Clarence's New Adventures/Tropes/Characters

This character list only centers around the events of Clarence's New Adventures. This also applies to the television special "Clarence and Jeff Go West", and The Movie Clarence's Big Break.

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

Main characters

Clarence Wendle

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  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.
• Took a Level in Badass: In "Clarence and Jeff Go West", "The Great Clarence Caper" and "Halloween in Aberdale".

Jeff Randell

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  Ascended Extra: He appears in every single episode with Clarence.
• The Casanova: 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.
• 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 Kindness: During the first show's run, Jeff became more egotistical and self-centered a little less than the Nice Guy we knew. Here, he's reverted back to being the voice of reason and being there for his friends. Also, he loses his germophobe traits.

Sumo Sumouski

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  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 sequel, he appears in every single episode with Clarence.
• Lampshade Hanging: This series tends to have him invoke this trope for laughs.
• Insane Troll Logic: 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.
• The Movie Buff: Once in the movie.
• Took a Level in Kindness: He becomes more loyal and affectionate to Jeff while retaining his sarcastic wit.

Amy Gillis

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  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.
• 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".
• Only Sane Woman: When she's paired with her old ditzy friend Clarence, the voice-of-reason Jeff, and the wildchild Sumo, or anyone that's abnormal compared to her.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Amy has changed from being a tomboyish girl in her debut episode to a sarcastic, narcissistic pre-teen in this sequel series. That is, until the episode "Sibling Revolting".

Mary Wendle

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  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.
• 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 show.
• 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.
• Casanova Wannabe: Until he met Mary.
• 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 Resenter: In high school, he despised Damien from making effort to woo Mary.

Kimby

• Alliterative Name: The movie reveals her last name is Knutson.
• Formerly Fit: A year after Clarence and Jeff's transfer, Kimby's gained a few pounds as she's been stress eating after keeping her affections away from Jeff and having difficulty revealing them to him.
• 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.

Dustin

• Ascended Extra: After the release of The Movie, he's as a supporting character along with Nathan and Kimby.
• Those Two Guys: With Nathan.

Nathan

• Only One Name: Officially averted. In "The New Know-It-All", his last name is revealed to be Anderson.
• Those Two Guys: With Dustin.

Recurring characters

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 "Be Good, Belson" and "The Restraining Order".
• Took a Level in Kindness: He attempted to be nice in "Be Good, Belson".
  • Come "The Restraining Order", after remembering all the good things Clarence did for him and pushing things too far from after putting Clarence on the titular order, he decides to take Clarence off the order.

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.

Malessica

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

New characters

Marvin Telwilliger
Voiced by: Dwight Schultz

• 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

• Amicable Exes: Howard, same as Sue, holds no grudge against the latter.

Luanne Gillis
Voiced by: Sarah Hyland

• Annoying Younger Sibling: Inverted. She's a little immature for her age at times and tends to intervene in Amy's personal space.
• Big Sister Bully: She usually picks on Amy from time to time during their time together.