Line #6 Recap/CloneHighS1E12MakeoverMakeoverMakeoverTheMakeoverEpisode


1	[[quoteright:960:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12192304.jpg]]
2
3	-->"''Makeover, makeover''\
4	''Makeover, makeover''\
5	''Makeover, makeover''\
6	''MAKEOVER!''"
7
8	'''Teletoon air date:''' 1/26/2003
9
10	'''MTV air date:''' 8/2016
11
12	'''Written by:''' Eric Kentoff
13
14	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 hers, 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 Gandhi 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, Creator/JohnStamos.
15
16	!!"Are you thinking what I'm thinking? ''Trope edits!''":
17	* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: ''Makeover!!''
18	--> '''Joan:''' (''in unison with Cleo'') Suicide.
19	* BaitAndSwitch: A {{running gag}} with Abe and the women in his life.
20	** He asks Cleo if he'd do him the honor... of giving Joan a makeover.
21	** He asks Joan if she'll make him the happiest guy on earth and accompany him to... the mirror, so ''he'' can give her a makeover so another guy can ask her out.
22	** And after her makeover, he asks her to come...pile a list of potential dates.
23	* BankRobbery: Cleo and Joan successfully rob a bank during their makeover montage.
24	* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Played straight and subverted. Once Cleo makes Joan over as a tramp, Abe suddenly sees how beautiful Joan is... but still doesn't get that she wants him.
25	* BerserkerTears: Scudworth devolves into this, presumably for ''days'' after his call from '''''STAMOS!'''''
26	* 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 really has feelings for.
27	* BeYourself: What Gandhi 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.
28	* BriefAccentImitation: Gandhi takes on JFK's HollywoodNewEngland (and his [[DontExplainTheJoke terrible joke-explaining]]) when he becomes GFK.
29	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Abe, as usual, is completely unperceptive of Joan's feelings for him. Though this is where it finally starts to get a little more serious.
30	--> '''Joan:''' ''[crying]'' I don't wanna be beautiful, Abe! I just want ''you''!
31	--> '''Abe:''' ...to get you a prom date, I know!
32	* CurseCutShort: During Scudworth's mental breakdown, he almost blurts out "motherfucker", but gets cut off at the "fu-".
33	--> '''Scudworth:''' '''Stamos!''' Oh! There goes my whole day! I '''hate''' Stamos!
34	--> ''[he destroys a tube, and Mr. Butler scoots away.]''
35	--> '''Scudsworth:''' Mother...''[he destroys more things]'' ''fu-''
36	* HistoricalInJoke: When Catherine the Great turns down his prom invitation, Gandhi tells her to "get off [her] high horse!"[[note]]There is a long standing rumor that she died while fornicating with a horse.[[/note]]
37	* HollywoodNewEngland: JFK's first step in turning Gandhi into GFK is to teach him his Boston accent. "Fawuh suppah, I, er uh, want a pahty platta!"
38	* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: JFK delivers several to Gandhi when trying to get his attention in the cafetorium.
39	--> '''JFK:''' Hey you! Half-pint! Junior mint! Pipsqueak! Tiny Tim! Yardstick! Snak Pac! Wee fella! Brown leprechaun!
40	--> '''Gandhi:''' ''[glancing around]'' [[SincerityMode Are you talkin' to me?]]
41	* HypocriticalHumor: JFK makes fun of Gandhi for talking to himself in the mirror... then immediately gets into an argument with his own reflection, kicking off the b-plot.
42	* IAmWhatIAm: When Gandhi sheds his GFK persona, he looks JFK square in the face and says, in his normal voice, "My name is Gandhi."
43	* IJustWantToBeLoved: Parodied.
44	--> '''Gandhi:''' I just want someone to love, dry hump, leave and then brag about. Is that so wrong?
45	* ItsAllAboutMe: Cleo, moreso than ever, as she expects Abe to give her the single greatest promposal the school has ever seen simply on the basis that she's ''Cleopatra''!
46	* LosingYourHead: Marie Antoinette thanks to Winston Churchill who made his promposal from a [[HelicopterBlender helicopter]]; he then tries to ask Anne Boleyn before the camera cuts away. In the next episode, Marie shows up at the prom holding her head in her hands.
47	* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: DoubleSubverted. JFK making a bet with his own reflection just seems like him being a pompous idiot. In the punchline to this joke, his reflection checks its watch while JFK folds his arms angrily and looks away.
48	* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Downplayed. Abe, still blissfully unaware of her sexcapades, muses to Cleo about how prom is the night where all teenagers lose their virginity, sending her into a laughing fit.
49	* OverlyLongGag: Gandhi pulling out about ten socks from his crotch when he drops the GFK persona.
50	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gandhi gives one to JFK.
51	-->"You know what JFK stands for in my book? Just feigning kindness!"
52	* RunningGag
53	** "Are you thinking what I'm thinking? ''Makeover!''"[[note]]'''Joan''': Suicide![[/note]]
54	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Susan B. Anthony backs into a bathroom stall and tries to flush herself down the toilet when Gandhi asks her out. She later makes a second attempt after watching JFK argue with his reflection.
55	* 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.
56	--> '''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!]] [[note]]They most certainly did not, prom dances as we know them didn't exist until the 1920's at the earliest[[/note]]
57	* ShoutOut
58	** The B-plot of JFK making Gandhi over into GFK is one to ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.
59	** When Gandhi tries to ask out Eva Peròn, she bludgeons him with a cross and exclaims [[Music/{{Evita}} "You keep your distance!"]]
60	** InUniverse, Scudworth claims that he was inspired to create Cloney Island after seeing ''Film/JurassicParkIII''.
61	* SkywardScream: Courtesy of Gandhi when it becomes apparent that he'll be attending the prom...
62	-->'''''STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG!!!'''''
63	* 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.]]
64	* ToBeContinued: The episode ends with several cliffhangers, all of which are resolved within the first five minutes of the next episode.
65	* TwoWordsICantCount: Courtesy of Abe, who tells Cleo his thoughts on the other promposals to keep her occupied as he plans his.
66	--> '''Abe:''' Two words: ''bo-ring!''
67	--> ''[AsideGlance from Cleo]''
68	* UnnecessaryMakeover: All of them.
69	----

Context Recap / CloneHighS1E12MakeoverMakeoverMakeoverTheMakeoverEpisode