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- 2023
- TV-14
- MAX
- 2023
- TV-14
- MAX
Summary The clones including JFK (voiced by Chris Miller) Abe Lincoln (voiced by Will Forte), Joan of Arc (voiced by Nicole Sullivan) and Cleopatra (voiced by Mitra Jouhari) are unfrozen after 20 years to continue the experiment with new clones in this reboot of the MTV animated comedy series.
Created By: Bill Lawrence, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
- 2023
- TV-14
- MAX
- 2023
- TV-14
- MAX
Clone High
Season 1 Premiere: May 23, 2023
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
4.3
Summary The clones including JFK (voiced by Chris Miller) Abe Lincoln (voiced by Will Forte), Joan of Arc (voiced by Nicole Sullivan) and Cleopatra (voiced by Mitra Jouhari) are unfrozen after 20 years to continue the experiment with new clones in this reboot of the MTV animated comedy series.
Created By: Bill Lawrence, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Top Cast
This new season is the perfect blend of what always made this series work, which is a strong blend of absurdity mixed with genuine care for these characters and their relationships, and some of the funniest jokes on television today.
The second season of its return feels like the show finding its groove going forward.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
4.3
33% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
25% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
42% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
4.3
33% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
25% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
42% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
If you liked the original you won’t be disappointed. In an era of constant poor reboots it’s nice to see one done well. A lot of the humor comes from the differences between millennial and Gen Z high school experiences and just how culture have shifted. There is still that patented zaniness from the original. Only complaint is I don’t care for the new voice actor for Cleo and how little she is utilized.
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Serving up a new season that feels every bit as silly and sharp as the show did the first time around.
Starts off EXTREMELY rough, but by the last few episodes it finally regains it's charm. That said, the middle half of the season does not hit like the original series. It's a bit of a tonal whiplash from the last season too. ENJOYABLE, but a rough start to this reboot/continuation of the original show.
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Compared to the first season this is quite a disaster. The comedy is forced, often comes off as pandering, frequently feels like the authors socio-political opinions are shoe-horned in and more often than not falls completely flat of anything humorous. The series does kind of hit a decent stride in the last four episodes of the season and honestly the framework is there for a triumphant return to form for the series in season 3, someone just needs to rein in the writers.
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Very rough early episodes.
Show mainly focuses on the relationships, but with mostly flat humor. If the first season had me howling or just having a good laugh, here there were mkstly smirks or worse case scenarios sighs at undelivered jokes.
Additonally not the biggest fan of some of the retconns, which can happen to a show, but the issue is that a lot of things from season 1 are ingrained in peoples minds, even if they watched it only in the ladt 2-3 years. Seeing multiple characters get removed, changed personality wise, get showed into the background, It is harder to be invested into the new world that is being created.
Id say episodes 7, 8 and 10 are the closest to the original, but having mostly duds, the show deserves at least one watch, but will probably not be getting the repeat weavings season 1 has to this day.
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As for tons of people, the original Clone High series holds a special place in my heart; its uniqueness and comedic genius are undeniable. After all these years, it still somehow feels quite.. timeless.
Now, I unfortunately have to admit that this 2023 sequel is, for the most part, an utter disappointment. Many sequels nowadays act as soft reboots and this makes no exeception, only this time with worse comedy (quantity and quality), somewhat bland characters, and way more "modern" social commentary. You can almost feel the writing room trying to be relevant to the youth in this day and age and completely missing the mark.
Universal things like love, friendship, and struggles for popularity - themes that resonate so much with everyone's teenage years - that used to be tackled in absurd but heartwarming ways have been replaced with very basic exploration of shallow things like: THE INTERNET, CANCEL CULTURE, TikTok, "your mama" jokes in online comment sections, etc. We're hip, right? How do you do fellow kids? We're holding the same correct opinions as you, see? And we made this character an INFLUENCER, how COOL?! Without being toooo on the nose, there are even clear jabs at how things used to be, and how we should all agree that things are MUCH better now because we're.. more inclusive! That never fails to make one's eyes roll. And what a perfect way to make a show feel dated as soon as possible.
Once again the messaging and overdone tropes that are so typical of today's movies and TV series all contribute to give a strong impression that the show is constantly tip-toeing around itself, settling for what's the least offensive, instead of seizing the actual opportunities for comedic greatness. Impeccable timing, snappy dialogue, and strong subtext have been weirdly supplanted by weak random twists, out-of-character moments, and when everything fails, gratuitous gore. That's funny, right?
Before ending I have to mention the disastrous situation this show is left in without Gandhi. The original series featured a very strong group of characters with distinct, interesting, and complementary personalities that were all equally compelling to follow inside each episode. Abe's very awkward, goofy, but often charming demeanor was SOOO effective bouncing off Gandhi's infinite level of high octane energy and swagger. This time around though, nobody new in the bloated cast even come close to filling the void created by Gandhi's absence, or for that matter even succeed at being interesting on their own due to the obvious "nothing remotely provocative allowed" policy. Even Abe feels a bit off without his counterpart. The only salvation would be Scudworth here, who seems the most authentic to the original series despite ironically not being one of the clones that were frozen in time.
All and all, the edge is gone, and so is the heart.
I have the regrettable impression that this will be forgotten before long, forever living as an afterthought in the shadow of the first season. I guess we'll always have that.
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Season 1 had me in tears laughing, season 2 just has me in tears. Seriously, it's not funny. The focus of the show now seems to be promoting diversity in the form of an afterschool special rather than comedy in the form of an animated show for adults. I'm not sure if the creators are just scared of getting cancelled again but it kind of feels like overcompensation. The message isn't wrong, it's just not funny. The clones in season 1 were horrible people even in 2003, that was the joke. The show could still be funny calling out their racist/prejudice/sexist/inappropriate behaviour and have the characters change organically over time through real conflict resolution. But no, in season 2 they just get called out on the spot for being wrong and then corrected with horribly unfunny, preachy dialog and then they're all best friends in the next episode. Great for Sesame Street but it's not comedy.
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Production Company:
- Atomic Cartoons
- Doozer Productions
- Doozer
- Lord Miller
- MTV Entertainment Studios
- Nelvana
- Out of Nowhere Productions
- Pinkfong
- ShadowMachine
Initial Release Date: May 23, 2023
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Annie Awards
• 1 Nomination