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** Not to mention the haunted Krusty doll.
{{quote|"Hi, I'm Krusty the Clown and I don't like you." "Hi, I'm Krusty the Clown and I'm going to kill you."}}
*:* Bart's clown bed in "Lisa's First Word". Say it with me now. "'''''[[Sickbed Slaying|If You Should Die Before You Wake!]]'''''"
***:* [[Madness Mantra|'''Can't sleep, clown will eat me''']]▼
*** Say it with me now. "'''''[[Sickbed Slaying|If You Should Die Before You Wake!]]'''''"
*:* In the supplement book ''Flanders Book of Faith'', on of Ned's Humble figurines has a little girl being frightened by a clown. The title: ''First visit to the Circus''.▼
▲**** [[Madness Mantra|'''Can't sleep, clown will eat me''']]
*:* Sideshow Bob. Okay, he's more like a Monster Ex Clown, but still, he tries to murder multiple characters and gets involved in semi elaborate revenge schemes after Bart and such foiled his framing of Krusty for armed robbery.▼
▲** In the supplement book ''Flanders Book of Faith'', on of Ned's Humble figurines has a little girl being frightened by a clown. The title: ''First visit to the Circus''.
*:** The [[Nightmare Fuel]] aspect of Sideshow Bob was turned [[Up to Eleven]] in "The Bob Next Door". In one of his escape attempts, Bob visibly surgically removes the face of one of his cell mates and then switches it with his own, while still being fully conscious and screaming. The worst part is when Sideshow Bob stops at a rest stop and a waitress who takes an interest in him manages to pull off a loose thread used to keep his face on, causing his entire face to flap down, exposing all of his muscles and tissue. And then moments later, it happens again with his cell mate he switched faces with.▼
▲** Sideshow Bob. Okay, he's more like a Monster Ex Clown, but still, he tries to murder multiple characters and gets involved in semi elaborate revenge schemes after Bart and such foiled his framing of Krusty for armed robbery.
*:* In the DVD commentary for season four, one of the writers recounts a comment overheard during a meeting: "Kids are scared of clowns, and adults think they're annoying, so what the hell good are they?"▼
▲*** The [[Nightmare Fuel]] aspect of Sideshow Bob was turned [[Up to Eleven]] in "The Bob Next Door". In one of his escape attempts, Bob visibly surgically removes the face of one of his cell mates and then switches it with his own, while still being fully conscious and screaming. The worst part is when Sideshow Bob stops at a rest stop and a waitress who takes an interest in him manages to pull off a loose thread used to keep his face on, causing his entire face to flap down, exposing all of his muscles and tissue. And then moments later, it happens again with his cell mate he switched faces with.
▲** In the DVD commentary for season four, one of the writers recounts a comment overheard during a meeting: "Kids are scared of clowns, and adults think they're annoying, so what the hell good are they?"
* Zombozo the Clown from ''[[Ben 10]]''.
* Although [[Pepper Ann]] didn't feature any actual monster clowns, there was one episode where Pepper Ann watched a movie that revolves around this trope: Gutter Clowns. She had nightmares about that movie.
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** Studio boss Seymour Plotz doesn't know this, so he sends a [[Jerry Lewis]]-style clown to the water tower to entertain Wakko on his birthday. Plotz doesn't like clowns, either, so when he finds out—he does nothing. True [[Hilarity Ensues]].
{{quote|'''Dr. Scratchnsniff:''' Wakko, repeat after me: "A clown is my friend. A clown will not bite me and throw me in the basement... A clown is not a big spider."}}
*:* '''''[[IT|HE LIES.]]'''''
**:* Ironically, the clown is a genuinely [[Non-Ironic Clown]] who only tries to entertain Wakko with song and dance. {{spoiler|He earns a happy ending.}}
* In the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'', episode "Fear Factory", Lightning Lad is terrified of a clownlike doll from his childhood called "[[The Exorcist|Captain Howdy]]".
* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' had an episode (and a micro playset) involving Freako the Clown.
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Or bartered you
A prison clown -- }}
*:* If anyone buys you or barters you a prison clown, scream as loud as you can and call the proper authorities. For me...
*:** It should also be of note that Will Forte also plays mentally unstable characters—including those who have been convicted of sexual offenses—on ''SNL'' so his role on ''[[Sit Down, Shut Up]]'' isn't much of a stretch.
* An episode of ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' had the ghostbusters hunting vampire-like monsters who feed on laughter and disguise themselves as clowns, because as this page tells us, there's nothing funnier than an ominous clown with an [[Evil Laugh]] following you by night.
* Paddywack from ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]''. Beady red eyes, long grasping limbs, fangs and a bottom of the well voice. Not to mention that he was an [[Sealed Evil in a Can|otherworldly evil entity]] that fed on fear or chaos or some other kind of metaphysical claptrap and had [[Mind Over Matter|poltergeist]] [[Invisibility|powers]] [[Demonic Possession|galore]].
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* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' featured the villain Proto-Clown, a rampaging superpowered brute of a clown [[Gone Horribly Wrong|created by a genetic experiment]] intended to create a perfect [[Non-Ironic Clown]]. Notably, he was barely sentient and spoke only in [[Hulk Speak]], and was only scary due to his [[Unstoppable Rage]] and ability to tear buildings asunder with his bare hands. As it turns out, he was completely harmless once calmed down, but he ''hated'' it when people laughed at him.
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'' features clown nurses, which aren't bad at first, but after Finn constantly objects, his clown nurse tells him "ITS THE ONLY WAY!" with a red demonic face accompanied by one of the worst [[Scare Chord]]s ever.
* The Clown Demons who run the carnival in ''[[The Owl House]]'' episode "Really Small Problems". While this is truly a nightmarish concept, they are the [[Affably Evil]] type who do not tolerate anyone scamming customers - [[Hypocrite|''unless'' the scammers are working for ''them''.]]
 
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