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* HilariousInHindsight: The Clown is not dissimilar to [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise]]. Michael [=McKean=] would later marry Annette O'Toole, who played adult Beverley in [[Film/It1990 the miniseries]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: The Clown is not dissimilar to [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise]]. Michael [=McKean=] would later marry Annette O'Toole, who played the adult Beverley version of Beverly Marsh in [[Film/It1990 the miniseries]].
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* AssPull: Janeway's deduction that the Clown secretly wants to be conquered comes out of nowhere and isn't supported by any of its behavior either before or after its defeat.
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* VillainousCrush: The Clown has an almost sexual anticipation of Captain Janeway entering the suspension system.
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* BrokenBase: While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's an over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.

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* BrokenBase: While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], it that means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's an over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.
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* VillainousCrush: The Clown has an almost sexual anticipation of Captain Janeway entering the suspension system.
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* FoeYay: The Clown's almost sexual anticipation of Captain Janeway entering the system.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The Clown is not dissimilar to [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise]]. Michael [=McKean=] would later marry Annette O’Toole, who played adult Beverley in [[Film/It1990 the miniseries]].
* NightmareFuel: The Clown is probably one of the scariest one-off characters on ''Voyager.'' Clowns by the 1990s were already in the process of undergoing their cultural shift from goofy, lovable figures to frightening images, so add to that a clown that can ''read your thoughts'' and use them to ''torture you for fun.'' Michael [=McKean=]'s [[EvilIsHammy gleefully psychotic]] performance is the icing on the terrifying cake.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The Clown is not dissimilar to [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise]]. Michael [=McKean=] would later marry Annette O’Toole, O'Toole, who played adult Beverley in [[Film/It1990 the miniseries]].
* NightmareFuel: The Clown is probably one of the scariest one-off characters on ''Voyager.'' Clowns by the 1990s were already in the process of undergoing their cultural shift from goofy, lovable figures to frightening images, so add to that a clown that can ''read your thoughts'' and use them to ''torture you for fun.'' fun''. Michael [=McKean=]'s [[EvilIsHammy gleefully psychotic]] performance is the icing on the terrifying cake.



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* TheWoobie: Poor Harry. The Clown has a grand old time going out of his way to humiliate and terrorize him.

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* TheWoobie: Poor Harry. The Clown has a grand old time going out of his way to humiliate and terrorize him.him.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The Clown is not dissimilar to [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise]]. Michael [=McKean=] would later marry Annette O’Toole, who played adult Beverley in [[{{Series/It}} the miniseries]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: The Clown is not dissimilar to [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise]]. Michael [=McKean=] would later marry Annette O’Toole, who played adult Beverley in [[{{Series/It}} [[Film/It1990 the miniseries]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: The Clown is not dissimilar to [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise]]. Michael [=McKean=] would later marry Annette O’Toole, who played adult Beverley in [[{{Series/It}} the miniseries]].

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* BrokenBase: While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.

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* BrokenBase: While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]], it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's an over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.



* NightmareFuel: The Clown is probably one of the scariest one-off characters on ''Voyager.''

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* NightmareFuel: The Clown is probably one of the scariest one-off characters on ''Voyager.'''' Clowns by the 1990s were already in the process of undergoing their cultural shift from goofy, lovable figures to frightening images, so add to that a clown that can ''read your thoughts'' and use them to ''torture you for fun.'' Michael [=McKean=]'s [[EvilIsHammy gleefully psychotic]] performance is the icing on the terrifying cake.
* TheWoobie: Poor Harry. The Clown has a grand old time going out of his way to humiliate and terrorize him.
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* BrokenBase: While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.

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* BrokenBase: While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series, Series]], it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.
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* BrokenBase: While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.
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* LoveItOrHateIt: Very much. While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.
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* CompleteMonster: The Clown, of course, being the physical manifestation of fear. Even when he's being funny, it's creepy as hell.
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* CompleteMonster: The Clown, of course, being the physical manifestation of fear. Even when he's being funny, it's creepy as hell.



* LoveItOrHateIt: Very much. While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.

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* LoveItOrHateIt: Very much. While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest impossible to take seriously.seriously.
* NightmareFuel: The Clown is probably one of the scariest one-off characters on ''Voyager.''
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* LoveItOrHateIt: Very much. While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest full of Narm, that's impossible to take seriously.

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* LoveItOrHateIt: Very much. While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest full of Narm, that's impossible to take seriously.
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* FoeYay: The Clown's almost sexual anticipation of Captain Janeway entering the system.

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* FoeYay: The Clown's almost sexual anticipation of Captain Janeway entering the system.system.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Very much. While just about everyone agrees this episode perfectly captures the feel of The Original Series, it means it's either delightfully fun and weird while still being creepy and clever, or it's over-the-top campfest full of Narm, that's impossible to take seriously.
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* FoeYay: The Clown's almost sexual anticipation of Captain Janeway entering the system.

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