Identity V | Weeping Clown Background Story

Dear Detectives, the fame, lights and glory was more than he could take on the stage. Jealousy destroyed the lives of two men that night, face the music tonight!

[@raisaki1004]

Other female dancers: let's have blonde hair, don't tell margs

[@FelisitaLiberta]

oh no, everyone in circus (except Weeping) is so mean to her :(

[@minus606]

@@FelisitaLiberta i think Marg also had once blond hair...like the animal tamer skin wich is canon like she also used to look like in the Circus. I think she was one of the dancers with Sergei AND had her own Show with the animals and as part of the Plan to hide after the Circus burned down colored her hair brown and changed her name from Natasha (nn Natalie) to Margaretha.

[@minus606]

ORE they just put her og skin in this video instead of animal tamer since otherwise some might would have gotten confused??

[@joyzzo]

This made me laugh so much 😂

[@therealcaty3440]

@@minus606 lakeside(before): natasha circus offstage: natalie stage name: margaretha

[@erieth6336]

For those who want to know the whole story: > Weeping clown had a crush on margaretha, but she was married to Sergi, the smiling, popular clown. > Sergi abused Margie, Weeping clown saw her scars and got very angry at Sergi > Sergi got jealous of Weeping for having a crush on Marg, so he stole Mike's (acrobat) explosive bombs and put acid in Weepy's clown makeup, destroying his face. > Mike went to the town to buy more ingredients to make more bombs > While Mike was away, Weeping grabbed a saw and set the circus on fire in an attempt to kill Sergi > Margaretha escaped, but Sergi died. As a revenge for what he did to his face, Weeping cut Sergi's face and put it over his. He literally stole his face. Now he isn't the weeping clown anymore, he is Smiley face. > Authorities found a corpse without face. They thought it was Weeping, but then realized his built wasn't lanky, but quite strong, so they realized it was Sergi's body. Weeping was nowhere to be found. > Mike loved the circus, so when he came back and found it destroyed, he decided he would seek revenge. He thinks Margaretha is the one who set it on fire.

[@emilarnhart9413]

Mike has all rights to be mad like tf you guys doing with his personal items in the first place

[@sanwioe]

@@emilarnhart9413 right like why they stealing his bombs dang

[@dillweed3902]

Damn

[@yyw642]

@@emilarnhart9413 lol true. Isn’t the acid Sergei used on Weeping is stolen from Mike as well?

[@red_dulge]

Where did you get this information exactly?? I couldn't help but disagree on certain statements.

[@ordinarytorchic5125]

Identity v really got me invested in these background stories-🙃

[@dilo5360]

The hullabaloo lore is so good! It’s my fav lore from IDV

[@megan-th5ef]

no but fr

[@nevnev491]

if dancer doesn’t get her first essence a tier in the weeping clown essence, I can’t even anymore

[@amiahhernandez6543]

Right! She's been in the game how long already!😆😔😭

[@Stardust-kb3dd]

The A tiers went to Yidhra and the Little Girl lmaoo

[@nobetaaa]

@@Stardust-kb3dd im done. NETEASE UR DONE.

[@hoshi5456]

@@Stardust-kb3dd is this for real we haven't even gotten any grace A tier yet lmao ugh i hate that little girl

[@pinkeroseablack6577]

@@Stardust-kb3dd are you joking

[@venttsur2021]

Damn, so the ACID is WITHIN the *face paint bottles* that Joker use before the show

[@nothankyoudontwantalastnam847]

A little detail I like about Marg becoming more interested in Joker is at 0:25 where she looks the other way when its said she falls for someone more considerate. I feel like that implies her shifting her interest from Sergi to Joker. or I could just be reading into it too hard

[@dailym0mo]

I was wondering if it was just me who saw.

[@n39mvka10]

AND THAT LITTLE PAUSE BEFORE "CONSIDERATE"....💔

[@decorachan4680]

FINALLY! I'VE BEEN DYING TO SEE HULLABALOO BACKSTORY!

[@f.t.progaming881]

Yez

[@SikeyYT]

This is absolutely amazing, and by far my favorite backstory as of yet. In story telling situations the music is extremely important, and the writers really hit the tone this time with the piano.

