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Very funny, only had six episodes made. Episodes four and two made it to air, [[Screwed by the Network|in that order]]. Definitely [[Too Good to Last]]. A DVD is available.
Kevin Smith had planned a DVD movie called "Clerks: Sell Out" about Dante and Randal making a film in the Quick Stop, but when Harvey and Bob Weinstein left Miramax in the hands of Disney, Smith refused to work with the Mouse House without the support of the Weinsteins. Though, since Miramax's current non-Disney owners have partnered with the Weinsteins, there is now a greater likelihood for the series to return in some form or another
Interestingly, Smith has always referred to the show as "Clerks: The Cartoon" (which it was also called in a trailer shown at film festivals) or "The Clerks Cartoon", but never "Clerks: The Animated Series". Go figure.
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* [[Body Sushi]]: Randall recounts being married to a Japanese business man, who had him do this.
* [[Bowdlerisation]]: Jay and Silent Bob are never shown or mentioned as drug dealers in this series, though in the first episode they ''are'' shown selling illegal fireworks and dynamite to children. Both this, and the fact that the show contains very little (if any) cursing were heavily lampshaded during the series.
{{quote|'''Jason Mewes (in the DVD):''' Because it was TV, we couldn't curse. Well...
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Done throughout the series, but the sixth episode strays into [[No Fourth Wall]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dante
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Well played, clerks, well played...", plus Jay's sayings.
* [[Clip Show]]: ''The second episode aired''.
** Made even better by the fact that the series was shown out of production order and as such there are no clips or references to the fourth episode of the series which was actually the first to air.
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* [[Parody Episode]]: Episode 3 parodies ''[[Outbreak]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Episode 5]] parodies ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', and ''[[The Bad News Bears]]''.
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]
* [[Prank Call]]: In the courtroom episode, the prosecuting attorney plays tapes of a prank call made by Jay and Randal (completely unrelated to the case) as part of the trial.
* [[Race Fetish]]: Randall is only interested in Asian Chicks. Though, when through some wacky circumstance he has several Geishas eager to do his bidding, he sends them out for porn featuring Asian women.
* [[Running Gag]]: "Why are we walking like this?"
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