Clown

A clown is someone who likes to dress up in elaborate makeup and wear colorful clothes. Kinda like Boy George. As a professional occupation, a clown may be required to tell jokes, perform magic tricks or otherwise engage in general bufoonery. Some clowns may even perform in rodeos. A high school student who likes to play pranks or make a comedic spectacle of himself may be considered the "class clown". Clowns have also been represented as dolls and other types of merchandise.

Let's face facts though. Clowns are creepy-ass bastards. They are not cute. They are not funny. They are evil incarnate and exist solely to traumatize the youth of the nation, and perhaps even touch them inappropriately.

One cannot speak intellectually about clowns in movies, without first referencing one of the most infamous killer clowns of all time - The Joker. The Joker, who is not actually a clown, but whose face is chalk white with red-stained lips and green hair due to a chemical accident, is the arch-nemesis of the caped crusader known as Batman. First introduced in Batman #1 back in 1940, he has been a mainstay villain for decades, appearing in nearly every media iteration of the franchise.

Appearances

 * Adventures of Superman: The Clown Who Cried
 * American Horror Story: Monsters Among Us
 * American Horror Story: Massacres and Matinees
 * American Horror Story: Edward Mordrake (Part 1)
 * American Horror Story: Pink Cupcakes
 * American Horror Story: Election Night
 * Barney Miller: The Clown
 * Batman: Be a Clown
 * Batman: Christmas with the Joker
 * Batman: The Joker is Wild
 * Sky King: The Circus Clown Mystery
 * Supernatural: Everybody Loves a Clown