Line #17 Main/ClownTropes


1	%%
2	%% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16725903110.14784800
3	%% Previous image selected via crowner in the Image Suggestion thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/ImagePickin/ImageSuggestions50
4	%% Please do not change or remove without starting a new thread.
5	%%
6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/locclown.png]]
7	[[caption-width-right:350:Funny business is booming.]]
8	%%
9	%% Caption selected per above thread. Please don't change or remove without approval from here:
10	%% https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1404492079030138900
11	%%
12	->''"You know how there's like three clowns? Happy, sad and scary? I'm seeing all of them! Should I laugh, cry or scream?"''
13	-->--''Webcomic/TheMulberryGallowsProject'' by Adam Marien
14
15	Clowns. They can evoke laughter and fun, sympathy and pathos, or fear and creepiness. They are the source of so many tropes.
16	----
17	!!Tropes:
18	[[index]]
19	[floatboxright:
20	'''Also see:'''
21	* ClownMedia
22	]
23	* AfraidOfClowns: How a character can be afraid or scared of clowns.
24	* CartoonJuggling: How juggling, a common clown trick, is depicted in animation.
25	** JugglingDangerously: A more dangerous variant where you can juggle from sharp knives to [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] to even [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrowers]]!
26	* {{Clownification}}: Characters being turned into clowns or mimes, usually through a virus or magic.
27	* ClownSchool: Where you go down to learn to clown.
28	* ClownSpecies: Clowns are portrayed as being a humanoid species of their own rather than humans wearing costumes and makeup.
29	* CourtJester: An old-fashioned clown who entertains the king in a Medieval European setting. Usually not what he seems.
30	* DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob: People who perform at kids' parties, especially clowns, tend to suffer a lot.
31	* EveryoneHatesMimes: Mimes are feared, hated, and/or constantly the butt of the joke.
32	* FightingClown: A FightingGame character, who may either be a clown or overly silly, but ''no joke'' they are also into fighting.
33	* TheFool: A ridiculously lucky person with an overly cheerful attitude.
34	* HappyHarlequinHat: The standard, multi-pointed jester hat.
35	* MagicalClown: A clown or jester with magical powers.
36	* MistakenForClown: Someone is mistaken for a clown or jester often because they're wearing an outlandish outfit.
37	* MonsterClown: A clown who is evil and scary.
38	** EnemyMime: An evil mime.
39	** PracticallyJoker: A villain who is a clear imitation of ComicBook/TheJoker, one of the most iconic Monster Clowns ever.
40	* NonIronicClown: A clown who is happy and friendly, the way of any good clown.
41	* SadClown: Someone who masks their negative feelings by joking around.
42	* SexyJester: Attractive people dressed as clowns or jesters.
43	* SkinToneDisguise: For the clowns that need to pass as ordinary humans.
44	* {{Slapstick}}: Physical comedy.
45	* TheUnwittingComedian: The one who everyone laughs at even though they're trying to be serious.
46	* VillainousHarlequin: An evil clown who is silly rather than terrifying.
47	* YourMimeMakesItReal: When mime tricks actually produce invisible objects.
48	[[/index]]

Context Main / ClownTropes