[@skeletor1749]

Sus among us boy

[@morienbellamy9791]

Dang.. OK.... So Sergei stole acid from Mike and mixed it into the Weeping Clown's makeup. That's a bit less graphic than throwing the bottle at him but still cruel as heck. So stealing Sergei's face is pretty much Weeping Clown's way of 'an eye for an eye'. And as for the circus fire, was Sergei going to get caught for the crime and, while drunk, decided to start the fire to cover up ('The truth was spilled in a fit of drunkenness...')? Or did the Weeping Clown set the fire solely to trap Sergei and cut his face off?

[@livingsin]

Everyone is saying Weeping Clown started the fire but I remember previously that everyone thought it was Sergi. This whole time I thought it was him as well because he was trying to stop Weeping from trying to shed light on the truth. I also heard that Weeping is mentally ill and so that plays a strong part in why he did what he did. Either way, would love to hear other theories for the whole story.

[@minus606]

So the fit of drunkenness whas ment dor Sergei bc he was an abusiv alkoholic that did the acid attack on Joker and told Joker the truth that he did it when he was drunk.

[@residentreptile]

AYO JOKER VOICE REVEAL HELL FUCKING YEEEEAAAH

[@nothankyoudontwantalastnam847]

wasnt his voice also revealed in an essence trailer a while back? I dont remember which one...

[@PumPumW]

As i remember correctly, sergi is the happy clown , while joker is the sad clown, sergi and Margaretha was in toxic relationship, sergi abused her offstage ,joker have a feeling towards marg, he brought her(Margaretha) to his tent to protect her from sergi Sergi found out and mixed joker's makeup with acid, then i don't remember what happened after that, i think what Joker means by "Sergi face" is his smiling face sine he is supposed to be the sad clown And also,Margaretha broke up with Sergi(i think) Margaretha entered the manor to get some protection from the ripper(because he was hunting her), unfortunately ,she doesn't know that ripper is also inside the manor Correct me if I'm wrong-

[@doktorkot5717]

By "Sergi's face" they mean his own face which Joker took away from him. Sergi was found after whole accident as the one without face and they couldn't identify him

[@user-xn5kw6nl8g]

The Ripper and Margaretta were connected?? I think I heard this, but I'm not sure. His story is based on Jack the Ripper...

[@PumPumW]

@@user-xn5kw6nl8g no I don't think so- Margaretha encountered ripper when he killed her friends, that's when she ran and entered the manor

[@namidosega7961]

Wait Margaretha have connection with Ripper. What happend between them?? Why she ask for protection??

[@doktorkot5717]

@@namidosega7961 According to official website, Dancer is trying to escape Jack as he wants to kill her.

[@choking1668]

Yk I find it quite interesting how when Weeping becomes Smiley…he takes the physical appearance of Sergi. A very strong body, very loud and funny, and a huge smile on his face… To be quite honest I have a feeling they had some drama before Natalie showed up, or he took Sergi’s appearance in a little wacky way of trying to impress her.

[@caroline7828]

It was more so as revenge against Sergei. The thing is, Margie knows he is impersonating her. In his second birthday letter, it shows as much. "Sergei" starts dancing to Joker's favorite song, people get suspicious but then Margie who is described as a thin girl at the end of the room says "You still got it Sergei!". It seems to be more of a disguise than anything that they are both in on because they both caused the fire of Hullabaloo. It was also implied Margie knew because of her second letter and the fact that she still refers to him in a rather caring way so I think she and him planned around it or something.

[@choking1668]

@@caroline7828 Margie really took “I’m in love with a criminal” a little too serious….

[@hollyieaf]

Weeping Clown x Female Dancer is new otp

[@dragonerd5305]

I hope you feel the same towards Smiley x Margie since it's the exact same thing

[@ketsuekix3256]

It’s literally Smiley x Margie

[@red_dulge]

HAHA, I thought I was the only one-

[@rubentherascal7360]

I ship him with Peter Ratri

[@reina_harhar7815]

ALWAYS BEEN!

