Basic Trope: Someone in an extravagant outfit is mistaken for a clown or similar performer.
- Straight: Chris is trying on a new colorful suit, and Debra asks if he's a clown.
- Exaggerated:
- Chris's outfit is just slightly more colorful/extravagant than usual, and Debra still insists he's a clown for some reason.
- Debra even asks him to entertain at her child's birthday party.
- Downplayed: Chris is asked if he's a clown, but he's actually wearing a mime outfit.
- Justified: Debra doesn't know why else someone would wear an outfit like that.
- Inverted: Chris actually is trying to dress as a clown, but Debra doesn't think he looks like one.
- Subverted: Debra asks Chris to put on a show ... by which he means to do something to grab people's attention.
- Double Subverted: Like a clown would do.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Nobody mistakes anyone for a clown.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Chris outright says that he isn't a clown.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Does 'colourful' just mean 'clown' to these guys?"
- Played for Drama
- Chris is hurt that his fashion sense, which he puts lot of effort into, is reduced to a joke.
- Chris is attacked by someone who hates clowns.
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