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"Changes: You Got A Prom Wit Dat?"
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Original air datesMarch 2, 2003 (2003-03-02) (Canada)[3][4]
April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14) (Max)
Running time22 minutes
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"Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale", originally produced as and retitled on its

Gandhi, with the pair being respectively recast and absent for the series' 2023 revival.[10][11]

Serving as "a two-parter based around The Big Dance" with the preceding episode "

Principal Scudworth's plans once and for all. The finale had a generally positive reception when it premiered, although its two-decade status as a cliffhanger-ending series finale
(prior to the series' 2023 revival) received some criticism.

Plot

The Narrator: "Tonight, on a very special Clone High… everything you thought was real comes down to this. Old questions will be answered, and new answers will be questioned, on an episode we call… "Changes"."[12]

In the opening scene, immediately after the events of "

Bronte Sisters), although JFK is otherwise completely courteous and respectful towards her, having brought her a corsage
.

Meanwhile, as

Mr. Butlertron
reminds him that the Board of Shadowy Figures are planning on taking the clones away on prom night, which Scudworth ignores.

At the prom, as Abe is thinking on Joan's appearance, Cleo brings him to the meat locker to have sex as planned, only for him to repeatedly call her Joan instead, leading him to run out. After Abe tells Gandhi about his newfound feelings for Joan outside, he slaps him and tells him Joan had felt the same way all year, before unsuccessfully attempting to seduce the heartbroken Cleo himself, and becoming a couple with Marie Curie. As Scudworth is about to be crowned prom king, an arriving Stamos (invited by Scudworth) enters and is quickly crowned as such again by the student body; after Stamos offers him his crown, a frustrated Scudworth stabs him in the eye with it, which Stamos immediately forgives him for, frustrating Scudworth further.

Meanwhile, Joan and JFK (having left his other dates for her) bond over their emotions, telling her that he prefers her when she's being herself rather than with the "makeover" she got to attract Abe, pointing out that if he has bade taste in women. As the Shadowy Figure and his minions arrive, ready to take the clones away, Mr. Butlertron hurriedly takes his vacation time, while Stamos distracts the Shadowy Figure by saying the prom king needs to lead a

Cl" (once again), before the screen cuts to black with "To be continued…?!"
.

Production and release

Serving as "a two-parter based around The Big Dance" along with the preceding episode "

Makeover, Makeover, Makeover: The Makeover Episode",[9] the episode was written by series co-creators Phil Lord, Christopher Miller & Bill Lawrence, and directed by Ted Collyer and Harold Harris, premiering on Teletoon on November 2, 2002, and on MTV on January 20, 2003.[3][4][13]

Reception

"Changes" received a generally positive critical reception, although its two-decade status as a cliffhanger series finale received some criticism. Caroline Framke of The A.V. Club lauded the episode for "seamlessly trad[ing] in some of its usual detached distance in favor of some real pathos", in particular for its depiction of the "love quadrangle" soap opera staple and the development of Joan's and JFK's relationship, describing their first date as "just a sweet, quiet scene between two unlikely friends that builds on a season’s worth of development in a completely satisfying way." Further, Framke described "the ending of “Season Finale” [a]s a heartbreaker. [While] Scudworth freezing everyone mid-epiphanies didn’t seem quite so cruel when they first wrote it[…] it’s undeniable that there’s something achingly sad about watching it now with the knowledge that the clones may never thaw out to "laugh and shiver and cry," or more likely trip and grope and snark, or whatever it is they wanted to do after the most important night of their lives (TM Abe). Watching “Season Finale” in retrospect means knowing that in the clones will likely be frozen in time forever—just like the weird little show that gave them life, however brief."[9]

Jacob Oller of

teen drama parody version of the cops coming in to break up a Monty Python sketch [in Monty Python and the Holy Grail…] the most cliffhangery cliffhanger, where there’s not just a freeze frame but a literal freeze that frames the whole cast—and its central relationship question [and] the real pain [being] its symbolism of unachieved potential[…] a hilariously on-the-nose nod to unfulfillment [of] a lame duck finale [that] put all its eggs into one hilariously doomed basket", further noting on the prospect of a revival that "even if it picks up directly where the original series left off—thawing the clones in the modern day, with them picking up their lives as if nothing has happened—it’ll be a bittersweet prize, simply because there are so few TV endings that simultaneously leave us wanting more while laughing at an unfortunately serendipitous punchline[…] so prescient and sarcastically self-referential about its own abrupt ending that its existence and possible revision are both frustrating and exciting."[14]

