The essential episodes of Clarence
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Clarence — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Clarence's Mom treats Clarence, Jeff and Sumo to an afternoon at Rough Riders Chicken, a fast food restaurant with a play emporium. When Clarence and Sumo steal Jeff's fries, Jeff is forced to confront his germ phobias head-on in the restaurant's seemingly unsanitary play area.
- 02
While reading a confusing text message in class, Ms. Baker assigns a weekend project on turtle hats, and the kids struggle to figure out exactly what that entails. When presentation time comes, Clarence, Jeff and Sumo are left to improvise.
- 03
While at the park, Clarence happily feeds some birds his sandwich, imagining himself as their king. He has a great time until one persistent goose will not leave him alone!
- 04
Clarence buys a goldfish, but when the goldfish bag breaks before he can get home, Clarence must keep his new friend out of harms way and get him back into water before it’s too late.
- 05
In an escalating series of dares, Clarence eats five hundred hard-boiled eggs, delighting the kids around him. As Clarence grows sicker and sicker, the kids get more and more grossed out until they want nothing to do with him.
- 06
It’s time for the Aberdale Greased Pig Chase and everyone’s excited except Clarence. He feels bad for Butterscotch that he takes her place in the pig chase, running from townsfolk eager to take home the prized barrel full of hot dogs!
- 07
While Clarence spends Saturday playing an adventure game, Dragon’s Cusp, Mary asks him to return some mail to the guy across the street Chalmers Santiago, whom they’ve never seen. Clarence makes it his mission to befriend the neighbor.
- 08
Jeff is set to go to bed so he can wake up for the morning meteor shower when Clarence suggests they stay up all night. As they struggle to stay awake, their reality slips away as deprivation induced hallucinations play tricks with them.
- 09
The trio heads to Squirty’s Moist Mountain water park, and as Clarence learns the truth about his idol Squirty, Jeff and Sumo wait in line for the reopening of the parks tallest slide, The Curd Churner.
- 10
Chad takes Clarence out to the woods for some camping but Clarence is disappointed at the cushy set up. To make it a more rugged adventure, Clarence ditches Chad’s wallet, cell phone and all their food.
- 11
Jeff has everything in place for his birthday at Papa Petey’s Pins and Pies but Gilben is also having his party there, stealing Jeff’s thunder. Jeff gets even more upset when the kids suggest they merge their parities for a double birthday.
- 12
After Mr. Reese discovers his precious car smeared with meatball sauce, he pulls out his officer’s cap and enlists Clarence to help his investigation to nab the culprit.
- 13
Sumo discovers an injured roadrunner, names him Hot Sauce, and nurses him back to health. The two become inseparable pals, but Sumo learns that a wild animal can’t be contained.
- 14
After surprising Clarence with Martial Arts classes, Mary gets talked into joining the class herself. She loves the lessons in discipline and control, but Clarence just wants to have fun! Can Mary convince Clarence to stick with the class?
- 15
When Clarence realizes Sumo has made a new group of friends at his new school, he becomes jealous and confused. Will Clarence accept a school life void of Sumo, or scheme his way into making their friendship work?
Shows like Clarence
The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.
- 01Comedy·FamilyThe essential episodes of The Simpsons1989–present·FOX
The Simpsons is the longest running scripted show in US television history. - 02Comedy·FamilyThe essential episodes of Family Guy1999–present·FOX
Family Guy follows Peter Griffin the endearingly ignorant dad, and his hilariously offbeat family of middle-class New Englanders in Quahog, RI. - 03Comedy·FamilyThe essential episodes of American Dad!2005–present·FOXIn American Dad!, Stan Smith leads the all-American family in this animated sitcom filled with wild and crazy extremes.
- 04Comedy·FamilyThe essential episodes of Modern Family2009–2020·ABCModern Family revolves around three different types of families (nuclear, step- and same-sex) living in the Los Angeles area, who are interrelated through Jay Pritchett and his children, Claire Dunphy (née Pritchett)…
- 05Comedy·FamilyThe essential episodes of Bob's Burgers2011–present·FOXThe series follows Bob who runs Bob's Burgers, with the help of his wife and their three kids.
- 06Comedy·FamilyThe essential episodes of Mom2013–2021·CBS
Christy is a single mom who, after years of questionable choices, is now sober and trying to get her life on track.
