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Life is so short. I mean, there's no fountain of youth, Jacket Boy. You gotta live every day as if it were your last. I wanna make sure everyone knows how I feel about that.
- Juan Ponce de Leon

Juan Ponce “Poncie” de León was a student at Clone High High School and a clone of the Spanish conquistador, Juan Ponce de Leon, who traveled to Florida in search of the fountain of youth. Ponce didn't appear in any episodes except for "Litter Kills: Litterally", where he was killed off. This is intended as a parody of various television shows in which new characters are introduced for the sole purpose of being killed off; such characters are often established as long-time friends of the main cast, even though the audience has never seen or heard about them before. He was a very popular student at the school, who everybody loved. He was especially the best of friends with JFK. He was voiced by the late Luke Perry.

Biography[]

Ponce was cloned in 1987, by Principal Scudworth, using DNA from the original Juan Ponce De Leon. He was adopted by Glen the Janitor, and raised in his household. It's likely that sometime during his childhood, Poncie befriended JFK and he became his best friend for life. This kid-family-friendly bond would grow tighter with time, creating fond memories along with it.

Like with all the other clones, Ponce attended Clone High High School, where his friendly attitude and wicked coolness, easily made him one with the popular crowd, with JFK still by his side. Ponce also maintained meaningful friendships with Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Catherine the Great, among several other clones. Ominously, Ponce would always make a bunch of eerie comments, that unsubtly foreshadowed his death like "I love life." and "If I don't see you guys again, goodbye and have a wonderful life."

Because of his popularity, Ponce's behavior influenced trends among other students. Because Ponce always threw his trash on the ground, littering became a trending fashion among the other clones. Joan didn't approve of this whole littering trend, as she promoted the preservation of nature. She tried to convince people to stop littering but nobody, not even Ponce, listened to her.

One day in 2003, as Ponce and JFK were walking through the schoolyard and throwing garbage everywhere, Ponce discussed with JFK swiftness and brevity of life and how he should live every day as though it were his last. JFK was annoyed with how Ponce kept talking about his feelings like a girl, preferring they talk about sex instead. The two got into a big argument over the meaning of life and as their argument progressively got more and more heated, a storm brewed overhead, bringing about rain, thunder, lightning, and whirlwinds, which blew some of the litter around in the air.

JFK told Ponce that he didn't know who he was anymore, saying that he was dead to him. Letting his emotions overcome him, Ponce yelled at JFK that he hated him. JFK stormed off in anger and Ponce instantly regretted what he said to him, calling out to try and apologize before it was too late but JFK didn't hear him, frustrating Ponce even further. At this time, Joan came up and told Ponce that he needed to stop littering. Still kind of mad about the JFK thing, Ponce sarcastically asked Joan if littering was going to kill him. As he said this, thunder struck and a dark and ominous church bell was heard chiming in the background.

Tragically, Juan Ponce de Leon died right then and there, after getting caught up in a whirlwind of garbage from the litter he and the other kids had all thrown out. The death went as follows; A plastic six-pack ring holder blew up to him and got caught on his hands, trapping him in handcuffs. Then, a bunch of ripped of pieces of candy wrapper blew around him, slicing up his skin with paper cuts. Then, a juice box blew by and the straw stabbed him in the neck, puncturing his throat, and injecting cranberry apple juice into his bloodstream. Then, a plastic bag of chocolates landed on his head, suffocating him. As he struggled to get out, Ponce slipped on a banana peel and landed his head on a glass jar, which was strong enough to bust a hole in his head and make a bunch of blood to pour out and flood the bag over his head, to the point where he was completely submerged in his own blood, entirely unable to breathe. In Ponce's final moments, he hacked and gagged as he flailed about for dear life, until finally, ... he stopped moving. Ponce was officially dead.

In "Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale", he can be seen with the conspirators during The Secret Board of Shadowy Figures' meeting. In Prom, he is next to Jesús Cristo in his ghost form when the Board announces their arrival and is later frozen with everyone else in the Flash Freezer.

Season Two[]

In "For Your Consideration", Ponce makes a brief appearance as a fetus during one of the flashbacks.

Appearance[]

He bears a strong resemblance to his late voice actor, Luke Perry. His character appears to be based on Fonzie from Happy Days as well as Dylan McKay from the popular '90s teen soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210 (who was actually played by Luke Perry).

