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[[File:~~michiko_to_hatchin_rita~~.jpg|link=Michiko to Hatchin|frame|All in a day's job.]]

[[File:michiko to hatchin rita.jpg|link=Michiko to Hatchin|frame|All in a day's job.]]

{{quote|''She was born in the wagon of a traveling show

Her mama used to dance for the money they'd throw.''|'''Cher''', "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"}}

The [[Circus Brat]] is someone who grew up in a traveling circus. Usually part of a long legacy of performers, and occasionally gypsies and mystics. This is becoming less used as traditional circuses become less popular, but it is useful for establishing a bunch of things about the character. Often, polar opposites of the [[Military Brat]]:

The '''Circus Brat''' is someone who grew up in a traveling circus. Usually part of a long legacy of performers, and occasionally gypsies and mystics. This is becoming less used as traditional circuses become less popular, but it is useful for establishing a bunch of things about the character. Often, polar opposites of the [[Military Brat]]:

* Having an upbringing that was very relaxed.

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* Lots of early actors grew up in vaudeville and so forth. [[Buster Keaton]] started his career as a little boy being hurled around the stage by his father, learning how to fall so as not to break any bones and develop the [[Frozen Face]] that became his trademark.

* The Byzantine Empress Theodora was the daughter of a bear trainer and had an early career as an actress (which in that time and place was a profession at least bordering on prostitution).

* Renaissance Faire performers are a good modern expy. Some performers work within a local circuit, so not so much the traveling aspect, but they often come in families with the kids starting to perform as early as they can handle staying in a character. Other performers, especially established acts, travel ~~9-10~~ months out of the year to events all across the country.

* Renaissance Faire performers are a good modern expy. Some performers work within a local circuit, so not so much the traveling aspect, but they often come in families with the kids starting to perform as early as they can handle staying in a character. Other performers, especially established acts, travel 9–10 months out of the year to events all across the country.