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[[File:cartoon1.jpg|frame|Dante, Randall, [[Silent Bob]] and Jay. Huh...thought [[Silent Bob]] was taller...]]

'''''Clerks''''' (known after the fact as ''Clerks: The Animated Series'') was the animated series, running from May to June, 2000. Loose adaptation of the film ''[[Clerks]]'' by [[Kevin Smith]]. Dante Hicks is the much put-upon clerk of a Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. He is tormented by his friend, video clerk Randal Graves, as well as stoner hangers-out Jay and Silent Bob.

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Clerks: The Animated Series was the animated series, running from May to June, 2000. Loose adaptation of the film ''[[Clerks]]'' by [[Kevin Smith]]. Dante Hicks is the much put-upon clerk of a Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. He is tormented by his friend, video clerk Randal Graves, as well as stoner hangers-out Jay and Silent Bob.

Included more wackiness and fantasy than the film. [[Lampshade Hanging|This was lampshaded]]. Contained little swearing or sexual references. [[Lampshade Hanging|This was lampshaded, also]]. Added such things as an arch-nemesis, [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Mr. Leonardo Leonardo and his Odd Job like [[The Dragon|assistant]]. Had a [[Token Minority]], Lando, who showed up just to be black, saying a few words every now and then. [[Lampshade Hanging|All of that lampshaded as well]]. It also had a [[Clip Show]], ''[[Refuge in Audacity|in the second episode]]''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded, at least the first part]].

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** Originally, the series was considered for UPN. Production instead went with ABC (rather than being "the big fish in a little pool"), which they conceded was a mistake.

** Over the years, there has been talk of a DTV movie ''Sell Out'', which basically would've had the cartoon characters making a movie based on the actual movie. Assorted behind-the-scene developments (such as the Weinstein Brothers leaving the studio) haven't helped move it forward.

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: Parodied at the end of episode 2 during the [[Shout-Out]] to [[Stand by Me]].

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: Parodied at the end of episode 2 during the [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Stand by Me]]''.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Spoofed in episode 2 when Randal recalls an incident in which he wedded a Japanese businessman who forced him to become one. He's even seen at one point wearing a kimono and chopsticks in a hairbun. The businessman is pleased with his housework, to which Randal replies in a graceful manner.

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