[@kantar8896]

Thought this new survivor was stupid, but now you’ve got me interested.

[@aclearbluesky2003]

Why it was stupid to you? Personally, I find it exciting that NetEase is expanding the lore by introducing alternate versions of the characters that are already in the game, instead of realeasing new characters all the time

[@kantar8896]

@@aclearbluesky2003 the dude was built like the hag from dbd, and his character design is a carbon copy of smiley face, I said I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a rocket function, but this story changes everything.

[@kyauite]

@@kantar8896 I wonder why he looks like smiley face BECAUSE HE IS SMILEY FACE

[@aclearbluesky2003]

@@kantar8896 It would be weirder if he looked completely different from Smiley Face, his skinny build might be unattractive but his overall design is spot on for me, considering he's Smiley Face himself

[@kantar8896]

@@aclearbluesky2003 fair enough

[@red_dulge]

Joker's voice got me down on my knees 😩

[@IWontFindU8888]

After this, Joker is officially my new favorite character after Xie Bi'an.

[@verabma1368]

I've never felt so bad for a hunter before

[@missdemeanor608]

Alot of hunters have sad tragic past

[@starnight009me]

Yay a new survivor is coming to the manor!!!!

[@dragonerd5305]

Smiley Face as a survivor, yup!

[@springyboii9876]

@@dragonerd5305 would that continue the drugs making survivors look like hunters thing? (Idk I’ve heard about this)

[@pog8744]

I’m in love!! The art is so beautiful. The music, too! And Joker’s VA sends chills. I absolutely can’t wait for Joker to come! (And hopefully even more interaction between Joker/Smiley and Marge!)

[@Ya_boi_thorn]

THEORY: Marg's trauma is probably why "smiley face" is seen as buff: Marg probably associated Sergi (we know he has a stronger build) with scary emotions. She probably had a match with who she knew as the "weeping clown" as the hunter. She probably thought she could convince him to be essentially a friendly hunter. She probably said something like "hey it's me Margie, remember me?" And because of drugs effecting "smiley face" he saw her as a survivor and nothing more and attacked her. This would make Margie remember all of the trauma with Sergi and run off. Keep in mind we rely on the journals Orpheus finds to tell us pretty much everything including how everyone looks. So margie, had two images in her head (Sergi and weeping) and they combined together to make the hunter known as "smiley face" and she documented it in her journal for future note

[@singoflovesongs]

i'd like to offer a different perspective - though i still pretty much agree that marg's trauma is why "smiley face" is buff despite Weeping being lanky - because this theory feels like it relies too much on game logic. But when we look at the videos of Orpheus/Melly/Norton/Little Girl, it wasn't exactly tied to the game at all with all the adults fistfighting each other - and Norton even bringing out an axe. so instead of Weeping being the one too messed up on drugs to recognize Margie, I feel like it's actually Margie that was too messed up on drugs to recognize Weeping - ESPECIALLY since he sewn Sergei's face on himself. It DOES look like she recognized him before their match though since she asked for his help to protect her from Mike in her 2nd birthday letter. But I feel like it was something like this: Mike thinks that Margie was the one responsible for the circus fire and wants revenge. Margie is scared of Mike because he is not being subtle at all about his bloodlust and asks for Weeping to help her. Thus, Weeping wanted to get rid of Mike to protect Margie. The match starts, Mike finds Margie first and get into a scuffle before Weeping comes rushing in to protect Margie. Now at this point, people are already getting confused with the drugs messing up their heads and the hectic situation going on. Due to Margie already in extreme fight-or-flight mode, the moment Weeping came rushing in was where Margie mistook him as "Sergei" now that she doesn't have a clear head. Margie probably was able to escape from the confusion to hide while Weeping and Mike are duking it out and that's when she writes in her notebook about Smiley Face. Now /hopefully/, Weeping didn't take too much offense to Margie running off when he caused the circus fire...

[@winter5806]

1:04 looks like Orpheus and thief near the middle and Joker on the other side. And someone else all the way over to the left peeking out of the tent

[@cannibalcorpse1937]

I noticed that too!

