History Main / ClownSpecies

* There's a minor meme making rounds on tumblr of making [=PSAs=] for proper clown care, pretending to be from a universe where clowns and similar professions like mimes and jesters are domesticated species. Most of these posts can be found under the "clown husbandry" tag. Youtuber STRANGE ÆONS [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9HWJd8s9_c made a video showcasing some examples]].

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2734 SCP-2734]], a peaceful herbivorous human-like species who look like clowns. They've fled to our world from an AlternateUniverse where they were [[FinalSolution being systematically exterminated by humans]], and only want to live in the wilderness in peace.
** Possible subverted, or played straight, or... Well, there's enough hints concerning [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/herman-fuller-hub Hermaln Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting]] to believe that that the Circus has a Clown Species, what with talk of things like [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2912 clown breeders]] and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1921 clown milk]].

Clowns are easy to 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' suggests this is the case for Ronald [=McDonald=] as it was in the Advertising/McDonaldland commercials, as Ronald gets squirted in the face with water in ''Visitors from Outer Space'' with no change and still looking like a clown when he's de-aged into a toddler in ''Birthday World'', hinting that he's not wearing makeup and always looked like that.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' suggests this is the case for Ronald [=McDonald=] in ''Birthday World'' as it was in the Advertising/McDonaldland commercials, as Ronald is de-aged into a toddler and still looks like a clown, hinting that he's not wearing makeup and always looked like that.

* There's a minor meme making rounds on tumblr of making [=PSAs=] for proper clown care, pretending to be from a universe where clowns and the like are a domesticated species. At least one of them states that balloon clutches are their eggs.

* The clowns in ''Film/Stitches2012'' are something akin to this, as they go through a ceremonial rite in which they paint an egg with their style of makeup ([[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20171206-the-fascinating-reason-why-clowns-paint-their-faces-on-eggs and yes]], [[AluminumChristmasTrees this is an actual practice originating in the 1940s]]) and if they die while giving a show, they aren't allowed to rest until they've completed it.

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* The 5th Edition version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has space clowns in their take on ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}''. They are [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]] from an area in Wildspace known as "Clownspace," and are explicitly stated by their creator, Chris Perkins, to be the origin of most things known about clowns in the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' multiverse.

* With the baby clown seen at the end of the video for "The Abortion Song" by ''Music/KuntAndTheGang'', Ronald [=McDonald=] must belong to one of these.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' suggests this is the case for Ronald [=McDonald=] in ''Birthday World'', as Ronald is de-aged into a toddler and still looks like a clown, hinting that he's not wearing makeup and always looked like that.

* The Clowns of ''Webcomic/BongoAndLuna'', such as title character Bongo, are a sub-species of humanity. Believed to be the result of some type of Clown God mating long ago with humans. They can also tap into a RealityWarper ability called the 'Clown Force'.

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

*** 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.

** Subverted with [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2734 SCP-2734]], a peaceful herbivorous human-like species who look like clowns. They've fled to our world from an AlternateUniverse where they were [[FinalSolution being systematically exterminated by humans]], and only want to live in the wilderness in peace.

** Possible subverted, or played straight, or... Well, there's enough hints concerning [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/herman-fuller-hub Hermaln Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting]] to believe that that the Circus has a Clown Species, what with talk of things like [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2912 clown breeders]] and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1921 clown milk]]. ([[{{Squick}} CLOWN milk! Eeeeurgh!]])

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* Clownfish are somewhat an example of this trope.
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* The titular MonsterClown of the horror 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.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' special "[[WesternAnimation/SchoolsOutTheMusical School's Out! The Musical]]", the film's antagonist Flappy Bob was originally the clown-baby of clown parents in a circus that was given up when they thought that they were about to die in a train-accident to carry on their "super hilarious (and kind of creepy) clown heritage"... that is if they had noticed that they were on the ''not'' destroyed train tracks.

* In [[PolishMedia Polish comic book]] ComicBook/EmilkaSza it is stated that mimes are subrace of humans, with snow-white skin, ability to see pantomime world (inviisble to normal mortals) and disability to produce sounds, as well having over the top reactions to everythig. It's even imply Mime's are rare sight enough to be seen as mythological creatures, having ancient writings about them. While only one clown appears in the book (Miss Pon-Pon) it's not clear are they fallow similiar rules and logic.

* In [[PolishMedia Polish comic book]] ComicBook/EmilkaSza it is stated that mimes are subrace of humans, with snow-white skin, ability to see pantomime world (inviisble to normal mortals) and disability to produce sounds, as well having over the top reactions to everythig. It's even imply Mime's are seen as mythological creaturs, having ancient writings about them. While only one clown appears in the book (Miss Pon-Pon) it's not clear are they fallow similiar rules and logic.