Personality[]

Ponce was a kid-family-friendly, easy-going student who was on super good terms with pretty much everybody at the entire school, no matter how short on the social scale they were. None of his friends, however shared a timeless a bond with him as with JFK. Ponce illustrated how much he really loved living, always finding ways to live-in-the-minute and make himself feel alive and kicking. He treated every other day as though it was his last and he wanted to keep this up 'til the day he passed away as he wouldn't be caught deceased, not enjoying the finer things in entire life and he was always just having fun and excitement and even laughing half to death. All of these "life" and "death" terms were obvious means of foreshadowing his early passing. Ponce probably got his bright and cheerful attitude from his father who happens to be an overly happy and loving father who wouldn't even hurt a fly.

Relationships[]

JFK[]

Despite never appearing in any episode prior to the one he was introduced in, Ponce was JFK's best friend for life, whom he was completely inseparable from. Their friendship was so strong that they both had matching tattoos of their faces being two peas in a pod together. Ponce considered JFK to be a good dude and prided himself on knowing him, also giving him the friendly nickname "Jackie Boy". Unfortunately, their last interaction before his death was an argument they had over how to spend their youth, which ended with Ponce telling JFK he hated him. JFK was extremely depressed, heartbroken, angry, and upset when Ponce passed away and Ponce had left him his pants in his will. JFK's subconscious later projected an manifestation of Ponce, who came and visited him, telling him to cheer up and that it wasn't his fault. JFK kept mistaking this apparition for other things such as a ghost, a genie, and the real Ponce coming back from the dead, making it very frustrating for this image of Ponce to communicate with him. Later at the thinking docks, JFK cried over the fact that Ponce was really gone forever and also the fact that the last thing he said to him before he died was "I hate you." Abe consoled him and let him know that Ponce didn't really mean it. He also told him that since littering killed him, it would be a nice way to honor him by cleaning up all the trash. JFK cleaned the schoolyard in honor of Ponce and when asked by Abe if he'd be okay, JFK said "No, but I will be." as he held a photo of him with Ponce.

Abe Lincoln[]

Ponce was very nice to Abe and didn't engage in the bullying of him, when he was too afraid to litter. Rather, he complimented Abe for putting in minimal effort to look cool, which swayed the rest of the group into changing their ways and being nice to him instead. He also complimented Abe on his relationship with Cleo and hoped things turned out well between the two. The last thing he said to Abe before he died was "Goodbye and have a wonderful life."

Joan of Arc[]

Joan's one and only on-screen interaction with Ponce before his death was her urging him to stop littering. Still mad about his fight with JFK, Ponce sarcastically asked her if littering was gunna kill him, which, of course, it did. Joan was also upset when people kept littering at Ponce's funeral, telling people that it was littering that killed Ponce in the first place.

Gandhi[]

Ponce was friends with Gandhi and complimented his orange warmups and considered him a "total original". Gandhi was crestfallen, when he heard about his passing, so much so that he did the hands of sincerity. The last thing he said to Gandhi before he died was "Goodbye and have a wonderful life."

Cleopatra[]

The only on-screen Ponce had with Cleo was slapping her ass and telling Abe that he was a lucky dude for dating her. Cleo was later seen at Ponce's funeral, sad about his death.

Glen the Janitor[]

Glen the Janitor is the adoptive foster father of Ponce. Glen was never seen directly interacting with Ponce on-screen at any point before the latter's death but it's prevalent that Glen's positive personality is what influenced his son to be the happy and charming man he grew up to be. and it wasn't until his eulogy, that Glen revealed that he was did foster dad and considered Ponce to be like a son to him, mostly because, as a foster son, he is literally "like a son" to him. Obviously, Ponce's death was extremely heartbreaking to Glenn and had him suffering through immeasurable pain, which was only worsened by Scudworth's bullying and job termination.

Episode Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • Poncey is parodic of Arthur Fonzarelli from Happy Days, in that the nickname "Poncie" sounds similar to "Fonzie", he wears the same leather jacket, has a similar hairstyle, and was also seen giving a thumbs up and saying "Ayyy!" at the start of the episode.
    • He is also loosely based on Dylan McKay from the popular 90's teen sitcom, Beverly Hills: 90210. This is an actor allusion, as he was also played by his voice actor, Luke Perry.
  • The real Juan Ponce de Leon, went through great lengths to find the so-called Fountain of Youth, having a firm belief in its existence. However, his clone casually stated that he knew there was no such thing, likely addressing the fact that it was just a legend.
  • In "Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale", when the guest stars and one-time villains from the first season returned, Ponce is seen in his ghostly appearance next to Jesus and Gandhi when the Board of Shadowy Figures first begin to invade.
  • In his memoriam card at the end of the episode, it states he was born in 1987 and died in 2003. This means the show could be set in 2003, and every student who is confirmed to be 16 would have been born in 1987, such as Abe. (This was later confirmed in season two.)
  • He can be seen next to Thomas Edison in the Season Two intro.

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