Clarence's Universe

"Clarence's Universe" is the first episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Clarence. It is a 45-minute-long crossover special with Steven Universe, and is written by Kent Osborne and directed by Spencer Rothbell. It airs in the United States on September 19, 2018, on Cartoon Network.

In the episode, Clarence, his family and friends stay with the Crystal Gems after their car had run out of gas outside Beach City.

Plot
Chad returns home and finds an ad in the paper promoting a resort and spa at Kingsville, Texas, in which Mary mentions she has not been at a spa in a while, so they pack up their things to go. Meanwhile, Clarence reunites with Amy Gillis, who had moved back as she missed him. Before he could respond to her, Chad calls him that they are going to Kingsville for the weekend, which Amy asks if she could come, and he accepts her coming, but needs to make sure to get her parents' permission. Sumo and Jeff later tag along with the trip as they had gotten their permission.

After Chad has been at the wheel since they had left and has not stopped for the night, Mary tells him to pull over. After they stop, the car fuel has run out, in which she blames him for not stopping to go to a gas station. They find themselves in a town called Beach City, Delmarva. As they walk around the town, Chad focuses to find a gas station, but there does not seem to be one. Jeff is intrigued with the look of the town, and examines several things and thinks it could be a good show-and-tell project at school. With Clarence and Sumo, they climb up the donut sign of the Big Donut. They get down after Lars had noticed. Sumo then gets hungry since the trip. The kids and adults enter the donut shop where they meet Greg Universe.

He brings them to the beach house, where they meet the Crystal Gems (and Sadie Miller who is on her day off). Steven Universe comes home and meets the boys. he shows Clarence and Sumo his mother's room and shares his information about the Gems. Sadie brings Amy to her home and introduces her to music. As time passes, Clarence and Steven become best friends later on. With Jeff, he gets information from Garnet about their history for "sentimental reasons". As with Sumo, Amethyst takes him on a mission to bond for a while. Both Chad and Greg return back with a gas canister while conversating about their lives. With Sadie, she sings "Haven't You Noticed (I'm A Star)", and right off the bat she recognized the lyrics and had a better sing voice than her. Sadie became jealous. Pearl and Mary return from seeing a matinee, but Mary was less than pleased. Amethyst and Sumo return from their mission and Sumo holds a living Centipeetle, but it gets loose around the town after showing Clarence and Jeff. Fortunately, they catch it in time and destroy it. Unfortunately, the Centipeetle had destroyed half the town, leading them to return to Aberdale. Sadie gives Amy her CD as to remember her. After Steven and Clarence say their goodbyes, he gives him his mother's portrait with his face drawn on. Steven becomes angered at what he did to it, which ends their friendship.

Before they could leave, Greg apologizes to Chad for their departure, which he replies that it always happens when they meet new people. They later sit at the pier and talk about their differences.

Production credits

 * Producer - Keith Mack
 * Supervising Producers - Bob Boyle, Yvette Kaplan
 * Supervising Director - Raymie Muzquiz
 * Supervising Animation Director - Andrew Overtoom
 * Story Editors - Mark Banker
 * Production Coordinator - Debora Arroyo
 * Production Assistants - Heather Navarro, Chelsea McAlarney
 * Design Supervisor - Romney Caswell
 * Character Design - Martin Wittig, Ryan Matias, Colin Howard
 * Prop Design - Dylan Forman
 * Character & Prop Design Clean-Up - Miranda Dressler
 * Background Designers - Steven Sugar, Alen Esmalian
 * Background Painters - Esther Kim, Kassandra Heller, Steven Sugar
 * Color Stylists - Tiffany Ford, Juliana Park
 * Animatic Timers - Lauren Hecht, Marcus Myrick
 * Animatic Scanner - Patrick Seery
 * Storyboard Revisions - Aleth Romanillos, Lauren Zuke, Amber Rogers, Miyuki Hoshikawa, Destiny Wood, Patrick Harpin, Ryan Matias, Dan Forgione, Ryan Shaw, Barry Vodos, Carder Scholin
 * Sheet Timing - Robert Ingram, Kimson Albert, Doug Gallery, Maureen Mlynarczyk, Tom Pope, Phil Cummings, Tuck Tucker
 * Animation Checking - Sandy Benenati, Vicki Casper
 * Featured voices
 * Skyler Page as Clarence / Chad
 * Sean Giambrone as Jeff
 * Tom Kenny as Sumo
 * Ariel Winter as Amy
 * Katie Crown as Mary
 * Additional voices
 * Estelle as Garnet
 * Zach Callison as Steven / Onion
 * Tom Scharpling as Greg / Yellowtail
 * Deedee Magno as Pearl / Jane
 * Kate Micucci as Sadie
 * Michaela Dietz as Amethyst
 * Kirk Thornton as TV Announcer
 * Christine Lakin as Tiona
 * Tig Notaro as Sue
 * John DiMaggio as Mel
 * Track Reading by - Slightly Off Track
 * Casting and Voice Directors - Kristi Reed
 * Casting - Linda Lamontagne
 * Recording Studio Manager - Susy Campos
 * Recording Engineer - Robert Serda
 * Supervising Editor - Rob Desales
 * Picture Editor - Mattaniah Adams
 * Assistant Editor - Anna Granfors
 * Director Production Technology - Antonio Gonella
 * Overseas Production Facilities - Saerom Animation Inc. and Rough Draft Korea
 * Additional Animation - SMIP Co., Ltd.
 * Overseas Directors - Jong-Choel Baek, Gyudae Youn, Yeongsan Bak
 * Dialogue Editor - Eric Freeman
 * Supervising Sound Editors - Timothy J. Borquez, MPSE, Tony Orozco
 * Sound Editors - Tom Syslo, Daisuke Sawa
 * Re-Recording Mixers - Timtohy J. Borquez, CAS, Tony Orozco
 * Post Production Supervisor - Tony Tedford
 * Post Production Coordinator - Alicia Parkinson
 * Production Estimator - Cecilia Rheins
 * Production Administration - Linda Barry
 * Development Executive - Katie Krentz
 * Current Series Executive - Nicole Rivera
 * Special Thanks - Steven Sugar, Justin Martin, Rebecca Sugar, Carly Morando
 * Executive Producers - Curtis Lelash, Jennifer Pelphrey, Brian A. Miller, Rob Sorcher, Skyler Page

Trivia

 * This is the first Clarence crossover, as well as the second crossover of Steven Universe, but is not a Steven Universe episode.
 * Skyler Page returns as the voice of Clarence and takes the role of Chad.
 * Amy Gillis returns in the special, but is instead voiced by Ariel Winter.
 * Clarence mentions that there is not any fictional things (such as alien invasions, superheroes, etc.) going on in Aberdale.
 * As the show takes place in real life.
 * All the relatives of Clarence, Sumo and Jeff appear in the special.
 * Except for EJ, who felt sick.
 * The crossover takes place during the events of the Steven Universe: In Too Deep event.
 * Meaning, Lapis Lazuli is still fused with Jasper, the Cluster has not been stopped yet, and Peridot is still working on the drill.
 * And Amethyst has her previous form from "Reformed" to "Crack the Whip".


 * Only six of the actors of Steven Universe reprise their roles while all the other characters have no lines in the special.