[@EC_IDV]

So the acid is not thrown at Joker's face

[@dragonerd5305]

Seems like it's mixed to his face paint.. How sneaky and cruel

[@keeprkyd]

“Weeping clown” me tho

[@dyllemaa]

FOUL 😭😭😭😭

[@sussybaka1151]

us

[@IWontFindU8888]

Buddy do you need help ???

[@sleepdeprivedsendhelp6194]

us x2

[@tinyluchino2626]

Me too

[@jkmenttonet1478]

Awesome. The voice actor did an great job too

[@ioy.__.o1768]

I can't stop listening to this, a masterpiece beautifully written, poetic and by far the better IDV backstory to me.

[@kuzo5854]

1:00 the guy at the back that looking to the right looks like novelist / orphy

[@Salvatoree25]

I CANT BELIEVE NICK WOLFHARD (stranger things Finn Wolfhards brother) VOICED THIS

[@zedespina3766]

smiley was the one narrating this it seems,,, joker :(((((

[@clark5426]

So they'll probably be doing Female Dancer's background story too? I mean it's another time of reunion event, so probably it's gonna have a animated cutscenes arc like Orpheus and Little Girl

[@hanzulco]

If we put it together it would be part 3 since Leo and Emma backstory (and the others veterans) related

[@pokemasterzelda8291]

Oh NOW shit's INTERESTING Edit: I would like to make note that A: I LOVE this VA for Joker. And B: I find it rather interesting that, while Survivor Joker is skinny as a stick, Sergi has a very similar build to Hunter Joker- albeit on a smaller scale. Especially now that Joker, with Sergi's face, is now Sergi the Smiling Clown on a technicality..👀🤔

[@KedoFred]

I really like the background song, it's like you're remembering something sad and melancholy, too bad I can't hear it well :( By the way, her voice is amazing too! Like the animation, the story and everything!!!

[@alekbi_le5875]

It take me a lil to realized that weeping clown cut sergi’s face…

[@SharuzuRhodes]

Hullabaloo lore continues

[@SharuzuRhodes]

@Nazuko7-identity v youtuber🗿 Isnt dw involved with Luchino's mutation? If Luchino is shown in Melly's "Identity System" we might get dw to be in the story, like how Margaretha is in this one

[@Blox682]

This game knows how to make good background stories

[@xlxuyab2132]

Esperando a los que decian que smiley x dancer daba asco y ahora terminen shipeando a estos dos pero solo versión surv

[@kanjxro]

Idk why, but it sounds like Weeping clown stole sergi's face.....

[@hoshi_star913]

He did, after Sergi destroyed Weeping Clown's face with acid (I thought he threw it directly into his face at first) Weeping Clown burned the circus and cut off Sergi's face

[@hoshi_star913]

kind of like a revenge because Sergi took away Weeping Clown's good looks first

[@kanjxro]

@@hoshi_star913 oh i see :0, thank you for the info. I don't really read background the background stories ingame nor wiki, i just try to make use of the animations i saw xD

[@kumokumo9953]

So Joker the weeping clown is the skinny one, and Sergi is the big clonky one, but why after Joker took Sergi's face and became the Smiley Face, he ended up with a big muscular hunter..? 😢😅

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

Remember that the drugs they are secretly exposed to distorts their perception on reality.

[@naib_mercenary6046]

I'm mega excited I don't know why xd

[@homeboyshitbag380]

He sounds like hes going to say "well we live in a society.."

[@experthuntsman]

Jokers Voice is my new favorite hunters voice

[@sx4ist]

Yea thats it, im maining him and making Female Dancer mains feel guilt or pity✨

[@nancyiboo536]

Bruh

[@PumPumW]

But why?

[@justdance7345]

Really just why? Why do you want to see players suffer?

[@zedespina3766]

as u should

[@sx4ist]

For fun 🤺

[@EdableClowns]

0:19 I LITERALLY JUST NOTICED THAT NATASHA'S IS THE ONLY BETWEEN ALL THE FEMALE DANCERS WITH A VISIBLE INJURY ON HER SHOULDER, showing that she's the only one who gets hit by Sergie because at 0:22, she now has other injury on the other shoulder and a cut on her leg

[@aibi-tb8ir]

We know Leo didn't write a journal entry which was against the rules thus turning him into the hunter as a penalty but what other rules were there for the players to follow? What rule did Weeping broke that turned him into the Joker we know?

