Clarence's New Adventures/Tropes/Characters

Character sheets for the revival of Clarence.

Keep in mind, this page refers to the existing characters' new traits in the revival and new characters featured in said revival.

Clarence Wendle

 * Ambiguous Innocence: Has this throughout half of the fourth season.
 * Character Development: After the movie, he has his head out of the clouds after realizing his actions he put upon his friends and others in his life.
 * Karma Houdini Warranty: This hits him in "Clarence, You're Grounded", as Mary grounds him for a month from having heard about his "get away scott-free" antics.
 * New Transfer Student: Transferred to West Aberdale Elementary in the fourth season's finale.
 * Out of Focus: Depending on the plot. In most episodes, he's seen in the background or shown for a few minutes in one scene.
 * Role Reprisal: Creator Skyler Page becomes rehired to voice him again.
 * Took a Level in Badass: In "Clarence and Jeff Go West", "The Great Clarence Caper" and "Halloween in Aberdale".

Jeff Randell

 * Ascended Extra: He appears in every single episode of the revival with Clarence.
 * Casanova Wannabe: He temporally becomes on in "Jeff the Lady Killer", having him give up his genius persona, no thanks to Sumo.
 * Disappeared Dad: In "Mr. Randell", he discovers he has a father, much to his amazement.
 * New Transfer Student: Transferred to West Aberdale in the Season 4 finale.
 * Official Couple: With Kimby at the end of Big Break.
 * Rescued from The Scrappy Heap: Jeff becomes more likable in the revival than he did the original airing, by becoming the voice of reason and less of a selfish snob genius.
 * Took a Level in Badass: In "Jeff the Lady Killer", as he becomes a ladies man; and in "Halloween in Aberdale", by planning and leading a raid on the thieves who stole their candy.
 * Took a Level in Dumbass: In the episode "Jeff and Dumb", his level of intelligence drains, frightening Jeff to try his best to regain it.

Sumo Sumouski

 * Advice Backfire: His advice to Jeff about being a ladies man goes off the rails in "Jeff the Lady Killer".
 * Ascended Extra: Throughout the entire revival, he appears in every single episode with Clarence.
 * Lampshade Hanging: The revival tends to have him invoke this trope for laughs.
 * Insane Troll Logic: In the revival, he sometimes does this in most episodes.
 * Noodle Indecent: Sumo received $300 from Belson for a new laptop in a bet that Sumo wouldn't kick a dog in the behind.
 * Temporary Bulk Change: In the episode "Snack Packer", where he overeats from junk food from the school's vending machine.
 * The Movie Buff: Once in the movie.
 * Took a Level in Kindness: He becomes more loyal while retaining his sarcastic wit.

Amy Gillis

 * Ascended Extra: She becomes the main supporting character after her return.
 * The Bus Came Back: She returns after her long absence in the show, despite her two cameos.
 * Character Derailment: Amy fits this trope, as her character has changed from being a tomboyish girl in her debut episode to a sarcastic, narcissistic pre-teen in her fourth appearance. That is, until the seventh season's episode "Sibling Revolting".
 * Cool Big Sis: Figuratively to Clarence and Sumo. Subverted with Jeff.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Due to her adolescence and puberty effects. But not as much as Sumo.
 * Expy: To Alex Dunphy, which doubles as alluding to Amy's new voice actress. Minus the nerd part.
 * Like Brother and Sister: With Sumo.
 * Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Either with Clarence or Jeff. Averted with Sumo.
 * Nerd Glasses: Temporary worn in "Bye, Bye, Nerdy".
 * The Other Darrin: Justified. Ariel Winter (known as Alex Dunphy on Modern Family) is the current voice of Amy throughout the revival, as she's evolving into a teenager.
 * Only Sane Woman: Depending on the episode.

Mary Wendle

 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: The episode "Back Then" reveals that Mary used to be attracted to jocks back in high school.
 * Ascended Extra: She becomes one of the main supporting characters in the revival.
 * Big Eater: Mary becomes one in "Beefcake Mom", due to her stress at Hip Clips.
 * Formerly Fat: At the end of "Beefcake Mom". This sticks throughout the rest of Season 5 and the following seasons.
 * How Dad Met Mom: The premise of "Back Then" has her and Chad tell a backstory of how they met back in high school.
 * Really Gets Around: During her youth (and before she met Chad), she once dated a few guys, as mentioned by her in the beginning of "Back Then".
 * Temporary Bulk Change: In "Beefcake Mom", she becomes overweight at 514lbs. At the end, she goes through liposuction, now sporting a slim body; courtesy of Cynthia.
 * Womanchild: During her days married to Damien.

Chad Caswell

 * Ascended Extra: He becomes a main supporting character in the revival.
 * Butt-Monkey: Not as much as Joshua, but it depends on the episode's premise focused on him.
 * Casanova Wannabe: Until he met Mary.
 * Clear My Name: In "Cool Hand Chad", he breaks out of prison to find the criminal that resembles him for framing him.
 * Formerly Fit: In his high school years in "Back Then".
 * How Dad Met Mom: The premise of "Back Then" has her and Chad tell a backstory of how they met back in high school.
 * The Other Darrin: Eric Edelstein gets replaced by Skyler Page in the revival, as to give Edelstien the ability to continue working on We Bare Bears.
 * The Resenter: In high school, he despised Damien from making effort to woo Mary.