Ranking the finale as the series' best episode, Sid Natividad of Game Rant described its "too many loose ends [that] were finally tied up" as a "tragedy", that while the series "still had its signature chaos, [the way] it ended [was] on a rather sad and somber note" for its characters in light of the then-lack of a second season.[15] Ana Isis Cisneros of Collider meanwhile complimented the episode's depiction of "heightened emotions and big revelations[…] end[ing] with a bang as Prom night leads to shocking developments that result in a cliffhanger", similarly ranking it as the best episode of the series' first season, and a second season as being "well-deserved".[16]

Revival

Following the 2003 cancellation of Clone High,

film within a film.[18]

In July 2020, it was announced that a revival of the series was in the works at

Cleo, originally voiced by white actress Christa Miller, would now be voiced by Mitra Jouhari, while Miller would be playing a new character, Candide Simpson. The character of Gandhi will not be returning due to the controversy the original series faced, making "Changes" the character's last appearance.[28][29][30] The revival premiered on May 23, 2023.[31]

References

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  5. ^ Johnson, Michael Winn (May 23, 2023). "Why Clone High Was Canceled and How it Came Back". Den of Geek. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Clone High (2002) S1 | Garn's Guides". Garn's Guides.
  7. ^ @DailyCloneHigh (May 21, 2021). "The final episode of Clone High has two different names circulating around the internet. "Changes: You Got A Prom Wit Dat?" "Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Barshad, Amos (February 7, 2014). "Phil Lord and Chris Miller of 'The Lego Movie' Look Back on 'Clone High,' Their Cult Classic MTV Cartoon". Grantland. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
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  10. ^ Clone High NEW Behind the Scenes Discussion. YouTube. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  11. ^ Shaunette, Morgan (April 27, 2023). "How Did the Original Clone High End?". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
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  17. ^ Chitwood, Adam (June 12, 2014). "Phil Lord and Chris Miller Say They're Discussing the Possibility of a CLONE HIGH Movie; Talk Potential Rating and More". Collider. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  18. ^ Barsanti, Sam (December 13, 2018). "In Into the Spider-Verse, there's a Shaun of the Dead sequel and a Clone High movie". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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  20. ^ Baysinger, Tim (February 10, 2021). "HBO Max Lands 'Clone High' Reboot, Animated 'Scooby-Doo' Spinoff". TheWrap. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  21. ^ WarnerMedia Press Release (February 10, 2021). "HBO Max Orders Three Adult Animated Series, "Clone High," "Velma" and "Fired on Mars," Picks Up Two More Seasons of "Close Enough"" (Press release). WarnerMedia. Retrieved February 10, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
  22. ^ Miller, Christopher [@chrizmillr] (June 23, 2021). "About to do a table read" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ Miller, Christopher [@chrizmillr] (October 29, 2022). "The first half of 2023 is going to be chock full of Lord Miller stuff. Cocaine Bear, Clone High, The Afterparty Season 2, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, Strays: It's going to be crazy. Buckle up" (Tweet). Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ Miller, Christopher [@chrizmillr] (November 2, 2022). "20 years ago today our first show, CLONE HIGH, debuted. Seems about time to unfreeze the clones. They'll be fully thawed out in 2023 on HBOMax" (Tweet). Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ Lord, Phil [@philiplord] (November 2, 2022). "To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Clone High… @hbomax gifted us some industrial strength hair dryers! Thawing out in 2023…" (Tweet). Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ Billinger, Tara [@TaraBillinger] (November 4, 2022). "The continuation of @chrizmillr @philiplord's CLONE HIGH is thawing out and coming to @hbomax in 2023! Get ready for Season 2! 🥶❄️🧬 #clonehigh" (Tweet). Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Twitter.
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  28. ^ Swift, Andy (May 23, 2023). "Clone High Creators Explain Gandhi's Absence in Max Revival, Tease Whether He'll Remain on Ice Forever — Grade It!". TVLine. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  29. ^ Swift, Andy (March 24, 2023). "Clone High Revival Sets Spring Premiere — But Who's Missing? And Which Character Has Been Recast?". TVLine. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
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  31. ^ Clark, Anne Victoria (May 8, 2023). "A Very Special Trailer for Clone High Has Finally Arrived". Vulture. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

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