Stephen-Daly) is involved with Clive. Nicolette catches Clive and Danielle in a compromising position, forcing Clive to confess to Jane that Danielle is a benefactor to the hospital who he previously had a sexual relationship with while she was his patient. Jane is upset when Danielle admits that Clive was considering her offer to spend one more night together. Jane breaks up with Clive and shortly after, he receives a call from Sheila, who departed Erinsborough a number of months prior. Clive dresses up in his gorillagram to try and win Jane back, but is interrupted by someone on their motorbike. Clive sees that same person at Lassiters and yells at them, but then realises it is Mike, Jane's old love. Clive asks Mike if he is trying to restart a relationship with Jane and Mike says no. Later, Clive has a few drinks and becomes drunk, then picks a fight with Mike when he sees him spending time with Jane. They fight and Clive is forced to accept that his relationship is over. Clive attends a party on Ramsay Street later in the day, and has drinks with Des and parties with the residents. Reception TV Week'''s Stephen Cook observed that ever since he joined Neighbours, Paine had become a favourite with viewers who liked "his nice-guy on-screen personality." To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Neighbours, a reporter from the BBC asked readers to nominate their twenty favourite obscure characters. Clive was not included in the list, but the reporter revealed they had received many suggestions asking him to be included. They said that Clive's popularity disqualified him and that he "lacked sufficient obscurity". Another writer for the BBC called Clive the "true genius of Neighbours." Lorna Cooper of MSN said Clive was "lovely", while Tom Adair of The Scotsman dubbed the character "wacky". A Lowculture writer stated that Clive performing an emergency tracheotomy on Jim Robinson's kitchen table was one of Neighbours' great moments. A BBC reporter agreed, saying Clive's most notable moment was "Performing an emergency operation on the Robinson's kitchen table and saving Lucy." Daniel Martin of The Guardian included Clive's 1986 dream on his list of Favourite Christmas Soap Moments. Martin commented, "Not the greatest dream sequence in Neighbours history (that gong has to go to the iconic Bouncer's Dream), but this candy-coated reminder to the grim British contingent of how it should be done