Chimney

 * The Bus Came Back: Chimney returns to the series in "Chimney Come Home", where the boys find him at the train tracks and decide to take him in their "shared" custody.
 * Out of Focus: Despite his return, he doesn't have as much frequent roles throughout the rest of the revival, just shown in the background playing with either Clarence and Sumo.
 * Suddenly Voiced: Even though we heard him speak at the end in his debut episode, his monotone voice gets put to good use, such as often surprise the human characters.

Belson Noles

 * Demoted to Extra: His role in the series as a supporting character changes to him being a minor character. However, he was able to have main role in the Season 5 episode "Be Good, Belson" and in the Season 6 episode "The Restraining Order".
 * Took a Level in Kindness: He attempted to be nice in "Be Good, Belson". It didn't stick at the end.
 * Come "The Restraining Order", after discovering he'd pushed things to far from after putting Clarence on the titular order, he decides to take Clarence off the order and show him some empathy for a change.

Ms. Baker

 * Demoted to Extra: While she has some appearances in Season 4, she has less in the later seasons.

Mr. Reese

 * Unexpected Successor: He becomes Aberdale Elementary's new school principal in "Principal Reese", after the old principal quit from having been payed minimum wage.

Breehn

 * Siblings Wanted: Once wanted one in "Brother Breehn". At the end, he gets his wish
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Genderly inverted. Breehn digs up the courage to his infatuation with Malessica in "Tough Love is in The Air".
 * Unexpected Successor: When Jeff fails the spelling bee, Breehn becomes the new Jeff in "The New Know-It-All".

Sue Randell

 * A Day in the Limelight: She gets a major role in "Mommy Issues" and "Mr. Randell".
 * Amicable Exes: Sue may be guilty for being with Howard at the time, but she barely holds a grudge against him.
 * How Dad Met Mom: She explains to Jeff on how she met Howard.

EJ Randell

 * The Resenter: She becomes very displeased with Howard's presence, even when he's with Jeff.

Mel Sumouski

 * Ace Pilot: Revealed in "Mel & Marv", he was a helicopter pilot along with his old friend Marvin Telwilliger. Unfortunately, he quit his job to start raising a family with Tinona.
 * Blood Brothers: Once with his old friend Marvin.
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Marvin.
 * Childhood Friends: He and Marvin knew each other since the fifth grade.
 * Forgotten First Meeting: Mel barely remembers the time he met Robert.

Tinona Sumouski

 * A Day in the Limelight: She becomes Mary's wedding planer in "Mr. and Mrs. Wendle-Caswell", and has her own main role in the episode "Nailed It". She receives a larger role in the episode "Benefits with Friends".
 * Chatty Hairdresser: Previously worked at a hair salon in "Mel & Marv". She currently works at a nail salon in "Nailed It".
 * Mama Bear: She becomes this in the episode "Benefits with Friends" when thinking Clarence has become a bad influence on Sumo.

Kimby

 * Alliterative Name: The movie reveals her last name is Knutson.
 * Official Couple: With Jeff at the end of Big Break.
 * Tsundere: She reveals to Jeff in the Valentine's Day episode "Tough Love Is in the Air" that she was pretending to give him the cold shoulder to hide her affections from him.

Malessica

 * Love Interest: To Breehn in "Tough Love Is in the Air".

Dustin

 * Demoted to Extra: He receives this after the first episode of Season 5, but he, along with Nathan, Kimby, and Breehn, will usually appear from time to time as a supporting character.
 * Those Two Guys: With Nathan.

Nathan

 * The Other Darrin: He's now voiced by Spencer Rothbell (who was the current voice of Clarence since the second half of Season 1), rather than being reprised by Skyler Page.
 * Only One Name: Officially averted. In "The New Know-It-All", his last name is revealed to be Anderson.
 * Those Two Guys: With Dustin.

Percy

 * Demoted to Extra: After "The Great Clarence Caper", he rarely appears in episodes anymore.

Andrew
Voiced by: Seann William Scott
 * A Day in the Limelight: Given one in "Sumo Strikes Back".
 * Jerkass: Moreso than Belson.
 * The Load: Despite being a new character, he wasn't given much episodes but being shown as a background/minor character whenever West Aberdale is present in an episode.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Revealed in "Sumo Strikes Back", he was the nicest kid in the whole class. Until becoming introduced into his friends' knowledge of becoming the cool kid and being a ladies' man.

Marvin Telwilliger
Voiced by: Dwight Schultz
 * Actor Allusion: His mannerisms and being a pilot is pretty similar to another guy.
 * Blood Brothers: Once with his old friend Marvin.
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Marvin.
 * Childhood Friends: He and Marvin knew each other since the fifth grade.

Howard Randell
Voiced by: Seth MacFarlane
 * Actor Allusion: One scene in his first episode "Mr. Randell" has him sing a song with Jeff about being there with Jeff, while singing in a Frank Sinatra-esque voice; which his VA uses for most of his singing as Brian Griffin.
 * Amicable Exes: Howard, same as Sue, holds no grudge against the latter.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: After his debut episode, he becomes a more popular character in the show's fandom, let alone his VA's fandom.

Luanne Gillis
Voiced by: Sarah Hyland
 * Annoying Younger Sibling: Inverted. She's a little immature for her age at times and tends to intervenes in Amy's personal space.
 * Big Sister Bully: She usually picks on Amy from time to time during their time together.