Monster Clown/Quotes
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself... and evil clowns.
—Unknown
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"Few things are as hopelessly saturated with the stink of fear and death as a colorful, smiling clown. As my four-year-old son put it after having clowns explained to him: 'So clowns are supposed to be funny, but then they accidentally make you sad and afraid?'"
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"You know... clowns can get away with murder!"
—John Wayne Gacy (allegedly said to taunt police shortly before his arrest)
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"To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kinda scary. I wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad."
—Jack Handey
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"Yes... They all float..." (referring to balloons) —Pennywise (played by the equally scary Tim Curry)
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Napalm Man: The fact of the matter is that Kefka is nothing more than a glorified clown. |
There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight.
—Lon Chaney, Sr.
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Take the Carnival. Look at 'em, they're really scary. There's nothing more terrifying than a homicidal female clown with a tambourine.
—Superball, Registered Hero, Paragon City
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Why so serious?... Let's put a smile on that face!
—The Joker, The Dark Knight
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You were a wonderful clown once. Inventive, funny, outrageous.
—Bellboy, in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, to the Chief Clown, now Chief Collaborator with the Gods of Ragnarok and increasingly sadistic.
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"I think I suddenly remember why I'm afraid of clowns. I mean, Bozo is funny but this clown is not. He is a psychopathic clown with deep psychological issues who looks like he put on his grandmother's makeup wrong."
—Chester A. Bum in his review on The Dark Knight.
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Clown smash!
—Protoclown, The Tick (animation)
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Run.
—The clown from Toaster's nightmare, The Brave Little Toaster
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"Nicer the man, meaner the clown."
—Winston the Clown, The Pilo Family Circus.
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"And laughter rose from the circus tent as the clowns drove on in their happy jalopy and gave balloons to the children, and when they left there were smiles on the faces of nearly all those in the audience, except for the very clever children who sensed that there was more to clowns than bright suits and funny cars and oversized feet, and that if you were wise you didn't laugh at them, and you stayed out of their way, and you never pryed into their business, for clowns are lonely and angry and want company in their misery. They are always seeking, always searching for new clowns to join them..."
—Some Children Wander By Mistake
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With Krinkles the Clown as the mascot, every serving of Sugar Krinkles now had the vitamins and minerals of one handful of flesh and the fear you need to get you going in the morning. The prize inside every box was whispers. Whenever you lost a kitchen knife in 1969, you would somehow always find it inside New Post's Sugar Krinkles. The side of the box had photos of missing children, but each of them was labeled "Ingredients." |
Sugar Krinkles was eventually pulled from the shelf, but Krinkles the Clown continued to find work. He now appears in mirrors every time you look away from them.
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And there's this clown...but it's not a very funny clown. He made me realize why I'm so afraid of clowns.
—Chester A. Bum reviewing The Dark Knight
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Remember when the circus came to town —Paul Williams, "You and Me Against the World"
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