[@duskdweeb1368]

He struck first

[@MadeInTheAM]

Did i just see novelist?

[@MadeInTheAM]

1:00, actually i might be hallucinating

[@Randomperson-fw8tj]

He is there

[@user-xc1vn4od3v]

I always come back to this trailer to admire the voice acting and the puppet animation ^^

[@vannyafton]

THE LORE HELLO SERGI OFFICIAL DESIGN

[@shyacons]

man as soon as I lose my idv account, cool stuff starts happening istg

[@zadanck]

I LOVE HIM SO F MUCH AAAAAA

[@NotCooLouis]

0:23 That's why her original skin is my favorite

[@JulietBingBong101]

Idv is amazing with back stories man

[@marysmile1603]

I love Joker's voice but it was absolutely NOT what I was expecting for him. For Smiley!Joker? Sure. But Weeping!Joker? He gives silly little jester vibes; I've always thought of him as having a softer voice.

[@luviiloll]

Stan weeping clown

[@mewkittycat]

He abused margie 😭

[@pfftt2885]

@@mewkittycatThat was Sergei not joker/weeping clown

[@chairfaceheadthing4161]

fr

[@f.t.progaming881]

As a Mike main I am happy that there is new circus story very nice.

[@tinyluchino2626]

The Hullabaloo Circus storylines are my favorite

[@missdemeanor608]

@@tinyluchino2626 agreed

[@serotonin5909]

Он красивый, прикольный, да похож на ханта клоуна ну и что, в нём тоже есть какая то своя изюминка, он отличается от него. В общем он прекрасен, жду его✨

[@Zverobob]

Так это же и есть хант клоун

[@commonlyfakeq7349]

Так и должно быть. В том и смысл, что это люди какие предватились в чудовищ. Откуда же им надо было взяться. Просто они из разного времени, выживший - до того как стал убийцей, а охотник - уже после. Возможно, что большинству персонажей сделают такие же копии охотников или выживших... я буду ждать пока выйдут последние персонажи какие не превратятся в убийц, а будут как-то бороться со всем происходящим...

[@Zverobob]

@@commonlyfakeq7349 так нет же, убийцы это просто их кошмары же, не? Поэтому у них и дневников нет

[@rilee3740]

Я думала это он и есть...

[@ab12a2-pasucalsopheabianca4]

DAMN OKAY IDV IS MAKING A LOT EFFORT AND IM UP TO THAT

[@_-A.]

Basically, if Sergei did not messed with Joker face, Joker would had entered the manor as a survivor, and somehow probally instead of his Indentity switch being a survivor, his other identity would be the hunter

[@hanzulco]

I love his voice

[@snoopydumb7473]

I watch this more than 10 times…I guessed I love this video and him so much 😢

[@junkey12]

Happy Character Day Robbie!

[@natthannguyen6723]

Amazing Backstory of this clown

[@kennyayuso6031]

Okay but imagine Margaretha meet Smiley face again with Sergi face on it in the manor, I wonder how she react lol

[@gonna8061]

ปรากฏการณ์ เปิดเผย แฟน สามี และตัวตน 555 เหลืออีกหลายตัวละครเลย ที่ยังไม่เปิดเผย รอ อิไล จ้า

[@Vaasmontenegr0]

Mükemmel bir oyun birsürü türk oynuyor keşke türkçe dil desteği gelse

[@snastheskeledude4905]

Okay, so I know this might be a little irrelevant but... is no one gonna talk about the bmg? Like- it sounds so calming yet so disturbing in a way, I want idv to make a whole playlist of the bmg in character trailers.

[@sxynnnie14]

Is he smiley face hunter guy before being a hunter

[@ZiraconaXenon]

yes..

[@melloshake5683]

Yep he sure is!

