

%%** The [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/clonehigh/images/d/dc/Gesh.png/revision/latest?cb=20180207023822 GESH logo]] being used as a GrammarNazi symbol.

%%* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Compared to the more divisive first season of the revival, the second season of the revival is liked a lot more and seen as an improvement due to the first generation characters returning to their old selves, Gandhi being mentioned more often, the fact that it feels like a satire of teen dramas again like the original and the need to make fun of itself and modern pop culture more often, and several of the new characters such as Frida Kahlo and Confucius being given more characterization and HiddenDepths than before,

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Compared to the more divisive first season of the revival, the second season of the revival is liked a lot more and seen as an improvement due to the first generation characters returning to their old selves, Gandhi being mentioned more often, the fact that it feels like a satire of teen dramas again like the original and the need to make fun of itself and modern pop culture more often, and several of the new characters such as Frida Kahlo and Confucius being given more characterization and HiddenDepths than before,

** As noted above the designs of the new clones in Season 2, specifically Harriet Tubman, Frida, and Confucius are divisive. Many think they look out of place next to the original clones and find them over designed with too many saturated colors, Harriet being the biggest offender as she barely represents her clone mother, with her and Frida (who’s design is the more positively received of the three) even having background cameos in the original series with completely different designs that some prefer more. However, some don’t mind their designs and argue their outfits are appropriate for Gen Z teenagers and that despite being clones of historical figures they’re still their own people so it’s fine if they don’t look 100% like them.

** Normally, a joke involving a guy trying to have sex with a girl by getting her drunk would be rather tasteless, but when [=JFK=] tries it on Joan...
--->'''[=JFK=]:''' So, ah, are you, ah, drunk enough yet to sleep with me?
--->''(Joan roundhouse kicks [=JFK=] in the face and knocks him to the ground. He sits up and points at her)''
--->'''[=JFK=]:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Answer the question!]]

* FairForItsDay: In an age where teenage romance and sex is seen more negatively, Gandhi and Marie Curie ending up in a celibate romance feels like an AuthorsSavingThrow to the show’s over-the-top treatment of teen sex. Co-creator and voice of JFK Chris Miller said as much himself.

** Some fans complain that the revival kind of leans into the [[TotallyRadical totally radical]] trope, with too much references to modern-day things the kids are all using (i.e. [=TikTok=] and EDM) and having characters use slang terms like "Hashtag", "Woke", and "Sus". However, the original run was just like this, referencing to all the same trends that were popular back in the early 2000's, (i.e. MTV Beach Parties and extreme sports drinks).

** This ended up happening InUniverse for the season 2 finale where despite Candide Sampson being the one who set up the Death Maze and almost wiping out their memories, [[spoiler: the clones ended up being more mad at Joan for her vindictive actions getting them all eliminated in the Death Maze]].

* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Creator/WillForte once described the series as "Niche [=TV=] before niche [=TV=] existed." It arrived a decade too early for the age of binge-watching and streaming services, which are much kinder to quirky, serialized shows.

* ProtectionFromEditors: Despite (or, more likely, because of) [=MTV=]'s complete apathy for the show, the creators have admitted that they were never scrutinized by Standards and Practices and were basically given carte blanch on content.

-->'''Scudworth''': Did you see the pool?! They FLIPPED the bitch!

** Unlike the original series, the clones outside of the main cast both old and new are barely as prominent in the revival, mostly making silent cameos and receive very little screentime and don't display any characterization or interactions with each other or with the main characters, losing any potential historical jokes like in the original. It also doesn't help that many of the names of the second - generation clones are only known through WordOfGod or The Clone High wiki.

** In Season 2's "Spring Broken", the clones are stranded in the desert, where they're bedeviled by flash flooding and a horde of zombies...who are later revealed to be a bunch of [[NewAgeRetroHippy wealthy neo-hippies]] who got stuck in the wilderness while attending an art festival. Two months later, [[https://abcnews.go.com/US/burning-man-flooding-happened-stranded-festivalgoers/story?id=102908331 attendees of Burning Man]] ended up being stuck in the desert when the playa was hit by a flash flood.

* HollywoodHomely: Joan; however, some characters do seem to realize she's attractive before her reveal of BeautifulAllAlong. Inverted with Marie Curie, who is hideous yet no one treats her any differently.

** The joke in the first episode where Cleo doesn't recognize Gandhi at all, despite him being her foster brother and a kidney donor, is harsher after Gandhi was cut from the main cast in Season 2 due to the controversy in India surrounding his character being the main reason the show was originally cancelled. Even in-universe, only Abe seems to remember Gandhi's existence by then.
** Ponce's death in "Litter Kills" is harsher after voice actor [[Creator/LukePerry Luke Perry's]] death in March 2019.

* AssPull: "Sexy-Ed" reveals that [[spoiler:Topher]] is attracted to Joan as the reason he starts blackmailing -- er, "white leveraging" -- Abe so Abe won't confess his feelings. He had never had any substantial interaction with Joan before or shown even a passing interest in her. Knowing the show's tone, though, the abruptness could have been purposeful.