History YMMV / CloneHighS1E10LitterKillsLitterally

* TearJerker: This is widely considered the only episode of the show that's genuinely sad. While it's obviously done to [[TheComicallySerious sell the comedy]] of spoofing teen shows that [[RememberTheNewGuy introduce new characters]] [[TonightSomeoneDies just to kill them for cheap drama]], JFK's grief is played so devastatingly straight that it ''inverts'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice crossing the line twice]] and becomes actual drama.

** Inverted with Ponce's death, which tries so hard to be funny that it ends up being sad.
** Played straight, however, during the cleaning montage in which happy memories of Ponce are superimposed over the scene, including the shot of him gagging while bleeding to death.

* CrossesTheLineTwice

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Again, it's done to sell the comedy, but Chris Miller ''really'' sells JFK's complete devastation over Ponce's death, especially the crying scenes, which sound almost uncomfortably like how a real young person would cry over such a tragedy.

** A man who just lost his teenaged foster son being fired while mourning? Not funny. A janitor being fired because the kids who cleaned up the school in honor of his deceased teenage foster son did such a good job that they don't need him any more? Now it's funny. Scudworth then [[KickTheDog twisting the knife]] by blithely telling Glen that now he'll "have more time to spend with his family"? Now it's even funnier! The teens seeing this and subverting the GreenAesop by [[SpoofAesop concluding that "littering is okay in moderation" because it helps some people keep their jobs]]? That's some kind of twisted genius!

** Abe coming to Joan for advice, looking similarly exhausted. The corny euphemisms they exchange are all silly and parodic, but Abe breaking down in front of Joan while she kisses his head is probably the most sincere scene in the whole show. For once, Joan isn't trying to get Abe to notice her feelings for her, she's just comforting her friend, who is genuinely upset.

** Abe coming to Joan for advice, looking similarly exhausted. The corny euphemisms they exchange are all silly and parodic, but Abe breaking down in front of Joan while she kisses his head is probably the most sincere scene in the whole show. For once, Joan isn't trying to get Abe to notice her feelings for her, she's just comforting her friend. Meanwhile, Abe's crying isn't exaggerated for comedy at all. He's genuinely upset.

** JFK going to church to mourn Ponce, where he devolves into BerserkerTears and winds up in a TroubledFetal position, all while yelling (presumably) [[RageAgainstTheHeavens at God]] "''You'' took him!" Again, it's obviously a parody of how unsubtle these scenes are when played straight, but it's still a young person trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy.

* TearJerker: Along with the finale, this is widely considered the only episode of the show that's genuinely sad. While [[RememberTheNewGuy introducing a new character]] just to [[TonightSomeoneDies kill him off for cheap drama]] is played for laughs, JFK's grief is played completely straight. When Abe comes to sit with him on the thinking dock, JFK's eyes are extremely baggy, indicating that he's been crying for days.
** And if you were unfortunate enough to have lost a friend your age when you were a teenager, the whole thing is [[AngstAversion impossible to watch]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Subverted with Ponce's death, which tries so hard to be funny that it ends up being sad.

* TearJerker: Along with the finale, this is widely considered the only episode of the show that's genuinely sad. We the audience may never have known Ponce, but watching JFK spiral into a depression over the death of someone he clearly cared a lot about is heartbreaking. When Abe comes to sit with him on the thinking dock, JFK's eyes are extremely baggy, indicating that he's been crying for days.

* HarsherInHindsight: Granted, he was much older than a teenager, but like his character in the show, Luke Perry died very young (he was 53).

* HilariousInHindsight: Ghandi gets mistaken for a prisoner because he was wearing orange warmups. But they were just a fashion statement, meaning Ghandi thinks Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack!

* HilariousInHindsight: Ghandi gets mistaken for a prisoner because he was wearing orange warmups. But they were just a fashion statement because to Ghandi, Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack!

* HilariousInHindsight: Ghandi gets mistaken for a prisoner because he was wearing orange warmups. But they were just a fashion statement because to Ghandi, [[Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack]]!

* TearJerker: Along with the finale, this is widely considered the only episode of the show that's genuinely sad. We the audience may never have known Ponce, but watching JFK spiral into a depression over the death of someone he clearly cared a lot about is heartbreaking. When Abe comes to sit with him on the thinking dock, JFK's eyes are extremely baggy, indicating that he's been crying for days.