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-->'''Father''': Sally, he's not a clown, he's a nutjob.
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* A spot for [=DirecTV=] has a guy trying to get his football game on TV, and his face is painted in his team's colors. Travis Kelce (of the Kansas City Chiefs) goes up to him and asks:
--> What do you call a guy in face paint who can't get the game? A clown.
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* A spot for [=DirecTV=] has a guy trying to get his football game on TV, and his face is painted in his team's colors. Travis Kelce (of the Kansas City Chiefs) goes up to him and asks:
--> What do you call a guy in face paint who can't get the game? A clown.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'': Jeremy is looking through the photo album and finds an old picture of Walt. Jeremy says he never knew Walt used to be a clown, and asks him if he used to perform at supermarket openings and children's parties. After Jeremy leaves, Connie looks at the photo and comments that it isn't a clown outfit, but what he wore to their friend's wedding. Walt asks her not to blow his newfound cool.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'': Jeremy is looking through the photo album and finds an old picture of Walt. Jeremy says he never knew Walt used to be a clown, and asks him if he used to perform at supermarket openings and children's parties. After Jeremy leaves, Connie looks at the photo and comments that it isn't a clown outfit, but what he wore to their friend's wedding. Walt asks her not to blow his newfound cool.
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* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin comes from an exaggerated version of 1960's London to a realistic version of the 1990's, still dressed in a blue velvet suit with a lace dickey and a wildly obsolete hairdo. When he lands in Las Vegas, a tourist quickly asks whether he's in one of the shows. Rather than try to explain, he simply replies "no, actually, I'm English".
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* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin comes from an exaggerated version of 1960's London to a realistic version of the 1990's, still dressed in a blue velvet suit with a lace dickey and a wildly obsolete hairdo. When he lands in Las Vegas, a tourist quickly asks whether he's in one of the shows. Rather than try to explain, he simply replies "no, actually, I'm English".
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Joker's Wild", The Joker, after hearing that someone made a casino based on his likeness, goes to said casino to wreak who-knows-what sort of havoc... but another guy dressed as him mistakes him for a fellow casino employee, shoves some chips in his hands, and tells him to man the blackjack table.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Joker's Wild", The Joker, after hearing that someone made a casino based on his likeness, goes to said casino to wreak who-knows-what sort of havoc... but another guy dressed as him mistakes him for a fellow casino employee, shoves some chips in his hands, and tells him to man the blackjack table.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLadiesAndGentlemenMeetMaxModem "Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!"]], Doofenshmirtz attempts to take over the Tri-State area by pretending to be the ruler of a troop of aliens invading Earth, complete with his own (really tacky) alien costume. Before he even starts his alien invasion speech, however, a little girl walks by and asks her dad that she "want(s) to see the clown", much to Doofenshmirtz's annoyance.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLadiesAndGentlemenMeetMaxModem "Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!"]], Doofenshmirtz attempts to take over the Tri-State area by pretending to be the ruler of a troop of aliens invading Earth, complete with his own (really tacky) alien costume. Before he even starts As he's setting up for his alien invasion speech, however, a little girl walks by and asks tells her dad that she "want(s) to see the clown", much to Doofenshmirtz's annoyance.
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->'''Dr. Cortex:''' Go away, you filthy clown!\\
'''N. Gin:''' No, no! He's a ''mime''.\\
'''Dr. Cortex:''' Mime, clown, close enough! With the painted faces, and tattoos, and stupid, little honker things that just...\\
'''Big Norm:''' Where do you get off calling me a clown, with your big head and your stupid, springy hair?!
-->-- ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart''
'''N. Gin:''' No, no! He's a ''mime''.\\
'''Dr. Cortex:''' Mime, clown, close enough! With the painted faces, and tattoos, and stupid, little honker things that just...\\
'''Big Norm:''' Where do you get off calling me a clown, with your big head and your stupid, springy hair?!
-->-- ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart''
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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', before he travels to the old west, Marty is given a colorful cowboy outfit by Doc. It gets him ridiculed by real cowboys, who think he's a clown or from the circus.
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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', before he travels to the old west, Doc gives Marty is given a colorful cowboy outfit by Doc.not uncommon in early 1950s pre-Creator/ClintEastwood Westerns. It gets him ridiculed by real cowboys, who think he's a clown or from the circus.
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** In another strip a young boy also mistakes Jon for a clown for the same reason. Garfield finds all of this amusing, until the kid points to him saying it's one of those trained circus pigs. The boy's mother then explains that it's just a guy in a bad suit and an overweight cat.
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Compare StripperCopConfusion for a more risqué variant, and DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob to see why being a clown is so undesirable. See also YourCostumeNeedsWork and MistakenForSubculture.
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Compare StripperCopConfusion for a more risqué variant, and DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob to see why being a clown is so undesirable. See also YourCostumeNeedsWork YourCostumeNeedsWork, MistakenForSubculture, and MistakenForSubculture.
ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself.
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* ''Roleplay/TropersTheSeries'': In "Queen Victoria's Secret", at one point Afterwards is wearing an outfit with an enormous dress and hat, and heavy makeup. Puma, himself a NonIronicClown, thinks After wants to join him at the circus and is thrilled. After doesn't really get a chance to respond.[[note]]But fortunately, his player's reaction out of universe was more like ActuallyPrettyFunny.[[/note]]
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* ''Roleplay/TropersTheSeries'': In "Queen Victoria's Secret", at one point Afterwards is wearing an outfit with an enormous dress and hat, and heavy makeup. Puma, himself a NonIronicClown, thinks After wants to join him at the circus and is thrilled. After doesn't really get a chance to respond.[[note]]But fortunately, his player's reaction out of universe was more like ActuallyPrettyFunny.[[/note]]
