Line #68 ShoutOut/Clarence


1	* When Clarence and Jeff start dueling with foam guards on top of the Fun Dungeon in "Fun Dungeon Face Off," the music imitates ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Duel of the Fates]].''
2	* The episode "Lost in the Supermarket" shares its name with a song by Music/TheClash.
3	* "Clarence's Millions" opens with Clarence's class reading ''[[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents A Melancholic Tale of the Quirky Quirkerson Siblings]]''.
4	** During the same episode, Clarence's NightmareSequence begins with him imagining himself to be [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] swimming in his money pit, only filled with Clarence Dollars instead of gold coins. A remixed version of the ''Franchise/DuckTales'' theme song even plays in the background!
5	** The same dream ends with an homage to ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo''.
6	** At the end there is a trading card game that parodies Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
7	** There's a ''T. rex'' toy that is reminiscent of the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' toy lineups, complete with a wound.
8	* Clarence's friends Jeff and Sumo, look like Steve(?) from ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and Gollum from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' respectively.
9	** Belson not only looks like [[Series/SesameStreet Bert]]; his [[StraightMan personality]] is like Bert's, but tinged with JerkAss.
10	** Percy pretty much is a human [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Percy]].
11	** In "Money Broom Wizard," the trio embark on a LOTR-style quest with clear character roles: Clarence as Gandalf, Jeff as Legolas, and Sumo as "[[IncrediblyLamePun Sumo-wise]]" (although his resemblance to Gollum is exploited at the beginning when he crawls on all fours).
12	* The plot of "Straight Illin", where Belson dares Clarence to eat 500 deviled eggs, is based on the scene from ''Film/CoolHandLuke'' where Creator/PaulNewman's character is dared to eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in one hour.
13	* Clarence appears to be watching a Creator/MarxBrothers movie in "Honk". Not to mention that the talk show host looks similar to a certain [[Creator/ConanOBrien Late night redhead]].
14	* In "Zoo", a pastiche of the Music/TheBeachBoys plays when Ms. Baker mentions her dream of moving out to California.
15	* "Dollar Hunt", one of Clarence's flashbacks is him in Chad's [[Film/StopMakingSense much-to-big-for-a-little-boy jacket, pretending to be David Byrne.]]
16	* When Clarence tries to talk down the mountain lion in "Rise and Shine", a [[https://soundcloud.com/simonpanrucker/liony-liony-mountain/s-nyCpu pastiche of Erasure's "Always"]] (AKA the theme from ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack'') starts playing, with puma-appropriate lyrics.
17	** In the same episode, the animal control officer warns Clarence that this isn't [[WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}} a pink mountain lion lisping about stage left.]]
18	* During Clarence's CostumeTestMontage in "Clarence Gets a Girlfriend", one of the outfits he tries on resembles Carl Sagan's IconicOutfit from his time on ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'', as well as a costume reminiscent of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.
19	* "The Forgotten" is one huge reference to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.
20	** At one point, Clarence has an ImagineSpot where his plan plays out like a pulp detective comic. And for some reason, Brady is dressed like ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' (though he could also be the archetypical Middle Eastern/West Asian[[note]]West Asian would be places like India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka[[/note]] sidekick to the white hero, which was common in a lot of 1940s pulp comics and adventure series, like ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'''s Hadji character).
21	** There scene on the bus is a reference to ''Film/MidnightCowboy'', punctuated with Clarance randomly yelling about a trip to Florida that is not actually occurring.
22	* Clarence has a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT-esque]] action figure and a poster of a Wrestling/HulkHogan parody in his bedroom.
23	* Belson also has a TMNT-esque action figure, as well as [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jake The Dog]] and [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]] toys, and a [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] poster.
24	* The ending to "Belson's Sleepover" is a lot like the ending to the original ''[[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''.
25	** Speaking of which, in Belson's room he has ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' and Franchise/TombRaider posters, a few [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT-esque]] action figures, a [[Franchise/AdventureTime Jake toy]] and his game console is basically a Platform/WiiU with psuedo-[[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] controllers.
26	* "Average Jeff" is bookended by scenes that parody the opening and closing of ''Film/AmericanPsycho''.
27	** The book that Ms. Shoop is reading, "Tints of Brown", is a reference to ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
28	* "Too Gross For Comfort" has Sumo try to pass off Han mercy killing his Tauntaun in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' as something he did.
29	* "Pilot Expansion" ends with a parody of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' end credits.
30	* Buckey O'Neill, the founder of Rough Riders Chicken in "Fun Dungeon Face Off", appears to be a caricature of UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, the 26th President of the United States that served as the leader of the Rough Riders, which was a volunteer military group that fought in the Spanish-American War of 1898 in real-life history.
31	* "Rough Riders Elementary" includes an homage to the infamous "orgy cult" scene from ''Film/EyesWideShut''. Rather unexpected for a kids' show, though it is obviously toned down.
32	** This episode also has a brief shout out to the infamous "man in dog suit" scene from another Kubrick film, ''Film/TheShining,'' parodied by a brief glimpse of Ms. Baker in an old outfit and Mr. Reese in a chicken suit standing in a tub.
33	** In addition, Clarence storing food in one of his pants pockets, only to pull it out during class, is reminiscent of another [[Film/NapoleonDynamite socially awkward protagonist.]]
34	** Joshua's eyepatch, white coat and "RR" badge together cause him to resemble WesternAnimation/DangerMouse.