[@nothankyoudontwantalastnam847]

ye, is it not obvious? this is literally the backstory just in narrated in a video

[@Tronvibes]

Yes. Literally just look at the leg and boom!

[@catarattwo]

IDV why did you make me cry today :(

[@miek9412]

Yo, by 'stealing his face' joker cut off Sergi's face?

[@majssss]

Yes

[@miek9412]

@@majssss damn

[@ayasya.]

omg these story all make sense

[@crackerjack9371]

me, personally, no survivors. sergi’s first thas on 🤡.

[@yooyoo2371]

WOW THE ANIMATION

[@pau5220]

I want him

[@user-sizu9st]

踊り子と泣きピエロ繋がってたの！？！？

[@nothanksbigno7019]

Really like the music in this background story

[@SeijiwanGame]

moonlit river park, i see the joker

[@finngrieger6076]

you liked this comment because Margie should have gotten an A tier in Weeping clowns essence

[@sweetiemint]

Please make a port for the Nintendo switch, the graphics could be improved..I think it will be very cool

[@jesusballing3278]

Bro really went bulking get ton of gain and come back to revenge 💪

[@REC-L]

I quit, but I might just come back for him

[@BubuDaBeez]

No mike in the animation ;-;

[@grotesquecherryyu6037]

Slamming my head into a wall

[@ARMYBTS-es4jx]

In the fifth identity, a new update has come and Weston has come, friends?

[@aesovp]

no no nono no my beloved

[@beautifulboyyoutube315]

Finnally i see dancer again

[@ald03]

Welcome Sergii

[@kocheng2437]

Smiley face my fav Hunter maybe that surv can be my fav surv to 😏

[@dayhuerta8100]

Lol Mike goes away and hell begins literally

[@patatim452]

This is so beautiful

[@MegaDonker]

How Did He Grow Big Muscles? Is He Go Crucis Gym

[@nirabasu]

"His"💀

[@kanaotsuyuri8218]

Was a sad story👍🤧

[@pink6279]

dude this one reddit theory literally told me this

[@daintyroses]

CONCHWTUMAREEEEEEE MARGARETHA TE AMOOO

[@daly1315]

Super 👍👍👍

[@nightdog4183]

Looks exciting ngl.

[@_justavillain_]

And how is murro(the wilding) part of all this ? Tge halaballoo circus story only shows backstory for the weeping clown,joker,the female dancer and acrobat.where does murro come in??

[@smam1180]

i hope you dont mind me replying to this a month later lol. so sorry if you already know the answers if im not mistaken it’s likely murro’s probably already escaped the circus by this point (he faked his death and disappeared with mike’s help). either way, murro was the ringleader’s nephew who was kept in a cage and raised as a “wild child” as an attraction, thus he was isolated from the rest and couldn’t really have a part in the whole joker/female dancer drama

[@daviddja__]

It's like the New survivor is joker in the past

[@pakdemu_3233]

That's him

[@monique2969]

That's weeping voice?

[@scarynoise996]

Love the story but whyd they make him so ugly they removed texture in his hair and made him insanely thin😭

[@dottoor3]

wHEN WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@sophiacozzo8964]

Hold on! The clown hunter and the clown survivor are the same guy or not?

[@ellenshin6913]

Yeah I'm wondering the same thing at the moment, but most everyone is saying the survivor and hunter are both the same person. Still not sure though

[@ellenshin6913]

Oh! I read the Identity V Wiki, and yes, this is Smiley Face but his survivor version, just like Novelist and Nightmare. I was confused because I thought Sergi, Smiley, and Weeping Clown were 3 different people for some reason, haha. Though I'm now just confused how it makes sense when Weeping Clown and Smiley Face meet, since they are the same person. Same with Novelist and Nightmare.

[@sophiacozzo8964]

@@ellenshin6913 I thought they where 3 different people too

[@thelastsepheramain6867]

Yellow clown: Sergi Smiley and Weeping Clown: Joker

[@sophiacozzo8964]

@@thelastsepheramain6867 Ok, I confused. Joker/Wepping clown is the one defending Dancer from Sergi/yellow clown and Sergi/yellow clown put acid on Joket/Wepping clowns make-up?