History Recap / CloneHighS2E04TheCrownJoancomingItsACleoCleoCleoCleoWorld

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: Joan rejects the pumpkin spice lattes and Instruction Boogie that Cleo promotes on principle. However, when Cleo takes over and forces Joan to experience them, Joan realizes Cleo likes them despite herself. A pep-talk from Mr. B helps Joan recognize that she doesn't hate Cleo either. After Confucius points out she isn't that much better morally, Joan is motivated to defend and reconcile with Cleo after stopping her.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: Putting on the crown cleans Cleo up and fixes her makeup, [[BreastExpansion increases her breast size]], [[HartmanHips expands her butt]], and puffs up her lips. While [[InformedAttractiveness the last changes are no longer visible after their first scene]], everyone still treats her like a HeadTurningBeauty as she struts through the hallway.

Max air date: 6/1/2023

* ADayInTheLimelight: After being put mainly OutOfFocus so far for the season, this is the first episode to feature Cleo in a major role in an episode.
* AccidentalTruth: Joan started a rumor that Cleo's pumpkin spice lattes were made from "blood pumpkins" and the spice mined by child labor. After Joan admits she made that up, it's greatly implied by Cleo's response that they weren't ethically sourced anyway.
* AmbiguousSituation: Candide says that the crown can only be worn by nobility, but apparently a Homecoming Royalty election can qualify. Even so, no one ever wears it but Cleo, who is a clone of Queen Cleopatra and technically royalty by blood.

* ColonCancer: The title has two colons. This is the second example of this in the show following the first season finale.
* CruelMercy: Cleo spares Joan from her brainwashing if only to make her suffer under a world where everyone does what Cleo wants.
* GiantWoman: Cleo uses the crown to grow much larger than everyone else when she wants to intimidate people.

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: Joan rejects the pumpkin spice lattes and Instruction Boogie that Cleo promotes on principle. However, when Cleo takes over and forces Joan to experience them, Joan realizes she likes them in spite of herself. A peptalk from Mr. B helps Joan realize that she doesn't really hate Cleo either, and after Confucius points out she isn't that much better morally, Joan is motivated to defend and reconcile with Cleo after stopping her.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Invoked and discussed in-universe, with Confucius pointing out that Joan's behavior hasn't been that much different from Cleo's yet Joan is acting like she's the hero. Joan eventually realizes he's right and in the midst of freeing everyone from Cleo's control, admits that part she's played in their feud over the years and apologizes.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: Putting on the crown cleans Cleo up and fixes her makeup, [[BreastExpansion increases her breast size]], [[HartmanHips expands her butt]], and puffs up her lips. While [[InformedAttractiveness the latter changes are no longer visible after their first scene]], everyone still treats her like a HeadTurningBeauty as she struts through the hallway.

[[caption-width-right:350: Poster by Tara Billinger]]

* PowerMakeover: Putting on the crown cleans Cleo up and fixes her makeup, [[BreastExpansion expands her cup size]], [[HartmanHips expands her butt]], and puffs up her lips. While [[InformedAttractiveness the latter changes are no longer visible after their first scene]], everyone still treats her like a HeadTurningBeauty as she struts through the hallway.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: George Washington Carver projectile vomits after being released from Cleo's mind control.

* ThisCannotBe: Joan and Cleo's reactions to Joan becoming homecoming queen.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Invoked and discussed in-universe, with Confucius pointing out that Joan's behavior hasn't been that much different from Cleo's yet Joan is acting like she's the hero. Joan eventually realizes he's right and in the midst of freeing everyone from Cleo's control, admits that part she's played in their feud over the years and apologizes.

Joan starts a false rumor about Cleo to turn the rest of the school against her, but a magical gem infused crown with the power to brainwash anyone it wants into servitude may force the two to confront their rivalry once and for all.

* MindControlEyes: Anyone enslaved by Cleo gets pink rings around their pupils.

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Joan starts a false rumor about Cleo to turn the rest of the school against her, but a magical gem infused crown with the power to brainwash anyone it wants into servitudemay force the two to confront their rivalry once and for all.