![]() Originally announced for MTV, the revival was later picked up for two seasons by HBO Max (although MTV will still produce it) Season 2 premiered May 23, 2023, 20 years after the conclusion of the original series on the same day the service was rebranded as simply Max. News of the revival renewed public interest in the show's popularity almost two decades after its brief run, aided by the show exploding onto multiple streaming platforms as well as being released for free on YouTube through Nelvana's Retro Rerun channel (only if you're outside the US due to MTV still owning the rights). In 2020, a revival of the series (frequently mis-billed as a Continuity Reboot) was announced with Phil Lord and Chris Miller on-board to help "reimagine" the show. However, most of the series is available in the US on the MTV app/MTV.com, Paramount+ and through digital stores.Īfter years off the air, MTV finally began airing the complete series for the first few months after the launch of their MTV Classic channel. The remainder aired in Canada on Teletoon's Detour block (where the show debuted), and the out-of-print DVD was only released in the Canadian market. A hunger strike outside MTV Studios in India eventually prompted the network to pull the show in the US after less than a season. all of whom had their real life counterparts die in plane crashes, Clone High premiered to mediocre ratings and an infamous backlash from Indian audiences for its portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi. Mixed with a healthy dose of humor from off-hand or irreverent historical references note like the scene where the clone of Buddy Holly invites Abe to ride on a broken-down plane along with Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, Jim Croce, Stevie Ray Vaughan and half of Lynyrd Skynyrd. They serve the Secret Board of Shadowy Figures that created the clones to condition them into a super-strong and super-intelligent army, although Scudworth fosters his own plan of creating a clone-based amusement park called "Cloney Island." Scudworth and his mechanical yet sensitive servant Mr. Then, of course, there's the school's eccentric, Mad Scientist Principal Cinnamon J. ![]() Meanwhile, Abe's best friend, the partying, attention-starved Gandhi "provides some sort of comic relief.'' Cleo herself is on and off with the cocky Jerk Jock JFK, who's often preoccupied with sleeping around the school. The plot, as outlined at the beginning of every "very special episode" by the Expository Theme Tune above, is pretty straightforward, and the incessant trope-lampooning is anchored by the show's Love Dodecahedron: the lanky, indecisive Abe pines for the popular, seductive horndog Cleopatra while ignoring the affections of his friend, the snarky, angsty Joan of Arc. (The American broadcast added "U.S.A." to the title.) It was created by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Bill Lawrence. Originally airing from 2002 to 2003, the show parodies the Teen Drama, especially the Very Special Episode. Clone High is a Canadian-American animated sitcom from MTV and Nelvana. ![]()
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