Clone High

Clone High est une série télévisée d'animation américano-canadienne en treize épisodes de 25 minutes, créée par Phil Lord, Chris Miller et Bill Lawrence et diffusée entre le 2 novembre 2002 et le 10 février 2003 sur Télétoon et MTV.

Synopsis

Clone High est une école secrètement dirigée par le gouvernement, peuplée de clones de figures historiques comme Abraham Lincoln, Jeanne d'Arc, Gandhi, Cléopâtre, John F. Kennedy…

Clone High Revival: Plot, Cast, and Everything Else We KnowThe cult classic series Clone High is returning to the air 20 years after its only season. Here's everything we know so far.

If you were a kid growing up in the early 2000s, you might remember the iconic animated series Clone High. Running on MTV in the US and Teletoon in Canada, the series took iconic historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, and Mahatma Gandhi into a modern high school setting. Despite only running for a single season of 13 episodes between 2002 and 2003, the series attracted a strong cult following among fans that has persisted even 20 years later.

In July 2020, it was announced that MTV had ordered a revival of the series with original creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller returning. The series was later moved to HBO Max and given a two-season order. Will it be possible for this revival to capture lightning in a bottle just as the original did two decades ago?

Keeping that in mind, let’s take a look at everything we know about the upcoming revival of Clone High. Will the original voice cast return to reprise their roles, and will we be seeing any new faces join them? Will it continue the plot of the original or introduce a new concept? When should audiences expect the revival to be released? And what else should we know about the new Clone High?

Few details have been released about the specific plot of the revival, but it has been described as a “modern refresh” of the original series. That suggests that the new episodes will try to remain as faithful to the plot of the original series as possible. In the original, the United States military cloned various historical figures with the intention of harvesting their specific abilities for use in military projects. They set up a secret military experiment disguised as a high school to monitor the clones’ activities.

During their time at the military high school, the clones also faced typical elements of high school, such as dating and relationships, parties, proms, and athletics. Outside of the central characters, the school was populated by various other historical clones, such as Vincent van Gogh, Martin Luther King Jr, George Washington Carver, Paul Revere, Julius Caesar, and many more.

It is likely that the characters will remain the same age in the revival, as most animated series do not age their main characters. Look at the 2011 revival of Beavis and Butt-head. Despite being off the air for nearly 15 years, the titular characters had not aged. Since the concept of “high school” is in the show’s name, it would not make sense for the characters to be older. Phil Lord and Chris Miller have described the revival as really a “season two” of the original series, which confirms the same characters will be back at the same age. In all likelihood, their high school struggles will be adapted for a more modern audience.

The original series was not without its controversy. In 2003, lawmakers and activists in India launched a hunger strike in protest over the series’ depiction of Gandhi, who was portrayed as a wild party animal. MTV was quick to issue an apology for the backlash, stating that the series was never meant to air in India and apologizing for offending “the people of India and the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.”