Teletoon air date: 11/2/2002
MTV air date: 1/20/2003
Written by: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence
It's a brand new school year for the students of Clone High. The genetic clone of Abraham Lincoln, meets up with his fellow outcasts Mahatma Gandhi and Joan of Arc on their way to the first day of classes. Things are the same as last semester, the clone of John F. Kennedy rules the school as the coolest guy around, and one of the Elvis twins has ballooned up to 1970s levels of obesity. Meanwhile, Abe has set his sights on head cheerleader and resident Alpha Bitch Cleopatra, oblivious as he is to his friend Joan's romantic interest in him, despite increasingly obvious signs. Meanwhile, JFK is throwing a huge keg party at his place, which is not only the perfect place for Abe to put the moves on Cleo, hopefully having numbed his paralyzing stage fright with alcohol, but also a perfect spot for Gandhi's desperate desire for social acceptance. The race is on to get JFK to invite them to the party...
Meanwhile, the principal of Clone High, Cinnamon J. Scudworth, finds himself under scrutiny by the Secret Board Of Shadowy Figures, the goverment group that originally created the clones, who thinks his increasingly deranged and histronic behavior is damaging to the long term goals of their project. Secretly, Scudworth is conspiring to steal the clones from the goverment, and use them in a clone-themed amusement park for his own ends, Cloney Island. To avoid suspicion and termination by his superiors, Scudworth finds himself tasked with writing a report on what its like to be a student at the school, and enlists the help of his robotic butler Mr Butlertron to gain the necessary research for the report.
A Trope of Sand:
- Adults Dressed as Children: In research for Scudworth's research paper, he and Mr. Butlertron dress as teens and crash JFK's party. It doesn't work, and Genghis Khan uses Scudworth as a piñata.
- Alpha Bitch: Cleo, more so than in the rest of the series, by blatantly ignoring Gandhi despite being his foster sister for years.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: When the party is busted, the cop who tries arresting everyone accuses Gandhi of being intoxicated, everyone present being under 21 and the pot stickers not being made with real crab. Which they are.
- Art Shift: Van Gogh's bedroom is designed to look like the real Vincent van Gogh painting "Bedroom in Arles."
- Cannot Talk to Women: Well, women he's attracted do. Abe becomes utterly speechless every time Cleo addresses him, only managing to make guttural gasping noises. The first time she says hello to him, he ignores the fact that the trophy case he's leaning on has caved in, cutting his arm open.
- Cool People Rebel Against Authority: Parodied. The cop who breaks up JFK's party tells Abe that he has to enforce the drinking age because to ignore it would ruin the thrill of teens getting wasted behind their parents' backs.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Gandhi behaves much more of a jerk here than he does in later episodes, from ogling Joan over her breasts to humiliating Van Gogh at the party.
- Elvis Lives: Doubly so with the Elvis twins, one of whom resembles the young, fit Elvis while the other resembles the older, out of shape Elvis addicted to painkillers and junk food. Abe comments that the latter let himself go over the summer.
- Emo Teen: Vincent van Gogh is depicted as such, being depressed to the point of calling a teen crisis hotline.
- Fake High: Abe was only able to get non-alcoholic beer for the party. Not that any of the guests even noticed until he admitted it to prevent Joan and Gandhi from getting arrested.
- Foreshadowing: When she meets up with Abe, Joan casually mentions that she spent the summer at camp. In "Sleep of Faith," we find out she went to sleepaway camp. That's right: camp for people with sleeping problems!
- Gibberish of Love: Abe has a lot of trouble forming words when talking to Cleo. He gets over it in later episodes.
- Hypocritical Humor: JFK gets angry when he sees his girlfriend making out with Abe... as he's having sex with another girl!
- Insane Troll Logic: Gandhi's suggesting for getting Abe out of providing JFK's party with beer: tell JFK that he actually said "I'll get the beards." It Makes Just As Much Sense In Context.
- Instantly Proven Wrong: In the beginning of the episode, Abe tells Joan that the extra height he grew over the summer doesn't feel awkward. He then proceeds to bang his head on a tree branch and falls over.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Joan has a perfect opportunity to torpedo Cleo and Abe's romance before it even gets off the ground, but she decides against it, knowing it would crush Abe.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Gandhi humiliates Van Gogh at JFK's party. Naturally, Van Gogh gets revenge and humiliates Gandhi over his Teeny Weenie.
- Major Injury Underreaction: While he was entranced by Cleo, he leans on a trophy case and shatters its glass, cutting open his arm. When Joan points this out to him, he dismisses her, all while acting like nothing happened.
- Overly Long Gag: Doubles as a set up for the show's running gag of JFK constantly explaining his own jokes.JFK: I will see you there. And by will, I mean won't!
(exits laughing, then reenters immediately)
JFK: Cause you're not invited. I, er, wasn't sure if I was clear earlier. So, eh, you're not. Invited that is.
(exits and re-enters again)
JFK: To my party!
(Exits and re-enters yet again)
JFK: Forgot to wash my hands!
(Ten straight seconds of JFK at the sink) - My Eyes Are Up Here: Gandhi is a little too obsessed with the fact that Joan... developed over the summer.Joan: Wow, Abe! You grew, like, a foot!Gandhi: You grew, like... a pair of breasts!
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Scudworth and Mr. Butlertron attempt to crash JFK’s party by disguising themselves as teens. No one buys it.
(Beat)
(Scudworth kicks Mr. Butlertron)
Mr. Butlertron: Where are my bitches?
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Gandhi attempts to escape Joan's plea for volunteers for the suicide hotline by jumping out a third story window.Gandhi: Oh my god, I can see my bone!!
- Shout-Out
- Mr. Sheepman is a parody of Dolly, a real-life sheep who was famous for being the first successfully cloned animal.
- Joan is twice addressed as "Miss 'of Arc'."
- Single Tear:
- Joan sheds one when she sees Abe and Cleo making out at the party.
- Van Gogh sheds a quick one when he finds out Gandhi was broadcasting their call at the party.
- Wild Teen Party: The main plot of the episode, JFK's beer bash. Most of the episode is spent trying to get invited to the party, and later, trying to get beer for the party.
