History Main / ClownSpecies

* Nightmarens from the ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' franchise are a race of beings created by the [[GodOfEvil God of Nightmare]] Wizeman the Wicked to serve him and gather ideya from dreamers unfortunate enough to stumble across them. Third-Level Nightmarens are the least humanoid, resembling monstrous parodies of animals and cartoonish little men. Second-Level Nightmarens are similar to Third-Level Nightmarens but are much larger, acting as {{Boss Battle}}s, their appearance ranging from animal-like (Claws, Gillwing, Girania, Chamelan, Cerebrus and Queen Bella) to a more exaggerated toy and/or human-esq form (Jackle, Donbalon and Bomamba), all with a clown-like, ArtNouveau design to them. First-Level Nightmarens are both the most powerful as well as the most humanoid, their appearances the most unambiguously [[TheJester Jester]]-like ([=NiGHTS=] and Reala).

** In ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', kingdoms of the Clowns, [[CivilizedAnimal Weasels, Hogs]], and [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]] have diplomatic conflict with each other.

*** Almost the entire [[MonsterClown purpleblood]] [[FantasticCasteSystem caste]] of [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] seen in spin-off games ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'' and ''VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim'' follows an unnamed [[ReligionOfEvil religion]]-- they wear {{Juggalo}} makeup, drink faygo, have honks in their theme music, and are otherwise very clown-adjacent. Apart from background characters, every one so far has been a member of the church.

* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures''

** ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', prototyping the kernel with an item causes all of the denizens of the players' planets to take on the characteristics of that item. When John prototypes his kernel with a harlequin doll, this populates his planet with clown-themed monster mooks. These come in a shapes in sizes but share a clown-like appearance and a propensity for japery and visual gags.
** Almost the entire [[MonsterClown purpleblood]] [[FantasticCasteSystem caste]] of [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] seen in spin-off games ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'' and ''VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim'' follows an unnamed [[ReligionOfEvil religion]]-- they wear {{Juggalo}} makeup, drink faygo, have honks in their theme music, and are otherwise very clown-adjacent. Apart from background characters, every one so far has been a member of the church.

* The titular MonsterClown of the horror film ''[[Film/Clown Clown]]'' is described as being a kind of snow-dwelling Icelandic demon, and its various deformations (red nose, big feet etc) are actually adaptations to make it a more effective killer. This monster also has rainbow blood, and eats children to survive.

* Comics/GreenLantern featured the Poglochis, a race of clownlike aliens, who were hired by the evil Weaponers of Qward, impersonated the Guardians of the Universe and handed out phony power rings to a dozen undeserving recipients (including recurring comedy-relief Green Lantern G'nort), as part of a scheme to destroy the Green Lantern Corps's reputation.

* The titular MonsterClown of the horror film ''Film/Clown'' is described as being a kind of snow-dwelling Icelandic demon, and its various deformations (red nose, big feet etc) are actually adaptations to make it a more effective killer. This monster also has rainbow blood, and eats children to survive.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [[ImpliedTrope implied]] in the episode "Don't Feed the Clowns", and their natural habitat is the slapstick plains.

* Comics/GreenLantern featured the Poglochis, a race of clownlike aliens, who, as part of a scheme engineered by the Weaponeers of Qward, impersonated the Guardians of the Universe and handed out phony power rings to a dozen undeserving recipients (including recurring comedy-relief Green Lantern G'nort), as part of a scheme to destroy the Green Lantern Corps's reputation.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' [[ImpliedTrope implied]] in the episode "Don't Feed the Clowns", and their natural habitat is the slapstick plains.

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* Fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae are colloquially called "clownfish".
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* Clowns are an alien race in ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13''. There's also a rival race of mines from the same planet.

Clowns are read as not so much a person as they are a grotesque parody of one. Exaggerated proportions in their noses and feet, skin colors unnatural to any specific human or animal, behavior that range from AmbiguousDisorder to full-on BlueAndOrangeMorality. The really bad ones are confirmed [[HumanoidAbomination not to be human]] and [[MonsterClown something]] [[EnemyMime much]], [[VillainousHarlequin much]] [[ScaryJackInTheBox worse]]. Because of this, clowns are feared by some and are made a fascinating archetype to others.

* The second episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheMidnightGospel'' has Clancy visiting a clown planet.

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* One ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' strip shows a newborn clown baby getting pied in the face by a clown doctor, presumably to start it's circulation.
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* The Klowns from ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'' are a race of alien {{Monster Clown}}s that once visited Earth long ago, their appearance becoming assimilated into mankind's collective consciousness as clowns. Unlike their human copiers, the Klowns are anything but harmless, kidnapping humans to drain them of their blood, using tools normally associated with clowns with a lethal twist to kill or capture humans.

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* The Klowns from ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'' are a race of alien {{Monster Clown}}s that once visited Earth long ago, their appearance becoming assimilated into mankind's collective consciousness as clowns. Unlike their human copiers, the Klowns are anything but harmless, kidnapping humans to drain them of their blood, using tools normally associated with clowns with a lethal twist to kill or capture humans.