Monster Clown: Difference between revisions

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** Even more scary when you realize he's actually an {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]]}} disguised as a clown.

*** Ironically, he chose the clown form to trick children into trusting him.

* In ''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]'', towards the end a ''toy'' clown is possessed by evil spirits and ends up attacking the older brother. This was foreshadowed earlier in the movie when the boy covered up the clown with his jacket, because it was staring at him when he went to bed.

* In ''[[Poltergeist (film series)|Poltergeist]]'', towards the end a ''toy'' clown is possessed by evil spirits and ends up attacking the older brother. This was foreshadowed earlier in the movie when the boy covered up the clown with his jacket, because it was staring at him when he went to bed.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfiyJa0Zeas Parodied] in ''[[Scary Movie]] 2'' with a clown doll who [[Mugging the Monster|finds that not all victims are helpless]].

* ''[[The Greatest Show On Earth]]'' features a gentle, altruistic, medically-inclined clown who never removes his makeup, even off-duty... because {{spoiler|he's on the run for the murder of his wife}}.

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== Professional Wrestling ==

* Doink the Clown in the [[~~WWE~~|WWF]], until his [[Heel Face Turn|face turn]]. Then it went downhill fast. Matt Osborne, who portrayed him, claims he took quite a lot of inspiration from [[The Joker]] while doing so. Doink also gets point for the coolest entrance theme ever, which started with the first few bars of "Entrance of the Gladiators" (aka the [[Standard Snippet]] for clowns) before turning into a very bass-heavy, very ''evil'' piece dotted with [[Evil Laugh]]ter. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UDkrGN19ns&feature=related Have a listen].

* Doink the Clown in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]], until his [[Heel Face Turn|face turn]]. Then it went downhill fast. Matt Osborne, who portrayed him, claims he took quite a lot of inspiration from [[The Joker]] while doing so. Doink also gets point for the coolest entrance theme ever, which started with the first few bars of "Entrance of the Gladiators" (aka the [[Standard Snippet]] for clowns) before turning into a very bass-heavy, very ''evil'' piece dotted with [[Evil Laugh]]ter. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UDkrGN19ns&feature=related Have a listen].

* Subverted by [[Sting (wrestling)|Sting]] in [[TNA]] during his 2011 war against the Immortal faction. Slathering over his trademark black lipstick with a grotesquely smeared red [[Glasgow Grin]], playing pranks, and [[The Hyena|laughing and carrying on maniacally]], he ''seemed'' to be a Monster Clown but was actually more of a [[Loveable Rogue]] playing mind games with the villains. Definitely a case of [[Love It or Hate It]], especially for longtime Sting fans.

* An episode of ''[[WWE Smackdown|SmackDown]]'' in April 2000 had the Mean Street Posse posing as a trio of circus clowns during a hardcore title match when they ambushed Crash Holly.

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* The ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' supplement ''Heroes Of Horror'' is about infusing your games with anything from a touch to an overdose of the macabre, the frightening, and the unnerving. One of the monsters introduced? The "gray jester". One of the scenarios provided? A gray jester and a hag enslaving and eating children.

* The ''Dungeons & Dragons'' third party world 'Scarred Lands' (by Sword & Sorcery Studios) features the 'Carnival Krewes' - an entire society of Monster Clowns. Literally in <s>some</s> most cases.

* Also on the ''Dungeons & Dragons]' front is House Phiarlan of [[Eberron]], an espionage-based clan/organization. One of their fronts is the Carnival of Shadows. The description claims they've enthralled Khorvaire for decades, but looking at the picture provided (Everyone has [[Angry Eyebrows|angry faces]] and the animal act includes an [[Exclusively Evil|always Neutral Evil]] monster), I'm going to have to assume the description is literal and there's some Mass [[Charm Person]] going on there.

* Also on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' front is House Phiarlan of [[Eberron]], an espionage-based clan/organization. One of their fronts is the Carnival of Shadows. The description claims they've enthralled Khorvaire for decades, but looking at the picture provided (Everyone has [[Angry Eyebrows|angry faces]] and the animal act includes an [[Exclusively Evil|always Neutral Evil]] monster), I'm going to have to assume the description is literal and there's some Mass [[Charm Person]] going on there.

* The Dilisnyas, one of the most treacherous and murderous of [[Ravenloft]]'s great noble houses, trace their bloodline back to a fellow by the unlikely name of Pidlwik. In the original adventure module ''I6: Ravenloft'', which inspired the campaign setting, Pidlwik's crypt identifies him as the court jester.

** The Skurra, of the Travelling Carnival, are one part this, one part [[Enemy Mime]], and all subversion; while extremely creepy (even the mutated Carnies are somewhat afraid of them, and there is a belief amongst them that some or even all of the Skurra are actually ghosts), they are not malevolent in the slightest.