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*** Similarly: the Dark Eldar, who would cheerfully torture you in a variety of horrible ways even if they ''didn't'' need to, crap their pants when the Harlequins show up. ''Even if they're just there to put on a show''. |
*** Similarly: the Dark Eldar, who would cheerfully torture you in a variety of horrible ways even if they ''didn't'' need to, crap their pants when the Harlequins show up. ''Even if they're just there to put on a show''. |
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* In the Warhammer fantasy universe isolated villages are sometimes visited by the Carnival of Chaos, what appears to be an innocuous troop of performers turn out to be the hideous daemonic servants of the god of despair, who hypnotise the simple village folk during the performance whilst they quite rapidly decompose. Models are brilliant though, complete with nurglings dressed up as circus animals. |
* In the Warhammer fantasy universe isolated villages are sometimes visited by the Carnival of Chaos, what appears to be an innocuous troop of performers turn out to be the hideous daemonic servants of the god of despair, who hypnotise the simple village folk during the performance whilst they quite rapidly decompose. Models are brilliant though, complete with nurglings dressed up as circus animals. |
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* Let it not be said that ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]'' doesn't know the monster potential in clowns. Say hello to the [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=3167 Chaos Harlequin]. |
* Let it not be said that ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]'' doesn't know the monster potential in clowns. Say hello to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090504151836/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=3167 Chaos Harlequin]. |
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** And then there's the Cult of Rakdos, from the Ravnica block. If the land [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97082 Rakdos Carnarium] doesn't make your blood freeze, you need to get your head examined. A cult of slash-happy killers who consider their parties a "flop" if someone survives to tell about it - and they have a ''[[Circus of Fear|circus]]'' component to them, too? (And with a circus comes...) Thanks, Wizards, I may never sleep again. |
** And then there's the Cult of Rakdos, from the Ravnica block. If the land [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97082 Rakdos Carnarium] doesn't make your blood freeze, you need to get your head examined. A cult of slash-happy killers who consider their parties a "flop" if someone survives to tell about it - and they have a ''[[Circus of Fear|circus]]'' component to them, too? (And with a circus comes...) Thanks, Wizards, I may never sleep again. |
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* Naturally, there's at least one ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'' scenario (set in 1920s Germany) featuring a carnival jester who's really an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that's been traveling with the show incognito for years and causing various tragedies and disasters wherever they went. |
* Naturally, there's at least one ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'' scenario (set in 1920s Germany) featuring a carnival jester who's really an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that's been traveling with the show incognito for years and causing various tragedies and disasters wherever they went. |
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* Inverted by rodeo bullfighters, who dress like clowns to deal with situations (out-of-control bulls) which would scare the living shit out of practically anyone. |
* Inverted by rodeo bullfighters, who dress like clowns to deal with situations (out-of-control bulls) which would scare the living shit out of practically anyone. |
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* The [[Juggalo]] subculture has shades of this. |
* The [[Juggalo]] subculture has shades of this. |
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* [http://www.buffo.com/ Buffo, the World's Strongest Clown!] If clowns don't scare you enough, try one that can rip phone books in half without even trying. |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026122902/http://www.buffo.com/ Buffo, the World's Strongest Clown!] If clowns don't scare you enough, try one that can rip phone books in half without even trying. |
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