35	* Clarence does a parody of Marshall Gerald's famous speech in ''Film/TheFugitive'' when Jeff escapes from his room in "Jeff Wins".
36	** "Goose Chase" has another ''Fugitive'' reference, with Clarence cornered by the goose in a sewer pipe spoofing the scene of Kimball and Gerald at the dam.
37	* "Goldfish Follies" is done in the style of a 1930s Creator/FleischerStudios cartoon. Specific references include Belson appearing as Bluto and Clarence briefly turning into ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
38	** The pet store where Clarence gets the goldfish has an employee who looks like WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}.
39	** Twice Clarence does a Creator/TexAvery-style WildTake.
40	** There is even a ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' reference when the cuckoo inside Clarence's wristwatch says "It's a living."
41	* The dog in "Chimney" is a CaptainErsatz of Series/{{Lassie}}. There is even a TimmyInAWell plot.
42	* In "Hurricane Dilliss," Seymour (Mary's Dad) looks somewhat like [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]] (the glasses and the somewhat square head to match his square personality), but sounds like [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead Tom Anderson]] (which is very similar to Hank Hill's voice, only slightly lower in pitch and gruffer).
43	* In "Lil' Buddy", Clarence's transformation into a delinquent is accompanied by a parody of "Strange Things" from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.
44	** At the end, Ms. Baker quotes from the final lines of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
45	-->'''Ms. Baker:''' Don't forget what happened to the man who got everything he wanted.\
46	'''Clarence:''' What?\
47	'''Ms. Baker:''' He lived happily ever after.
48	** When Clarence is burying the titular doll, silhouettes of [[WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall Wirt and Greg]] [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/clarence/images/f/f3/Wirt_and_Greg_in_Clarence.png can be seen.]]
49	* The game Clarence plays in "Chalmers Santiago" is based on ''VideoGame/{{Adventure}}'', complete with SurpriseDifficulty.
50	* The little creatures that Sumo hallucinates in "Tuckered Boys" seem inspired by the soot spirits in ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' and ''Anime/SpiritedAway''.
51	** Also, the piano music played in "Cloris" when he sees the piano and finds the tree sound like something a Creator/StudioGhibli movie would have.
52	* "Where the Wild Chads Are" has Chad watching ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' on his portable [=TV=] .
53	** The title is of course a reference to ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre''.
54	* In "The Big Petey Pizza Problem" Jeff's bowling scene is based off of Jesus Quintana's scene from the film ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
55	* "Interrogation" is a WholePlotReference to ''Series/LawAndOrder'', particularly the subtitles giving the time and place and the "Cha-chung!" MusicalSting.
56	* One of the ideas Clarence has for a comic strip in "Freedom Cactus" is a spoof of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', with Jeff as Jon.
57	* The title of "Attack the Block Party" references ''Film/AttackTheBlock''.
58	* The squirrel in "The Tails of Mardrynia" is a CaptainErsatz of [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh Mrs. Brisby.]]
59	** The AngryMobSong sung by Percy and the animals, "End the Boy", parodies [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast "Kill the Beast"]].
60	* The movie the new ''Robofrog'' trailer is playing with in "Sneaky Peaky" is a spoof of ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop''.
61	* In "Space Race", Ms. Baker has the kids make rockets, and Gilben's rocket is TheMonolith from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
62	* When Chad has his hair eaten by fish in "Fishing Trip", he looks exactly like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], especially in the yellow light of the setting sun. When Sumo steps on his foot, he even lets out a "D'oh!"
63	* In the episode "Capture the Flag" [[spoiler:Sumo]] forms [[TheApunkalypse a post-apocalyptic]] gang and puts himself as the warlord, complete with HockeyMaskAndChainsaw. Percy, dressed like The Toadie, gives a speech about him similar to the one Lord Humungus in ''Film/TheRoadWarrior''.
64	* A few of the songs by Simon Panrucker, the composer for the show are InTheStyleOf several bands like "[[https://soundcloud.com/simonpanrucker/my-time-will-come My Time Will Come]]" for Music/LinkinPark or "[[https://soundcloud.com/simonpanrucker/california-made-for-cartoon-networks-clarence California]]" for Music/TheBeachBoys and "Liony-Liony-Mountain" above.
65	* The "Dingus and [=McNobrain=]" chapter of "Clarence's Stormy Sleepover" is a parody of '70s cop shows, complete with funk theme music and the title appearing in era-appropriate graphics.
66	* When Mary and Clarence join a karate class in "Karate Mom", they briefly appear as ''Anime/DragonballZ'' characters.
67	* Two of Clarence's action figures, which have appeared repeatedly, are a hot dog dressed as a cop, and a robot frog, which appear to be references to obscure 80's action figure lines "Food Fighters" and "Comicbook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars."
68	* The wrestlers Clarence and Sumo watch in "The Tunnel" are dressed like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and (Wa)Luigi]].
69	* While digging through the trash in "R.C. Car", [[Film/TheMask Jeff finds a wooden mask and says "Sssmoking!"]]
70	* In "Clarence the Movie", when Clarence asks Chelsea what she knows about real life, Sumo and Jeff have an interchange reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'':
71	-->'''Clarence''': Do you wanna be in our movie?\
72	'''Chelsea''': A movie?\
73	'''Sumo''': Yeah, I'm the hero, and Jeff's the butthead.\
74	'''Jeff''': Sumo, you can't say that if you want a proper rating.\
75	'''Chelsea''': [[HehHehYouSaidX He said "butt".]]

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